Surviving the Game as a Barbarian – 177



Episode 177: Doppelganger (2)

Be sure to think before you act.

Advice given to Einar on the first day she came here.

Even then it wasn’t just empty words.

In fact this motto has saved my life through countless hardships.

So in that sense…

‘Shit.’

After a brief complaint I focus on the current situation.

[I never thought I would meet someone who knows me here.]

First of all one piece of information can be found from the first line.

At least they didn’t come for me.

[This is a bit difficult.]

Information two.

He is just as confused about this situation as I am.

However the nuance is quite different from before.

It feels like there is another reason not to reveal one’s true identity.

‘They say Noark has been sealed off… So is he a spy or something? ‘Did you sneak it out before it was blocked?’

Well it’s hard to be sure yet.

There may be some hidden reason.

There is only one thing that is certain right now.

[Well just beat it up and erase the memory like you did then.]

Even during this time he has no intention of killing me.

Simply put it means that you can relax about that part.

‘As long as you don’t accidentally step on a land mine.’

That memory removal pills don’t work.

You just have to be careful not to get caught.

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Then it doesn’t go to the worst case.

Therefore the basic stance I should take now has been decided. I have no intention of just taking pills and becoming incapacitated but…

Because I have insurance I have nothing to lose.

‘What did I say in the sewer?’

Although it happened a few months ago I remembered it right away.

This question was definitely the first thing I asked when we coincidentally reunited in the sewers.

“…Why do I want to kill myself now? “I guess you kept your promise?”

If this is your last memory in the Land of the Dead this is the question you have no choice but to ask.

“You’re saying the same thing as back then.”

“…at that time?”

When I winked as if I didn’t understand the woman shook her head and continued speaking.

“But his expression has become much more relaxed.”

I burst out laughing.

‘I feel more relaxed….’

I never thought it would be that noticeable.

I spoke bluntly.

“The oath is still valid. “Aren’t you going to pretend you didn’t see it and leave?”

“Then eat this.”

The woman took her pills out of her pocket and threw them at me.

The overall shape is dark and the skin is somewhat damp.

“It’s a drug that eliminates memories. “If I just eat that today’s event would have never happened.”

Suddenly it occurred to me that taking medicine might be the cleanest way to solve the current situation.

but….

“How can I trust you?”

After all that is the last resort.

Because if you take the pill you will lose your mind.

What if this woman gets greedy for my equipment?

What if I open it just out of curiosity and find a dragon slayer sword in my subspace ring?

In the end it is also a land mine.

“I guess there is no other way for you?”

“Why do you say there is no way?”

Hundreds of times compared to when we met in the Land of the Dead.

Even compared to the sewer days it has become several times stronger.

Above all this is not a dark basement with no one to help.

A city on earth where law and society function.

“If I shout even once my colleagues will wake up. “You can’t handle it on your own right?”

There is no reason to burden this woman.

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“…Now that I see it it wasn’t relaxed it was arrogant.”

“Why don’t you check it?”

Despite my curious words the woman remained silent.

She said she was rude but she probably knows it.

The situation is so different from before.

“….”

A heavy and untimely silence fell in the empty hallway at dawn.

The other party was the first to open their mouths.

“Barbarian.”

A woman takes a step forward and calls out to me.

Instead of answering I turned my back.

Then sure enough it was different.

Tadat!

A woman’s body was seen divided into two.

Doppelganger’s special ability [self-replication].

“Amelia Rainwales casted [Suragak].”

The clone that appeared behind her without a sound leaps forward putting its weight on her and swinging her foot.

The one that blew my entire head off last time.

I immediately raised my arms to protect her face.

Quang!

A tingling shock went down her wrist.

But that’s all.

‘What is my physical resistance now?’

Well it looks like I have some incontinence in my bones…

Actually I’m not sure about that either. That’s because I don’t even feel pain due to my pain tolerance.

“Behel—laaaaa!!”

He cried out the name of his ancestor and slammed his watermelon-sized fist into the clone’s face.

Pow-!

An alter ego that disappears smoking like a firecracker as soon as it is hit.

I hurriedly turned in the direction of the main body to prepare for joint attack but…

The woman just stood there quietly.

“How did you know?”

Oh I never thought I could stop this.

I answered obediently.

“sound.”

Suddenly all sounds disappeared.

Even though it is late at night it is clearly a foreign phenomenon.

The sound of Einar’s snoring easily passes through wooden doors.

As soon as the sound disappeared I realized that he was trying to make a surprise attack and even noticed the means when I saw him take a step.

She then suffered from [self-replication] once.

‘The radius for summoning an alter ego is 5m.’

It’s clear that it would have been a bit too far to summon him from behind me. Since it was an enemy I fought twice it was possible to counter it like this.

“The suggestion I made earlier is valid. “Pretend you didn’t see it and just disappear to do your own thing.”

I repeated again what I said earlier.

Then as expected a different answer came back than before.

“…How can I trust you?”

I grinned and returned the same.

“Is there any other way for you?”

I don’t know what was used but the sound of Einar’s snoring started again a few seconds ago probably because it lasted for a short period of time.

Now you can make friends come out just by shouting—

Sigh.

Then the door opened.

“Bjorn? “Who on earth can you talk to like that?”

Misha appears through the crack in the door rubbing her sleepy eyes.

“I’ll explain later so just go in.”

“evil!”

I reached out and closed the door before it was fully open.

“Hey! “You crazy guy!!”

Misha hits her head and goes berserk but she can’t help it.

Because that’s not what’s important right now.

“hey! Open! Open it! There’s a girl out there! Erwen? “It’s as if he’s here again!!”

I blocked the door with my body and quietly stared at the woman.

The words in her eyes were extremely simple.

‘So what do we do now?’

The answer came back after a while.

“Would you believe me if I said I would go back?”

Simply put it means that you are not worried about retaliation.

I answered without any hesitation.

“I believe.”

After all isn’t she the woman who saved my life in the past based on just one oath?

Actually I didn’t report this woman.

Just now she even blocked Misha with her whole body.

“If this is enough you will understand. It doesn’t matter what you do. I just don’t want to get involved with you.”

“…I guess so.”

The woman muttered in a slightly bitter voice.

However it wasn’t the answer I wanted.

“So what is the answer?”

“I’m going back.”

“I want you to promise not to come see me again.”

“I didn’t come looking for you. But… if you want I promise that too.”

At those words I also relaxed a little.

It’s a world where we can’t attach great meaning to mere promises but that’s not true for everyone.

[If possible I don’t want to kill the barbarian with my own hands.]

[Because that was the promise from the beginning.]

This is the woman who saved my life even in the land of the dead because of someone’s promise.

The weight of the promise must also be extraordinary.

She said ‘At the time they called her a psychopath but it turns out she wasn’t really that….’

“Then go human woman.”

“….”

The woman quietly nodded her head at my words.

Then she turned and started walking down her stairs.

Again and again.

As her footsteps got further away relief bloomed.

She was so glad it ended without a fight.

Because the settings haven’t been completed yet to withstand the aura.

If I really wanted to put an end to the city my colleagues and everything else I would have had to bleed as well.

“after….”

She felt like she would be able to sleep properly if she saw him leave so she headed for the stairs.

Again.

The woman took the last step and reached the first floor.

But did she feel popular?

“…not a human woman.”

The woman poofed and she turned and stared at me.

and….

“Amelia Lane Wales.”

After leaving a single word he disappeared like smoke.

For a moment her mind went blank.

“No what…”

If this continues don’t you think we’ll meet again later?

dripping.

First I knocked on Einar’s room.

Only the sound of her snoring could be heard but the door did not open.

Unlike Misha’s visit which opened as soon as I knocked.

“hey! “Who was that woman out there?”

“He is a miscellaneous merchant.”

“what?”

“Okay let her sleep. I’m tired.”

“uh? Huh? Uh…huh? ruler? Here? why?”

I laid down on the bare floor with a pillow on the floor.

I really didn’t want to do this but…

“That’s right. There’s nothing you can do if you’re tired. Oh oh come up and show off. Don’t do that…”

“But that’s a bit… I’ll just sleep here.”

“huh? “Then why did you come here?”

uh….

I feel like I might be scared of sleeping alone today.

***

Time passed and the day came to enter the labyrinth.

[10:30]

There is 1 hour and 30 minutes left until the portal opens.

As soon as the appointed time arrived Raven arrived.

This brings everyone together in one place.

“Luckily no one was late this time?”

First we cast the binding spell and then everyone moved together.

For reference the starting location was Uncle Bear’s tavern.

Rather than waiting for nearly an hour I decided it would be easier to just take them from here.

“…There are definitely fewer people than usual.”

The road leading to Dimension Square was unusually quiet.

It wasn’t something I couldn’t understand.

As the situation is changing everyone is probably trying to take a break and observe the situation.

‘…But what is this?’

When I arrived at the dimension square I froze.

A completely different situation unfolded than the quiet street.

“Everyone please stand in line!”

There are dozens of times more civil servants than usual.

And I see an army.

One knight and four soldiers are spread out here and there in hundreds of groups.

‘…Are they really trying to control entry into the labyrinth?’

I suddenly had that thought but fortunately it wasn’t like that.

“Please take it.”

As I stood at the end of the long line a civil servant quickly approached me and offered me two items.

One was a video recorder and the other was…

Well honestly I have no idea.

“What is this necklace?”

“It’s a badge that identifies us as explorers.”

“Dog tag…?”

“yes.”

The official told us that we should never lose it and explained some precautions.

Although the editorial was long as it was an official administration it was very simple to interpret.

‘If you lose it you’re screwed.’

If you do not have this dog tag you will be subject to extermination.

Conversely even if you kill someone without an identification tag you will not be held accountable.

‘They were quiet so they were planning something like this.’

Seeing as they only spoke right before the labyrinth was opened they must have maintained strict security.

As a resident of Lapdonia it’s not bad.

“Bjorn… are we okay?”

“Why wouldn’t it be okay? “It means that the army will protect us in the labyrinth.”

“Oh is that so?”

“But one thing is certain. “The rumor that there is a portal in the underground city is true.”

We chatted and waited and after about 5 minutes a portal opened.

The military entered first followed by the explorers who had been waiting in line.

“…If you’re good at this you might not get in.”

“Oh Mr. Urikfried too. “I hope something like that happens.”

Raven said it couldn’t be like that but as time passed her expression hardened.

A portal that gets smaller in proportion to the shrinking line.

I was actually happy about this situation.

‘Well I guess there’s no need to say this right?’

Originally I was planning to confess an anecdote from the past and write about the experience copy bug.

Uncle Bear whom I watched for a month was a person who placed great value on trust and Raven was trustworthy in another sense.

What happened with the special appraiser was important.

[If you tell me how many times more will you benefit from this than the money you gave us? I can’t accept that either.]

He never does anything good for others.

So I shared this method and tried to continue accumulating free experience points from this entry.

but….

“What are you doing! “Get in quickly!”

“If you’re not going in get out of the way!”

In the current situation I think it would be possible to induce that situation naturally.

Even from what I can see it’s a close situation.

When they saw the military there were quite a few explorers who blocked the road and hesitated perhaps because they were scared.

“That’s it! “Everyone please step back!”

“what! What does that mean! “I waited for over an hour!”

Admission ended when there were about 10 people left in the queue.

“Oh are we going home like this?”

“Huh I really didn’t know you couldn’t get in.”

“It’s because Mr. Urikfried said something strange.”

“…You’re blaming me for this?”

“That’s it. “Then let’s all go back now right?”

Everyone seemed resigned to reality.

The barbarian is sad to hear this.

Are you just giving up on something like this?

“Bjorn what are you doing? “Keep looking straight ahead.”

“Now is the time.”

Soon the light in the portal began to fade.

Normally it would have been ‘The gates will be closing soon!’ The timing was right when the same shout came out from all over the place.

“Everyone get on your back.”

“huh?”

There was no time to explain so I turned on [Giantization] first.

A body that grows in size in an instant.

“What are you doing! It is illegal to manifest supernatural abilities in undesignated places—!”

Just pay the fine and that’s it.

It wasn’t much.

About 300000 stones if not for the injury.

‘This can be taken from public funds.’

I immediately took the four people into my arms.

And then I started running forward blindly.

“there! “What are you doing!”

“Stop!!”

The verbal cries of public officials were completely ignored.

If you try this anyway you will end up with a small fine.

There is no reason not to go in.

How much would it cost to hunt on the 5th floor for just one day?

“Aaaah!”

“No way! Just want to go in?”

“Behel—laaaaa!”

Were my cries answered?

Einar on his left arm laughed.

“Hahaha! Of course it’s Bjorn!!! “Great warrior!!”

Yes this is how we are barbarians.

Coo! Coo!

I quickly ran through the empty square with a satisfied smile.

Ssaaaaaa-

The light of the portal shrinks to the size of a person and shakes uneasily.

Soon the light flashed and embraced us.

“I entered the crystal cave on the first floor.”

It’s safe.

***

“The character’s reputation has increased by +1.”

“The character’s reputation has increased by +1.”

“The character’s reputation has increased by +1.”

「The character’s reputation increases by +1…」

「….」