Surviving the Game as a Barbarian

65 Fire Field Boss (1)

I slept soundly for 12 hours.

and when you wake up

For some reason, this time, Misha was sleeping on my stomach and drooling.

“… … .”

Anyway, I had quite a bit of time left, so I organized the loot.

I checked what was in the backpack, and took off the rest of the gear of the three.

And I put them all in an expandable backpack.

It is fortunate that Missha is also the owner of an expandable backpack.

I shoved all the equipment in, and it became quite heavy despite the lightening magic.

‘Is this enough to give you a good reward for your hard work?’

Leaving Misha sleeping, she took out the jerky and chewed it softly.

Well, if he wakes up from sleep and is hungry, he will take care of himself.

Whoops-!

After eating, I simply washed my body with a cloth dampened with water.

Oh, I even shaved for a while.

‘Now you look like a person.’

After all the firewood left in the fireplace was burned, there was nothing to do.

So I went outside and sat on a rocking chair.

There was a faint smell of blood in the peaceful grass.

As I was basking in the sun, letting my thoughts flow, I slowly closed my eyes.

Suddenly, I remembered a religious man whose head was broken in the middle of sleep… … .

‘The entrance must have been closed already, so you don’t have to worry about that.’

Peaceful.

At least as long as I’m here I’m safe.

yes, that would be it

“Bjorn, wake up. You have to eat and sleep too, otherwise you will have a stomach ache!”

When I opened my eyes, Misha was shaking my shoulder.

I looked at my watch and 14 more hours had passed since I last checked it.

“Come on, even if you don’t have an appetite, eat it first!”

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Misha splits the jerky and bread and puts it to my mouth.

It was me who got up in the middle and ate, but I was hungry again, so I took it and ate it.

“Is Bjorn better?”

“no.”

“Um, that’s right. Oh right! But how do you know that if you put people in, you can stay here longer?”

“I read it in a book.”

“… Maybe Bjorn likes smart women?”

“Yes.”

After we finished eating, roughly answering the questions we asked, we checked the fireplace.

Judging by the firepower, it looks like we have less than an hour left… … .

Click.

I closed the watch and captured it well in my arms.

And by stretching the body that had been sleeping for a long time, he started preparing to go out.

It was still too early to hear the toast, but my heart was strangely overflowing.

‘This day has really come.’

The 15th day will start soon.

In other words, if you survive for just one day, you can escape from this dog-like forest and return to the city.

So… … .

“The Witch’s Hut has been closed.”

“The character is moving to the Witch’s Forest.”

Let’s focus till the end.

As always.

“Rain, Bjorn! How did this happen?”

“Fuck… … .”

‘Cause it ain’t over ’til it’s over

***

“A fifth sacrifice was made in the hut.”

“The sixth sacrifice was made in the hut.”

“The seventh sacrifice was made in the hut… … .”

「Special condition – Seven sacrifices are satisfied.」

“Lord of Chaos, Liakis, begins to wander the floor.”

***

The moment you step out of the hut.

The change of the forest is felt by all the organs of the body.

“Field Effect – The Witch’s Forest is cancelled.”

The front looks fine.

Hallucinations and hallucinations disappeared.

Also, the surroundings became bright enough to be able to see far away without a torch.

“Rain, Bjorn… … ?”

A ceiling that emits an ominously red light.

In addition, the spirit-type monsters that were seen everywhere in the forest completely disappeared.

“… … .”

The first silence I encountered as I entered the witch’s forest.

I bent down and touched the ground.

deed.

You can feel a slight tremor on your fingertips.

Therefore, there is no longer any need to confirm or deny the current situation.

I know the cause of this phenomenon.

“… He is a hierarchical monarch.”

hierarchical monarch

A monster that acts as a kind of field boss.

In the game, floor master was marked as a proper noun, and there was one monarch with a different name on each floor.

For reference, except for a few floors, most were summoned when a trigger was triggered… … .

“Gye, you’re a hierarchical monarch, no, don’t make fun of me. I heard that there is no hierarchical monarch on the 3rd floor!!”

“It’s not that there isn’t. It was just that the summoning method was kept a secret.”

In the case of a crystal cave on the first floor.

After the 3rd day, it was known as common sense that it appeared with a certain probability when there were 5 or more people moving.

However, the hierarchical monarch on the 3rd floor is different.

The royal family and the guild treated the summoning law as a top secret, and they even created a new law to severely punish those who summoned without prior notice.

According to the book, about 150 years ago.

“The guild sent it a secret? Why?”

“If a crazy person summons you, it doesn’t end with a few people dying.”

The hierarchy lord on the first floor only kills the explorer who triggered the trigger and disappears.

However, the 3rd floor hierarchical monarch is different.

Liakis, Lord of Chaos.

“Erosion begins, and all monsters on the floor disappear into chaos.”

“A creature of chaos awakens.”

This guy not only affects the entire 3rd floor… … .

“The Lord of Chaos begins to wander the Liakis floor.”

Once summoned, it wanders around the labyrinth until it dies and conducts massacres.

To make matters worse, even moving between floors is blocked.

“The portal is temporarily disabled due to erosion.”

It means that even escaping to another floor is impossible.

When I explained this, Misha’s complexion turned white.

“Well then, what is this? Rain, if it was treated as a secret, then why is the hierarchical monarch appearing now!”

Ah, uh, um… … .

Can you tell me the truth?

I was a little worried, but the decision wasn’t difficult.

“Probably because of us.”

It would be better to make them an accomplice here.

silver and what

That would be more effective at keeping secrets.

“Wow, is it because of us? Hey, I don’t understand… … .”

“Didn’t the hut burn the body on the stove? That is one of the conditions.”

When I kindly explained it, the reaction came out with a time lag.

“… He said that was the summoning method?! Bjorn! What the hell did you do?!”

No, I didn’t know it would be like this either.

Even in the books he read in the library, he said that few people knew him.

Was the last time you summoned 10 years ago?

So I thought it wouldn’t be a big deal even if there were three people on the ride.

‘Fuck, but who would have put 4 people on board first… … .’

An abhorrent coincidence brings swear words.

But who to blame?

In the end, it must be my fault for not imagining the worst of the worst.

So, in that sense… … .

“Misha, won’t you make one promise with me?”

“promise?”

“You must not tell anyone that we have summoned the Chaos Lord.”

He wasn’t summoned after all preparations were made in the giant clan.

Obviously, there will be a lot of explorers.

But if it is known that the cause is us… … .

‘Somehow I will take responsibility and make you pay the price.’

Did you slowly recognize the situation?

“Uh, is it us? What do you mean? Aren’t you the one who burned the body?”

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Misha just cuts it and draws a line.

It was so urgent that I could hear the last pronunciation that was always crushed.

it’s kinda sad

He said that he would serve him as a benefactor and pay him back until the day his life is exhausted.

Anyway, when it comes down to it, I have no choice.

I just have to push it a little bit.

“Do you think the guild will believe that? No, believe me, the result will be the same. To quell that anger, the more sacrifices, the better.”

“Ugh… … .”

Well, seeing that reaction, I don’t think it’s okay to threaten to run a water ghost operation even if you testify falsely.

“If you understand, take it easy. It is only possible to go back to the city and die if you are lucky.”

“… I see. So what can I do now?”

The answer is simple.

“Let’s run.”

First of all, you need to get out of here as far as possible.

I never thought I’d leave this place like this… … .

‘It would be safest to go there first.’

It’s time to leave the witch’s forest.

***

It’s easy to get out of this damn forest.

Since the status abnormal [Direction Value] has disappeared, you only need to move in one direction by looking at the compass.

But the problem is that the whole 3rd floor is full of new types of monsters.

“Bjorn! What’s behind you!”

“It is the spirit of chaos.”

Note that there are no ratings.

It does not give manastones, nor does essence come out.

However… … .

“I’m going to take care of it.”

The Spirit of Chaos is a preemptive monster, and once it is attracted to aggro, it has the characteristic of following it to the end.

“… Can we catch each other?”

Because it was the first monster she had encountered in her life, Misha looked uneasy.

After all, ignorance here is like death.

I also learned by dying countless times in the game.

“The attack power is on the high side, but that’s all. Don’t worry, it will probably disappear with one elemental attack.”

“… Any information for sure?”

“Yes, I read it in a book.”

“I see.”

As if he was relieved when he told me about the characteristics, Misha fixed the spear enchanted with holy water.

Then, he thrust towards the spirit of chaos that was slowly following him.

Pugh-!

A spirit of chaos that exploded with a single spear.

Something like slime wets the floor, turning the ground black.

“The Spirit of Chaos has been destroyed.”

“The location will be eroded.”

Now, if you go up on that ground, you’ll take chaotic damage over time, but you don’t have to worry about it.

It’s not like we’re hunting hierarchical lords here.

It hasn’t even been a day since I was summoned anyway.

‘After today, the labyrinth will be closed, so you can just ignore the erosion rate.’

At least that’s a positive factor.

Although the hierarchical lord was suddenly summoned… … .

[00:01]

Now the 15th day has started.

If you hold on for the next 24 hours, you can leave for the city—

“Hey, hey! Do, help!”

As the car is about to leave, an explorer runs towards us from afar.

Colleagues are invisible

However, he did not wonder why he was alone.

Dozens of chaos spirits following him behind him were explaining his circumstances.

“Rain, Bjorn?”

“What are you worried about? run.”

Grabbing Misha’s wrist, which was trembling, she ran in the opposite direction of the man asking for help.

Thanks, I’ll be back a bit… … .

So what do you do?

That’s better than being attracted to aggro.

“Oh, oh, oh!”

Were you already at your limit?

After a brief scream, I turned around and saw the explorer in a fallen state.

“Sa, save—!”

Damn it, our eyes met.

“Rain, Bjorn… … ?”

“Don’t look back.”

He grabbed Misha’s wrist and ran again, looking forward.

“no! Go, don’t go!”

The screams of despair were drowned out by the sound of the wind brushing their ears.

He muttered to himself briefly.

“Eat your heart out. Do you think he would have helped if we were in the opposite situation?”

“However… … ! It’s not because of us that the third floor became like this!”

Well, I have nothing to say when I say that.

‘Fuck… … .’

I feel dirty.

It’s like the face of a human being like me has been dug up.

But in the end, looking back on this one day, it must be a fleeting feeling.

… let’s do what we have to do

‘This would be enough.’

After heading south for a while, we turned to the east again and moved. The eroded land and the bodies of explorers were seen throughout the forest.

The more it happened, the more I looked ahead and ran.

Pugh-!

It was when we moved for about an hour, bursting with the spirits of chaos that followed us.

the forest is over

A plain with an open view is revealed.

‘I thought it would take at least seven hours… … .’

Had we been on the eastern outskirts of the forest?

We left the forest much earlier than expected.

‘You were lucky.’

Soon we quickly passed the plains and entered the orc colony.

and how long has it been

“Come on, everyone, calm down and follow the rules!”

As expected, a large number of people were swarming there.