Surviving the Game as a Barbarian – 202



Episode 202: Blessing (2)

To embark on a path of revenge dig two graves.

This is what Confucius said.

However the book I read only contained that sentence and did not specify what the intention behind the words was.

So what did Confucius really want to say?

The importance of determination?

Or is it just how self-destructive and dangerous a choice revenge is?

As someone in the 21st century I have no way of knowing so I decided to interpret it in a way that touched my heart more.

Yes Confucius knew.

When you try to beat someone you have to be prepared to get beaten yourself.

‘But it looks like you didn’t know that either.’

I licked my lips and stared at the kid.

The kid who had been making personal attacks from the very beginning was staring into space lost in his emotions.

“What did you mean by what you just said? “I don’t understand…”

I didn’t use any difficult words.

So not understanding means not the ‘words’ but the ‘situation’ itself.

Well isn’t it?

“Why why don’t I have a mother!!”

The kid glared at me and shouted and I briefly asked back.

“Then is it there?”

“No he passed away…”

The kid flinched and trailed off.

To be honest I was a little confused too.

I never thought the answer to this question would be ‘Yes’.

Of course there was no problem.

“also.”

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I nodded at her as if I knew she would.

Not having a real mother?

So what?

Bjorn Yandel also grew up without a mother.

Moreover due to the characteristics of the Yongin tribe he looks young and his actual age is probably older than me.

There is no reason to stop punishing a preemptive strike.

“But… how did you know…?”

“It’s noticeable.”

“You’re showing off?”

“Yes if you were properly educated at home there is no way you would lie like that.”

When I said this as if it were obvious a sound of teeth grinding came from her little mouth.

Although it is a world without pad lip we cannot help but be sensitive when it comes to words related to family.

Oh isn’t this one too?

“I apologize Barbarian! Are you lying? “I didn’t lie or anything!”

The kid who had recovered her mental state to some extent burst out in anger at being accused of ‘lying’.

For some reason a corner of her heart felt cold as soon as she heard it.

How dare you deny it with all your might?

Doesn’t that mean that he was sincere when he said he was so ugly?

If it had been Bjorn Yandel she would have been hurt.

But there was no problem with this either.

A K-Barbarian with Korean affection who gives back with words if he receives something in return.

Because that’s me.

“You don’t even know you lied…”

I looked at her little boy with pity.

“There’s no way my father wasn’t there—”

“there is! There is a father! “You crazy guy!!”

A kid yells interrupting me.

Therefore I also finished my inseongjil at this point.

This should have conveyed the realization that if you mess around with the barbarian you could be in big trouble.

Besides this is Yongin’s home ground—

‘Oh but why is the elder still?’

Only then did I feel a sense of strangeness and looked back.

Then I saw a Yongin elder watching me as if he was interested.

“You’re amazing.”

huh?

“I’ve never seen anyone make Penitas Eauros so angry.”

He is too emotional to say that.

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Even at this very moment he is hissing and breathing heavily and staring at me.

But I focused on other things.

‘sir?’

The elder added an honorific title after the name.

That means that this kid has a significant position within the Yongin tribe.

No wait a minute…

“Could it be that she is a shaman?”

Dragon shaman.

A position similar to that of a shaman the only one among the Barbarians.

To put it simply ‘blessing’ can only be used by these people.

“Oh you didn’t know?”

“······.”

You should have told me.

I soon turned my gaze to see the kid glaring at me with fierce eyes unlike before.

“why? “Have you thought about apologizing now?”

There was an obvious mockery on the corner of his mouth.

After thinking about it for a while I eventually decided to continue with my attitude.

“Little girl why should I apologize?”

“I heard you said you wanted to engrave a blessing?”

That’s right.

However even though she is a shaman isn’t she lower than the chieftain Uncle Yong? If the OK comes from the other side he will have no choice but to engrave a blessing on me.

“That is a matter for the Great Ancient Dragon to decide.”

The kid laughed at my words.

“Oh my dad?”

“······.”

I froze in that same state of laughing.

No she was Mr. Yong’s daughter…?

***

A clan shaman and the daughter of the Ancient Dragon.

She truly must be of tremendous status but she has now erased the option of apologizing from her mind.

That’s not barbarian-like.

More than anything if I apologize it’s like admitting that I’m really ugly.

“······What are you looking at?”

“No? “You didn’t look?”

After the kid’s shocking identity reveal the kid and I had a subtle fight in awkward silence.

And how long has it been?

“Let’s both do that.”

The elder arranged a reconciliation.

No it is correct to say that both of them were scolded.

“Bjorn Yandel the comment you made to the shaman earlier was extremely rude. This place where you stand is a temple where our spirit resides. “No matter how barbarian you are you need to respect them.”

The elder who calmly and logically pointed out my mistake shifted his gaze to the kid who was secretly laughing.

“You made a mistake as well miko.”

“···me too?”

“Bjorn Yandel is a guest of the Primordial Dragon and a benefactor of the clan. “It was against etiquette to criticize her based on her appearance when I first met her.”

“You didn’t even lie?”

“Sometimes there are moments when you need to be silent. Even if that is true.”

The little girl lowered her head despondently.

However she didn’t feel savory.

No rather…

‘······what? Are you going to turn it around?’

Even if it’s true you want to be silent?

He agrees with the statement that she is ugly but doesn’t that mean it was wrong to say that?

“Then I have to attend a meeting so I’ll just leave.”

Soon the elder returned to where she had been earlier leaving me alone with my throbbing bones.

I could barely stand so I sat down on the floor.

That’s how the breathtaking silence began.

The kid was the first to open his mouth.

“Just talk to me.”

“······?”

“I heard you were an explorer? “Do you have any interesting stories?”

“······Why should I do it?”

The kid stared at me with an annoyed look in his eyes at my question.

“Words have power. And I have the ability to feel the nature of that force.”

“I don’t understand.”

“Oh so I need to get used to your wavelength so I can engrave blessings later. “That’s probably why Dad sent you here early.”

This is my first time hearing about the power or wavelength contained in words. However there was something that caught my attention more than that.

“You’re talking as if the decision has already been made.”

“If it had been a refusal you wouldn’t have come to this room.”

“Then what is the meeting being held over there?”

“well? “I guess they thought it looked too easy to just do.”

Well for some reason I think that might really have been the case.

“Anyway say anything. You have to keep talking to be able to read the waves. That way when you engrave a blessing it will put a little less strain on your body.”

Unlike the first time we met it was so common sense that I couldn’t get used to it but I obediently followed his request.

“Is there anything you’re particularly curious about?”

“Starting with why I became an explorer.”

“You sound strange. We were born as warriors. “If you don’t fight you die.”

“Are you saying you had no choice because of taxes?”

Well to put it bluntly it’s like that.

“Because we are not in a good situation like you.”

“Oh I see…”

The Yongin people do not pay taxes.

This is because he made a great contribution in a war that took place thousands of years ago. On the other hand other races struggle with taxes every day.

“I heard that people usually lend money to pay taxes at the racial level but aren’t they Barbarians?”

I smiled bitterly at the question as if he was genuinely curious.

“Yeah not us.”

Dwarves receive a tax reduction if they become blacksmiths.

Beastmen and fairies have financial resources to help with agricultural and livestock work in the ‘Gnome Tree’ with their unique abilities.

So the loan is interest-free until the second year so there is almost no tax liability.

But what about Barbarians?

All you have to do is give them a weapon.

‘If I become the tribal leader I will first receive donations and repair everything.’

Calmly the Barbarians were the furthest behind.

Improvement is needed in many areas.

But did I look bad?

“······This is enough so tell me about it.”

The kid turned the topic first.

“About that?”

“Uncle… I heard you fought a dragon slayer?”

Ah that.

Since this was my only contact with the kid I slightly dramatized what happened at the time and explained it.

It’s not a big deal but I removed the parts that could be disadvantageous.

How to obtain the essence of an ogre or anything that could make you suspect that you are an evil spirit.

Even without that it was an interesting enough story.

“Riol wove dwalki… “For some reason it’s a name I’ll remember for a while.”

Like everyone who heard this story the kid listened most intently to the Dwalki part.

In fact I felt proud when I got this kind of response.

Because he feels like he is recognized by other people.

“knife······. That’s how you got it. You are truly ignorant. Anyway so? “What happened next?”

After talking about the dragon slayer we naturally went into the part about finding new colleagues and here I heard something a little interesting.

“You know what? “Maybe my sister could have joined that team.”

It seems like he’s referring to the 2-year contract ‘colleague’ that Mr. Yong proposed…

“What kind of person is your sister?”

“Good boy. “I’m busy so I don’t see you often.”

No I wasn’t asking about your personality but how strong you are.

I was curious about this part so I tried to ask a few more questions but I couldn’t in the end.

Just then the door opened.

“You said you had an argument but you’re still on good terms?”

Mr. Yong who came inside smiled when he saw us talking about various things.

Thanks to you I learned one thing.

I guess I didn’t tell you what I said to that elder earlier. If I had heard about home education I would never have made that expression.

“So are there any results?”

“You’re out.”

Well then just tell me the results first.

“What happened?”

“I have decided to grant your request.”

“I see.”

I nodded and glanced at her little boy.

It occurred to her that what he said might be true. The results are out but is holding a meeting for an hour just because of pride?

‘Isn’t this why you asked such a strange question in the first place?’

It was a time when such reasonable doubts arose.

Mr. Yong muttered softly.

“There is only one condition.”

“condition?”

“It was confirmed through the Leatlas Church that you received an oracle. “You will probably be reunited with Regal Vagos… the dragon slayer someday.”

“I understand so go ahead and say something.”

“If you can kill him then bring me his heart.”

“······heart? “Why is that necessary?”

Because it is a significant condition I first asked why.

Then her answer came from her little boy.

“It’s because of me. “I was the one who cursed my uncle when that happened.”

“If it’s a curse…”

It was a curse to be accepted but not accepted.

Therefore Regal Vagos had limitations in using dragon language and was unable to properly use the dragon slayer sword that he obtained by betraying his clan.

“Wait a minute but wasn’t that a curse left by the Great Ancient Dragon of the previous era?”

“It is known that way in the world. “It was actually our daughter who placed the curse.”

“······That’s right.”

It feels like listening to the secret story of the Yongin people.

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

“So what does needing a heart have to do with a curse?”

“In return for the curse my time stopped just like that. “I became unable to even take a single step out of this temple for the rest of my life.”

“If he has his heart will he be able to return to normal?”

The kid didn’t answer my question.

Uncle Yong just muttered forlornly.

“At least that’s what we believe.”

Suddenly a thought occurred to me.

I think this may have been the reason why he initially offered to give me a two-year colleague.

Follow me and when the dragon slayer appears kill him and take his heart.

‘But then how old is he?’

At first I thought he was a few years older but now I see that he is no more than a few years older. Because the previous Great Ancient Dragon died more than 30 years ago.

Well apart from that his words and actions look young and don’t match his age…

‘······It could be because he lived only in temples.’

“So what should we do?”

“Okay if I kill the dragon slayer I will definitely rip out his heart and bring it back.”

“Then that’s it.”

Since the conditions were not particularly difficult further negotiations were skipped and the proposal was accepted.

So now it’s time to prepay for rewards.

“Then when will it be possible to engrave a blessing?”

“If you want we can do it tonight.”

The kid said in response to my question.

“But before that I have to ask you this. What blessing do you want to receive? “If you know that you can prepare.”

“What are the blessings?”

First I asked to confirm.

Judgment that there may be differences between the game and reality.

“You didn’t know? “I thought you asked for this because you knew of course.”

“There is only one thing I know for sure.”

“okay? “Then I guess I’ll have to explain the rest.”

Even though the little girl looked annoyed she explained it in detail one by one.

After listening to it there wasn’t any particular difference from the game.

“The first is the Earth Dragon’s blessing.”

Earth Dragon’s Blessing.

When you engrave this blessing on your body the additional abilities obtained through essence increase by 20%.

Even though gang stats are important the synergy is very good.

Actually I don’t know if there is a type that doesn’t have good synergy here.

“The second is the blessing of the volcano dragon.”

Volcanic Dragon’s Blessing.

If the first was the stats this was a series that increased the performance of all skills.

From what I remember the figure is around 30%.

In other words when you select this the size of the [Giant] state becomes larger and the performance of [Iron Leather] and [Swing] also increases significantly.

“Finally there is the sea dragon’s blessing.”

Sea Dragon’s Blessing.

Unlike other blessings this was the only blessing in which a fixed number increased.

The effect is +100 soul power.

Considering that your soul power increases by 10 every time you level up until level 5 you can get a feel for how high this number is.

Probably if you choose this the [Giantization] maintenance time will immediately increase several times.

You will probably never run out of MP until you consume a few more core essences.

“Okay the explanation is over. “Then what do you want to do?”

Which of the three will you choose?

Afterwards the kid said he could give me more time if he needed it but I flatly refused.

“Let’s do this.”

I’ve already decided on something.