Surviving the Game as a Barbarian – 321



Episode 321: Role (1)

Jerome St. Red 1st Commander of the Royal Knights.

A young knight in his mid-20s who took up the position left vacant when the Blood Knight murdered the squadron leader.

“If I hadn’t heard about the ancient refuge in advance my plans would have been disrupted.”

He brushed his short silver hair behind his forehead and headed down the dark stairs.

plod trudge.

The reason why his man was in the basement of the lord’s castle rather than the eastern part which had now been turned into a battlefield was simple.

The offer to condone this city if you approach the lord of the castle and help eliminate them is merely an excuse to lead troops into this city.

The royal family had a separate purpose from the beginning.

Fragment stone of record.

According to information provided by Seongju’s close associate it is highly likely that it is always stored in the form of a necklace.

Of course Jerome didn’t know much about this item.

However since he had lost his name he somehow returned to the royal family with it.

Tuk.

Soon the man walking down the stairs stopped.

It was because he found a body lying on the stairs.

The cause of death was an injury to the occipital region presumed to have been a blow with a blunt object. They had even taken off their equipment so they were practically naked.

And the time of his death was….

‘At most 30 minutes ago.’

The man’s expression hardened as he bent down and touched the wounded area.

Someone broke into this place first.

There is a strong possibility that the target is Seongju which is hiding down here.

If so is the intruder still down there?

Tadat.

Jerome ran quickly up the stairs.

Soon a wide open stone gate appeared along with a widened passage. However what was waiting for him beyond was the bloated corpse of a middle-aged man.

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This time too it was full of traces of being crushed by a blunt object.

‘I don’t know who it is but you’re a step too late.’

Jerome pursed his lips in frustration but quickly inspected the scene of the incident.

First of all there were no fragments of the most important records.

Judging by the scratches on the neck it looks like it was pulled off with force…

‘I never thought there would be a competitor.’

For a moment Jerome was taken aback by the unexpected situation then turned his back and quickly went back the way he came.

It was too early for him to give up.

‘I wouldn’t have gone far in 30 minutes.’

You have to find it.

***

Auril Gavis said.

[The time zone once observed does not change.]

Certainly as he said it may be impossible to completely change the future.

But what if there was an error in the observation itself?

For example what if she could make childhood Amelia believe that her older sister was dead? And what if the older sister she saved had to live with her identity hidden for 20 years?

So wouldn’t it be possible to save it?

The thought sent shivers through my body but it wasn’t long before I faced a major obstacle.

[That day her older sister died holding me in her arms.]

Amelia saw her sister’s death right under her nose.

She saw for herself the burning of the last flame just as Dwalki did in the labyrinth of Larkaz.

How on earth can I fake this?

I can’t feel it.

It would not be easy to make Amelia who has killed countless people since she was young mistaken whether her older sister was alive or dead….

‘Well it’ll work out somehow.’

It feels like I’m back to square one but it’s not as daunting as before.

Didn’t Seongju say that in his will?

When all tasks are completed the Record Fragment Stone will function naturally. In other words there is still work left for me to do here.

Then what on earth is the ‘role’ left to me?

It’s so obvious.

Therefore…

Kwaang-!

After running for a while I entered the alchemist’s door pushing it with my shoulder.

Maybe the door was just open…

So what?

Probability is just a number. Therefore I decided to live every moment to the best of my ability—

“Ouch!”

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huh?

“what.”

As I burst through the door and entered I saw an old man in a corner of the workshop looking very startled and scared.

This is not Marfa Ipaello the owner of this workshop.

“Who are you?”

“that is….”

When I asked the old man started rolling his eyes.

Just by looking at it something seems suspicious…

‘uh?’

While examining the old man’s clothes an unusual brooch hanging on the front of his robe caught my eye.

“Are you an alchemist by any chance?”

The old man flinched at my question.

Thanks to that I didn’t need to hear an answer.

Trudging.

I took a step forward wary of my surroundings thinking that my guard might be hiding there.

Then the old man backed away and made an excuse.

“Oh misunderstanding! It’s a misunderstanding! “I never meant to steal anything…”

“I see.”

For some reason he seemed surprised like he was caught doing something bad.

I guess they took advantage of the chaos to steal something.

“If you keep this matter a secret Nobu will definitely—”

There was no reason to have a long conversation.

From what I see it looks like they left their guards behind because they were planning on stealing.

Wow!

As a non-combatant the alchemist could do nothing until I dashed in and slammed the hammer into the top of his head.

“Hey there is a subspace too?”

Since I didn’t have much time I only looted the Alchemist’s Subspace Ring quickly searched the workshop and soon found the item I was looking for.

Lethe’s Blessing Prototype.

A consumable with insane performance that causes you to forget all your lifetime memories when taken.

‘Okay then I got the first supplies….’

Now it’s time to go see Amelia.

A world without phones. There was no set meeting place or time but there was no problem.

It’s been 6 hours since I fell asleep so he’s probably by now…

‘They must be being chased right away.’

We need to hurry—

“I found it.”

I hurriedly turned my back at the voice I heard from the entrance and saw a silver-haired knight.

“Give me the fragment stone of the record.”

What is this guy again?

***

Traitor Ricardo Lüchenprague.

A prosecutor who was once called a swordsman.

Everyone who has seen him swing a sword or dealt with him in person says the same thing.

The texture is different from that of a typical article.

Huuuuung-!

Aura fluttering at the tip of the sword.

This in itself is not special.

The auror which was spread to a minimum to reduce energy consumption exuded sharp energy but that was all.

It is not like the Auror of ‘Knight of Light’ that shows off a mighty force nor does it change the form of the Auror at will like the Knight of the Moon.

But still.

Suddenly!

This man’s sword is considered superior to theirs.

Not because of the Auror but because of the ‘way’ of swinging that sword.

“Ahh! Save me!”

Among the hundreds of explorers blockading the eastern region none could withstand his single sword strike.

“You have to run away…! “Ahh!”

If you block it cut it down as much as it blocks you.

If you dodge it the sword will reach that location first as if you had expected it.

Anyone could see that it was a clunky sword.

Even if I washed my eyes and looked for the splendid techniques pursued by the knights I could not see them.

But Amelia couldn’t take her eyes off the sword.

“Eh Emily. “We need to run away too…”

I could feel the wall just by looking at it.

killing people.

A swordsmanship that has been constantly refined to its peak based on its value alone.

“What are you all doing? “Don’t come quickly!”

As the one-sided massacre began clan leader Felix Barker began preparing to flee with his members.

She was something Amelia could not afford to leave behind.

Because it was just for this moment that I hung out with them for over several months.

“Felic Barker.”

“huh?”

The moment Felix Barker turned his head at her call Amelia threw a thin spit and stuck it in his neck.

“…Uh huh?”

The body is as stiff as a stone statue with only the neck turned.

Amelia lifted Felix Barker’s body onto her shoulders.

“What on earth are you doing…!”

The clan members belatedly realized the situation and pointed their weapons at Amelia but there was no major problem.

“What a betrayal!”

It’s not betrayal.

Because I never thought of her as a colleague from the beginning.

Suddenly!

Amelia decapitated the one who came closest.

Then sure enough it was different.

“….”

“….”

The enraged explorers slowly backed away seemed to be thinking about something and ran away leaving behind the captured clan leader.

“Miss I don’t know!”

“…Okay let’s go quickly!”

It was expected behavior.

Aren’t the ‘traitors’ on the other side carrying out a massacre and getting closer and closer?

There would have been no reason to risk one’s life for the clan leader.

Unlike these two here.

“…please let go of that person.”

The moment when her childhood self looked at her and spoke to her.

Whick!

Suddenly a sound was heard from behind her.

Amelia dodged it by twisting her body to the side and then used her rotational force to kick her wrist.

Clang-!

Her lost sword rolled on the floor and the girl was seen holding on to her numb wrist enduring her pain.

She was preceded in death by her older sister Laura Lane Wales.

“Amelia let’s run away!”

As soon as Laura felt that the situation was getting difficult she took her younger brother and ran away and Amelia just watched.

Without realizing it her chest felt tight.

Well she knows why these two tried to save Felix Barker while all her clan members fled.

It’s not like loyalty.

It’s just because of the bet Felix Barker placed on Laura.

[Unsound contract].

There are all kinds of unequal contracts involved but the core is one. Felik Barker takes over all of Laura’s life force the moment he receives a fatal injury.

So the two stayed and confronted him.

However the reason why I ran away without looking back as soon as I failed…

‘me.’

It was because of Amelia herself.

In that brief moment her older sister acknowledged her own death and allowed her younger brother to escape.

Crackling.

She tightened her jaw without realizing it.

The age difference is only three years.

When she was young she felt like her older sister was bigger than her but now she knows.

Yes she was only seventeen years old.

She couldn’t have known that it was hard and sometimes she would have wanted to give up and run away.

Therefore…

Tadat.

Amelia carried Felix Barker as stiff as a log on her back.

Suddenly!

Head towards the place where there is a man wielding a sword for business purposes chasing hundreds of people running away like wild beasts among herbivores.

“…?”

For the first time emotion appeared on the face of the man who was swinging his sword expressionlessly.

It was curiosity.

Well it must have looked strange because they were running towards the station while everyone else was running away. And that too with some kind of gear slung over her shoulder.

Whoa!

The aura in Amelia’s dagger turned black.

It was the transformation-type ability [Power of the Abyss] acquired by obtaining the essence of the grade 4 monster Grabanich.

When this ability is activated all resources including spirit power and dragon power are replaced with soul power and performance is doubled.

The same goes for ‘Aurors’ who use mana.

For Amelia who was born with low mana reserves this ability served her well.

but….

Grumbling.

The moment it got closer to a certain distance the black aura returned to its original color.

It was because of the traitor Ricardo Lüchenprague’s superpower as a hierarchical monarch.

This ability renders all abilities within a certain radius ineffective.

Okay so to put it simply…

‘That’s it now.’

In this [unsound contracts] also become ineffective.

Tuk.

Soon Amelia threw her Felix Barker which she was carrying on her shoulder and Luen Praha cut him down with a single sword.

Suddenly!

The body split in two with a short slaughter sound.

I was worried but the [Unsound Contract] was activated and the injury never healed.

‘For now I guess we’ve passed one critical juncture….’

Amelia’s relief bloomed as she was running away with her sister at the time and had not seen firsthand how Felix Barker died.

She just didn’t have time to think about it or what she was doing.

Tadat.

Having achieved her goal Amelia quickly retreated behind her.

Then she opened her mouth as he who had not said a word while slaughtering dozens of people immediately came after him.

“I don’t know for sure but I do know that you used me.”

It seemed like he understood the general situation just from the context and seemed angry about it.

But for some reason the words the barbarian told me a long time ago stuck in my head.

It wasn’t a particularly pleasant sound but…

Unfortunately there was no such condensed word in Lapdonia.

‘It’s a place with a truly amazing vocabulary.’

Amelia put those words in her mouth without realizing it.

“Ki Kimochi….”

A word of thanks to her enemy for helping her?