Surviving as a Barbarian in the Game - Episode 301
301angry evil spirit (5)
“Bjorn! Even though I only watched from behind, it was still a fun expedition! See you later when you get a chance!”
“……okay.”
After a brief farewell, the Carlton group walked out of the rift. So now it's time for us to focus on what we need to do.
“Now, let's go. I don't know what else there is!”
“……Are you planning on just wandering around and looking for it??”
No, I was planning to just wander around and find whatever I wanted..
“Follow me. There are a few things I know.”
Oh, well then.
I followed Amelia, an experienced person, out of the boss room and moved in reverse order..
And I found two hidden elements.
‘Fragment of the Earth’, which increases Earth Resistance and Physical Resistance by 1’.
3'Soul Book', which gives additional experience’.
For your information, Amelia said she ate everything when she came before, so I ate everything, and that was the end of my exploration of the hidden pieces in the White Temple..
Well, this is all the elixirs had..
The rest can only be taken out and sold if you use 'distortion' magic..
‘Well then, I've taken everything I needed to take care of.…….’
“Amelia, instead of leaving right away, why don't you wait a little longer??”
“why?”
“To be honest, I am tired after sleeping for 3 hours every day. Why not just take a nap here??”
“…….”
Amelia looked at me with somewhat disapproving eyes at my suggestion..
It was obvious what he was thinking..
A lot of time has passed and the labyrinth closes tomorrow, so I guess you really have to rest now?.
‘Tsk, I already achieved my goal a long time ago, but why am I so greedy?.’
But whining isn't my style, so I gave a reasonable reason to take a break..
“My head is complicated so I need some time..”
“ah…….”
Amelia then looked like she realized something, and then accepted my request without hesitation..
“good night. Then I'll take a break and then leave, so tell me whenever you're ready..”
No matter what, I have a warm heart in this way..
“Thank you, Amelia.”
“……Just take a break.”
Soon, Amelia took out her sleeping bag and lay down on the floor, and I took a seat about 3 meters away from her..
And the settlement began in earnest..
‘Let's see…….’
Experience gained from the first kill in the White Temple 156.
And if you add 1 higher variant kill bonus, 3 Guardian kill bonuses, and 3 Soul Mutants, the total is 163.
Of course, even if you add this, there is still a long way to go until level 7..
but…….
‘If I do well, I will reach level 7 in the mid to late 6th floor..’
It cannot be denied that the character is getting closer and closer to completion..
I also ate the Demon Crusher this time..
‘How can I get this?…….’
That was when I was thinking like that..
“Yandel, I want to ask you something..”
“ah! You mean that number item? Me too, I don't know what it is, but I like the weight and I'm thinking of using it.—”
“That's not it, it's a different question.”
Uh, that's not it.?
I was worried about what would happen if they asked me to do N bread..
“you… You don’t want to change it??”
“What are you talking about??”
“Yandel Jarku, your biological father..”
Oh, that…….
Ugh, I was intentionally not thinking about it as much as I could..
“Maybe it can be saved.”
“Other than that he died when he was young, I don't know for what reason or at what exact time, so how can I save him??”
“If you want, I can go up to the city and help you after I finish my work here.—”
“done.”
I interrupted Amelia and said firmly:.
“that's not what i want.”
“……why?”
Amelia asked as if she was genuinely curious..
Well, I probably looked strange from his perspective..
'Cause I don't know that I'm an evil spirit.
and…….
“If it was going to change to something like that, it would have changed to the fact that we met here..”
the future doesn't change.
Of course, Amelia also seems to feel that fact to some extent..
However, the weight of this will be different from me, who received confirmation from Auril Gavis and confirmed the causal relationship between Raven and Dwarki..
“It doesn't change? what does that mean?”
Amelia got up and asked.
I thought for a moment and said honestly.
About the attempts to change the future of Dwalkie and Raven, but all failures.
“No way…….”
Amelia, who heard what I said, pursed her lips and tried to deny it, and I just asked quietly..
“Amelia, you also had a vague idea, didn’t you??”
“Did you know?……?”
“Or what it was. The reason you were surprised when you saw the name 'Nivelz Enche', or the way you looked when I came wearing this helmet,.”
“that…….”
“Didn't you know that? No matter what we do, the past doesn't change. No, rather, things went that way because we were there..”
“…….”
Amelia didn't answer anything..
I just clench my fists and hold back something..
It was after a moment of silence that the mouth opened again..
“……So you're saying you're giving up? I might be able to save my family, but I don't even try..”
The tone of speech was similar to usual, but there was a hint of aggression in the voice..
Is that why??
I also spoke a little crookedly..
“This is my father, whom I have never even seen..”
“In other words, there isn't enough affection for that??”
“……okay.”
“Right.”
Amelia clicked her tongue while speaking as if she understood..
It seemed like he was disappointed in me..
Ha, maybe I should have just not mentioned this topic.?
I thought we'd become closer lately, but I ruined everything..
“…….”
“…….”
After that we rested together without saying a word..
And about five hours passed??
After taking a deep breath, I woke up and said, let's just go outside. I decided that it would be easier to go out and do something rather than rolling around on a thorn cushion like this..
but…….
“Wait, can I stop by there??”
“as you please.”
After returning to the boss room to take the portal, I approached the cabin behind it..
It was just curiosity.
In the game, it was just a terrain feature so I couldn't enter it.…….
‘Oh, the door opens too.’
I entered the cabin with a squeak and took a quick look inside..
And it felt very familiar.
One bookshelf, dining table, carpet, stove.
There was nothing special about the interior..
An ordinary cabin that anyone can imagine..
However, the square footage, structure, and arrangement of furniture.
‘It's exactly the same as there……?’
Without even looking around in detail, a place came to mind..
3The only safe zone in the Witch's Forest.
witch's hut.
In the past, while resting with Misha and offering human firewood, the same place where the Lord of Chaos was summoned..
“It's your heart to search, but when we searched there before, there was nothing like Gabriel's arrangement..”
When Amelia told me to come out quickly, I just briefly checked the books on the bookshelf and came out..
Oh, all the books were blank..
The titles were written in ancient language so I couldn't read them..
Hmm, maybe I can find something if I bring Raven back later.?
“Let's go when you're ready.”
“Oh, just in case, I'll go out first..”
“…….”
Soon the two of us stood in front of the portal..
Now, if you ride this, you'll be taken back to where you were when you first entered the rift..
plod.
As a tank, I stepped into the portal first..
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
The light of the portal enveloped my body, and my eyes flashed..
And slowly my vision returned.
But what on earth is this?.
“Whoa! Has it finally come out?!”
A group of explorers stood in front of it..
As if waiting for us.
“Yes, the number item has arrived.—”
My group of explorers and I simultaneously looked at each other and flinched..
“Uh, what is it? iron mask?”
The explorer team of 'Beck', a member of the Seongju faction.
“Ha, this is really interesting, isn’t it? I didn't know it was you who met these three guys inside..”
“three guys……?”
I unconsciously moved my head to follow Beck's gaze and froze..
Bleep..
For some reason, I kept hearing tinnitus in my ears..
***
What is this?
I felt dizzy for a moment, but my brain continued to recognize and analyze incoming visual information in real time..
Carlton Dreck.
Aimbern Bertha Garcia.
And, Jharku’s third son, Yandel..
The bodies of the three who came out through the portal a few hours ago are lying on the floor..
No, it's not just these three..
There are two more bodies..
I could guess who it was..
[We're in big trouble! Remud and Hans couldn't come in.!!]
It's probably those two who were waiting outside..
So, how on earth did this happen?.
“……Bjorn.”
Amelia followed me outside, realized the situation, and grabbed my wrist with her hand..
Are you telling me to tolerate unexpected behavior??
Well, I guess so.…….
Bleep.-
Oh, it's noisy.
I closed my eyes for a long time, trying to find reason somehow..
Everything in front of me was the same.
“Seeing that this is the second time we met during this expedition, it seems like we were meant to be.!”
Beck smiled kindly and got up from the cadaveric body he was sitting on like a chair..
Amelia asked Beck.
“……why were you here?”
“Well, as soon as the rift opens, I'm walking around and I see these two guys here..”
Beck said, tapping the bodies presumed to be Remud and Hans with his foot..
“When I caught them and asked about them, I heard that only three of their colleagues went inside? So I waited a long time and these three came out..”
Beck shrugged and omitted what happened next, and Amelia didn't ask any further questions..
Because it was obvious.
By killing these three, I guess I got the information I needed..
At the end, the guardian dropped a ‘number item’ or something like that..
Bleep.-
Amelia and Beck talk about something.
The surroundings were so noisy that I couldn't hear well..
So I just thought blankly..
[Oh, is it a little difficult for humans? Just call me Yandel Jarku.!]
I knew I was going to die.
But I didn't know it was because of me.
‘If I hadn't been there.’
Yandel Jarkou would have entered the rift along with all of his teammates..
Therefore, the comrade left behind would not have been found by these guys while waiting in front..
As a result,
he is…….
No, they wouldn't have died..
I would have continued my journey.
And hopefully…….
[Hehe, he will definitely become a great warrior. A child whose blood is mixed with mine and hers.—]
Yandel Jarkku could have seen his child grow up. No, maybe she entered the labyrinth together as an adult..
‘If it weren't for me.’
There would have been no evil spirit inhabiting Bjorn Jandel's body..
Bleep..
Tinnitus gets worse.
It was a kind of protection mechanism.
To be able to ignore the voice resounding inside me, even just a little bit..
A cry for cowards.
Wow.
I'm clearly putting all my strength into my hands, but blood is rushing to my head..
Bleep.-
‘If it weren't for me.’
Dwalki is not dead.
Even if I became an explorer in the future, I wouldn't have gone to that dangerous place on the 4th floor..
Bleep.-.
‘If I hadn't come.’
Dwalki's love may have come true too.
One day, we may have met by chance as colleagues and developed a relationship where we can heal each other..
‘I…….’
perhaps.
If the.
Yeah, if there wasn't.
Bleep.-.
My ears, no, my head feels tingly..
“But, why is that friend of Iron Mask so silent??”
“Bjorn.”
Like homework that has been put off forever.
They say emotions are just emotions.
“Bjorn, come to your senses..”
Numerous emotions that I had abandoned in a corner of my heart and had ignored come flooding back to me at the same time..
I had to do something.
I know it's hypocrisy to say it's for someone else, so for me.
I opened my mouth that had been tightly closed..
“Amelia.”
Emily's real name, not a pseudonym.
Was that enough to understand the situation?.
“This is Seongju’s faction. Be patient.”
The force applied by Amelia holding my wrist becomes stronger..
Of course, it didn't make sense.
plod.
You are a civilian.
“Bjorn…….”
Beck laughed as he shook Amelia off and went forward..
“Hehe, it looks like Iron Mask is angry. Where did I even ask for it? I just meant, let's take a look and see what we got. Haven’t we waited a long time too??”
I couldn't really hear the conversation they were having, but I understood it in context..
Yeah, I'm curious about this.?
Clap.
I took out the hammer I had put in subspace..
No.87 Crowl's Demon Crusher.
“hammer? Among the number items, there is also this one…….”
Beck mumbled something and trailed off..
And his expression changed..
“Now, wait a minute. Can I take a closer look? I was wondering if it was something I knew..”
“Yes.”
I took a step forward, and Beck took a cautious step as well..
And when the distance is just right.
“Wow, that's really the thing! Did that really come from inside??”
“okay.”
I'm glad your curiosity has been resolved..
Powok-!
Then die now.
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