Surviving the Game as a Barbarian chapter 196

196 Episode Master Key (1)

As soon as I entered the community, I turned on the computer and checked the chat room first.

And it stiffened.

[Hurray for Korea Independence] – 2 people are online.

… why two?

Could it be that other Koreans joined this rider?

No, but there’s no way a newcomer can find a chat room so quickly.

click click.

I double-clicked on the room title by manipulating the mouse even though I was in doubt.

Then, a message was displayed differently than usual.

[This room is temporarily restricted from participation.]

[Remaining time limit: 9 minutes 51 seconds.]

What else is this?

It was confusing at first, but soon the situation became clear. Restricting participation is one of the unique privileges of the chairman who opened the chat room.

In other words, it means… … .

‘As soon as the community opened, someone came to Lee Baek-ho, and Lee Baek-ho locked the door to have a conversation.’

It would also be fair to look at it this way.

Perhaps that someone is Lee Baek-ho’s acquaintance.

If we had not known each other, we would have kicked out the door rather than locked it.

‘I’m Lee Baek-ho’s acquaintance… … .’

I’m just curious

Baekho Lee is an old user who can only use the community for an hour by taking pills in his early days.

It must have been over ten years since I joined this community, and some of you may know that much.

‘But surely the other party must be someone who has been rolling here for a long time like Lee Baek-ho.’

It was Lee Baek-ho who gave the invitation code to enter the ‘Round Table Watcher’ in the first place.

“Zeep.”

It would have been nice to be able to check even the nickname of the person who accessed the chat room.

Feeling a little regret and watching the time decrease, the number of people suddenly decreased to one.

[Hurray for Korean Independence] – 1 person is online.

When I checked, the participation restrictions were also lifted.

Has the one who came already gone?

With that thought in mind, it was the moment I entered the chat room.

“Are you from the hometown that Baekho was talking about?”

fuck what is this

As I hurriedly turned my head at the unfamiliar voice, there was a white man I had never seen before.

No, isn’t this the first time?

[Elfnunalove]

After checking the nickname that appeared on the man’s head, my head went blank for a moment.

Surprisingly, it was someone I had a relationship with.

The user who sold me information when I was digging for a wizard called ‘Shional Pergang’ after hearing rumors of ‘Dimensional Collapse’.

[Thinking about it, that’s okay. I think he’s a fan.]

As I turned down the 20,000 GP I promised as a reward, I realized that I was a newbie here.

I promised myself that I would go upstairs soon.

But, I guess this person must have known Lee Baek-ho.

‘No, but where did Baekho Lee go?’

I quickly came to my senses.

Still, the other side also looked at my nickname and gave me a strange look.

“Um, have you seen him then?”

Yeah, you know me too.

It seems that my nickname, ‘Elfnunna’, remained in my memory as much as someone who used the unpleasant nickname ‘Elfnunalove’.

“Yes, I see you here again.”

I felt something awkward, so I stopped talking for a while.

There are many things I want to ask, but sometimes, just asking a question leaks out information on this side.

Waiting for the other side to speak first.

In fact, after waiting for a while, Elf Sister Love, or Eleb for short, scratched his head with an indifferent expression.

“I’m sorry about this.”

“What do you mean?”

“Because I feel like I stole a friend from my hometown that I must have met.”

“… Are you talking about the white tiger?”

Elup nodded at my question.

“Yes, as you know, there are not many Koreans here. I know how important a trending person is, too.”

“No, that’s not it, I don’t understand. stole it… … ?”

This time, I wasn’t pretending to be a newbie, I was sincere.

I don’t know what you’re talking about.

Could it be that Lee Baek-ho left the chat room because of him?

No, but how?

It must have been Lee Baek-ho, the moderator of this chat room, right?

All kinds of questions were running through my head.

“Literally. Even if you come here in the future, you will not be able to meet Baekho. I thought he might act as a key, so I left it alone until now… … .”

The white man continued.

“Unfortunately, you made a big mistake.”

“… … ?”

“Originally, I was just going to leave, but I’m just letting you know because I’m afraid you’re wasting your time waiting for nothing. Well then, have a good time.”

Elf Noona Love, who left the chat room without me saying anything more.

I stared blankly at the empty space.

‘Nimiral.’

What’s going on?

***

All of a sudden, I was left alone in an empty room.

‘Are you doing something wrong? Can’t you come here?’

The head is complicated.

But the more you do, the more you need to organize your thoughts slowly.

What the hell is elf sister love doing?

As I was slowly replaying the conversation I just had, a conclusion was quickly reached.

It’s still just a hypothesis, but… … .

‘For now, I’m pretty sure I’m the manager of the Ghostbusters.’

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Manager.

Just like the ‘Soul Queens’ I met when I first came here, a being who guides newbies and manages this place so that the community does not become a mess.

Otherwise, this situation cannot be explained.

[You made a very big mistake this time.]

Elf Sister Love is not even the manager, but Lee Baek-ho was kicked out of the room. No, it must have been him, not Lee Baek-ho, who put the limit on participation in the room.

At least within the bulletin board, the administrator has considerable authority. In the first place, you can’t do it unless you’re an administrator to be permanently banned from the community.

It’s obviously not an ordinary manager either… … .

‘… Wait a minute.’

After thinking that way, I hurried back to my room. Then, I quickly operated the computer and opened the mailbox.

[Elfnunna has more than 50 transactions. EXP +50]

[Membership level is adjusted.]

[Orc -> Troll]

[Sender: Ghost master.]

Ghost Master.

The top manager of Ghostbusters, whom the users in the community call the GM or the operator, who has never been identified.

I suddenly remembered the conversation I had with Lee Baek-ho.

[Do you know who the operator is here?]

[Oh, I don’t know that either. In fact, I ate the pills while robbing the secret security department in the early days.]

[Then you don’t even know who you are?]

[Still, you’re probably guessing? I also have a guy who sticks out to some extent… … .]

[who?]

[There are three people, can you tell me all?]

At that time, in response to my question, Lee Baek-ho said a total of three suspects. They were all wizards, and each one of them was so famous in the city that no one knew his name.

It’s Lee Baek-ho’s speculation, so it won’t be completely unreliable.

‘GM is a wizard.’

It’s not certain, but once I laid the premise, I remembered the first time I met Elf Sister Love.

[…] Can I stop talking about this?]

[What does it matter? I’m not even the master of that school.]

As I watched him bluntly divulge the secrets of the Tarutein school that spread the dimensional collapse rumor, I had this thought.

This guy is talking about something like a wizard.

As soon as I reached a conclusion, I swallowed my saliva.

It may just be my own elixir, but… … .

If my conclusions are true.

“crazy.”

I may have just met GM.

***

For a moment, an unknown shiver ran through my body.

I quickly returned to my normal state.

Even if Elf Sister Love is a GM, it doesn’t mean that it’s a serious problem for me.

Well, the nickname bothers me a little, but… … .

First of all, it wasn’t an antagonistic relationship or anything.

There will be no unfortunate incidents such as coming to pluck my throat just because my identity is revealed.

… maybe.

‘Yes, let’s erase that first.’

I went to the bulletin board and deleted the comment I left on the now-blurred Canadian friend’s post.

It would be close to impossible to identify me with this alone, but I decided that I didn’t know.

While I was erasing it, I deleted all the traces that I left here. Excluding a few comments left on the humorous post, it wasn’t much.

Once when dimensional collapse rumors spread.

After the battle with the Dragon Slayer, all I did was post purchases on the exchange to gather information about Orculis.

‘Then I can’t see Baekho anymore… … .’

After I finished erasing the traces, I also thought about Lee Baek-ho.

something was sad

Aside from the fact that I can no longer obtain advanced information through him, to be honest, it was quite fun to play with him.

‘But what did he do that the manager came and hit the van himself?’

There is currently no way to determine the truth, but it was not difficult to presume that it was closely related to the Noark subjugation.

Because that’s the only big thing that happened recently.

Tadadadat-.

After that, I spent time wandering around the bulletin board.

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Most of them were close to simple web surfing.

I even checked to see if there were any posts left by Elf Noona Love, but there were no common comments.

Oh, by the way, this was also the case with Baekho Lee.

‘… I’ll just have to keep an eye out in the future.’

In the beginning, the real deceased keeps away from the community and silently only does their own thing.

I took this case as an example and added a new community use rule.

and how much has passed

[03: 03]

It is time to enter the round table.

However, this time, we did not have to wait until just before closing and just entered.

As it happened, I decided that information could be obtained through the chatting before the meeting.

‘… Will everyone be here this time?’

As usual, starting in the customization room, I hurriedly put on the navy blue suit I had been wearing the whole time, and put on the lion’s mask on my face.

little profit.

After finishing the dressing, the door opened as if waiting, and as I followed the carpet, a large round table appeared.

It was the clown who greeted me first.

“You came early this time, Fishsit.”

The characteristic laughter that I hear after two months because I skipped a month.

I went to my seat and looked at the person.

‘Crescent moon, antlers, fox.’

Including the clown and me, there were a total of five people who participated in this gathering. The fox who made eye contact with me turned and said to everyone.

“By the way, are you late today, Goblin?”

“Fisit, aren’t you dead? I heard that the damage to the Paladins was severe this time.”

“… I hope not.”

As expected, the main topic of discussion before the meeting was the last subjugation war.

“I am amazed that I came back alive even this much. Because if there was a hell, it was there. I really regretted myself for participating without much thought.”

“… I agree. No wonder there must have been such a power hidden in Noark. When the subjugation squad was first formed, I thought that with this power, we could even attack the royal palace.”

“Fisit, by the way, did it all look good?”

“Clown, you’re talking like you’re talking to someone else.”

“Then what if it’s not about someone else? How many people die has nothing to do with me. Isn’t that right, Mr. investigator?”

“Well, I’m not interested.”

As if bored, I put my chin on the armrest and pricked my ears to listen to the conversation.

The Warlock of Noark.

Priest of Karui.

The story of a large clan that suffered extreme damage and the stories of other races, etc.

In the name of miscellaneous answers, information with scarcity that was insufficient to bring out at the meeting was constantly flowing out.

‘Good thing you came in early.’

It was time to hide their satisfied smile and listen to their views on the recent situation they were discussing.

“Oh, goblin!”

A goblin mask appeared through the open door.

“He was alive.”

“Oh, yes. It was really dangerous. Truly, God helped.”

Even if it’s not from this world, a goblin who naturally talks about God.

The clown laughed like a mockery.

“What is God? Wasn’t he hiding like a goblin behind him at least? Fishet.”

“No, clown, why are you only doing this to me?”

“Hey, are you happy?”

“… … .”

Despite hearing the words of blatant disrespect, the goblin just smirked as if he was not praying and sat down in his seat.

‘I was scared.’

At first, I didn’t understand the goblin’s low stance, but if you think about it, it might be natural.

Isn’t that a goblin whose identity as a paladin was exposed?

There’s no way I’d be able to openly pretend to be with a clown who looks strong just by looking at it.

thud!

Soon after, the goblin sat down and the door was closed tightly.

It means that it is time to start the meeting.

“Ryan, is the promise valid then?”

Before I even decided my turn, the new moon asked me a question.

The subject was omitted, but there was no problem in understanding.

If you bring a funny story, you’re talking about a promise to give you information about the ‘Resuscitation Stone’.

As I nodded briefly, the crescent moon gave out a determined look.

“Fisit, looking at your expression, you look really confident this time, don’t you?”

“I am just desperate. It’s something I need more than anything else.”

An answer with the will to find out about the ‘Resuscitation Stone’ at any cost.

“Then who will you start with?”

It was at that moment when we started playing the nunji game to decide who would start first.

cut profit.

The tightly closed door opened with a loud noise.

A phenomenon that has never happened before.

what? another member? No, once the meeting started, no one could come in on the way, was it?

It must have been the rule, right?

“… … ?”

Seeing everyone with questionable eyes, I don’t think I’m the only one who finds this strange… … .

kuung.

Soon the thick wooden door was wide open, and a person appeared through it.

It was a man wearing a white mask with no features.

The only skin exposed hand was wrinkled.

“Chuckle, hasn’t anything changed here since then?”

An old man’s voice came from behind the mask.

For a moment, silence engulfed the hall.

The first thing he woke up to and opened his mouth was the fox mask.

“master… … ?”

Through those murmurs, I could understand.

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Master.

It meant the person who created ‘Watcher of the Round Table’.

“But is there a mask you see for the first time? Who are you?”

At the Master’s question, the fox mask, who had been caught by me several times, tilted her head.

“… Wasn’t the Master invited? I’m sure he said the same thing… … .”

Strictly speaking, I didn’t say that.

He just cleverly avoided the answer so as to be mistaken.

But, that excuse won’t work.

‘Nimiral.’

What do we do?

If not, the concept quality will be exposed.