Surviving the Game as a Barbarian – 19



Episode 19 Lafdonia (3)

“Then I’ll just go.”

“Ah yes… goodbye….”

After breaking up with Erwen the place I headed to was none other than the library.

The calming smell of paper and ink.

A quiet atmosphere where you feel like you have to endure coughing.

As I was looking at the various non-sils who were choosing books I felt like I was the only one who was alien…

Drurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Surprisingly there was one more barbarian in the library besides me.

He walked up to me happily and poked me on the back.

“Bjorn Jan Jandel’s son?!”

It was you after all.

Einar the second and third daughter of Pnelin.

“I’m glad you seem to be okay.”

“You too!”

“…I think you need to lower your voice.”

Ainard must have felt people’s eyes on her so she muffled her voice.

“sorry. “I think they were surprised because they didn’t expect to see other compatriots here than me.”

That’s the same for me too.

“What’s going on in the library?”

“Didn’t you say last time that you just have to think and act all the time? “This time she thought she needed knowledge to move around in the labyrinth and think.”

Well I see.

It’s quite extraordinary.

If it weren’t for the fact that she was sleeping with a book open and even her snoring.

“It looks like something happened in the labyrinth.”

“It wasn’t easy from beginning to end. There was no problem with fighting but…”

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Ainar continued her words with a bitter expression.

“It wasn’t just monsters we had to be wary of.”

He certainly seems a little different from other barbarians. She said they were bragging about how easily she beat up the monster.

Even if she died soon she never said that it was difficult.

“So you decided to study here.”

“That’s right. But I don’t think this is a good fit for me. Reading text is very difficult. “I should have learned it better when I was younger.”

…Ah does the problem start there?

“So starting today I plan to stop by the shrine and learn writing from the elders again. “Now that I’m an adult I have to pay the price.”

Still it’s a bit surprising.

One person can change so much because of my half-hearted advice.

Soon Ainar closed the book she had opened and stood up from her seat.

“Are you planning to go right now?”

“If you don’t do it when you think of it you’ll forget it.”

I see

The more I learn the more I think they are a sad race.

“Then I will go and see.”

After briefly saying hello Einar who was heading toward the exit turned around and spoke as if she had just remembered something.

“ah! Now that I think about it I decided to repay the advice if I came back alive. If you need help with anything come to the Angry Hornbill Inn. “I will help you in any way I can no matter what.”

“Sure.”

I hope I don’t forget this promise in a day or two.

I think I’ll have to ask for help soon.

***

After Einar left I wandered around the library for a while and looked around.

Isn’t it a common sight to see a building the size of the National Assembly building made up entirely of a library?

Even in the game the library only showed a sign saying ‘under construction’ and entry was not possible.

Hmm but how do you find a book in a place like this?

I don’t think you can find the location by tapping the keyboard a few times like in modern times…

I decided to seek help while I was thinking about it.

“Hmm.”

When the librarian who had been dozing off at the desk made a coughing sound he slowly opened his eyes.

“What’s going on?”

“I’m looking for a book. Related to history…”

“Parsitiev.”

Before I could explain what type of book I was looking for the librarian with a sleepy face muttered.

At the same time a faint light enters my body.

What is this magic?

“Now if you look around you will find the book you are looking for. “You cannot borrow it but after you finish reading it be sure to put it back in its original place.”

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As the light faded the librarian uttered only a mechanical comment and began to doze off again.

…What on earth is this woman?

For some reason she didn’t feel like waking up again so she wandered around the library as instructed.

As a result I saw books everywhere that made me feel particularly drawn to them.

I quickly got a sense of what kind of magic it was.

Evil spirit history labyrinth explorer essence etc.

As soon as the keywords you think about change the books that attract you also change.

‘What is this convenient magic?’

With magic like this it makes sense that there would be only one librarian. Compared to its original size the number of library users was almost non-existent.

Among the books I chose only those that attracted me the most and opened them one by one.

[Destroyed World]

First of all this nearly 700-page book which I first opened described the early history of this worldview.

Most of it matched the game.

Thousands of years ago a witch’s curse made it impossible for life to survive on this land and only the final citadel Lapdonia escaped the disaster.

It is said that the royal family opened a passage connecting to another dimension for the subjects who were starving to death due to limited resources.

It even became the labyrinth it is today.

[Basic Understanding of Alchemy Annotated Book IV]

The second book described how magic stones from monsters go through to become bread water and steel.

I didn’t understand the principle at all.

I read as many books as I could cramming knowledge into my head.

[Holy Relic War III]

Thanks to this I learned more about why the relationship between barbarians and fairies came to be and what evil spirits are.

People’s perception was that evil spirits were evil beings that came from another dimension and took over the body.

Well if you think about it isn’t that wrong?

[Demons of the Abyss]

Unfortunately this book did not explain why evil spirits appear.

However the Lapdonian royal family and temple declared evil spirits to be exterminated and the efforts made were written in relatively detailed terms.

From the evil spirit’s point of view this was a great tip.

According to the book as long as you don’t spit out taboo words you’ll rarely be suspected of being an evil spirit.

For example [Dungeon and Stone].

…Now I have to restrain myself from calling out for Sparta.

[How did explorers evolve?]

[Twins of the Lapdonian royal family]

[About heroes]

[Life of Camp Biffron]

After that I continued to read the book and was finally able to obtain the information I wanted.

[On the King’s Death]

This book deals with the death of Labigion III who was called the first king or the immortal king.

However the various suspicions surrounding it and the changes that resulted from it were good.

What is important to me is that time.

Let’s see the date…

“150 years ago…?”

It was the moment when my hypothesis was proven correct.

The king’s death date written in the book was about 150 years ago.

In other words this means that where I am now is in the future 150 years after the game.

No matter which race you choose the game started the day after Ravigion III passed away.

Shit.

I guess I’ll just have to live in the library for the time being.

“Whoa….”

I closed the book and relaxed my eyes for a moment.

Even if you only read the important parts your eyes will tear out after looking through ten books.

However I decided to read the two books I had taken out.

Let’s cheer up a little more. Because important information may come out.

[Dimension instability observation record]

Was this the book that the blonde who saved me from crawling on three legs read?

The book contained cases and statistics similar to mine.

As the blonde said falling into the outermost area is something that happens once in a hundred years…

“Damn.”

As an experienced person I can tell you that there are probably a lot more cases like this.

In most cases you don’t know because it’s all over.

The rest of the content was just statistics so I skimmed through the pages and stopped at the last chapter.

The author’s reasoning was written at the end saying ‘Entering the moment the portal closes may be related to the instability phenomenon.’

If this is true…

In the end it’s my fault.

It’s going to be sad so let’s move on.

[Grade 9 Essence Comprehensive]

It was finally the last book.

The abilities of the essence spit out by grade 9 monsters were organized like an encyclopedia but unlike the in-game notation the information was not provided in exact numbers.

[Goblin]

Patience (bottom) Smell (bottom) Poison tolerance (bottom) Dexterity (bottom) Vision (bottom)

*Constantly grants paralysis poison when using a melee weapon.

*Creating a trap.

Looking at other monsters it seems that if their stats are 21 or higher they are marked as medium from then on…

There was no way to know the standard value of the upper level.

According to the information written on the first page it seems that information of level 8 or higher must be purchased from the Explorer’s Guild.

“after….”

I closed the book and briefly stretched.

Before I knew it it was dark outside the window.

It was almost time for the library to close so there were almost no visitors.

I put all the books I had read back in their original places and returned to the inn.

And after finishing a simple meal I stretched out on the bed.

This marks the end of our third day in the city.

“It’s the next 27 days….”

The labyrinth opens at midnight on the 1st of every month.

A month here has exactly 30 days which means that you have to enter the labyrinth again in about 4 weeks.

“….”

What can I do in the city during my remaining time?

No what should I do?

As I was organizing all these things in my head I quickly felt sleepy.

Let’s start by finding new colleagues tomorrow.

***

“mister! mister! “Wake up!”

Erwen came early in the morning and knocked on the door.

Aside from the fact that it’s a pretty exciting voice…

‘Why on earth did he come here?’

Surely she wouldn’t say that she would follow me instead of her older sister now.

She honestly thought she had nothing to do anymore.

“What’s going on?”

“Look at this! “The contract was successful!”

As soon as I open the door Erwen comes spitting out endless words about her.

“contract? Oh did you really eat the ‘spirit stone’?”

A spirit stone is an item that allows a fairy to make a contract with spirits of other attributes.

Assuming the user is lucky.

“yes! “I broke up with you yesterday and successfully made a contract with a new spirit!”

“You were lucky.”

The price of an energy stone in the game is about 150000 stones.

The probability of success was only 10%.

It must have been a gamble that cost him almost all of his money but did he succeed?

“yes! “My sister bought it for me and I tried it 10 times and it worked!”

…Did you come to make fun of me?

As a barbarian who has inherited only this body I only feel deprived.

When I first met her I thought she was a pitiful girl because she had a younger sibling to take care of and all but now I see that she doesn’t exist anymore.

The bow she had was probably bought for her by her older sister.

“Anyway it looks like you made a contract with the wind spirit.”

“yes! I was lucky in many ways. Because fire and wind go well together!”

“Okay so first cancel the summons.”

I said with a sigh.

I would be lying if I said my stomach didn’t hurt but it was for a different reason.

“yes? But I haven’t been able to show it properly yet…”

“Are you going to make more of a mess here?”

“iced coffee! sorry!”

Only then did the howling wind subside.

As soon as I woke up I thought what kind of mess is this?

As I frowned Erwen who had been very excited began to look at me with an expression of regret.

“I’ll clean it up myself?”

I don’t know why it’s in question form.

So were you planning on telling me to clean it up?

When she nodded Erwen quickly cleaned up the messy room.

Surprisingly it took less than 10 minutes.

She said last time that she was confident in doing laundry and cleaning and it turned out she was right.

There is no unnecessary movement.

Like a master from a martial arts magazine.

“Shall we clean up more?”

“….”

“I’ll clean up more….”

“no. “This is enough.”

To be honest I wonder if it’s possible to clean up more here.

Somehow it seems to be cleaner now than when I first entered the inn room.

Well done let’s give him a carrot.

I have something to ask you later.

“Now that I think about it I haven’t said this yet. “Congratulations on signing a contract with a new spirit.”

“Hehe thank you!”

“Have you had breakfast?”

“Not yet.”

We went down to the first floor to eat before the ceremony and talked about the rest.

“What can I do with the wind spirit?”

“I think it would be possible to slightly twist the trajectory of an arrow that has already been fired or shoot it much faster!”

Compared to what was expected it is a fairly one-dimensional operation method.

Isn’t it possible to rotate the arrow to increase penetration or to silence the sound made when the arrow is fired?

If that happens the combat power will increase even further.

“Huh I hadn’t thought about that… but somehow it seems like something that could work?”

What on earth is this way of speaking?

For some reason I feel bad.

“Anyway I’m glad you came. “After you finish eating let’s go back up.”

“yes? why?”

“I have work to do in my room.”

Erwen tilted her head.

It looks like he has no clue at all…

“I guess you didn’t think you had repaid the favor from last time?”

“yes yes? Wasn’t it?”

He also has a very naive side.

Crash.

I locked the door to prevent anyone from coming in and made Erwen sit on her bed.

“Now try using this ability.”

Is there any difficulty in using the skill? How long does it take to use it again? Are there any hidden weaknesses in the stealth ability? etc.

There are a lot of things to check.