Surviving the Game as a Barbarian – 81



Episode 81: Sewerage (2)

“Can you feel who is inside Rotmiller?”

“The smell of sewage is so strong that it’s impossible to tell.”

“I see. “Then I will go down first so follow me when I give the signal.”

A pit about 5 meters long reminiscent of a water tank.

I put my shield on my back and quickly went down the creaking ladder. And when he gave a hand signal the rest of the group followed suit.

“There’s something eerie.”

As the view becomes brighter through the torch a passage that was not visible from above due to the angle becomes visible.

“From now on you take the lead.”

The man took the lead chanting quietly so as not to make any noise. And then I walked down the passage holding the rope.

Did it last about a minute?

‘Fuck…’

You can see corpses piled up like piles of clothes.

Dozens of corpses in a shape similar to a mummy like ‘Hanson’ whose life had been drained.

Somehow I was particularly rotten.

“Uh uh… what is this….”

Looking at that embarrassed face I don’t think this place was like this originally…

“Be quiet and keep moving.”

I continued to move forward pushing the back of the man who had stopped.

At the same time I focused all my attention so that I could respond immediately if something happened.

That’s why I was able to react.

Shake it off.

A faint light began to seep through the pile of sheets accompanied by a sound as if a mechanical device was operating.

And a deep voice echoes through the passage.

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There was nothing more to see.

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One of the trap-type skills possessed by Karui’s priests.

Because the sound effect was so unique it was usually abbreviated as ‘Sabaha’.

“The character has entered the [Evil God’s Call] radius.”

You fucking installed this?

“Step back!!”

While he warned his colleagues with his mouth he pulled the rope with his hand and dragged the man out.

The reason is simple.

‘Sabaha’ is not a skill that can be blocked with physical resistance or a lithium shield.

“Huh?”

The man in my hand instead of a shield lets out a dumbfounded sound.

And that moment.

Hundreds of banshee-like ghosts pour out from the other side of the passage.

“evil!! Aaaaaaaaaah!!!”

The man who saw this screamed and struggled but I did not relax my strength and hid behind him as best as I could.

I was lucky that this guy was tall.

Otherwise it wouldn’t have ended with this much damage.

“The character absorbed 102 ghosts.”

“Dark resistance is above a certain level.”

“The effect is reduced by 30%.”

“The character’s maximum vitality is temporarily reduced by 29%.”

Vitality draining away as if there was a hole somewhere in the body. My skin becomes dry like someone who hasn’t had water for a few days.

Misha was the first to notice my change.

“Bjorn you’re okay!”

Misha immediately runs to me and checks my condition.

I straightened my crouching body stopping myself from giving him the potion right away.

My muscles were sore because I was so tense.

‘I almost fell over.’

[Call of the Evil God]

A trap-type skill that pours out hundreds of souls in a designated direction when activated. The characteristic is that the maximum vitality decreases according to the number of times the soul is hit.

Of course if the maximum reaches 0 you die instantly.

Like this guy hanging on my hand.

“Is everyone okay?”

“Nothing happened thanks to you stopping me in front. By the way is he… dead?”

I didn’t bother to answer.

It would be even more amazing if he survived with nothing but bones and skin remaining.

As soon as she put down the man she was holding tightly in her hand the dwarf muttered as if he was dizzy.

“…I hate to say this but it was a good idea to bring him to the forefront.”

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I agree.

And I’m not ashamed of that fact.

Because we are explorers without blood or tears.

“What are you going to do? “If something like this happens again it would be dangerous to go any further.”

After thinking for a while I made a decision.

“Let’s go.”

To install [Call of the Evil God] several materials are required.

Most of them are human life.

There are a lot of corpses around but…

Well since it doesn’t amount to hundreds I’m sure installing it once was all I could do.

‘Besides for some reason I feel like if I don’t stop now I’ll be in trouble later…’

There is no evidence but I have this feeling.

As the car was about to leave the dwarf handed me something.

“It’s nothing special but when I searched my chest I found something like this.”

It was the identity badge of a man who had turned into a mummy.

I don’t know why a fugitive criminal carries an identification card but…

“I can submit it to the administrative office later when I receive additional allowance… Why is your expression like that?”

After checking my identification card I froze in shock.

[Hans Marcom]

…was this Hans too?

I suddenly feel anxious.

***

After walking about twenty steps we came to the hiding place that Hans E had mentioned.

It was decorated better than I expected.

There is a comfy bed a table with leftover bread and coffee on it and even a candle holder hanging on the wall.

but….

“Hahaha there’s no one there?”

“Hmm I guess he either left here completely or was away for a while.”

I don’t feel like I’m popular at all.

It’s not like there’s anywhere to hide.

“Don’t let your guard down. “They might be hiding.”

Still I was alert to the surroundings and searched the area thoroughly.

I even wondered if there was a hidden space in the wall under the table under the bed.

I observed it carefully for about 5 minutes but there was no significant result.

Until Dwalki used a magic spell.

“Riolb Dwalki casted the level 8 auxiliary magic [Magic Detection].”

[Magic power detection]

An exploration type magic that reveals in some way if something magical has been added.

“How is it?”

“It’s ambiguous.”

“You mean it’s ambiguous?”

“I can faintly sense some magical energy on the floor here… but it’s too faint. “To the point where I wonder if I was mistaken.”

Soon I checked the floor that Dwalki had pointed to.

Since I’m not a wizard I didn’t see anything strange.

It’s not like there are any minor flaws or anything.

“Is there any way to find out more about something magical here?”

“No. Still if I had to guess it would be that this magic hides something underneath.”

“I see.”

After asking one question I immediately raised my mace upward.

Looking at me like that the dwarf asked.

“What are you doing?”

“It comes down.”

“…are you saying it’s coming down?”

I didn’t bother to answer the dwarf’s question again. Well since magical means are blocked isn’t it time to use physical means?

Like a barbarian.

Kwaang-!

The moment Mace whose price and size have doubled from before hits the floor the ground shakes.

But that was all.

“Bjorn magical devices cannot be opened that way.”

Dwalki who was watching admonished me and said that it was so but I continued to use the mace in silence.

Quang! Quang! Quang! Quang!

It’s a mace that’s made of steel so it’s fine even when you hit the ground.

Of course the ground was only slightly dented but remained unchanged.

thus-

“Stop. Didn’t Dwalki also say that? In that way…”

Take off your breastplate take off your shoes take off your helmet and put down the backpack you were carrying on your back.

Why is everyone acting like this all of a sudden? It’s the look in your eyes.

“The character casted [Giant].”

「The character’s physique increases and the threat value and body value increase in proportion to the size.」

The body doubles in size and the power surges along with it. The dwarf was still making exhausted noises.

“No matter how much you say magic is like that….”

That it would be impossible?

As a veteran of this game and a current barbarian warrior it is still difficult to agree.

If you can’t break it with force—

Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

That’s because it lacks power.

“…??!”

Oh of course except for ghosts.

***

“This is what happens.”

“What happened to Dwalki? “Didn’t he just rant about no?”

“Uh that’s… I don’t know. “Why is this happening…”

Everyone left their mutterings aside and checked the floor.

After hitting it a couple of times light began to leak out and cracks began to appear and surprisingly there was a staircase underneath the cracked hole the third time.

“A hidden staircase in a sewer like this….”

It’s so deep that even if you put a torch underneath you can’t see the end.

It feels like a road leading to the underground world.

“Surely I have to go down here…?”

Misha looks at me with a reluctant expression.

To be honest I didn’t feel like it either.

Since it was used as a hiding place I thought to myself that there would be room to hide at best…

‘But what is this again?’

For some reason I feel like I’m caught up in something troublesome but I’m also a little curious. That’s because the sewer itself was a no-go area in the game.

Of course I have no intention of taking risks out of curiosity.

but….

“Bjorn that woman’s scent is faintly coming from down here.”

“what?”

“It must have passed by here. “And that too not long after.”

What should I do?

Should I just stop here and go back and tell you to take care of it yourself?

My worries deepen.

Therefore I also asked Rotmiller’s opinion.

“Rotmiller what do you think? “Do you think it’s a good idea to step down like this?”

“…I think it’ll be okay if I just check it out a little bit. “There is no scent of anyone else down here except her.”

It was a slightly surprising answer.

But was that feeling evident?

Rotmiller chuckles and adds an explanation.

“For some reason I have the feeling that it won’t be too dangerous.”

Well the reason was the sixth sense stat.

Although there was no clear basis I did not pay attention to what he said.

‘The hit rate is higher than I thought.’

In fact when Hans E was hiding Rottmiller accurately detected it.

Was he reluctant to head to the hideout?

If he felt that there was a trap and that it was dangerous it is understandable that he was the only one to oppose it during the majority vote.

‘It’s a sixth sense… This might be a better stat than I thought.’

Soon I came to a conclusion.

“Rotmiller you take the lead from now on. “If something feels even a little off I’ll go back right away.”

Rottmiller’s sense is quite reliable.

***

“Vice-captain the ‘door’ has been destroyed.”

A man frowned at his subordinate’s report.

An underground refuge created long ago before Lapdonia which was just a lordly castle thousands of years ago was expanded countless times as it is now.

And the city ‘Noark’ built there.

Most of the entrances to this place are constantly guarded by members.

however….

“The door is destroyed? Could this be an attack from the royal family?”

“It is judged that the probability of that happening is low.”

“…Tell me in detail.”

At the man’s urging the subordinate hurriedly explained the situation.

“I checked and it is a door that has been forgotten since the Karui Bridge incident. “The last reconnaissance report said there was a vagrant using it as a hiding place.”

“Hmm.”

The man smoothed his chin.

It was his old habit of coming out when he was worried.

“There is no reason for the royal family to come and touch us now… but it is clear that they are intruders so we need to check.”

“yes. So which unit would you like to contact?”

“Is there any reason to send troops?”

Her man asked a question and looked at the woman next to her.

It was a woman who was talking to him until her subordinate’s report followed.

Did you say that the barbarian you once saved became a famous explorer in the city? For the first time in a while an interesting conversation ended midway…

“Amelia you can deal with the enemy quietly no matter who he is. “Would you please come and visit her for us?”

The rest of the story can be continued later.