Surviving the Game as a Barbarian – 240



Episode 240: Awl (5)

A study room with the faint scent of books.

“What was it like there?”

The blonde-haired female Soul Queen thought for a moment before answering her man’s question.

“It was a very interesting place.”

It was the most fitting expression.

A place where a corpse collector is one of the members and even such a person has absolutely no movement? I didn’t know there was a chat room like this within the community.

but….

“What you’re really curious about is not these personal impressions right?”

The Soul Queens laughed as if teasing him and her man did not deny it either.

Well there was a different reason for infiltrating her as her ‘Watcher of the Round Table’.

[Perhaps it could be something like a gathering created by the Watchers of the Round Table to avoid our eyes.]

A spy sent by the royal family.

Or a player from another world.

Her man sent her there to check her two possibilities.

If so what will the result be?

The Soul Queen added her words with a smile.

“It looks like Love’s intuition was right this time.”

“Which way?”

“As expected the Watchers of the Round Table were created by players from another world.”

“I think we need to listen a little more closely.”

The Soul Queens slowly explained what happened there.

A detective with an overwhelming presence.

A clown whose identity as a corpse collector was revealed.

The deer antlers which are presumed to be from the royal family and the ordinary goblin look even more out of place here.

“Well I’m not sure fox. “I don’t think I’m a quiet person but I haven’t really been able to have a conversation this time.”

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Nevertheless the fox was a woman worth paying attention to.

That’s because she asked to talk to the investigator at the end.

What if she said it was some kind of ‘tangent’?

“The member who is an investigator is suspected.”

“Yes if there are players from this world mixed among them there is none other than that man.”

Afterwards her man asked her rationale and the Soul Queens answered without hesitation.

“He the corpse collector was brought to the brink of mental contamination just by living” she said. “When you see him living at his limit it seems like he had a lot of time to spare.”

This alone is clear.

This is impossible with the average human mind.

It might be a player from another dimension who fell into this world over a hundred years ago and survived.

Even this is not the only basis.

On the second lap the male lion said:

[It was an evil spirit from another world that created the Ghostbusters.]

When he said that it was not GM who created the community he jokingly brought up information that only a few people know.

As if he knew the identity of this side.

Then she was sure.

[Yes it was like that.]

This man who already seemed dangerous is not just a player.

“So you said he knew the body collector’s information from the beginning?”

“Yes for your information the members expected the investigator to know their identities.”

“…That’s really suspicious.”

Security within the community is absolute.

Even he who took over administrator authority and created the current Ghostbusters is unable to find out their identities.

“How do you think he knew their identities?”

“Well if you really knew there are two possibilities.”

In response to Soul Queens’ question the man came up with a total of two cases.

“If the investigator is similar to the great wizard of the other world who created this subspace or has someone like that as a colleague. And the second one…”

“The second is if the investigator is in league with the man who created the Watchers of the Round Table right?”

“Yes that’s right. First of all the current members are all gathered by that ‘master’ so it would be natural for them to know if they were told.”

“But then it makes no sense for you to know my identity.”

“It’s not clear yet is it? Next time try throwing some bait. “Does that man really know the identity of Soul Queens?”

“I will.”

“Anyway then information about the Master becomes important now. “Have you found out anything?”

“I haven’t met the Master yet. However I was able to hear from Goblin after the meeting that I visited this place on the day of the strange access record.”

“Then this means that the person who secretly entered the community that day was nicknamed ‘0720.’”

“I guess it will happen that way. “I wanted to find out more but it seems like the goblin is still wary of me…”

Afterwards the two talked for about an hour.

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It wasn’t just about the ‘Watchers of the Round Table’.

The incident that happened this time.

Too many players have died.

What will be the most efficient method to increase new member recruitment in the future?

and….

“What are you going to do Baekho Lee? He’s going around turning over the magic tower to find Love. Now Love is just one of several suspects but I don’t think it will be difficult to hide his identity forever…”

Even the most troubling incident that happened recently.

“Baekho is still thinking. First of all given the circumstances it seems like there is a hostile relationship with the royal family… but we have to be careful. “It could be a trap.”

“Yes I’ll leave that part to Love.”

It was a car where we talked about various things.

“Elphnuna how did the investigation into that person go?”

“I think it will take a while to restore because all the posts have been deleted. Still there were quite a few GPs.”

“Did you get it from Baekho?”

“No I earned almost everything on the first day. “By selling some high-quality information.”

He further explained that Soul Queens was information that could be known only if you had played the game to some extent and that all of his posts and comments would be deleted and it would take time to restore them.

“Hmm I see….”

The man tapped her armrest with his index finger as if trying to organize his thoughts.

There was one reason why he followed ‘Elfnuna’.

Because she judged that there was a possibility that ‘Bjorn Yandel’ and ‘Elf Nunna’ were the same person.

Bjorn Jandel.

A barbarian who showed unprecedented growth speed.

Unusually he chose a shield during his coming-of-age ceremony.

Elfnuna.

GP was easily obtained by selling in-game information within the community.

Also Lee Baek-ho is a ‘Korean’ who follows his older brother.

This was a very important point to his man.

If the two are the same person there is a possibility that he is the ‘person’ we have been waiting for so desperately.

‘…wait for a sec.’

A thought that suddenly crossed her mind caused her man to quietly open his mouth.

“Soul Queens.”

“Say yes.”

“Did he just say that the male lion was Asian?”

“Even with your mask it can’t hide your skin color.”

As it is a Western game the percentage of Asian players is very small.

You can tell just by looking at Baekho Lee.

He opened a chat room waiting for Koreans but it took several years to meet someone from his hometown.

And the person from that neighborhood is ‘Elfnuna’.

He was suspected of being the same person as Bjorn Yandel.

“Is the identity of the clown exactly what the investigator mentioned?”

The man adjusted his posture and asked.

“I can’t say for sure because this is my first visit but I think it was because of the atmosphere.”

“That’s right….”

The man frowned lost in thought.

That’s because ‘Bjorn Yandel’ most recently fought against the ‘Corpse Collector’.

Is this really just a coincidence?

Of course it was still just an absurd leap since we couldn’t find out if he was the same person as ‘Elfnuna’.

But that’s why.

“When is Bjorn Jandel’s title ceremony?”

“I remember it was three days later.”

“In three days….”

Soon the man made a decision.

“It’s been a while since I’ve been out.”

Rather than worry about it for a hundred days let’s see if we can meet in person.

***

“Hey wake up! “Get up!”

The morning after visiting the community.

She woke up with Misha smashing her back.

It’s been a long time since I last used it and I was so tired that I felt like I was going to collapse…

“What did you do yesterday that made you wander around like this all morning!”

After visiting the community it is better to wake up on time even if you have to force yourself to do so.

If anyone knows about this place even the fact that I oversleep on this day might seem suspicious.

Now there are more eyes looking at me.

‘I thought the damn assassin would come too…’

Yesterday I just passed out from exhaustion but I don’t think I’ll be able to sleep well at night from now on.

Ha it’s really annoying.

‘Why is everyone so upset that they can’t catch me?’

In my current state I probably won’t be able to fight like usual. I couldn’t help but sigh but I quickly washed my face and went down to the first floor to eat together.

It was a slightly unfamiliar sight.

That’s because there was one new person added to our usual breakfast.

“Are you awake?”

“Then get up. Don’t just stand there awkwardly sit down. “The food will get cold.”

“yes yes!”

Erwen sits at the table and eats her food with a somewhat nervous expression.

“….”

Unlike usual an awkward silence begins to hang over the table. Fortunately Misha felt the air and opened her mouth energetically first.

“So what do you think? “What about my food?”

“It’s delicious… thank you….”

“If there’s anything you want to eat just tell me. I’ll do it later in the evening. Oh and if there are any ingredients you can’t eat I’ll let you know later.”

As always Missha takes care of every detail first.

“carrot! “I can’t eat carrots!”

At this point Ainar jumped in and hit her in the back.

After that I wonder if that will work.

I tried ten times but failed all of them.

Since we only eat meat every day doesn’t that mean we need to take care of things like this?

‘I’m grateful but…’

Well a barbarian has a barbarian life.

“I’ll do the dishes!”

After the meal Einar went out as usual and left for the shrine and the three of them spent time together.

The mood wasn’t as bad as she thought.

Should I say that it feels like the ordering of the rankings has been completed perfectly?

“Erwen come and sit here now. “We should talk about it too.”

“yes yes!”

“It might be a little early to ask this but what are you going to do next? “First of all our team is already full.”

“that….”

Erwen purses her lips and looks at me.

I guess they’re asking if it’s okay to talk about clans.

There is no reason not to do something but…

I didn’t have the energy left to talk about it for a long time right now so I just glossed over it.

“It’s too early Misha. “Anyway we don’t know if we’ll be able to enter the labyrinth next month.”

“That’s… true.”

To be honest unless this situation is over it would be wise to stop exploring the labyrinth for a while.

Because there are no financial problems right now.

‘…The most annoying part is that just because it’s a city doesn’t mean it’s safe.’

Dragon slayer.

Corpse Collector.

Assassin of Noark.

Even the actions of the royal family whose true intentions are unknown.

There are so many reasons to become stronger as soon as possible.

but….

‘Still it would be better to watch the situation at least until it calms down to some extent.’

I tried hard to erase my impatience.

Isn’t there a saying that the more urgent you are the better you should go back?

‘I guess I’ll have to meet Raven later and talk about this properly.’

Anyway after that the three of us ate refreshments and talked about various things.

At first Erwen looked very depressed and uncomfortable but when Misha treated her kindly she surprisingly quickly calmed down.

‘But it looks like she finished sorting out her feelings about her sister before coming to our house.’

Thanks to you I have relieved my burden.

Although she will have no choice but to carry a heavy burden in her future life Erwen stood up with her own strength.

So she will definitely be able to go further.

“huh? “She has a younger brother?”

“Yes I am still young and am staying at the Holy Land. Later when I become an adult… I will have to take care of it somehow. Just like her sister did to me….”

“Nyaha don’t worry too much. Isn’t there still a lot left? “You will have a lot more freedom then.”

“Is that so…?”

Erwen and Misha were having a surprisingly heart-warming conversation. However Erwen suddenly bowed her waist.

“I didn’t apologize properly back then right? “I’m sorry. I must have been in a bad mood back then…”

“…What about apples? That’s it. “If anything something good happened because of that.”

I tilted my head.

That time?

When you two met was there anything worth apologizing for?

“But is she okay…?”

“What’s not okay? “My thoughts have changed a lot since then… I don’t even have that right to begin with.”

Misha looks at me while saying that.

For some reason I felt chills.

It was then.

dripping.

A knock was heard from beyond the front door.

“I’m leaving.”

I quickly got up and went to the door.

Normally I would have opened the door immediately but yesterday I heard information that an assassin might be coming.

First I asked who he was.

“My name is Raymon Keplo a common knight of the Second Royal Knights.”

The knight announces his identity in a polite tone perhaps because he is scheduled to receive the title of baronet.

I checked through an external scope and found that the armor was in good condition and other knights were crowding in behind me.

‘I don’t think it’s a lie at this level.’

There was something to point out so I opened the door.

Then face to face we confirmed the business they had come for.

It was the first good news in a long time.

“An order came from above.”

“What if it’s an order?”

“This is an instruction to protect Mr. Yandel from any seditious people who may be present.”

Yes the deer antlers moved.