Surviving the Game as a Barbarian – 39



Episode 39 Guild (4)

“Master what do you mean? “Are you suddenly asking me to go to the guild?”

“Didn’t you say that there was someone looking for you and that you had to visit sometime?”

“That’s true but…”

Arua Raven a level 6 wizard belonging to the Magic Tower gave a blunt expression and trailed off his words.

It’s true that I have business with the guild but…

I planned to go after resting for a while and roughly studying the ‘thing’ I had just acquired.

“The branch manager made an official request for support. From what I heard it seems like something big has happened there too. Wouldn’t it be at least a way to make some pocket money?”

“…all right. “I’ll be back.”

Raven had no choice but to agree to this.

If he was a guild he would have to go there at least once anyway.

If you go now you can get a small monetary reward so there is no justification for putting it off just because it’s annoying.

‘I spent a lot of money in the labyrinth this time…’

Besides it wouldn’t be a bad idea to meet the barbarian a little early.

An unprecedented variant crack.

Wasn’t he the one who consumed the guardian’s essence that came out there?

It is a specimen as interesting as the ‘object’.

“Then I’ll be back.”

“Oh take Tarjin with you too.”

“It’s okay. “He wasn’t very useful.”

Raven used the warp gate on the first floor of the Magic Tower to move to the location closest to the branch.

It takes about 10 minutes to walk to the destination.

Soon she came out to the main street and frowned.

“Why are there so many people?”

It seems to be several times more than usual.

And as she gets closer to her destination the crowds become so crowded that she can’t even take a step.

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As if something big happened here.

‘By the way you said that the branch manager officially requested support right?’

Raven let out a long sigh.

She was planning to earn some pocket money but she thought that she might have to suffer that much.

“Hey let me ask you something. “What on earth is happening now?”

Raven asked grabbing a male bystander who had the most formidable look on his face.

And he heard something that made him believe his ears.

“The looters imprisoned in the branch escaped in large numbers.”

It was truly an unprecedented event.

It wasn’t enough that a prison break occurred and some of them succeeded in escaping into the city center…

One of the presumed instigators is said to have taken hostage the daughter of a regional manager who happened to visit the branch.

“It looks like you have no brain. “There’s no way the guild would negotiate with me like that.”

Whether it’s a negotiation or something else the guild has no authority in the first place.

The Lapdonian royal family transferred much of the authority related to the labyrinth to the guild but strictly adhered to the principle of executing looters.

If he had run outside like other prisoners he would have had at least a chance of survival.

“But it became kind of fun.”

“What do you mean?”

“The guy taking the hostages is shouting that he was framed.”

“Falsely accused?”

“That’s right. He said that all he wants to do is gather the parties involved in the case and use magic to reveal the truth fairly in front of everyone.”

It’s not like asking for indulgence or anything like that.

The hostage taker only asked for ‘finding out the truth’.

Because of this suspicions are spreading among the crowd watching that what he said may be true.

‘What’s with all these crazy people?’

Of course if the story is true the original cause would be the investigator who mishandled the job.

But does that mean you stage a large-scale prison break and take the district chief’s daughter hostage in the meantime?

It is certain that this is something that no one in their right mind could ever do.

“Anyway that’s why everyone is waiting. “The branch leader said he requested support from the Magic Tower. Ugh when are you planning on coming?”

Raven smiled awkwardly as she watched the onlookers clicking their tongues.

Now she knew for sure.

That wizard is himself.

Raven sighed heavily and recited the spell.

“Batuna Cor Bier.”

Her body began to float into the air with blue light blooming beneath her feet.

“Oh girl! Was she a wizard?”

Raven passed over the crowd and landed on the third floor terrace of the Explorers Guild branch.

And he froze when he spotted a man.

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“Bjorn… Yandel?”

Why is this man here?

***

Is it because the district chief’s daughter is being held hostage?

All work was carried out quickly.

“This is Koldo Birman who asked you to come find him. “Like you said he was passed out downstairs.”

“Thank you. “You should go.”

The first to arrive was the inspector cub.

Please note that he has not yet regained consciousness.

Since it didn’t look good I shoved it in the closet.

After waiting for a while the second shipment arrived.

“Now wait! “Is it okay for a guild to be so coercive?”

The name of this male explorer in his 20s who walks in a hesitant posture is ‘Hearts Young.’

That idiot who lost his masculinity while trying to do something to Erwen.

“Thank you for taking care of it without asking. “Then you can just go downstairs.”

“yes.”

“Are you Branch Manager Ji? Why am I…”

At the same time the sound of an employee coming down the stairs was heard.

He jumped out from behind the door and slammed his fist into the bastard’s top.

Wow!

The person could not leave in one room.

If the investigator was the first person responsible for getting things to this point the second place was this bastard.

If this guy hadn’t given false testimony the investigator wouldn’t have had any grounds to sentence me to death.

“Ahh! What are you doing! “Who are you—!”

“Okay let’s get it right.”

One to two to three….

As he struck his face with his fists one after another it wasn’t long before Hatsu Young fainted with blood foaming at his mouth.

This time too it didn’t look good so I put it in the closet.

It may look a little cramped thanks to the inspector’s bulky scaffolding but it shouldn’t be a major problem.

The more I looked at them the more they looked like a good pair.

As I was enjoying it for a moment the branch manager spoke cautiously.

“…What on earth do you want?”

Oh you didn’t tell me that yet.

But there’s no need to say it twice.

After all once the next supplies arrive you will naturally know it even if you don’t want to know it.

With that in mind I kept quiet.

but….

“Branch manager! “I think it will be difficult to invite a priest.”

The priest the key card in this matter is missing.

The reason is that the official priest connected to this branch is currently absent.

It was also impossible to call another priest.

Even though it was an explorer guild it couldn’t call a priest who served a god like a friend from the neighborhood.

‘Even if it was the branch manager’s request it would take at least a day.’

In this worldview priests are nobles.

It’s not about your status it’s about what you do.

Suddenly I had a bad appetite.

‘Nothing is going right.’

I wanted to handle things as quietly as possible.

If the branch manager had heard he would have made the situation this bad and shouted what kind of bullshit was that…

The jailbreak can be covered up somehow calling it an ‘accident.’

But what if the guild sentenced an innocent level 9 explorer to death?

The moment this becomes known to the outside world the prestige of the Explorers’ Guild will literally fall into the dust.

‘First of all they are claiming to be an organization that protects explorers.’

That was why they asked for a priest.

As long as I can prove my innocence in front of the priest I can handle things relatively quietly.

However the Explorer’s Guild also wouldn’t dare cover up this incident.

But from the beginning the plan suffered a setback.

“Thank you for telling me the news. “Go down and see.”

“yes! Good luck branch manager!”

I ended my short thought as I heard the employee’s footsteps walking away.

‘If it is impossible to entrust the notarization to a priest…’

There will be no choice but to make the board bigger.

That way the Explorer Guild won’t be able to silence me by killing me.

Of the many methods that came to mind I chose the most unconventional yet effective one.

“Aaaah!”

“What are you doing!”

As the local chief’s daughter goes out to the terrace with a sword pointed at her neck she sees people gathered on the main street.

It appears that they are onlookers who had gathered because of the prison escape incident that occurred earlier.

“above! “There’s a gunman above!!”

One of them spots me and shouts.

Attention gathers in an instant.

“Keuhumhum.”

She cleared her throat once and then shouted with her natural barbarian voice.

“My name is Bjorn Yandel! He is a level 9 explorer that the guild framed and tried to kill! “I swear to God I’m innocent!”

The reaction came immediately.

“What is that guy?”

“Are you an escaped convict?”

It doesn’t matter whether they believe me or not.

Since we threw rice cakes more people will gather even if they are just curious.

No matter how much an explorer guild it is it won’t be able to just bury an incident that everyone is watching in real time.

Now all you have to do is hold on until the wizard comes.

Instead of a shield that has become a lump of scrap metal…

“Uuuuuuu!”

By making good use of the district chief’s daughter’s shield.

***

How long has it been since the prison escape incident?

“What is it? “Why is Mr. Yandel here?”

“I never would have guessed that the wizard sent from the Magic Tower was there.”

Koldo Birman opened his eyes while listening to the conversation between the two unidentified men and women.

The surroundings were dark and the body did not move.

‘what? Are you trapped? ‘Why?’

Putting aside the blooming headache he looked back on his memories. There were a few scenes that immediately came to mind.

Prisoners escaping from prison and running amok.

The interrogation room ran away from them and locked the door.

And even the barbarian who burst through the door and stuck his fist in his face!

‘Oh but what happened after that?’

I don’t know.

I can’t feel it at all.

So he focused on hearing.

“It must be quick to hear the situation from outside.”

“What do you mean when you say it’s going to be fast? What on earth are you thinking! “Do you know how many lives Mr. Yandel has?”

“If there were a few I wouldn’t have done something like this.”

Mr. Yandel?

what? Could it be that the barbarian is out there?

“Okay go ahead and use magic.”

“If you promise to do me a favor later.”

“I don’t know what it is but as long as it’s within the possible range.”

“great. I promised it. Dertei Narvas! Uh huh…? Why doesn’t this work? Mr. Yandel do you have any magical tools that are like mental barriers?”

“Don’t you know just by looking at me that there is no such thing? In the end I guess I’ll have no choice but to wake these guys up. Do you even know how to use the ‘image memory’ spell?”

“yes. “Can we just record everything from now on?”

The more I listened to the conversation the more confused I became.

“evil! Argh!”

Suddenly the space expands and the center of gravity shifts downward. He fell down with a loud sound and quickly raised his head.

The branch manager’s office on the third floor a place he had only visited a few times.

“What are you already awake?”

A total of four people were looking at him.

Barbarian and branch leader.

She is a woman presumed to be a wizard and a woman of quite noble status.

I don’t know what it was but he shouted and looked.

“Branch Manager Ji! It’s this guy! “This guy orchestrated the prison break!”

“You already know this.”

“Yes yes…?”

His head went blank temporarily.

I didn’t understand it at all.

If you know that he committed an outrageous crime why do you just sit by and watch?

“I heard that you were in charge of the interest investigation. “Is it true?”

“Is that so…?”

Only then did I feel the heavy air covering the room.

He knew because he only noticed things while working as an investigator.

That the air in this place is by no means friendly to you.

“This barbarian… no Mr. Yandel here is claiming that you have confirmed him as a raider based on uncertain information. “What do you think about this?”

“It’s absurd!”

“That… it must be true. “It won’t end with just one of you taking off your clothes.”

“What do you mean by that! “Aren’t you just a level 9 explorer?”

“Be careful what you say! “Is it okay for an employee at a guild no matter what level he or she is to say something like that?”

“Yes yes?”

Birman was completely taken aback by the thunderous roar.

Why did the person who always looked down on downstream explorers who was always the best suddenly act like that?

As if they were conscious of the external gaze.

‘ah! Come to think of it I used the ‘image memory’ spell and all that before!’

It seems that the current conversation is being recorded in the crystal ball held by that wizard.

“Hmm! As it judges right and wrong the guild’s events must be careful and perfect. “Tell me the basis for your judgment.”

After coming to his senses he recited the details of the investigation as instructed by the branch manager.

Because I thought that was the only way to live.

“Well the first one is the magic stone. At the checkpoint he presented a magic stone that far exceeded the average income of a level 9 explorer and I thought this was suspicious and checked the backpack to find equipment that looked like it had been stolen.”

“so?”

“As a result of the investigation the authenticity of this part could not be confirmed. Because the magic didn’t work.”

“But on what basis did you make the final judgment that Mr. Yandel was a plunderer?”

“This is due to a separate incident. A message stone was found among the belongings. Based on this we traced the original owner’s whereabouts and were able to obtain testimony from the same clan member that Bjorn Yandel murdered innocent people and robbed goods.”

As he talked about the details of the investigation his voice grew more and more confident.

I don’t know why the branch manager treats him like he’s reprimanding me but he clearly made a mistake.

“Director there is no problem with my ruling. “If you have any doubts about whether I told a lie you can use magic to determine the truth.”

“I’m doing it even if you don’t look at me like that. “First of all everything I’ve said so far is true.”

The wizard who was watching quietly nodded his head.

However at that time the barbarian was sarcastic without even knowing the topic.

“Yes it was only the testimony of a member of the same clan. “It is not confirmed as magic and has no effect.”

“Is what Mr. Yandel said true?”

“That’s true but….”

“Why didn’t you check that part?”

The branch manager’s voice suddenly became cold again.

It wasn’t that he didn’t have something to say.

“First of all this barbarian’s constitution is a problem! “He seemed to know that magic doesn’t work so he was uncooperative and made false statements!”

“A false statement? “What exactly do you mean?”

Birman answered confidently.

“He once said he survived being stabbed in the neck. But since there were no traces I questioned him and do you know what he said? I really want it! “I heard that the scar disappeared because I consumed the vampire’s essence from the rift?”

“You ate the essence of a vampire?”

“yes! Branch manager! Does this make sense? “A vampire is coming out of a crack on the first floor?”

From beginning to end this barbarian spoke gibberish.

“Spouting a new lie to cover up a lie you once told. This is the most common statement pattern among criminals. But how can you just listen to this guy’s words and make precious wizards suffer in vain?”

Of course there were times when I wondered if the repeated claims of innocence were possible.

But I didn’t think it would matter much.

After all what would happen if an innocent barbarian who had just grown up died innocently?

‘…Besides if I call a wizard the amount of money I can save will decrease.’

Still it was a blessing in disguise.

Not something else but a vampire on the first floor?

If it is confirmed that he made such an absurd statement he will be able to convince everyone of his judgment.

‘If you’re going to do it you should have told a better lie!’

Soon he looked at the barbarian with triumphant eyes.

But that lasts for a while.

“Is that correct?”

His thoughts stopped when the wizard suddenly spoke.

“…yes?”

“Ha I was there… What should I do about this? “You can’t use magic on me.”

What on earth is this wizard talking about?