Surviving the Game as a Barbarian

80 Sewers (1)

How many times did you walk through the sewer while being vigilant?

The dwarf and Misha began to separate the cranes.

“There is really nothing here.”

“So it makes sense. I hope something comes out soon… … .”

Somehow, he said that he would follow me.

What did they expect?

“So did you say? It’s a quest that ends when you just go round and round once.”

This quest is simple.

Putting the borrowed video recorder on your head, you go around the set route and check if there are any hidden ones.

Well, there may be battles in the process, but… … .

‘It was said that the predecessor discovered less than 30 people in two years.’

The frequency of encounters with strangers itself is low.

Even if we do meet, we don’t have to chase after each other and fight.

“Eh? Don’t you have to follow me?”

“I heard that there is an extra allowance if caught, but there is no need to hang it.”

“How is it?”

Well, the quest I received was ‘Sewerage Patrol’.

I heard that treatment or arrest will be handled by sending new personnel only after the administrative agency has checked the video records.

“That’s right… … .”

While I was briefing Misha about the request, Rotmiller, who was leading the party in front of him, suddenly stopped walking.

“It feels like there is something around.”

An unfounded murmur based on the senses.

At that one word, everyone in the party looked around.

Since it’s a sewer full of musty smells, the olfactory system stats won’t shine as bright as before… … .

Because it was Rottmiller who increased the sixth sense stat by +50 and the luck stat by +20 with Mimic’s essence.

“uh! Me, that person over there!”

Then, Misha points to a place and shouts.

As you move your gaze, you see a man with a bewildered expression.

‘Huh, how did he see this again?’

A gap where it is difficult to get into a human body.

The man was hiding in the hole in the middle, crouching like a shrimp.

“Hey!!”

He put his hand in and grabbed the man’s collar and pulled it out.

He’s quite tall, but he’s skinny, so he’s as light as a goblin.

What he did was not much different from that of a goblin.

“die!!”

As soon as it came out, the man stabbed the dagger he was holding in his hand.

The try was good.

You have to do something to live, don’t you?

“Ouch!!!!”

The battle that ended when he grabbed the wrist holding the dagger and broke it as it is.

“Why were you hiding here?”

The man quickly changed his stance at my question.

“Sah, save me! please! Me, I didn’t harm anyone, I just didn’t have any money, did I?”

Not the answer I was looking for… … .

If I had to interpret it, it would mean that I ran away because I couldn’t pay my taxes.

No one believed that, though.

“It reminds me of the old days! Back in the day, when I was working at a blacksmith’s shop, thugs with tattoos like this often came to visit me. ha ha ha!

It is different from the geometric form of the barbarian tattoo.

Flesh leather with tattoos of skulls, naked women, and monsters.

Of course, I don’t judge a person’s inside by the outside.

However… … .

“Bjorn, look at the mark on his forehead. It must be a criminal who escaped into the sewer.”

The stigma on the forehead hidden under the hood is evidence of committing a heinous crime that cannot be covered even with a ‘fine’.

There is no room for sympathy.

Well, even if you didn’t pay your taxes, the results wouldn’t have changed much.

“Bjorn, what will he do now?”

“Well.”

“Isn’t the administration office supposed to have given you some guidelines in advance?”

Well, he certainly did give me some advice.

The basic policy is to catch them and bring them back, but as long as the video is properly filmed, is there no problem if you kill them and throw them in the sewer?

“Can I kill you? What would you do if you were a normal person?”

“I heard that there is no ordinary person who accidentally came into a place like this.”

“Ha ha ha! After all, there is no blood or tears!”

Well, in my opinion, I wondered if he cared for explorers who had neither blood nor tears.

It wouldn’t be something to worry about now.

“So what are you going to do?”

“For now, let’s just take it.”

I don’t know if I was alone.

Thanks to the five of us, we have leftovers.

Above all, the one who takes them alive gives them an additional allowance of 5,000 stones.

“Hey, please take a look. You can’t just pretend you don’t know and pass it on. To make a living on everything I have become like this—”

“stop.”

There was no need for exhaustive conversations.

Whether it’s a tax delinquent or a criminal, whether it’s a crime for which he has no choice but to commit a crime.

So what do you mean?

“I was commissioned. So take you The judgment will be made there.”

“… … Fuck! Fucking bastards! How are you different from me?”

different

If it were the same, would you ever have asked me to do something like this?

“Dwalkie, shut your mouth.”

“Oh, I see.”

Afterwards, Dwalky used the newly learned [Paralysis Poison] spell to silence the man.

stiff body.

I carried the man around my shoulders as if carrying a bag of rice and continued walking.

An hour or so has passed since then?

“Rotmiller, how much further do you have to go?”

“We’re halfway there now.”

“Eh? You still have half left?”

As if Misha had followed her for nothing, she sighed deeply.

Then he opens his mouth as if curious about one thing.

“But Dwalkie, why are you so fine? Last time I vomited and it wasn’t a joke.”

“Fufu, you mean that? In fact, this time, I learned the magic to prevent you from smelling. It turns out that it is a magic that is considered essential among wizards who have lived as explorers.”

“Oh, that’s right. But you can’t give it to someone else, can you?”

“uh… That’s because I’m not used to changing the spell yet… … .”

Dwalky, who was proudly explaining the new magic, blurs his tail.

I laughed bitterly.

It’s not that I’m not used to it, it’s that I can’t.

Because ‘transformation of magic’ is nothing less than the food for magic tower wizards.

Although basic spells are taught for money, they never reveal how to transform magic or create new types of spells—

“Hey, let’s make a deal! If you let me go, I will give you the information!”

As if the duration of [Paralysis Poison] had expired, the man suddenly started screaming and struggling.

“Information?”

After stopping Dwalkie from getting [Paralysis Poison] again, the man hurriedly continues to speak.

“That crazy b*tch! If you catch that crazy b*tch, it will cost you a lot more than me!!”

“Bjorn, what are you listening to? It is clear that he is struggling to live somehow.”

That’s what I think too… … .

It’s just that one word stuck in my ear.

“… … You crazy b*tch, tell me more.”

It was worth a listen.

***

Negotiation.

The act of persuading and discussing to make a decision.

This is both reasonable and absurd.

If it is not an equal relationship, in the end, someone has no choice but to lose.

just like this

“… … I need an appointment before we talk!”

“Dwalkie, just make it like before—”

“No, I will tell you!!”

Perhaps he didn’t want to throw away the opportunity like this, so the man began to talk about the circumstances.

“There are many other people living in this sewer besides me. Usually it’s just hard to see because they know the paths of the rangers to avoid… … .”

“briefly.”

“… … Some crazy b*tch stole my lair a few days ago.”

To summarize the man’s story:

I was doing pretty well under the sewer, when a woman came and took my house.

She was no ordinary woman.

Although his body was soft, he had to be kicked out without using his hands properly because he was carrying skeletons.

“You’re a skeleton, aren’t you just someone who ate the essence of Nekramia?”

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Misha tilted her head, taking the 7th grade monster Nekramia as an example.

But the man seemed convinced.

“I don’t know exactly what it is. However! It was completely different from the skeleton in the labyrinth! I must have been an explorer once, too!”

“So what is the conclusion?”

“It must have been the use of evil black magic. If you hand it over to the temple, you will definitely receive a bounty. You can’t even compare it to me!”

I thought for a moment.

The timing was inconsiderate to pass by unintentionally.

A woman using evil black magic who hid in the sewer a few days ago… … .

“… … Could it be that woman?”

“Elisa Behenk. I’m sure she had no other choice but to run away.”

Rottmiller and the dwarf gulp their saliva and spit out one word at a time, probably thinking the same thing.

‘Fuck, are you really that b*tch?’

I need to know more.

Because there is still insufficient evidence to be sure.

“How was your impression? Please tell me in detail.”

“I was wearing a robe and my face was covered with a hood, so I couldn’t see the details. I knew she was a woman, even in the lines of her body and in her voice, but that’s all.”

“Right.”

“ah! Now that I think about it, she was wearing a very unusual necklace… … .”

“What shape was it?”

“It’s hard to explain in words… … .”

I had something to point out, so I quickly pulled one thing out of my backpack.

The symbol of the Karui Church that I found while digging through Hans’ backpack the other day.

“Was it something like this?”

“exactly! It was just like this!”

I sighed deeply as I looked at the man who nodded that he was right.

The possibility that it really was that year increased dramatically.

“What are you going to do?”

“I am thinking.”

“Hahaha, what are you worrying about? We need to catch him now and practice justice!”

What is justice, the bounty is coveted.

Anyway, if the dwarf was an extremist, Rottmiller was a moderate.

“I think it would be better to go back to the administrative office and file an official report. We’re not sure if it’s the woman yet, so we don’t have to risk it, do we?”

Obviously both opinions are correct.

If you catch it yourself, you can get a bounty, and if you don’t take the risk, you can report the case and hand it over to others.

However… … .

‘It means something is jjijjim.’

If Elisa Behenk is the crazy b*tch this guy is talking about, it’s especially disappointing to go back like this.

Elisa Behenk is not just a ‘bastard’.

The woman is a chew with a grudge for me.

Because of that, I was worried inside that he might be plotting something in the shadows.

‘Even if the administration or the temple cooperated to send people, it would take several days… … .’

In the meantime, if that b*tch runs away, I’ll have to keep feeling this way.

“I want to check it out, but what do you guys think?”

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Misha immediately agreed to my question.

Dwalkie, who was in a neutral position, also cast one vote according to the decision of his best friend, the dwarf.

Rottmiller, who was worried, obeyed the majority vote.

“The four of us are of the same mind, so I will follow. But before that, how about finishing all the patrol quests?”

“You are right. Don’t do that.”

Soon, we moved a little faster and finished patrolling the route designated by the administrative office.

“Where is your hiding place? Guide me.”

“I need a promise to save me.”

“If it’s the woman we’re looking for, or if it’s worth it, I’ll let you go.”

“Okay, follow me.”

“Wait, start with this.”

“yes… … ?”

yea what is yea

I tied the waist of the man with a puzzled expression tightly with a rope. Then he grabbed the long remaining rope like a dog’s leash.

Hey, wouldn’t it bother you if you ran away?

“Okay, now that it’s done, take the lead.”

“… … The road is not on the map, so please follow it.”

Soon, the man began to find his way in this maze-like sewer in earnest.

It was then that I realized that the structure was really complicated.

So far, we’ve only been walking around the main road where the gutter water flows, but… … .

If you squeeze through a narrow gap that looked like a wall, you will find a new space, some fork in the middle, and some where you have to climb through a hole in the ceiling.

So, one question at this point.

“Why did you get caught hiding in such a place?”

“… … I was wandering around looking for a new hiding place. Then I heard you from afar, so I had no choice but to hide myself in a hurry.”

That’s right, he’s not very lucky either.

“You have arrived.”

The place where the man stopped was where there was a hole with a diameter of 2m.

I don’t know what the terrain was designed for, but if you follow the path under the hole, you will find a large space.

“From now on, everyone, lower your voice.”

“Fufu, this is pretty tense.”

Unlike the dwarf who looked a little excited or Misha, who was a little scared, I wasn’t too worried.

Coincidentally, not alone, but all five of them came down to the sewer.

Also, everyone is much stronger than they were back then.

If the woman hiding down there was Elisa Behenk… … .

“Hey, do you have a place to run inside?”

“There is no other entrance than this hole.”

This time, I will be able to show you what justice is.