Surviving as a Barbarian in the Game - Episode 338
338angry snowball (2)
2year 6 months.
Since I stayed there for about half a year, it is safe to say that time passed roughly 5:1..
The problem is that this time ratio does not seem to be fixed..
“Amelia, did you arrive before me??”
Even though I was convinced in my heart, I dared to ask, and the answer came back immediately..
“Yes, it was a long wait. I also left behind the magic tool you are holding now. When it returns, it emits light immediately to signal me. what… I didn't know it would take more than two years for the signal to arrive, but.”
For some reason, when I woke up, I heard a ‘beep’ sound..
That was the sound the magic tool made when it was turned on..
“Anyway, I'll explain everything you're curious about later, so hurry up now..”
Amelia seemed to want to do everything in her power to end the small talk and get out of this situation, but I couldn't just follow that opinion..
Well, I still couldn't understand it at all..
“Wait a minute, if the pursuer is Erwen, why do you have to run away??”
“You don't know, but she would definitely try to kill me. If I fight in this city where the oath is activated, I will inevitably lose..”
No, I know I'll lose.
“Why on earth did he kill you??”
“'Cause I think I had something to do with your death.”
“ah…….”
Those words pictured the situation in my mind to some extent..
However, despite this, Amelia’s actions still did not make sense..
“But I just have to meet you and persuade you.—”
“Persuasion won't be easy.”
“…what?”
When I asked back as if I didn't understand, Amelia stopped walking. She looked at me and said in a serious voice.
“Yandel, she is not the fairy you knew back then..”
An expression that reminds me of some kind of monster.
Amelia was convinced that even if it were me, she would not be able to control Erwen..
“No, because of what happened in the meantime.…….”
“A lot happened. There is no time for a long explanation.”
Amelia decisively cut off my muttering and continued..
“I doubt she's still willing to do that, but there's only one thing that matters..”
“Well, what is that?……?”
“That woman can't protect you.”
It's been a long time since I felt like this.
Am I supposed to say that even though we talk, I can't put my mind in order??
“…protect? me? From whom??”
I asked back blankly, and Amelia answered briefly again this time..
“from all of this world.”
What are you talking about??
That question came to mind and I was about to ask something new..
“Bjorn Jandel.”
Amelia said, calling my name..
“It happened two years ago now.”
Like a doctor who gives a patient a terminal diagnosis.
In a firm yet bitter voice.
“The royal family declared that you were an evil spirit..”
…what?
***
lazy afternoon.
Office with warm sunlight streaming through the bars.
However, it was far from peaceful inside..
“…That is all.”
Alex Halo, Deputy Chief of the 3rd Magic Corps.
He announced that the regular report was over and looked at his superior's expression with his chin stiffly raised..
She was reading the document with a frown.
“Hmm…….”
Soon after reading all the documents, she raised her head and stared at him..
Those unique tired eyes that I've always seen.
Seeing this, he quietly breathed a sigh of relief..
I know this from past experience. At least this time I'll get through it safely..
“Well written. The report content is also good. I was especially interested in the part about Noark's dynamics. It's a guess, but should I say I still have imagination? Much better than the crap I've brought so far.”
Is this a criticism or a compliment?.
I don't know, but what he was going to say was decided..
“thank you—”
“I thought you would say this?”
Oh my, shit.
gulp.
He swallowed his saliva without realizing it as his voice suddenly changed..
The superior's eyes were no longer filled with fatigue..
No, the fatigue is still there... At least my eyes didn't look sleepy.
A predator's eyes on a herbivore just before being eaten.
If you stay here, you'll get really screwed..
“Please tell me what to fix and I will correct it..”
“First of all, the format is the problem. Especially this part, I should have told you this last time, but I made a mistake again. Don’t you know that once my approval is given, it will also be conveyed to Director Pevrosk??”
“…I will correct it.”
“No, the problem lies with the content in the first place. The Noark guys might be living inside the labyrinth? How about becoming a writer instead? Well, I don't think it will sell.”
“I will correct it.”
“What, is it a parrot? How are you going to correct it? I have to say that.”
Huh, it's finally over.
“…I will write again.”
“Okay, then.”
Soon the boss' gaze shifted to other documents, and Alex turned his back, somehow holding on to his lost soul..
And before I knew it, I closed the door very carefully so as not to disturb my boss, who was already concentrating on his new work..
It's good-
I could see my superior through the increasingly narrow gap in the door. Even with a tired face, there was something about the sight of him concentrating hard on one thing that caught people's attention..
Is that why??
I could understand why the soldiers in the corps feared her, but did not hate her..
‘If you were just a little kinder, you would be much more popular.…….’
gold mage.
The vice-captain of the 3rd Magic Corps, more famous within the corps by the nickname 'Little Ghost'..
‘The bottom line is that he definitely looks great.—’
“what are you doing? I'm not going out?”
“Sir, excuse me. nia lafdonia!”
Immediately, the embarrassed man bowed and hurriedly slammed the door he had been carefully pulling..
and…….
“Haha, when will that become useful?.”
The golden wizard, Arua Raven, looked at the closed door for a moment and sighed..
Of course, it didn't take long for the attention to shift..
She moved the pen that had stopped again and tackled the tasks piled up on her desk one by one..
And how long has it been?
“That's all for today.”
Raven stretched her stiff body and looked at the window..
Before I knew it, the world outside the window was dark as the sun set..
‘I finished all the important things today, so I can finish the rest early tomorrow morning.…….’
Raven, who had been unbuttoning her uniform one by one, smiled bitterly and buttoned them again..
I was going to wear these clothes to work again tomorrow anyway, so I thought, is there any point in changing them?.
After putting on only her officer's coat and finishing organizing her desk, she checked the calendar one last time..
December 2nd, 156 years after the founding of Korea
I still felt strange when I looked at the calendar..
I think it's time for things to get better..
Sometimes my body still stiffens and my heart sinks like this..
Because I know the loss, I realize it even more painfully..
That the short expedition I went through with him and his colleagues was so enjoyable and brilliant. But in those days... Now I can never come back.
‘It's already been more than two years…….’
2 years and 6 months.
A few days would not be enough to detail how much happened during that period..
But to put it briefly,.
It's been a long time indeed.
The relationship I was trying to connect somehow is torn apart..
Enough so that a level 6 wizard from the Artemion school joined the royal army and grew into the vice-captain of a corps..
rattly.
Raven walked to the window and opened the door wide..
The chilly winter wind quietly flowed in..
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo-
One by one, she recalled the last images of her colleagues in her memory..
Barbarian female warrior Einar Pnellin.
Abman was usually unreliable, but trustworthy when it mattered..
And even Misha.
‘It's been more than half a year since I haven't seen you all.…….’
The most recent colleague I met was Abman..
That was half a year ago, and the conversation we had wasn't as friendly as before. We met by chance on the 6th floor, talked about what we were up to, and then parted ways awkwardly..
Well, it's Erwen, I saw it two months ago too.…….
Now you can even call me a former colleague..
We only made eye contact for a moment and didn't even say hello..
‘Still, it seems like Mr. Avman and Mr. Einar are doing well.…….’
Thinking of her former colleague, she quietly closed her eyes..
It was because I suddenly remembered the finger that hurt the most..
“Mr. Misha…….”
Where are you and what are you doing right now?.
Raven held out her fingertip to the open window. And as he caught the snowflakes that had begun to flutter in his palm, he remembered his last conversation with Misha..
[There's something I need to say to you…….]
That day was about 2 years and 4 months ago.
It was the end of that summer.
***
Intuition.
What explorers jokingly call the sixth sense.
Surprisingly, this sense is very useful in life..
Even though there is no clear information or basis, it is a very common story in this industry that you just felt bad and bent down and a toenail passed over you..
Exciting-!
However, this is not an innate sense..
The more experience you have and the higher your intelligence, the more likely your intuition will be correct. Intuition is the result of combining information accumulated like grains of sand in the unconscious..
It's just difficult to explain why we reached that result..
The basis for this clearly exists in the unconscious..
“What I need to say……?”
Raven asked back, trying to ignore the ominous feeling..
Nothing has been confirmed yet, right?.
It's common for intuition to simply turn into an error in judgment..
No, if you really want to be honest, it's much rarer to get it right..
but…….
“huh… I have something to say... no, there is…….”
“Hey, the way you talk…….”
“Ah, this… … ? I'm going to try changing it. It can't be like that forever, so…….”
“ah… is it so? Well thought out. Joe, is that good? I will support you too.”
From a two-dimensional perspective, Missha's change was positive..
Raven also knows a bit about Misha’s situation..
Have you ever injured your tongue in the past? Even though the wounds healed over time, I heard that it was due to mental issues..
Yeah, I'm sure that's the case…….
Exciting-!
Why does my heart beat harder?.
For no reason it becomes more ominous.
“…So what do you have to say??”
“That's actually…….”
Misha trailed off and avoided eye contact, but then he opened his mouth with difficulty, as if he had made up his mind..
“Tried to leave the team.”
Declaration of withdrawal.
However, Raven did not ask why..
It wasn't that surprising to begin with..
“okay…….”
To be honest, I thought it would end up like this..
No matter who we bring in, we won't be able to fill the void left by the barbarian. Exploration of the labyrinth would be suspended indefinitely, and it was a natural progression for the team to eventually disband..
but…….
“all right. If you decided that it was better, it wouldn't be a problem for me to say one way or another..”
It's probably a good thing that the team is disbanded.
What's important is our relationship.
Just because we don't enter the labyrinth together doesn't mean our relationship ends here..
“So what are you going to do from now on??”
“First, I will return to my family..”
“Oh, even if you just want to take a break without a plan, I agree.—”
“And you will enter the labyrinth. no… I'm going in.”
“………yes?”
Raven didn't understand at all..
Even though you said you were leaving the team, you went into the labyrinth.?
The back of my head feels tingly..
“A labyrinth? With whom? Have they already found a new team??”
Raven felt an inexplicable sense of betrayal and urgently asked questions..
However, Misha did not respond..
I just changed the topic in a somewhat bitter voice..
“Rather, this is not the end of what I have to say.…….”
At those words, Raven felt the ominous feeling that had barely calmed down intensify..
Is that why??
Her voice, which had risen with excitement, became calm..
“…Try it.”
Perhaps because my mind was cold, my voice came out somewhat coldly..
Misha was unable to avoid his gaze and fixed it on the floor..
And he said it in a really quiet voice.
“Hey, soon... Rumors will start to spread that Bjorn is an evil spirit.…….”
“…yes?”
“ah! Well, it’s just a rumor! No matter what anyone says, never believe it! Me, I just want to tell you that story…….”
What on earth are you talking about, Misha?.
Have you gone crazy because of Mr. Yandel's death??
I wondered if the conversation we were having right now was a normal conversation, but on the other hand, I also thought about this..
it was a hunch.
The sixth sense that reaches the truth before rational thinking.
“I guess Misha is trying to spread such rumors from now on. I don't know why.”
As if to answer that question, Misha took a step back..
“That's probably why you came to tell me in advance. You wouldn't want us to remember Mr. Yandel as an evil spirit..”
Raven took a step forward..
“But.”
She had already realized.
“You said there would be a rumor that Mr. Yandel was an evil spirit..”
What is the identity of this ominousness that has been eating away at my body since a while ago?.
“that… It's not just a rumor?”
Soon, Raven grabbed Misha's wrist and asked.
It was a misjudgment unlike her..
Because there is no way a wizard could stop a physical explorer with force..
“…Tsk!”
Misha shook off her hand, turned around and ran away, and the next day, a rumor spread throughout the city that Bjorn Yandel was an evil spirit..
and…….
“Where on earth has this person disappeared to?…….”
That was Misha's last appearance..
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