Surviving the Game as a Barbarian – 60



After all, this is the best. Episode 60: Survival Rules (3)

To save time I immediately took off the ring.

No.9425 Frost Spirit Ring.

A number item obtained by defeating the old master of the Artemion School.

“Now take it.”

“huh? ring? Why is this suddenly…?”

First of all Misha who had inadvertently taken over looked belatedly confused as to what this was.

“This is a ring I was planning to save until I found someone worthy of giving it to me.”

“But… why did you give that to me?”

Because things have changed.

I answered briefly.

“Swear to your guardian spirit. “On the condition of receiving this you will continue to be with me in the future.”

The market price of Frost Spirit Garakji is 1.5 million stones.

However because it is not for sale it is an item that is difficult to obtain even if you want to.

If the true value of this ring were known its price would skyrocket like crazy.

“Huh?! Bjorn! “Aren’t you crazy?!”

Misha was horrified and criticized me but my mind is currently intact.

Then will you just give me this item?

Even though I will use it for survival I need at least a promise that you will continue to follow me and help me in the future.

Of course this is not a one-sided contract.

“The moment you receive this ring I will put my honor as a warrior on the line and be by your side to help you from now on. So I want you to do the same.”

“Are you serious…?”

To prove this he looked into Misha’s eyes and spoke clearly.

“I am sincere.”

A win-win in the true sense of the word.

It is a kind of comradeship pledge.

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And did you understand this?

Misha looked at me for a long time with startled eyes then opened her mouth in a voice that was completely devoid of playfulness.

“…It’s sudden but I know you’re not making fun of me. Honestly it’s my first time receiving an offer like this so it’s not like I’m not happy!”

“Then I’m glad—”

“But I’m sorry Bjorn. “I have never thought of you like that.”

“…What do you mean?”

Misha closed her eyes tightly.

And she gave an answer staring at me as if she had decided something.

“I… I like thin men.”

“Skinny man…? What does that mean? “I don’t understand at all—”

“Hey!! “It means you have no charm as a man!!”

For a moment my mind goes blank.

Does this mean I got dumped even though I had no intention of confessing it?

I don’t know but one thing was certain.

“…There is some misunderstanding.”

“Okay that’s it. “We have to keep going together but the atmosphere just gets weird for no reason—”

What are you saying?

She was afraid of appearing too snobbish so she said she would help but she turned it around that way which was a mistake.

A barbarian has his ways.

“What I meant was that in exchange for this ring you must take an oath of comradeship.”

“Comrade oath…?”

“Of course you can end the contract at any time if you get me the same ring or if you have made me a profit of 15 million stones. Now do you understand?”

“There’s no way it could work?! “What is this ring in the first place? It’s worth 15 million stones!”

“15 million stones is also a cheap price.”

“No what on earth is this ring—”

I said clearly.

“This ring can make your long-cherished wish come true.”

“…what? “Long wish?”

“For example now your brother won’t be able to look at you and say half a penny or anything.”

Was it like a story of disgust?

Misha stiffens in shock.

However after taking a moment to think he smiled awkwardly.

“Hey do you think I’m going to fall for that? No matter how shameful it is if you lie like that you can’t use it—”

“It’s not a lie.”

The conversation stopped for a moment and silence continued.

Misha who had been smiling awkwardly no longer smiled.

No she rather stared at me with a cold gaze.

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“Isn’t this a bit of a joke?”

Unlike usual his voice was cold and firm.

“I definitely gave him a chance to laugh and quit. But why do you keep lying? Health which looked funny because I smiled and followed along?”

Misha purses her lips in frustration.

“…I wasn’t telling you that.”

It was a reaction I hadn’t thought about but it may actually be natural.

Trauma.

A wound that has been festering for a lifetime is accompanied by pain just by someone touching it.

“I didn’t bring this up to hurt you. I really—”

“I’ve never even heard of such a thing. “How do you know something that even our tribe doesn’t know?”

Instead of answering I kept my mouth shut.

Not only was it not something I could say in detail I didn’t want to.

Isn’t this something that can’t go on like this forever?

Let’s end this briefly.

“Misha let me ask you just one thing.”

“Try it.”

“If everything I’ve said so far is true will you accept my offer?”

“Still messing around—!”

She interrupted Misha who was trying to express her anger and shouted at the station.

“Answer me!”

Isn’t it okay to just answer the questions?

Is it Yes or No?

When I shouted and forced her to answer Misha stiffened and bit her lip again.

“…If everything you say is true I wouldn’t be short of treating you as my benefactor until the end of my life. but-”

But what is but.

“Then that’s it.”

I took a step closer and grabbed Misha’s wrist.

“It may be hard to believe Misha Karlstein but everything she said so far on the honor of a warrior is true.”

“…What what?”

Misha looks confused.

Looking at this I wonder if it would have been easier if she had written the Warrior’s Oath a long time ago…

Well it doesn’t matter anymore.

“So when you wake up you too must keep those words.”

She pulled Misha closer to her and put her ring on her finger.

and….

Kwasik-!

She smashed the blue glass gem on her ring with just her grip.

She said “The Frost Spirit Ring has been destroyed.”

“The Glacier Beast Skadia awakens from its seal.”

It looks like there are ripples on the lake.

A wave of cold air spreads across the ground.

Hwaaaaaaaaaaa!

No.9425 Frost Spirit Ring.

A unique effect that occurs when this item is destroyed.

It was safe to say that there was no damage so it was virtually a meaningless option but after many attempts I made a discovery.

“This is a situation where special conditions have been met.”

If the wearer was a prisoner.

An event occurs separately from the effect upon destruction.

“Ice Demon Skadia proposes a contract to Misha Karlstein.”

Soul water contract.

It is possible to forcibly awaken the special abilities of the beast race.

***

“The contract has been completed successfully.”

***

A gust of cold air swirled around Misha like the eye of a typhoon.

As this slowly subsided Misha opened her eyes.

She had a complex yet somewhat vain look in her red eyes.

“This is so easy…. What on earth have I been doing for so long….”

Misha who was spitting out random words looked at me.

And she asked with a look of betrayal.

“Bjorn what on earth is this ring? “If there is such a thing why didn’t my father tell me that there was such a thing?”

It is unknown whether the beastmen are aware of the existence of this ring.

But if I give him the answer he wants…

“He probably didn’t know either.”

“…You didn’t know?”

“Yes it seems like a wizard studied it for a long time and only recently found out about it. “I’m sure I didn’t hide it because I didn’t think of you as my child.”

I think this will help his mentality.

But even with my answer Misha seemed full of questions.

“Wait a minute then how on earth did you know that? “Where did you get this ring?”

It’s not difficult to explain.

Because there are stories made up in advance.

But before that there is one thing to do.

“It would be best to get dressed first and then finish talking.”

“…clothes?”

Misha tilts her head and then lowers her head to follow my gaze.

And then she checked her current appearance and….

“Uh? Huh? “My my my why am I taking off all my clothes!!”

Misha who was creaking like a broken robot let out a sound.

“I’ve folded everything up next to you so let’s talk about it after putting it on first.”

“Oh I understand….”

While I turned around for a moment Misha picked up the clothes and put them on.

“You can look back.”

“That’s fast.”

“Then I’ll take it easy!!”

I soon turned around and saw Misha in casual clothes.

The thin cloth clothing worn under the equipment.

Perhaps because it fit her body perfectly her curved lines were more clearly revealed.

“Aren’t you wearing any equipment?”

“Answer this first! “Why was I naked!”

“That’s because I took it off.”

“You took off the cover?! Yes yes you?!”

“I couldn’t help it. “I heard that if you perform this ritual all the equipment you are wearing will fly away.”

Please note that this is a lie.

I didn’t just hear it I experienced it myself.

I worked hard to raise it but all of my equipment was reset so I couldn’t do anything and ended up with a game over.

“…Now wait a minute! “Is that really why you asked that question in the first place?”

“You mean that question?”

“You didn’t get married or anything.”

Ah that.

I nodded honestly.

“If you have a spouse won’t she be offended?”

I am a proud Confucian from Korea.

You can never do something disrespectful like removing a woman’s clothes including her husband.

However Misha shouted as if he was dumbfounded by my words.

“I guess the guy who thinks that kind of thing didn’t think to tell me in advance!”

“I had no intention of hiding it. But you didn’t believe me at all.”

“But that’s it…”

As she gave rational reasons for every question she asked Misha seemed to have nothing more to say.

Therefore she can slowly go on to become stronger.

“Rather because she had to take it all off in a hurry she didn’t have that much trouble. “Tsk I didn’t look at it that way so why are there so many accessories?”

“…I’m sorry.”

“It’s okay isn’t there something you need to do before you apologize?”

She looked around and looked at Misha.

Basically you have to give as much as possible when you can.

“…Thank you.”

“Is that the end?”

Misha thought for a moment and then spoke again.

“…Thank you?”

“Don’t try to get over it. “Isn’t there something that needs to be addressed properly?”

“Do you really have to say that out loud?”

Misha avoided my gaze with an embarrassed and embarrassed look on her face but she wasn’t the type of person who would look at me like that.

This is something that must always be clearly pointed out.

“Of course.”

As I spoke stubbornly Misha soon changed her eyes.

It seems like the playful atmosphere ends here.

It seemed like she had no intention of skipping it from the beginning.

She adjusted her posture and looked at me.

“There is Bjorn. “I… once… tried to die.”

suddenly?

Although she didn’t feel that way I immediately listened to her serious voice.

“It was my father who found me and saved me at that time.”

“I should thank my father.”

“I wish so but… it’s not such a beautiful story. What was the first thing my father said when I came to my senses? If you really want to die go to the labyrinth and die. “I wonder how much longer I have to become a disgrace to the family before I will be satisfied.”

Ah uh um….

It turned out that the family was much more crazy than I expected.

As I was seriously considering whether I should correct the mistake she made earlier Misha calmly continued.

“So I entered the labyrinth. Of course like my father said I didn’t come here to die. I just wanted to run away from that house. “Even without the soul count I had hopes that if I became a great explorer and was recognized my father would look at me again.”

A voice with restrained emotions.

In that difficult voice all the emotions I felt while growing up were felt more clearly.

“Of course I don’t know if my father will accept me for this. But for some reason… now I think that’s probably a good thing.”

Soon Misha looked at me and bowed her waist.

“…Thank you Bjorn. “I will not forget this favor and repay her by engraving it in my heart until the end of my life.”

Although it may eventually be diluted over time it seemed pointless to doubt Misha’s sincerity now.

And in that sense the new wave drama is over.

“I swear to your guardian god?”

I was listening and asked briefly.

Misha chuckled and nodded her head.

“I swear to my guardian god.”

Okay it’s nice and clean.

***

Summoning strengthening and supernatural abilities.

A spirit beast that makes a contract with a spirit beast generally acquires one of these three types of abilities.

Misha was a reinforcement type.

“The power of the ice demon Skadia resides permanently in Misha Karlstein’s body.”

Apart from the physical ability taking a leap forward the freezing attribute is always granted.

As if my abdomen was sore from having just been hit.

“Ahh! He told me to hit him so I hit him but I didn’t know it would happen like that. “Are you sure it’s okay?”

Skin turned red as if frostbite had occurred.

Seeing this I smiled.

‘It’s a shame it’s not a summon or special ability but…’

Still this is something.

Now that I know it’s true I know for sure.

The elemental attack method I had been longing for was now available.

With this you can now beat up even the bastard monsters.

“Ugh? Come to your senses Bjorn! “Why are you smiling like an idiot?”

“It’s nothing. Then let’s move now. “I’ve been in one place too long.”

After roughly organizing the surroundings I took Misha with me and moved on. And as a test I fought against ‘Wraith’ a level 9 spirit monster I encountered along the way.

“Wraith casted [Corpse Flame].”

[Corpse Flame].

An active skill that combines darkness and fire attributes.

The power is lower than that of a level 9 spell….

For me who has resistance to darkness due to vampire essence it’s only a little bit hot at best.

Like this most spirit-residing monsters have low combat power compared to their grade.

It’s just difficult in the beginning because there are no means of attack.

“We have defeated Wraith. EXP +1」

I use a mace sprinkled with holy water.

Misha used her frost-covered fists to swat away a dozen wraiths.

“Huh I get a strange feeling every time I hit you….”

The reason she used her fist rather than a spear was simple.

‘As expected it is a level 1 awakening so it does not apply to weapons.’

Just as there are stages in the barbarian’s spirit imprinting.

The beast’s soul water contract is also a method of gradually growing.

Still it was fortunate that Misha was originally a martial artist. Did you say that she used to fight only with her fists but then she reached her limits and ended up using a dagger which seemed easier to adapt to?

“We have defeated Witchsramp. EXP +1」

“Dyrouter was defeated. EXP +2.”

“You have defeated a mutant low-level spirit. EXP +2.”

Anyway she continued to wander through the forest after that.

She killed all the monsters she could see without causing much trouble. She also conserved her stamina by resting as much as possible whenever she had the chance.

“The Woodman has been defeated. EXP +1」

“The homunculus has been defeated. EXP +2」

“The Owl Bear has been defeated. EXP +2」

About 11 hours passed like that.

I haven’t encountered a level 7 monster yet but fighting lower level monsters wasn’t particularly difficult.

There has never been a dangerous situation.

Contrary to concerns there was no sign of Elisa’s girls coming to visit us yet.

‘Is there something wrong with them too?’

Well that could be the case.

Maybe not.

Rather than harboring complacent hopes let’s continue to prepare our hearts.

Doing what you can do right now.

‘After all the essence doesn’t appear.’

I tasted bitterly.

Holy water and ice demon Skadia.

Through these two attack methods we were able to hunt spirit-residing monsters without any problems but…

Well nothing much has changed.

‘I guess it’s about 30%.’

I thought.

I wonder if the odds of me surviving and returning to the city safely are roughly that high.

“It’s been 12 hours since we entered the Witch’s Forest.”

「Field effect – The Witch’s Forest is strengthened.」

“The status abnormality [Witch’s Eye] is granted.”

The real survival begins now.