Surviving as a Barbarian in the Game - Episode 65
65angry field boss (1)
I slept soundly for a whopping 12 hours..
And when I woke up.
For some reason, Misha was sleeping on my stomach again, drooling..
“…….”
Anyway, I had some time left so I organized the loot..
After checking what was in the backpack, the rest of the trio also took off their equipment..
And put everything into an expandable backpack..
I’m glad that Missha also owns an expandable backpack..
I crammed so much equipment into it that it became quite heavy even though there was a lightweight magic..
‘At this rate, is the reward for all your hard work well received??’
I left Misha sleeping, took out some beef jerky, and chewed it..
Well, if he wakes up and is hungry, he will eat on his own..
Grumbling-!
After finishing my meal, I soaked a cloth in water and briefly washed my body..
Oh, it's been a while since I shaved..
‘You look more like a person now.’
After lighting all the remaining firewood in the fireplace, there was nothing else to do..
So I went outside and sat in the rocking chair..
There was a faint smell of blood in the peaceful meadow..
As I was basking in the sunlight, letting go of all kinds of thoughts, my eyes slowly closed..
Suddenly, I thought of a religious person whose head was broken during sleep.…….
‘The entrance is probably already closed, so you don't have to worry about that..’
It's peaceful.
At least as long as I'm here I'm safe..
Yeah, that's it..
“Bjorn, wake up. You have to eat and sleep, otherwise you will feel upset.!”
When I opened my eyes, Misha was shaking my shoulder..
I look at the clock and see that 14 more hours have passed since I last checked..
“Now, even if you don’t have an appetite, just eat it, quickly.!”
Misha breaks the beef jerky and bread and puts it to my mouth..
I got up in the middle to eat, but I was hungry so I obediently took it and ate it..
“Bjorn sleeps better?”
“no.”
“Hmm, that's right. Oh, that's right! But how do you know that if you put people in, they can stay here longer??”
“read it in a book.”
“…Maybe Bjorn likes smart women??”
“Yes.”
After finishing my meal by roughly answering the questions asked, I checked the fireplace..
Looking at the firepower, it looks like there's less than an hour left.…….
Click.
I closed the watch and stored it away in my arms..
Then, I stretched my body that had been asleep for a long time and started preparing to go out..
It's still too early to raise a toast, but my heart is strangely filled with excitement..
‘This day has really come.’
The 15th day starts soon..
In other words, if you survive just one day, you can escape this damn forest and return to the city..
therefore…….
「The Witch's Hut is closed.」
「The character moves to the witch's forest.」
Let's focus until the end.
As always.
“Rain, Bjorn! How did this happen??”
“fuck…….”
Because it's not over until it's over.
***
「A fifth offering was made to the hut.」
「A sixth offering was made to the hut.」
「A seventh offering was made to the hut.…….」
「Special condition - seven sacrifices are met.」
「Riakis, the Lord of Chaos, begins wandering the floor..」
***
The moment I left the cabin.
Changes in the forest are felt by every organ in the body..
「Field effect - Witch's Forest is unlocked.」
I can see straight ahead.
The auditory hallucinations and hallucinations have disappeared..
Additionally, the surrounding area became bright enough to see far into the distance even without a torch..
“rain, bjorn……?”
A ceiling that emits an ominous red light.
In addition, the spirit monsters that were often seen everywhere in the forest disappeared completely..
“…….”
The first silence I encountered after entering the Witch's Forest..
I bent down and touched the ground..
Ddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd.
I feel a slight tremor through my fingertips..
Therefore, there is no longer any need to confirm or to try to deny the current situation..
I know the cause of this phenomenon.
“…It's a hierarchical monarch..”
Hierarchical monarch.
A monster that acts as a kind of field boss.
In the game, floor master was written as a proper noun, and each floor had one monarch with a different nickname..
For reference, except for a few floors, most of the floors were summoned when a trigger was activated.…….
“You're a class monarch, no, don't make fun of me. I heard there are no hierarchical monarchs on the 3rd floor.!!”
“It's not like it doesn't exist. It's just that the summoning method is kept secret..”
1In the case of a layered crystal cave.
3After the first round, it became common knowledge that it would appear with a certain probability when 5 or more people moved together..
However, the hierarchy of the third floor is different..
The royal family and guilds kept the summoning law a top secret, and even created a new law to severely punish those who summoned without prior notice..
According to the book, about 150 years ago.
“The guild kept it a secret? Why on earth?”
“Because if a crazy person summons it, it doesn't just end with a few people dying..”
1The layer lord disappears after killing only the explorer who activated the trigger..
But the hierarchy of the third floor is different..
Riakis, Lord of Chaos.
「Erosion begins and all monsters on the floor disappear into chaos..」
「The creatures of chaos awaken.」
This guy not only affects the entire third floor,…….
「The Lord of Chaos begins wandering the floor of Riakis..」
Once summoned, it roams the labyrinth and commits massacre until it dies..
To make matters worse, even movement between floors is blocked..
「Portals are temporarily disabled due to erosion.」
This means that even escaping to another floor is impossible..
When I explained this, Misha’s complexion turned white..
“Well, then what is this? Rain, if it was treated as a secret, why did a class monarch appear now?!”
Ah, uh, um…….
Don't tell me the truth?
I was a little worried, but the decision wasn't difficult..
“It's probably because of us..”
It would be better to make him an accomplice here..
Is it a benefactor or something?.
Because that would be more effective in keeping secrets..
“Ooh, is it because of us? I don't understand.…….”
“Didn't they burn the body in the stove in the hut? That's one of the conditions..”
When I explained it kindly, the responses came at different times..
“…Well, that was the summoning method?!! Bjorn! What on earth did you do?!!”
No, I didn't know it would turn out like this either..
Even the books I read at the library said that very few people knew about it..
The last time I was summoned was 10 years ago.?
So I thought it wouldn't be a big deal if I took three people with me..
‘Fuck it, but who would have thought they would have put 4 people on board first?…….’
The amazing coincidence makes me swear.
But who to blame?.
In the end, it will be my fault for not assuming the worst..
So, in that sense…….
“Misha, won’t you make one promise with me??”
“promise?”
“You must not tell anyone that we have summoned the Lord of Chaos..”
It was not summoned after all preparations were completed by a large clan..
There will definitely be a lot of explorers..
But if it were known that we were the cause…….
‘I will somehow take responsibility and make you pay for it..’
Did he slowly realize his situation??
“Ooh, us? What does that mean? Aren't you the one who burned the body?!”
Missha draws a clear line..
It was so urgent that the final pronunciation, which was always slurred, could be heard clearly..
I feel somehow sad.
He said he would treat me as a benefactor at some point and pay me back until the end of my life..
Anyway, if it comes out like this, I have no choice..
I have no choice but to push it a little bit..
“Do you think the guild will believe that? No, even if you believe it, the result will be the same. To quell that anger, the more sacrifices there are, the better..”
“Ugh…….”
Well, looking at that reaction, I don't think it's necessary to threaten to carry out Operation Water Ghost, even if it means giving false testimony..
“If you understand, come to your senses from now on. Going back to the city and dying is only possible if you are lucky..”
“…I understand. So what should I do now??”
The answer is simple.
“Let's run.”
First, we need to get as far away from here as possible..
I never thought I'd leave here like this…….
‘It would be safest to go there first..’
It's time to leave the witch's forest.
***
The way to get out of this damn forest is simple..
The status abnormality [direction value] has disappeared, so you only need to look at the compass and move in one direction..
But the problem is that the entire third floor is teeming with new types of monsters..
“Bjorn! What's following me from behind?!”
“It is a spirit of chaos..”
Please note that there are no grades..
No magic stones are given, and no essence is given..
but…….
“I guess I'll have to take care of it and go..”
The Spirit of Chaos is a monster that attacks first, and once it attracts aggro, it has the characteristic of following until the end..
“…It's something we can catch on our own.?”
Misha looked anxious because it was his first time encountering a monster..
Well, here ignorance equals death..
I also learned by dying countless times in the game..
“The attack power is high, but that is all. Don't worry, it'll probably disappear with just one elemental attack..”
“…For sure information?”
“yes, i read it in the book.”
“I understand.”
Misha must have felt reassured when I told him about the features, so he fixed the spear that had been enchanted with holy water..
And then he stabbed at the spirit of chaos that was slowly following him..
Powwow-!
The spirit of chaos exploded with a single stroke of a spear..
Something like slime soaks the floor, staining the ground black..
「The elemental of chaos has been destroyed.」
「The location will be eroded.」
Now, if you go up on that ground, you will take continuous chaos damage, but there is no need to worry..
We're not hunting down class lords here..
Anyway, it hasn't even been a day since I was summoned..
‘The labyrinth will be closed after today, so we can just ignore the erosion rate..’
At least it is a positive factor..
Although the hierarchical monarch was suddenly summoned,…….
[00 : 01]
The 15th day has now begun..
If you last 24 hours, you can leave for the city.—
“Hey, look! Please help me too!!”
As the car is about to leave, an explorer comes running towards us from a distance..
colleagues are not visible.
However, I didn't wonder why he was alone..
Dozens of chaos spirits were following him from behind and explaining his situation..
“rain, bjorn?”
“What are you worried about? run.”
I grabbed Misha's wrist, who was flinching, and ran in the opposite direction of the man asking for help..
Thanks to you, I will go back a little bit.…….
So what can we do?.
Their aggro is better than being attracted to us..
“Oh, oh, oh!”
Was my physical strength already at its limit?.
I turned around at the sound of a short scream and saw the explorer in a fallen state..
“Buy, save—!”
Shit, our eyes met.
“rain, bjorn……?”
“don't look back.”
I pulled Misha's wrist and ran forward again..
“no! Go, don't go!”
The despairing screams were drowned out by the sound of the wind passing by my ears..
I briefly recited it as if I was repeating it to myself..
“Eat your heart out. Do you think he would have helped if we had been in the opposite situation??”
“but… … ! It's not because of us that the 3rd floor became like this.!”
Well, if you put it that way, there's nothing left to say..
‘fuck…….’
I feel dirty.
It's as if each and every aspect of me as a person has been uncovered..
But in the end, when you look back on this, it will only be a momentary feeling..
…let's do what needs to be done.
‘I guess this is enough.’
After heading south for a while, we turned and moved east again. Eroded land and the corpses of explorers were seen throughout the forest..
The more it happened, the more I ran forward..
Powwow-!
We moved for about an hour, exploding the chaotic spirits that followed us..
After the forest ends.
A plain with an open view appears..
‘I thought it would take at least 7 hours.…….’
Was it the eastern outskirts of the forest where we were??
We left the forest much earlier than expected..
‘You were lucky..’
Soon we quickly passed through the plains and entered an orc colony..
And how long has it been.
“Now, everyone, calm down and follow the instructions.!”
As expected, there were a lot of people crowded there..
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