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Barbarian.
When I first played this race, which literally means ‘barbarian’, the one I chose was the Greatsword.
yea, because it’s cool
As a man, there is a desire to wield a sword while holding a sword in both hands and spinning like crazy in the middle of an enemy camp.
‘The problem was that he died too well.’
Feeling fascinated by the character of Barbarian, I started researching. How can I raise a barbarian to keep it alive?
After many attempts, the barbarian still died too easily. No matter how much he took care of his survivability, he would only become like a berserk.
Stability was poor because they had to walk a tight tightrope in every battle.
Then, at some point, I felt skeptical.
‘Should I use him as a dealer?’
Barbarians have the highest vitality among the selectable races, and their expected strength value is also high, so they can wear Adamantium equipment.
Although not as good as a dwarf with a special deceptive ability, he has the basic skills as a tanker.
Well, apart from that, I didn’t really want to be a tank barbarian, but… … .
It was a waste of research in the past, so I decided to give it a try.
And after a few trials and errors, I made a nurturing method.
‘What is this scammer?’
Without any regrets, I abandoned the Dwarf that was originally used as a tank.
What if you can’t fight an exciting battle?
I always valued efficiency, and I was a person who could throw away my taste as a gamer if it helped me to attack.
Like this decision I made now.
Tub.
When I return to my seat after choosing a weapon, I can feel other savages looking at me.
What do you see, Shield Baba first time?
As a savage, I came back to my seat with a dignified, unflinching look.
There was no need to act this time.
“next!”
I have no regrets about my decision.
There are three reasons.
However, among the starting weapons, the shield is the most expensive when resold.
Two, there is a strong possibility that even if I hold the cutlery right now, I will not be able to use it properly.
Third, what I ultimately seek is a shield bar.
Today I made the most rational decision I could make.
“With this you have become a warrior!”
After choosing a weapon and going back to my seat, I was given some time now.
While the other savages held their coming-of-age ceremony, I decided to speculate on the cause of the current situation. In fact, it should have been pointed out earlier, but… … .
Well, what should I do?
When I thought about that, I was on the edge.
“You have reached the abyss.”
Let’s summarize it now.
I reached the final boss room.
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Most likely it was the trigger.
‘Wait a minute, then what’s the guy who died earlier? Does that mean he also came to the final boss room?’
… Maybe it is.
There are a lot of people in the world, and some of them are weird like me. Let’s skip this part for now.
「Tutorial complete.」
I took this message like this.
I’ve told you everything I need to tell you, so use this knowledge to survive.
I don’t know who he is, but he can’t be a vicious bastard.
If you really wanted to survive, you should have included a setting about whether it was a ‘evil spirit’ or not.
As soon as it arrived, I was almost blown away. 개새끼야.
“Whew… … .”
Is it because he entered the body of a barbarian? As usual, I can’t control my emotions.
For that reason, I ended my thinking at this point.
If I get excited for nothing, I might go wrong, and it’s not like me to think about the cause in the first place and get stressed out.
It has already happened and there is no turning back.
It’s productive to think about how to get through a time like this.
So… … .
Okay, let’s just think about that for now.
‘Surviving.’
***
The coming-of-age ceremony is over.
And now I am walking in the woods.
The chieftain in the front and the young barbarians in the back.
Everyone seems to be having fun as if they were going on a picnic.
But I can’t really laugh like them.
Because they know their final destination.
“stop!”
The place we arrived after passing through the thick forest was 30m in front of a decent wall.
“Open the door!”
The castle gate opens with the sound of a crude mechanism.
Slow enough to yawn.
But the young savages watched as if they had forgotten to breathe. In a strange silence, a gray city finally appeared beyond the gates.
“Lafdonia… … .”
Perhaps for this moment, I will not be much different from their eyes.
Repaired roads and stone structures.
A towering spire can be seen through the sky.
I never dreamed that the day would come when I would actually see the image I had only seen through the loading window illustration.
Shit.
“Warriors!”
When the door opened, the chief of the tribe turned around and shouted.
I wondered if he wanted to say something nice before I let him go, but… … .
“Leave! Your destiny is there!”
There was no need for boring speeches to the barbarians.
“Wow!”
Barbarians, who had just grown up, ran out into the city, shouting. I didn’t like it, but I screamed and followed behind.
There may be people who are sleeping soundly in the dimly lit buildings, but what does that matter?
I am a savage
Koo-!
The sound of the gate closing was heard from behind.
Of course, none of the savages cared.
The over-excited savages ran for a long time before finally calming down and slowing down, and only then were I able to calmly carry on my thoughts.
Right now, I have conflicting emotions.
“… … .”
Fear of the situation you are facing.
And some kind of anticipation of becoming a part of the world in the game I enjoyed the most.
It’s a little funny.
It was just before that I decided to only think about surviving, but these kinds of feelings are blooming.
… Also, I don’t think I’m normal.
Nothing compares to these savage bastards.
“stop!”
The leader-class savage running at the forefront stopped his steps, turned around and shouted proudly.
“I must have lost my way!”
The savages shouted at the shocking confession.
“Panun’s third son, Karak, has led us astray!”
“He has no qualifications as a leader!”
“You have to take responsibility!”
Jill. To a topic that others liked to follow.
Is this a savage society? dishonest
“i get it. stop. I will admit that I am not worthy and will descend from the one who leads.”
Karak, Fanun’s second and third son, bowed his head deeply and returned to the group.
It was a female barbarian who was appointed as the next generation leader.
“Pnelin’s second daughter, Ainar!”
“A wise Ainar can lead us on the right path!”
In response to many hopeful words, the female barbarian led the group at the forefront with a happy face.
However, it didn’t take long for her to follow the same steps as the squadron leader.
“… I must have lost my way.”
Surprisingly, even what the two of them said matched without a single mistake.
“I can! We must get to the labyrinth within the set time!”
“Einar has no qualifications as a leader!”
“right!”
Confused, the savages began to seriously discuss who they would nominate as the third leader.
“I think Jin, the second son of Tetran would be good.”
“not. I do not think so. rather… … .”
Are these babies don’t have a brain?
Did he really not realize that no matter who took the lead, he couldn’t get to his destination?
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Maybe it’ll come to my turn.
“… … .”
He quietly fell back and approached the second leader.
Possessing a gigantic little less than two meters tall, she stood slightly away from the group with a disappointed look on her face.
“Bjorn son of Yandel? Did you come to blame me too?”
No way.
To me, they were all the same.
Shaking her head, the female barbarian tilted her head.
“Then why? I don’t need consolation.”
“not. I have come to show you how to find your way.”
“… is that really How?”
I pointed to a place with my hand.
“You just have to follow them.”
“Can I just follow you?”
He looked like he couldn’t believe it.
I was patient and explained step by step, taking logical steps.
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Midnight city. All the buildings along the road are turned off. However, at night time, there are quite a few people walking on the street.
All of them are in the state of being armed, not in everyday clothes.
Where would they go?
“exactly. Now it seems that I will give it a try.”
The female barbarian returned to the group and shouted, ‘I found a way!’, and the barbarians also stopped choosing the 3rd leader and cheered.
“It’s Ainard too!”
“Wise female warrior!”
Anyway, the group started moving again.
Are you going the right way? As time went on, more and more armed people around you.
At some point, I started to see a bunch of lights spreading out in all directions from afar.
If you’ve come this far, at least you won’t lose your way.
“It’s a labyrinth! I see a labyrinth!”
“Dimension of Divine Battle!”
I continued my interrupted thoughts again.
One of the biggest concerns right now is whether entering the labyrinth is the right decision.
“I feel it! A labyrinth is leading my soul!”
The savages in the crucible of excitement won’t even notice if I sneak out of the pack.
Then I don’t have to go into the labyrinth.
You don’t have to fight monsters by bleeding.
However, even though I know that fact better than anyone else, I have not been able to finish this trouble yet.
‘Because I know running away isn’t the solution.’
[Dungeon and Stone] has a tax system.
From the age of 20, all city dwellers are required to pay taxes, and failure to pay taxes is punishable by death.
Hearing this alone makes me wonder what kind of manga it is, but if you look at the worldview, there is a reason that is understandable to some extent.
I don’t think it’s something to worry about right now.
“Einar! Let’s speed up!”
“Woo!
Anyway, you have to make money.
Of course, the method does not necessarily have to be to enter the labyrinth and fight the monsters.
Even if you work at a tavern, you won’t have any problems eating and sleeping right away.
… Unless I’m a barbarian.
Barbarians are the only ones who give weapons from the beginning of the game.
For a very simple reason.
[Barbarian? I’m sorry. Someone was just saved.]
[Aren’t you going? There’s nothing to do for a barbarian! What else are you going to break this time?]
Barbarians cannot do ordinary things.
Due to the setting in the game, there is no way to earn a living other than fighting monsters in the labyrinth.
Well, I’m not sure how it will be in reality.
You may find a job easier than you think.
But believing that alone takes one thing to break away from the group.
“Ten minutes left until closing. Come on in!”
The labyrinth was opened once a month for game time.
In other words, if I can’t enter this time, I have to stay in this city for a month.
But what if you can’t find a job?
What if no one hires you because you are a barbarian?
Well, the future is bleak.
Even if you can survive on the food provided by the chief of the tribe for a week, you will have to live by picking up food waste.
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Maybe I’ll starve to death before then.
One thing is certain, even if I endure that time, my body will be completely different from what it is now.
“I will be the first to go in!”
“not! I come first!”
Hunger, cold, sleep in unsanitary conditions.
I know better than anyone how devastating these things are to the human body.
So, if you are going in anyway, it is reasonable to enter now when you are in the best condition.
‘The problem is that it can only shorten my name line.’
It was a time of deep trouble.
“Bjorn son of Yandel!”
someone grabbed my shoulder
When I checked, that woman was a barbarian.
Obviously the name… … .
“Ainar, the third daughter of Penelin.”
“The second daughter.”
Anyway, so what does he do to me?
“All the other warriors have already entered the labyrinth. The only ones who haven’t entered yet are you and me.”
“ah.”
It was somehow quiet.
When I checked, there were not many people left in the square, let alone other barbarians. Ainar, as the second generation leader, seemed to have come to take care of me when I was still.
“You must hurry. I’m late, so I don’t have much time.”
At that, he raised his head and looked straight ahead.
The portal, which previously emitted intense light from afar, has noticeably decreased in size.
“5 minutes left until closing!”
Just then, the guide informed me of the remaining time once more.
It’s 5 minutes, so it’s tighter than I thought.
I’m going to have to make a decision soon… … .
“Go in first. I will follow you right away.”
“i get it.”
Ainar nodded and headed towards the portal, which further deepened my troubles.
So, what should I do now?
As an extremely efficient person, I prefer to be quick in everything, but it is not easy to make a decision this time around.
Unlike games, real life depends on it.
“Bjorn son of Yandel!”
The car was about to take a step backwards involuntarily.
Ainar, who had been walking well, suddenly turned around.
“Thank you for that.”
“… nothing to be thankful for.”
“And there is one thing I want to ask you.”
Anything other than your mother’s name.
As he nodded, Ainar asked with a 100% sincere voice.
“How can I be wise like you? I’ve never seen a barbarian as smart as you in my life. I want to be like you too.”
That’s a really difficult question to answer. How can I be smart? To be honest, I wonder if it would be quicker to just be reborn… … .
No, why am I thinking about this?
Just give me a rough answer and send it right away.
“You always have to think and act.”
“Hmm, that’s right!”
It was said without much thought, but Ainar pondered my words with a serious expression.
And he said something a little odd.
“Thank you for your advice. If you come back alive from the labyrinth, I will repay you.”
What if you come back alive?
It just sounds too strange to come out of a barbarian’s mouth.
So, I put unnecessary questions in my mouth.
“… Are you afraid of dying?”
“Isn’t it obvious? Of course I’m afraid to die. Perhaps other warriors do as well. I wouldn’t say it, though.”
is it?
To be honest, it doesn’t make sense to me to say that.
The barbarians in the game were unaware of fear.
Actually, it didn’t look much different.
When I was speechless, Ainar added further explanations.
“We were born warriors. If you don’t fight, you die.”
Her tone was clumsy and hard, but somehow I could fully understand what she was trying to say.
“Right.”
Like I did, they just didn’t have a choice.
Because I was born as a barbarian.
If you don’t catch and kill the monster in the labyrinth, you won’t be able to survive in this city.
That is why they learned how to overcome their fears and move forward from an early age.
Yes, that was all.
What made them look like savages.
“See you alive. Bjorn, son of Yandel.”
Ainar soon entered the portal.
“One minute left until closing!”
Now there’s nothing holding me back
There is only my choice.
Like the phrase that came to mind when entering the final boss room, there are two options.
“Yes No”
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My mind that was somehow complicated is getting clearer
Yeah, I’d rather think of playing a game.
When I was playing games, I always played with an emphasis on efficiency for the sake of a goal.
Before acting, he considered the possibility first, and he always moved with the next thought in mind.
If it is judged that even if there is an immediate benefit, it is a loss as a result, say ‘No’.
Otherwise, choose ‘Yes’.
So, I always had no choice.
“The gate will be closed soon! Back off!”
I ran forward.
Deep down, fear was boiling over, as when the chieftain called my name.
Needless to say, I do not have a common fistfighting experience, having lived my whole life sickly.
How much more is the opponent a monster?
The popliteal numbness is already coming.
“Dangerous!”
However, I don’t know if there is any possibility at all.
Right now, I have the body of a barbarian strong enough to be ignorant.
There is knowledge gained from nurturing characters thousands of times.
Above all else, I have a grand goal to survive.
So, I have no choice but to do
Even though he knows better than anyone that the terrible asceticism that a sane person will not choose is a predetermined option.
That’s the most reasonable choice—
“You have entered the first-floor crystal cave.”
Because that’s what I thought.