Surviving the Game as a Barbarian – 263



Episode 263: Bug (2)

A cave where crystals clinging to the walls create a brilliant light.

I’ve already been to this place several times but it feels unfamiliar today.

Well I guess it’s natural since it’s been two months since I actually entered…

‘Other reasons may also have played a role.’

I looked around and quenched my appetite with regret.

First of all unlike usual there are only three people.

Also although it is not as bright as daylight the surroundings are bright enough to require a separate torch.

To put it simply…

“It’s not a dark area.”

The experience point copy bug has been fixed.

This means that it is now impossible to start from the second floor portal entrance using the dimensional instability phenomenon.

“Do you know anything?”

When I asked pretending not to know Raven carefully came up with an inference.

“I heard that the royal family recently placed a large request for the Magic Tower. “I’ve been outside all the time these days so I didn’t know the details but now that I look at it I think it might have been a portal stabilization project.”

Huh I guess that’s really what caused the bug to be blocked.

Still thanks to Soul Queens I was mentally prepared in advance so I was able to quickly give up my regrets.

What can I do? From now on I’ll go classic.

You’ve been sucking honey properly for a few months right?

“I will move slowly.”

After taking a moment to look around the surrounding terrain at the starting point I quickly took out a compass and found the direction.

That’s right there aren’t that many people entering this time.

If done well it may be possible to receive portal opening experience points without bugs.

“Summon Abman Cheolwoong. “I’m thinking of moving a little faster than usual.”

Soon Mr. Bear pulled out a summoned beast and Raven got used to it and climbed on top of it.

“It would be nice if Einar was this soft too….”

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Anyway what are wizards?

Are you always thinking about riding?

“Uuuuuung-!”

Anyway I took the lead and ran followed by Raven and Mr. Bear.

A formation with Mr. Bear who has a solid body for an ADC positioned in the rear.

Goblins are no longer a threat but…

Still you never know.

The most dangerous thing in the labyrinth was always people.

‘First of all it looks like there are no Noark bastards….’

At first I was nervous and ran through the cave but soon I lowered my alert level by one level.

As I increased my speed I encountered several explorers but most of them were low-level explorers wearing low-level equipment.

Even then the numbers were small.

‘Maybe it’s possible to really open a portal?’

As time passed my anticipation grew but it was dashed the moment I arrived at the entrance to the dark area.

“It looks like there are passengers.”

A grade 9 magic stone located along the path we are planning to take.

There was no way Misha’s team passed first.

I don’t know about Erwen but I didn’t teach Misha and Einar that way.

“…Why are you picking that up?”

“Level 9 magic stones are also magic stones.”

When I think back to the days when I had to crawl across this long passage on three feet I cannot accept the act of throwing away the magic stone.

At that time this little magic stone was my hope—

“No I meant that I could retrieve it with magic.”

Well that’s true too.

So does that mean there wasn’t a single wizard in the team that passed here?

I thought they would definitely be a top team at this rate.

“Re-eight.”

Instead of using a torch he lit up the darkness with light magic and continued running again.

After about 40 minutes a portal appeared.

I wasn’t expecting much but as expected someone had already opened the portal.

“You have entered the goblin forest on the second floor.”

I put my regrets aside and entered the portal.

The promise was that whoever arrived first would wait upstairs.

“…It was like that in the cave earlier but something feels strange.”

“yes. “It was so intense back then.”

The Goblin Forest where there was a fierce battle between the Noark bastards and the explorers of Lafdonia.

The surroundings were quiet and there was no one in sight.

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“It looks like Misha is still there so just wait a moment.”

Afterwards while I had some free time to rest I looked around and was able to find traces of people nearby.

“I guess they were the ones who came first. But why are you looking so closely?”

“I just got on my nerves for some reason.”

“Oh when Mr. Yandel says something like that I suddenly get anxious….”

What can you say about this guy?

“Everyone please sit down instead of standing and take a break. “I don’t know when the team over there will come.”

Soon we each took our own chairs out of the sub-space and sat down.

Goblins occasionally approached from afar but they did not disturb the rest.

Because that much was resolved in the Cheolwoong line.

***

“Hey….”

A forest bathed in soft moonlight.

A woman who appeared to be in her early twenties opened her mouth as if to complain.

“Now that we’re up to the second floor and there’s no one around can we summon Yongyong?”

“No. “With its size it will definitely leave a mark.”

“Hey sister. Don’t do that. Are there just one or two summoners? yes?”

“Carmilla stop it. Didn’t Rain Wales say no?”

“Is that guy over there still?”

“You can either stay still and act like you are. What on earth are you saying is difficult in the first place? “If only you were still sitting on my shoulder on the first floor—”

“No he smells like a widower. She said it got into her clothes. “It’s bad for her nose!”

“…what?”

The warrior carrying the woman in the sharp attack stopped for a moment but he only let out a sigh as if it was a familiar occurrence and ended.

“So what am I going to say to you?”

“Don’t do it from the beginning then!”

“Carmilla I know you’re sensitive these days but don’t keep acting like a child. “I don’t know but there are other people.”

“The real discipline is….”

The woman named Carmilla muttered and pouted her mouth.

She didn’t like this whole situation.

“Anyway why do we still have to do the mission? Does killing that explorer change anything when everyone else has abandoned us and run outside and there is no news?”

“…There may be circumstances there too. In fact I didn’t even get a call a few days ago.”

“Oh yes. “You mean that call that ended after 10 seconds of just saying what they had to say?”

Carmilla spoke sarcastically and the archer frowned at her.

“I asked for your understanding on that as well. Because of the barrier it is impossible to keep in touch for a long time. Still it looks like they have a way to get us out so let’s just work hard—”

“How naive. “Don’t you think it’s a lie?”

“…Then why on earth did Miss Carmilla follow you here? “She’s not in the city?”

“that….”

Carmilla pursed her lips and chewed her lip.

How can I say that?

She said she didn’t want to go and started yelling but she followed because she was scared because she didn’t know how that woman would come out.

‘Oh really what’s going on?’

Feeling irritated for some reason she spoke sharply to the archer again.

“By the way Nebarche. So what happened to that Annihilator? “You were the one who was with me until the end.”

“I told you not. The Annihilator had a conversation with ‘him’ and then disappeared somewhere—”

“Everyone stop.”

Soon when the woman who was opening the path in front of her stopped she stopped talking and her expression changed.

“Amelia is there something wrong?”

“The trap placed near the portal has disappeared.”

“I guess it means someone came up to the second floor. Looking at the time it seems like a high-ranking explorer… Maybe more explorers entered than we expected.”

“Is there a team that can guess Nebarce?”

“I don’t know. However he will not be part of a large clan. “Because they are not people who move without certainty.”

“I see.”

Carmilla blurted out in response to the conversation between the two.

“But does it matter who you are? “I don’t know why I’m curious about that.”

“…It’s definitely not wrong.”

Amelia seemed to be deep in thought at her words and then she muttered quietly.

“But for some reason it bothers me.”

“yes? “What did you say?”

Amelia shook her head.

“…It’s nothing. “Let’s move again.”

***

“Did you wait long uncle? sorry. “It took some time because we started in the southern area.”

After arriving at the forest and waiting for about two hours Misha’s team arrived on the second floor.

Therefore we quickly resumed our movement.

Well while I was waiting more than ten teams had already passed by here.

‘It means that the house is not as empty as I thought.’

Naturally the portal on the third floor that we arrived at later was already opened and the same was true for the portal on the fourth floor that we arrived at over the course of six days.

“But now I can eat properly.”

We spent the entire schedule running without eating properly so we replenished our stamina and cleared the ordeal.

Unlike usual there were a total of 6 people in the party but the pace was actually slower.

This is because the difficulty of the trials increases from 6 people onwards.

It’s good that there are more monsters but in cases like the Trial of Wisdom where you have to go through a maze it takes a lot more time because the map is bigger.

‘But is it because of the racial value? He definitely finds his way better than me.’

Erwen who was trained as a seeker by her older sister found her way better than I expected.

Based on my experience and knowledge Erwen was closer to the type that relied on her senses to find her way. Her night vision was much better so she was able to spot traps from afar.

“From here on I can understand even without Mr. Abman. This is the door right? “I can hear the sound of magic waves coming from beyond the door.”

Her senses were so high that she was able to find the portal leading to the 5th floor even without the guide talent.

The ingested essences would not have developed hearing ability.

‘Is it just something you’re born with?’

Anyway when I arrived in front of the portal on the 5th floor the 19th was just about to start.

‘Is it about a day later than usual?’

If there were 7 people it would have taken much longer.

From then on the waiting time for each trial increases.

Oh by the way this is proportional to the number of people.

It’s not for nothing that large clans choose to divide everyone into teams of five and meet on the 5th floor.

“Aruru but why don’t we meet on the second floor and hunt and do things like that on the lower floors?”

“We need to distribute more of each person’s share but the unit price is not right in the lower floors. Moreover if the team is divided into two there must be a guide on each side. “There are many non-combatants among the lower level explorers right?”

“hmm! “I see!”

“I… I understand now! “You just nodded your head even though you didn’t understand at all right?”

“Oh you’re a wizard after all!”

“Both of you stop playing around and go to sleep.”

Since it was time to camp anyway we rested on the safe 4th floor and entered the 5th floor together early in the morning.

“I have entered the 5th floor Great Demon Mirror.”

The 5th floor which I arrived at after a long time looked a little different from usual from the start.

It was exactly what I expected.

“It’s nice and quiet.”

Wherever you go the clans that always arrive first settle down and control the hunting grounds are nowhere to be seen.

also….

“uh! Hey there! Istoltos Party!”

Monsters that previously could not be seen unless you paid money to the clan now freely roam the field.

“It used to be a place with so many monsters.”

Seeing this Mr. Bear said as if he was in despair.

Well this guy has been active on the 5th floor for a long time.

He must feel strange as he had a lot of ill will toward the clan.

“Yandel what do you think? After all this won’t continue forever right?”

“Yeah it probably won’t last long.”

I answered honestly.

Even next month large clans will enter the labyrinth one by one. And as time goes by newly created clans will fill all the empty spots.

“So I’ll stop sightseeing and move on. “Opportunities like this don’t come easily.”

There was a monster that would be difficult to catch otherwise this time.