Surviving the Game as a Barbarian chapter 363

363 fire responsibility (1)

We finally got out of the cage and moved to the officer’s room located in the center of the ship.

That’s because security is important for the stories we’ll be sharing in the future.

“You can speak comfortably here. Because it was originally designed to tell secret stories.”

Oh, then.

“I want to hear from the war situation first. How was the raid?”

I was most curious while locked up in an iron cage, and decided to check the information that was thoroughly blocked.

What happened to Orcules’ attack?

“Count Ramreond is dead. During the retreat, you were beaten by the traitor, Ricardo Luchenpraha.”

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My heart was pounding at the news that our corps commander had been assassinated, but when I listened closely, the situation of the war itself was not that tense.

Dozens of ships floating on the lake were used as fortresses and the offensive stopped as soon as they entered the water?

It is said that the condition has been going on for two hours.

“The command team is speculating that the assassination of a factor using chaos was the target of this surprise attack.”

Factor assassination… … .

“Certainly, it is highly likely.”

Sure enough, the Blood Knight mumbled these lines as soon as he saw us.

[Golden Mage, Arua Raven.]

[One of the targets to be killed.]

Raven must have been one of the factors listed in the killing book.

The strategy of this raid is roughly pictured in my mind.

‘The corpse collectors spread the undead extensively, and through that, the location of the assassination targets must be found and shared.’

In fact, after the battle with the Blood Knights, the number of undead around them increased dramatically, and the reinforcements made up of three people soon arrived.

“Anyway, it’s not that urgent right now. So, let’s talk about that first. What does Mr. Yandel plan to do in the future?”

Well, it’s a plan… … .

‘I have to think about that from now on… … .’

I never expected that the old man’s gift would work this way.

Thanks to you, my head is complicated—

“There, and… … .”

Then Raven looked at me with a shaky tail.

“As I told you in advance, I was forced to help only once this time, and I can’t keep doing this.”

… huh?

We weren’t friends again… … ?

Raven averted her eyes as she looked at her with a sense of betrayal.

“There’s no point in looking at it like that. I think it’s risky enough just to go over this without reporting it. I think I’ve done all I can do.”

It was bittersweet, but it wasn’t an incomprehensible story.

I couldn’t leave it to die like this, so I didn’t report it, but I guess she wasn’t even prepared to fall into the abyss with me.

That’s what it’s like to help evil spirits in this world.

The moment of discovery, destruction is certain.

so that… … .

“Raven, I don’t want to blame you, so don’t make that face. Thank you so much for helping me at least once. Even if something goes wrong later, don’t try hard so that your name doesn’t come out.”

I smiled barbarian and tapped Raven’s little shoulder.

But, what else is this?

puck! puck! puck!

Normally, it was the right time to shoot at me while screaming for pain, but Raven didn’t.

I just lick my lips and look down.

“Mr. Yandel… Why in this situation… … .”

Eheh, was that on your mind again?

You’re just being emotionally useless.

‘Cause I understand everything

“He knew everything and tried to help me. That is enough for me.”

Rather, I feel sorry.

Wasn’t the kid who had lived a good life and had a solid road ahead had to risk losing everything because of me?

“… … .”

“… … .”

After that, an awkward silence passed for a while, and Raven brought up the original topic again with a bewildered expression as to how much she had regained her reason.

“Anyway… So what are you going to do next?”

“Well, you better not listen to that.”

“… … ?”

“If you listen to that and get involved with me more, it will be difficult to get out of here later. You said this would be the last time you helped anyway?”

This time, when I drew a line from my side, Raven flinched.

But maybe he didn’t have anything to say.

“… Mr. Yandel said he was trying not to get my name out, but you don’t know what’s going to happen.”

“Is that so?”

“It’s best not to get caught right now. And for this… … .”

“… For?”

“I am willing to help. To some extent… … .”

Well, after all, it was like this.

As I chuckled, Raven glanced at me as if annoyed.

“Okay, so tell me. what are you going to do now Yandel-san also has a mind, so he wouldn’t have come to the battlefield while hiding his identity. I would have known that I had no choice but to stand out.”

Raven immediately asked, and I answered after much deliberation.

Be open-minded like a barbarian.

“none. right now.”

“… Yes?”

There is nothing without eyes like that.

Because I never imagined that a gift from Auril Gavis would be like this.

I came here because I needed urgent power, but I didn’t plan on doing anything that stood out as much as possible.

But, did you not know at all that such an answer would come?

“… … There is nothing, so… Does that mean you have no plans?”

Raven stammered to the end and checked again, and I nodded like a man this time.

“okay.”

“… really? If it is found out that I helped Mr. Yandel, not only will I be fired from the military, but I may also be expelled from the tower?”

Wow, you can be expelled from the tower?

I wish I had taken the risk to that extent?

With gratitude once more for Raven’s determination, I changed the topic of conversation.

“… … By the way, after being locked up for a long time, I’m hungry. Even if I take out some jerky—”

“Don’t turn around!”

“It’s not like that, I’m really hungry—”

“What is he saying now! You’re not even a real barbarian!!”

Huh, now that I think about it, this doesn’t seem to work for him.

“… … .”

Somehow… cool it’s scary

***

“ha… … .”

A sigh echoes in the quiet officer’s room.

In the uncomfortable air, I carefully chewed the jerky that I secretly pulled out.

“now… What are you eating?”

No, because I was really hungry.

First of all, you’re a barbarian, right?

Nutrients must be provided at all times.

“… Are you going to eat too?”

“That’s Okay.”

“… … .”

“Hey, I do this all the time, how do you know it’s an evil spirit… … .”

Raven sighed again, but I decided to listen to it as a compliment for my carefulness.

squeak, squeak.

After all, I’ve eaten something, so I’m feeling a little stronger now.

“Raven, but did you know something?”

“… What?”

“Even if it wasn’t an announcement from the royal family, there must have been some reason to doubt me.”

“Oh, that’s… … .”

Raven’s expression darkened in an instant.

But did you decide that it wasn’t something to hide?

“It’s a magic potion that contains the conversations between Hans Chryssen and a dwarf from Noark.”

Oh, it went to him.

But why the recorder?

As he blinked with such a question, Raven slowly continued his explanation.

“Because it uses a cheap core, the maximum number of times a recorded thing can be played back is fixed.”

“… therefore?”

“It was possible up to 100 times, but there are two left, so I wondered why Mr. Yandel listened to this over and over again.”

“… … I did.”

Hopefully this will be a hint.

I couldn’t even imagine—

“actually… Although something else was far more decisive than this… … .”

huh?

“Misha came to the lab. About 50 days after Mr. Yandel’s death.”

“… What did he say?”

“They said Mr. Yandel was starting to be a demon.”

Is it because Missha was the subject?

Suddenly, my heart felt cold.

“therefore?”

“As for the magic tool, I asked because I was uneasy about something. Actually, it’s not just a rumor.”

At that time, Misha refused to answer.

But, ironically, that act was the surest answer above all else.

“… Wait a minute, then that Jims was the one who spread the rumor… No, you mean that woman?”

When Erwen, who had been listening quietly, intervened, Raven glanced at him with a slightly uncomfortable look, then shook his head.

“Perhaps it will. I don’t know what happened to Misha-san.”

Erwen sharpened his teeth at Raven’s affirmation.

“What is the situation? Yeah, that girl… I knew that someday… … .”

“Calm down, Erwen. No one knows yet what Misha is in.”

“However… … ! No matter what the circumstances, I wouldn’t have done that! Aren’t you even angry? It’s like being betrayed!”

“So, you don’t know that yet, don’t you?”

To be honest, I am more worried than angry or angry.

Isn’t there any information you heard at the round table?

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Misha is with Lee Baek-ho.

and… … .

[Lee Baek-ho has the Resurrection Stone.]

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Maybe he made a deal with him to save me. Well, it’s just my guess, and even if it were, it wouldn’t change the fact that the choice was harmful to me in the end.

Whoo, where is he really doing what he is doing?

“really! Uncle… Why are you being so kind like an idiot!”

What did you say.

“Okay, Raven… Then you don’t even know why the royal family acknowledged the rumor and made it public?”

“yes. However… I have a story I have heard from General Fevrosk.”

“What if you heard it?”

“As soon as it was announced, he came to me and told me that he was already dead, and that the truth is that no one can know anymore. Of course, at the time, I thought it was just a word of comfort, thinking that I must have been shocked, but… … .”

“… … .”

“Looking back, it was kind of a strange nuance. Should I say that it’s as if the manager knows what the truth is? If you dig there, you might find something.”

“… Can you help me find out when I get back to the city?”

“Yeah, if that’s enough… … .”

Contrary to what he was worried about, Raven happily nodded.

Truly fortunately.

This kind of request seemed to be included in ‘to some extent’.

***

After that, we all talked together and made plans for the future, and soon the conclusion was reached.

“Then it would be better to hide your identity for the time being.”

Since I found out that this is the way to verify through misaligned trust, I decided that I need to be more careful in revealing my identity.

“by the way… Why didn’t the erroneous trust work only with Mr. Yandel?”

About the gift of Auril Gabis, he was just talking about it.

“Well, I don’t know either. Maybe it’s because of the shards of records.”

The act of deceiving has not changed, but it is unavoidable.

Because I’m the only one who doesn’t work with things like broken trust.

You might wonder what’s the use of being an evil spirit in a shared yard, but no one knows what’s going to happen next.

That’s why I haven’t told Amelia yet.

‘If you even talk about it in the first place, there’s no choice but to talk about Auril Gavis.”

Auril Gavis is the enemy of the royal family.

But what if it is known that he is an evil spirit who even received a ‘gift’ from him? It is clear that you will be in a more difficult situation.

It means that there is no room for negotiating anything as a demon.

“still… It’s fortunate that It’s not a one-time phenomenon, but if it doesn’t work in the future, it means that it’s a little bit safer.”

“Yeah, I think so too.”

“by the way… Uncle, do I have to reveal my identity? I like it the way it is… … .”

Although Erwen raised such an opinion, there was no change in the ultimate goal of clearing the frame (?) and finding the original name.

“If you do, you won’t be able to get a spirit engraving forever.”

Why did I have to raise a barbarian?

Spirit engraving is essential to create more synergy with the essences you ate now.

However, could Erwen not be able to sympathize with my feelings?

“that… You just can’t get it.”

Erwen asked with a voice tinged with sadness.

“Uncle… Why are you so hung up on getting so strong… … ?”

All eyes were on the question.

“By the way, Yandel has always been like that… . I’m only interested in climbing the tower… … .”

On the other hand, in the case of Raven, the gaze is somewhat uneasy.

“I’ve heard it before. There are rumors that if you reach the end of the labyrinth, you can return to the original world, right?”

Amelia calmly understood my position.

I didn’t really appreciate it either.

Well, I’m sure you’d be misunderstood when I said that.

“Maybe, uncle is like that… … ?”

“… Mr. Yandel must have had a reason to go back even after that. After all, it must be my hometown… … .”

“mister… You can’t just live here… … ? Well, I’ll do better… I don’t even have an accident… … .”

Oh, what are you really saying?

“Erwen, calm down. Because there seems to be some misunderstanding.

return?

Returning was never a top priority in the first place, and it still is.

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My number one goal has always been survival.

But now, after meeting people, exploring, and going through a lot, my number one goal has changed a bit.

I’m not alone.

all to survive together.

yes, so… … .

“Why are you so hung up on being so strong?”

I did not hesitate in the slightest and continued.

“That’s how I can protect you.”

The only thing to protect with this shield is this body is no longer the only thing.