Surviving the Game as a Barbarian – 349



Episode 349: Seclusion (4)

Manticore.

It is definitely an essence that I took with the intention of erasing it someday.

That’s why I was worried about whether to delete this or the corpse golem when purchasing water purification this time.

but….

“Hey Amelia… If you take this out your anti-magic power will drop and you’ll be vulnerable to things like magic…”

At first I was reluctant to see [Leap] the only movement mechanism disappear but that’s not the real problem.

Absence of anti-horsepower.

Until the essence of Belarios is supplied the balance of tanking ability is greatly disrupted.

‘But I can’t erase Stormgush.’

Stormgush is a level 3 essence.

Well I’ll have to delete it later but…

At the very least the Underground Island event should be broken and eliminated. As long as I have this essence I can just eat raw food.

Oh by the way the second core essence following [Giantization] appears there.

‘…What should I do then?’

My worries deepen.

If you’re going to give up your identity just giving up disguised identity seems like an option.

Looking at the royal family’s actions it is clear that there are some suspicious aspects but surprisingly there may not be a big problem in clearing the false accusation(?) of my evil spirit.

I guess it could be a killer planthopper—

“Oh and I didn’t tell you because I thought you knew but if it is proven that you are not an evil spirit the royal family will not take kindly to this.”

“…huh?”

“Why do you look like you don’t know? “This would be like putting a blemish on the integrity of the royal family that acknowledged the rumor.”

Oh… I’m worried.

It was difficult to make an easy decision so I asked Erwen and Amelia for their opinions.

“What do you think should be done?”

“I… I think it would be better to hide yourself as much as possible if you can.”

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First of all Erwen wanted to drink the essence.

“Why?”

“…a feeling.”

Yes it’s intuition.

Then she turned her gaze to Amelia who also told her what she thought.

“I also have the same opinion as Tercia.”

“Why?”

“It’s not like there’s much benefit from getting the name back anyway.”

Why is there no benefit?

There is no need to delete the integer.

As she was about to say that Amelia interrupted her.

“It’s been over two years but you don’t think your former colleagues will come back right away do you?”

Erwen also agreed with that opinion.

“I don’t know for sure Einar but it will be difficult for Arua Raven to come back even if she hears the news of her uncle’s return. “First of all I belong to the military branch of the royal family.”

Predictably this situation will be similar to Mr. Bear.

Now that he has joined the clan it will be difficult for him to get out.

But in the meantime Misha has no information except that Lee Baek-ho has become her colleague.

‘In that sense what they say is not wrong.’

I paused the conversation for a moment and repeatedly calculated the pros and cons of the two options.

It didn’t take as long as I thought.

‘According to the information obtained from the Round Table the royal family soon issued a conscription order for nobles.’

Most people would send hard-working private soldiers but as a former explorer I would be a no-brainer.

You will have to participate in the war immediately and follow instructions from your superiors.

Soon I made a decision.

“I will… erase the essence.”

My jump key….

***

Now that the future course of action had been decided it was time to move on to the next agenda item.

What is good to eat if you are drinking purified water?

This is what I felt while talking about this and these two had one thing in common.

“I think the Imp Essence would be good but it also has anti-magic power although it is small.”

“But since it is a grade 7 essence it is rather difficult to obtain on the exchange. The essence of Dwarf Eater is better. “Like Ainar your bone density is increasing so it suits you well.”

“Do you have the money to purchase grade 4 essence? “I think it would be better to be a level 5 Altsmorr.”

“Oh Altsmoor? That’s not possible. “There are fatal side effects…”

“side effect?”

Erwen looked at me and whispered to Amelia in a low voice.

She couldn’t hear what was said but she did hear it. Amelia glanced at me and said ‘I guess so’ and she said nothing more.

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‘Why are you both so interested in my essence?’

I chuckled and ended their conversation.

“Stop it. “Because I’ve already decided on something.”

Among the ones that can be reduced in size the one with the best stats and skills was selected and there are candidates up to third place.

“Erwen you should go to the bank tomorrow and see how much money you can borrow using your house as collateral. “Amelia please check the exchange to see if there is the essence I mentioned.”

“I get it.”

“Then let’s eat. “I’m starving to death.”

At this point the conversation ended and the three of us shared the dinner that Erwen had brought us.

and….

“…are you going to stay here from today?”

“It looks like there are a lot of empty rooms. Is that a problem?”

“I want you to distinguish between public life and life.”

“Stop it. I’m tired. Let’s just sleep. Amelia you can use any of the spare rooms over there.”

Amelia who thought she had gone back to her lodgings came to visit her in the middle of the night with her luggage so she had an incident but it didn’t turn into a big problem.

A strangely difficult day ended like that.

“mister! “I’ll be back!”

From the next day Erwen and Amelia went out to fulfill their respective roles and I spent my days living a secluded life in the dark house.

Simply put it means that I continued to sleep.

Fortunately the collateral loan came out to just the right amount in three days and I was able to use the money to retrieve Crowl’s Demon Crusher which was held as collateral by the bank.

“…heh do you like that that much?”

It’s all good.

From now on this will be my No. 1 treasure.

“The character is No. 87 Crowl’s Demon Crusher is worn.”

“Comprehensive item level increases by +4800.”

Anyway the good news didn’t end there.

Just then the purified water I was looking for came up for sale on the exchange.

Well it wasn’t 1st place but it was the essence of 2nd place…

Even if it is a ranking it is not a meaningful difference and it is not a constant that can be used for a long time.

‘The price is reasonable too.’

After retrieving the Demon Crusher I used up most of the remaining money to purchase essence.

I have already custom-made the shield to be used in the labyrinth through Erwen and the rest of the equipment will be made inexpensively with tier 1 materials so I believe there will be no need to spend a lot of money in the future.

…Oh is there one left?

‘Please don’t let anyone recognize you.’

I also purchased purified water and visited the temple the next day.

It was the Tobera Church one of the three theistic religions.

I guess I was anxious because I had visited the Temple of Rheatlas so many times.

“If we go in together we’ll stand out more.”

“Please come back….”

“Don’t draw attention to yourself by making a mistake.”

It is not a large temple with good accessibility but a small temple built on the outskirts of the city and visited by the general public 90% of the time.

Still I was quite worried because I had to peel my face to erase the essence…

“Heh he’s a friend with a natural spirit that’s hard to believe he’s a human being. “I would have achieved great success if I had become a knight.”

Fortunately the old priest in charge of removing the water did not recognize me.

“The [Manticore’s Essence] that permeated the character’s soul has been removed.”

「Some of the abilities gained through the passive skill [Inheritance] are permanently acquired.」

The removal of purified water which I had been so worried about was completed successfully.

After paying exactly twice as much as I had paid before I quickly left the temple and returned home.

Then I opened the stopper of the test tube I had purchased in advance.

“[The essence of the gachabon] seeps into the character’s soul.”

The essence of a grade 6 undead gachabon.

The default stats are simple.

“Sixth sense increases by +40.”

“Physical resistance increases by +15.”

「Dark resistance increases by +30.」

“Accuracy increases by +45.”

Abilities that are ambiguous for certain classes to use.

There….

“Bone density increases by +110.”

Bone density stats that will make me into a human body.

Lastly there is a penalty here.

“Luck decreases by -50.”

“Control decreases by -30.”

Luck is a stat that increases the probability of random factors such as critical probability. Control is a stat that compensates for preventing status abnormalities such as mental magic ‘fear’.

Well now that it has gone down it will have the opposite effect.

“oh.”

“Wow….”

As soon as the absorption of the essence was completed the two people watching let out a strange exclamation.

Actually I was the one who felt strange.

There isn’t much of a difference in eye level anymore.

Amelia’s height was around 170 cm. So has it decreased to around 180 or so?

As she was thinking about that Erwen avoided her eyes.

“…Is it that strange?”

“Oh no. “It’s not like that…”

“or not?”

“I think it would be quicker for you to see it yourself rather than just tell me…”

Erwen pointed to her mirror with her index finger and I moved in front of it holding my baggy pants with my hand.

However there were no more reliable barbarian warriors there.

There is only a tall-looking human man.

“…This is me?”

It seemed like I could understand why Einar was so depressed at that time.

You look so weak.

It’s as if something will break if you hit it with a hammer.

***

‘This essence… should I erase it again?’

My appearance in the mirror was so bad that it made me think that way. Well I guess this is why Erwen looked at me and avoided her eyes and blurted out her words.

“Um… man why are you doing this? Suddenly her shoulders slumped….”

As I was feeling depressed Erwen asked me the reason and I answered honestly.

Where can I go out like this?

If you look at Erwen over there she still can’t see me properly—

“yes yes? Oh it’s a misunderstanding! “That’s not why I was averting my eyes!”

“huh? “You’re saying it’s not because you’re holding back laughter at my appearance which is more pathetic than you can imagine?”

“yes! “That can’t be possible!!”

“Then why did you do that?”

When I asked Erwen softly answered in a somewhat embarrassed voice.

“Well you’re handsome….”

“what?”

He also has very typical tastes.

When you were a barbarian was it really because you were obsessed with him not because you were of the opposite sex but simply because you thought of him as a protector?

I also asked Amelia to get a sample.

“Do you think so too?”

“well….”

Amelia stared intently at my face then she smiled and turned her head.

“Well it might be good if my neck doesn’t hurt when I look up.”

Surprisingly no one in my group thought negatively about my current appearance.

Have I been too obsessed with barbarians?

‘…When I think about it I think he’s one of the handsome men by modern standards.’

Of course regardless of those thoughts I have absolutely no desire to stay like this.

[Giantization] is based on the basic physique.

Such a small body is not efficient.

“Okay I’m trying to check my abilities. Can you help me?”

I couldn’t remain discouraged forever about my smaller body so I decided to do whatever I had to do.

The first of these is practicing skills.

‘It’s a bit awkward to go out into the yard in broad daylight so I’ll just try it in the living room.’

“Yes I will help you. “What should I do?”

“Oh just hit me. “Use spirits or supernatural abilities.”

“……yes?”

Uh… he doesn’t know this essence’s passive?

That seemed to be the case so I briefly explained the passive skills.

(P) Probabilistic Retaliation – When receiving damage that uses resources there is a certain probability to ignore the damage and reflect the damage.

A passive skill that can be applied as long as you use resources whether magic divine power or spirits.

In fact the reason I chose this essence was largely due to the presence of this skill.

Of course it would be difficult to make up for the reduced horsepower with this but this essence was the only one that gave this kind of performance at this price.

In the first place the first place was also a different color of this essence.

‘Anyway the probability was about 10%…’

Please note that this is a figure based on the reduced luck stat.

Well there may be some error depending on the basic luck stat but it won’t be big.

“I… will I do it then?”

After the explanation was over Erwen summoned spirits and started attacking me.

and….

“The character has suffered cold damage.”

“The character has suffered cold damage.”

「The character takes cold damage…」

「….」

huh?

“Try changing Erwen’s attributes.”

“yes!”

“The character has suffered fire damage.”

“The character has suffered fire damage.”

「The character takes fire damage…」

「….」

what.

“Now wait! Amelia you try it.”

“If you want. “Now the height is just right.”

“The character was hit by [Suragak].”

“The character was hit by [Suragak].”

“The character hits [Suragak]…”

No what. What is it really?

“Ahh!! “Stop that!!”

Why doesn’t this explode?