Surviving as a Barbarian in the Game - Episode 468
468lord of the earth (3)
What preceded the lawsuit by the Count of Alminus was a battle of public opinion..
If so, what is the reason??
In any case, it is certain that even if you file a lawsuit, you will be able to receive distribution through a judgment..
The answer I came up with was this.
‘Count Alminus also doesn't want to go to the courthouse..’
If this speculation is correct, it is highly likely that this lawsuit is just a gesture..
No, it should be somewhere between intimidation and pressure.?
Anyway, since you and I are in different weight classes, what I meant was that if you don't want to lose more, you should negotiate and spit out what you have to say..
‘It's not because a person like Count Alminus is anxious about money.…….’
I'm sure it's for face reasons..
My career is short, but that's what I saw in an aristocratic society..
There are only winners and losers here..
And letting this incident pass will be clearer evidence of defeat than anything else..
Therefore, I decided to overturn public opinion first..
Well, what are they working on the most right now??
‘The original Baron Yandel did not have the ability to defeat the hierarchical lord..’
‘If it weren't for the Serrated Clan, their clan would never have defeated the Hierarch..
Strictly speaking, everything is correct, but the Count is imprinting this logic in the public's mind..
It was a kind of groundwork..
It starts with the presence or absence of ability, and then it starts to sound worse and worse..
‘Bjorn Yandel finally stole the credit from the Sawtooth Clan, who had been shedding blood and sweat to resolve the disaster..’
‘Is this what a so-called hero would do??’
The count figured it out at a glance..
The source of Baron Yandel's power lies in this reputation..
“Hmm, so they submitted a subjugation application without even saying a word to us.?”
“……Yes!”
After returning home, as soon as I revealed the raid plan, Amelia's cold gaze turned to me..
Well, it didn't last as long as usual..
“ha…….”
I sighed and checked how to solve the problem, as if I was looking at a child who had just gotten into an accident..
“Did you even know? How many clans have disappeared while trying to capture a hierarchical lord with five people?.”
“I heard it too. It's especially dangerous when dealing with five people. So, the number of people is usually about twenty to thirty people.….”
For reference, that number of people is based on explorers at the 6th to 7th floor level..
but…….
“Don't worry. We all have thoughts.”
Originally, the national rule for Lord of Terror was clearing with 5 people..
Only then will you receive proper compensation..
The reward was somewhat known, and there were quite a few clans that regularly sought the feat..
Not a lot, maybe two or three every hundred years.?
‘In fact, if you know the strategy, clearing with 5 people is much easier than clearing with 30 people..’
That's why I set my next exploration target as the Lord of Dread Raid..
Because people here find clearing the 5 Lords of Fear more difficult than Riakis. The moment I succeed, those who doubt my abilities will disappear..
“…….”
At that time, I noticed Auyen, who had been quietly listening to the Yandel family's meeting, squirming..
Suddenly, I wondered why he was here, but I didn't say anything..
Yes, we went through a hard time together this time..
“Rock rock.”
“Yes, Baron. Please ask..”
I told him what he was secretly hoping for..
“Don't worry, you can't attend this time..”
“ah… As expected, is that right?….”
The guy exhaling with an expression of obvious relief..
“So who will fill the remaining spot??”
Afterwards, we sent Auyen back to the room and talked about the strategy in general, starting with who the remaining members would be..
And when the story was roughly over.
“Yandel.”
Amelia caught me as I went into my room to rest..
“It seems like I keep making enemies lately... . Isn’t that overdoing it??”
To put it simply, it means that you are carrying around too much..
“This is true even if you just look at what happened to the Count family. It may be a much better situation in our situation to obediently pay money to become enemies with such a person..”
Amelia's concerns were completely understandable..
They are one of the old masters of this land..
Becoming a tribal leader as a noble is the same, and this incident is also the same. It must have been very uncomfortable to constantly have friction with them..
but…….
“Amelia.”
I said without hesitation.
“If you don't install multiplayer in the front yard because you're afraid of checks, you're bound to lose the game in the end..”
It's been my long-held belief.
“……?”
Amelia had a look in her eyes as if asking what kind of bullshit he was talking about again..
***
The next day, I went out alone with Erwen for the first time in a while..
The destination is Raven's laboratory in the Magic Tower..
“Ah, I'm here?”
“A long time. Raven.”
“I heard that you won. congratulation. I tried visiting a few times, but he was always gone..”
“I've been so busy lately.”
When I came back for the first time in a long time, the lab was messy and dusty..
“……The lab is a bit messy, isn’t it? Lately, I've been mostly confined to the military base in the imperial capital. It’s been a long time since I came to the lab..”
“thanks. I never thought you would take time off and even take a vacation..”
“Oh, of course it should be. It's a chance to see the hierarchy, and if you'd just said the word, wizards would have lined up.?”
Well, isn’t that also wrong??
Still, there is no wizard as trustworthy as him..
Versil Gowland also said that his specialty is magic tools, so he is not confident in Jeongsoo..
“After receiving the call, I studied a little more about Riakis' essence. It's a very unique essence..”
“I guess it's like that..”
“Now, let's see.…?”
Soon, Raven approached with a grin, and Erwen, who had been quiet the whole time, took a step back..
and told me.
“……Man, can’t we just do it together? like it used to be.”
Erwen didn't seem to like being treated as an experiment, but he couldn't help it..
“As I said, the help of a wizard is essential to truly understand the power you have gained..”
“…….”
“You can do it?”
“yes….”
Erwen nods at my persuasion..
Raven burst out laughing as she saw this..
“…Erwen is still the same..”
“That's not something to worry about..”
“Well, that's right. Come here.”
Ah, I'm suffocating..
In the past, I think we just called each other's names and got along in a friendly way..
Just because I came back, too many relationships were broken for everything to go back to the way it was before..
‘Still, given that Raven thought I was trying to take advantage of Erwen and tried to take her away, it seems like Raven has some old feelings.…….’
Oh, I don't know, they'll figure it out..
It was ridiculous for me to care when they didn't care, so I just focused on the experimental process..
“Now, wear this bracelet.”
The same bracelet that I kept filling up when I was experimenting with corpse golem essence in the past..
No, but can you call that a bracelet??
“…Tsk.”
As soon as Erwen sat down on the ugly chair, the bracelet(?) attached to the chair locked with a clanging sound..
“Don't worry too much. All we can do is insert a magic conductor into a blood vessel in this state and check Erwen's vital signs..”
“…….”
“Then let's start the rest.?”
Afterwards, Raven continued various preparations for the full-scale experiment, and after the preparations were completed, she asked Erwen to use the skill..
“It may be difficult as it is your first time using this skill, but try to imagine it well. It is easy to remember the name of the ability given by the great sage.—.”
“I'll take care of it, so please be quiet. Please focus.”
“great. Well, Erwen is probably more expert in these things than I, a wizard..”
A change came within seconds of Erwen closing his eyes..
Although there was no apparent change…….
Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep.—.
The bio-signal graph of the magic tool connected to Erwen began to fluctuate..
Jeongsoo's skill was activated properly.……
「Erwen Fornacci di Tercia casted [Fusion].」
First of all, [Fusion] is a transformation-type ability, and it is similar but different from [Transcendence], one of my skills..
[[Transcendence] affects other active skills—,
「All passive skills combined into one.」
[Fusion] only targets passive.
‘How did it come out?.’
I recalled each and every passive skill that Erwen currently has..
「The energy of chaos engulfs [Attribute Enhancement].」
5Grade Evan's Essence.
It increases the damage of all four major attributes, commonly called water, fire, wind, and earth..
「The energy of chaos engulfs [Absolute Concentration].」
Essence of a Grade 4 Litcannon obtained as a royal reward..
The damage of casting skills increases by two times..
「The energy of chaos engulfs [Harmony].」
5Essence of Rank Patrolman Ertes.
Spiritual power can be replaced with natural power..
「The energy of chaos engulfs [Half Blessing].」
5Essence of the wolf monster Kalban.
A doping-type buff appears and disappears at regular intervals and repeats..
「The energy of chaos engulfs [Chaser's Eye].」
4Essence of Grade Metcrow.
All stats related to vision are increased by 3 times, and all long-distance attacks are corrected..
And finally.
「The energy of chaos engulfs the [food chain].」
The essence of the Celestial Judge, a grade 3 monster acquired with the support of the Fairy tribe after the team was disbanded..
All damage to monsters increases in proportion to the level..
Although it is not as good as [Burst], which is the active essence of this essence, its passive is also very high in value..
‘Hierarchical essence is not included in [fusion], so this is all..’
For your information, I didn't know exactly what would come out when these skills were combined..
[[Dungeon & Stone] How many integers are there??
It was physically impossible for any country to test such an astronomical number of combination methods one by one..
I didn't even do the cheat version..
‘……Well, I think I've tried almost all combinations of high integer bases..’
There are quite a few sweet combinations that I found that way..
However, perfecting this recipe will take a long time in the future..
If so, what options are available now?.
「Erwen Fornacci di Tercia's body is filled with chaos..」
The help of a wizard was essential to figure out this option accurately..
It's not like I can see the system log..
“how is it? I feel like something has changed?”
“I'm not sure.”
“is it so? Then, I will check the conditions one by one..”
Afterwards, Raven continued a similar type of experiment to what she had done on me before, and of course there was no way this experiment would end in just one day..
“I've been on vacation for the whole of this month, so come here every day from now on..”
Erwen's schedule for this month is set..
***
「Erwen Fornacci di Tercia's body is filled with chaos..」
「Soul power and natural power increase significantly in proportion to the character's level..」
「4When property damage is inflicted on monsters of lower grade, additional chaos property damage is inflicted..」
「While channeling, all damage taken is absorbed using soul power..」
***
Even after visiting Mapap, we continued to be busy..
[There have been a lot of people saying strange things about the Baron lately. Of course I will help. Then those nonsense rumors will die down..]
I received confirmation from the low-level explorers I met in this labyrinth that they would help me if testimony was needed in the future..
[It looks like there was a fierce battle at the top of the Dragon Mountain Range. One of the Chilgangs died in that battle. Oh, and one more thing you should know—.]
We checked war-related information and general news from this episode with Versil Gowland..
[Bjorn!! Let’s go to the sacred place quickly! i need you!]
In the meantime, something happened within the tribe and they visited the sacred site..
[…It hasn't even been a month yet! What do you know about blacksmithing? In order to properly melt mistium, you first need equipment... … . huh? You didn't urge me? Don't lie!]
I also stopped by the dwarf's blacksmith shop to check the progress of disposing of loot and melting metal..
Even in idle games, you have to click on these gauges often to complete them quickly..
‘……Has half a month passed now?.’
As each day passes, my body becomes more and more tired..
I came home late at night again, fell into bed, and closed my eyes..
It wasn't meant to be a rest at the end of the day..
Unfortunately, there was one more homework left to do to face tomorrow..
「The character's soul resonates and draws you to a specific world..」
……Let's go.
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