Surviving as a Barbarian in the Game - Episode 24
24Angry Marauder (1)
9The grade magic stone is one stone..
In other words, each one is worth about 20 stones..
So what about grade 8 magic stones??
Unfortunately, one Desfiend is worth only five goblins..
“What? You only lift a hundred stones??!”
“…Including what the summoned ghoul drops, it is 300 stones..”
Of course, even taking that into account, there is no denying that the amount is low..
'Cause we just had to risk our lives.
“Bjorn… How much was the bread I ate at the inn??”
“…I remember it was about 300 stone..”
“then… Still, it means I get to taste the sweetness every time I catch a Deathfiend.!”
It seems that the cream pie I ate earlier has become Einar's new unit..
Of course, if you divide it in an 8:2 ratio, it will be 0.2 times of sweetness per animal.…….
It's better not to say this.
“Bjorn! This is not the time to be like this. hunt! Let's go hunting!”
Sometimes you may be disappointed with the amount being less than you expected..
I smiled as I saw Einar showing his enthusiasm again..
In this respect, traveling with a barbarian wasn't a bad idea..
Erwen, my former colleague, was all good, but she had the disadvantage of being passive in everything..
Motivation is much easier.
“Okay, let's go!”
After that, we continued to hunt Deathfiend around the area..
If a single hunt took more than 20 minutes, earning 300 stones could have been considered a loss.…….
Originally, the first try should be an exception..
“Kuoooooo!”
“Behel—laaaa!”
The tribe that met Deathfiend, we rushed together, crying out to the ancestral spirits..
Then they grabbed each other's legs, lifted them up, and threw them on the floor..
It's called Double Barbarian Tackle..
Cooung!
The fallen Deathfiend was easy prey..
As we chatted happily at the bedside, out of arm's reach, he quickly turned into light and disappeared..
It takes about 3 minutes to get there..
It was difficult to shorten it further because the moment it fell to the floor, this guy also felt a sense of crisis and summoned a ghoul..
“Oooooh!”
As the hunt continued, the speed at which the magic stone bag was filled also increased, but we were not satisfied and pushed further..
3This is because hunting Deathfiend becomes impossible after the first day..
If I hadn't used the bug to reach the second floor faster than anyone else, I wouldn't have even dared to fight this guy..
These guys aren't the type of individuals that travel alone..
Even if we can do it with just two, if there are three or four in a group, it will be difficult for just the two of us..
[14 : 27]
After checking the time, I took a short break..
There is a saying that you should row when the water comes in, but accidents always happen when you are impatient..
“Bjorn, I'm thirsty..”
“Drink sparingly. Because the corpse flower will bloom tomorrow.”
“corpse flower?”
It is the only means of rehydration in the Land of the Dead. In time, flowers bloom on the vines that cover the remains of the stone building, and when you cut them open, you can see that they contain water..
When I told him this, Einar looked at me with a straight face..
“Bjorn, isn't that a bit unhygienic??”
Surely that is so..
I heard that I can drink it, but I feel bad about it too..
However, this is not something that would be said by 10 people who took turns sleeping in a 5-person room without washing up..
“So is there another way??”
“does not exist! I'll drink it!”
20After resting for about a minute and replenishing our stamina, we continued hunting again..
And I hunted a total of 70 Deathfiends until I almost collapsed from exhaustion..
He earned over 20,000 stone per day..
‘This is better than just catching level 9 monsters.?’
However, the essence I had hoped for did not come out..
***
Even saying the drop rate of the essence is extreme is not enough..
Therefore, in the early stages, it is not only the basics of this game to devise training methods according to the essence drops.…….
A player's skill is determined by how well he or she does it..
In that sense, I was secretly looking forward to it..
Deathfiend's Essence is ranked among the highest among those that can be obtained in the early stages..
‘The problem is that there is no sign of it coming out..’
The active skill 'Call of the Dead', which summons ghouls, is frankly ambiguous, but the passive 'Body Preservation' is good enough to make up for it..
Of course, eating essence doesn't mean you can achieve ridiculous regeneration like that guy.…….
It has good synergy with me, whose regeneration coefficient has increased due to the immortal imprint..
[02 : 57]
I checked the time while listening to Einar's snoring..
Before I knew it, a day had passed and day 2 had begun..
From now on, I will have to battle two Deathfiends at once, but there is still a part of me that feels a little relieved..
At least you won't look strange when you encounter other explorers..
I'll say it again, I'm most afraid of explorers.
“Einar, wake up!.”
“…I ate, I didn’t eat!”
“It's shift time.”
three hours per person.
After resting for a total of six hours, we hunted Deathfiend as usual on the second day..
“Kuoooo!”
As many as two.
There were only 20 ghouls summoned with active skills, but it was still worth a try..
1This is thanks to the fact that I learned the ropes after dealing with them countless times on the job..
Cooung-!
Open your eyes and run at once, as if cutting off the nose, and hit one of them on the floor first..
Let's work together to take down the remaining one as well..
If you make a mistake even once during this process, you could be in quite a bit of trouble.…….
At times like that, I run away without even looking back..
“Einar, let’s jump out.!”
“Oh!”
Deathfiend has a slow movement speed and has a habit of not following when it goes far from its territory, so there has been no danger yet..
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo-!
One battle takes approximately 10 minutes..
Even though three out of ten attempts failed, we still caught two fish at a time and the profit was similar to that of day 1..
1It took quite some time to find the group on the first day..
However, as the afternoon passed, groups of three appeared occasionally, and as time passed, the frequency of encounters increased..
“I guess I'll have to leave here soon.”
“A wise warrior should know when to take action..”
2When the work day is over.
I left Desfiend's realm with regret behind me. Then we returned to the soggy mud field and found a suitable campsite..
It was that time.
“……!”
Encountered another group of explorers for the first time.
They were made up of three humans, and like us, they were wandering around in the dark, relying on a single torch.…….
10It was only after m approached that we were able to identify each other..
“What are you looking at? If you have nothing to do, get out of here..”
“Wow, sorry..”
As Einar spoke coldly, the other group passed us first and disappeared into the darkness again..
It was a little surprising.
plod, trudge.
They are only about twenty steps away, and their footsteps can still be heard faintly..
But the light from the torch they were holding is no longer visible..
I heard that most of the stairs in the labyrinth have the property of absorbing light. I guess this is what they meant..
It seems that the brightness of a torch is such that it cannot be seen with the naked eye even from 10 meters away.……
I was thinking about this phenomenon for a while..
“Bjorn, we need to move..”
Einar opened his mouth in a stubborn voice..
“Don't they know our location? Although the walls are convenient, it would still be safer to find a new campsite..”
sure, that's it.
I tried to do that too.
However, I can't get used to it..
What the heck, as soon as he saw the other explorers, he growled at them to get off.…….
Suddenly the character changed.
“Bjorn, humans can't be trusted..”
“…To agree.”
Now I see that besides their race being barbarian, they have one more thing in common..
It is none other than human distrust..
Looks like something happened to him when he first entered..
I'll have to ask later or something..
“Then move on.”
Soon we packed our bags and moved again..
However, it was difficult to find a campsite as well located as before. Should I compromise with just one wall to block my back??
That was when I was thinking like that..
“Shut up…….”
A groan is heard from the front, not far away..
“Wow! Hmm!”
Not the banshee's.
First of all, not only is it not a female voice,…….
“…sleep, wait a minute!”
speaking clearly.
“Live, live—”
Shit.
I'll just sit down and sleep anywhere..
“…….”
After the interrupted screams, silence comes..
Einar whispered..
“I wasn't hit by a monster..”
I know because I have ears too..
There would be very few instances where a person would beg for their life from a monster..
The situation is clear. man killed man.
Damn, what kind of bullshit situation is this??
I'm not some kind of little detective.
Not wanting to get involved, I grabbed Einar's wrist and slowly backed away..
But did I sense something??
“who is there?”
A cold, subdued voice was heard..
It's rough, but it's a woman's thing..
We held our breath and didn't move, not even knowing who would go first..
But at that moment.
Piyuuuuu! puff pop!
Something that looks like a flare is shot into the sky and softly illuminates a radius of about 50m..
Thanks to this, I was also able to make eye contact with the owner of the voice..
The distance was less than 15 meters..
…If Erwen had been there, he would have been able to notice the presence from far away and avoid it..
“Hmm, are you a beginner??”
An unidentified woman looked at us and made a brief decision..
It was common for both of us.
A dagger dripping with blood.
Four corpses scattered around.
“…Marauders.”
the woman asked calmly.
“Is this your first time seeing you??”
“It's ambiguous.”
This is the first time the baby who looks professional like you.
“Right.”
Since she was witnessing a murder scene, she might have been embarrassed, but the expression on her face was extremely calm as she nodded her head meaningfully..
Somehow, I felt like I knew why..
***
harrier.
Those who professionally hunt fellow explorers, not monsters, are called that..
They generate high income by looting explorer equipment, not magic stones..
Of course, if you get caught, you will be executed the moment you return to the city.…….
In most cases, that doesn't happen..
It was self-defense, but just as I killed six explorers and was never investigated..
There is no way to know from the outside what happened in the labyrinth..
If no one else knows.
“…You weren't wearing a mask..”
This is the most damning thing about the current situation..
This psychopathic bitch was showing off her face while acting like a bully..
170A little taller than this and with a thin build..
Red hair that goes down to the shoulders, tattoos under the eyes, and even the back of the right ear that is half cut off..
At this level, it is not difficult to estimate a specific person..
If it were modern times, it would have been possible to arrest the other side and see if there was any evidence.…….
This place where I live is a world where magic is real.
There is definitely a way to determine truth and lies even without physical evidence..
“…Was it a colleague??”
“well.”
Woman shrugs looking at the corpse.
“Maybe this is what they thought”
As expected, that’s why he had a bare face..
Even though I asked questions that had predictable answers, I quickly organized information that could be seen..
A total of four bodies.
The level of equipment worn and the presence of a wizard indicate that the explorer is active on at least the 5th floor..
Also, there are no injuries on the three corpses..
However, it appears that traces of blood and gastric juice remained at the corners of the mouth.…….
‘Did they poison you? The last man I dealt with personally was resistant and held out for a little while.?’
I hope this guess is correct.
If you are a strong person who can kill four mid-level explorers by yourself without a single wound, the situation will be even more bleak..
rattle, rattle.
Soon the woman squats down and skillfully removes the corpses' equipment..
And put them in the bag one by one..
Whether it's a magic tool or something, even bulky items fit in without a problem..
Fear arose before envy..
Just having something like that really made me feel the gap between him and us..
“barbarian.”
the woman called us.
i didn't answer.
Einar quietly asked me.
“Are you going to fight??”
He's really great too.
If it had been Erwen, I would have been scared a long time ago..
Is it a warrior's pride or something that makes him even think about fighting, no matter how big the gap is??
I answered briefly.
“I'm thinking.”
To be honest, I want to avoid the option of fighting..
The difference is clear just by looking at the equipment..
But if you have the same skills as the equipment, well... … . Even considering that it is a 2:1 situation, our odds of winning will be much lower..
Whoa whoa—!
The lights in the sky seem to have run out, and darkness comes again..
I made an immediate decision..
“Run. at full speed.”
Pride won't save your life.
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