Surviving the Game as a Barbarian – 342



Episode 342 Comeback (1)

Hansoo Lee’s room feels familiar yet unfamiliar.

‘Something… it’s been a long time.’

After looking around to see if anything had changed I sat down on the chair for a moment moved only my toes and quickly turned on the computer.

Jiiiing-!

Our goal in today’s community is simple.

As always gathering information is the top priority.

However the difference is that unlike usual the amount of material accumulated for 2 years and 6 months has been accumulated.

‘Let’s look at the bulletin board first.’

The round table which can be said to be the main course of community activities can be entered three hours later so I used the mouse to check various bulletin boards.

It was quite a cumbersome task.

In order to see the atmosphere of this place in chronological order I had to go through the list for a long time.

[Wow has anyone been to Bjorn Yandel’s house?]

-I went there with people who had received help from him on the first floor before and seeing the flowers piled up made me feel strange.

-I feel like I’m really dead.

-The co-workers there are also in a very mournful mood.

Well seeing as I have a lot to say you can start reading from here.

[tetyys: Why make a fuss over one dead NPC?]

[Sogeking33: Well if a bastard like you died no one would care right?]

[ㄴSoDamnToxic: I heard that the noble royal family an explorer-turned title that came out after 10 years of being a barbarian tribe leader will send knights and hold a funeral procession to honor the death of a hero… It’s natural for those with an explosive sense of inferiority to cling to him.]

[Ki11Humans77: It’s a bit disappointing. I heard they created a new clan so I was curious to see how it would grow.]

I checked a few comments on the first post I clicked on and then pressed the back button. Then I moved through the pages step by step and checked the posts.

1 month 2 months 3 months….

As time passed the bulletin board poured out articles focusing on the hottest topics at the time. Just look at the stories about my death that were all over the bulletin board.

Only a month has passed but the frequency of mentions has not only decreased but has almost disappeared.

However it started to be mentioned again the following month.

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Someone had put in new firewood.

[Is the rumor that Bjorn Yandel is an evil spirit true?]

-Wherever I go these days that’s all I hear. I’m not going to do this because of something that doesn’t exist at all.

[Three reasons why Bjorn Yandel is an evil spirit]

-If you’re here click recommend and go~

[Common sense tells you that he is an evil spirit?]

-Rebuttal: A newbie who has never seen Bjorn Yandel before.

-If positive you will have a girlfriend.

[arolf5205: He’s right. It seems like the kids who say Bjorn Yandel is an evil spirit are all newbies.]

[1spring: Bjorn Yandel is not an evil spirit. So does she have a girlfriend now?]

[Bling0_0: Well I still think I’m an evil spirit…]

Two months since Bjorn Jandel’s death(?).

The bulletin board was plastered with stories about whether I was an evil spirit or not.

Until now most people thought it was just a rumor.

Well there was one comment in the middle that bothered me.

[teckmonkey: Maybe it’s not a rumor but fact. There is a story that the suspicion first arose from Bjorn Yandel’s favorite colleague.]

She only said she was a colleague but seeing that she didn’t refer to anyone else made me lose interest. Because we’re used to it when a topic arises all kinds of aggressors flock to it.

Click click.

Three months after the death the topic decreased and my name was barely mentioned.

but….

6 months after death.

My name which had been slowly forgotten suddenly began to be mentioned on the bulletin board.

It was officially announced by the royal family.

Bjorn Yandel is an evil spirit.

[Hey is the official document posted by the royal family real?]

[Bjorn Yandel is an evil spirit?]

[He was a candidate for tribal leader and even received a noble title so how can he be an evil spirit? Isn’t something wrong?]

At first everyone seemed confused but gradually evidence began to emerge that I was an evil spirit and the truth became accepted.

If I thought about it assuming that I was an evil spirit I had more than one question.

[It was strange when I thought about it.]

-First of all does it make sense to grow so much in such a short period of time? It was too strange to be considered just a random guy.

[ㄴtunaboot: Fact 1 Even if it is an evil spirit it still makes no sense.]

[BrutalizerX: Fact 2 Bjorn Yandel was living with three women.]

[ㄴWingPizza: Fact 3 Bjorn Yandel is known as a giant who stands well over 20cm tall. Of course the kidneys.]

Of course the period when my name became a hot topic was short-lived.

Aside from being a shocking story there was not enough firewood to continue burning.

Bjorn Yandel is an evil spirit?

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It’s an amazing story.

But so? How long are we going to talk about the dead kid?

It felt roughly like this.

Well some people guessed that there must be some big secret because such rumors spread about the person who suddenly died and the royal family has now revealed that the rumors are true…

Unfortunately that was all.

There is no way such a secret situation could be shared on a community bulletin board.

Click click.

After that I continued to read the posts but no topic that could heat up the entire bulletin board came up for several months.

It was just a normal atmosphere where people could just say what they wanted to say.

but….

One year after death.

An incident occurred that set the community on fire.

[Guys have you heard about the Nartel Clan?]

Nartel Clan.

The clan headed by Melter Fend an explorer with whom I had a close relationship during the Noark battle.

90% of the clan died in the labyrinth.

Even the cause was already widely known.

[godFLEXyou: I heard that only a few people managed to come back alive after being attacked by the Noark guys?]

The Noark guys who were known to have gone outside the castle walls were discovered in the labyrinth.

As a result all kinds of speculations circulated in the community.

There is a portal outside the castle walls.

Rather it may be that a new portal was created through some kind of method. Some said that they were likely from Noark who remained in the city and hid their identities.

and….

One year and one month after death.

One of the medium-sized clans was wiped out in the labyrinth.

It was a clan active in the Dark Continent where the Nartel Clan suffered a disaster.

Because there were no survivors the cause of extinction was unknown.

1 year and 3 months.

The number of clans disappearing without a trace on the 7th floor has increased rapidly and there have been several eyewitness accounts of people from Noark.

Most of the sightings were on the 7th floor.

1 year and 4 months.

After the royal family recognized the seriousness of Noark’s incident they began distributing identity badges again.

Knights were also sent into the labyrinth to patrol the lower levels.

But nothing improved.

As soon as the labyrinth was opened those who entered from the first floor were checked but there were no people from Noark.

1 year and 6 months.

Noting that the Noark faction only appeared on the 7th floor the royal family formed an expeditionary force in cooperation with several large clans.

And he returned with countless damage.

Still there was a harvest.

[Breaking News] Noark Latest Status]

-This is solid information obtained by interrogating prisoners captured during the expedition.

-The Noark bastards opened a portal outside the castle wall and if you take it you will reach the 7th floor.

-Oh of course neither the captive cub nor the royal family knows anything about how that was possible.

New information has been confirmed.

Time goes by like that and it’s been 1 year and 8 months.

The royal family who banned ordinary explorers from entering the Dark Continent formed a second expedition and after putting in countless efforts achieved victory with only a wound in one battle.

and….

[Now it’s a real war.]

A full-scale power struggle began on the 7th floor.

They decided that if the Noark guys were stuck on the 7th floor and increased their power it would lead to a big problem in the future.

Numerous explorers participated in the huge rewards offered by the royal family and heroes who gained fame in the war were created every day.

A representative example was Chilgang.

Seven young heroes who did not have much fame before but made a name for themselves by playing a major role in this war.

[But looking at it now it seems like Bjorn Yandel’s party had an insane talent pool. How can two of the Seven Gangs appear in one party?]

Soon I went back in time and finished checking the most recent post 10 minutes ago then took my hand off the mouse.

Even if I only skimmed through it more than two hours had already passed by the time I checked the 2 years and 6 months worth of content.

‘Should I take a break and tidy up…’

I got off the chair and lay down on the bed.

First of all while looking around the community I learned very little new information.

That’s natural.

I spent over ten days at home and heard various stories from Erwen. We were already aware of the major events in each timeline.

Among them of course there was also something about Noark.

‘Still it was nice to look around and get to know the atmosphere at that time…’

Moreover among the posts there was quite a bit of trivial information that Erwen did not tell us.

For example all the explorers who had previously fallen into a brain-dead state due to the pillar of fire were cured.

‘Anyway shall we check the exchange this time?’

After taking a short break I sat down in front of the computer again and started checking the backlogged posts one by one.

And time passes….

[03:09]

It was time to enter the round table.

***

Sigh.

The goblin mask that opened the door and walked in waved its hand and greeted me cheerfully.

“Oh Mr. Fox! “It’s been a while?”

“hello.”

“I guess we two came first today too?”

Bersil Gowland a woman wearing a fox mask smiled awkwardly at the goblin’s question.

Because she knew that she was actually asking for a private conversation not a confirmation question.

She had nothing in particular to share with the goblin.

“…Haha it looks like you have something to think about today like last time? “I will remain quiet.”

“thank you.”

Soon a little more time passed and the deer antlers and the crescent moon arrived at almost the same time.

I checked and the time was 3:05.

There were 5 minutes left until entry.

“I guess those two haven’t arrived yet?”

“…It will come soon.”

She smiled bitterly as she answered Deer Antler’s question. The members who have not yet participated in the rally are the Clown and the Queen.

Maybe they will participate today.

Well after checking the members this time I’ll just turn my back and disappear.

As always for the past year.

“But since four people have gathered we can hold a proper meeting today.”

“…Last time I couldn’t even start because the deer’s antlers fell out right? “Why didn’t you come back then?”

“Goblin do I even have to tell you why?”

“That’s… no. yes. “I was just curious so I thought I’d ask.”

As we were chatting meaninglessly before the meeting started the door opened again.

The person who came in this time was a woman.

“Oh it’s been a while everyone?”

queen.

A woman who cannot compare to her presence as a detective but has fully proven her worth at this gathering by crushing the clown with her intelligence.

“Are you going to wait this time and just leave?”

The Queen smiled awkwardly at Crescent Moon’s polite question. That was enough of an answer.

Because everyone knows what she thinks.

She said ‘I guess participating in a rally without him wouldn’t mean much to me.’

Even after the investigators stopped visiting she participated in the meetings and shared various information.

However at some point she too only identified her members and left before the meeting started.

And this also applies to clowns.

“Pisit are we all gathered together this time?”

“jester….”

There are two minutes left until the rally starts.

People’s eyes gathered as they saw the clown arrive.

Most were unfavorable.

That’s because I’ve had a lot of run-ins with Noark recently.

Even though it wasn’t as good as Crescent Moon it couldn’t be favorable to him as a figure in the Noark camp.

“Would someone die if they looked at it like that?”

The clown seemed to like that kind of gaze and chose an empty seat to sit down. And I stared at the clock on the wall and waited desperately for one person.

It was a very familiar scene now.

“Whew… Looks like he won’t come today again.”

“…I heard that attempts to crawl out from the 6th floor have been observed in Noark these days. What is the reason?”

“yes? “The rally hasn’t even started so why am I telling you that?”

“That’s because you didn’t participate in the meeting…”

“Mr. Deerhorn… then you should have brought something fun a long time ago right? “Isn’t it so boring that I come every time and then just leave?”

“…Do you think that will make you look like a lion?”

“Fish I didn’t mean to do that.”

Soon the clown stood up from his seat laughing mockingly and the queen also raised her body as if she had been waiting.

“Anyway it looks like you’re not coming today so I’ll just go.”

“Me too then…”

The fox looked at their backs and sighed quietly. As much as I regret their absence I am reminded of the need for one person.

‘Where did that person the replacement investigator disappear to?’

At first even the Jester and the Queen made all kinds of speculations about his disappearance.

They don’t come because they lost interest.

The GM kicked that person out of the community etc.

There were many other hypotheses but the most memorable one was that of the goblin.

Are you saying that he and Bjorn Jandel might be the same person?

If he had died the reason was that the timing was very unusual.

but….

[Mr. Fisht Goblin how about quitting being a paladin and becoming a writer instead?]

The goblin had to laugh at that guess.

He didn’t say anything harsh but other members felt the same way about not taking it seriously.

That’s because when the lion first appeared at the round table Bjorn Yandel was an explorer of less than a year.

At most it is impossible for someone who was active on the 3rd or 4th floor to show such an appearance.

however….

‘Maybe that guess was true….’

The fox thought that the hypothesis might be true.

There are many contradictions but if that is really the case it at least explains why the investigator has not been seen for two years and six months—

I’m sorry.

That was the moment when the accident led to that point.

The tightly closed door slowly opened and everyone flinched.

It was actually a simple reason.

The clown who was about to leave had not yet arrived at the door.

“…?”

No one comes anymore.

No there shouldn’t be any.

Except for one person.

Tuk.

Soon a man appeared beyond the open door.

and….

“…!”

“…!”

The man who froze everyone with his mere appearance spoke.

It was as if he stopped by because he was bored while passing by.

“It’s been a while.”

The investigator is back.