Surviving the Game as a Barbarian – 395



Episode 395: Captain Barbarian (5)

My head hurts.

His stomach feels sick his lips are dry and his throat feels stuffy from loss of moisture.

However rather than such inconvenience questions came first.

‘But why am I doing this?’

Serrated Vice-Captain James Calla opened his eyes taking a deep breath like someone who had stopped breathing.

“Huh…!”

The first thing I saw was an unfamiliar ceiling.

The ceiling has beautiful patterns carved into luxurious wood and next to it is a dazzling chandelier hanging from a string.

While I was trying to figure out where this place was a man’s face appeared before my eyes.

“I guess you’ve come to your senses.”

Jun a holy knight of the Tobera Church.

When I first saw it I wondered what a handsome paladin could be—

“ah…!”

Recalling his last memory before losing consciousness James straightened up his upper body. And he hurriedly asked the paladin who luckily escaped in time and didn’t get hit in the face.

“As for the victory… how was the victory?”

At his question the paladin awkwardly raised the corner of his mouth.

“You already know right?”

“Then as expected….”

“Yes I lost. It was really strong in many ways. “That person.”

Unlike the paladin whose voice did not even convey regret James Calla sighed without even realizing it.

“Do you find it difficult to give in Kala?”

“That’s… no. It’s just that… I didn’t know what to say about this to the Arminus Company or the Explorer’s Guild who believed in me and supported me…”

“Wouldn’t it be okay to be honest?”

“The four of us fought lost and ended up having to give the position of leader to some barbaric person? “How on earth can you say something like that? Why are you laughing?”

“Oh excuse me. “The word barbaric is so impressive.”

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In response James Calla admitted to a mistake in his words.

I realized what it would look like to say such slanderous words from a losing position.

It must have seemed like he was gossiping to put people down.

Like the disgusting servants he encountered countless times while ascending to the position of vice-captain.

“Do you still find it difficult to acknowledge him Kala?”

“that….”

He trailed off and answered in a bitter tone.

“Not really.”

It wasn’t an affectation it was a sincere statement.

The word barbaric came out first but that was only because the impact of the first impression was too great.

“That guy… was a smart guy.”

The paladin agreed to Kala’s recitation without disagreement.

“Yes that’s right.”

“Looking back we played into his hands from the beginning. They thought it was easy for them to see us. In reality it wasn’t like that at all.”

“That’s right. It’s a shame but I also didn’t think we would lose until the end. “I’m sure I still lack discipline.”

James Calla completely agreed.

If I had investigated in more detail instead of laughing when I first heard the term ‘man after blood spirit’ this situation might not have happened.

“The problem is that I don’t know how other people will take it. Ah where is Lord Kaislan and Senior Akurava now?”

“It’s in another room. I was unconscious just now but I don’t know what it is like now. “Unlike Kala the injury was more severe.”

“…I think it would be better to go there in person.”

Afterwards the two separated and headed to a private hospital room.

Are you saying that the healing of the body has already been completed through the priests and all we have to do is wait for consciousness to be restored?

As I sat next to him and waited it wasn’t long before Ti Thana Akurava opened her eyes.

“Looking at that expression… it looks like you lost?”

Unlike James she didn’t ask long questions.

She just stayed silent for a while with mixed eyes and then asked where the others were.

“Akuraba-sama has also woken up. “Is there anything uncomfortable about you?”

“Yes fortunately. But… where is that man?”

“well. I don’t know about that either. Maybe it will give us some time to wake up and get our minds together.”

“There’s no way that man would be that delicate.”

As Aku Lava spoke calmly her gloomy mood became a little lighter. As we were talking about random things like that Kaislan also came to his senses.

“…He! “What happened to him?”

It was time to discuss in earnest.

***

“I guess so. “We lost…”

A muttering full of deep remorse and unexplained anger.

Soon Knight Kaislan clenched his fist tightly.

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“I cannot admit it.”

“The fact that you lost?”

“No I’m not foolish enough to deny it. However the fact that we lost and the fact that he used his courage are two different things.”

“Oh my are you going to break her promise that was notarized in front of her Marquis?”

When the Marquis’ name was mentioned Kaislan also showed a brief flinch but it was not enough to break his stubbornness.

“Then will you easily understand? As many as thirty people! They are not just 30 people they are the best talents carrying the future of this city! But are they going to entrust their lives to someone who has nothing but power? “For the sake of the greater good we can’t just sit by and watch that happen!”

James Carla unconsciously grabbed his throbbing forehead at the sharp shout. I never thought he would be this person with no answers.

“Kaislan are you claiming that you are better than that man in other areas except for force?”

“I’m not talking about just me I’m talking about all of us. “Aren’t we better off than someone who doesn’t know where he got his food from?”

“okay. “If so would you please tell me where it is?”

“I don’t understand why you look like that. Didn’t we all have an in-depth conversation earlier about what the ideal commander is? “Except for him not a single person spoke of force.”

“I did.”

“Isn’t that what everyone knew? “A commander’s military power is of lower priority than any other quality.”

In James’s opinion the article’s words were not wrong.

A commander is someone who wields a famous sword but he does not necessarily need to be a famous swordsman himself.

but….

‘Once the Marquis has notarized the result cannot be changed. It would be better to draw a line now.’

James spoke after completing his political calculations.

“I don’t think the man’s qualities are inferior to ours.”

“…What?”

“It’s hard to say this from the perspective of a loser but he wasn’t much stronger than the four of us.”

James truly thought so.

If we had had time to guess beforehand and had dealt with each other sincerely from the beginning the winner would have been different.

but….

‘It won’t have any meaning now.’

“In one match we lost and he won. Do you know what caused the difference?”

The driver just looked at me with a displeased expression and did not reply.

Therefore James continued speaking without waiting any longer.

“It was because there was a lack of information. I knew it when I saw them fighting. He already knew us very well. “What kind of essence he has and what kind of equipment he uses.”

“So he fits the ideal commander you were talking about? Come to your senses! He just got information from the Marquis!”

“Isn’t that the scariest thing? “We didn’t even know who was coming here until we came here but the Marquis was different.”

Kaislan did not speak for long in response to James’ words.

“Okay I understand what you mean. You just want to watch that man stand over us. “Are we all of the same opinion?”

Soon Kaislan’s gaze moved to the 9th floor explorer Titana Akurava.

but….

“If you look at it that way I’m not that different.”

There was no supporting fire as expected.

“…What is the reason? “Is it because you are afraid of the Marquis?”

“I wouldn’t say it doesn’t exist at all. However there is a bigger reason than that.”

“Any other reasons?”

“yes. “I don’t think he’s any better than us.”

When Kaislan narrowed his eyes as if he did not understand Akurava shrugged his shoulders and continued.

“What impressed me was not his backstabbing but his inherent meticulousness.”

“Denseness…?”

Kaislan exhaled air as if he had heard something he couldn’t hear.

“yes. Preciseness. For example what was it like at the dinner party? “They knew about us but they acted as if they didn’t and they acted arrogantly and tried to get us to take the bait.”

Where is that?

It was the same even after the battle broke out.

The abilities of various essences were saved until the end and only brought out when they could show the most optimal efficiency.

A representative example was James Collar.

He was helpless and the remaining three had to shoulder even more of the burden in the beginning.

“And this… it’s a bit hard to call it judgment but the feeling it had when fighting was amazing.”

“…He was a natural sleeper.”

It felt like we were burning ourselves but when we came to our senses we too were engulfed in the fierce flames.

In that situation he smiled contentedly.

“At the time I thought it was a fighting method based on instinct but now that I think about it I think I made a thoroughly rational judgment and decision.”

“If that’s true it would be truly amazing. “It was a rational decision to give up one eye and hit Sir Kaislan with a hammer.”

“It was from then on that the battle lines collapsed so the benefits were much greater for that position.”

As James Kala and the Paladin exchanged words of praise Kaislan gritted his teeth.

I didn’t understand at all.

‘What are these people?’

You know how important the position of expedition leader is but you can’t believe it’s like this.

It’s almost suspicious that he may have made a secret pact with the Marquis while he was unconscious.

However the conversation continued regardless of whether such concerns were raised or not.

“Actually… what I value most is the determination to achieve my goal.”

Ha is this your resolution?

Kaislan snorted but the paladin continued without any reaction.

“As Kala said he wasn’t much stronger than the four of us. However despite this I fought boldly to the point of arrogance.”

His bones were shattered countless times his internal organs were cooked and an arrow was stuck in one of his eyes leaving him one-eyed.

But he never fell.

When he built a wall with his fire it burned his skin went over it and chewed his tongue spitting out blood. He swung his hammer even though his shoulder blades were down and his shoulders were hanging.

“Is there anyone among these people who can do that?”

“….”

“It’s a shame but I have yet to see anyone fight in such a state without any doubt.”

That man couldn’t have enjoyed the process.

He must have been in pain.

Even if we gave up here everyone would have been convinced.

He had reached his limit.

“If you are an ordinary person a gap will appear in your heart when you are in that situation. Okay this is enough. I’ve done enough. He starts making compromises and making excuses to convince himself.”

But he didn’t.

How was that possible?

As a paladin is a subordinate of God he found the cause in faith.

“It’s faith. He will never fall. “Because he had strong faith in himself he was able to not break down and overcome the trials and achieve victory.”

“If you do that it means that Lord Jun also agrees with him becoming commander.”

A somewhat sarcastic murmur.

However the paladin spoke without the slightest doubt.

“yes. If I had to follow anyone’s back I trust his back the most.”

“….

“Even when everyone else falls apart he will stand strong.”

It seemed like the paladin had really fallen in love with the man.

James Calla cared about the Marquis and Akuraba seemed to be hurt by breaking his promise since he had made a promise.

“Just admit this. We lost. In the first place even when the person who fainted recovered and returned to the front line he didn’t even complain right? “I was busy fighting at the time but it was no different from foul play.”

“He was silent because he thought that would be enough for us to understand.”

As long as the three people agreed there was nothing Kaislan could do.

‘thank god. If the author had disobeyed the match and asked the Marquis for a rematch there would have been no way for the Marquis to let it go due to his personality.’

James Calla who was spared the sparks flying for no reason breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at Kai Islan who had his mouth shut.

Of course elements of anxiety still remained.

“Everyone so I won’t say any more. Just know that this is a mistake. As I said before only strong discipline and strong control can create a strong group. “I can’t believe he has that level of leadership.”

A stubborn attitude of not acknowledging the other person until the end. Just by looking at it it looks like they’ll get up and throw it down whenever something happens…

If the location is within the labyrinth it could turn into a big problem.

but….

dripping.

There is a knocking sound outside the door.

“Oh I guess everyone is awake.”

The moment a man came in through the wide open door before I could give permission.

James Carla shook off even the slightest anxiety.

“Now that you’re my subordinate speak comfortably.”

A man who brazenly mutters such words even though he has never used an honorific in the first place.

He tilted his head fixing his eyes on one place.

“Why are you opening your eyes like that? “Is there something wrong with the head you hit earlier?”

It was truly amazing.

I don’t know exactly when it started.

The knight who raised his neck and shouted about the importance of leadership.

“I asked if you answered.”

“Oh no….”

Before I knew it I was lowering my eyes.

As if it were a very natural thing.