Surviving as a Barbarian in the Game - Episode 199
199Hua Master Key (4)
The Stone of Revival is on the 9th floor..
In fact, it is close to impossible to find the Stone of Revival with just these clues..
Perhaps even the crescent moon does not know that fact..
Because he is also a user of this perverted game..
But, is this alone no different from mere rain?.
“Uh, why?…….”
The crescent moon leaves behind its joy and asks me.
“Why are you showing me this favor??”
He seemed curious about the reason, but…….
‘As a 'investigator,' there is only one thing I can say..
“Because I think it would be fun that way..”
Crescent Moon closed his mouth for a moment as if considering the meaning of my words, and then his body trembled..
“You... He really is a scary person.”
huh? suddenly?
I didn't know what it meant, so I just rested my chin and looked at the crescent moon..
Did you then realize that you made a mistake??
“……Forget what I just said. I guess I said something useless. It doesn't matter who you are. He would give my soul if he could get it..”
Crescent Moon, who muttered as if making a decision, added a self-deprecating remark at the end..
“Well, you already know about my situation..”
It was completely incomprehensible..
No, how do I know that??
‘Why on earth did he have such a misunderstanding??’
I tried to recall what happened at the round table, but I couldn't figure out the reason, so I just stayed quiet this time..
As always, you're halfway there.
“also… … . I guess I really knew it.”
I didn't necessarily deny it.
Isn’t it a bit funny to say no in this situation?.
I changed the topic as if it was just something I wasn't interested in..
“Now it's my turn.”
As soon as the rhyme was started, the attention of the masks gathered..
They seem to be anticipating what I will say this time. Feeling awkward for some reason, I threw out one of the pieces of information I had prepared..
‘It's interesting when you hear it like 'Bandemon', but it's actually useless information even if you know it. It wasn't even as impactful as the 'Stone of Revival'..
“Fishit, this time I knew it too..”
The clown looks somewhat wistful even though the jewels on the round table give off a green glow..
Of course, it wasn't something I cared about..
From the beginning, rather than blaming me, the clown seemed to regard it as his own problem of not being able to bring something interesting..
“If it's okay, I'd like to continue. How are you all??”
The rally continued even after completing one lap, perhaps because there was a lot to prepare after taking a break..
I passed the turn, consistently spitting out similar types of information, and before I knew it, the third lap had begun..
“Well, I'm leaving this for the last time..”
The goblin, who was first on his turn, struggled to get through his turn while receiving red lights four times, and eventually brought out a white flag..
However, even if they were not as bad as goblins, were they all in a similar situation??
“Hmm, then I guess I'll have to stop here..”
Even the fox declared abstention, and it was naturally decided to end the rally with this round..
I didn't really feel any regrets..
‘I think I heard everything worth hearing..’
I had no idea how the situation was going after the confrontation between Noark and the royal family, but I guess I'm starting to get a sense of it now.?
It was completely opposite to the rumors that spread around the city..
‘As expected, the royal family is in a much more advantageous situation..’
This time, the subjugation failed and suffered great damage, but this also applies to the underground city. If you listen to what they say, the blockade of Noark's city was close to feeling like a last struggle..
‘It is said that non-replicable dog tags have been produced, so there is no need to make any major changes to the plan. There doesn't seem to be any issues that seem particularly dangerous right now..’
I slowly moved my gaze and looked at the round table..
The information about Orculis that Crescent Moon had just brought out had a green light on it..
“……Now only Mr. Susa remains.?”
Naturally, the members’ attention focused on me..
For some reason, everyone's eyes were bright..
‘Ugh, it’s a burden for no reason..’
I tapped my finger on the armrest and thought about it for a moment..
What should the finale be like??
I already had something in mind, but I didn't know if there might be something better suited to the current mood..
In fact, it wasn't long before I came up with something suitable..
Tuk.
I grinned and stopped my fingers..
This is not one of the pieces of information I had prepared in advance to write here.…….
“goblin.”
“yes, yes?”
The goblin gets very embarrassed when I suddenly talk to him and even stutters..
I looked at him and said.
“Come to think of it, I said something like that earlier. That 'inspiration' may be a more skilled wizard than the GM who created this community..”
”iced coffee! yes. It was like that…….”
The goblin frowned as if he didn't know what I meant, while the fox looked angry..
“Could this be information about the Master??”
It's better than a goblin that seems to have no clue…….
“Wrong.”
I completely ignored the fox and spoke to the goblin..
I just skipped over it earlier, but it seems like there's one thing you guys are fundamentally wrong about..
“This community was not created by GM. To be precise, it is closer to remodeling an already existing place into its current form..”
Like a parrot, he spat out the information he had previously heard from Baekho Lee..
At the same time, the members' attention gathered in one place..
The jewel embedded in the heart of the round table.
“……It's green.”
I wasn't surprised because it was an expected result..
I didn't check it myself or anything like that.…….
I don't have any doubts about this information.
“……I never thought it was made by GM.”
“Fishit, this is the first time I’ve heard of this too..”
“Then who created this place??”
The members who were pouring out questions simultaneously fell silent as if they had made a promise..
And once again, all eyes were focused on one place..
The only one here who can answer that question.
‘Okay, I think I've attracted aggro well at this level..’
In the heated silence, I said.
In a voice that says there is no expectation at all.
Without any emotions.
“I hope it's more fun next time.”
i said so.
Isn’t this the only way to bring something more useful?.
***
“I went…….”
There was a heavy silence in the round table room after the investigator left..
It was a simple reason indeed..
The last words he left behind.
To be precise, the emotion in that voice.
“……Are you mad at us??”
The clown snorted at the fox's muttering..
“Fishit, I think Mr. Fox is setting us too high. I think it's worth getting angry at that person.?”
“that…….”
The fox, who was about to retort, kept his mouth shut..
It's because I remembered what the master said earlier..
[If you're at your level, there's nothing to be gained by participating here..]
A secret gathering whose name regular players don't even know. The fox has been using the information obtained here to good effect..
That's why it was hard to accept at first.
But since I had heard what the Master said, there was no point in denying it..
There is no advantage here for investigators..
‘No, it's okay to say that it doesn't exist at all.?’
The fox smiled bitterly without realizing it..
[I hope it's more fun next time.]
fun.
Something that can relieve some of the boredom.
Simply put, to kill time.
If there's anything the investigator wants from this meeting, that's all..
But how have we been so far??
I couldn't even do that properly.
But you just expect me to tell you about such a topic.…….
“……It must have looked pathetic.”
“I guess so. Because that man is a different type of person than the Master. Although he looked a little like.”
The fox tilted his head at Deer Antler's words..
“……They look alike?”
It was the crescent moon that received her words..
“At least since he came here, I haven't had to feel the Master's absence..”
Slowly, I started to understand what she meant..
The Master was such a special presence at the round table..
It was he who gathered the current members, and it was he who taught them valuable information and knowledge that no one else knew..
“The difference is that Mr. Susa is not someone who volunteers like the Master. Fishit.”
“Volunteering?…….”
“Why, isn’t that wrong? Or does Mr. Fox really think that the Master created this place to obtain information??”
The fox did not make any rebuttal..
no, i couldn't.
Because everything was as the clown said..
the master always knew everything.
And he generously told me this..
As if I were a teacher in a classroom full of students..
“Fishit, isn’t that why Mr. Fox follows the Master so much in the first place?.”
This time the fox didn't deny it either..
“……that's right. If he didn't think of it as a service, he wouldn't think of him as a benefactor..”
It is all thanks to the Master that this meeting has been maintained..
Just looking at it a while ago, it was like that..
Until the investigator arrived, there were only four regular members. This is because as soon as the master disappeared, the attendance rate of members decreased significantly..
Aren't the remaining members like goblins coming in from time to time to check if the master has returned?.
‘Perhaps the rest will continue to participate if they know that this new person has joined. Just like Mr. Goblin did.’
For some reason I felt strange.
However, the fox put those feelings aside and focused on the conversation between the remaining members..
The topic is the Master who appeared for the first time in a year..
No, strictly speaking, it was a conversation about a detective who seemed to have a close relationship with the master..
“I'm sure the investigator is someone we've all heard of at least once. If the Master could be said to be a 'great' person, he would be one of the few..”
“Well, the infamous ‘corpse collector’ was also a person who treated him like a child..”
“child… … . Yes, I've said that before. fish sit.”
The time for reasoning has arrived again without fail..
“The information you mentioned at the end is also significant. I can't believe it wasn't GM who created this community... … . How could he know such a thing??”
“Well, maybe he knows GM..”
“……Are you talking about the GM of whom there are only so many rumors??”
“It may be true for us, but we are not the ones who call the Master an inspiration. There must be a world we don't know about..”
“okay…….”
The clown asked as he saw the goblin's look of pure admiration..
“But why are you doing that today? Last time, no matter what I said, it seemed like a leap forward..”
“……Wasn’t that a time when I didn’t know much about him?.”
“Fish sit, but the two eyes are not knotholes.?”
The goblin cleared his throat and averted his gaze at the clown's nonsensical sarcasm..
At that time, the deer antlers opened their mouths..
“Rather, was it just me who felt it??”
“What are you talking about??”
“When the Master left, I felt doubtful..”
“Ah, that's what I felt too..”
“Both of you, just wait a moment. What do you mean? So you wrote a ‘message’??”
The fox was genuinely surprised..
‘‘Message’ refers to an ability that can only be used in this space, the spiritual world, and is a type of telepathy..
The principle is similar to living.
Conveying one's thoughts to another person in the form of language.
“Even the master said it was difficult to write.…….”
“Hehe, Mr. Fox, what are you surprised about again? Then I thought Mr. Susa couldn't even do that.?”
“…….”
The tone was somewhat annoying, but I didn't have anything to say..
When I thought about it calmly, it wasn't that surprising, just as the clown said. Isn’t this a man who was showing off his fierceness from the moment they first met her?.
‘It must be strange that you can't write a 'message'.
“Anyway, so that means the Master and Mr. Investigator had a conversation before leaving.?”
“yes. Clearly, the two of you had something to talk about in secret..”
“Even the clown doesn’t know what kind of conversation this is.?”
“Isn’t that obvious? Master and Investigator, they are no different from monsters.!”
The fox couldn't hide his regret and quenched his appetite..
If I could hear the conversation between the two, it could have been a clue as to what kind of situation the Master is in.…….
“Kick, but it doesn’t mean there was no income at all..”
“yes? Income??”
The fox came to his senses after hearing the clown's words..
The clown laughed sheepishly, as if he liked her posture with her ears pricked up..
“I didn't feel it at all.”
“Please, can you explain a little more??”
“That is Mr. Susaza’s intention! I put so much effort into it, but I couldn't feel it at all. Unlike the Master, who could even faintly feel it.”
‘The fox, who had some knowledge of the 'message', froze..
It had to be that way..
No matter how playfully he spoke in his usual tone, the content was never light..
“wait a minute. That means…….”
Instead of the fox who couldn't continue speaking, the clown blurted out the 'income' he had earned today..
“yes. Maybe Mr. Susa is an even bigger monster than the Master..”
Everyone was speechless at the truly shocking speculation..
The silence that started like that.
“I…….”
Then the goblin cautiously opened his mouth..
“Couldn’t he have just told the master and left? Then, that explains why the clown didn’t feel anything… … . Ah, no, why do you look at me like that? I'm just saying this. What I've said. I didn't really think like that.!”
The silence continued for a while after that..
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