Surviving the Game as a Barbarian – 273



Episode 273: Defense (3)

Hans Aulog.

From now on I will remember him as Hans J.

“Ha Hans…?!”

“Hans…?”

The moment he revealed his name Raven and Einar next to him flinched and fixed their gaze in this direction.

They both know it.

What does Hans mean to me?

“…Is there something wrong?”

Hans J who suddenly looks embarrassed when all eyes are focused on him.

I squeezed his thighs with strength.

‘Not now. Let’s be patient.’

I want to smash his head right away and turn him into a nameless corpse.

That desire dominates my mind.

but….

Wow-

There is still no evidence that this guy is a traitor.

All I have is heartache.

Even if I tried to explain the ominousness of Hans’ name neither Pachran nor Ersina would be able to understand it.

First of all you will think of us as colleagues.

thus….

“No it’s no problem.”

No action is taken right now.

Even if he is a traitor if he has any thoughts wouldn’t he just keep his mouth shut stay quiet and try to return to the city?

The decision was that watching comes first.

“huh? “It didn’t seem like that…”

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“They say there’s no problem right?”

“Hmm if that’s the case….”

Hans J touched his chin with an uncomfortable expression.

I feel sorry because it feels like I’m being bullied but…

“So I’ll keep holding my hand like this—”

Still the handshake crossed the line.

“Ah what are the parts? “Have we finished talking?”

I took my eyes off Hans J and changed the subject.

It seemed like those two had just finished their conversation.

“Roughly. When I heard about it it really seemed like Drous were from there… I always thought he had a bit of an eccentric side.”

“I see.”

“So what about the interest?”

“First let’s take him with us.”

“I understand.”

Surprisingly Pachran had no disagreement about Nebarche’s treatment.

I would have almost died because of these guys.

Do you think it’s my loot and don’t cross the line?

“Anyway would you all like to gather together?”

Anyway once the general discussion was over Raven called everyone together.

And he sorted things out with me.

“The sea route is blocked by waves so it is impossible to escape from the island. “For some reason monsters keep appearing.”

“Speaking of that monster it seems to be getting stronger. “Just now the Siren Queen even appeared.”

“yes. I don’t know what happened on this island today but I think we’re caught up in something unusual. So Mr. Partsran do you know anything about this phenomenon?”

Pachran took a moment before opening his mouth.

“…It seems like you have some guesses so I will be honest. “That is why we visited the island.”

The other team members may not know but at least he heard things from his leader Drous.

“I don’t know the details but I heard that all you have to do is hold out until the sun rises in two days.”

“Fortunately this situation does not continue indefinitely.”

Afterwards Raven presented two options.

“First thing is to find a place that is easy to defend and hold out until two days later.”

“What about the second?”

“You go around the island and find friends. Our team hasn’t found Mr. Misha and Mr. Pachran and Mr. Archer yet right? “If both of you are left alone it will become more dangerous as time goes by.”

I burst out laughing at Raven’s words.

If this is going to be the case why did you say there are two options?

“Now then what do you want to do?”

“Of course I’m going to look for my colleagues.”

I answered without a moment of hesitation and it was no different for Partsran.

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“I escaped safely too but of course Helga would have escaped safely. “We have to go rescue him.”

First let’s search the island and find a companion.

It was about the time when the future direction of action was almost decided.

Hans J joined the conversation rolling his eyes.

“vote! “How about deciding by voting?”

It was difficult to believe at all.

Even if your name is Hans.

Saying this in this atmosphere?

“Hmm maybe there are people who can’t say anything even though they don’t want to.”

“If that’s the case. Don’t vote. “Whoever thinks he should go find his comrades raise his hand.”

Without wasting any time the voting proceeded right away and when everyone raised their hands Hans J also noticed and raised his hand at the end.

“Then that’s it.”

Bavarian democracy is invincible.

***

plod trudge.

I am opening the path by walking at a slightly faster pace.

Eight people are following behind.

Everyone in our clan except Misha.

Partsran Ersina Hans J. formed a temporary alliance.

Even the strategic prisoners of Nebarce Greenhop.

‘For now up to 8 people have gathered.’

Assuming that a female archer from the team called Mishana Parts joins it seems possible to clear it.

The presence of priests was significant.

If there were no priests it would have been completely lost.

“Mr. Misha! If you can hear me please reply! Mr. Misha!”

“Hey!”

After leaving the coast I focused on finding my companions somewhere on the island.

It wasn’t easy.

The island itself is not that big but…

Kwasik Kwasik-!

Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaut one another – there up there?

Now I couldn’t speed up because of the dozens of monsters that appeared wherever I went.

Nowadays the situation is almost just stopping and fighting.

“You defeated the Sea Giant. EXP +5.”

“You defeated the Naga Archer. EXP +5.”

“I killed the snake of Palphus…”

「….」

This is a change that occurred 30 minutes ago.

The ranks of the monsters that appear have risen significantly.

Even with a party as large as 8 people it would be difficult to get through.

“….”

“….”

In fact the atmosphere became darker than before.

No one said it out loud first but…

The reason why I became so depressed is obvious even without listening.

“There are so many monsters….”

There’s no way a comrade who falls out of the group will be okay. Even if Misha and the female archer were lucky enough to meet and join forces the two of them alone would not be able to withstand such a monster wave.

But so what?

“Behel—laaaaa!”

It doesn’t care about adverse conditions and uses even more strength to clear its way. You have to swing the mace several times just to take a few steps.

Because that is not a reason to stand still.

I haven’t confirmed anything yet.

therefore….

Kwasik Kwasik Kwasik-!

Keep going.

Pow-!

Blood bursting out.

“….”

The heavy breathing of colleagues exhausted.

Suddenly! Phew.

A creepy sound that cuts off the monster’s skin and pierces its intestines. In the midst of all this noise I heard someone muttering.

“Isn’t it time to stop…?”

It was Hans J’s voice.

“Why is no one talking? I don’t want to be a bad person is this? “But everyone knows!”

My steps stopped without me realizing it.

In the meantime monsters in front were running towards me with their mouths dripping…

“Do you know?”

I just turned my back and faced him.

“Tell me properly. “Before you misunderstand.”

“Think logically! “Don’t you know it’s already too late?”

So you’re a smart wizard right?

It went well anyway.

Actually ever since I met you I wanted to break off your hair. Since he was spouting nonsense like this in front of a barbarian it would be justification.

thus….

“Oops!”

I grabbed the guy by the hair.

“Hey Mr. Yandel!”

Raven next to me screamed at my actions.

Also Partsran who was fighting with me on the front line left the monster behind and ran towards me.

“What are you doing!”

Perhaps because I had messed with his colleague Parts Lan no longer used honorifics towards me.

Also in its appearance.

“If you go any further I will kill you.”

Einar also entered a combat stance and blocked Partsran.

Erwen was similar.

Sreuk.

There were no words and they were still shooting arrows at the monster. But before I knew it Erwen was located behind the priest.

If a battle breaks out they will probably kill the priest first.

“Everyone everyone stop!”

Raven completely panicked and shouted.

“Come to your senses Yandel.”

Mr. Bear stopped me by pushing the monsters away with a large crossbow. This happened just three seconds after I grabbed the wizard by the head.

‘Nimiral.’

What am I doing now?

This isn’t like me.

dump.

He relaxed his grip on his head and threw Hans J to the floor. The front line had already collapsed due to my sudden actions and monsters had begun to flock.

“sorry. “I was excited for a moment.”

“…We’ll talk about this again later.”

When I returned to the front lines Partsran stood next to me without saying anything and dealt with the monsters.

“Phew….”

The atmosphere where infighting seemed likely to break out at any moment is over.

However it was different from before and could not be the same.

“….”

“….”

Join forces and fight but be wary of each other.

Thanks to this the speed of progress became even slower.

Well Hans’ snout has become quiet.

‘Misha…’

This is bad news for me who needs to find Missha as quickly as possible.

‘Shit.’

It was a time when we were searching the island at a slow pace like crawling like ants.

“Oh man! “It’s a corpse!”

We came face to face with the body of the person we were looking for.

***

The moment I saw the corpse my heart sank.

His vision became distant and his mind turned pitch black. But soon that feeling turned into relief.

That’s because it wasn’t Misha.

“Heyna…!”

A woman in the archer position who belonged to the Parts team.

Parts Lan who had opened the way for her rushed towards her who had fallen in her miserable state.

and….

“Shit!”

After checking for breathing he slammed his fist into the ground.

At that time a white wave spread out from the center of the formation.

“Lairin Ersina casted [Declaration of Destruction].”

[Declaration of Destruction] one of the priest’s core skills.

It can be seen as a kind of barrier.

A barrier that humans cannot stop but that monsters can never invade while it is maintained.

[Kyeeeeeek!]

Simply put it is safe for the time being.

Accordingly I lowered my shield and approached the body.

It was not the female archer’s body.

Well there was one more body.

“Who is this?”

Afterwards he dragged the embarrassed Nevarche and asked him about it and the answer came back that he was a colleague.

Thanks to this I also lost my head.

‘What the hell… happened?’

It is understandable that the female archer died.

But I don’t understand why this guy’s body is right next to it.

“What is the Raven sign?”

“It’s hard to be sure because there are so many bite marks. But… no matter how you look at it it is presumed that the stab wound to the abdomen was fatal.”

Yes that’s true too.

“It’s a trace of being stabbed with a sword….”

Heina is in the archer position.

But he stabbed him to death with a sword?

This also makes no sense.

“What about that woman? “Do you know what exactly killed her?”

“I don’t know. “It’s even more miserable over there…”

“But let me tell you first?”

“…First of all there are torn wounds from the giant claws. But this too is a little strange. Until now I’ve never seen a monster that could leave a trace like this. “It’s as if a large monster has torn it apart…”

“What is the suspected monster?”

“What they have in common is that they have three claws and a deep wound at the end. “This is a pattern that usually appears when attacked by bird-type monsters such as wyverns.”

“I see.”

The situation is even more troublesome.

“As expected it can’t be a monster’s doing.”

“Yes… I guess so.”

Raven nodded his head in agreement.

That’s because the body was stripped of all its equipment.

“Does that woman named Parts have any subspace left?”

“No there isn’t. “Someone took it.”

Now there are two cases.

There may have been more explorers on this island that we don’t know about.

Otherwise…

‘There was internal strife on the Noark side as well.’

Sigh-!

I slapped Nevarce who seemed to have lost his temper.

“Come to your senses. “Because I have something to ask you.”

“Is there anyone who can guess who did it?”

“Carmilla and Belberson. “It’s probably the work of those two kites.”

“A little more detail.”

Afterwards Nevarche told me that a man named Belverson wielded a sword and a woman named Carmilla wielded a Drake summon.

“But then why did they harm your colleagues?”

“I don’t know either. Maybe he was greedy for treasure. Maybe Rain Wales also said something to those guys….”

No I don’t have time to take care of your mentality.

“Tell me about the treasure.”

I grabbed his hair fixed his head and listened again to the part I had skipped earlier.

It wasn’t particularly practical.

“I don’t know anything other than that it is an item passed down from the castle lord’s family in Noark for a long time. iced coffee! There is a legend that says that those who obtain it can change history!”

Change history?

Does this mean that it has that much power?

Since it’s a legend I think you should filter out half of it.

‘Anyway I’m sure it’s something that needs to be retrieved by sending a woman like Amelia.’

The motivation seems sufficient.

Isn’t Noark also in the midst of leaving for the outside world?

It wouldn’t have been a bad option to take a big hit wash my identity and live in the city.

“I will take care of Aulok Heina.”

“Oh please leave it to me….”

Soon Hans J cast a preservation spell on the female archer’s body. And the recovery of the body is completed by putting it into subspace.

“…Yandel so what are we going to do now?”

Like an explorer Pachran shook off his emotions in a short period of time and asked me about my future plans.

But I couldn’t say anything.

“Are you going to keep looking for your comrades?”

I know I shouldn’t do that but should I just say that I’m speechless?

“We still have room but the situation will get worse.”

Of course I know it in my head.

Stamina is being wasted due to excessive movement.

In the meantime kites named Carmilla and Belberson must also be on guard.

At this point it is absolutely correct to find defense points and save stamina.

but….

‘Then what should Misha do with her…?’

She continues to be unable to make rational decisions.

‘Maybe because of this….’

Suddenly a thought occurred to me.

Maybe Misha knew this and she pushed me away that day.

If our relationship deepened that day.

Because I wouldn’t have even thought about this anymore. I’m sure he was still going crazy with his emotions.

Just like when I made a sudden acceleration earlier.

“Mr. Yandel….”

I took a deep breath and exhaled.

And I slowly looked around.

Raven Erwen Einar Bear.

Besides Misha my precious colleagues were looking at me with worried eyes.

Now it is your turn to make a decision as a leader.

“Everyone put down your weapons. “I will rest as long as the barrier remains.”

I felt like my stomach was rotting and giving out.