Surviving as a Barbarian in the Game - Episode 217
217angry lord (1)
portal.
A type of unique magic that is only handled by a few schools.
It goes without saying how deceptive this spell is in a game filled with all kinds of annihilation flags..
It will be possible to return to the city without having to wait for the labyrinth to close.?
Isn’t this a time of invincible survival?.
‘Well, it's not that there are no restrictions..’
First of all, since it is not a monster and the method of countering is widely known in person-to-person combat, it is not easy to use it as an escape device during battle..
Also, it can only be used by a maximum of 30 people..
This is the reason why upper level expedition teams are almost always composed of 30 people..
‘Above all, once it is used, the wizard will never be able to use that spell again..’
Please note that this is different from the game..
In the original game, unless you were an archmage who had reached level 1, you could not use the ‘Dimension Gate’ spell..
If used, the wizard must be dead..
However, this is a future world 150 years later than the time in the game..
Through joint research, the six schools that own the portal magic technique have created a method that allows even low-level wizards to use portal magic..
I'm not a wizard so I don't know the details, but I do know that it's a method that can only be used once in a wizard's life..
‘In the current situation, there would be no wizard who wouldn't use portal magic.…….’
So how many people entered the labyrinth?.
Well, it will be quite a while..
Large clans prioritize recruiting wizards who can use portals, and the schools also encourage wizards who still have the remaining number of portals to go out to support exploration..
but…….
‘Even if we gathered all the souls, there would be less than 150 people..’
Realistically, less than 4,500 people can escape this hell through the portal..
‘A formal knight of the royal family. Excluding the elites of large clans who may have wizards... … . In fact, it would be safe to say that everything else was abandoned..’
As the numbers become more concrete, I can feel how ridiculous they are trying to do..
3The numbers are different from the layer monarch incident..
At least 10,000 explorers will die.
‘I made this choice knowing that.…….’
I put aside the feeling of becoming distant and tried to calmly continue my reasoning..
This might be the most important thing right now.
Why did the knight commander make this decision?.
‘……2The road to the floor must have been blocked, or at least they figured it was no different..’
1It's impossible to get off the floor.
No, it might be possible, but it would cost more than just a few escaping through the 'dimensional portal'..
So the knight commander made this decision:.
I thought it was the right strategic choice to conserve as much power as possible and return to the city.—
“See you again.”
I suddenly turned around at the sound of someone coming from behind and froze..
Phew, I’m surprised..
“I said it was Bjorn Yandel.?”
I don't know when it started, but the knight commander was standing behind me..
So the name is…….
“Marco Elburn.”
“For a barbarian, you have a good memory..”
Normally, I would have fired back at him, but I received his words gently..
“Thank you for the compliment..”
Isn’t this guy the most powerful person here?.
Just getting a chance to have a brief conversation alone was a lucky opportunity..
After thinking about it several times, I asked the guy..
Like a barbarian, straight forward.
“I'm looking for a wizard who can use portal magic. Are you planning on running away??”
First of all, this question is most important to check whether it is true or not..
As soon as he heard this question, his eyes turned cold..
“In this respect, it's like a barbarian. If it had been someone else, even if he had noticed, he wouldn't have thought to ask me directly..”
As you can see, it's a barbarian..
When I made eye contact, he asked me back..
“Where did you hear that??”
that was enough.
Yeah, it's true..
I really wondered if there was another strategy..
“I heard the driver giving instructions to the administrative officer earlier..”
“……He has poor attention span. Or maybe I was caught off guard because I thought it was a barbarian..”
Looking at those eyes, it seems like it would be difficult to ignore that article, but it has nothing to do with me..
I was just trying to get to the point..
“Well, maybe you were smarter than you thought..”
The guy gave me a strange look and continued speaking..
“I'll just say this is what happened. I heard about the composition of your team through the administration..”
“……They did a background check on me?”
“For some reason, I became interested..”
Because I'm interested…….
Is this a positive variable or the opposite?.
As for the result, it was both..
“I can take you and the wizard with me. If you promise to serve the royal family for just one year,.”
He offered me a portal ticket..
The problem is, it's only two copies..
“rest of it?”
“You know that, right? What choice do you have to make?.”
Fuck, you're saying it's below the standard..
I thought I raised it well for a few months..
“Now, what should I do??”
I'm at a crossroads of choice.
“I want you to answer now. Because I don't have much time.”
Is it the life of me and one of my colleagues?.
Or is it a gamble that risks everyone’s lives?.
[Beat… can you do it?]
[Don't worry. I will definitely save everyone and return home..]
A fleeting conversation we once had passes through my mind..
“I am…….”
I answered without hesitation.
“Don't abandon your colleagues.”
Maybe I really have become a barbarian all the way to my head..
***
「The second Dreadlord has been killed.」
「The third Dreadlord has been defeated.」
「The fourth Dreadlord has been defeated.」
「Fifth Dreadlord slain…….」
「…….」
***
time passes.
I kept the conversation I had with the knight commander completely silent..
[Keep the story about the portal to yourself. If you value your colleagues.]
His threats were threats, but I didn't feel the need to do so. Anyway, even if it wasn't me, this story would spread quickly..
It was like that in reality..
“Mr. Yandel, did you hear? That story.”
It's impossible to silence thousands of people.
Especially if it is not a group that is tightly united as one..
The knight commander's plan to escape through the portal quickly spread, and it didn't take long for it to reach Raven's ears..
“yes, i know.”
“……What are you going to do? As expected, Mr. Yandel also thinks it is a nonsense rumor.?”
At Raven's question, Uncle Bear and Misha's eyes focus on me. The three of you had already discussed it before telling me..
Well, they're probably the only ones who haven't felt the presence of life in this cave..
“Charon, you can't even lift that great sword! So can you call me a man?!!”
“Well, it doesn’t mean you can’t lift it! Now, look!”
“Ohh! So is he half a man?!”
A barbarian who has been playing happily for an hour while wielding an adamantium greatsword..
Sometimes I envy their indifference..
I can just move forward without doubt.
“Hey, Mr. Yandel.……?”
“Oh, sorry, I was thinking about something else for a moment..”
I smiled brightly and tapped Raven on the shoulder..
“Don't worry about rumors! Because everything will be fine!”
everything will be fine.
I will definitely make that happen..
So I hope they just move on without doubt..
It would be enough for me to constantly doubt and be anxious about what kind of traps and enemies lurk ahead..
“No, why are you being so needlessly positive?!”
“That's what it means to be a leader.”
“Oh, okay, stop hitting me on the shoulder.!”
After roughly finishing the conversation, I closed my eyes again and fell into thought..
Lately all my interests have been one thing.
How can we all live together?.
To achieve this, we thought over and over thousands of times, made and discarded countless plans, and reviewed countless times to see if there were any variables or errors in misjudgment even after making a plan..
‘It has to be perfect.’
If plan A doesn't work, plan B.
If that doesn't work, plan C.
When I have time like now, I run the simulation from start to finish and assume the worst that can happen to me..
How much time has passed like that?.
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
A weak vibration blooms from the ground, as if indicating that the critical point is getting closer..
“It's already the eighth time.”
With this, the eighth Hierarch was summoned..
Because this was a repeated incident for several days, everyone, including Raven, showed no sign of it..
That's because they don't know.
What event occurs when the 9th Hierarch is killed?.
‘That may be why there have been no protests yet even though such rumors have circulated. Most people will think it's just a rumor..’
From the average person's perspective, there is no reason for the leadership to escape through a portal..
‘Because there is no information about it.
“By the way, I heard a scream, so I think it's around here.…….”
“Everyone, be on guard because they might come this way..”
We stood on guard just in case and waited until the Hierarch was defeated..
At that time, a noise was heard from the back passage..
“I'll be passing by for a moment, so everyone please stick to the wall.!”
A group of people moving quickly, pushing explorers out of a narrow passageway like an emergency ambulance..
As soon as I stuck to the wall, it passed by like the wind..
“It's Eramel's Star Clan..”
A large clan with a well-known name..
Seeing them moving in the direction from where the screams were heard, it looks like they are moving to kill the Hierarchy Lord..
“Now that the support team has gone, it will get dark again soon..”
130 explorers on the 7th floor are enough to capture a layer lord. If you have a strategy, it can be done with much less power..
I smiled bitterly..
‘I don't know why they keep going to catch the hierarchical monarchs when they're just going to throw it all away anyway..’
1Tier lords have no loot of this kind..
No essence is produced, and the value of the by-products that can be obtained through 'distortion' magic is not high..
The only reward for defeating it is being promoted to a level 4 clan where full benefits are provided..
So it was mostly used only in a verification role..
When you reach a certain level, it's like a rite of passage, a monster you only have to kill once to move on from..
‘Do you feel guilty or something? We did our best until the end, same?’
That thought suddenly occurred to me, but perhaps there is a more realistic reason..
It has to look like it's doing its job until the end, so those who will be left behind won't notice..
[Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa—!!]
20After about a minute more, a huge roar was heard in the distance and the red-hot crystal turned off its light..
It means that the treatment of the hierarchical monarchs has been completed..
“It's day 5 starting tomorrow, so I just have to hold on for two more days..”
I continued to check my plan by checking the time occasionally..
How much longer has it been since then?.
[22 : 07]
About two hours have already passed since the eighth Hierarch was killed..
No, say it again…….
“Shit!!”
There are still 4 hours left until hell unfolds..
“Everyone run inside! The rumor was true!”
“The royal bastards are trying to abandon us and run away!! Stop it!!”
A commotion spread from inside the cave..
***
At that time, the center where the barracks for knights belonging to large clans and the royal family were located..
“You bastards!! Get out of the way, get out of the way!!”
“Step back, explorer, if you come any closer I will cut you down..”
“One way or another, dying is the same—!”
Suddenly-!
Tuk, degurrr.
An explorer's head falls to the ground.
“Is there anyone else coming??”
I hesitated for a moment at the knight’s murderous words..
“What are you doing, push it?!!”
“I'm going out! I'm going out!!”
“Argh! eight! arm……!”
Explorers blinded by life rush in like moths.
It was a scene happening simultaneously in all passageways connected to the center..
“The real enemy is out there, but they are determined to shed meaningless blood..”
The leader of the 3rd Royal Knights, and the man who created this current situation..
Marco Elburn clicked his tongue and asked his adjutant..
“Current progress is?”
“A little more than half of the people left.”
“Half... … It's taking a lot longer than planned..”
If everyone had used the portal magic and escaped to the city at once, there wouldn't have been this uproar..
However, due to the nature of portal magic that sucks in surrounding magic, it was inevitable because magic had to be used sequentially..
“Now it's our turn. Let's leave this place to the remaining knights and go. Leader.”
Marco Elburn followed his adjutant to the center. Just then, a new dimension door opened, emitting a brilliant light..
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-!
Marco Elburn erased all his regrets and slowly walked towards the portal..
“please take me too!!”
“Ahhhhh!”
Every time I took a step, I heard a mixture of emotional screams and the sound of weapons..
Clap, clap, clap..
Marco Elburn paused in front of the portal..
I suddenly remembered a conversation we had two days ago..
[I don't abandon my colleagues.]
He was an impressive person in many ways..
Should I say that it looks like a barbarian but is also not like a barbarian??
It was a bit disappointing.
[I guess I misunderstood you. I never thought I would make such a wrong choice.]
He lost interest in the barbarian..
Making him this suggestion in the first place was purely on a whim..
But I never thought I would even get that lucky..
[Keep the story about the portal to yourself. If you value your colleagues.]
He tried to leave with only a silencing threat..
But in that moment.
[I feel guilty..]
The barbarian said something strange..
[guilty……?]
[That's probably why. He was disappointed because I declined the offer..]
At first I couldn't tell what it was..
But soon a cold voice pierced his ears..
[Didn’t you want to convince me that your choice was wrong??]
Marco Elburn could not refute.
I didn't even notice it, but I thought it might be so..
[Knight, I am different from you..]
[So don't try to use me to relieve your feelings.]
The conversation with the barbarian ended there..
We'll probably never meet face to face again and talk to each other again..
“Captain, you have to go quickly..”
Marco Elbern raised his head and stared ahead..
Unlike this dark labyrinth, a brightly shining city was visible through the portal..
The only city in the cursed world.
A place we must truly protect.
the final citadel.
“For Lapdonia.”
He thrust himself through the portal..
It was a choice I had to make..
***
Close your eyes for a moment and catch your breath..
And I remind myself.
In the end, the moment of decision has come.
so…….
‘do what you have to do.’
open your eyes.
“Everyone, follow me. move to the center.”
“yes? What are you going to do??”
What can I do?.
By the time we arrive, all kinds of talented people abandoned by various groups will be struggling in despair..
‘First of all, you have to match the weight class..’
We must gather forces.
That is the first way to live.
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