Surviving the Game as a Barbarian - Surviving the Game as a Barbarian chapter 11

11 episodes 2nd floor (1)

[There is a possibility that it has been split in two by now. If you see a barbarian wielding a one-handed hammer and shield, don’t rush and wait for support.]

Impressionism spreads.

It’s not detailed, but it doesn’t mean much.

I don’t think there are any more barbarians with shields than me.

“mister… … .”

Erwen looks up at me with anxious eyes.

He smiled brightly at what he was thinking.

“Don’t worry. I’m not going to leave it.”

Already I have decided to help Erwen.

The reason is simple.

From the beginning, I liked to help people in trouble.

If that would be beneficial to me.

“As I said before, after that, I have nine and you have one. Do you understand?”

“Of course. I will definitely repay the favor.”

Grace… … .

“Yes, please pay it back.”

There’s no reason why you shouldn’t give it to me. I’m not expecting too much.

“Yes, for sure… … .”

Seeing Erwen clenching his fists with determined eyes, I tightened the laces of my boots and prepared to move.

“So, what are you going to do now?”

“Once you move through the outskirts. Summon the spirit again. We’ll talk about the rest as we go.”

“yes.”

As I walked through the darkness using a fist-sized flame as a lamp, I checked a few more things.

“Exactly how long can spirits be summoned?”

“If it lights up the surroundings, it can last for 10 hours.”

“How long will it take to recover?”

“You should rest for two hours.”

“Right.”

Things are a lot better than I thought.

If all goes according to plan, we will escape their pursuit without much risk.

Then I will see the reflexes that are equal to the risk I took this time.

“mister.”

While I was thinking about it for a while, Erwen spoke to me.

“May I ask where we are going now?”

Oh, you didn’t say that.

“It is on the second floor.”

“yes… … ?”

Don’t look like that. Because I heard you right.

“We go to the second floor.”

“You and I, are you two?”

“Yeah, just you and me.”

In fact, rather than not having a choice, it was something I had been thinking about before. On the first floor, if the two of them moved, the income would only decrease, but… … .

If it’s on the second floor, it’s a different story.

“there… Oh, uncle? The second floor is completely different from the first floor. You know that, right… … ?”

“Know.”

On the first floor, three or four appeared at a time, and the number increased to ten, and other variants, even higher-grade monsters, appeared.

“But, if you only work at the beginning, you will be fine. Because you and I get along quite well.”

“Hey, am I with you?”

I don’t know what’s surprising, but melee tanks and ranged dealers have a good combination.

It was for that reason that I was worried about going upstairs with Erwen earlier. In that case, even if you split the Mana Stones in half, your income will increase significantly.

But since there was no way to get past the darkness, I discarded this idea.

“Ah, no matter how much I think about it, I think I’m going into the orc den to avoid goblins… … .”

Well, looking at this reaction, even if I knew it and made the offer, I think I would have been rejected like a knife… … .

The situation before and now is completely different.

“Then is there any other way? As you know, there are all those guys on the first floor.”

Erwen had a motivation to go to the second floor, and he was able to use that opportunity to raise the ratio to 9:1.

Of course, that doesn’t mean the decision wasn’t entirely without emotional factors.

[Those who catch the fairy year will be given an additional chance to enjoy it first for 10,000 stones.]

I hate these guys.

No, it’s more of a feeling of hate than dislike.

But, by feeding these guys, you can get a bigger reward than the risk, and also the self-satisfaction that you have done to someone?

Isn’t this the crystal of efficiency?

“I will give you a chance to choose. What will you do?”

“I will go… … .”

Erwen nodded with a mustard-eating expression on her face while crying. It seems that the communication I just heard from the Message Stone played a decisive role… … .

Nice timing.

“Then keep moving.”

“… But do you know the way to the second floor?”

“I don’t know exactly.”

“yes?”

“Don’t worry though. If you keep moving north, you will come out someday.”

Not a wish, but in reality.

If you follow the darkness in only one direction, you will find a portal somehow. Because this darkness is like a passageway pointing upstairs.

It’s a maze-like structure, so you’ll have to get lost.

It’s worth the price.

“It’s a goblin trap!”

As I was walking, I saw a trap.

It was much later than I thought. If it was originally, it should have come out earlier even with me.

… Maybe there aren’t many goblins in a place where there’s no light? Like in the game?

If that’s the case, then my heart feels tight.

How lucky am I that I fell into darkness from the start and met the goblin right away?

“I will deal with you! You are resting!”

I thought it was an opportunity to appeal to me, so Erwen walked out in front of me.

“I’m just telling you just in case, but don’t use spirits.”

“… All, of course!”

With a look too bewildered to be natural, Erwen approached the trap.

and… … .

“Gee!”

The moment the goblin popped out, he fired an arrow that had been previously hung on the demonstration from a very close range.

Whoops-!

Oh, that’s kind of like Legolas.

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Much better workmanship than expected. His body movements are also very agile.

“how about it?”

Erwen, who killed the goblin, looked at me with a happy face.

“If it was normal, would you have used a spirit?”

“yes… … .”

“Good job. Seeing him shoot, he must be a fairy.”

Erwen looked embarrassed and happy. Is it good to be recognized like that? To be honest, there were times when I turned it around a bit.

Not in skill, but in character.

“But I will fight the battle in the future. It would be best to save arrows as much as possible.”

“Oh, can I just pick it up and use it again? There is no need to pull it out.”

Erwen bent over and returned with a magic stone and arrow. The arrow was in good shape with no damage to the look.

“… Right.”

Well, people feel uncomfortable.

In the game, arrows were a consumable item that disappeared when one shot was fired. Instead, I could carry a thousand feet in each compartment.

“Come here!”

Erwen held out a small hand.

“Take it! When you have nine, I have one, right? I will work hard in the future! Then I can earn some money, right? I have promised to buy something for my brother when I return!”

Uh, ah, um… … .

“Yeah, work hard… … .”

what? do you turn it around?

***

In the dark, he was catching goblins from time to time and fast northward, and a voice was output from the message stone, which had been quiet for a while.

[Additional delivery information. Hearts Young, who was attacked by a fairy, said that he would raise his bounty to 20,000 stones. Regardless of whether they live or die.]

It means there are gnomes around 300m.

Perhaps it was her instinct, Erwen was secretly close to me.

“Relax. No one will ever use a torch to find us.”

“Is that so?”

“okay.”

In fact, it is close to certainty.

This is what I felt while overhearing the conversation with the Message Stone, but if I had to say that they were a group, they were like a gathering of gangsters.

It didn’t seem like it would fit well.

Presumably, at best, it would have served as a convenient community for each other. First of all, the first floor is a place where more than 5 people cannot work.

[I am planning to move to another area to hunt Blade Wolf, but is there anyone who will move with me? Delivery is not required.]

[I’m tired, so I’m looking for someone to rest with. Come to the pond next to the big rock. Delivery is not required.]

In fact, as we moved here, these communications were also heard everywhere. There are people who don’t really care whether they put a bounty on it or not.

However, I did not relax.

It’s not that things went awry, it’s that things are going smoothly as planned.

Shit… … .

At this point in my life, something bad is about to happen, but being quiet makes me more anxious.

“mister!”

what.

“Hey, it’s a ghoul!”

Can’t you see? As she tilted her head, Erwen moved the flame forward.

… you have really nice eyes

It was then that the form of a ghoul came into my eyes.

Rotten skin, empty eyelids, sharp and long nails reminiscent of claws, and even walking on four legs with a human-like body shape.

It is the same as the illustration you saw on the loading screen.

However, the problem is… … .

‘What, why is the ghoul here?’

On the first floor, the monsters appearing change based on the east, west, north, and south. And the ghouls appear in the western area.

I wonder if I came to the borderline while wandering?

Well, it might be. I headed north, but when I came to a dead end, I turned around.

Let’s think about this later.

“… Will I fight alone again this time?”

When fighting goblins, Erwen, who was full of motivation, shows his dislike.

Is it scary because it’s the first monster you’ve met?

He also has a very special side.

“I will take the lead. You only care about the one in the back.”

“yes!”

Having shared a rough strategy, I went out slowly.

There were a total of three ghouls blocking the aisle, and they were all in puppy-sitting postures.

Tub.

Even though I got pretty close, I didn’t move.

Well, in the game, you have to get close to a certain range to get the first hit, but is this still the same as the game?

Tub.

Carefully taking one more step, the three ghouls rushed at the same time.

“Groo!”

The sound it makes is similar to that of a goblin.

Is it because it’s a level 9 monster? Well, I have no personality.

“Whoa!”

Rather than retreating, he took a step closer and smashed the head of the ghoul in the lead with a hammer.

It’s called Hammer Smash.

Kwajik-!

The moment one ghoul’s head was crushed, an arrow was fired from behind and hit another ghoul.

Whoops!

He seems to really like the brows.

Then, after knocking back the rushing ghouls with the shield once, the battle ended with a hammer smash.

「You have defeated the ghouls. EXP +1”

It was a battle that ended in an instant, but I had a brief review time.

In terms of combat power, ghouls were superior to goblins.

He had a lot more power and was faster.

Well, goblins have traps, but… … .

That bastard is an asshole.

… Assuming, of course, there is light around.

“Still, this one is better than the goblin.”

“yes? why?”

“Because it takes time to catch goblins.”

As long as you don’t get lost in all-out war, hunting ghouls seems more efficient than goblins in many ways.

It’s because they put at least one trap and don’t run around nearby.

It was also a huge advantage that I didn’t attack before approaching.

“Next time, it would be more efficient to start by killing one animal first with an arrow.”

“yes. I’d love to do that.”

After sharing a brief battle plan for the future, I collected the magic stones that fell on the floor and put them in my pocket.

“I, uncle… … ?”

“What’s going on?”

“I, that’s it, now it’s my turn to give you one… … .”

“Oh, that’s right.”

We continued down the aisle.

***

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My prediction that it was near the boundary line was correct.

For a while, the ghouls and goblins alternated, but as they continued to go north, only the goblins started appearing again.

how long has it been since

[22:47]

It’s time for the 3rd day to start coming to an end.

After taking a break for about 4 hours on the way, we found ourselves still heading north.

A single dark red line drawn on the floor.

“Uh, bloodstains? I don’t think it’s a goblin, who is it?”

… Somehow, I felt like the owner knew.

So I followed, and a piece of bread fell out. continuously at regular intervals.

So, with conviction, I continued to follow the bloodstains.

“Hey, it seems you haven’t said anything since a while ago… … .”

10 minutes.

“Are you mad at me by any chance?”

30 minutes.

“yes? mister?”

2 hours.

“… … .”

After walking that long street, I finally found sandals abandoned on the ground.

The swear words came out of nowhere.

“I… … .”

“Fuck, are you kidding me?”

“Well, you were wrong! I don’t know what it is!”

There was a portal within reach of his nose if he fell down.