Surviving as a Barbarian in the Game - Episode 583
583Tuesday opening (4)
straight hallway.
In fact, the structure itself is similar, but it may be a bit absurd to call it a hallway..
Even though the aspect ratio was similar, there was a big difference in the absolute width..
I think this is three times bigger than the hall of the Palace of Glory where titles were awarded.…….
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo-
Even though the flare exploded, there was no end in sight..
Dark shadows are cast over the stone statues standing in rows along the wall, creating a gloomy atmosphere..
‘It is a stone statue of a guardian.…….’
What on earth is this place doing?.
It's not a place that requires individual play, not party play.?
While worrying about that, I was alert to the surroundings in preparation for any possible danger, and as the promised time passed, portals appeared in the air..
Huh—
A portal just big enough for one person to fit into..
The portal only opened for a moment, vomited out a person, and disappeared as if it had served its purpose..
“Fortunately, I was safe..”
Amelia came in right after me..
“eww… This place is spookier than I thought.?”
Next, the warrior Einar appeared with no motivation and lack of fighting spirit, and after that, the portal continued to open and his comrades entered..
“There may be traps nearby, so everyone stay still and wait.!”
Although all members of the temporary group 4 had entered, I did not start exploration right away and waited for the next group..
It is not too late to conduct a search after all preparations have been made..
3Article, Article 2, Article 1…….
As we waited quietly, well over a hundred people entered sequentially, and the village chief was among them..
“The wizard should secure the line of sight first, and the rest should not act rashly and wait for instructions.!”
The village chief shouts at the top of his voice with the face of Jerome St. Red. Watching him act naturally made me feel uncomfortable, but at the same time, I felt a little relieved..
Yeah, it came in the right way..
I was worried that maybe I was the only one who put it in and didn't come in..
‘Anyway, everyone’s entry was successful.…….’
Is there no limit to the number of people admitted here, or does the limit seem to be very lenient?.
Of course, it is difficult to be purely happy about this..
[Due to the nature of [Dungeon & Stone], most of these types of games have a high difficulty setting..
“Baron Yandel, what should we do from now on??”
Afterwards, the village chief approached me and asked, and I pretended to give my opinion and gave instructions to the village chief..
“Hmm… That makes sense..”
The village chief pretended to think about it for a moment, as if he didn't want to be found out, and then gave instructions to the second-in-command..
“First, we will form an investigation team and begin the search.!”
That's how the search began.
First, the knights looked around first, and if there was anything suspicious, they didn't touch it hastily and called in the wizards to investigate..
When I came to my senses, the map was already complete..
‘It's really easy because there are so many people I can control..’
It's new, but it feels like I'm using a cheat key..
If only our clan, Anavada, had been created, it would have taken an entire year just to create a map..
“No monsters have been found within the radius..”
“Never touch the statues! It's faint, but I can feel an unknown magical response inside me.!”
“I came through the portal, but I don't think I was inside the crack..”
“All landforms have restorative properties..”
Work that would have originally taken an entire day is completed in an instant with several times more manpower involved..
All I had to do was stay still, listen to the reports one by one with the village chief, organize the information, and make a decision..
‘this… a taste of power?’
It's so convenient that the exploration I've done so far seems so barbaric..
I used my head instead of a pen to organize the information gathered so far on my own..
In my opinion, there were three main things that were important:.
1. guardian statue.
If the wizards' guess is correct, those statues are not just simple sculptures..
There is definitely a role to play, and there is something deep inside about that as well..
Well, I guess I should say it's exactly what I expected..
‘This isn't certain, so let's move on.…….’
2. Possibility of a new kind of guardian.
The statues were all guardians of the 5th floor or lower..
However, what is a bit unusual here is that the vampire Duke Cambormir, who can be seen as a kind of hidden boss, was located among the stone statues.…….
The real problem is different..
‘Why are they here again??’
Among the guardians, there are people I've never seen before..
Please note that it was not an unidentified object..
Even though it was a guardian, the entity itself was mostly an entity that had finished receiving experience points, just as the essence of Cambormire was a level 5 monster vampire..
But the problem here is…….
‘Drake won't appear as a Guardian.……?’
A monster that does not appear as a ‘guardian’ in any of the cracks stands proudly among the guardian statues..
In fact, weren't these statues just a collection of guardian monsters? That doesn't mean that all the other statues have the characteristics of guardians..
Just look at that lycanthrope statue..
The only lycanthrope that uses an ice club as a weapon is Tarunvas, the tyrant of the Glacier Cave..
“If you're really one of the Guardians... … . It's almost as if a new Guardian Essence has appeared.!”
“But nothing has been confirmed yet..”
“No, I'm sure! Just as Baron Yandel previously defeated the vampire guardian and obtained its essence, these, like the vampire, are the guardians of an undiscovered rift.!”
Maybe it really is a similar case to the Bloody Citadel..
It's not easy to accept the fact that there are so many cracks that I didn't even know existed.…….
The longer I stayed in this world, the more I began to admit it..
I just know a lot more than others.
[It's arrogance of me to know everything about [Dungeons & Stone].
For example, this is the first basement level alone..
I didn't even know that vampire essence could be upgraded to ogre essence with a restrained wish..
Anyway, at this point, the next.
3. huge stone gate.
When you pass between the statues and reach the end of the hallway, you will come across a huge stone door, and even if you used level 1 magic, it didn't leave a single scratch..
and…….
4. this is the end.
Simply put, it means that only by satisfying and solving certain conditions with what has been discovered so far can you open that door and move on to the next step..
thus…….
“That's enough of the search, so gather everyone. No, I think it would be better to rally them..”
I spoke to the village chief, who is the head of the barge, and summoned everyone..
Well, this little clue is enough.?
“All armies ready for battle……!”
The deputy commander, who had received instructions from the village chief, commanded the army and shouted, and in that rigid atmosphere, I slowly approached the statue..
and…….
plod, trudge.
I placed my hand on the most formidable King Slime statue for the first time..
Jiyiing-
For some reason, the feeling of electricity flowing through the fingertips that are touching each other..
I knew instinctively that something was working..
but…….
‘I didn't expect this.’
At best, I expected the statue to be alive and moving, so I couldn't help but be a bit taken aback..
“…portal?”
A portal was created around the statue..
***
The portal opened..
A portal that appears after opening an unknown stone door on the first basement floor. However, it is not that difficult to guess where this portal leads..
“Is it a portal connected to the green coal mine?……?”
“I guess that's not very likely.?”
From what I heard whispering, it seems that other explorers are thinking the same thing as me..
But I wasn't too sure about it..
“I need to decide how many people will join me first..”
Not only is there really no guarantee that that portal is connected to the green coal mine, but it is also difficult to guarantee how many people can enter that portal..
Therefore, we began the selection process as carefully as possible..
Well, there are three types of portals..
1. Once opened, the portal is permanently active until the labyrinth is closed..
This applies to dimensional tombstones..
However, in the case of a crack, the possibility of this being this is low because this type of portal has never been opened yet..
2. It is not a one-time portal, but it is maintained only until a certain number of people are reached..
Typically, there are cracks on the first floor..
When the crack opens, dozens of portals appear throughout the first floor, and when a total of five people cross the portals, the portals disappear all at once..
And finally…….
3. A one-time portal that only works once.
4This is the case with the doppelgänger forest of layers..
You can only enter the portal once.
However, if there are people around you who are bound when you enter the portal, they will also be moved at the same time..
Oh, by the way, in this case, it was proven a long time ago that even if 6 people are bonded, all 6 people will be moved..
‘Okay, then the selection process is over.…….’
5Of course, if you are a team of 6 people,.
1012 people, 15 people and 18 people... After forming teams in multiples of 5 and 6, we decided on the order in which they would all come in..
It may all be useless, but my belief was that not doing it when you can do it in advance is no different from a sin in the labyrinth..
but…….
“Then I go in first..”
After casting a new binding spell, I cautiously entered the portal and soon found myself confused..
“…….”
railroad tracks laid on the ground.
Waste materials randomly placed around.
A cart with a broken wheel and coal inside it.
There are no problems up to this point..
Once we arrived, the right place was the green coal mine..
However, if there is a serious problem here…….
“what is this. Why isn't anyone coming?.”
Is it true that no one has come into Amman even as time passes?.
“…….”
I searched around and waited for a while, just in case, but there was no sign of the portal opening..
As a result, my mind became more complicated..
‘Why isn't it coming in??’
Is there a problem outside??
Could it be that the village chief did something else?……?
Hmm, or are they all in but unable to meet each other because the starting points are different??
“……Let's proceed alone for now..”
In any case, it seemed pointless to wait here, so I began my strategy slowly..
This is no ordinary green coal mine..
It wouldn't be surprising if some powerful monster appeared..
When I was moving forward cautiously, repeating to myself several times not to let down my guard..
“……huh?”
After not walking very far, an empty lot suddenly appears..
and…….
[Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk-!]
The guardian of the green coal mine suddenly appears..
Normally, I would have had to walk a lot longer to get to the mid-boss.…….
Kwasik-!
As soon as he saw me, he attacked me and beat me to death with a hammer..
「Killed King Slime.」
「Guardian kill bonus. EXP +3」
…I think I got the right experience..
It may just be my mood, so I'll leave this aside for now..
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo-!
As soon as the kill was over, I stared blankly at the portal that was created..
‘This is the end……?’
It's a little vain, but it seems like it's really the end.
Unless there is another event waiting beyond that portal..
Since it didn't look like the portal would disappear right before my eyes, I gradually regained my composure and checked the spot where King Slime had fallen..
“Well, it would be better to just come out with crack stones..”
The loot is one rainbow-colored essence that proves it belongs to the Guardian..
From my point of view it was trash..
Even if you put it in a test tube and sell it, it would be difficult to make much profit.…….
There is no wizard to put it in a test tube in the first place..
But it doesn't make sense for me to eat that..
Tuk.
I took my eyes off the Guardian Essence without any regrets and quickly went out through the portal..
“Ah, man……!!”
Fortunately, the place we came through through the portal was the same place we had been before..
“Bjorn……!”
“Well, thank goodness! Leader!!”
“What happened inside??”
Members came running to me with worried eyes and asked how I was doing. However, before telling my story, I first listened to what happened after I entered the portal..
Why didn't anyone come after me?.
The answer to that question was exactly what I expected..
It's really unfortunate.
“It's not that I didn't go in, it's that I couldn't go in. Yandel, the portal disappeared right after you entered it..”
……It was really a one-person crack..
Well, it's still a lot better than not being able to come in because there was another problem outside.…….
“Phew…….”
I can't help but sigh.
I took my eyes off my colleagues and glanced at the statues erected in the hallway..
Kind too. Difficulty too. Guardians below the 5th floor who have different ways to deal with each other..
‘I have to catch them all by myself.…….’
The hardships were already clearly visible..
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