Surviving as a Barbarian in the Game - Episode 137
137angry orculis (3)
I feel chills in my body.
“Hey, why isn't anyone talking??”
Just that one word.
Even though we haven't really collided yet.
An urgent sound lingers in my eardrums..
My heart is pounding, my heart is pounding!
The heart of a warrior who senses that it is his natural enemy is pumping without stopping, pumping oxygen throughout the body..
I started preparing ahead of my head..
The worst that could happen.
Slurp.
In silence, I only move my gaze to check on my colleagues..
Everyone is frozen as they were walking..
You must be feeling it subconsciously..
The ominousness that guy is radiating from his whole body..
“hey?”
The guy frowns and speaks again..
Thanks to you, my mind calmed down a bit..
golden time.
It is not right to mindlessly waste every second that will become invaluable from now on..
so that…….
“It's really all like that?”
Open your ears and look at the other person with your eyes..
And in that state, we quickly combine information that might otherwise have been overlooked..
[Hey, Barbarian. Should I say thank you? Thanks to me, you would have caught it comfortably..]
He knew about this place.
So as soon as they sensed our presence, they immediately ran towards the boss room..
but…….
‘Anyway, it's too fast.’
It arrived just like us who obtained the map.?
This is impossible unless you find your way exactly without getting lost at all..
How was this possible?.
No, to be exact.
‘What kind of skill is this??’
need to figure it out.
Accordingly, future plans will change..
Looking back, there was an answer in our previous conversation.
[If I hadn't sacrificed another arm, I could have missed it.?]
offered one's arms.
It is obvious whose arm it is. It probably belongs to the poor guy in the back..
‘……Must be a priest of Karui..’
Among them is the priest of Karui..
It's a fortunate part of misfortune.
If you were to find the way simply with the ability of a searcher, there would be no answer in the future.…….
[I beg you. Please just get what you want and let them go..]
The old man, who is presumed to be a priest of an evil spirit, also doesn't seem to have a very cooperative relationship with that man..
‘Could it be that they kidnapped the priest and forced him to change jobs? The man who gave his arm was in a similar situation.?’
Time to take three breaths.
After calmly analyzing the situation, I opened my mouth..
Well, I don't have time anymore.
“Well, that's it. just everything—”
“I never thought I'd meet an explorer in a place like this..”
“I wasn't dumb?”
He gives me an interested look at my answer for breaking the silence..
Okay, first of all, I bought some time..
“Do you know how to get out of here??”
Ask questions about things you naturally know.
The more you look like a piece of shit, the more you let down your guard.—
“you… … What?”
Suddenly, a cold voice rings out..
what? What on earth did I do wrong??
“It's not even green, it's yellow because of these idiots.?”
Eyes with a dark color of caution rather than interest or curiosity..
Without realizing it, my eyes moved to the ring on his finger..
As far as I know, it was similar to the number item.
What I used to call a traffic light ring, studded with green, red, and yellow gems..
No.6111 Destiny Seeker.
When green appears, a positive event occurs..
When red appears, a negative event occurs..
The item that, when yellow, tells you that a combination of the two events is nearby..
The yellow light on the item was clearly on..
‘Nimiral.’
Is this what it means to intersect joy and sorrow?.
If the yellow light comes on, it means there was even a slight chance that I could ruin that guy's asshole..
this is good news for me.
The bad news is, he figured it out..
‘It's ruined.’
Even the only advantage of being the weak, to catch the strong off guard, has disappeared..
Because of that damn ring.
“You seem to know what this is?”
To make matters worse, he noticed even my brief reaction and showed his true colors openly..
sreung!
A blade of blue-silver light pulled from the guy's waist..
The former blacksmith's mouth was the first to react to that dazzling brilliance..
“Ah, it's a sword made of arc.…….”
arc.
It is a level 6 metal material that can chew through most number items and is in fact the final level in this world..
This is why I secretly hoped that the number of enemies would be greater..
The higher the level of the explorer, the greater the difference in not only the level and number of essences but also the equipment..
‘At least 9 floors.’
However, I did not turn away and accepted the cruel reality as is..
It is not a clan of dozens of people.
Assuming that skill follows equipment, he is a strong player who can operate on the 9th floor with 5 people..
There will be at least eight integers..
And all of them are level 5 or higher..
“barbarian.”
In fact, at this point, abilities and anything else are meaningless..
“Give me what you got inside.”
A level where he can cut down all five of us on his own without the help of a priest..
“If you don't want to die.”
But, I decided.
What do you need to do to live?.
thus…….
“Oh, you mean this??”
Take out the gem obtained from the boss room and hold it in your hand..
Originally, this was plan D..
Giving everything you ask for and begging for your life.
“I had it too. Now, hand it here. Then I'll send you back alive..”
“…….”
I stared at him in silence..
As the silence became longer, my colleagues opened their mouths one by one..
“……We're fine. Just give it to me. I don't even know what it's used for anyway..”
“I also agree. Wouldn’t it be better to avoid fighting if possible?.”
They were words not worth hearing..
Because this jewel is the only reason we are still alive. Do you have a credit deal with a crazy man who kidnaps priests, converts them, and takes them with him??
I have to say something that makes sense..
“My stomach…….”
When I cautiously open my mouth, attention is drawn..
He was also quietly watching me..
I saw a bitter smile on my lips..
An arrogant smile, as if he already knew what choice I would make..
Therefore, I also grinned..
“this! I'm hungry!!”
“……what?”
The moment when the guy was taken aback by the surprise scream..
Without hesitation, I popped the jewel into my mouth..
and…….
gulp-!
I forced myself to swallow..
My esophagus was sore as I was forcefully inserting a gem the size of a tangerine, but I realized something..
It heals in just a few seconds..
“Oh my-”
The sound of burping came from holding back the feeling of vomiting..
Only then did everyone come to their senses..
“What is this??”
He asked with eyes shining with life..
“I just felt like doing that.!”
i answered.
After that, there was a very short silence..
“…….”
“…….”
The guy looked like he was wondering what kind of idiot he was..
Well, aren’t our team members very different too??
Anyway, it doesn't matter.
Doing what needs to be done quietly without caring as much about what others think as earwax.
Isn’t that the tradition of the Barbarian clan?.
“Barbarian, don't think about dying gracefully..”
He kicks the floor and shoots at me..
A speed that is difficult to regard as having the same ability level..
Suuk-!
Perhaps it was worth the price, but his long sword penetrated my shield without any resistance..
It was obvious what he was thinking..
I'm sure they're planning to kill me, cut open my stomach, and take out the jewels..
but…….
‘So, what should I do?.’
I adjusted the position of the blade cutting into the shield..
Not outwards, towards my stomach..
“……!!”
He must have realized my intention, so he quickly drew his sword..
You probably know it too.
The durability of this jewel I swallowed is not very good..
“No way, thinking like this?”
i didn't deny.
This is Plan E to replace all the scrapped plans..
“Oh my—!”
Fuck you.
Now I really have no choice but to go to the end..
***
His eyes are rolling..
It's about looking for opportunities every now and then..
If you can cut off my head in one go, then you can really cut open my stomach and take it away..
but…….
‘There's no way.’
I hit my stomach with a fist the size of a watermelon..
Pow! Powok!
The guy's eyes flinch every time I swing my hand.
I can clearly see on my face that I am worried that something in my stomach might get cracked..
“Oh, I'm just feeling bloated..”
“……crazy guy.”
It was a nice sound to hear.
No one walks to avoid falling leaves in the fall season..
But what about filth??
You may accidentally step on it, but no one steps on it accidentally..
so that…….
Powok-!
stop pounding your stomach.
The key to Plan E is not to cross the line that seems impossible to cross..
It seems like enough warnings have already been given..
“what do you want?”
He tried to talk.
As if he didn't want to provoke me, he had already put his sword in his waistband..
‘Okay, so this thing is important to you..’
Although I wanted to be rude and make fun of him, I quietly moved to the aisle on the other side with my colleagues and got to the point..
“day. Give me just one day.”
“I'm not asking you to save me?”
He looks at me like he’s curious..
It's not that I don't understand.
Anyone who was in a similar situation to me would have said something like that to him..
but…….
“You don't beg for your life like that..”
To be precise, I don't do anything pointless..
“give me just one day.”
a day's reprieve.
I decided that this was the maximum he could tolerate..
“Then I won't do such a cowardly thing either..”
“how can i trust you?”
He asked a short question about my final proposal, and without a moment of hesitation, I took out the card I had prepared..
“I swear on the honor of a warrior. We are exhausted because we haven't slept in days. But if you wait just one day, I will fight fair and square..”
As if I wanted to do that from the beginning.
It's as if I wasn't willing to make such a cowardly move in the first place. Let's shoot while showing our fighting spirit, and the guy who was in the middle of nowhere asks quietly..
“Do you really think you can win??”
I chuckled..
Can you win??
Well, I still think the possibility is small..
But, so what?.
“Is that a reason to give up??”
Without any need to act, I poured my sincerity into my mouth..
He stared at my face like that..
And after a moment of silence, the answer was finally given..
“twelve hours.”
A stubborn voice that leaves no room for negotiation.
“I'll give you twelve hours.”
It was the Maginot Line that he decided..
“I'll tell you in advance, don't think that the same trick will work when that time comes..”
He would have rather given up if he had given up on the item. The will that he could never let us go was clearly revealed in his eyes and expression.
Therefore, I let out the long breath I had been holding..
[05 : 40]
I got what I needed most: time..
***
Running through a maze.
The formation is a little different from usual..
Rotmiller and the dwarf are at the front, and I am following them at the very back..
The reason is simple.
“It doesn't seem like he's really following along..”
Rotmiller said so…….
Isn’t it unclear how long he will keep his promise?.
I have to protect the back of my head.
“So what to do now??”
Rotmiller asked as he opened the way at the forefront..
No, he wasn't the only one..
“Bjorn… … Are you really going to fight??”
“Joe, that doesn't sound like a good choice. Didn’t you see it earlier too? Your shield is being cut like clay..”
The questions and concerns I had been holding back were turning towards me..
First of all, you left everything to me earlier, but you started to worry about it too late..
But as of today, democracy is over..
There is not enough time to proceed with the work while compiling and persuading everyone's opinions..
“Hikurod, Misha, Rotmiller, Dwalki.”
I called your name.
and asked for.
“In the future, you may say things or give instructions that you may not understand. But can you trust me and follow me one last time??”
“Of course.”
Except for Misha, the three did not answer right away..
But for several months, I waited in silence, believing in the version of myself I showed them..
The first to open his mouth was the dwarf..
“If it weren't for you in the Bloody Citadel, I would have already died. I trust your judgment..”
The second was Dwalki..
“Me, me too. Bjorn, I will believe in your destiny as a hero..”
hero's fate.
This was the guess that was added as seasoning as my nickname, Little Vulcan, spread throughout the city, and that was also what the shaman told me..
If you were meeting the public for the first time, you might not know, but there was something strange about him saying this so seriously.…….
Well, it's probably a good thing in this situation..
“When I encountered him, I could do nothing but tremble in fear..”
The last one was Rotmiller..
“I will believe and follow whatever you say..”
I felt deep trust in his short words..
However, without even having time to get lost in his sentiments, Rotmiller continued speaking..
“But apart from this, there is something I need to tell you..”
“what?”
“If my guess is true, he is truly dangerous..”
“Surely there is information??”
I asked back with a smile, and Rottmiller answered:.
“A long time ago, I heard about an explorer who used an Arcje longsword. According to rumors, he was cursed by a dragon and his entire body was covered in burns..”
No, so who is that?.
Unlike me, who was raising doubts, it seemed like the trio already had someone to point out..
“A dragon's curse? no way…….”
“Dragon slayer! Rotmiller, are you talking about the dragon slayer??”
“Well, well, then that means he's a member of Orculis.……?”
I frowned as I heard the urgent cries of the trio..
I still didn't know who the dragon slayer was..
but…….
‘orculis.’
An ancient word from this world that means witch's eye..
I have previously acquired knowledge about the group that uses this name through books..
‘A group of crazy people who say their goal is to kill the king..’
However, they cannot be seen as simply crazy people..
The fact that they have survived for decades despite doing such crazy things is proof of the strength of each and every one of them..
Even though the royal family offered a huge bounty, we have only killed seven so far.?
‘I got caught by a much more troublesome bastard than I expected..’
Apart from the bitter taste in your mouth, one thought becomes clearer..
Running away isn't the best solution either..
Isn’t there a famous saying?.
“Well then maybe it would be good?”
Soon I received the map from Rotmiller and designated my destination..
“we go here.”
There is no paradise where you run away.
At least this time.
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