Surviving as a Barbarian in the Game - Episode 505
505Tue Basement 1st floor (1)
ta da da dat—
Running through a cave with new colleagues.
I stayed far away under the pretext of taking charge of the back row..
I'm following their backs..
“Uncle, please explain. Why are you going to the second floor??”
The distance is too far for us to be colleagues..
Of course, it was a distance that could be narrowed within 1 second if one exerted one's full power..
Yeah, I'm sure that's the case…….
“To be exact, it's not the second floor, but the goblin forest..”
Why?.
The feeling of distance that seems impossible to bridge for the rest of my life.
‘as time goes by… It will go back to the way it was... I thought…….’
She decided not to be impatient, but her confidence was fading as the days passed..
The reason was simple.
Because I saw that a little while ago.
[I think it would be good for you.]
[Yandel, don’t be offended and listen. You are in a very unstable state right now..]
The first thought that came to mind when I saw Bjorn understand what he said was not ‘I should have done it.’.
lost.
Because I didn't even think of it that way..
I just thought about what choice Bjorn would have made and gave the answer he would have wanted..
Even so, I am not sure because of the time that has passed..
[Well... … It's better to kill... … Isn't it good... ? I want to…….]
I didn't even think about what I was thinking..
I just observed it and gave unconditional ‘agree’. The same was true for him as he worried about what was good for him..
Come to think of it, it's been like that for a long time..
I never had any questions about what path Bjorn was going to take, nor did I ever give him any advice..
I was determined to silently follow whatever path he took, but that was all..
‘Amelia Lane Wales.’
I felt the difference in class as a person..
I stopped acknowledging it, thinking that being a companion meant someone like this..
My place didn't disappear while I was gone..
The place I thought I had to return to was nothing more than a luggage compartment in a warehouse..
“…Are you okay? You didn't look good earlier..”
Seeing Amelia deliberately coming to the back row to ask, she gritted her teeth and answered..
“never mind. Because it's okay.”
It didn't matter whether I had a seat or not..
It was the same whether the person knew or not..
[Otherwise Bjorn Yandel will die..]
There was something I had to do here..
***
3Approximately 1 hour after the start of the day.
Hehehehe!
The entire cave begins to shake and the crystal begins to emit a red glow..
This means that the Lord of Fear, Dreadfear, has been summoned somewhere within the Crystal Cave..
Of course, that fact in itself is not that surprising..
Because the Explorer's Guild was already full of eight subjugation applications..
The problem was the timing of the summons..
‘1Summoned in just a matter of hours. How many people are waiting to be summoned??’
This is not something we can say as we are still moving as a group of 7, but it seems that the 8 teams that have received permission to subdue are not the only ones waiting to be summoned..
Well, most people think the same way..
Defeat the Dreadlord Dreadfear.
When I was planning this exploration, I also considered the possibility that the key to the hidden area might be there..
Unfortunately, at that time, the application for subjugation was already full, so I couldn't apply..
Defeat Berzak, Lord of the Abyss.
If this is the key, there is no way to do it right now..
‘……If everyone had their thoughts, they wouldn't summon Berzak.?’
I think that's the case for now, but I'm not sure..
Looking at the situation, it seems that dozens of teams are waiting throughout the cave, not the eight teams that applied..
Even if just one or two of them show strange greed, a catastrophe will occur..
‘Okay, let me just mind my own business..’
However, since it was not possible to persuade the explorers by going around the entire cave, I just hurried on..
And how long has it passed?.
「The character entered the Goblin Forest on the second floor..」
Before long, we were on the second floor, and then we kept moving at maximum speed and made it to the third floor before the end of the third day..
「The character has entered the Pilgrim's Path on the third floor..」
Extensive hierarchy with over ten different fields.
After climbing through the Goblin Forest, we passed Green Tail Marsh, where lizardmen appear, and moved to the Sculpture Temple, one of the adjacent fields..
A field filled with the remains of collapsed stone buildings.
7It has a similar appearance to the Pantelion Ruins on the Dark Continent, but there is one difference between that place and this place..
There are a lot of statues here.
Although they all have broken necks.
“It's a place that gives me a bad feeling every time I come..”
“Still, there are few people, right?.”
The Sculpture Temple is an overwhelmingly unpopular area among the 3rd floor fields..
First of all, there is only one monster that appears..
「The character has killed an unnamed statue.」
unknown statue.
It is a level 7 monster with a similar appearance to a stone golem, but is much smaller, similar to a human, and is somewhat agile..
and…….
「The nameless statue cast [Unanswered Prayer].」
The skills this guy uses have a reputation for being trash..
When the player uses it, it consumes a lot of MP, and this is because a failure result is almost always displayed..
Well, it seems like these guys have a much higher chance of success..
「An unknown statue holds great power..」
When the prayer is successful, a random essence of level 5 or lower is temporarily granted..
Because of this, hunting difficulty is high for a grade 7 monster..
No, I should say it's tricky.?
Because you have to deal with unexpected skills in every battle, there are many variables as well as fatigue.…….
For that reason, it was safe to say that there were no explorers who settled down and hunted here..
That’s right, Jeongsoo is trash.
If your goal is experience, you can just catch one from the outskirts and pass by..
‘Above all, the location is poor.’
4If you want to go to the next floor, it is much easier and faster to take the field next to it, so this sculpture temple was a field that was difficult for even passing explorers to see..
‘Well, the material drops are pretty decent..’
The advantage of a sculpture temple lies in its material..
When you cast a distortion spell and catch it, 'magic crystals' sometimes drop, and these are sold at a relatively high price..
Of course, digging on the 5th floor is much more efficient, so I don't come here often..
Anyway, the reason we came was to supply ‘materials’..
Actually, there are things other than ‘magic crystals’..
“Come on, everyone, get moving.!”
Since time was running out and I felt like it wasn't enough, I hurriedly started hunting..
「Versil Gowland cast the 6th grade space-time magic [Higher Distortion].」
「Versil Gowland cast the 6th grade space-time magic [Higher Distortion].」
「Versil Gowland cast the 6th grade space-time magic [Higher Distortion].」
Since the combat power is sufficient, let the wizard just use distortion magic..
「The character has killed an unnamed statue.」
「The character has killed an unnamed statue.」
「The character killed the unnamed statue.…….」
「…….」
Break the Jokjok statue that comes out..
However, since we still had a lot of time to play, we divided people into groups and started to mob them..
“Behel——laaaaaaa!!”
Unlike humans, if you raise the threat level, monsters will turn their eyes and attack you..
Using this, they circled the surrounding area and drove the statue to the center, and then proceeded to kill it as Versil cast the distortion spell..
And during the respawn period, move far away and hunt mobs once more..
12 o'clock, 4 o'clock, and 8 o'clock based on the center. As we divided into three groups and rotated them, they fell together without a single break..
「The character has killed an unnamed statue.」
「The character has killed an unnamed statue.」
「The character killed the unnamed statue.…….」
「…….」
How crazy was the hunting?.
‘The first item I wanted was dropped around the time I consumed 6 ‘Magic Crystals’..
“Björrrrrr! this! Isn't this what you were looking for?!”
Small stone fragments with artificial patterns drawn on them.
「The character has acquired the ‘Unknown Piece’.」
It was a sun pattern.
***
unknown piece.
An item that can be obtained with a certain probability when casting a distortion spell on an unknown statue and defeating it..
The characteristic is that it does not overlap in the inventory and is randomly dropped with three symbols..
And it is impossible to take it back to the city..
‘The sun has been eaten, so what's left is the moon and stars?.’
I thought there might be some secret to this piece, so I did all kinds of things for a while..
I finally find a way to write it..
“It was this piece that Mr. Yandel was aiming for.……?”
“Isn’t that plausible? Stars, sun, moon.”
“……I'm not sure, but it seems like a pretty plausible attempt. Time is an issue, but I don't think it's impossible at all..”
3Go up to the floor, dig up items, and go back down before the first floor closes..
Although it is difficult in itself, it is not impossible..
It's a bit close now that I wasted more than two days on the first floor, but things would have been much better if I had run to the third floor from the beginning..
“I think it might work next time..”
As Versil said, unfortunately it seemed difficult to enter the hidden area right away this time..
That's right, it took 8 hours for 'Unknown Pieces' to drop from corpses whose 'distortion' was successful..
‘216 more hours to eat.’
When doing simple calculations, there is not enough time, even assuming that all remaining symbols are dropped without overlapping..
However, it is difficult to increase the hunting speed any further..
The reason I ate one in 8 hours in the first place was because I was able to go hunting around the entire field..
‘Above all, if Versil runs out of MP, you won't be able to use 'Distortion'..’
Tsk, as expected, it was too much for this episode.?
I wondered if it would somehow be possible this time if I rushed..
Maybe I was too hopeful——.
“uh! Bjorn!! It came out again!!”
huh?
I absentmindedly took the stone Einar gave me..
「The character has acquired the ‘Unknown Piece’.」
It was a star pattern.
In other words, you only need to eat one more piece of dal in the next 8 hours..
‘what? I think Einar was digging it up earlier..’
There will be no item drop probability correction in the 'Beginner's Luck' that I used last time..
The way to ride the momentum of luck.
“I'm changing my plan..”
“……?”
“From now on, Einar will be in charge of defeating monsters. Everyone else, go around and lure the monsters to come..”
From then on, even though it was a bit of a waste of time, I left all the fighting to Einar and continued hunting..
About 5 hours had passed like that..
「The character has acquired the ‘Unknown Piece’.」
One more piece dropped.
“It's a moon symbol.…….”
It was time for me to admit it too..
“Einar.”
“You can praise me as much as you like!”
“Barbarians are a superior race..”
“Ooooooooooooooooo!!”
Instead of stopping Einar from making a loud noise, he even used [Giant] and then threw it high and caught it repeatedly..
“Hahaha! Haha, hahahaha!”
As expected, Einar is happier than ever and enjoys the time..
Kwaang-!
Okay, this nonsense is over..
I quickly led the team and went back the way we came..
5Day 1, Day 6, Day 7…….
A difficult time to go back to the lower floor..
However, thanks to Einar, I was able to camp appropriately, rest, and move while paying attention to my physical strength in my spare time, and eventually arrived in the afternoon of the 7th day..
2Floor Goblin Forest Center.
1The vacant lot near the portal connected to the crystal cave..
The very place where a fierce battle took place with the Noark trio who were blocking the entrance..
“……What is this again?.”
It was full of untimely explorers..
Even just by looking at it, it looks like there are well over a hundred people.…….
Looking at Amman, there were no explorers who gave up their search and came up before the first floor closed..
If that were the case, there would be no reason to gather in front of the portal.…….
flash-!
The sight of explorers coming out of portals in real time was ridiculous..
“fuse! There is no priest! help me!”
“Drink this first!”
What kind of situation is this?.
As soon as I approached the portal, the explorers recognized me and started whispering..
“giant……?”
“1Wasn't it left on the floor??”
Explorers who seem to question that I came out the other side and not the portal..
Huh, I wanted to secretly go down to the first floor because I thought I would attract attention like this..
Since I couldn't move secretly anyway, I chose the explorer who seemed to be the most talkative and asked..
“Hey, what's going on??”
The answer came quickly.
“…Berzak! That devilish guy has appeared!”
Huh, I thought it might be something like that..
“…….”
Somehow I got lucky.
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