Surviving the Game as a Barbarian – 420



Episode 420: Eye of the Storm (6)

Dragon Mountains.

A place where Noark’s troops and the royal family’s forces form a long battle line and a power struggle is in full swing.

“traitor! “It is a report that a traitor who has not been seen for a while has appeared on the Western Front!”

Eltora Terserion commander of the 3rd Corps frowned as he received his subordinate’s report.

“You’re a traitor… I understand. Let’s just leave.”

“yes!”

The subordinate thought that the traitor’s presence offended his superiors but the real reason for Eltora’s frown was different.

‘The traitor has appeared again….’

El Tora is not stupid.

A few days ago Noark’s Western Front troops were discovered moving north.

It is highly likely that the reason they moved their troops was to chase an expeditionary force attempting to escape on their own.

‘…So does this mean the chase is over?’

Eltora clenched his fist without realizing it.

‘Father… what on earth is the Marquis thinking?’

Just before leading his army into the labyrinth Eltora received two secret orders from his father.

One is to ignore the expedition’s rescue request.

And the other one….

‘If he comes back alive on his own we will kill him without anyone knowing.’

I don’t know if I should say it was fortunate but Eltora did not have to carry out the second secret mission.

Because the path the expedition team took was the opposite of this one.

‘Are they really all dead…?’

It was truly a contradictory feeling.

He was the same one who helped abandon them.

He was also the one who would be in trouble if the expedition team came back alive.

but….

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Exciting-!

Something feels unbelievable.

Are they really dead?

Bjorn Yandel who came back alive from the crystal cave like this?

“….”

Eltora closed her eyes and was lost in thought.

And I assumed how he would have behaved if I had been the commander of the expedition.

‘The reason they fled to the north rather than the south where our troops were probably meant to catch the enemy off guard.’

It wasn’t a bad number.

Especially since he avoided two lions.

‘Did he know and avoid it…?’

Well I don’t know about this.

However even if I knew the result would not be different.

Just because we headed north doesn’t seem like there is any escape route.

An area of ​​enemy influence where no reinforcements can be expected.

The siege is becoming increasingly tight.

A tired crew.

What decision would I have made if it were me?

No not me but Bjorn Yandel… What would that ignorantly decisive man have done?

‘…Ice Rock.’

Suddenly the accident continued there.

If I didn’t give up until the end and ran away there was no other option left.

but….

‘Even if we really went there we wouldn’t be able to come back alive.’

No matter what assumptions we make we cannot picture in our minds the choices that lead to a hopeful future.

By no means should we ignore Bjorn Jandel’s abilities.

Ice rock?

Glacier snow?

He will definitely overcome adversity.

Considering the capabilities shown in the Crystal Cave it makes no sense to collapse in such a crisis.

However he met the wrong person.

‘There’s no way the Marquis didn’t know this.’

Heading to Ice Rock.

An unconventional move no matter how anyone sees it.

But in the end it was a number he could think of as well.

But didn’t his father do anything?

Is he the person who wants to prepare for every situation to the point where it seems excessive?

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‘Bjorn Yandel will never return alive…’

Eltora Terserion concluded thus.

Exciting-!

Trying to ignore the inexplicable sound of my heart beating.

***

Our current formation is simple.

A narrow side road wide enough for about four people to stand.

“Are you sure Schuitz is going to be okay?”

“I told you didn’t I? “If you were here it would be so cramped that I wouldn’t be able to move.”

I am the only one in the first line who has to stop the enemy on the front line.

Because this is the answer I came up with.

How can we save at least one more person and return home?

“Don’t push yourself too hard. “Because we are behind you.”

“Yes I feel reassured. I believe—”

“Bjorn Jandel…!!”

At that time the dragon slayer’s cries filled with murderous intent echo loudly.

“Is this where you ran away!!”

Looking at their energetic voices it seems like they still haven’t realized their situation.

But unfortunately not everyone had flowery hair like that guy.

“Regal Vagos calm down.”

An explorer reaches out in front of a dragon slayer who seemed ready to attack him at any moment and stops him from making an unexpected move.

Crackling.

Someone who sees his face grits his teeth.

Actually I didn’t feel any different.

“That guy is Miss Naria….”

Troll Summoner Milburn Naria.

Whether or not she was essentially an evil spirit she was the one who killed the woman we had hoped would return alive until the very moment she was about to die.

“Are you Bjorn Yandel?”

Soon the guy who had stopped the dragon slayer stepped forward and spoke to me.

‘Is this guy the actual leader…?’

It’s such a natural behavior that you might think that way.

Normally if you don’t have authority you might be concerned about what others think when you do something like that.

I can see that the dragon slayer is just sitting still.

“Yes I am Bjorn Yandel.”

After much thought I decided to accept the conversation.

Because I was already curious.

“Then who are you?”

He answered my question without much hesitation.

“Manua Repeles.”

The name that will be written on my death book.

“I will kill that guy….”

Or should I say that this is the name that will be written on all of our lives?

From the moment the guy started talking the look in the eyes of the crew members standing behind started boiling with murder.

However there was no one who made a rash move.

“Manua Repeles… This is my first time hearing this name.”

“Well I guess so. First of all it is a position where name and color are like a secret weapon.”

This adds more credibility to my guess.

When I saw that they were armed with high-level essences that can be supplied from the 8th floor I thought about it just in case.

It really seems like these guys are one of the 8th floor raiders.

“So what do you want to say?”

First of all I decided to check the business first as I heard the name to be written in the death record. He immediately opened his mouth wondering if he was the type that enjoyed long introductions.

“I have a suggestion for you.”

“proposal…?”

“As I said before we are like a secret weapon. Even if we succeed in taking them all out it would be a huge loss if one or two of us die in the process.”

“Okay just the main point.”

Hearing my words he opened his palm.

“five.”

“…?”

“We want to save face so please hand over just five people. Well I’m satisfied with that and I’ll leave here. “Of course it doesn’t have to be you Bjorn Yandel.”

Haha I was wondering what you were going to say…

They say that sometimes I don’t get angry when I hear something so outrageous and that’s exactly what I’m in right now.

“Not a bad offer is it? “If I give you just five people you can all return home alive.”

“Well it actually seems like a suggestion I should make. If just five of you stick out your heads I will send you back alive. Oh of course you and Regal Vagos must be included.”

“You won’t regret it will you?”

What are you saying you idiot?

Alcohol is alcohol no matter how much it is used and poison is poison no matter how sweet it is.

“The regret is your mother’s regret.”

“…what?”

Even in the harsh-mouthed Noark this guy was shocked as if he hadn’t heard much of this. Hahahoho It was not a relationship that would make us laugh so we just continued talking.

Looking at his bald head reddened by the light of the flare.

“Maybe your mom didn’t know either. “I don’t think a child born with a stomachache will be a coward who only clings to the enemy.”

“….”

“Aren’t you tired of being scared of us? “There’s so much rotten me coming out to you right now that I can’t tell.”

“….”

“Why aren’t you saying anything? Oh maybe she doesn’t have a mother —”

“This guy…!”

“I guess that really didn’t happen. Seeing you so excited. Don’t get too excited. I understand. “The reason you grew up as a coward is probably because you didn’t receive a proper education when you were young.”

“….”

“The reason why all the hair on my head fell out was because I was going through a lot of heartache at that time—”

“…I will kill you!!”

Oh why do you keep interrupting me?

Although I felt a little offended I achieved my goal.

The world has always been like that.

“Yes I won’t die.”

“…profit!”

The one who gets excited first loses.

***

Repelles a stubborn person gets caught up in the provocative comments that were made in a completely rational manner and leaves his seat.

“Repheles! That’s the kind of guy he is so don’t get excited! “If you fall for cunning he will only do good things…”

Surprisingly the dragon slayer spoke words of restraint toward that guy.

but….

Eat.

Would that work?

My bald head where the blood had pooled was already turning red.

Tadat.

Soon the guy runs towards me with his fists clenched.

His class is boxer.

This is a rare occupation in the labyrinth.

It’s a class that’s useful in the lower levels but doesn’t have the core essence to be useful in the mid levels.

Well there are a lot of good skills in the latter half.

A representative example is this one I wrote just now.

“Manua Repeles casted [Iron Fist].”

[Iron Fist] can be obtained from the 8th floor crack.

The effect is simple.

Flash-!

A dash of approximately 4 meters close to instantaneous movement.

and….

Kwaaaaaaaaaa!

Unconditional knockback that ignores the laws of physics.

and….

「Fixed damage is taken in proportion to the caster’s strength level and the target’s physical resistance level.」

The harder it is the more painful the true damage is.

In the last battle everything was ruined because of this skill.

As soon as they were hit with a few hits the mana shield shattered they were pushed back and the battle line collapsed. Meanwhile as I chose evasion rather than defense holding the enemy which is one of the tanker’s main goals did not work properly.

However then and now are different.

“…Tsk.”

A shock that shakes the intestines?

Since there is no Mana Shield the pain is felt but…

So what?

“Roita Mamander casted [Emergency Regeneration].”

A heal that comes in immediately after being hit.

“Benjamin Orman casted [Moonlight Shrine].”

Flooring which increases natural regenerative power is also laid between us and them.

Sigh.

I shouted looking down at the guy’s fist stuck in my abdomen.

“Behel—laaaaa!!”

The guy flinched as if his ears were hurting from the sudden shout.

Then I hit the hammer and the guy steps back.

The plan is to widen the distance again and then use [Tekken].

Those skills are all good and have no cooldown but you have to rush a certain distance to use them.

‘Who knows how to leave this alone?’

I immediately linked [Transcendence] and [Eye of the Storm].

At that time the battle line was collapsing and numerous enemies were passing me by so I couldn’t respond.

Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

“…!”

I swung the hammer at the right time towards the guy who was being sucked in with a puzzled expression.

But unfortunately I didn’t have much fun with it.

Well this guy is also in a tank position.

“Manua Repeles casted [Inferno].”

Guy defending a hammer with one hand crossed above his head.

As soon as the brief exchange of hands ended the guys behind them joined in and started running.

“Ricky Aymond casted [Thunder Target].”

“Kale Elvard Zenegger casted [Earth’s End Thorn].”

An ability shooting towards me.

Some skills ignored my physical resistance and penetrated my body but I recovered quickly thanks to the priests’ concentrated healing.

“Anne Parvela cast [Lightning Rush].”

A close-range explorer passes me by in an instant without stopping.

and….

“Anne Parvela cast [Gather].”

A combination of skills that teleports two colleagues within a certain distance.

“Puran Cullen casted [River God].”

“Marione Trider casted [Dance of Cataclysm].”

That makes them look like some kind of assault unit.

Well if you go over here at least the field effect will be canceled. They must have decided that it would be better to fight here even if it was in the middle of the enemy army.

‘It seems like they were quite underestimating us.’

Even if their individual skills were a bit better did they really think that the three of them alone could take us down?

“Don’t worry about this! “I will never spend any more time here!”

I decided to leave the assault unit to my colleagues.

I was confident that even if a knife was stabbed from behind I would never die on the healing floor.

I don’t think it would give them a chance to target me in the first place.

“Kill! “It is time to draw the sword of revenge!”

“Do you think you will be defeated like last time?”

“Waaaa!!”

That’s how the melee began.

The enemies beyond the border including Pakpakgi rushed to break through me and the three people who crossed the border had each other’s backs and swung their weapons in an attempt to somehow break down the front line.

Ssaaaaaa-!

The priests located on a safe hill indiscriminately cast divine spells dealing damage and healing at the same time.

“fuse! “Take care of the priest first!”

Accordingly they poured out various skills to somehow target the priest first but…

Ssaaaaaa-!

It could not reach the top of the hill where the priests and wizards were gathered and disappeared in the air. This is the magic circle I worked hard to draw as soon as I came up.

As long as we protect the priesthood we cannot lose this battle.

“Barrier magic…!”

Those who realized that projectiles did not work also began to devise other methods.

“Mike Roymus casted [Slime Walk].”

“Lia Andes casted [Flame Walk].”

Those who try to use their supernatural ability to climb directly onto the cliff.

“Erwen Fornacci di Tercia casted [High-Speed ​​Fire].”

Of course it was stopped by our team’s ranged units.

How much time has passed like that?

“…These nothings!”

The battle went much more in our favor as I expected.

The three people who came over with great vigor were unable to overcome their numerical inferiority and were getting beaten up and I stood firm as an iron wall and kept the remaining guys in check to prevent them from crossing over.

“Shit…!”

“Why doesn’t that monster get tired!”

“Kill! “Kill me somehow!!”

As the situation became more unfavorable they attacked more aggressively.

The reason is very simple.

Because everyone was injured.

I decided that if I leave here there will be no next opportunity.

“Everyone don’t worry!”

“No matter how much you get hurt if you win this battle it’s over!”

The attack becomes more intense as injuries accumulate.

This was also the case with the dragon slayer who was swinging his sword at me in unison with Pakpakgi in front of me.

“Hey let me ask you one question.”

“…?”

“I was curious when are you coming? “What is the moment when not even death can save me?”

“…crackle.”

The guy stabbed me with a knife for a long time then stepped back and glared at me as if Wise Man Time had come.

“Yes you always forced me to make sacrifices.”

The guy who muttered like that pulled out a special move with a determined expression on his face.

“Regal Vagos casted [Equation: Silence of the Soul].”

Oh yeah I’m finally writing this.

“The character’s soul power is insufficient.”

“[Giantization] ends.”

A body that becomes smaller in an instant.

The hammer and shield which felt light as a feather feel as heavy as a thousand pounds.

“The character has fallen into a state of soul exhaustion.”

“All stats are temporarily reduced by 70%.”

The same condition I experienced in Larkaz’s maze.

Oh I miss you.

At that time I really thought this was all over in one shot—

“Kahahah! Kehehehe! “Wow!”

What is this bastard?

Why am I suddenly coughing up blood?

Ah did the use of the term just now put a strain on your body?

This isn’t a bee that dies with one sting.

“Regal Vagos! Are you okay?”

“I’m fine… so kill him… kehehehehe…”

I don’t know for sure but it felt strange to see him stumbling and shooting hateful gazes at me.

“The character casted [Soul Dive].”

「Soul power is regenerated in proportion to the soul power consumed.」

Should I somehow feel sorry?

“The soul exhaustion condition is lifted.”

Yes it can be solved with just one skill…