Surviving the Game as a Barbarian

Chapter 60

Episode 60: Survival Rules (3)

To save time, I immediately took the ring off.

No.9425 Frost Spirit Ring.

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Master of the Artemion School, a numbered item obtained by devouring an old man.

“Come on, take it.”

“Huh? ring? Why is this all of a sudden… … ?”

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Misha, who had been handed over inadvertently, was taken aback by the expression on her face that she was belatedly doing something.

“This is the ring I was trying to save until someone who could give it to me appeared.”

“by the way… Why are you giving it to me?”

That’s because things have changed.

I answered briefly.

“Swear to your guardian spirit. On the condition that I receive this, I will continue to be with you in the future.”

The price of Frost Spirit Garakji is 1.5 million stones.

However, since there are no items for sale, it is an item that is difficult to obtain even if you want to obtain it.

If the true value of this ring was known, its price would skyrocket like crazy.

“Huh?! Bjorn! Aren’t you crazy?!”

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Misha had been terrified and sold me, but now my mind is intact.

So will you just give me this thing?

For now, I will write for survival, but at least I need a promise to continue to follow me and help me in the future.

Of course, this is not a one-sided contract.

“The moment you receive this ring, I will be by your side and help you in the future with the honor of a warrior. So, I want you to do the same.”

“Seriously… … ?”

To prove this, he stared into Misha’s eyes and spoke again and again.

“I am sincere.”

A win-win in the true sense of the word.

It is a kind of colleague pledge.

And would you understand this?

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Misha looked at me for a long time with surprised eyes, and then opened her mouth with a voice full of playfulness.

“… It’s sudden, but I know you’re not kidding me. To be honest, it’s the first time I’ve received such an offer, so it’s not that I’m not happy!”

“Well then—”

“But I’m sorry, Bjorn. I never thought of you like that.”

“… What do you mean?”

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Misha closed her eyes tightly.

And he stared at me as if he had decided something and gave an answer.

“I… I like skinny men.”

“Skinny man… … ? What do you mean? I just don’t understand—”

“It!! It means that you have no charm as a man!!”

For a moment, my mind goes blank.

I didn’t even mean to confess this, but is it that it was a car?

I don’t know, but one thing is certain.

“… There is some misunderstanding.”

“Yeah, put it like that. We have to keep going together, but the atmosphere just gets weird—”

what do you say, boy

I thought it would look too snobbish, so I said in that way that I was going to help, but that was a real failure.

Barbarians must have their own way.

“I mean, in exchange for this ring, you have to make a pledge of companionship.”

“Fellow pledge… … ?”

“Of course, you can end the contract at any time if you get the same ring or give me a profit of 15 million stones. Now, do you understand?”

“Hey, can it be?! In the first place, what the hell is this ring doing with 15 million stones?”

“I sang 15 million stones cheaply.”

“No, I mean, what the hell is this ring—”

I just cut it off.

“This ring can make your long-cherished dream come true.”

“… what? dream?”

“For example, your brother will no longer be able to look at you and say anything like half a penny.”

Was it the same story as a regression?

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Misha stiffens in surprise.

But after taking a moment to think about it, he tries to smile awkwardly.

“Hey, you think I’m going to be deceived by that? No matter how stupid it is, if you tell a lie like that, you won’t be able to—”

“It’s not a lie.”

The conversation was interrupted for a while, and silence continued.

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Misha, who smiled awkwardly, didn’t laugh anymore.

No, rather, he stared at me with a cold gaze.

“This is no joke.”

A voice that was cold and hardened, unlike usual.

“I definitely gave him a chance to quit laughing once. But why do you keep lying? Health that looked funny because I smiled and followed you?”

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Misha licks her lips as if in anger.

“… I didn’t mean to tell you that.”

It was an unexpected reaction, but in fact, it may be natural.

trauma.

A wound that has been scalded and scorched for the rest of your life is painful just by touching someone.

“I didn’t bring this up to open up your wounds. I really—”

“I had never heard of such a thing. How do you know what our tribe doesn’t know?”

Instead of answering, I kept my mouth shut.

There was nothing to talk about, and I didn’t want to.

Can’t it be like this forever?

Let’s end it short.

“Misha, I will ask you one thing.”

“Do it.”

“If everything I have said so far is true, would you accept my offer?”

“Still joking—!”

After cutting off Misha’s words to get off the castle, she shouted in reverse.

“Answer me!”

Isn’t it enough to just answer a question?

Yes or No.

As I shouted for an answer, Misha hardened and bit her lips again.

“… If everything you say is true, it will not be enough to serve you as a benefactor until the end of my life. However-“

But that’s what but.

“Okay then.”

He took a step closer and grabbed Misha’s wrist.

“Mischa Karlstein, it may be hard to believe, but everything you have said so far in the name of a warrior is true.”

“… What, what?”

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Misha makes a confused expression.

Seeing this, I wonder if it would have been easier if I had written the oath of a warrior earlier… … .

Well, it doesn’t matter now.

“So, when you wake up, keep your word too.”

After pulling Misha toward me, I put the ring on my finger.

and… … .

Kwajik-!

He smashed the blue glass jewel on the ring with just the power of his hand.

「The Frost Spirit Ring has been destroyed.」

「Glacial beast Skadia wakes up from the seal.」

Like ripples on the lake.

A wave of cold air spreads across the ground.

Whoa-ah-ah!

No.9425 Frost Spirit Ring.

A unique effect that occurs when this item is destroyed.

It was practically a meaningless option because it could be said that there was no damage, but I made a discovery after various attempts.

“This is a situation where special conditions have been met.”

If the wearer was a beast.

An event occurs independently of the effect at the time of destruction.

“Ice Beast Skadia offers Misha Karlstein a contract.”

soul contract.

The beast person will be able to forcibly awaken the special abilities possessed by the race.

***

「The contract has been successfully terminated.」

***

A gust of cold wind wrapped around Misha like the eye of a typhoon.

As this slowly subsided, Misha opened her eyes.

In her red eyes, there was a complex, yet somewhat empty look.

“It’s so easy… … . For what the hell am I… … .”

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Misha, who had been spitting out absurd words, looked at me.

And asked with a look of betrayal.

“Bjorn, what the hell is this ring? If there is such a thing, then why didn’t my father tell me that I had this?”

It is unknown whether the beasts are aware of the existence of this ring.

But if you give him the answer he wants… … .

“Perhaps he didn’t know either.”

“… Didn’t you know?”

“Yeah, because it seems like a wizard has been researching for a long time and only recently learned about it. It’s probably not because I didn’t think of you as a child, so I didn’t hide it.”

This will help him mentally.

But even in my answer, Misha seemed to be full of questions.

“Wait, then how the hell did you know that? Where did you get this ring?”

It’s not difficult to explain.

Because there are pre-made stories.

But before that, there is one thing to do.

“It would be better to start talking about clothes first.”

“… dress?”

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Misha tilts her head and lowers her head following my gaze.

And when I checked my current self… … .

“OMG? huh? My, my, why am I taking all my clothes off!!”

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Misha, who was creaking like a broken robot, makes a noise.

“I’ve put them all next to each other, so let’s talk first.”

“Oh, I see… … .”

While I turned around for a while, Misha picked up clothes and put them on.

“Well, you can look back.”

“Fast.”

“Then I’ll take it easy!”

I turned around and saw Misha in casual clothes.

A thin cloth that was worn inside the equipment.

Because it fit the body perfectly, the curved lines were more clearly revealed.

“Aren’t you wearing any gear?”

“Before that, answer this first! Why was I ah, ah, naked!”

“Yeah, because I took it off.”

“Bur, bur, peeled?! Yes, yes, you?!”

“I had no choice. I heard that all the equipment you were wearing would fly off when you do this ritual.”

Note that this is a lie.

Not heard, but experienced.

Shiba, I worked hard to raise it, but since all of my equipment was reset, I couldn’t even do this, so I got a game over.

“… Come on, wait! Maybe that’s why you asked that question in the first place?”

“Is that the question?”

“It’s not like I’m married or anything.”

Oh, that.

I nodded frankly.

“If I had a spouse, I wouldn’t feel bad.”

I am a proud Confucian in Korea.

It is never disrespectful to undress a woman who even has a husband.

But at my words, Misha exclaimed as if it were nonsense.

“I don’t think a person who thinks like that would ever tell me in advance!”

“I had no intention of hiding it. But you didn’t believe me at all.”

“Yeah, but that… … .”

When asked a reasonable reason for every question, Misha seemed to have nothing more to say.

So, you can go out slowly.

“I had to take it off in a hurry, so there was no such hardship. tt, I didn’t see that, but why are there so many ornaments?”

“… Mi, I’m sorry.”

“Okay, don’t you have something to do before I apologize?”

He spoke around and looked at Misha.

How to pay as much as possible for the original raw color.

“… Thank you.”

“Is that the end?”

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Misha thought for a moment, then said it again.

“… Thank you?”

“Don’t try to jump over. Isn’t there something that needs to be addressed properly?”

“Hey, do you really have to say that with my mouth?”

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Misha avoided my gaze with a shy and shy face, but I’m not the kind of person who would look at me like that.

This should always be clearly pointed out.

“Of course.”

As soon as I said stubbornly, Misha changed her eyes.

The playful atmosphere seems to end here.

It seemed that he had no intention of skipping it from the beginning.

He straightened his posture and looked at me.

“Bjorn, that’s right. I… Before… I even tried to die.”

suddenly?

There was no such feeling, but for once, I listened to the serious voice.

“It was my father who found me then and saved me.”

“I should thank my father.”

“I wish I could, but… It’s not that pretty. When I woke up, what was the first thing my father said? If you really want to die, go to the labyrinth and die. How much longer do you have to be a shame to be satisfied?”

Ah, uh, um… … .

It was a much bigger family than I expected.

As I was seriously contemplating whether I should correct the mistake I made earlier, Misha calmly continued.

“So I entered the labyrinth. Of course, I didn’t come here to die as my father said. I just wanted to run away from the house. Even if I didn’t have a soul beast, I had hopes that if I became a great explorer and was recognized, my father would see me again.”

Emotionally restrained voice.

In that difficult voice, all the emotions I had felt while growing up were felt more clearly.

“Of course, I don’t know if my father will recognize me for this. But somehow… Now I think that’s a good thing.”

Soon, Misha looked at me and bowed her back.

“… Thank you, Bjorn. I will not forget this grace until the end of my life, and I will repay it by engraving it in my heart.”

Even if it may someday be diluted with time, it seemed meaningless to doubt Misha’s sincerity now.

And in that sense, the new wave is now over.

“Are you going to swear to your guardian god?”

Listening, I asked briefly.

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Misha smiled and nodded her head.

“I swear to the guardian god.”

Okay, it’s nice to be clean.

***

Summoning realm, reinforcement realm, supernatural realm.

Beasts who make a pact with Soul Beasts generally acquire one of these three types of abilities.

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Misha was a fortified person.

「Misha Karlstein’s body is permanently imbued with the power of the ice beast Skadia.」

Aside from the physical ability leaping one step further, the Freeze attribute is always granted.

It’s like my stomach just hurts.

“Ah! I was told to hit him, so I hit him, but I didn’t know it would happen. All right, are you okay?”

Her skin glowed red as if she had suffered from frostbite.

Seeing this, I smiled.

‘It’s a pity that it’s not a summon or ability, but… … .’

Still, this is somewhere.

That’s right, I’ll know for sure.

The long-awaited and long-awaited means of attacking the attribute system has been created.

If this is the case, you can now slaughter the young of spirit-type monsters.

“Ugh? Calm down, Bjorn! Why are you laughing so hard like an idiot!”

“It is nothing. Then move on now. I have been in one place for too long.”

After tidying up the surroundings, I went with Misha. And I tried and fought against the 9th-grade spirit-type monster ‘Race’ that I met along the way.

「Wraith has cast [Corpsefire].」

[Corpse Flame].

An active skill that mixes dark and fire attributes.

Its power is lower than that of a level 9 spell… … .

For me, who is resistant to darkness with the vampire essence, it is only hot enough to be hit.

As such, most of the spirit-type monsters have low combat power compared to their rank.

In the beginning, it is difficult because there is no means of attack.

“You have defeated the race. EXP +1”

I am a mace sprinkled with holy water.

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Misha slashed the thirteen races with her fists covered in frost.

“Hey, every time I hit it, I get a strange feeling… … .”

The reason he used his fist instead of a spear was simple.

‘It’s also the first stage of awakening, so it doesn’t apply to weapons.’

Just as there are stages in barbarian spirit engraving.

The beast soul contract is also a way to gradually grow.

Still, it was fortunate that Misha was originally a fighter class. Have you ever felt the limit of fighting only with your fists and ended up using a dagger that seems easy to adapt to?

「You have defeated the Witch Lamp. EXP +1”

“Exp +2 for killing Dyrotor”

“Exp +2 for killing a mutant lesser spirit”

Anyway, after that, I continued to wander through the forest.

Defeated the monsters of the tribe that were seen in a line where the crowd did not go. In addition, whenever he had the opportunity, he rested as much as possible and stored up his stamina.

「You have killed Woodman. EXP +1”

「You have killed the Homunculus. EXP +2”

「You have defeated Owl Bear. EXP +2”

About 11 hours passed like that.

I haven’t encountered a level 7 monster yet, but the battle with a level monster below it wasn’t particularly difficult.

There has never been a risky situation.

Contrary to our fears, there was no sign of the Elisabeth coming to us yet.

‘Is there something wrong with them?’

Well, it could be.

It may not be.

Rather than cherish easy hopes, let’s continue to prepare our hearts.

Doing what you can do right now.