Surviving the Game as a Barbarian – 230



Episode 230: Reversal (6)

“Are you coming to your senses?”

Misha Karlstein opened her eyes as she felt the unique taste of the potion remaining on the tip of her tongue.

The first thing I saw was Abman.

“…Uh what happened? “Did you win?”

As soon as Misha opened her eyes she asked recalling her memories.

Her memories were not complete.

It was intermittently disconnected.

[Protect Raven!!]

A corpse collector that takes on the form of a skeleton and charges at you.

I couldn’t withstand that guy even once and left.

and….

Quang! Quang!

I heard a sound like thunder and opened my eyes to see Bjorn lying on the ground struggling to protect us.

That was my last memory.

“I don’t know if we won but at least we’re safe right now. “All the enemies have retreated.”

“okay? thank god. But the main dead person…?”

“….”

Abman frowned.

As if there was a dead person.

But did he miss looking into his own eyes?

Abman spoke quickly.

“Oh don’t think it’s strange. Because our team all survived. “It’s the fairy side that’s dead.”

“fairy…?”

My heart flinched at those words.

“Could it be Erwen?”

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Erwen Fornacci di Tercia.

Even if it was just cancer it couldn’t be said that they were on good terms but the sadness was conveyed from deep in her heart.

“No it was her sister who died. “She held her brother’s body at the end and protected him from the explosion.”

“…Then what about Erwen?”

“If it had been a little later she would have died together. I don’t know if it’s right to say I’m lucky but I’m unconscious right now. “I’m worried about whether I’ll be able to maintain my sanity when I wake up.”

“I see….”

Misha also heard about the status of the rest of her colleagues.

Raven also lost consciousness and Einar who woke up a little early went to Bjorn?

“You don’t go. I tried to stay by his side but the priestess kicked me out because I was in the way… Even if I told her she wouldn’t listen. “It’s over there.”

Misha asked Abman for directions and she went there.

The goblin forest where the battle ended was brightly lit with fires rising everywhere.

plod trudge.

Misha walked and walked among her explorers.

I saw an explorer sitting on the ground resting and I saw an explorer crying.

Some of her were jubilant drinking with her bloody hands while others were busy carrying legions of her motionless corpses and throwing them into the flames.

“oh! “You’re Team Yandel’s cat girl!”

As she walked quietly her explorers started talking to her.

“Are you going to see Yandel? “It should be over there.”

“Hmm I guess it’s better not to go.”

“Yes I’m worried because I’m a colleague.”

They all said something meaningful.

On the other hand there were also those who spoke lightly.

“Oh don’t worry. “Do you really think that friend has to die?”

“Yandel’s son Bjorn is immortal!!”

“I heard you killed half of the body collector this time? I heard that if it weren’t for the Annihilator he would have won. “If I go out I’ll be incredibly famous.”

Explorers who recognize Bjorn’s greatness.

The faster Misha walked the faster he walked.

Before long a tent came out.

There were several other explorers gathered in front.

“Ah Ms. Karlstein is here too.”

The first thing I saw was Einar arguing something in front of Kyle Pevrosk.

“Please excuse me for sitting down and getting beaten. In fact even staying awake is overdoing it.”

“Why are they not letting me in!”

“I told you so. The priestess is also risking her life to save us. So lower your voice now. “If you really want to help him.”

“but…!”

“Ainar stop!”

Misha quickly approached and stopped Einar.

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I don’t know what it was but I was sure it wasn’t helpful.

“Mi Misha! “Are you awake?”

Her Ainar greeted her warmly but Misha asked her Kyle about her Bjorn’s condition.

She was terrible just to listen to.

Poison was sprayed all over her face melting her eyes and all?

“It looks like the poison has dissolved the bones and flowed a little into the brain.”

Her breath caught.

She felt dizzy and the world felt dizzy as if she had been drinking.

It was then.

“…You can come in now.”

The goddess came out of the tent with a pale complexion.

Misha went inside without even saying thank you.

“Bjorn….”

I saw him sleeping on a makeshift bed with several sleeping bags on top of each other.

On the outside it looked fine.

There are burn-like scars on his face but at least they don’t look serious.

“The scar will gradually recover over time. “I don’t have enough strength to get there…”

“Really… thank you….”

“no. What can I do compared to what this person did? Anyway I also need to rest so I’ll end this…”

The goddess Gwan left and Misha knelt down on her knees next to Bjorn.

And stroked her face.

For some reason she remembered the time when she was chased by the Hierarch Lord on the third floor.

But she was completely different from then.

At that time I was sleeping peacefully as if I had finished everything I had to do.

Seeing that she thought he was a hero.

It was the same after that.

Bjorn accomplished many things and received recognition from new people.

There was a time when he was proud of that and felt proud of it.

but….

“Why so…”

What does his face look like now?

He looks sad and distressed.

He even seemed to blame himself.

Wow.

Misha couldn’t finish her sentence and clenched her fists.

She seemed to know the reason for that expression.

No she couldn’t have known.

Because he is a man who has been watching from the side for a long time.

‘Erwen…’

He must have thought it was because of him.

Slurp.

Misha removed her hand from Bjorn’s body.

Even though he wasn’t conscious whenever his skin was touched his body flinched as if he was going into a fight.

How hard was it?

Could this steel-like man be like this?

“Now…”

Misha closed her eyes and prayed earnestly.

She said that in all these years God had never once answered her prayers but she still folded her hands and prayed and prayed.

She wants to make sure this man never gets recognized.

***

When she opened her eyes her entire team was gathered together.

As we exchanged greetings for a moment the goddess came in and checked her physical condition.

I can see the front clearly too.

Sense of smell is also normal.

But my body doesn’t move well.

My senses are alive but my arms and legs don’t have enough strength and they start to tremble when I force them.

“This is a common phenomenon when the brain is injured. “If you abstain for a month or so you will be fine.”

“I see. thanks.”

“no. “Now that you’re awake I’ll bring you Fevrosk.”

While the goddess left to pick up Kyle her colleagues heard about the situation after I collapsed.

There’s less than an hour left until the 7th day ends?

“Was there no attack?”

“There wasn’t one.”

It is said that while I was unconscious the Annihilator and the clown who returned alive never came back.

Well what can they do with each other?

It will take time to recover and since we burned all of the corpses that the clown left behind we are running out of supplies.

It is also difficult to call support.

It takes a day just to go up to the third floor from here.

It takes two days just to go up and come back.

‘If he was a destruction scholar in the first place he would say he wouldn’t go even if the clown tried to force him. ‘He’s not the kind of guy who’s driven by revenge or anything like that.

No wait a minute.

As he was talking with his colleagues he remembered something he had forgotten.

Why didn’t I remember this until now?

“ah! Erwen What happened to Erwen?”

As I urgently asked there was silence for a moment.

My colleagues stare at me with stern expressions.

“Yes he’s dead.”

“No it’s my sister who died.”

“You mean from your sister’s side?”

I heard the detailed situation from Mr. Bear.

The short story is that she sacrificed herself on behalf of her younger brother by using her short-distance teleportation skill just before the explosion.

I feel the weight of death once again.

It was indeed a light and light world.

“….”

It really happened at a near miss.

No one could stop it and Daria couldn’t even leave a will at the moment of her death.

It’s a good thing I listened to it in advance.

“Where is Erwen now?”

“…It’s there.”

“That spot?”

“yes. “That place.”

I thought I should go.

So just as I was trying to get up my body gave up.

“Give me your arm.”

In the end I managed to get out of the tent with Mr. Bear’s help.

Kyle arrived just then.

“You’re awake.”

While chatting with Kyle I slowly moved to where the battle took place.

“There are so many people what happened?”

“They are the ones who came up after the battle was over. “There are four groups totaling about a thousand people.”

“A thousand people…?”

“Didn’t we leave a mark on our way? “As soon as the group was formed they followed us east and followed us all the way.”

I see.

Please come a little earlier.

If so…

‘What are you thinking?’

I shook off my regret and resentment and continued walking.

What is the point of blaming something that has already happened?

“Oh it’s Bjorn son of Yandel!!”

As I was walking with Kyle explorers who recognized me approached me and started talking to me.

Let’s go out and have a drink later.

He’s the leader of a clan and says he’ll definitely pay off his debt.

Someone thanked me and said that they would be the first to come to me if something was difficult.

But there were no words of comfort among them.

“…don’t look too bad. “Isn’t there a saying that heroes cannot be comforted?”

I don’t know if such a proverb ever existed in this world.

However I don’t see it as a bad thing.

Because they also made a lot of sacrifices.

Because it’s hard we laugh and talk about what we can.

“mister….”

When I arrived at my destination I saw Erwen.

Here and there she sat clutching her sister’s stiff body her fire burning. Her face was full of her blood and stains from something of her spilling onto the water.

“Come here.”

Erwen shook her head.

“It’s time to go down now. Are you going to stay here alone?”

“Alone… not.”

She released her arms from Avman and staggered towards Erwen.

And she tapped him on the back.

“Listen to me. “Now I am your guardian.”

“…yes?”

I told Dara the will I had heard.

It wasn’t a long story.

The woman said that she would ask her brother to take care of her if she were to die.

For your information this is what she told me before she fled through her portal from the royal family so maybe she had a hunch.

That something like this could happen.

“Uncle… my sister is my sister…! It doesn’t move anymore. I can’t even speak. It’s cold and hard. “I haven’t done anything yet…”

Soon Erwen hugged me tightly.

“What do you say to her sister that little girl? In addition to her mother her older sister also died? “Is it because of me too?”

I stood still and listened to the words spewed out.

I didn’t say any words of comfort like it wasn’t because of you or it was her choice.

I just waited until the end.

How long has it been since then?

“Yandel we have to go now.”

It was time to go down to the first floor.

I worked with Erwen to retrieve her sister’s body.

It was better than Dwalki.

At least now there is a wizard who can use ‘distortion’ magic.

The funeral will be held in the city.

“Let’s go home.”

I led Erwen back to where her team was. Misha and Einar who did not get along well also said nothing.

Or rather he wants to comfort her but he can’t get closer for fear of hurting her.

‘This is the first time I’ve seen Einar do something like that.’

Soon we stood in front of a portal in the very center of the goblin forest.

[23:50]

The clock was pointing to the end of such a long journey.

“Let’s go back!!”

“Waaaa!!”

Starting with the teams standing in the center they went down to the first floor one by one. Berzak may be scary but it won’t come out in 10 minutes.

“Yandel! See you in the city then!”

“Do you remember my name? “I will definitely visit you again.”

The explorers in front of me also entered the portal and then it was our turn.

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

A cave with a more gloomy atmosphere than before.

Then they continued to check the time as they moved forward so that other explorers could come down.

[23:59]

There is only one minute left until the labyrinth closes.

It doesn’t feel real.

Is it really the end?

Exciting-!

Okay I guess it’s the end.

It’s only one minute but what can you do if Berzak pops out?

“Damn royal bastards.”

“When I go back I won’t even urinate there.”

Anger toward the royal family bursts out from the mouths of the explorers who were confident of their survival.

Anyway it would be better to watch your mouth.

“Don’t say anything strange when you go back.”

I cautioned my team members not to swear at the royal family in front of anyone.

It was then.

“The labyrinth has been closed.”

“The character moves to Lapdonia.”

Pure white light begins to dwell beyond the eyelids.

The light outside that I had longed for.

Exciting-!

Eventually the light disappears and a clear sky comes into view.

I absentmindedly glanced around.

‘They’re all really dead.’

The dimension square which was always crowded was quiet to an unprecedented degree.

How long have you been dead?

“Waaaaaa!!”

As I heard cheers coming from all over I naturally focused my gaze on one place.

“It’s a portal!”

“Damn you bastards!”

The center of the square where the portal opens.

There hundreds of portals opened and those who had abandoned us were appearing one by one.

Everyone was like that at that time.

Well even if you come out through the portal the exit point is the same.

‘They can’t even imagine what we went through.’

Seeing them looking so fine I grumbled internally without even realizing it.

It was that moment.

Ssssssssssssss-!

A huge magic circle bloomed in the center of the square where the portal was opened.

“Huh?”

For a moment time passed slowly.

Nevertheless ‘it’ happened in an instant.

Exciting-!

The knights and clan elites were embarrassed.

An explorer who senses something foreign and quickly widens the distance.

and….

Kwahiah ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!

explosion.

Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

The flames carried by the wind swirl around and push me.

I fell to the ground and quickly raised my head to see a red-hot pillar of fire rising into the sky.

It was like watching the end of the world.

Suddenly a voice played in my head.

[Congratulations. Became the only winner.]

Those were the last words the Annihilator left me.