Surviving the Game as a Barbarian – 323



Episode 323: Role (3)

Long hair that has turned white.

Fine wrinkles.

A friendly and friendly impression.

A straight back that is inappropriate for one’s age and eye-opening eyes that seem to see right through a person’s insides.

“Hmm no matter when I come here it’s always dark.”

My heart sank when I saw the appearance of an old man who looked exactly like the one I saw in the community.

‘Auril Gavis…?’

Of course I had in mind what I encountered today.

That’s what Amelia said.

The day her sister died this old man was there too.

but….

‘Why is this old man here?’

The reason why this old man is right here and not at the center of the incident.

No matter how much you think about it there is only one.

‘You came to… look for me.’

Your heart begins to beat faster and your mind becomes confused.

How on earth did this old man find me?

Could it be that Bjorn Yandel was also discovered?

Why has the community been closed for months?

No more than anything….

What does this old man plan to do with me from now on?

As he began to wonder cold sweat began to run down his spine.

It was that moment.

“Hmm.”

Auril Gavis cleared his throat drawing attention.

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I guess he didn’t like the fact that he just stopped and stared at me without responding…

First of all you have to do something.

Ha but what should I say?

Okay let’s start with a natural greeting—

“Well then will you please move out of the way now?”

uh?

“If something as big as you blocks the road it’s impossible to pass right?”

what?

‘…Could it be that you don’t know it’s me?’

His mind went blank due to the unexpected development.

However the mouth that had spewed out countless lies did its job without realizing it.

“Oh yes… you’re passing by. “Elderly.”

An honorific that has never been used since inhabiting the barbarian’s body.

Auril Gavis smiled happily at this.

“Are you an unusually polite friend? Or was he quick-witted? “I will live a long time.”

Soon he came close to the side and cleared the way and he passed by with a chuckle.

plod trudge.

The sound of footsteps getting further and further away.

Suddenly a thought like that occurred to me.

First of all I instinctively avoided the situation but was it a good idea to hide my identity?

Of course it was a thought I passed on for a moment.

Isn’t it true that we actually met not even within the community? If you can hide your identity of course you should. If we find out who Bjorn Yandel is we’ll have too much to worry about when we go back to the future.

‘Okay I passed it well….’

After thinking about that my frozen body began to relax and I slowly began to feel reality.

It was then.

“Oh I didn’t ask that.”

Auril Gavis who was walking along turned his back.

Then he looked at me intently and asked a question.

“What happened today to make this place look like this?”

“The lord of the castle joined hands with the royal family and attacked Orculis.”

“Oh something like that….”

Contrary to what he said was interesting there was no sense of interest in his voice.

So at first I thought it was a mistake but…

After hearing the second question the difference became clear.

“Oh and I have one more question. Didn’t a barbarian come into this city recently? “It was probably about five or six months ago…”

It was completely opposite to the first.

It was a casual tone as if it was nothing special but the deep interest that could not be hidden was evident in the voice.

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‘Equanimity equanimity….’

After trying to calm his heart Kongdak found the most appropriate answer and calmly opened his mouth.

“Yes there was.”

It wasn’t good to tell lies.

If you go to the city and ask a few people in the first place you will get the answer so there is no reason to do so.

“Oh you mean so? “Can you tell me where I can go to meet him?”

“According to my memory he belonged to the Seongju faction. So I guess he’s probably fighting in the east right now.”

“Haha not only was he polite but he was also a very kind young man wasn’t he? “What is your name?”

“yes?”

“Oh not you but that barbarian.”

“Bjorn. “I heard it’s Bjorn Thor’s son.”

After hearing the answer he shook his head and tapped my forearm as if to kill me.

“Thank you for your answer. “You look busy. Let’s go.”

“Yes I hope you achieve what you want.”

Why does the air seem so cold?

As soon as the conversation seemed to end I nodded lightly and entered the passage.

plod trudge.

I heard the sound of the old man walking away from behind me and soon I could no longer hear the sound.

‘Oh my god I almost fell.’

He started running with all his might.

***

Meanwhile at that time.

“What is the current situation on the Eastern Front?”

“As instructed we are investing only the minimum number of troops to take our time and withdrawal is possible at any time as long as we contact you.”

After hearing the report of the adjutant wizard the silver-haired knight Jerome St. Red nodded his head with a satisfied face.

This is thanks to the fact that the first ‘special mission’ he received after taking the position of general manager was successfully completed.

He obtained the ‘Record Fragment Stone’ which was the first target of the special mission.

And he also achieved the additional goal of reducing Noark’s power by causing internal strife.

“Send a message to the war wizards immediately. “After 10 minutes we will meet at the meeting place and return.”

“yes.”

If the troops deployed in the east are withdrawn the forces of Orculis will vent their anger towards the already dead castle lord.

And the civil war will begin in earnest—

“I….”

Jerome nodded at the adjutant’s voice.

A gesture that means to say something if you have something to say.

When permission was given the deputy asked in a cautious yet polite voice.

“May I ask what the necklace you are holding is for?”

“This is information you are not permitted to receive.”

Jerome stubbornly replied putting his necklace in the box and putting it in space.

Then the adjutant also lowered his head as if he had made a mistake.

“Excuse me. Because Captain Saint Red has a necklace of refined stones… I swear I didn’t know it was an item related to a special mission. ”

I felt like I was asking you to trust that I was just asking out of curiosity and had no other intention.

Jerome flinched at this.

“Refined stone necklace…? “What does that mean?”

“…yes?”

“Tell me in detail. “Is this a refined stone necklace?”

Jerome took out the necklace again and showed it to his lieutenant.

And he got the same answer.

“Yes I am sure. It’s a magic tool made entirely of high-grade refined stones. Ah a refined stone refers to a crack stone that has been specially processed to enable magic to be cast more smoothly…”

While speaking the adjutant pursed his lips.

This was because an eerie ‘cracking’ sound came from the jaw of his immediate superior Jerome.

“So I guess I was deceived….”

The adjutant lowered his head without realizing it.

He deserved it too.

The usual Jerome was a man who would buy something worth 10000 stone for 1 million stone and laugh it off saying that it always happened.

“…Avex Lieutenant lead the army and return to the city first.”

“yes? “If you do it Captain St. Red will tell you…”

“I have work to do.”

Jerome left without hearing an answer and the adjutant just watched without saying anything.

It was my first time seeing the leader so angry.

***

An underground sewer system that supports Lapdonia’s water supply and sewerage system.

Everyone who has been here thinks the same.

First of all it is an understatement to say that the smell is terrible and secondly the road is more complicated than any maze.

Just like this.

‘It’s a place that makes you feel bad no matter when you come.’

After running along a long straight passage for a while I climbed up a ladder into the sewer.

As I climbed up after removing the steel structure that resembled a manhole cover I was greeted by a road divided into four branches from the beginning.

Of course there was no problem finding direction.

Because there were traces of dozens of people already passing by on one side of the road.

Just follow it as a guidepost.

Well there was a different problem.

‘Damn sewer.’

It may have been an area designed to allow only water to pass through but unlike the sewage areas I had experienced there were no side roads for people to pass through.

No strictly speaking it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist at all…

‘Now even the sewer design is discriminating against barbarians.’

A side road that is too narrow for a barbarian over 2 meters tall to pass.

Clap clap clap clap.

In the end I had no choice but to step on the debris that was up to my shins.

How long has it been like that?

From time to time traces of battle left on the walls began to become visible.

Most of them were sword marks carved into the walls.

The depths were all different but the sword marks had one thing in common. The cutting surface is very clean as if a precision machine was used.

It was also possible to roughly infer the identity of the person who left the sword marks.

The shallow one would be Amelia and the deep one would be him.

Leader of Orculis.

Traitor Ricardo Lüchenprague.

“Tsk.”

For some reason my appetite was bitter.

In the first plan the two of us decided to execute our goal was to somehow get rid of this guy and get into the sewer.

Well in the original history when Amelia reunited with her younger self in the sewers she was being chased by this guy.

but….

‘I couldn’t remove it in the end.’

Looking at the circumstances it appears that it was not successful either.

Why are you doing such a useless thing?

The future is not something that can be changed.

‘He’s strangely honest only in places like this.’

In some ways Amelia resembles a barbarian.

As a human being I have no idea how stubborn I am to give up.

Besides where is that?

I try to pretend to be rational but I also have a lot of regrets—

Kwaang-!

At that time there was an explosion in the distance and the sewer system shook.

Tadat-!

I picked up the pace.

***

There are limits to the body.

No matter how much you exercise and increase your strength there is a maximum amount of force you can produce.

Therefore essence is the foundation of an explorer.

Because this power existed in the world explorers were able to fight against giant monsters with power beyond their limits.

But that’s it for now.

“Have you finally decided to fight?”

Amelia was struck by her helplessness.

The greatly increased performance of the body itself remains the same.

However all of her abilities were sealed.

[The source of immortality].

This ability does not receive all healing effects including potions but greatly increases natural regeneration.

[Self-replication].

It also allowed him to always have a numerical advantage in one-on-one situations.

All of the abilities that had been her wings in battle such as [Power of the Abyss] and [Sura Pavilion] became ineffective.

Because of this one man standing in front of me.

“…Why are you so obsessed with me?”

Amelia asked the question she had been holding back.

Of course she didn’t understand.

She drove around the city for over two hours trying to get this man off her but he was persistent.

Even this sewer where a foul smell creeps up.

“Was this unexpected behavior?”

Amelia nodded her head in response to her man’s question.

“Yeah I don’t understand at all. “It would be much more important for you to go to the castle lord rather than follow a woman like me right?”

The royal family and the castle lord had joined forces to try to wipe out Orculis.

But this man the commander and the best fighting force suddenly leaves the front lines and follows a woman he has no connection with?

Even though I knew the result I couldn’t understand the process at all.

“That’s a funny question.”

He smiled so coldly.

“Human female. An awl-shaped red aura that seems to specialize in daggers. “These are all characteristics of the Order of the Rose.”

“…Order of the Rose Knights?”

“Did you come all this way and turn away?”

Amelia was really embarrassed.

She knew what the Order of the Rose was. A unit directly under the royal family that handles special missions such as assassinations and infiltration operations.

There are rumors that it is made up of only women but there is no exact confirmation about that.

“I guess you’re a newbie? Well you probably asked that same question when you saw me.”

“No I belong to the Rose Knights—”

“Give up the thought of living.”

Amelia tried to communicate somehow but she couldn’t.

“Because I have no questions for you.”

A sword flies in blocking conversation.

Amelia quickly raised her auror to block it.

No that was the moment she thought she had blocked it.

Suddenly!

Her right wrist which was holding her dagger was cut off and fell into the sewer.

And at about the same time.

Whick!

The sword flew again.

The targeted target is the left wrist.

The cruel will to cut down everything that could be cut was evident in his sword.

Kwaang-!

Amelia stepped behind her striking away her sword with an aura-filled dagger.

But did she even anticipate that move?

The sword that was aiming for her left wrist bent like a snake as if taking advantage of the recoil and turned its trajectory towards Amelia’s neck.

“Tsk…!”

When she came to her senses Amelia was in a corner with her back against a wall.

She felt the cool touch of the blade on her neck.

Kuuk-

Soon her man pushed the blade into her causing her to feel stinging pain and blood flowing down.

“You have a nice face.”

With her airway compressed by the tip of her sword Amelia was unable to breathe properly let alone open her mouth to speak.

“It just suits you.”

Her oxygen was running low and her mind went blank.

Am I really going to die?

No then what happens to her older sister and me as a child?

Surely if history were to go as it should have been I should have met those two with only an injury…

“….”

Amelia rolled her eyes and checked her surroundings.

As if looking for someone else who can solve this crisis.

‘…Yandel.’

Amelia realized who she was looking for and burst into laughter without realizing it.

There is no way he would come here.

Because I personally gave it medication that would last for at least six hours.

He must have woken up by now read the note and arrived at Yeongju Castle. Well if she had woken up a little earlier she might have already gotten the item and gone back to her original time.

No it is highly likely that he has already gone back.

Because otherwise I can’t explain it.

“Are you looking for a way to live?”

Even if you look around Amman there is no way out.

As soon as that sword sinks just a little deeper this pitifully long life will end.

That means.

“Phew….”

History has changed.

Today I die here.

Probably the cause is…

‘Because Bjorn Yandel has returned.’

She excluded Yandel from this plan.

There were several reasons.

First of all I didn’t want to be in debt to the barbarian.

And she thought that if he used the record fragment stone to return to the original world he would be able to work out the established cause and effect.

The legend that can change history did not just arise.

Since it was clearly an object containing an ability whose origin was unknown I thought the answer would lie there.

No I just expected it.

It was a similar feeling to someone who was drifting in a small boat and was thirsty and drinking sea water.

But surprisingly.

“Why are you smiling?”

It worked.

Kuuk.

Her man seemed to be displeased and pushed her sword in a little further.

Death which she had always thought of as living by her side felt a little closer.

‘Yes you really succeeded in going back.’

Amelia closed her eyes.

And she thought.

“It hurts more.”

What happens to our sisters after they die?

Without me someone would definitely die…

‘No maybe it will end safely because I’m not there.’

It was an ending she would never know.

But if that’s really the case I think I’ll be both happy and somewhat sad.

Kuuk.

The sword dug into the flesh a little more.

I couldn’t breathe and my thoughts became dull.

I thought it was probably good.

She did her best.

So you can rest now.

That was the moment when I made that decision.

“Behel—laaaaa!”

A familiar voice was heard from across the passage.