Surviving the Game as a Barbarian – 42



Episode 42: Wizard and Barbarian (2)

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After communication was lost.

There was silence in her laboratory for a while.

She must have never expected it.

She said at first she was just trying to get some money out of her but who could have known that she would suddenly end up having to pay five million stone in compensation.

‘Everyone here lacks imagination.’

In fact it wasn’t that she had no way of winning her argument.

If she had asked the same question to any level 9 explorer who made a living by earning a living the answer would have been something along the lines of “She’s so grateful.”

The argument would never have been defeated like this.

However the person she was communicating with was an explorer who seemed to be very capable.

She said ‘If I were to say a teacher I would have meant a master but someone who personally knows someone like that can’t be an ordinary explorer.’

This served as a decisive defeat.

So now it’s time to take the fruit—

“Giggles! A barbarian who can defeat a wizard with words isn’t he even more amazing than I heard?”

The person who opened the door wide and entered without knocking was an old man with white hair and wrinkled skin.

However the unusual feature is that her waist is not curved and she looks very fair for her age.

Although I was taken aback by the sudden intervention I was soon able to guess the identity of this old man.

“Oh I didn’t introduce myself. “If you want to speak of Nobu I am the teacher of the lady who just made you cry.”

“Oh I didn’t cry!”

Raven’s teacher.

In other words he is the master of Artemion a large school that independently uses as many as five floors of the Magic Tower.

In some ways he can be said to be as big a figure as the regional manager we met earlier and in some ways even bigger.

“Anyway I listened to the conversation between you two.”

“yes? Did you hear that? There must be soundproofing magic at work—”

“Ah in that case it needs to be strengthened a little more. “There were so many empty parts in the magic formula.”

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Just looking at the way he spoke made me feel like I was meeting an old man in the neighborhood but since the position was a position I felt intimidated for some reason.

There was also something he did to a student he seemed to cherish.

“Ha you completely destroyed my magic circle. I think it would have been very tricky for the teacher to destroy it without me noticing… What was the reason for eavesdropping like that?”

The old man chuckled.

“The youngest student is the first male. “I brought a living barbarian for the first time in a while so wouldn’t you be curious?”

But something was strange about what he said.

“Alive?”

As I mumbled without realizing it the old man laughed heartily again.

“Giggles! Because most of them come dead! Or maybe just the heart was delivered!”

“…?”

“Your expression is bright. “It’s a joke a joke!”

Oh I see.

Is this really a wizard joke?

I too am a barbarian who knows how to read the mood so instead of looking at him with a straight face I smiled brightly and responded.

“ha ha ha! “I want to crush your head!”

Also known as a Bavarian joke.

“…what what?”

But why aren’t you smiling?

Ah I didn’t do that.

“ha ha ha! “It was a joke!”

No matter what bullshit you say you just have to say it was a joke later right?

“So make up your face and smile. gaffer!”

“Old man…?”

“Oh that was a joke too! ha ha ha!”

“….”

The master of the Artemion School an old man frowned as if he was uncomfortable with my joke.

When I checked the side I saw Raven with her mouth wide open as if she couldn’t believe this situation.

“…Mr. Yandel are you crazy?”

Is this a polite expression or just double insults?

It’s confusing because I used a mix of honorifics but…

‘I made a mistake just now.’

Seeing him like this definitely makes me feel like I went a bit too far just now.

Is it obvious?

On the subject of a shitty barbarian you made such a crazy joke in front of the head of a school in the Magic Tower.

“Ha… I should have noticed that the guild was doing something like that…”

Still it’s a little unfair.

It might sound like an excuse but you’re joking about a dead barbarian and all that in front of a barbarian who came back from the dead this morning?

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“I think I took a defensive attitude without realizing it because I was so sensitive. “I apologize if I offended you.”

It was truly a detailed explanation for the first time in a long time but Raven shouted as if she was not praying.

“What kind of defensive attitude is that!”

“The best defense is offense.”

This is my theory that I have had my entire life since I was very young.

‘So what should I do to clean things up?’

I glanced at him and saw that the old man was still standing there with blank eyes.

As the period of silence continued it was a time when I began to genuinely worry about my safety.

“Ouch! “This is a really valuable friend!”

The old man suddenly started talking loudly.

I don’t know why but I laughed along with the atmosphere.

“Hahahaha!”

“Ouch! “You’re such a fun friend!”

Just by looking at the cancer you can feel the old man’s forced bold smile…

If done well I think we can move on like this.

“Never mind! “Nobu is different from other little guys who are sensitive to every word they say.”

To say that the corner of my mouth is trembling as if I still feel resentment but…

There is no need to talk about this.

‘I guess I can roughly guess what kind of character it is.’

I have a feeling about how to handle it.

“haha! What type of barbarian are you? The word old is a cancellation! How can you take our jokes so coolly? “I’ve never seen such a generous wizard in my life!”

Few people have even seen the wizard in the first place.

What do you need to know?

“Laughs Nobu doesn’t have that side. “I feel like I can relate to you somehow!”

“I agree!”

The chilly air hung in the air for a moment.

Hahahoho Raven looks at us starting to laugh and makes a bewildered expression.

“Ha…what on earth is this?”

Well I don’t know either.

And I’m sure that old man doesn’t know what he’s doing.

“I am Bjorn son of Yandel! Great wizard! “I want to know your name!”

“It’s Bjorn Yandel! I’ve been hanging around with a bunch of little wizards but now that I’ve met you I feel relieved! Nice to meet you. Nobu is a man named Dayan Tvehirion!”

For some reason the old man also introduced himself in a loud voice.

However the blood vessels standing out stiffly on his neck made viewers worry about his health…

Let’s pretend we didn’t see it.

“amazing! “It’s a voice that conveys the majesty of a man!”

I am Yandel Bjorn.

He is a barbarian who knows how to live a social life to that extent.

***

“So what did I say to those little guys back then—”

“amazing!”

“huh? No word yet—”

“It will be amazing!”

After a few minutes of similar entertaining conversation.

The old man must have come to his senses after bragging about himself and like a snarky snake he quietly returned to the main topic.

“So what do you plan on doing Aru?”

“Aru?”

“Ah it’s like a nickname for our youngest student.”

Did you get Aruman from Arua Raven?

This kind of culture seems to exist everywhere.

“Anyway about the five million stones I mentioned earlier if Nobu—”

“You can’t do something that never happened.”

Social life mode for a while.

When I stopped talking with a straight face the old man clicked his tongue.

“Ah tsk who said they wouldn’t give it to me? “If it’s okay with you I’d like to replace Nobu with something else…”

Then the story will be different.

“What is it?”

“This is it.”

The old man put his hand inside the robe he was wearing and pulled out a box the size of his palm.

However I was more interested in the robe he was wearing than the box.

‘Could it be that the robe itself has subspace attached to it?’

Well even if I ask for that you won’t give it to me right?

“What are you doing? “Hurry and open it.”

I opened the box and found a ring inside.

“It’s an item called Frost Spirit Ring.”

“Frost Spirit Ring?”

As I muttered to myself the old man continued to explain more about the ring but he didn’t need to listen.

Because it was something I was familiar with.

“Although it is in the 9000th range if you are an explorer you would know this. “How precious is the Number Item?”

Number item.

They can only be obtained from the Guardians of the Rift and each one has its own special ability.

In fact excluding ‘crafting’ and ‘discovery’ number items are the only way to supply equipment in [Dungeon & Stone].

Of course most of them are expensive regardless of the number.

but….

“You are so lucky too. “I probably wouldn’t have given this to you if I didn’t like it—”

“Well I guess it’s something that no one uses.”

No.9425 Frost Spirit Ring.

Frost Spirit Ring which only drops from cracks below the 3rd floor has only one unique ability.

Please note that this is not an ability that is helpful in battle; it seals one of the essences absorbed by the wearer.

Of course the stats are applied as is and only the skills are sealed…

‘In that case it would be cheaper to remove the essence from the temple.’

Think about it.

As time goes by leveling up becomes astronomically difficult.

However if you wear this ring all the Essence skills you have acquired will become ineffective.

It’s like one skill slot disappears completely.

An explorer who thinks about the future would choose to erase the essence from the temple and take a new essence rather than wearing this ring.

“But it must be a very useful item for you right?”

Well that’s definitely true.

In the beginning stats are more important than the combination of skills. Moreover even though the Corpse Golem’s skills are poor the stats themselves are quite high.

‘It’s not a bad item considering the fact that you can use the skill again if you remove the ring at any time. Just by itself.’

I finished calculating in my head.

In fact I didn’t even think about refusing from the beginning.

The abilities I just summarized were only a small part of the true value of this ring.

‘I’ve looked at it a few times but seeing that you haven’t mentioned it at all… I guess you really don’t know about that event?’

Wizards are the highest intellectuals in this worldview.

However I was convinced when I saw that Raven did not know how to obtain the ‘Tear of the Goddess’ hidden under the statue in ‘Blood Fortress’.

Well in my eyes they are all no different from newbies.

In any game there is no one that is easier to betray than a newbie.

“What are you so worried about? To be honest this ring isn’t worth five million stones. But it’s not something you can get if you want.”

“I see.”

I nodded in agreement.

In the game the auction house price was only about 1.5 million stones but because there was no item for sale this ring was obtained less than once in ten.

‘But how can you get this precious thing like this?’

In the first place there was no expectation that the full five million stones would be received.

In fact the old man probably took this out with the intention of giving him some random useless item and sending it to him.

He’s probably laughing at me calling me a stupid barbarian.

“Thanks to you I got something good. “Write it well.”

Um is that the same for me too teacher?

“Think of it as a gift from Nobu.”

I thought as I looked at the old man smiling kindly.

If we do well there will be a lot of things to do in the future.

We should be friendly as much as possible.

***

“Mr. Yandel I guess it’s a bit much for today isn’t it? “You must be tired after going through so much so shall we discuss the rest when we meet again in two days?”

“The sea I hoped for.”

After briefly deciding on a detailed time and place Bjorn left the laboratory.

Afterwards Raven looked at his teacher’s thoughts.

“I’m sorry Master it was because of me….”

“It’s okay it wasn’t sold anyway. That barbarian will be quite upset if he finds out later how much that ring costs.”

“…Is that so?”

Fortunately he doesn’t seem to be particularly angry about the Bjorn he brought with him.

Soon Raven was more comfortable confirming what she had been curious about earlier.

“But why did you do that earlier?”

The teacher’s attitude today was so foreign.

He hates rude people.

He never belittled his fellow wizards by calling them idiots.

“Oh in that case there is one thing I need to check.”

“You mean confirmation?”

“You don’t need to know that.”

She closed her mouth with a sullen expression.

From this it became clear that there was some kind of intention in adjusting to Bjorn’s tension but…

This is because once the Master appears like this there is no way to know his intentions.

“Anyway he was an unusual guy. It was so unique that I was looking forward to it without realizing it. “I hope my thoughts are right…”

“Are you going to keep doing that? “If you’re going to tell me why don’t you just tell me!”

“I will tell you later when the time comes. Ah when the time comes write down in detail what happened with that barbarian and post it to me.”

“Aren’t you going to tell me why?”

“I’ll tell you when I’m sure.”

Soon her teacher left the laboratory smiling politely as usual.

As he looked at that empty seat he felt uneasy for some reason.

‘What on earth is Master thinking?’

It occurred to her that she brought Bjorn here for no reason.

It was because I remembered that the people the teacher was interested in did not say anything good.

‘Oh but does that also apply to Mr. Yandel?’

Thinking of him destroying the guild with the body of a level 9 explorer she felt uneasy for some reason.

‘Oh really? Magic Tower is not some corner store.’

A guild and a magic tower are completely different.

They are not the type of group that can be swayed by a single barbarian.

Absolutely definitely.