5 episodes Give and Take (1)
Looking back, I was a very funny person.
Although I always thought that life was boring, I never once thought of dying on my own.
After all, the feeling of boredom was just an emotion, and to me, life was more precious than anything else.
In many ways, I thought it was not right for me.
That thought still persists today.
so that… … .
***
It crawls in the dark on three legs.
I wonder what it means, but it’s quite literal.
Currently, I am crawling on the floor with three legs, shuffling my completely shredded right foot.
If anyone sees me now, I’m sure they’ll think of an abandoned dog with a broken bone.
How do you know?
‘Because I’m thinking that way now.’
The price of giving up human dignity was sweet.
First of all, it doesn’t hurt because you don’t have to use your injured foot, and it moves faster than before.
Above all, there is nothing to step on the trap.
In return, my elbows and knees hurt, but this is what… … .
can bear enough. can endure
What can’t you do to survive?
I can eat dog poop with a smile.
Well… If you give yourself time to prepare your mind, it will definitely be possible.
‘But what about that man?’
Uncle is just a word I gave.
I don’t know the person’s gender, age, or name.
Just guessing by the way you talk.
It must have been a white man in his 30s with glasses for some reason.
or not
“[Bleeding] continues.”
Anyway, what happened to that person who woke up from the body of Kadua’s son Oreum? would he have died? Or, did he wake up with his original body again?
It’s a question I’ve been holding on to since I opened my eyes.
Even if I intentionally try not to think about it, the more the situation gets worse, the more I think of him.
“[Bleeding] continues.”
It seems to understand why humans believe in religion.
The reality is that it is too difficult to live alone.
When despair strikes, you need a place to turn your gaze. Just like I am right now.
“[Bleeding] continues.”
“[Bleeding] continues.”
「Warning: Your character has less than 5% health. If not treated promptly, the character may die.”
After that, I crawled while thinking about something else, and there were quite a few.
It’s a subtle difference, but I can feel the surroundings getting brighter.
This is a positive situation in many ways.
At least you’re coming in the right direction, and my hypothesis that the whole first floor couldn’t be this dark was correct.
Let’s just go somewhere bright.
Because there will be people there. Give this manastone and ask for help. Then somehow… … .
‘Girl, you’re laughing.’
Whispering positive words to myself and giving me carrots, my other self appeared.
‘Hey you asshole, they’re busy. I don’t know if I can kill it by taking only the magic stone and shield.’
Is it me?
This bastard is smart.
‘What would you do if you met a goblin cub before a human in the first place? do you have no brain yes?’
Any further insults can’t be tolerated.
‘Well, then, what are you going to do? Still, I have to go for now. At least you can see ahead there. Wouldn’t it be better than fighting here even if a goblin popped out?’
‘… That’s right.’
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My other self agrees, and my head is quiet again.
I kept crawling.
“Heh heh heh… … .”
I’m going crazy.
No, you may have already gone crazy.
After all, I shed so much blood, isn’t it?
Since before, the ego has been divided into two, then merged again, and repeatedly becomes dull.
It’s kind of a virtuous cycle.
If I become blunt anymore, I’m sure I won’t be able to open my eyes again.
“Heh heh heh… … .”
I laughed out loud.
I didn’t have the energy to do that, but I still laughed.
Suddenly, the surroundings were bright.
In the distance, at the end of the passage, I could see the crystal shining brightly.
Above all, he saw the figure of a person standing in front of him with a backlight.
I didn’t get the goblin wrong.
unmistakable human form.
“do… Wow… … .”
I want to shout something, but no voice comes out.
I crawled desperately, closing my eyes and opening them.
Then what is this?
The human form came closer. As if teleported.
Surprised by that fact, I closed my eyes and opened them again.
“[Bleeding] continues.”
This time it was closer.
There were about five or six people standing in front.
Did I not see it wrong? I closed my eyes again and opened them.
「Achievement」
Condition: Health drops below 2%.
Reward: Permanently +1 Spirit.
Then he saw a blond man with his knees bent.
Their eyes met in front of their noses, but he came out with a strange look and observed the surroundings without asking anything.
Rather than listening to others, they are making judgments based on their own experiences and intuitions.
Like a veteran, he made quick decisions.
“Beginner.”
Fuck, then help me, you bastard.
As you can see, I’m a fucking barbarian with only one shield, and all I have is a goblin manastone in exchange for a leg.
I’ll give you all of this if you want. So… … .
“Wonder. How did the beginners come faster than us?”
I quickly opened my mouth. But what came out was a sound similar to boiling sputum.
“Groo… … .”
No, to be honest, it sounds more like a goblin sound, but… … .
It was enough to let me know that I was in a situation where I couldn’t answer.
Soon the blonde asked a colleague.
“Priest Ersina. Could you please cure the interest?”
fuse? Maybe there is a priest at the party?
I checked the side with the eyes of sentient beings who had met a miracle. Then, there was indeed a priestess with a white robe.
The priestess, who made eye contact with me, spoke straight with her beautiful lips.
“I will decline.”
huh? what?
“okay. All right.”
Why do you agree again?
It was sad. Fuck, I don’t know why I was brought here and treated like this.
It was such a moment when my heart was filled with tantrums.
“Partsran, will you give me a potion?”
“Are you just preparing for a time when you can’t use your divine power?”
“You have a lot anyway. I will go out and pay for it separately.”
“Sheesh.”
Just then, a man with a sword around his waist kicks his tongue and pulls out a potion from his bag and throws it.
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My heart sank when I said that it was my life.
tuk.
Fortunately, the blonde caught the potion properly.
“It’s not divine power, it will hurt a little.”
The blonde opened the stopper and sprayed half of it on the wounded area, and poured the other half directly into my mouth.
Before long, I felt an unbearable pain.
Is it this kind of pain when the pain that has accumulated in the body comes all at once without realizing it?
「The body regenerates rapidly due to the recovery (medium) effect.」
It feels like my whole body is melting.
This was the reason why potions could not be used during battle in the game.
I thought it was just blocked by the system, but it turned out that it reflected reality well.
Shit.
“Heh, heh, heh, heh… … .”
how many minutes has passed
The pain gradually subsides and you feel better.
“Now, can you tell me, Barbarian? How did you get here before us on a novice subject? If you know a new channel, you want to buy the information.”
Indeed, was that the purpose?
I don’t feel bad. Rather, I feel reassured to think that he treated me well because he had a purpose.
There is nothing more sinister than good intentions without a cause.
Still, I’m kind of sorry.
I don’t know about secret passages.
“… It was here as soon as I entered the labyrinth.”
I honestly said it as it is.
The blonde tilted her head and then nodded with an understandable expression.
“exactly… … . I’ve read it in an article. Occasionally, there are cases of dimensional instability.”
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My heart was pounding heavily.
I asked like a misunderstood.
“The first time I saw it… … ?”
I couldn’t believe it at all.
Hey, this party has a priest and a wizard. It means that they are decent guys who work at least in the middle class.
But first time?
“Yeah, in the book, it’s a case of whether or not it comes out once in 100 years. To fall so far in the outermost part”
Oh, I see. It’s something that happens once in 100 years or not. And that’s what I experienced when I first entered the labyrinth.
Now I see why the other savages didn’t carry torches.
Doesn’t anyone worry about being struck by lightning just because it rains?
“Looking at it, it seems like a first-time thing, but it must have been a disaster to go through such a rare event.”
The blonde looks at me with a sad gaze.
“It wasn’t the information I wanted, but it was interesting nonetheless. Let’s go without thinking about the value of the potion.”
Although his tone is a bit unlucky, he seems to be basically a good guy.
“Oh, I’m also taking the shield that fell over there.”
I looked where the blonde was pointing and saw a shield that had fallen to the floor. The distance is about 20m. I thought it was tied well around the waist, but it seems to have flowed down.
“Then let us go.”
They passed me by without me even saying thank you.
Time is like money in the labyrinth, so it’s not hard to understand.
No, it was close to a miracle just to have spent so much time for me in the first place.
I stared at the place they left for a moment, then quickly ran and picked up the shield that had fallen to the floor.
It’s definitely nice to have survived… … .
Still, something felt odd.
***
“Bjorn Yandel”
Level: 1.
Body: 25 / Mind: 36 (New +1) / Abilities: 1
Item Level: 24
Combat Combat Index: 68 (New +1)
***
“That barbarian, you’re lucky.”
“Well, wouldn’t it be a bit vague to be lucky? I went through something like that in the beginning… … .”
When the blonde answered with a vague smile, the male prosecutor snorted.
“If it wasn’t for this, it would have been the same if it were someone who stepped on a goblin trap. We were lucky that we met in the first place.”
“Actually, you met Drows, not us. You didn’t even want to use potions, did you?”
When the female archer, who had been listening quietly, intervened, the male prosecutor shrugged.
“Yeah, because those guys are all over the place. I can’t survive long anyway. Surely our priest must have had the same thoughts as me?”
The priestess smiled bitterly and did not answer, and instead, the female archer fired.
“If it wasn’t for the rules of the temple, Ersina-sama would have treated her too. No, without the potion, you might have broken the rules yourself. Do you know that everyone is like you?”
“Well, I don’t know what it is. I see a lot of different front and back sides.”
“… Partsran, you need to imitate Drows even a little bit.”
“For example, the consideration of asking if you know the secret passage?”
“yes. I’ve heard that barbarians don’t like the help of others. Maybe that’s why he was so considerate.”
“… Hey, do you think you’re making me float too much?”
As the topic turned to herself, the blonde smiled awkwardly and scratched her head.
But he also did not deny the word caring.
“Ah, if you want to take the shortcut, you have to break it here.”
“It’s nice to have a leader at the party, too.”
“Ersina-sama! Usually, the guides only know the direction to the portal. It’s just that the draw is great. Because I memorized all the landmarks on the first floor.”
The male prosecutor, who was looking at the female archer, shook his head.
“But where the hell does that bloodstain go? Haven’t you already walked quite a bit?”
“I do not know. But I guess you’re wrong about simply saying you were lucky just by looking at the mental strength that you’ve come across a distance like this?”
“Huh, what a big deal… … . Yes, it will be around here in the end.”
The party, who had followed the bloodstains, turned to a shortcut in the middle. And after about 15 minutes, we reached our destination.
“I think we were the first to arrive on this route. There’s a benefit to being in a hurry. Let’s get it working.”
When the blonde placed her hand on the tombstone in front of the dead end, an intense beam of light burst out and took the shape of a sphere.
It was a portal leading to the second floor.
“Wait.”
As everyone was about to throw themselves into the portal, the female archer stopped the party.
“Isn’t that what the barbarian was wearing earlier?”
“What?”
The party, who confirmed the direction the female archer was pointing, was silent for a moment.
In the darkness revealed by the light emitted by the portal, a blood-stained trap and an unknown sandal were lying in a pile.
“… That seems right.”
The wizard made an interesting expression, then created a new sphere of light and moved it over the passage.
Whoops-!
The bloodstains that started from the trap continued along the curved passageway.
No matter how much you move the sphere of light, you can’t even fathom its end in this place.
There was a moment of silence.
“… Hey Drows, how long does it take to get from here to where you were before?”
“… Assuming no shortcuts are used, it is likely to be 15 km.”
“Heh heh heh, you have a body like a monster. To come crawling such a long distance alone in this darkness.”
The wizard just laughed as if in surprise.
However, the male prosecutor next to him could not do that.
“… I’m not crazy.”
He felt it was a matter of the mind, not the body. he thought
‘… How many hours would I have been able to crawl if I were in that situation? When you’re not even sure you’ll be able to meet someone and get help?’
I can not know.
But what is certain is, the barbarian was crawling when we first discovered it. He continued to move his arms and legs, seemingly unconscious.
How was it then?
Unable to speak properly, he held out his hand.
He was holding a small magic stone in his hand.
At the time, I didn’t think much of it, but now I think I know what that action meant.
‘I’m going to give you this, so you’re probably asking for help.’
Other than that, I have nothing to offer in return.
So, while the barbarian crawled over a long distance, he held the mana stone tightly in his hand. By any chance, if you meet someone, you can show them right away.
Soon the man made a decision.
“… I must undo what I said earlier.”
Just lucky?
After all, a guy like that dies early?
can it be
He knows from long experience.
“Drows, what was that barbarian’s name earlier?”
A crazy guy like that doesn’t care.
No matter how hard and hopeless the present moment may be.
Because death is never a way out.