Surviving the Game as a Barbarian chapter 231

231 episodes New Age (1)

An absolute monarch who was called the first king and the immortal king.

Ravigion III.

After his death, who ruled Lafdonia for thousands of years, King Gaebyeok, who ascended to the throne, implemented many policies to wipe away the remnants of his predecessors who had deeply rooted in the city.

For example, there was a revision of the calendar law.

1 year, 13 months, 365 days.

To make it easier to calculate the cycle of the labyrinth, a month was fixed at 30 days, and to match the remaining days, 13 months were created with only 5 days.

Also changed the last labyrinth cycle of the year for touching the portal to 35 days.

Of course, there was controversy among scholars.

It is impractical to waste five days a year for intuition.

King Hana Gaebyeok held a grand festival every 13 months and won the hearts of the people, and as the years went by, he adapted to the changed calendar and the controversy subsided.

Oh, and the era name has been changed twice.

At first, it was named after King Gaebyeok, but due to its long and difficult pronunciation, the people used the king’s nickname and naturally began to use that name in the royal family as well.

Time passed like that—

Gaebyeok 154, May 2nd.

Seven pillars of fire from each dimension square covered the skies of Lafdonia. It was a tragedy that will be recorded for a long time in the history books by the hand of the scribe.

***

“Nimiral.”

Grab your side with your hands and get up with a hard time.

Then, he left the room on the crutches he had left on the bedside.

Oh, damn stairs.

“Bjorn! Call me when you wake up, why are you whining alone?”

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Misha, who was cooking on the first floor, found me and came to support me.

That’s why I feel like a real patient.

Oh, are you a patient?

He said that he would have to nurture for a month, but his arms and legs still don’t have enough strength.

“Come on, sit down. Is this your first proper meal after coming out? I’ve been paying attention for a while.”

While Misha went to pick up Ainar, I caught my breath while holding the spoon.

‘It’s been three days.’

Three days have passed since that day.

Of course, it hardly feels real.

On the first day when all the survivors were exhausted, they were taken to the royal family and had to tell the story of what happened in the labyrinth, and after returning home, they only slept.

‘… … crazy bastards.’

When I think of the moment when the pillar of fire exploded, I still have a chill in my spine.

I must have been aiming for an empty house robber.

I never dreamed that a trap would have been installed in the center of the square where the portal was opened.

And in all the seven squares.

‘… … What will happen in the future?’

As the labyrinth was normally closed, the damage we suffered was minimal, but many large clans, including the 3rd Royal Knights, literally disappeared.

Of course, there were no survivors.

Even in the center, some of the portals were formed on the outside, and as soon as the magic circle emitted light, they immediately retreated and luckily saved their lives.

One hundred or so?

Oh, and by the way, this is a number that includes all seven dimensional squares.

It’s a little ironic too.

[A good commander is not one who makes the perfect choice. The one who makes the choice that must be made.]

Those who made the choices they had to make died.

The abandoned ones survived after fighting for several days without getting enough sleep.

The position changed overnight.

If so, what would have happened if I listened to the guy’s proposal and left my comrade and ran away?

“It must have died.”

The moment I spit those words out without realizing it, I heard Misha’s voice from behind.

“yes? what?”

“It is nothing. But what about Ainar?”

“Even when I hit the back, it didn’t even budge.”

“You must have been very tired.”

“yes. I just want to dress you up one more time later when you wake up.”

Well, you must be tired as well.

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Misha really helped us to just sleep and rest, such as waking up in the middle of the night to prepare meals even while we were only sleeping. In the meantime, I also got crutches from somewhere and took care of them.

A colleague you can rely on in many ways.

“What are you doing without eating?”

After staring blankly at Misha, I finally came to my senses and took a spoon and put it in my mouth.

A taste that tells you that a hard day is over.

“… … What will Erwen do?”

As the meal was almost finished, Misha asked.

After completing the investigation on the first day, Erwen led her sister’s body to the holy land of the fairies.

“Well, we’re going to come over after the funeral, so we’ll talk about it in detail then.”

“Um, okay?”

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Misha, who had a lukewarm reaction, said softly.

“Why don’t you just bring him home?”

what? are you thinking about it?

Or is it just a no-no in advance?

At once, several thoughts crossed his mind, but he didn’t speak like that just looking at cancer.

“What do you mean?”

“that… You said you were with your sister? It will be more difficult if you stay there. However, I am a little worried about asking them to live with me alone.”

“therefore?”

“We can’t go into the labyrinth with six people, so it’s unavoidable, but I think it’s right to take care of them until they calm down.”

Oh yes, she was such a woman.

It was kind of weird, so I made fun of it as a joke.

“Didn’t you hate fairies?”

“Ik, what the hell are you looking at me for? After working hard to feed them, spit out everything you just ate. Spit it all out!”

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Misha who grumbles and sheds at me.

It was a very strange feeling.

Until recently, it felt like my heart was being crushed by thoughts of this and that.

“Why are you laughing? It makes people feel bad.”

“It was just because I was grateful.”

“… … … … Oh, all of a sudden.”

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Misha avoids her gaze as if she’s annoyed and gully drinks water.

I stared at it silently.

In fact, except for the ears and tail that stick out from the top of his head, he looks just like a normal human being.

Short hair a little bit bigger than when I first saw it.

A tall nose and slightly raised eyes.

Just by sharing a few words, you can tell that he’s a geek, but when I first saw his face, I thought he would be very harsh and arrogant.

“… … .”

“… … .”

I realized later that the surroundings were quiet.

The kitchen is filled with an awkward silence.

“I… … .”

It was the moment when Misha was about to open her mouth.

smart.

A knock was heard at the front door.

“I’m going out.”

“… … Yes, I need to clean up the table.”

I walked on crutches and opened the front door, and there was a nice person standing there.

“Kyle Pebrosk.”

“Haha, nice to meet you. Have you been resting well?”

“I slept as soon as I arrived and now I wake up.”

“Then maybe it’s time to talk for a moment?”

“Sure. Come in.”

As soon as he moved to the side, Kyle entered the house. And I said goodbye to Misha, who was cleaning the table.

“uh! Kyle?”

“I’m sorry, Miss Karlstein. I think I came and interrupted our private time.”

“Import, don’t make fun of me! He and I are not like that.”

“Hmm, isn’t it? If so, I’m sorry.”

Kyle sincerely apologizes for not knowing.

As if Misha noticed me, she looked at me for a moment, then quickly turned her head and started doing the housework.

So we sat on the sofa in the living room.

“Actually, I was going to come earlier, but you know, I have a lot of work to do.”

“I understand. That’s what happened… … .”

“Yes, yes… … .”

The uncomfortable silence that arose while referring to the incident.

Soon after, Misha put the cookies she had bought earlier on the sofa table and went back to her room to talk comfortably.

“Oh, you’re from Lanemouth Bakery?”

“okay? It must be a famous place.”

Thanks for the changed atmosphere.

I opened my mouth a little more comfortably.

“If I have enough time, I want to listen to it from the beginning.”

“There’s quite a bit of time until the next schedule, right?”

“A doomsday scholar. What happened to that old man back then?”

It was a story I was curious about, but had never heard of.

When I woke up, the 7th day was just before the end of the day, and I had to take care of Erwen.

Not to mention only after returning to the city.

The dimensional square that day was truly a melting pot of chaos.

“Ah, that’s what… … .”

Kyle took a bite of the cookie and started talking.

There were many parts that were difficult for me to understand as it was about the battle with the wizard, but it was simple to discuss the core.

lost one-on-one

‘Awakening’, which had been prepared for years, was cornered by overwhelming magic connection before it could even be used properly.

So, I activated the magic in an incomplete state and did damage, but… … .

“I thought I managed to catch up with so much effort, but it was all my misunderstanding. No, it seems that the difference is wider than it was back then.”

Kyle faced the wall.

A wall that can never be crossed.

Even more humiliating is that he survived nonetheless.

“… … I said talent was not worth it. Isn’t that funny? I am no match for him. If it hadn’t been to save me, I probably wouldn’t have done that much damage.”

As soon as the story was finished, Kyle’s face was full of shadows.

“It probably wasn’t a topic I wanted to bring up, but thank you for talking about it.”

“I thought you should know. Maybe this will make them a target.”

After all, my uncle thinks so too.

“With this incident, the Royal Family has raised the Doommaster’s risk by one level. It’s right under the commander. To be honest, since I personally experienced him, I don’t think it’s safe to play at the same level as the general manager… … . No matter how many times I said it, everyone thought it wasn’t that great.”

“You don’t know until you experience it yourself.”

A magician who can penetrate the anti-magic setting that I barely managed with a normal hit.

How many such monsters are there in this world?

If they meet by chance in the labyrinth in a normal state, they will be annihilated within a few minutes.

“Anyway, that’s why I wanted to tell you to be careful.”

Well, I don’t think he’s coming for revenge, though, given the nature of the doomsday cub.

I don’t know if it’s a clown.

“What happened to the corpse collector?”

“No news yet. I heard you were mortally wounded just before we left, but he’s probably still alive.”

“… … Right.”

Well, the clown is better.

Because we lost thousands of corpses this time.

It will take a lot of time to recover, so at least you have time to grow.

“Oh, so how many survivors are there?”

“Are you talking about those who went out through the portal?”

“Of course. I think I heard there were about a hundred people living there.”

Kyle sighed at my words.

“To be precise, 103 people. I don’t know if I can even call it alive.”

“What do you mean?”

This time, Kyle used the magician’s own technical terms to explain something.

To recap, it was this:

“So, because it’s a unique magic with black magic added to it, does it mean that the healing didn’t go well even with divine power?”

“Yes. They are all unconscious now. when will you wake up No, it’s unclear whether he’ll even wake up.”

“Wow, that’s very rude.”

After talking about the survivors, we had a conversation about ‘the incident’.

how the hell did it happen

Kyle, who can be said to be a high-ranking member of the royal family, told him what he knew without hiding.

“We were confused at first. It takes at least a few months to prepare for it to work or not, but how can you prepare such a thing in a plaza in one day?”

That day, the question that all explorers, including myself, had.

The answer was indeed simple.

“It turns out that he drew a magic circle in the sewer to avoid his eyes.”

Like the guys living in the tunnels, they worked underneath.

“As a result of the investigation, there was nothing wrong with Noark’s barrier. In other words, they either have a means to get out, or they have the manpower they stole in advance.”

I laughed awkwardly at his guess.

It’s probably the manpower that was stolen in advance.

for example… … .

‘Amelia.’

A spy from Noark who infiltrated the city.

Until now, it was vague to say that they were just cut enemies.

I thought that their hatred was directed at the royal family, not at me.

However… … .

‘It would be right to see them as enemies now.’

That woman will continue to work for Noark, and if I’m unlucky, I could lose my life.

Unless I’m going into Noark.

“Then let’s get to the point at this point.”

“Main subject?”

“The current situation in the city is not good. A lot of people who are important to maintaining this city have died. If this continues, the economy will collapse.”

This was also what I expected.

Explorers are miners who dig up resources from labyrinths.

Although the knights are strong, they can’t keep up with the toes of explorers as much as this.

However, all the top explorers died.

Well, some large clans were boycotting.

And although there are still a lot of top explorers who have been watching the situation because they are not relieved even after the dog tag is created… … .

The real problem is something else.

“Perhaps they won’t go into the labyrinth anymore. At least until you are convinced that the labyrinth is safe.”

Unsafe labyrinth.

It’s a funny expression, but it’s understandable.

In this episode, less than two thousand people entered the labyrinth and returned alive.

In this situation, who would enter the labyrinth and dig magic stones?

“… … It’s unavoidable. So far, dog tags and the presence of the 3rd Royal Knights have reassured explorers, but now the truth has been exposed.”

The knights who were going to protect us from Noark in the labyrinth opened a portal with a large clan. Then they abandoned the ten thousand explorers and fled.

“It’s a shame, someone said something like that during a meeting. It might have been better if there were no survivors at all.”

I laughed bitterly at Kyle’s words.

The more I go through it, the more I think it’s a cruel world.

Well, I don’t think anything will change if you’re fighting.

“So now I have to watch out for the doomsman, the corpse collector, and then the royal family?”

“Haha, could that be?”

Kyle waved his hand at my joking and sincere concerns.

“I don’t know, since you were only at home, but now you have become a very important member of the royal family.”

“… … Details.”

“Even at this very moment, your story is spreading from the mouths of the survivors who traveled with you that day. In just a few more days, there will probably be no one in this city who doesn’t know who you are. Isn’t it a deity that alone made a corpse collector to that level?”

“… … Alone, please. Please don’t go anywhere and spread such nonsense.”

“This friend is also very humble.”

No, it’s not humility, it’s that I’m really burdened.

Just a good guy who worked harder than anyone else.

I don’t know if that’s enough, but this is a reputation I can’t afford.

If you say you fought alone, it’s because you’re on the clown side.

Even while fighting our team, he was pushing the main force of hundreds of mid-level explorers with numerous corpses.

‘If you think about it this way, it means that he is also a real monster.’

I cleared up my thoughts and went back to the main topic.

“So what does that have to do with the royal family? Explorers of my level would have been widespread in the royal family.”

“But few explorers are as iconic as you.”

“I don’t know what that means.”

“Aren’t there still distrust towards the royal family? It is a self-evident fact that this event will be a catalyst. The king has judged If you become their focal point, it may spread into a big fire… … .”

Nemil.

“… … huh? Why is your expression like that?”

I answered honestly.

“Somehow all I heard was that they were going to get rid of me.”

It was 100% pure, sincere words.

But whether or not he knew my worries, Kyle chuckled.

“Don’t worry about it. What kind of treatment you will be treated has already been decided through the meeting.”

confirmed?

Oh, so the royal family said you don’t have to be careful?

“Stop sulking and tell me. Now that I look at it, I think that’s why I’m here today.”

When I urged Kyle, he continued to smile as if he was more proud of him.

“Congratulations. Soon you will have a very, very, very, very large reward.”

The royal family decided to give me carrots.