Surviving the Game as a Barbarian – 226



Episode 226: Reversal (2)

The worst has been avoided.

Although a person whose name was known to everyone was left behind this did not mean that numerous troops were waiting.

There are only three enemies we have to deal with.

Perhaps out of confidence they didn’t even fire a single shot until we climbed up the portal and formed a formation.

but….

“Abed Necrapeto casted [Puppet].”

However the situation is not positive.

Even if we fight now without being pushed back the longer this battle goes on the more disadvantageous it will be for us.

Because necromancers are like that.

[Grrrrrrrr!]

A large-scale battle where deaths occur one after another in real time.

The corpse of a comrade whose skin was torn and whose throat was cut by the corpse army rises and attacks us.

Kwasik-!

Even at this very moment we should be hard at work breaking the heads of corpses but if we continue like this we will eventually be outnumbered.

‘Ha what a combination.’

Even if I try not to do anything the sound of pain inevitably comes out.

There are only three but should I say that the balance between them is very good?

Corpse Collector’s Quantity.

Blue Mane’s Great Battle.

Even the top wizard Annihilator with wide-area skills and overwhelming variable creation abilities.

If there were just three people who were good at fighting the odds of victory would have been much higher.

‘No because it’s this combination all but three have moved up.’

I shake off the brief regret.

Just as there is no one in the world without flaws.

Not all aspects are necessarily disadvantageous.

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On the contrary since the opponent is a corpse collector there is no advantage to me.

“The character used [Outlaw of the Wilderness].”

I never thought I’d end up using something I got from the Doppelganger Forest here again.

“Behel—laaaaaaa!!!”

At the forefront of the front line we once again do what we have repeated countless times throughout the day.

clearing the way.

Kwazizig-! Quaaaang!

Every time the mace is swung corpses wearing various equipment are swept away like fallen leaves in a cold wind.

The reason is simple.

The Outlaw of the Waste is one of Nek’s extreme counter items.

“Melee physical damage temporarily increases in proportion to the number of humanoid monsters.”

Increases melee physical damage proportional to number.

We don’t know but it is clear that the increase rate has already reached its maximum.

Well the maximum is…

「Current increase rate 1000%.」

It was 10 times that right?

Kwasik-!

Is this how Lu Bu from Romance of the Three Kingdoms felt?

There is no need to use [Swing] as it explodes with a roughly swung mace.

It would be more helpful if I wrote something but…

It would be the right decision to save the limited MP and invest in [Giantization].

“Huh what kind of level 5 explorer…”

“A great warrior!!”

“Follow me!”

The explorers follow behind me who begins an unarmed charge and a breakthrough formation is naturally formed.

Okay you won’t get stabbed from behind like this.

“It’s a suicide bomber!”

[Corpse Explosion] which initially caused countless damage is now slowly starting to be dealt with.

Aren’t they veteran explorers whose daily routine is strategy?

He learned the relative method naturally without my instruction.

“wizard!”

“Dertu Teiran!”

Grade 8 auxiliary magic ‘Gust’.

Kwakwang-!

As soon as the suicide bomber’s body swells use magic or a skill with a knockback effect to push it away.

Of course even so there were occasional explosions within the formation and damage occurred and I was the one who took the most damage.

Cheeeeeeeek-!

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The venom of a suicide bomber stuck to my entire body.

However it doesn’t sting that much.

I didn’t increase my poison resistance that much but…

Isn’t [Dungeon & Stone] a team game?

“Arua Raven casted level 7 support magic [Neutralization].”

A buff magic that reduces poison damage by half.

“Rebecca Eisel casted [Sharing the Burden].”

An active skill that takes one-third of the damage suffered by the target of the skill.

“Khan Argon has cast [Herd Immunity].”

An aura-type skill that shares half of your resistance value with everyone within a 15m radius regardless of the number.

“Paulton Cassel casted [Fountain of Blood].”

「When the character takes damage a regeneration orb is created.」

Even when I take damage healing tokens explode from my body and fill up with the blood of my comrades who pick them up.

With hundreds of average level 5 explorers gathered there are literally no skills—

Whoa!

At that time dozens of light spheres filling the sky above the goblin forest disappeared at once and the surrounding area became dark.

I knew it intuitively.

[Be careful he will move soon.]

Doomologist.

Yes he won’t just watch forever.

Grumbling!

The sky became dark as if there was a solar eclipse.

A red sphere appears above it and rapidly increases in size.

[It’s the nine days of destruction.]

Sphere of destruction.

An attack magic that was unheard of in the game.

It has to be that way.

That summoning magic is a signature magic that the Destructionist created from scratch.

‘It was said to be level 2 magic.’

My heart is tightening.

I know how unrealistically powerful the top attack magic is.

Of course it doesn’t mean much.

Even if you didn’t know you would have roughly guessed it.

How dangerous is that magic?

“You crazy old man!! Are you planning to kill me too?”

As soon as he saw that thing in the sky he shuddered and tried to leave.

The clown seen in the distance is no different.

He is shouting something with a confused face.

Although I couldn’t hear the sound it wasn’t difficult to infer the content. Because the corpse army located on the outside was retreating.

‘Nimiral.’

As companions of the Annihilator they made their judgment.

When that magic falls everything friend or foe will disappear without a trace.

But so what?

[I will stop you so you go ahead!]

Overcome the anxiety and focus on clearing the path for now.

“Do something! “Don’t freeze and keep moving!”

“Ha but if it falls…!”

“Where will you go if you run away? Fight!”

Now without me having to do anything first the explorers encourage each other and strengthen their fighting spirit.

“It’s coming…!”

I raised my head when I heard someone chanting.

Before I knew it an ominous sphere that had grown large enough to fill the entire sky was seen falling vertically toward the ground.

and….

“Kyle Pevrosk cast the level 3 attack spell [Piercing Steel].”

At that moment Kyle’s magic to mark the Annihilator was completed.

Ssaaaaaa-!

An intense gray light bloomed from behind as if a magic circle had been drawn in advance for this occasion.

Flash-!

When the light that flickered for a moment disappeared a huge arrow pierced the huge meteorite.

Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaut one another – there up there?

An ear-piercing impact sound.

Ssssssssssssss-!

A strong wind blows and swirls the ground.

And with this as a starting point.

“Blood damage!!”

Large and small pieces split into hundreds of pieces are engulfed in red-hot flames and pour down like rain.

Although the explorers fled in despair not many actually reached the ground.

Again it was Kyle’s credit.

bang! Quack! Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwak!

Hundreds of falling pieces are blocked by a translucent barrier and explode and disappear in the air.

There is no way even a level 3 wizard would be able to spread a shield over such a wide area…

‘…Have you controlled everything?’

I read the path of the pieces and blocked them one by one using only the minimum amount of magic.

That would be a reasonable guess.

In fact Raven was watching the scene with his mouth open.

“That’s possible…?”

As a wizard I feel this even more clearly.

How high-level the technique you just performed was.

But unfortunately the opposing wizard was also not an ordinary human.

No rather the Annihilator is an archmage belonging to Orculis who is considered to be of a higher rank than Kyle.

[Damn you old man.]

The falling meteorites change their orbit like a curveball avoid the barrier and hit the ground.

Kuung-!

The meteorite did not distinguish between enemy and enemy.

The center of the army of corpses released by the clown fell behind or next to me crushing my colleagues.

Then he changed into the form of a golem and stood up.

‘Level 5 summoning magic fire giant.’

Raven shouted as if it made no sense.

“Pevrosk! How did this happen? “There was definitely no summoning technique…!”

[He used the remaining magic power to create a new spell on the remaining pieces.]

“In that short moment you used level 5 magic…dozens of them…?”

Raven mutters a mixture of astonishment and admiration.

However there seemed to be no time for Kyle to respond kindly.

[Yandel! I have to prepare for the next attack so I’ll ask for your help!]

Contact cut off in a hurry.

The Annihilator said he would take charge of it.

In the end it’s up to me to clean up after myself.

‘Well no matter how much he is it would be impossible to take on such a monster alone.’

Kyle is even lacking magical power because he is using scalpel teleportation on the first floor.

Once again I feel like we are still at a disadvantage.

Melter Fend in charge of the Blue Mane.

Kyle decided to take charge of the Annihilationist.

Even I who decided to lead hundreds of explorers and hunt down corpse collectors.

The moment either side loses it is game over.

The delicate balance will collapse and everyone will be swept away in an instant.

But in other words this is also true for the other party.

Therefore…

Slurp.

Before I know it I stand up completely and rush towards the fire giant looking down at me.

Holding a giant mace in his hand.

Tadat.

[Leap] high.

‘Swing.’

He even uses up his MP to strike down the mace.

Just one shot was enough.

Destroying the core of the 5th grade summon fire giant.

Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

A fire giant that turns into magic particles and flutters around.

I stared at the front view beyond.

A clown was visible in the distance.

‘You’re still laughing.’

If you can just kill him you have an advantage.

***

We are moving forward slowly one step at a time.

Breaking them trampling them sometimes pushing their bodies with shields and throwing them away.

Kwasik-!

We are paving the way for life.

Ssaaaaaa-!

The rain of fire launched by the Annihilator is falling ceaselessly from the sky.

Kwakwakwak!

Kyle fought back fiercely using his defensive magic but it was not enough to block them all.

“Aaaahhh-!”

Screams are rampant everywhere.

Their bodies who have reached this point desperately seeking life are burned black and fall to the damp ground.

and….

“Abed Necrapeto casted [Puppet].”

It raises its body like that and swings its weapon at us.

When I see that I end up thinking.

If there is hell for royalties wouldn’t this be it?

Kwaang-!

From a distance a pile of corpses flew like a cannonball destroying the formation.

This is a change that occurred a few minutes ago.

The Corpse Collector began pulling out more summons from subspace.

Damn I thought we were almost there.

‘How much have you stored up?’

A swear word comes out.

But even so my feet don’t stop.

Although they are already far away from the main force and surrounded by a horde of corpses they run forward.

I don’t know how many people are left.

A lot of people would have died.

But still.

“Behel—laaaaa!”

As Einar cries out as he cuts down the corpse a chorus follows from the side.

“Yes beheladaaaa!!!”

It’s not the barbarian’s.

Human dwarf or beastman.

Yes this is addictive again.

thud-!

A pile of corpses flew out and lifted itself up in front of me.

Appearance of five corpses combined.

Before I could frown at the bizarre appearance I found a familiar face among the pile of corpses.

‘Hansen Kelders.’

On day 1 we met while wandering through the aisles.

I didn’t even know what the situation was and it was before I even met the clown.

At that time he offered to join us but I declined the offer.

Because I couldn’t believe it.

[A prudent person survives for a long time. I hope I can see you again later.]

Even after being rejected the guy smiled and left.

and….

[Grrrrrrrr….]

This is how we reunited.

‘…He was really from our side.’

If it were Lee Han-soo just looking at it would have made him vomit what was inside.

I think as I swing my mace towards it.

If I had trusted that guy back then.

So if we decided to move together…

Was he fighting on our side and not the enemy?

Kwasik-!

Well it could be so.

There is only one thing that is correct.

I was wrong back then.

It wasn’t even the best choice.

I didn’t try because I was a stranger.

I’m sure if I had tried harder I might have been able to find reliable evidence.

“sorry.”

Dash forward stepping on a pile of corpses.

And then I think briefly.

What kind of person was this guy?

What could he have done if he were alive?

“….”

Now I don’t know.

Maybe he had great potential and could have been of great help to me.

In fact Dwalki’s first impression was just that.

At first he thought he was just a weirdo.

But what was it like in reality?

He was the sweetest of us all and a greater wizard than any I’ve ever seen.

[Is Yandel still far away?]

Kyle’s voice takes away all the distracting thoughts.

“Not much time left.”

It really won’t be long now.

If you go a little further you can reach where the clown is.

It’s an agile dog neck so close combat won’t be easy.

So it’s obvious that Nek’s weakness is.

Even if he had summoned a large army like this MP consumption would have been no problem.

As long as Kyle can keep the Annihilator in check and Melter Fend can keep that wolf alone there’s really no problem—

[Please hurry.]

huh?

[Something doesn’t feel right.]

Doesn’t it feel good?

Is this also like a wizard’s sense?

With that in mind he swung his mace once again.

[Grrrrrrrr…!]

A group of explorers I had never seen before appeared among the stinking corpses.

One team two teams three teams…

There are so many numbers that it is meaningless to count them one by one.

“I came to see what the fuss was about and what was this…”

“Now we will help too!”

“They are the remnants of Lafdonia! “Kill it!!”

“Waaaaaa!!”

It was a Noark explorer who was hunting on the second floor.