Surviving the Game as a Barbarian – 505



Episode 505 Basement 1 (1)

Ta-da-da-da-

Running through a cave with new colleagues.

I stayed far away under the pretext of taking charge of the back row.

They are following their backs.

“Please explain uncle. Why are you going to the second floor?”

The distance is too far for us to be friends.

Of course it was a distance that could be narrowed within one second if one exerted one’s full power.

Yes that’s definitely true…

“It’s not exactly the second floor but the goblin forest.”

Why?

I feel like there is a distance that I will never be able to narrow down.

‘As time goes by… I thought things would go back to normal…’

She had decided not to be impatient but as each day passed her confidence was fading.

Her reason was simple.

Because she saw that a little while ago.

[I thought it would be good for you.]

[Yandel don’t be offended just listen. You are in a very unstable state right now.]

When she heard those words and saw Bjorn convinced her first thought was not ‘I should have done it’.

lost

She said that because she never even thought of it.

Just thinking about what choice Bjorn would have made she gave him the answer he would have wanted.

She is not even sure because of the time that has passed.

[Well… wouldn’t it be better… to kill…? I want to…]

I didn’t even think about what my own thoughts were.

She just noticed and gave unconditional ‘consent’. The same goes for worrying about what is good for him.

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If you think about it it has been like that since long ago.

There was never any question or advice about what path Bjorn was going to take.

I was determined to silently follow whatever path he took but that was all.

‘Amelia Lane Wales.’

I felt a difference in class as a person.

I stopped accepting it thinking that being a companion meant someone like this.

My place did not disappear while I was gone.

The place I thought I had to return to was nothing more than a luggage compartment in a warehouse.

“…Are you okay? “You didn’t look good earlier.”

Seeing Amelia deliberately coming to her rear row to ask she gritted her teeth and answered.

“Never mind. Because it’s okay.”

It didn’t matter whether I had a seat or not.

It was the same whether the person knew or not.

[Because if you don’t Bjorn Yandel will die.]

There was something I had to do here.

***

About an hour after the third day started.

Dudduddu!

The entire cave begins to shake and the crystal begins to emit a red glow.

This means that the Lord of Fear Dreadfear has been summoned somewhere within the Crystal Cave.

Of course that fact itself is not that surprising.

Because the Explorer’s Guild was already full of eight subjugation applications.

The problem was the timing of the summons.

‘Summoning in just one hour. How many people are waiting to be summoned?’

It’s not something we can say as we are still moving as a group of 7 but it seems that the 8 teams that have received permission to subdue are not the only ones waiting to be summoned.

Well most people think the same way.

Defeat the Dreadlord Dreadfear.

When I was planning this exploration I also considered the possibility that the key to the hidden area might be there.

Unfortunately at that time the application for subjugation was already full so I couldn’t apply.

Defeat Berzak Lord of the Abyss.

If this is the key there is no way to do it right now.

‘…If everyone has their way they won’t summon Berzak right?’

For now I think that’s the case but I’m not sure.

Looking at the situation it seems that dozens of teams are waiting throughout the cave not the eight teams that applied.

Even if just one or two of them show strange greed a catastrophe will occur.

‘Okay let me just mind my own business.’

However since it was not possible to persuade the explorers by going around the entire cave I just hurried on.

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And how long has it been?

“The character has entered the Goblin Forest on the second floor.”

Before long we were on the second floor and then at maximum speed we reached the third floor before the end of the third day.

“The character has entered the Pilgrim’s Path on the third floor.”

Wide hierarchy with over ten different fields.

After climbing through the Goblin Forest we passed Green Tail Marsh where lizardmen appear and moved to the Sculpture Temple one of the adjacent fields.

A field filled with the remains of collapsed stone buildings.

It looks similar to the Pantelion ruins on the 7th floor of the Dark Continent but there is one difference between there and this place.

There are a lot of statues here.

Although they all have broken necks.

“It’s a place that always gives me a bad feeling.”

“Still there are few people aren’t there?”

The Sculpture Temple is an overwhelmingly unpopular area among the 3rd floor fields.

First of all there is only one monster that appears.

“The character has killed an unknown statue.”

An unknown statue.

It is a level 7 monster with a similar appearance to a stone golem but is much smaller similar to a human and is quite agile.

and….

“The nameless statue cast [Unanswered Prayer].”

The skills this guy uses have a reputation for being trash.

This is because it consumes a lot of MP when the player uses it and in most cases a failure result appears.

Well it seems like these guys have a much higher chance of success.

“A huge power resides in an unknown statue.”

When the prayer is successful a random essence of level 5 or lower is temporarily granted.

Because of this hunting difficulty is high for a grade 7 monster.

Or should I say it’s more exact?

Because you have to deal with unexpected skills in every battle not only is there fatigue but there are also many variables…

For that reason it was safe to say that there were no explorers who settled down and hunted here.

After all Jeongsoo is trash.

If your goal is experience you can just catch one from the outskirts and pass by.

‘More than anything the location is poor.’

If you want to go to the 4th floor it is much easier and faster to take the field next to it so this sculpture temple was a field that was difficult for even passing explorers to see.

‘Well the material drops are pretty decent.’

The advantage of a sculpture temple lies in its ‘material’.

When you cast a distortion spell and catch it ‘magic crystals’ sometimes drop and these are sold at a relatively high price.

Of course digging on the 5th floor is much more efficient so I don’t come here often.

Anyway the reason we came was to secure the supply of ‘materials’.

Actually there are things other than ‘magic crystals’.

“Come on everyone get moving!”

As time was running out and I felt like I was running out of time I hurriedly started hunting.

“Versil Gowland cast the level 6 space-time magic [Higher Distortion].”

“Versil Gowland cast the level 6 space-time magic [Higher Distortion].”

“Versil Gowland cast the level 6 space-time magic [Higher Distortion].”

Since the combat power is sufficient let the wizard just use distortion magic.

“The character has killed an unknown statue.”

“The character has killed an unknown statue.”

“The character killed an unknown statue…”

「….」

Break the Jokjok statue that comes out.

However since we still had a lot of time to play we divided the group into groups and started mobbing them.

“Behel——raaaaa!!”

Unlike humans if you raise the threat level monsters turn their eyes and attack you.

Using this they circled around the area drove the statue to the center and then proceeded to kill it as Versil cast the distortion spell.

And during the respawn period move far away and hunt mobs once more.

12 o’clock 4 o’clock 8 o’clock based on the center. As we divided the teams into three groups and rotated them they fit together without a single break.

“The character has killed an unknown statue.”

“The character has killed an unknown statue.”

“The character killed an unknown statue…”

「….」

How crazy was the hunting?

When I had eaten 6 ‘Magic Crystals’ the first item I wanted was dropped.

“Bjorn! this! “Isn’t this what you were looking for?”

A small stone fragment with an artificial pattern drawn on it.

“The character has acquired the ‘Unknown Piece’.”

It was a sun pattern.

***

An unknown piece.

An item that can be obtained with a certain probability when casting a distortion spell on an anonymous statue and defeating it.

The characteristic is that it does not stack in the inventory and is randomly dropped with three symbols.

And it is impossible to take it back to the city.

‘The sun has been eaten so what’s left is the moon and stars.’

I thought there might be some secret to this piece so I did all kinds of things for a while.

I finally found a way to write.

“It was this piece that Mr. Yandel was aiming for…?”

“Isn’t that plausible? “The stars the sun and the moon.”

“…I’m not sure but it seems like a pretty plausible attempt. “Time is an issue but I don’t think it’s impossible at all.”

Go up to the third floor dig up items and then go back down before the first floor closes.

Although it is difficult in itself it is not impossible.

It’s a bit close now that I wasted more than two days on the first floor but things would have been much better if I had run to the third floor from the beginning.

“I think it might work next time.”

As Versil said unfortunately it seemed difficult to enter the hidden area right away this time.

That’s right it took 8 hours for ‘Unknown Pieces’ to drop from corpses that were successfully ‘distorted’.

‘I have 16 hours to eat two more.’

When doing a simple calculation even assuming that all remaining symbols are dropped without overlapping time is insufficient.

However it is difficult to increase the hunting speed any further.

The reason I was able to eat one in 8 hours in the first place was because I was able to roam around the entire field and hunt in droves.

‘More than anything if Versil’s MP runs out you won’t be able to use ‘Distortion’.’

Well was it too much for this episode?

I wondered if it would somehow be possible this time if I rushed.

Maybe I was just being too hopeful——.

“uh! Bjorn!! “It came out again!!”

huh?

I absent-mindedly took the stone Einar gave me.

“The character has acquired the ‘Unknown Piece’.”

It was a star pattern.

In other words you only need to eat one more piece of moong in the next 8 hours.

‘what? I think Einar was digging it up earlier.’

There will be no item drop probability correction in the ‘Beginner’s Luck’ that I used last time.

Basically luck is a way to ride the momentum.

“I’m changing my plans.”

“…?”

“From now on Einar will be in charge of defeating monsters. “Everyone else go around the area and lure the monsters out.”

From then on even though it was a bit of a waste of time I left all the fighting to Einar and continued hunting.

About 5 hours had passed like that.

“The character has acquired the ‘Unknown Piece’.”

One more piece was dropped.

“It’s a moon symbol….”

Now it was time for me to admit it too.

“Ainar.”

“You can praise as much as you want!”

“Barbarians are a superior race.”

“Ooooooooooo!!”

Instead of stopping Einar from making a loud noise he even used [Giantization] and then threw it high and caught it repeatedly.

“Ahahaha! Hahahahaha!”

As expected Einar is happier than ever and enjoys the time.

Kwaang-!

Okay the non-public performance is over.

I quickly led the team back the way we came.

Day 5 Day 6 Day 7….

A difficult time to go back to the lower floor.

However thanks to Einar I was able to camp appropriately rest and move while paying attention to my physical strength in my spare time and eventually arrived in the afternoon of the 7th day.

In the center of the goblin forest on the 2nd floor.

An empty lot near the portal connected to the crystal cave on the first floor.

This is the very place where a fierce battle took place with the Noark trio who were blocking the entrance.

“…What is this again?”

The place was full of untimely explorers.

Even at first glance it looks like there are well over a hundred people…

Looking at Armman there were no explorers who gave up their search and came up before the first floor closed.

If that were the case there would be no reason to gather in front of the portal…

Flash-!

It was ridiculous to see explorers coming out of a portal in real time.

“fuse! There is no priest! Please help!”

“Drink this first!”

What kind of situation is this?

As soon as I approached the portal the explorers recognized me and started whispering.

“giant…?”

“Wasn’t it the one that remained on the first floor?”

Explorers who seemed to question the fact that I came out of the other side and not through the portal.

I wanted to secretly go down to the first floor because I thought I would be noticed like this.

Since it was difficult to move secretly anyway I chose the explorer who seemed to be the most talkative and asked him about it.

“Hey what’s going on?”

The answer came back quickly.

“…Berzak! “That devilish bastard has appeared!”

I thought it might be something like that.

“….”

Somehow I got lucky.