Surviving the Game as a Barbarian chapter 349

349 Episode Hermitage (4)

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Manticore.

It is definitely the essence that I ate with the intention of erasing it someday.

That’s why, when I bought the essence this time, I was thinking about whether to delete the corpse golem or the one.

However… … .

“Hey, Amelia… If you take this out, your resistance will drop and you will be vulnerable to things like magic… … .”

At first, I felt repulsed by the disappearance of [Leap], the only mobile device, but that’s not the real problem.

lack of resistance.

Until you receive the essence of Belarios, the balance of your tanking ability will be greatly disrupted.

‘But you can’t erase Stormgash.’

Stormgash is a rank 3 Essence.

Well, I’ll have to delete it later though… … .

At least we need to break down the Earthquake event and get rid of it. With this essence, you can just eat me.

Oh, by the way, the second core essence following [Giantization] comes from there.

‘… Huh, then what?’

worries deepen

When it comes to giving up the essence, simply giving up the identity camouflage seems like an option.

Looking at the royal family’s actions, it is clear that there are suspicious parts, but unexpectedly, there may not be a big problem in unraveling the accusation of my evil spirit (?).

I wish I could even do an annihilation—

“Oh, and I didn’t say it because I thought you would know, but if it proves that you’re not an evil spirit, even the royal family won’t appreciate it.”

“… yes?”

“Why do you look like you don’t know? It would be like a flaw in the integrity of the royal family who acknowledged the rumors.”

Ah-oh… to worry

It was difficult to make a decision easily, so I asked Erwen and Amelia for their opinions.

“What do you think you should do?”

“I… If you can hide it, I think it would be better to hide it as much as possible.”

First of all, Erwen was the one who wanted to eat the essence.

“The reason is?”

“… I feel it.”

Yes, it’s intuition.

And when I turned my gaze to Amelia, she also told me what she was thinking.

“I am of the same opinion as Tersia.”

“The reason is?”

“It’s not in a situation where you can make a big profit by reclaiming your name anyway.”

Why is there no benefit?

You don’t have to erase the water.

As she was about to say that, Amelia continued.

“It’s been more than two years, but you don’t think your former colleagues will come back right away, do you?”

Erwen agreed with that opinion.

“Certainly, I don’t know Ainar, but Arua Raven will have a hard time coming back even after hearing the news of his uncle’s rebirth. Because I belong to the royal family for now.”

Predictably, this situation will be similar to Uncle Bear.

Since I joined the clan, it must be difficult to get out of my body.

But in the meantime, Misha has no information other than that Baekho Lee became a colleague.

‘In that sense, they are not wrong.’

I paused the conversation for a moment and counted the pros and cons of both options again and again.

It didn’t take as long as I thought.

‘According to the information obtained from the round table, soon the royal family had issued a conscription order for the nobles.’

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Most of them will send their hard-hitting enlisted men, but as an explorer, I’m not going to be snarky.

You must join the war immediately and follow the orders of your superiors.

Soon I made a decision.

“Integer… I will erase it.”

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My jump key… … .

***

Now that the next step has been decided, it is time to move on to the next agenda item.

If you eat purified water, what should you eat?

As we talked about this part, I realized that the two had one thing in common.

“I think the essence of the Imp would be good, but although it is small, it also has resistance to magic.”

“But it’s a rank 7 essence, so it’s rather difficult to find on the exchange. I’d rather have the Dwarf Eater Essence. Like Ainar-san, bone density increases, so it suits him well.”

“Do you have the money to buy a rank 4 Essence? I think a 5th grade Altsumor would be better.”

“Oh, Altsmore? That’s not possible. There are fatal side effects… … .”

“Side Effect?”

Erwen looked at me and whispered to Amelia in a small voice.

I couldn’t hear the details, but when Amelia heard this, she glanced at me and said, ‘I think so,’ and did not continue to speak.

‘Why are you both so interested in my essence?’

I smiled and cut the conversation between them.

“stop. Because something has already been decided.”

Among those that can reduce the size, the ones with better stats and skills were selected, and there are candidates up to 3rd place.

“Erwen, you go to the bank tomorrow and check how much money you can borrow with your house as collateral. Amelia, you need to check the exchange to see if you have the essence I was talking about.”

“I get it.”

“Then let’s eat. I will die of hunger.”

After finishing the conversation at this point, the three of us shared the dinner that Erwen had bought.

and… … .

“… Are you going to stay here from today?”

“It seems that there are a lot of empty rooms, is there any problem?”

“I want to separate public life and life.”

“After that, stop. I’m tired, just go to sleep. Amelia, you can use any of the remaining rooms over there.”

Amelia, who she thought had returned to her dorm, came home in the middle of the night with her luggage.

A very difficult day has come to an end.

“mister! I will go!”

From the next day, Erwen and Amelia went out for their respective roles, and I spent a secluded life in a dark house.

Simply put, it means that you keep sleeping.

Fortunately, the secured loan came out at just the right level in three days, and I was able to use the money to get back Crowul’s Demon Grinder that was collateralized in the bank.

“… Heh, is it that good?”

good every time

This will be my treasure number 1 from now on.

「The character is No. 87 Crowul’s Demon Crusher has been worn.”

“The overall item level increases by +4,800.”

Anyway, the good news didn’t end there.

The purified water I was looking for at the same time was also put up for sale on the exchange.

Well, it wasn’t the first place, it was the essence of the second place… … .

Even if it’s a ranking, it’s not a significant difference, and it’s not an integer to use for a long time.

‘The price is also reasonable.’

He recovered the Demon Crusher and spent almost all of the remaining money to purchase an Essence.

It’s a shield to use in the labyrinth, I already put in a custom order through Erwen, and the rest of the equipment is tier 1 material, so I think it won’t cost much money in the future.

… Oh, do you have one left?

‘Please, no one recognizes.’

I must have bought the essence, too, and the next day I visited the temple.

It was the Tobera Church, one of the three gods.

I was uneasy because I had visited the Temple of Rhea Atlas so many times.

“If you go in together, you will stand out more.”

“Bye… … .”

“Don’t draw attention because you made a mistake.”

It is not a large temple with good accessibility, but a small temple built on the outskirts of the city and visited by the general public 90% of the time.

Even so, I had to cover my face to erase the essence, so I was quite worried… … .

“Heh heh, you’re a friend with a very natural skeleton for a human being. If I had become a knight, I would have been great.”

Fortunately, the old officer in charge of removing the purified water did not recognize me.

“The [Essence of Manticore] that permeated the character’s soul has been removed.”

「Permanently acquire some of the stats obtained through the passive skill [hereditary].」

The removal of the purified water that I was worried about was also completed safely.

Having paid exactly twice the cost I had previously erased, I hurriedly left the temple and returned home.

Then, I opened the stopper of the test tube that I had purchased in advance.

“The [Essence of Gachabon] permeates the character’s soul.”

The essence of rank 6 undead gachabon.

The stats attached by default are simple.

「The sixth sense increases by +40.」

「Physical resistance increases by +15.」

“Dark resistance increases by +30.”

「Accuracy increases by +45.」

Abilities that are ambiguous for a specific class to use.

There… … .

“Bone density increases by +110.”

Bone density stats that will make me into a human body.

Finally, there is a penalty here.

“Luck decreases by -50.”

「Your control is reduced by -30.」

Luck is a stat that increases the probability of random elements such as critical chance. Control is a stat that gives corrections to prevent abnormalities such as mental magic and ‘fear’.

Well, it’s gone down, so now it’s going to have the opposite effect.

“Five.”

“Wow… … .”

As soon as the absorption of the essence was finished, the two who were watching let out a strange groan.

In fact, it was me who felt strange.

Now there is not much difference in eye level.

Amelia, she was about 170 cm tall. So, did it decrease to the mid-180s?

As he was thinking about it, Erwen averted his eyes.

“… Is it that strange?”

“Oh, no. It’s not like that… … .”

“if not?”

“I, rather than I say… I think it would be quicker to see for yourself… … .”

Erwen pointed to the mirror with her index finger, and I moved in front of it, holding the baggy trousers in my hand.

However, there were no more reliable barbarian warriors there.

There is only a human man with a tall impression.

“… Is this me?”

He seemed to understand why Ainar was so depressed then.

You look so weak.

It’s like if you hit it with a hammer, you’ll break something.

***

‘This essence… Shall I erase it again?’

The way I looked in the mirror was bad enough to make me think like that. After all, Erwen must have looked at me and averted his eyes and curled his tail.

“I… Uncle, why are you like this? I suddenly shrugged my shoulders… … .”

Being depressed, Erwen asked why, and I answered honestly.

Where do you go out like this?

Just looking at Erwen over there, you still can’t see me properly—

“Yes Yes? Oh, that’s a mistake! It wasn’t like that I averted my eyes!”

“yes? Isn’t it because you’re holding back the laughter at the pathetic rudeness beyond your imagination?”

“yes! It can’t be!”

“Then why did you do that?”

When I asked my question, Erwen gave a small answer in a somewhat embarrassed voice.

“Come on, you’re handsome… … .”

“What?”

He also has very general tastes.

Was it because you were obsessed with being a barbarian not because you were the reason, but simply because you were a protector?

I also asked Amelia for a sample.

“Do you think so too?”

“Well… … .”

Amelia stared intently into my face, then turned her head with a grin.

“Well, it might be good because your neck doesn’t hurt when you look up.”

Surprisingly, no one in my group looked at me negatively when they saw me.

Am I too obsessed with the Barbarian all this time?

‘… Looking more carefully, it seems that he belongs to handsome men by modern standards.’

Of course, apart from having such thoughts, I have no desire to maintain this image.

[Giantization] is based on the basic physique.

With such a small body, the efficiency does not come out.

“Okay, I want to check my abilities, can you help me?”

With a smaller body, I could not be discouraged forever, so I decided to do whatever I had to do.

The first of these is to practice your skills.

‘It’s a bit like going out to the yard in broad daylight, so I’ll just have to try it in the living room.’

“Yes, I will help you. What can I do?”

“Oh, you can hit me. Using spirits or powers.”

“… … … yes?”

uh… Does he not know the passive of this essence?

It seemed that way, so I briefly explained the passive skill.

(P) Stochastic Retaliation – When you take damage that uses resources, there is a chance to ignore the damage and reflect the damage.

A passive skill that can be applied as long as you use a resource, whether it be magic, divine power, or a spirit.

In fact, the presence of this skill was the reason for choosing this essence.

Of course, it would be difficult to make up for the reduced resistance to this, but it was only this essence that gave such performance at this value.

In the first place, the first place was also a different color of this essence.

‘Anyway, the probability was about 10%… … .’

For your reference, this is a number with reduced luck stats applied.

Well, there will be some errors depending on the luck stats you have by default, but it won’t be big.

“I… Then will you?”

After the explanation was finished, Erwen summoned the spirits and started attacking me.

and… … .

“The character has taken cold damage.”

“The character has taken cold damage.”

“Character takes cold damage… … .”

“… … .”

huh?

“Erwen, try changing your attributes.”

“yes!”

“The character has taken fire damage.”

“The character has taken fire damage.”

「Character takes fire damage… … .”

“… … .”

what.

“Come on, wait! Amelia, you can do it.”

“If you want Now the height is just right.”

「The character has been hit by [Suragak].」

「The character has been hit by [Suragak].」

「Character hits [Suragak]… … .”

no, what what is it really

“Ahh!! Stop it!!”

Why isn’t this popping up?