Surviving as a Barbarian in the Game - Episode 237
237Anger (2)
The energy to kill.
intention to kill someone.
Normally it's just a creepy ending, but in this world of imagination, the effect is amplified dozens of times..
Since it is not transmitted through the physical body, in severe cases, the spiritual body may be severely shocked and permanent aftereffects may occur in reality..
‘mental pollution.’
Players named this phenomenon as.
When this condition is reached, the subject may permanently develop speech impediments such as stuttering, and in severe cases, the mind may collapse and become fragmented..
so that…….
“Looks like a bug.”
I stare at the clown with even more suspicion..
The clown asked even though he was drooling..
“Uh, why?…….”
The reason is simple.
The clown is a necromancer.
It will take a year to recover the summons lost in this battle, and they cannot come out to the city and harm me until Noark's barrier is lifted..
but…….
‘orculis.’
The group that the dragon slayer who killed Dwalki belongs to..
In the end, this guy is an enemy that must be defeated someday..
If it can be done in advance, it would of course be reasonable to do so..
“……Ugh, huh!”
The release of deadly force continued for a long time, causing a sharp pain in the back of the head. Since it was a skill that used mental power as a cost, it was something that could not be helped..
I'll probably just have to sleep all day tomorrow..
Well, maybe I'll get two days of sleep..
But the more it happened, the more the pressure increased..
It's clear that this bastard considers 'Bjorn Yandel' his enemy by now and is plotting revenge..
‘It's best to screw it up here..’
This guy is more dangerous than a dragon slayer..
Unlike the guy who lost his memory, he has clear hostility towards ‘Bjorn Yandel’..
If I can't do it this time, someday I'll.
It will hurt my colleagues..
“……!”
A life that has become so rich that not only the target clown, but all members here can feel it with their own skin..
‘Shit.’
As the time passed and I lived as the word says, a sudden feeling of stiffness bloomed in my brain..
It was an experience I had had before..
All mental strength to use the killing technique has been exhausted..
“Okay, stop. please…….”
I thought I could do just a little more..
Even though I feel regretful, I try to live until the end..
How many more seconds did I last like that?.
“……Huh up!”
The clown took a deep breath, like a person coming out of the water..
And he coughed and vomited gastric juice..
“Kek, kehek, ugh.……!”
I was a clown with a shabby appearance, but I wasn't in a good state..
Feeling like I could pass out just by closing my eyes.
“why… … . why…….”
The clown must have come to his senses and with difficulty stands up and looks into my eyes..
His breathing is a little rough, but he doesn't seem to have any problems with his speech function..
Okay, so you couldn't even come close to mental contamination..
‘Huh, it happens like this too…….’
It was an expected result..
Last time, when I spewed out murderous energy at a fox, my mental strength ran out before I got to that point..
A clown who had killed countless people was likely to have a stronger mental barrier than a fox..
‘Sigh, just by looking at my life, I feel like I'm a lot stronger than before, but it still doesn't work..’
Even though I felt bitter, I observed the clown's eyes carefully..
In my trembling pupils, I felt more doubt than resentment. Fear blooms there because I don't know the reason for my actions..
“…….”
I kept staring at the trembling clown..
Okay, so what do we do now??
There were no such worries at all..
I guess there has to be some convincing reason since the first attempt that I tried so hard to make ended in failure.?
It's a useless worry.
That's because I'm not Bjorn Yandel, I'm a lion.
“Is it only this much?.”
Life mode does not end due to mental exhaustion..
I took pity on him so I finished it for him..
He hypnotized himself like that and now turns his back indifferently as if he is not interested..
and…….
“Tsk.”
He spits it out as if he's annoyed..
“If the rumors were true, I thought it would be of some use..”
As if it was a test.
***
The plan to kill the clown failed..
But I didn't have much regrets..
Even in this case, there are advantages unique to this case..
Hasn't there been a saying since ancient times that you should keep your enemies as close as possible??
‘I guess I'll just have to suck it up from now on..’
The clown is a member of the criminal group Orculis..
Since Noark is our headquarters, if we use it well, we will continue to receive useful, high-quality information..
“excuse me… … are you okay?”
The queen, who was watching the situation with bated breath, carefully approached the clown and held out her hand..
But did it hurt my pride??
fault.
The clown slapped her hand away as if to vent his anger, grabbed the chair, stood up on his own feet, and sat down..
and saw me.
He behaved indecently in front of other members, but it seemed like it was okay..
With your eyes only fixed on me.
I spit out words whose meaning I don’t know..
“……Investigator, are you by any chance ‘he’??”
huh?
‘What is ‘that’?.
It's not a character that shouldn't be called by its name..
“…….”
I just kept quiet because I had no idea..
As always, I believe that if I continue like this, I will get there at least halfway..
In fact, after waiting for a while, the clown muttered as if gathering his thoughts..
“……No, that can't be possible. you are not him.”
What did you say about deer antlers and whether you knew anything?.
“Yes, ‘he’ is unable to participate in the rally due to restrictions..”
The queen, who was watching with interest, also opened her mouth as if there was no need to hold back on speaking..
“……The standard here is higher than you think? yes. He can never be here. This chat room doesn't open until three o'clock.”
I can't do it because it's three o'clock……?
Wait a minute, this sounds like someone who knows this..
‘……Are you really talking about Lee Baek-ho??’
Such a hypothesis suddenly occurred to me, but there was no way to confirm whether it was true..
This is one of the few shortcomings of an investigator..
Even if you have questions, you can never ask first..
Especially if it is low-level information that everyone knows..
Oh, there's Gao the Lion..
‘Anyway, I'll find out about this later..’
It was time to intervene..
Everyone knows it's not the case anyway, so there's no need to stay quiet..
I laughed and blurted out..
“Yeah, I'm not 'that guy'.”
As if they are giving you a reward because they find you cute for working hard..
‘Not 'him' but 'that guy'’.
I don't know who it was, but I chose words that implicitly put me and him on the same level..
But was this strategy effective??
“what are you…….”
Even though I got hit first and ended up like that, the clown looks at me with a shocked look in his eyes..
There was not the slightest hint of resentment..
He probably didn't have any intention of being hostile..
“Are you curious about who I am??”
At my question, the clown swallowed and nodded. However, I immediately flinched, probably because I did it without realizing it..
Ah, but there was no need to correct the answer..
After getting beaten up, I guess I really started to wonder who I was.…….
I slightly shrugged my shoulders..
A gesture that everyone will know, except for the new member, the queen..
“……what does that mean?”
The clown answered the queen's question like a subordinate..
“What I'm saying is that if you bring interesting information, I can tell you about it..”
“Oh, come to think of it, that was the concept of this secret chat room.?”
“Yes, that's right. So, who is the ‘he’ everyone was talking about earlier??”
The goblin asked quietly, but the queen ignored it as if she hadn't heard..
It was then.
“Are you serious about telling me your identity?……?”
The clown asked blankly, and I didn't bother to answer..
I just stared at the clown..
Even if it's something related to my personal life, there's nothing I can't tell you if it makes me 'fun'..
As if even that situation would be fun for me..
“I've been watching for months, but I just can't figure it out..”
The deer antlers looked at me and said as if they were tired of it..
“I don't know how long you've been in this world, but even though you're broken, you're still broken. If that's the case, you won't be able to live a proper life even if you go back..”
He was a sweeter man than I thought, worrying about other people's lives here..
But that's that and this is this.
When he didn't even listen or look at me, Deer Antler closed his mouth as if he was angry..
It was then that the queen came forward..
“Anyway, this is kind of interesting. If I bring you information, will I be able to hear your identity? I was a little curious too..”
“If you just make me have fun.”
The queen smiled at my answer..
“To expect. Even so, I know quite a few interesting stories. Hehehe.”
Hmm, now that you say that, I'm kind of looking forward to it..
This woman is also unknown..
‘First of all, if you came into this situation, unlike me, I think you came because of a master's recommendation.…….’
At first, I didn't pay much attention because I was busy educating the clown, but I think I'll have to pay closer attention in the future..
“Well then, how about we start slowly?……?”
No one opens their mouth and there is natural silence. Soon, the goblin opened her mouth first, and the confusing situation was somewhat resolved..
“Well, the door was already closed a long time ago, so it can't continue like this forever. In the end, Crescent Moon didn't attend until the end..”
“The fact that you didn't come at this time means that you couldn't avoid disaster..”
As expected, everyone seems to think that Crescent Moon did not survive this incident..
Hmm, he was the most active out of all of them..
“So who will go first this time??”
Normally, the fox would have taken the role of moderator and led the meeting, but due to the strange situation, the goblin took the lead..
“I'll do it later. Since it's my first time, I think I'll need some time to get used to it..”
“Please do so. Then who will do it??”
“If no one is there, I will do it first..”
The first turn at the rally was deer antlers..
“Since we mentioned 'him' earlier, let's leave it at this. He was released into the world five days ago..”
“yes? Is it him?……?”
The clown was surprised, as if he had never heard of this story..
“excuse me… … . To be fair, shouldn't you first tell us who 'he' is?…….”
The goblin was wondering what this was, and the fox's eyes didn't change..
No, did you even listen properly in the first place??
Huh.
Anyway, the jewels on the round table gave off a green light..
This means that the above information is true and that more than half of the people in this room did not know about this information..
“But I don't understand. Is it okay to release such valuable information like this??”
He answered the clown's question as if the deer antlers were not a big deal..
“Most people who would know will know in a week anyway. I have to write it like this.”
“Then can I try next??”
The queen slightly raised her hand..
Originally, the national rule was to go clockwise from the beginning, but everyone said so and allowed it..
That's what I'm curious about.
What kind of information will this woman spit out?.
“Hehe, it's my first time in a place like this, so I'm a little nervous..”
Despite that, he didn't sound nervous at all..
The Queen made eye contact with each person as if enjoying the attention and slowly opened her mouth..
“He's in the magic tower now..”
His current location information.
‘Phew, this again?’
Since I wasn't sure who 'he' was in the first place, I wasn't particularly impressed when I heard it..
But were these two different??
The moment the Queen spit out the information, Jester and Antler's eyes turned to the center of the round table..
A place where there are gems that determine authenticity.
“It's true…….”
“The place you went to as soon as you came out into the world was Magic Tower. Didn’t you suddenly become interested?.”
If I get a chance later, I think I'll have to find out who 'he' is. If these guys are like this, they really seem like great people..
‘……If it's really Baekho Lee, then what on earth is he doing??’
While I was thinking about something else, I felt eyes on me from somewhere..
This was where the queen sat..
I don't know when it started, but she was staring at me..
“Investigator, aren’t you surprised to hear this? As if I knew.”
Uh, is that how it goes??
I just didn't know who he was, so it didn't really matter where he was..
“I guess there are people in the magic tower too.?”
“Well, maybe so..”
The queen looked at me secretly, and I just passed it off as if it was a cute trick..
“next… I will do it.”
After that, his turn was a fox..
The fox, who had nothing to say even after the rally began, was judged to have failed three times in a row..
The first two were up-to-date information, but everyone knew it, and the third was something that everyone judged to be less useful information..
“It's a bit surprising that the Elkapad Clan's master was a player. But this seems so useless, doesn’t it? I remember him dying as soon as he crossed the portal this time..”
“……Value is relative. For example, neither I nor Mr. Goblin even know who ‘he’ is. It was a useless story..”
The fox's logic made some sense, but this was in front of a round table ruled by majority rule..
“But didn’t you realize that there are people like that in the world? Fishit.”
“……Everyone has the same opinion?”
Everyone was silent to her question, and that silence was the best answer of all..
In the end, the fox had to make a fourth try..
“The Master of Clan Tavern has Number Nine..”
Information on single number items.
“Clan master of Tavern…….”
“It's like putting a pearl necklace around a pig's neck. Fishit.”
Soon the jewel of the round table gave off a green light, and of course, this time, no one disagreed..
Because single numbers have that much value..
To be honest, I feel like I've finally unlocked the information I've been saving..
“I'll do it this time.”
Next up was the goblin..
As a former Holy Knight, he once again revealed information related to religion..
“In the end, all denominations decided to withdraw their support for the royal family. In a few days, we'll probably be back together like before..”
Since it was information that could not have been known to anyone other than a key figure in the religious field, of course, the decision was made to pass immediately..
“Fishit, then it's my turn..”
As soon as it was his turn, the clown made a shocked declaration as if he had been waiting..
“I live in Noark.”
What the hell is this guy??
Did you have a problem with your head after being beaten so hard??
***
Information that reveals your identity.
Everyone, including me, was shocked by that incomprehensible behavior..
“……!”
Oh, to be exact, it was everyone except the queen..
“Noark, the clown was also a very funny person.!”
The queen talks to the clown in an innocent voice.
However, the clown's gaze was fixed on me and showed no sign of leaving..
I don't know why, but it reminded me of a demon hunter..
At that time, that guy threw the bait and looked at my expression like that..
‘No way, I'm trying to figure out how much information I have.?’
Suddenly a thought occurred to me.
So I looked at the clown's eyes closely..
It seemed like there was a sense of relief somewhere..
“Since you were so surprised, I guess you didn't know who I was? Fishit.”
What are you saying, crazy guy?.
“Mr. Crescent Moon said that Mr. Suja seems to know our identities. I don’t think that’s true either..”
It's a kind of interrogation.
I know the investigator is a great guy, but to what extent is he really?.
Is it just personal powerlessness?.
Or is he an absolute person with enormous power and information?.
“What do you think, did you find this fun??”
Since you can get additional fun stacks, it can be seen as an efficient move..
but…….
“surely.”
I smiled and answered.
“It was a fun move.”
At that moment, the green light on the jewel turned off, indicating that its turn had passed..
So now it's my turn I've been waiting for.
The information to be spit out was already decided..
“Clowns are corpse collectors..”
Where are you fooling around?.
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