Surviving the Game as a Barbarian chapter 181

181 Fire Jinx (1)

Hans Chryssen.

A name that is familiar to some ears.

“Oh! Bjorn! That person must have been that… … !”

Even if Misha didn’t say it, I remembered it.

After all, various summons were being summoned around him.

“I’m a summoner!”

An average of 7 ranks, consisting of one offensive type and three support types. After checking even the objects one by one, I sighed.

‘Somehow, something familiar.’

Even the possibility of being a similar person disappeared by this.

Hans G.

Based on his knowledge of Liakis’ pattern and the conditions for the Death Knight’s appearance, he judged that he was a ‘player’.

‘Shit.’

How did you meet this guy then?

A troll came out from the 4th floor and almost destroyed everything.

Player or whatever, Hans in this world is nothing less than a plague.

Tub.

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My heart is cold

have to kill

Only that thought dominated my mind.

“Mr. Yandel? Why did you stay still—”

Dash with power more than ever.

It seems that the momentary pause was to gain momentum.

Koo!

Leaving a clear mark on the hard ground, the distance between him and me was shortened in an instant.

Hans G did not stand still.

[Kyaah-!]

A lizard that spews flames while screaming.

To be precise, it was a fire-type attacking pet named Naimpi.

aah-!!

As a 7th-grade pet, the flame wasn’t very threatening, but as the buffs of the support-type pets continued, the firepower increased explosively.

Chi profit!

The scorching heat that scorches the skin.

But so what do you mean?

“Behel—la ah ah ah ah!!”

The upper body is covered with a shield.

The rest just run through the flames with fire resistance. This may shed some skin, but everything has priority.

Kwajik-!

The mace, which contained the power of the ogre, produced a good sound.

At the same time, Hans G, whose head exploded and collapsed.

Whether it was an instant death decision, it became a light and disappeared before the body even touched the ground.

“Wow, what are you doing!”

Raven shouted at the behavior completely different from the promise.

It’s not that I don’t understand your anger, but it won’t be too late to explain it later.

“Don’t come near me!!”

I shouted authoritatively and moved quickly towards my colleague.

And I took in the breath I had been holding back.

“Whoop!”

done.

Although he met Hans, he did not breathe the polluted air.

So it will be fine.

No, it had to be fine—

“Is it poison?”

Uh, it’s not… … .

What should I say about this?

“Yes, I will give up on this road for now.”

“yes? No, really poison? I didn’t feel like that at all… … .”

“Okay, come on over.”

With a somewhat overbearing attitude, he led the team back the way he had come.

But was that kind of me unfamiliar?

First of all, Raven, who follows me without saying a word, is making a serious expression.

“I wish I had come this way.”

After walking for about five minutes, I stopped moving.

But he turned his back to explain what he just did.

“What!”

His feet stumbled upon the protruding stones and his body shook violently. How did I balance in the middle and didn’t fall… … .

Even this doesn’t feel like a coincidence.

Could it be that the Hans Effect has begun?

Yeah, it wasn’t the main body, it was a doppelganger, right? Maybe it will end in such a misfortune—

“Yandel! There is something more ahead!”

At the call of Uncle Bear, I quickly checked the front again.

Two doppelgangers were approaching.

The reason I was immediately convinced it was a doppelganger was simple.

Both men who appeared in the dark had the same face.

‘Shit.’

I shut my eyes tight and opened them.

However, the scene in front of him remained unchanged.

Is this hell?

“I… Big, Cree… sen.”

“Han, s… Whoa, Risen… … .”

Hans is being copied.

***

This time it was the same as the first time.

The fire got stronger and more, and he ran right away and broke his head.

In the meantime, stopping breathing is a bonus.

“Everyone hold your breath. Break through!”

“no? What?”

“No time to explain!”

There was no way back, so I held my breath and crossed the passage.

And when I thought I’d be okay now.

Eventually, he stopped and checked his colleagues.

“Bjorn, your eyes are scary!!”

“What the hell is going on? Anyway, I don’t think it was poison. Was it someone you knew?”

Colleagues who can’t hide their confusion over my heterogeneous behavior.

“okay. He was an acquaintance.”

I tried to calm down and explain them one by one.

The name of the doppelganger I met earlier is Hans.

And even the bad things that happened when I just met Hans.

“Wow, isn’t it a big deal!!! But what? I was breathing!!”

Ainar, who was aware of the ‘Hans education’ that I had given the barbarians, became anxious and bit his nails when he heard the hidden story.

“… … It’s not something we just end up with because of our mood.”

Like an explorer who believes in superstitions, Uncle Bear also had an unfamiliar expression on his face.

And Raven… … .

“yes? Aren’t you supposed to end it because of your feelings?”

‘What are you all talking about?’ He kept his face still and smiled out loud.

“Pooh, pu-ha-ha-ha!”

Hey, are you a psychopath?

How can you laugh in this atmosphere?

“Looking at this, it seems that Yandel is also a barbarian.”

“It is a racist statement.”

“Oh, I’m sorry if I sounded like that. But… … Whoa, whoa, whoa! If you’re really worried, will you grant me the magician’s protection?”

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Magician’s Blessing?

Wasn’t that in the game?

As I tilted my head, Raven gently explained to me like a child.

“When a wizard goes to a poor neighborhood, the kids cling to him and pray for good luck. That’s the magician’s protection.”

… … So you’re saying it’s just a word?

“Not required.”

“why? At least you can find stability, right?”

Raven, who was chirping, told me about a study, saying that it wasn’t just a joke.

Do you think that if you strongly believe in something, it also affects your body?

It seems to be talking about the placebo effect… … .

Well, what do you think of a barbarian?

“Do it.”

“yes. Really? oh, how was this Would you like to bow down for a moment?”

As soon as I sat down on the floor, Raven, with a reverent expression on her face, alternately placed her hands on my shoulder as if standing as a knight.

And he added an unusually warm word.

“Everything will be fine. I have inherited my luck.”

I don’t know about luck.

Still, it seems to be coming back a bit.

If you think about it, it’s just a jinx after all.

Where was Hans when you met the dragon killer?

“Oh really! Come on, are you out of your mind? Yandel is the leader of our team!”

According to Raven’s words, you have to come to your senses.

Even if the Hans effect does exist, it is a fact that as long as it has entered the rift, it will meet with Hans’s body.

You just have to be more careful than usual.

“me too!! Do it too!!”

“Then I… … Are you okay?”

“Hey, I’m begging you too.”

Perhaps because of my improved expression, my colleagues gathered in front of Raven like a baby bird.

“ha… … . Okay. Let’s all take turns.”

While sighing, Raven gives blessings to each person by adding words of blessing.

Was he like this?

I feel like I’ve peeked into an unexpected side.

“Then tell me now. There’s no way Yandel would have just killed him without any countermeasures. Are you already familiar with it? About that Hans or someone who does something.”

“To some extent.”

After the protection was over, I had time to share the information I knew.

What essence Hans Chryssen possessed.

And who are his comrades.

“A fairy archer, a human warrior, and a wizard, right?”

“That was the last time I saw it.”

“There are only four?”

“Since we entered the rift, it is highly likely that we are now a five-man team. He probably put a leader in the place that was left.”

The 4th floor rift opens on one of the 25th and above stages. Without a guide, finding cracks before the garden fills up is near impossible.

“Certainly, it is highly likely.”

Afterwards, when he explained everything he knew about his colleagues, Raven nodded as if relieved.

He seemed to know what he was thinking.

Unless there have been major changes in the past, Hans G’s team is clearly inferior to ours.

“I don’t have to worry about them playing around with the distribution.”

“We have to play around.”

“If the situation arises. You don’t know anything about the other team yet, do you?”

Information sharing about the Hans team ended at this point and exploration resumed.

Fortunately, the distance between him and him was established, and after that, only our doppelgangers appeared.

‘Zep, I wanted to find out about the other team in advance.’

An unidentified team with no signs of overlapping or not.

But even if you regret it, nothing will change.

“Five! This time, it’s a magic stone box!”

We wandered around the cave all day, opening the occasional chest.

It was the main reward of the first chapter, Shadow Cave.

No matter how many doppelgangers are caught, they do not spit out magic stones and essence.

This is how you strike a balance.

‘Still, it’s a little strange.’

In the game, I thought it was just a system like this.

But when you experience it in real life, you feel a sense of disparity.

Does it have to be like a real game?

[This is a hypothesis revolving in academia these days, but there is a saying that the labyrinth was created, not discovered.]

I think that maybe what Raven said in the past may be true. If someone made it, the structure of this would be explained.

‘What the hell was this world in the first place?’

Is it a game or is it really another world?

The question I had since the first day I woke up from this body lingered in my head again, but as before, I folded it up and buried it in a corner again.

Because I still don’t have an answer with the clues I have.

It is not rational to deprive yourself of useless work.

“Now it’s just open boxes. The doppelganger is almost nonexistent. What are you going to do?”

“Aren’t you going to make the decision here?”

I shrugged and passed the decision to Raven.

After all, what he’s going to say is what I’m going to say.

“Well then, it would be nice to rest here today and then get up and go to the very center.”

That’s right.

“The reason is?”

“There is a high possibility that other teams are already gathered at the very center. There is no need to gather and camp, right?”

Wizard-like safety-oriented judgment.

I especially like the part where distrust of other people is the basis.

“Well, is there anything you want to say about my decision?”

“Not at all.”

“Um, your eyes are weird… … .”

“I was really lucky to have a wizard like you on the team.”

It was sincere.

He’ll never know how comfortable I’ve become when he joins the team.

“… … Even if I fall, nothing comes out.”

I mean, my shoulders are already up to my ears.

After that, we simply finished preparing for the camp, and we finished the 8th day by standing vigilantly one after the other.

Day 9 started like that.

[05:07]

We woke up a little earlier than usual and headed to the very center of the cave.

There was no getting lost or anything.

I’ve only stayed here because of the chest, because it’s very easy to find.

Just follow the weed-growing passage.

thump, thump.

The closer we got to the center, the more grass and moss on the wall, and soon a wide cavity appeared in front of us.

“Finally, the latecomers are here!”

Ten explorers had already gathered there.

“uh! Oh, you’re here! Mr. Yandel!”

Oh, of course, among them was Hans G.

***

Did he spend the night here?

When we arrived the explorers were clearing out the bustling surroundings.

I did a bud scan first.

‘The Hans G team is as expected.’

As if there was no team change, all four of them were the same explorers I had seen at that time.

The first woman you see over there must be a newbie.

‘That one… … .’

I do not know.

A dwarf, a beast, and three humans.

The equipment is pretty much on par with ours.

The peculiarity is that they all have sensitive eyes.

In fact, considering that the crack is an environment, it is not something special to say.

“Who is that leader?”

Soon the dwarf approached.

As soon as we arrived, he was dismissed as a latecomer.

“Ah, maybe Mr. Yandel is the leader. The one I spoke of last time, it is him.”

“A little Balkan?”

“Yes Yes.”

Have you already said hello?

Hans G said something to the dwarf, and he looked at me and pretended to be friendly.

“Bar, nice to meet you. I hope to meet you here. Hey, don’t you know Mr. Yandel’s doppelganger, how surprised I was when I met him?”

“stop.”

“… … yes?”

“Stop coming.”

He lowered his voice and blocked Hans from approaching.

In my opinion, this distance is just right for us.

A world without masks, right?

“Identification tag?”

Soon after, he turned away from Hans G and told the Dwarf.

But somehow, the answer came from Hans G.

“Ah, ha ha! If it’s a dog tag, I’ve checked it, so don’t worry about it—”

okay?

Because of you, I’m more anxious.

“Identification tag.”

Hans didn’t even listen to what he was saying, and as he muttered it again, the Dwarf grinned and demanded it back.

“You take them out first.”

Are you going to have a fight?

He said he had no intention of avoiding it, so he took out the necklace and showed it to him because identification was the first thing.

“Then it’s your turn.”

At my request, the dwarves also took out the necklace so they could see it.

“Okay, okay?”

“… … done.”

I nodded.

At that moment, Raven’s voice was heard in my head.

A telephonic magic used when communicating secretly.

[Mr. Yandel.]

Yes, you noticed too.

[These people are not city dwellers.]

They’re babies from the basement.