Surviving as a Barbarian in the Game - Episode 404
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The yellow light coming out of the traffic light ring means only one thing..
It means that something bad will happen soon, but if you overcome it, it will eventually lead to a positive outcome..
‘no way… Is there one more traitor??’
The first thought that came to mind was this.
I didn't hear about the accomplice during the interrogation, but wouldn't it be possible that there was another spy from another force that he didn't know about?.
It may mean that if you don't catch him, something negative will happen, but if you don't catch him, something positive will happen..
‘……Well, maybe the light wasn't turned on because of a spy..’
As I was in a position to take responsibility for the lives of many people, I kept the worst possibility in mind, but decided not to get too caught up in it..
Because nothing is certain yet.
Just don't let go of tension and continue to observe your surroundings more carefully..
「Character has entered a special area.」
「Field effect - Glacial snow is granted.」
The day after the execution, after clearing the camp, we entered a deep pit that seemed to extend all the way to the inner core..
A field with a large cylindrical structure.
It was in the form of going down in a circle as if taking a spiral staircase along a side road on the outer wall, and as it was the final gateway to the 8th floor, the level of difficulty was quite high..
The monsters that appear themselves are not much stronger than the paths we passed through, but…….
「The status abnormality [Whisper of Immortality] is granted..」
A vicious curse that resurrects you as undead when you die and makes you a team kill..
「Status abnormality [deprivation of opportunity] is given.」
In addition, the so-called golden time, ‘Countdown’, will also be removed..
「All healing and recovery effects are reversed.」
Crucially, this damn debuff is added as well..
‘……What if natural regeneration also works in reverse?.’
Even small wounds never heal here..
No, on the contrary, it continues to fester and worsen..
And the speed increases as the character's natural regeneration power increases..
A place that can literally be seen as a tanker’s grave..
‘How many shield baba were lost here?…….’
Well, I don't even want to think about it..
I don't know, but I probably burned hundreds of them..
Until I finally figured out the strategy..
“It seems spookier here..”
“Erwen, stop chatting and be aware of your surroundings. Because the demonic beasts will come out soon. As I said before—”
“What do you mean, be careful not to get hurt as much as possible? Hehe, okay.”
“…….”
Because the width is narrow, the entire expedition is divided into teams and follows each other like a train..
Here, the proportion of long-distance dealers increases..
This is because nearly 90% of the monsters that appear are capable of flying..
“It's a gargoyle……!”
The level 8 monster seen in the Bloody Citadel was a real gargoyle, not a ‘gargoyle statue’..
“There is also a death knight!”
Death Knight riding a gargoyle and wielding a spear.
[Hee hee hee hee!]
The Banshee Queen clapping in the air and spraying debuffs, various spirit-based undead monsters, etc..
Flying monsters that were like counters to melee dealers appeared one after another from all over, but they were all intercepted before they could get near us and turned into a halo of light..
「James Kala cast [Piercing Light].」
「Titana Akurabaga [No. 1911 Fabler's broken pocket watch] was used..」
「5Cooldown is removed for 1 minute.」
「Erwen Fornacci di Tercia casted [Elemental Synthesis].」
Archers, magicians, wizards, etc..
From the beginning, not only were there many ranged units in the expedition corps, but there were as many as four priests, so there was no shortage of firepower..
「Niaro Campal cast [Healing Wave].」
「Benjamin Orman casts [Emergency Regeneration]…….」
「…….」
A sacred spell that deals 1.5 times the damage to undead..
Of course, not all monsters that appear are undead, but it is not a big problem..
Anyway, there are enough deals..
「All healing and recovery effects are reversed.」
Since this is a place where you can't heal your allies anyway, the priest's position here is just a long-distance dealer..
「Killed a Gargoyle +EXP 6」
「Killed a ghost horse +EXP 4」
「Killed a White Wyvern +EXP 6」
「Killed the Blue Flame Bird.…….」
「…….」
High heal coefficient, and monsters melted by wide-area holy spells.
The melee dealers focused on defense and dealt with various monsters climbing up the cliff..
and…….
“Battle ends!”
“10Resume movement after a minute's rest!”
After one wave, I quickly regrouped and headed down..
How much more time has passed?.
After overcoming several waves without a single casualty, we finally arrived at the first hill..
Before you know it, the narrow slope has come to an end..
A wide rock ledge jutting out of a cliff..
and…….
“I'm going crazy. You shouldn't get hurt while fighting that number.?”
Hundreds of monsters filled it.
This is unavoidable because the cave on the cliff over there is the glacier snow respawn area..
“What are you complaining about? We've had a good time resting so far, now we have to work hard..”
If the long-ranged classes were active on the slope, now was the time for the melee dealers to use their bodies..
“According to the formation!”
“Concentrate every moment! Unless you want to continue your journey while looking at your rotting arm for the rest of the week.!”
After completing the line formation, gather the warriors at the front and build a shield wall..
and…….
“Let's go!”
Somehow secure space by pushing away monsters..
From then on, a melee ensued..
While the warriors at the front fend off the enemy, risking injury, the long-range classes pour out their firepower..
Perhaps because the power was overwhelming, the battle difficulty itself was low..
But, nevertheless.
“Damn it, my arm... … ! Ahhhhh!!”
There were injuries.
***
The total number of injured is four.
Three of them can be classified as minor injuries, and since they are only scratches, they are unlikely to result in death..
First of all, as planned, we can reach the 8th floor in 6 days..
As long as you don't get any more injuries there, it will be possible to hold on until the wound can be treated, even if it rots and festers..
The problem was another person who was seriously injured..
“Me, I… I'm going to die like this?”
Rick Jugusta.
The melee dealer of James Kala's team, which has already lost one number due to the absence of Pyke Neldine..
James Calla shouted with a serious expression next to the man who was struggling, clutching his bony thigh..
“There is no way I could die! Don’t worry, it will never happen.!”
Yeah, those two have been friends for a long time..
“Schuitz! We must immediately turn our expedition team around and head upward.!”
“why?”
“Uh, why? What does that mean? If you leave it like this, you'll never make it to the 8th floor..”
I couldn't help but laugh at his urgent voice. Did this guy really act like this when someone else got hurt??
Well, I don't know, but I think I judged it calmly..
Just like Akuraba over there.
“I've already spent the whole day coming down. This means that it will take a total of two more days to go up and down again..”
A total of 28 people waste two days to save one person..
Well, this alone isn't a problem..
but…….
“Sir Kala, I'm sorry, but we only have enough food for the next five days. Even in my current state, I will have to starve all day in the end..”
As Kaislan said now, time is not the only thing sacrificed to save this one person..
It's life.
Even if you starve for just one day, you won’t be able to continue your journey while starving for three days..
“Ah, thanks to whose team a traitor appeared.?”
But he's a paladin?
What is sarcasm?…….
“Enough about the traitor, let me ask you one thing. Lord Kala thought this expedition would be successful without any sacrifices.?”
In response to that question, James Calla could not say anything, and Kaislan continued to speak coldly..
“Moreover, there will be more injuries in the future, so what are we going to do then? You have to go up every time.?”
This time, James Calla couldn't say anything..
Crackling.
I just couldn't hide my anger and gritted my teeth..
The reality was so cruel that there was no one to help..
“Why not just let them return to God’s arms in peace? If it's difficult for you, Kala, I'll help you..”
Jun's suggestion seems to be to remove the oxygen respirator altogether..
James Calla, who was trembling pitifully, looked at me and asked:.
“Schuitz. Do you feel the same way?……?”
I neither denied nor confirmed.
“Didn’t Kaislan say something wrong?.”
This is usually the case in extreme situations..
There comes a moment when you must make a choice and sacrifice something..
but…….
“All right. I do it.”
What is he saying now.
“Okay, it's not the time yet..”
We can't let one of our precious members die..
Well, you could die during the expedition, but.
At least it's not here.
“……yes?”
I shrugged my shoulders as I looked up at James Carla with a blank look on his face..
“We don't move up, but we don't leave our comrades here to die..”
Each team leader had the same expression on my face when I said that..
‘What on earth is this guy talking about??’
Just that look.
Tsk tsk, this is why beginners.
“we keep going down.”
It's time to use strategy.
***
‘‘Glacier Snow’ was the field I most avoided..
As I said before, until you find a strategy..
「All healing and recovery effects are reversed.」
It's not a short-term journey, it's a journey that takes up to a week..
[[Dungeon & Stone], this crazy penalty means only one thing..
I decided that the means to overcome it must be hidden somewhere, so after countless attempts, I finally found it..
It was a simpler method than I thought.
“Distortion magic... Do you mean?”
“Yes, from now on, I will use distortion magic against demonic beasts in all battles..”
“The wizard is already very tired from using the 'Preservation' spell. But why do you want to add more burden here??”
Because the key to the strategy is ‘distortion’.
Monsters affected by distortion do not spit out magic stones and essence, but instead, their corpses are preserved rather than disappearing when killed with a certain probability..
wyvern leather.
Adamantium.
Troll blood, the raw material for potions..
The various materials used in high-level spirit imprinting are representative by-products mined using ‘distortion’..
and…….
‘All monsters that appear in the snow of the glacier can be hunted at different levels..’
That's why it took quite a long time to figure out that distortion was the answer..
‘In places where inventory is insufficient because ‘subspace’ cannot be used, ‘distortion’ is used to collect by-products.?
You can catch it more easily on other floors.?
This was a very inefficient action..
Well, as always, the answer to this damn game was hidden in such actions..
“……I never thought there was a way to heal injuries like that..”
Soon, when I briefly explained the strategy, everyone burst out in exclamation..
Even though it was the first time I heard this, no one had any doubts..
“The Marquis's intelligence is amazing. No, should we say it is the power of the royal family? Did you know about 'arrangement' that even explorers who can fly and crawl like this don't know?.”
When I turned on detective mode and caught the traitor, just as I assumed there would be another strategist on my team..
They believed that the source of this strategy was somewhere else..
‘……Would it be better to misunderstand it like this??’
Well, I guess that would be better..
There's no benefit in showing off for no reason.?
In our Confucianism, humility is also a virtue..
“That's it then. We're all tired today, so we'll camp here and then leave again tomorrow..”
We decided that James Calla's friend would last us two days, so we spent the night on a rock ledge and resumed our journey early the next morning..
and…….
「Liard Ashed casted the level 6 space-time magic [Higher Distortion]..」
「MacKelly Rayothers casted the 6th grade space-time magic [Higher Distortion].」
「Versil Gowland cast the 6th grade space-time magic [Higher Distortion].…….」
As a result of continuing the hunt by bombarding countless 'top distortions' with a probability of 1.5 times higher than regular 'distortions'.
By the afternoon, we were lucky enough to produce a preserved body..
“Shu, Shuitz! Is this what you said back then??”
James Carla, who ran ahead of anyone else, rummaged through the body and found a bead, and I quickly fed it to the injured person before the bead melted..
「Rick Jugusta took 'Frozen Signs of Life'.」
Okay, then one person was revived with this.…….
“excuse me… What to do with the remaining by-products??”
I decided to just throw away the remaining monster corpses..
If I go back to the city and sell it, I should be able to sell it for a pretty high price, but it's impossible to add more luggage at this point..
Of course, it's better to just throw it away—
Rumbling.
Uhm, but why can’t I stop walking??
As I was looking for the cause of my unconscious resistance, a thought occurred to me..
‘First of all, this is meat, right? It seems a little rotten though.’
I thought it was a good idea, so I rushed over to Amelia and shared the idea..
“Emily! I found a way to solve the food problem!”
“Are you going to say something strange again this time?…….”
“This time it's not strange, it's true!”
“Ha, tell me first..”
“that is…….”
Soon I explained to Amelia the food supply plan I had devised..
and…….
Wow—!
I just got hit in the back for no reason..
‘……Is this really that bad??’
Well, no matter how I looked at it, it seemed like a good idea..
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