Surviving the Game as a Barbarian – 200



Episode 200 Master Key (5)

Nickname ‘Elfnunalove’.

A player who uses the name ‘Ghost master’ more often in public but there are a lot of rumors about his identity.

He slowly opened his eyes and checked the time.

“….”

It was just past midnight.

The location is a private laboratory located on the upper level of the Magic Tower.

As always he sat in his chair for a moment to collect his thoughts.

‘How will he get out now?’

Today he placed a permanent ban on one player upon entering the community.

The target is ‘Sergeant Lee’.

He was a user from Korea with an unusual nickname Byeongjang Lee.

‘By now he must be running rampant to find me and kill me.’

He also didn’t want to get into trouble with Sergeant Lee.

‘Sergeant Lee’ is not only the person closest to the ‘key’ but he is also a player who possesses stronger military power than anyone else.

…among those from Earth.

‘…Because you’re the one who didn’t listen to me verbally.’

He was a little worried that he might have plucked the nose hairs of a sleeping tiger but it still had to be done.

The last cajoling he did before permanently beating Ben.

Wasn’t Sergeant Lee the one who rejected this?

Of course I understand their situation so I just left them alone until now but I can’t be considerate forever.

Now he too will have to make a choice.

‘…Still I feel a little sorry for that person.’

As he continued his thoughts his thoughts naturally led to a man.

A Korean user with the nickname ‘Elfnunna’.

‘It seems like that person is also his fan.’

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He knows this as he has encountered many Korean users so far.

How small their numbers are.

The percentage of Koreans among players is less than 1%.

It was not for nothing that Sergeant Lee who was desperately looking for someone from the same neighborhood finally asked for time to say a few words.

‘If you think about it this way you’re a really funny person. If we miss the trend so much we should all work together to beat the game and think about going back.’

The man chuckled and got up from his seat.

His crystal ball was already vibrating indicating that a call had arrived.

“It seems like something happened there as they contacted me first at this time. “Soul Queens.”

[yes. As I was slowly getting ready to leave work I discovered strange access records.]

“Strange access records?”

Her man adjusted her posture.

She is saying that she has as much understanding of this space as she does so she is definitely not an ordinary Lee phenomenon.

[There is a connection record but it doesn’t say who it is. And above all… the access time is listed as 3 o’clock.]

“It means you entered the community in the middle.”

[yes. So I also found it very strange….]

“Can you give me a moment to think about it?”

The man cast her spell on himself keeping her on the phone. She created her own combination magic ‘Meditation’ by adding a few techniques to ‘Thought Acceleration’.

One person immediately came to mind.

“Watcher of the Round Table.”

[ah! The suspicious person who was cut down a year ago!]

Nickname ‘0720’.

It was a year ago that I learned of his existence.

He was told by all the guides who helped newcomers enter the community that they had no memory of helping them enter and later when he entered his inner circle and saw him wearing this costume he became suspicious and hit Ben.

Because he usually wears modern clothes.

He decided that he was a spy for the royal family who had obtained the pills from somewhere and secretly infiltrated this place. Either that or a player from somewhere other than Earth.

‘…More than anything he had the appearance of an old man.’

The players are generally young.

That’s natural.

Aren’t these people who enjoy playing these perverted games?

It is not easy to imagine an elderly person over 70 clearing this game.

“Maybe it’s a group of people formed by the Watchers of the Round Table to avoid our eyes.”

[But didn’t you think the remaining members were normal at that time?]

“yes. It was like that back then. But just in case could Soul Queens go in and check for me?”

[…It must be a private chat room.]

“Don’t worry about the invitation code. “It may take a few months but it doesn’t mean there is no way.”

[Yes in that case…]

Soon Soul Queens answered that they would and with that the man also tried to end the call.

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There’s nothing you can do right now.

but….

“Soul Queens do you remember the player named ‘Elfnunna’?”

For some reason that nickname came to mind and I asked the man without realizing it.

[Oh him? He came here a few months ago but I remember him clearly because he was so unique. Her nickname and more than anything else was very impressive.]

“What if you were impressed?”

[I couldn’t see any space in my inner world. It was the first time in my life that I had encountered someone with such a strong mental barrier while doing this job.]

“…okay.”

The man felt something was off.

The mental barrier is unusually thick which can be accepted as an individual variation.

The period of time I worked as an usher for Soul Queens was short.

But I feel like I’m missing something.

In the ‘meditation’ state the ‘intuition’ level also increases so the man did not dismiss the feeling as just a mood.

“Excuse me for a moment.”

The man asked for her permission and then checked the print written in her head.

To be exact it was the details of those who had sent her letters during the time of Elf Nunna’s entry as mentioned by the Soul Queens.

‘They’re all newbies.’

She thought she might have taken the pills later so she tried increasing the dose to three months but the results were the same.

She said that no player had gone higher than the 5th floor.

But can the mental barrier be that high?

“…Bjorn Yandel?”

As she expanded her scope and checked one name caught the eye of her man.

A barbarian who rarely chose a shield.

So she sent a letter to the explorer wondering if it might be ‘him’ but she did not come back so her suspicions were raised.

“Soul Queens.”

Her man gave new instructions.

“Please investigate the user named Elfnunnara. What was the post left how much GP was it and what information was purchased. Even if I have to restore everything that was deleted.”

I needed to check.

***

The morning after the community opened.

Amelia woke me up.

“…What’s going on? “From the morning.”

“morning? “It’s already noon.”

That barbarian might wake up late.

I asked pouring a cup of water down her stuffy throat.

“So what’s your business?”

Usually Amelia appeared in the evening.

Even when she broke up with me yesterday she decided to see me around that time.

But why did you come to me in broad daylight like this?

The answer that came out of Amelia’s mouth was indeed simple.

“For some reason I feel like I need to say something.”

“It means leaving.”

“Okay so the search can stop now.”

From the way she speaks it doesn’t seem like she’s leaving because she found ‘Auril Gavis’…

I floated naturally.

“I guess I have something to do.”

Amelia made no reply.

But that was enough for her.

She goes to the city every day and isn’t she a busy woman?

[Several people were sent up to the ground in Noark just before the blockade. The goal is to kill one explorer! Surprising right?]

Maybe the assassination mission the clown was talking about is about to begin today.

I had no intention of getting involved.

It’s not something I can stop even if I stop it.

No rather…

“Are you going to come back and look for him later? “If necessary I can talk to you here.”

I made a good-faith offer.

That’s because he was the type that was sensitive to Eunwon.

I decided that it would be helpful to erase the debt.

“There is no need for that. “I think it would be difficult to find him this way anyway.”

“I see.”

Due to Amelia’s rejection she did not bother to propose again.

The conversation ended so neatly.

“Then see you next time.”

I briefly said goodbye and Amelia stared at me quietly.

“What does it mean to see you next time?”

Oh she was curious about that.

Well I was the one who said to him “Please don’t get involved in the future.” It must have sounded a little meaningful to him.

I answered honestly.

“For some reason I think I’ll meet you again.”

How many times have we already run into each other by chance?

I don’t know how long it will be before I can return home but I’m sure we’ll run into each other one more time.

“…Strange guy.”

After saying those words Amelia disappeared from her sight as usual.

Now it’s my turn to start my day.

Tiing-!!

First I pressed hard on the call bell next to the bed.

“Did you call me?”

As his right-hand man Squidward appeared less than a minute later.

After giving the order to stop the search we had a quick lunch and then went out together.

It’s a walk I do every day after eating.

There is nothing else to do in Bifron.

“Go to the distribution center.”

“Rationing station… you mean?”

“Is there a problem?”

“no. “I will guide you to a nearby location.”

The target of today’s walk is one of the 12 distribution centers in Bifron.

When I arrived I saw a long line.

Lines every morning to receive food rations provided by the city.

It was a sight that was difficult to see just a few days ago.

Originally each faction occupied the distribution center and monopolized it.

“As you said at least minors were allowed to take whatever they wanted without any conditions.”

“Okay keep doing this.”

I looked happily at the line of children and then quickly turned my back on them. And I looked around the city moving as fast as I could.

Then I saw a familiar kid.

The same kid who took me to the inn on the first day I arrived in Bifron saying he would give me directions.

“Come here.”

“yep!”

As soon as our eyes met the kid who had been taking a step back approached me and stood at attention.

“Where are we going?”

“I’m on my way to the boat distribution center….”

“You’ve gained a little more weight than before.”

“yes….”

Is it because he actually became the number one figure in Bifron?

Even though he had never done anything wrong that day or since the kid was shaking.

Well I just called because I was happy to see you.

Is this the loneliness of the absolute?

“How are you doing these days?”

“I read books in my spare time. Hey in the library that Yandel made….”

It’s not a library I created but it’s more like revitalizing a library that had been gathering dust.

There are so many books used as kindling that there are still many empty bookshelves. I was told to collect all the books and fill them in so things will get better over time.

“I swear I won’t do anything like that! “When I need money I register at a labor center and earn it steadily!”

When I stared at him the kid started making excuses for not even asking if he was anxious.

“If you think about it my dream was to become a scholar.”

“yes yes!”

I smiled and gave him some advice.

“Keep living like that. “If you make money by swindling others you will have problems with your head and then the day will come when it will all go away.”

“…yes?”

“If you don’t have brains you can’t be a scholar.”

“yes? Oh yes…”

It seemed like he didn’t understand what I was saying at all but I didn’t bother talking for long.

Because being an old barbarian is a requirement.

“egg plant.”

Afterwards I continued my walk with Squidward.

Distribution centers libraries residential facilities labor centers etc.

There was nothing else to do but look for Auril Gavis so I fixed some of the irrational parts and the city definitely became more lively than when I first came.

The biggest thing was that the tyranny of each power disappeared.

‘Well if I’m not there things will go back to normal.’

In that sense I led Squidward to the sewer.

“Why am I here….”

Squidward looks at me with a strange voice and trembles.

Anyone who sees this will think I’m planning to kill you and bury you here.

“I’m going to the city for a while. Do you need anything?”

“…yes?”

Squidward who rarely repeated the same thing twice asked back with a dumbfounded look on his face.

“You’re going to the city too…?”

“Oh didn’t I tell you? “There is a passage leading to the city.”

“That that that that… that can’t be right?”

“Why do you stutter? “Is there something wrong with your head?”

“no.”

Squidward who had only thought that he would be liberated in a few days lowered his head with a miserable face.

However did it occur to you later that it was a bluff?

“Anyway I don’t need anything—”

“no! there is!”

“okay? “Tell me.”

Squidward asked me for one thing when he said he was going to the city.

It was a skewer from a store in District 9.

“I’m sure it would have all cooled down by the time I brought it back?”

“That’s okay!”

I smiled and nodded at him.

It was obvious what he was thinking.

I guess they want to check if they really have the means to go to the city.

“Then you can go back now.”

“Yes I understand.”

Afterwards I sent Squidward away and entered the sewer. And then I headed towards the secret passage that Amelia had told me about.

Then it happened.

Jiyiing.

Just in case it wasn’t a sub-space but the message stone I always had in my arms rang.

It was something I received from Uncle Yong.

I decided to contact you once I decided whether I could give him the ‘Dragon’s Blessing’ that I requested in exchange for the dragon slayer sword the other day.

‘They said it would take a month or two but it only took two months.’

What was the result?

When I pressed the button that protruded from the bottom a voice came out through it.

[Tear up the paper I gave you at that time.].

“I’m more curious about what happened.”

[The elders decided to see you in person and make a decision.]

“I see.”

As instructed I tore up the paper that had been stuck in subspace.

‘I decided to see it for myself…’

It wasn’t the ‘YES’ I expected but I wasn’t too worried.

Even if it’s not possible make it happen.

Because that is the spirit of K-Barbarian.