Surviving the Game as a Barbarian – 374



Episode 374: Treasure Hunter (2)

13 hours into the labyrinth.

We were in the crystal cave on the first floor.

There is one reason why the three of us are still on the first floor which we covered in a few hours last time.

This is because this exploration plan begins here.

“Hmm this is my first time knowing that cracks can be opened like this.”

“Hehe you really don’t know anything!”

There are four types of cracks on the first floor including Bloody Citadel and Glacier Cave. It is possible for the player to intentionally open this rift.

The reason it took so long was because we had to go up to the second floor kill a level 8 monster and then come back.

‘By this time all the kids will have gone up…’

I took out the grade 8 magic stone that I had stored in subspace and looked around.

‘Anyway it’s been a while since I’ve been here.’

A cavity with a radius of about 30m where a tombstone is placed.

When the military and large clans opened the portal and fled it was here that those who remained tried to figure out how to survive.

Well at that time the wizards had done expansion work here and there so the space was much larger.

“So is everyone ready?”

The two people nodded in response to my question and as a signal I placed the magic stone in front of the monument as if making an offering.

And that moment.

Dedddddddddd!

The vibration spreads throughout the first floor centered around the monument.

At the same time a green colored portal opened.

“The character entered the crack on the first floor.”

Now let’s go.

***

Ssaaaaaa-!

A cave outlined by the light of a portal floating in the air.

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There are railroad tracks on the floor and wooden waste materials are scattered here and there.

Is it a bit more gloomy than the game?

[Green Coal Mine]

One of four types of cracks on the first floor.

The process is simple.

It starts at a point where the ceiling has collapsed wanders through the coal mine along the railroad tracks and ends when you catch the guardian.

“What are you all doing? “Let’s go quickly.”

As soon as I entered the unfamiliar space I quickly led the two people who were checking the surrounding terrain and headed inside the tunnel.

It’s clear that more people will be joining us soon right?

It’s best not to encounter them.

Even though Amelia and I don’t know Erwen has become very famous in this city. Even low-level explorers would likely recognize it.

Tadat.

After escaping from the portal’s light and covering their bodies with the dark spirit summoned by Erwen only then did additional people enter the crack.

“Woo wow!”

At first it was a man wearing low-level equipment.

“What is it? “Am I the first?”

The man who looked around blankly at first seemed to realize later that he had entered a crack and a smile appeared on his face.

And then.

“Wow!”

A second person jumps out of the portal and falls to the ground.

This time it was a man.

“Hehe nice to meet you!”

Okay we’re both men so something won’t happen.

As I watched the two exchanging greetings condescendingly I quickly gave up my worries and turned around.

and….

“Now the sound won’t reach that far. “Let’s run.”

“yes!”

We began to attack the crack by running through the tunnel in earnest. The first monster I encountered was of course a goblin.

1 He has a slightly different physique than the guys I saw on the second floor.

[Grunt-!]

The height is similar to that of a normal individual but the body size is different.

A wide open back and tight muscles.

Even the light bulb on his head and the pickaxe on his shoulder.

“Goblin miner.”

The rating is 8.

This guy can only gain experience from cracks on the first floor.

[Kyaaagh!]

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As soon as the guy with a macho body found us he rushed at us swinging his pickaxe at us saying it was a 3:1 situation.

It was definitely a blow with a force that was incomparable to that of an ordinary goblin.

but….

“I feel bad….”

Will that work?

Even if it were just one of us we could easily break the crack on the first floor.

Phew!

Without even needing to shoot an arrow Erwen used the wind spirit to pierce the guy between the eyes.

“The goblin miner has been killed. EXP +2」

One shot one kill.

In fact at our level this could be seen as a natural thing… The process of pointing at the opponent with the index finger and then blowing out compressed air was quite impressive.

‘Is this Tanjigong…?’

There was a time when I was obsessed with martial arts novels.

Huh can’t I have something like that too?

“Is there something wrong with Schuitz?”

“You suddenly looked at me like that….”

“It’s no big deal. “Let’s go now.”

I hurriedly threw away distracting thoughts and moved forward.

Well if I were to compare my current state to martial arts would I be a martial arts expert who has reached the level of Diamond Buddha?

Ta-da-ta-ta-da.

Anyway from then on I took the lead and found my way. Well actually in the beginning all you have to do is follow the straight tunnel but…

“Why do you stop?”

“Seeing as the track was cut off in the middle I thought it was probably around here.”

As I was moving while observing the floor I stopped as soon as I came across the damaged rail.

and….

Kwaaang-!

The surrounding walls were smashed with a hammer.

She was shocked and asked if Amelia was going to bury us alive but she thought it was useless to worry.

Where did the crack field break so easily?

Where things break there are usually hidden elements.

Just like this.

Kwazizig-!

A wall that crumbles like it was made of Styrofoam boxes.

Soon the space beyond was revealed.

It’s a narrow side road that gets full when one person enters.

I almost wouldn’t have been able to get in before my physique shrunk…

Tuk.

Oh it still hurts my shoulder.

I had no choice but to turn my body to the side and walk like a crab walking into the side road.

and….

“First of all I earned 3 million stones.”

I picked up a green gem from a box hidden in a narrow space in a side road repeated the series of steps and came out again.

“This is the first time I’ve heard of something like this in a coal mine.”

“But man… I don’t have a wizard so I can take it with me?”

“It’s okay. “Usually these items don’t require distortion magic.”

It is easy to understand if you think of the time of the blood-red fortress on the first floor.

The only things that require ‘distortion’ magic are miscellaneous things like brick building decorations that come out of cracks.

Valuable items like the ‘Necronomicon’ are judged as items so you can just grab them and go out of the portal…

Oh he wasn’t there then.

“Then let’s go quickly. “I’ve taken everything I need here.”

Anyway this was all the hidden pieces in the first chapter so from then on I didn’t care about the floor and just focused on moving and soon a cliff appeared.

More than two-thirds of the bridge collapsed along with the railroad tracks.

The original strategy was to take the passage next to it and take a detour…

‘If there had been a leap I could have just skipped it.’

It’s a pity that the mobile device is gone.

Originally this section could be skipped even if you had an intermediate or higher level of mobility.

‘Anyway the only goblin miners I have to go over there are so I’ll just be wasting time.’

Although it wasn’t a route with a hidden piece we had no choice but to take the side passage. Then he killed as many goblin miners as he saw and escaped through the exit on the other side.

Did it take about 30 minutes to get here?

“Maybe it’s easy because it’s a crack on the first floor.”

“It’s definitely a little different from what I expected….”

Erwen seemed dissatisfied with the dullness of exploring the rift but she had no choice. Isn’t it natural that she came to the 1st floor crack as a member who can hunt on the 7th floor?

In typical RPG games experience points are not usually given.

Ah but is it a more vicious system to come to a low-level hunting ground to get experience points?

“Everyone don’t be disappointed. “I’ll finish it soon anyway and go out again.”

Everyone seemed to be bored so they accelerated their attack on the crack.

I passed through the passage beyond the bridge I had bypassed and hunted all the monsters from the second chapter.

「The Hobgoblin Miner was defeated +EXP 3」

「Mineral slime was defeated +EXP 2」

「You defeated the copper golem +EXP 3」

These are the new monsters encountered in the second chapter.

Ah now I have to add the mid-boss as well.

「The Goblin Bomber was defeated +EXP 4」

As expected Jeongsoo didn’t come out.

Well I don’t have a test tube or a wizard to put it in anyway.

‘The second chapter is mainly about combat so it ended quickly.’

After clearing the mid-boss in about 10 minutes I searched around for a while and found a hidden piece.

It appears when you destroy the minerals around the middle boss room.

[Gobble Quartz]

Oh there are only three.

“I guess we can share one by one.”

As I was about to hand out the Gobble Quartz I dug up Amelia and Erwen frowned.

“You… eat that?”

“It smells strange. For some reason it feels sticky to the touch…”

“Still it’s an elixir. “It will increase your poison resistance level.”

“If that’s the case.”

Amelia who was born in Noirc and had no choice but to grow up to be good-natured swallowed her gobble quartz first and Erwen squeezed her eyes shut and put it in her mouth.

“Does it taste that bad?”

“…Surprisingly it doesn’t taste anything.”

“The texture is very unique.”

“Oh really?”

The texture is unique.

You don’t have to be particularly prepared to eat it.

Ododog-!

Soon I chewed the gobble quartz with my molars and felt a truly amazing texture.

It’s soft on the outside but on the inside it feels like you’re chewing on a stone?

Barbarians usually chew bones so there was nothing special about them.

“The character has taken Gobble Quartz.”

“Poison resistance increases permanently by +3.”

「The effect does not overlap.」

In any case the crack strategy was largely similar from then on.

Move forward destroying all visible monsters. Stop for a moment and search the surrounding area only where the hidden piece is located.

And so the third chapter ended going down a circular staircase designed at the edge of a cliff.

and….

“Now it’s the last time.”

Arriving at the deepest part of the coal mine we stood in front of a collapsed mine shaft as if something had been sealed.

Originally the path had to be opened using explosives hidden throughout the coal mine but…

High level players have their own tricks.

Bang bang!

As I was smashing the lower corner stone into pieces with a demon crusher it collapsed completely creating a gap for people to pass through and soon we entered.

“The sleeping green king wakes up.”

A wide cavity with a radius of approximately 50 m.

At its center green slime writhed and howled.

[Kyuiiiiiiit-!]

It was King Slime the guardian of the ‘Green Coal Mine’.

***

The beginning of that visual rift.

The two men were trembling in the deep darkness leaning on a flickering torch.

“…Do we really have to go alone?”

“There is no other way is there? “The portal was also closed.”

“I heard that the rift is a place where five people are exploring… but what on earth is going on…?”

The archer sighed at the ax warrior’s words.

Even if he said that there was no way for anyone to know that it was him.

Why did the portal close when only two people entered the crack?

Of course at first I thought it was a temporary error.

However even after the portal was closed we waited around for 3 hours for someone to arrive at any time.

I couldn’t just deny reality forever.

“Okay let’s go. “If the two of us want to break the rift we have to move forward slowly from now on.”

“…Oh I understand.”

The ax warrior who had a weak personality despite his size stood in front and the archer followed behind him supporting him.

‘What a fucking bug.’

The archer usually thought that he was lucky.

Well I found that game by chance played it and came here…

Other than that his life was easy and this did not change even after waking up in an unfamiliar world.

Just looking at the first exploration the same is true.

He was lucky to get essence from the start and on his second expedition he made some initial money by stripping off the equipment of the explorers and raiders who had planned to be two-tiered.

Based on this he was able to grow steadily.

but….

‘I thought I’d come to the crack on the first floor on my third expedition but I never thought something like this would happen.’

Even though the man was complaining internally he came to his senses.

Only then will he be able to get out alive.

“…stop for a moment.”

“…Why are you doing that?”

“Because something is strange. “At this point it’s time for the goblin miners to come out…”

“Are you familiar with cracks?”

“I just kind of know. “I always like studying.”

First of all it was said like that but it wasn’t true.

Because he had experience with the original version.

Although he couldn’t get past the first half and quit he later found out that there was a cheat version and ended up quitting.

Nevertheless because he had played the original the first half was smooth.

Because of the insane difficulty level it was essential to read the ‘Newbie Guide’ left by ‘Elfnuna’ over and over again in order to play properly.

“…Let’s go first. “I don’t know why goblins haven’t appeared yet.”

However since nothing changes by waiting he cautiously resumed his movement thinking it was just a gap between the game and reality.

and….

“Oh there must be a side road between the collapsed areas!”

The point where the railway line broke down.

He realized the truth when he saw a hole in the wall at that point.

“…Who came in first?”

“…What did you say?”

“I’m talking to myself.”

Someone entered the crack first.

Obviously the number is three.

‘Then… I guess they killed all the monsters there too.’

The moment I recognized this a sense of relief washed over me and my legs relaxed.

And after the feeling of relief subsided I started to feel like it was an opportunity.

‘If you see that there are no signs of battle around it it probably means that it is strong enough to cut down everything.’

They probably weren’t interested in the essence of the first floor crack.

And the essence drop duration is about 30 minutes.

If you follow along quickly now you may be able to obtain the discarded essence in the latter part.

Maybe you can take care of the hidden piece you left behind.

“Let’s go quickly. “Don’t worry about monsters.”

“…What do you mean?”

“There will probably be no monsters ahead. “If you don’t believe me I can go first.”

The archer said that and started running through the dark tunnel without hesitation.

but….

‘I took the Gobble Quartz with me.’

There was nothing left in the second or third chapters. The guys who entered first were so familiar with this crack that it was hard to find anything they didn’t take with them.

‘I didn’t know about that… but seeing that it was broken I guess there was something hidden inside.’

Anyway after running for a while he arrived at the final boss room.

It took about 40 minutes to get there.

If the guardian essence was dropped and they didn’t eat the essence…

‘It might be possible to stay.’

Soon he entered the boss room with the ax warrior.

and….

Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much!

The two men’s eyes showed deep greed as they spotted the essence floating in the air.

Of course there were differences.

“That’s Jeongsu-ro…!”

“That’s right.”

“There’s no way that’s the essence of a guardian—”

The ax warrior in front had more surprise than greed in his eyes but the man behind him was the opposite.

Push!

The man held the arrow in his hand and drove it into the ax warrior’s shoulder.

“Aaaah!”

The ax warrior screamed and rolled on the floor at the sudden surprise attack.

Of course he also came to his senses and tried to pick up the axe but unfortunately it didn’t work out.

Crumbling.

The ax slipped and fell from my hand.

“It’s no use. “Because I put paralyzing poison on the arrowhead.”

“…Why are you doing this! I’ll give you that essence. So please!”

The warrior sensing defeat begged and shouted.

But the archer’s eyes were cold.

“Why do you care so much about an NPC’s life?”

“Eh Mr. Enpi…? What does that mean? No it’s a dragoon! Please just take a look. I have a daughter at home—”

“Dragoon is Protoss.”

The man chuckled and pulled out the arrowhead stuck in it.

and….

“Hans Elivan.”

“…?”

“That’s my name. “Oh now that I think about it that’s not my real name either.”

“Now you can’t believe it…!”

“I guess you’ve noticed now. sorry. “I think I should tell you this in advance so I won’t lose heart.”

“Oh no—!”

The warrior tried to shout something but the shout could not continue.

This is because the arrowhead pierced the warrior’s neck before that.

“It’s no different from catching a goblin.”

Soon the man hurriedly lifted her body up and headed towards her essence floating in the air.

There was a wry smile on his lips.

“You’re lucky.”

He truly considered himself lucky.

“[Essence of slime] seeps into the character’s soul.”

Until he saw his newly acquired skills with his own eyes.