Surviving as a Barbarian in the Game - Episode 71
71angry barbarian hero (4)
[prey]
The person affected by this falls into a state of inability to act..
It's easy to think of it as a kind of curse..
However, the difference is…….
‘This means that Liakis’ aggro is fixed on [Prey]..’
In other words, you need to create some distance between you and him before he wakes up..
That way, the chances go up..
Therefore, the car is preparing to leave in a hurry..
McGrane looks at Misha and asks, as if spitting out a question..
“Are you not throwing it away??”
“Of course.”
That's what I said.
I chuckled as if it wasn't worth listening to, and McGran nodded as if he liked it..
“Cherishing your colleagues is also an important virtue of an explorer. Are you sure you don't want to join the clan??
“does not exist.”
“Even if we protect that woman together?”
“…Still a rejection.”
“Hmm, that's a shame. If you had been designated as [prey], you would have had no choice..”
That's right.
Misha, I don't think he can carry me for 15 minutes alone. She would have been willing to live despite the risk of joining the clan..
But after all, I’m an explorer, right??
Saying that to his face seems like a fucking psychopath..
“Anyway, the deal ends here. We'll just leave, see you in the city sometime when you get a chance..”
“If only I could return alive..”
“Well, I don't know if it's anyone else, but if you are, it's probably possible. I have that intuition..”
Huh, I wish you would stop putting up flags..
I listened to it hoping to get some helpful suggestions, but it ended up being a waste of time.—
“I hope this will be of some help to you on your journey. What are you doing! Don't start now?”
As McGrane shouts out to his clan members, light begins to emanate from all over the place as if he had been waiting..
「Daniel Carmine casted [Blessing of the Wind].」
「The character's movement speed increases significantly..」
「Tarotess Pian casted [Sailing].」
「The character's soul power regenerates more quickly.」
「Aaron Deflane casted [Flame of Regeneration].
「Significantly increases the character's physical regeneration ability…….」
「…….」
「…….」
Is this loyalty??
They must have run out of MP when they got out of there, so they showed me this favor..
He flatly refused to allow Misha's personal safety. Anyway, in times like this, it would be right to just say thank you..
“…thanks.”
“Thank you, don't die. If you die, won't he come to us??”
McGrane, who spoke truly efficient words, soon led his clan members and began preparing to leave..
Well, it's up to me to carry the child and secure the backpack so it doesn't fall, but that's not the case for them..
“Then we go first.”
“Sure. If you go first, we'll go in the opposite direction..”
You're really rational to the end, man..
Since I had no reason to be upset anymore, I smiled and started running in one direction with Misha on my back..
[Ohhhhh—!]
Before long, I heard its cries from far away..
***
being chased.
Hanging like a pack on the barbarian's back.
I'm running away from a scary monster that looks like Riakis, the Lord of Chaos..
“Huh, huh, huh…….”
my body is hot.
Not a description, really..
Like pouring oil on a bonfire, I can feel the heat he gives off as he runs through my skin..
[Ohhhhh—!]
I can't move my stiff body and look behind me..
But I can hear it.
That trembling cry is getting closer..
“Bjorn, son of Yandel.”
So I called his name.
There was no reply as if I hadn't heard..
So I sang a little louder.
“Bjorn, son of Yandel!”
“speak.”
“Stop it now.”
I also have a sense of humor..
It's not Bjorn that that monster is chasing, it's me..
That's why everyone looked at me like that..
Even my blood-related family.
Because existence itself is a nuisance.
“What does it mean??”
He said.
Talk in the same tone as usual, as if you don't understand, or as if you're asking why you're bothering people with pointless questions..
Therefore, I tried to speak cheerfully as usual..
“That's enough. If this continues, you too will die. We're not that close.?”
no answer came back.
So I shouted a little louder.
“If it weren't for you, I would have died a long time ago anyway! Well, in the end, my lifelong wish came true.!”
The answer came back at some interval..
“That's funny.”
“…what?”
“If you don't have any desire to die, why do you say things you don't even want to say??”
A somewhat cynical voice.
I felt like I had made a mistake unintentionally, so I came up with an excuse without realizing it..
“It's not that I don't have it in my mind, I really—!”
“Isn’t it scary that you might just be abandoned?.”
For a moment, I felt like I hit the nail on the head..
Is that why??
The voice got louder.
“Why can't you understand me? I just don't want to cause any more trouble.!”
“So are those feelings more important than your life??”
“…….”
I was speechless after just one word..
I've felt it before, but why is this barbarian so good at talking?.
I don't know, he says with a hint of annoyance..
“Don't bother saying things back and forth. If you want to live, just ask for your life. Then at least there is a chance of survival..”
Simple, barbarian-like vocabulary.
Still, I think I know what you're trying to say..
From being shipwrecked in the Witch's Forest until now, he has personally shown how to judge and act in order to survive..
‘I must have looked pathetic like this…….’
he always said.
If you want to live, do what you have to do.
So what should I do now??
Well, I don't know, but I don't think I'd feel desperation because I was abandoned by my family and take out my depression on someone who offered to help me..
“Bjorn.”
I called him again..
I felt like I knew it slowly.
what i had to do.
“If you save me, I will follow you and help you for the rest of my life..”
If you were really afraid of being abandoned. The right thing to do was to make an effort to avoid being thrown away..
but…….
“I think I've heard that before..”
I felt dizzy after realizing the mistake in his answer..
Uh, then what should I say??
The time to worry wasn't long.
“If I return alive, I will give you all the money I earned during this expedition! How about this?!”
Soon he smiled and answered.
“It's so much better.”
***
“Ma, I’m glad you like it.…….”
A sigh of relief heard from behind.
I let out a different sigh and accelerated my running..
Huh, I think my mentality has been taken care of at this level..
If he had something in mind, he wouldn't bother me any more..
‘Is the problem starting now?…….’
Just turn your head and quickly check behind you..
I see hundreds of chaos spirits chasing after me..
Of course, they're not that big of a problem..
Once aggro is attracted, it has the characteristic of following until the end, but the movement speed is slow..
Unlike that chewy.
[Ohhhhh—!]
If we had started with at least 3km of distance between us, the figure had already become this close..
If things continue like this, it's sure to catch up within 5 minutes..
Of course, assuming that the current speed is maintained.
「[The duration of [Blessing of the Wind] has ended..」
「[The duration of [Sailing] has ended.」
「[Berserker]'s duration has ended.…….」
「…….」
It's the biggest problem I face.
Various buffs applied by the Dzarwi Clan began to end sequentially..
The vitality in your body slowly drains away..
Before you know it, your gait has become so slow that even you can recognize it yourself..
‘It's probably about 3 minutes at best..’
Reconsider variables and revise plan.
Of course, nothing much has changed.
In the end, there's only one thing I have to do right now.
Running as hard as I can.
Toduk, toad, toaduk-.
As expected, about 2 minutes later it started to rain..
Proof that he came right up to close range..
In fact, the number of chaos spirits blocking the way has increased noticeably..
But I didn't bother to check back..
I just accepted that the time had come and took out what I had been saving..
「The character casted [Giant].」
「The character's physique increases, and threat and physical values increase in proportion to size..」
Instantly enlarged muscles and skeleton.
In proportion to this, the arms and legs also became longer..
Additionally, as the physical strength increases, the overall combat power index will also increase..
But the important thing here is the increase in movement speed..
Coo! Cooung!
Instead of feeling a heavy vibration every time you take a step, the stride itself has become wider than before..
However, unfortunately, it cannot be maintained for a long time..
[This is because my soul power, or MP, was completely depleted while escaping from the [Crack of Evil]..
‘In this situation, it's about 2 to 3 minutes at most..’
Mobilize all of your knowledge to infer the remaining time..
It's a shame because I received the [Sailing] buff that increases the speed of soul recovery, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to last even 1 minute..
“Misha, time is?”
I muttered briefly, and Misha, who had already put the watch in his hand, quickly answered..
“Uh, 56 minutes per minute.!”
“exactly.”
“196Seconds left!”
Okay, so there's a little over 3 minutes left..
Until this damn labyrinth closes.
“If you're bored, watch it and count..”
“Ah, I understand! One hundred and ninety, one hundred and eighty-nine…….”
While Misha counted and acted as a timer, I started the last spurt..
Now I'm spitting out the words that are stuck in my mouth.
“Behel—laaaaa!!”
As if the ancestral spirits are pushing my back, my body moves forward quickly..
“One hundred and seventy, one hundred and sixty-nine…….”
As the second hand clicks, the amount of rainwater falling increases..
Additionally, the number of enemies blocking your path increases..
So what I have to do has changed.
Until now, I just focused on rushing forward and running regardless of whether they followed me or not.…….
From now on, we have to clear the road..
“It will sting a little..”
Maybe I couldn't hear because I was concentrating??
Or did he think that doing his role was the priority anyway?.
Probably the latter.
The reason Misha didn't answer me.
「The elemental of chaos has been destroyed.」
「The location will be eroded.」
A chaos spirit hit by a mace coated in holy water explodes, scattering slime..
Even though it must have touched her skin, Misha continued to focus on memorizing the numbers..
As if that's the only thing that can be done.
“ship, one hundred and sixty-five!”
Therefore, I also did my best in my role..
Smashing the chaotic spirits that surge in like a tidal wave, and sometimes leaping over the head with a huge body leap..
[Ohhhhh—!]
I did everything I could to distance myself from that bastard..
Was it because of that??
“One hundred twenty, one hundred nineteen, one hundred eighteen…….”
Perhaps because I'm covered in so much mucus, my right arm holding the mace feels numb..
Fuck, is this a ‘paralysis’ decision??
I made a quick decision and switched the positions of my shield and mace..
“nine, ninety!!”
Suddenly I felt a hot fire behind my back..
It was obvious even without looking what it was.
‘It must be breath..’
Fortunately, there was no major damage..
No, rather, as that pattern fell behind me, many of the chaos spirits that were aggro towards me would have exploded..
But it's too early to be purely happy.
If he used his breath, that would mean I was within his attack range..
“seventy-five…….”
1 minute 15 seconds remaining.
This is the first direct attack made to me since the breath..
Kwaang-!
A huge paw hitting the spot where I was..
The barbarian's battle nerves were fully activated and he was able to dodge to the side in time, but…….
“seventy four…….”
At some point, I look straight ahead and see that the guy is blocking my way..
Massive body up to 30m in diameter.
Even the orc hero's 'fighting spirit' was useless against that gigantic figure that broke one's will to fight just by looking at it..
After all, wouldn't the fighting spirit be meaningful only to someone who has room to rub against it?.
My heart is pounding, my heart is pounding!
My heart is beating like crazy..
It's definitely worth it.
Even if you use the knowledge of an old person, there is no way to guarantee survival against that guy in your current state..
Perhaps because he felt this instinctively, Misha no longer memorized the numbers..
“Rain, Bjorn. That's enough now.”
After, is it starting again?.
I thought you decided to graduate because you were whining..
[Ohhhhh—!!]
Seeing it roaring in my face, I immediately turned and ran backwards..
It was still noisy in the back..
“You can't hear me! Hurry up and leave me behind.—”
I muttered firmly..
“stop.”
I have to say something that makes sense..
“I have no intention of leaving you to die..”
Now come and throw it away and run away?
Then who will pay for the Frost Spirit Ring I invested in??
“What on earth did I say... Why do you do that to me?……?”
He answered briefly while jumping over a group of chaos spirits..
“Didn't you already promise?.”
Companion Pledge.
It was a promise to help each other..
If you don't pamper yourself enough to at least make it worth the price of the ring, the loss will be severe..
“promise? Just because of that reason, you're willing to die with me.!”
Misha shouted as if he couldn't understand, but…….
“Who is going to die??”
i will buy.
Being an efficient person, I took all the rewards I could get..
I will return to the city outside this labyrinth..
Of course, it must be hard as hell…….
There is nothing particularly unusual about it.
In the first place, I've never gotten what I wanted without taking risks.—
Kwaang-!
A huge paw falls from above the head..
I tried to avoid it, but it was a little too late..
“Rain, Bjorn! you arm……!”
The arm holding the mace was torn off..
I didn't say it was hit by claws, it was literally torn apart..
However, what you need to worry about now is something else..
“time is?”
“Me, abandon me. It didn't work out. I'm sure you'll die too…….”
A trembling voice as if in a state of panic.
I ran forward with all my might and shouted..
“Misha Karlstein! tell the time!”
“…60candle! 60 seconds left!!”
Okay, can I just hold on for one minute?.
‘I guess this is the end of what I eat raw..’
Soon I stopped walking.
Then I turned my back and looked at that huge chewy..
Instinct was still speaking.
I need to run away right away.
but i judged.
Now that the distance has narrowed this much, it's impossible to run away..
“Well, I thought about it. If I die, that guy too…….”
Even if you run away, you will end up within range of its attack..
It was like that just a moment ago..
If I hadn't turned my back and run away, I could have escaped without losing my arm..
That's why I ran.
“Wow! What are you doing?!”
“If you have time to whine, count the time..”
While dismissing Misha’s complaints,.
I hope that the blessings of the ancestors will be with my destiny even just a little bit..
“Behel—laaaaa!!”
Not the opposite direction of that huge chew, I ran to the direction of the guy.
And in that moment.
“Oh, fifty-five…….”
Misha must have had a change of heart and started counting again..
Also, that huge bastard opened its vicious maw and spewed out flames..
It was a moment that proved my judgment was right..
“fifty four…….”
If I was guided by instinct and ran away.
If that were the case, the only future I would have had was being roasted whole with Misha..
But I didn't run away.
so that…….
“Oh, fifty-three!!!”
I was able to get out of the radius just in time to slide through his crotch..
“fifty-two!!!”
Without even having time to get his sliding body back up, he slams down his back foot, which is the axis of his center of gravity..
Cooung-!
I dodged it by rolling to the side..
But immediately it steps back and uses its front paws to claw at you..
“Oh, oh, oh, fifty…….”
I bowed my head and avoided it..
Well, I was watching what the Dzarwi Clan did earlier and was familiar with their attack pattern..
“forty nine.”
Take down.
Avoid by jumping to the side like a grasshopper.
“thirty.”
scratch.
Avoid falling flat on the floor like a bug or rolling between the crotches..
“twenty six…….”
The swinging guy's tail jumps with all its might.
Repeat what Clan Dzarwi's warriors did against him for several hours..
In fact, except for breath and dark spheres, these three are all the means of hand-to-hand attack that it has..
Well, once you defeat [Prey], you will come up with a new pattern.…….
“Twenty.”
There's no way.
[Ohhhhh—!]
It lets out a strong roar..
Perhaps because he was angry, his attacks became a little more ferocious..
“seventeen.”
It must have wanted to make an irregular attack, but it swung its tail one more time in a row..
“sixteen.”
I jumped upwards like I was jumping rope..
But maybe the height was a little short?
Powok-!
My ankle hits my tail and my body loses balance..
“fifteen… Wow!”
A body rotating and falling in the air.
I somehow managed to get up quickly after rolling around on the floor, but one of my ankles was completely numb..
In the meantime, the guy puts his front paw down..
“…….’
I rolled to the side one more time..
Still, I had a hunch.
You're one step late.
If you do this well, you might be able to make it.—
Kwaang-!
Fuck, what the hell??
Surprisingly, for the first time in a while, my ominous premonition was astray..
「The character lacks soul power.」
「[Gigantization] ends.」
Just in time, the body was reduced by half..
I turn my head to the side and see huge footprints right in front of me..
If the timing had been a little late, my head would have turned into a burst watermelon and was scattered all over the place..
Tadat.
I feel dizzy and get up quickly..
I felt pain in my left ankle, but I can just ignore it..
‘Is it 10 seconds now?.’
Instead of Misha, who seemed to have fainted after being hit by the tail earlier, I counted the numbers in my head..
‘9.’
the situation was not good.
‘8.’
Before I knew it, the chaos spirits that had gathered so much were narrowing down my radius of action..
In addition, my ankles all started to feel numb and my body became sluggish..
thus—
‘7.’
I got on top of the front paw that the guy put down..
‘6.’
But it was clear that he was going to say a lot of shit to get rid of it.…….
‘5.’
I held on tightly to the animal's skin with my remaining arm and the strong teeth unique to barbarians..
I had no intention of doing well..
Kwaang-!
As he hits the floor once more, the body bounces away due to the recoil..
Surprisingly, it nimbly grabbed me while I was in the air with its other foot..
Fishyyyy—.
The guy snorts happily when he finally succeeds in hunting..
The gaping maw quickly gets closer..
If you chew it with those vicious teeth, you'll be able to take a bite out of lithium armor or something..
but…….
“It's late, bastard.”
Isn’t this a world where there are labyrinths, monsters, and dead monsters that disappear leaving behind drop items?.
「The labyrinth is closed.」
Before my eyes, my eyes are fading away.
Darkness gathers in an instant.
I thought as I looked at the guy vaguely visible in the center..
‘Riakis, Lord of Chaos.’
It was definitely a dog like a dog as much as the force shown in the game..
2Even though I didn't even move on to the next phase, there was nothing I could do at the moment other than being chased and beaten up..
but…….
If the next day comes when we see each other again—
[Ohhhhh—!!!!!]
It will be different then.
***
「The character moves to Lapdonia.」
***
When I opened my eyes, I saw light.
Although the weather was cloudy, it was still a brilliant light that could not be compared to the labyrinth..
‘You lived…….’
Misha closed his eyes for a moment as if enjoying the warmth of the light, then urgently raised his upper body..
‘Bjorn! What happened to Bjorn??’
Soon after I came to my senses, I saw that the dimension square I looked at had a different atmosphere than usual..
“fuse! call a priest!!”
“Joe, just hang in there! I'm back in the city!!”
Injured people here and there one after another.
They cry out for help.
“What the hell happened??”
“I don't know. I asked the guild staff if they were busy, but they didn't answer..”
People who don't know about this situation are raising questions by talking loudly..
That's natural.
It is common for people to survive dramatically when the labyrinth is closed, but the number of cases where so many people have been injured at once is only a handful..
“Did you hear? It looks like a hierarchical monarch has appeared on the third floor..”
“what? Hierarch?”
“…Then they must all be explorers on the third floor..”
Misha walked slowly with a body full of headaches..
“Hey! It looks like you came from the third floor too, so please sit still and rest.—”
A male explorer approached, but Misha did not respond and pushed him away as he walked..
“Get out of the way.”
Resting? receiving treatment?
That's all well and good, but there's something to do first..
So I walked through the dimension square full of people..
It was that time.
“That guy is going to die soon.”
“No matter how much of a barbarian you are, in that state…….”
barbarian.
Misha suddenly heard those words nearby and headed there like a person possessed..
I pushed past the crowds gathered to watch and headed towards the center, and just as they said, there was one barbarian..
“Bjorn…….”
Misha slowly approached him..
One arm torn off, left ankle bent in a deformed shape.
And black mucus covering the entire body..
I felt like I knew what had happened since I fainted without even having to look..
It must have been a desperate fight..
To live, as it always has been.
“Stay away! The priest is coming, so let's just leave it alone.—”
I think I understand why everyone is just watching from a distance..
Misha didn't answer, but walked next to him and quietly put his ear to his ear..
The mucus touched my cheek and it felt bitter.…….
Misha unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief..
Ssam juice - Ssam juice-.
Breathing regularly like a baby in a deep sleep.
“Ha, I was just sleeping. You were surprised…….”
I feel weak in my arms and legs.
However, Misha gathered his strength and wiped off the mucus from his body with his hands..
So that he can rest at least a little bit comfortably.
“The priest is coming so don't worry and rest..”
As soon as I wiped away the mucus that was all over my face, I could see Bjorn's expression clearly..
It was a very relaxed expression..
As if he had finished everything he needed to do..
Suddenly, the words of a wizard came to mind:.
[If Vulcan, who was called the hero of the Barbarians, came back alive, it would look like this.…….]
This was what the wizard admiring next to Bjorn said when he opened the way..
Of course, Misha didn't know what Balkan was doing..
but…….
“I think I know what the wizard meant when he said that..”
If there were a hero, it would definitely look like this.
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