Surviving the Game as a Barbarian

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“Did you properly collect the computer that was handed over to the police?”

“Yes, I have erased all of the memories as well as all the related traces, so there will be no articles or anything like that.”

At the report of a woman, the old man nodded and slowly read the papers on the desk.

A document summarizing the life of a man.

It didn’t take long to read the entire page.

“He’s strong against bad luck.”

The old man, who gave a brief remark, continued.

“But that’s all.”

The woman nodded as if in agreement.

A man’s life had so many twists and turns that it was not enough to say that he was strong against bad luck.

But other than that, there was nothing special.

The job was average, the education level was average, and the relationships were average.

Everything was normal.

Except for this game.

“I don’t understand at all.”

That is why the man feels even more special.

[Dungeon and Stone], the legacy of Auril Gavis, is a failure. After much deliberation, everyone has come to the same conclusion.

There is no doubt that it captured the world better than any other work… … .

Because it was impossible to clear.

So it was scrapped 5 years ago.

“… … But now, someone who has cleared it will come out. Was it not a failure?”

The old man who had been sobbing shook his head.

Even if it was cleared, didn’t everyone agree that there is no guarantee that it will produce better results than other works?

His choice was not wrong.

However… … .

“I’m a little curious about what would have happened.”

Soon after, the old man opened the laptop and entered the man’s name.

[Lee Han-soo]

Everyone said it was impossible,

It was the name of the only player who cleared his legacy.

***

[Owned GP: 139,000]

I sold the information on the 1st floor lord and Skull Island, so I did not sell any more information.

There were two reasons.

First of all, it took more time than expected for each case.

It’s because the buyer was suspicious of me because there was no transaction history.

Well, just by answering a few questions, we both trusted and bought the information… … .

Rather than trusting me completely, it would be more accurate to say that I trusted this community.

If you dare to cheat and get kicked out of the community, you won’t be able to come back.

And second.

In fact, this was the biggest reason than time.

‘If you sell whatever you want, you will definitely stand out.’

Isn’t there a saying that square stones are just right?

No matter who it is, I want to reduce the amount of attention it gets.

I don’t really need a GP right now—

Tiling-!

Then a note arrived.

[Sender: Ghost master.]

A nickname I’ve seen a few times in announcements.

In other words, it was a note from the community manager.

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My heart was pounding like a thief numb my feet, but when I opened it, it was nothing.

[Elfnunna’s transaction history is more than 10 times. EXP +10]

[Membership level is adjusted.]

[Deadman -> Goblin.]

An automatic message sent as the community ranks up.

There is no big benefit to having a higher grade, but there was nothing bad about going up.

Sometimes there are chat rooms with rating restrictions.

Tadat, Tadat, Tadat.

Once I posted a question using the GP.

The GP offered as a reward is 10,000 to 100,000.

It was an expression of his will that he was willing to pay that much if it was valuable information.

[The transaction has been registered.]

After registration, I spent time browsing the community as if surfing the web.

When I see drips and humorous articles on the free bulletin board, I feel as if I have returned to the original world.

It was a time like that.

‘2 million stones for 100,000 points?’

I found the spot value of GP while looking around the exchange.

Currently, I own about 140,000 GPs.

‘Crazy, did you earn 2.8 million stones by answering two questions?’

At first, my mouth was open, but after thinking about it, it wasn’t something I couldn’t understand. If the information you sold wasn’t worth it, it wasn’t.

‘If I sell information here, would I sit on a cushion of money?’

Suddenly, I even wondered if there was any reason to go into the labyrinth anymore.

However… … .

‘Let’s not think of anything strange.’

Still, the very act of exchanging GP for money feels dangerous to me.

‘Let’s use it as a place to get information thoroughly without being greedy.’

So, I set a new iron rule and made up my mind.

It was time to even look around the community.

Tiling-!

You hear a notification sound.

I checked the monitor and a new message has arrived.

[Elfnunalove requested a 1:1 chat.]

Elf sister love.

It was an awkward nickname for me, but I clicked Accept without any hesitation.

That’s because there’s only one thing you can contact me.

‘I was worried, but he showed up today.’

Finally, information sellers appeared.

***

A study in an old-fashioned interior.

I was a little startled when I smelled the soft scent of the book.

‘It’s very well decorated. How much did you spend?’

It is different from the empty lot that used to be the background of the newbie room or the desolate field that became the base when I chatted.

There must have been quite a few GPs in there.

But I don’t think it’s a lot of money.

‘Certainly, this alone creates some credibility… … .’

After looking around briefly, I found a white man and greeted me.

“hello.”

“hello. Elf Nunna, are you right? Please sit here.”

As soon as I sat down, the man immediately went to the main point.

“You want to know about the Tarutein school, a wizard named Shannal Pergang?”

“That’s right.”

dimensional collapse.

If you only ask about this, it is difficult for me to tell whether the other person is lying or not.

But if you ask about Chanel Fergang, it’s different.

just like this

“To be precise, I want to know more about what he has been up to lately.”

“Hmm, maybe because of the rumors about the dimensional collapse?”

A man who immediately associates the name with the dimensional collapse as soon as he mentions the name Shunal Fergang.

The reliability of the information to be released later is further increased.

So, I also asked openly.

“Is the rumor true?”

The man asked for 20,000 GP in return for an answer, and when I accepted it, he continued talking.

“If you’re asking if those words came out of his mouth, yes, you’re right. But if you’re asking the truth of the rumor… Not really.”

“What does it mean?”

The man paused for a moment as if to organize his thoughts, then cut it off.

“It means that dimensional collapse does not happen.”

“Why do you say that?”

“Because it involved political strife with high-ranking people… … .”

Simply put, it means that it is advanced information to receive 20,000 GP and inform you.

“I’ll give you another 20,000 GP.”

“If you want to hear that.”

The man nodded and continued speaking without interruption.

“The Tarutein School is a school that focuses on labyrinthology, especially the study of dimensional magic. And the master wanted to do an experiment.”

“Experiment… … ?”

“I can’t go into details, but it’s not a risky experiment. It just requires fewer explorers to enter the labyrinth than usual.”

So the Tarutein school spread rumors through the mouth of their wizards in the city.

If rumors spread that a dimensional collapse was taking place, it was decided that superstitious explorers could be restrained.

“… … Can I stop talking about this?”

“Isn’t that what you did, you sold it for GP?”

There was nothing more to say than the dignified attitude.

The man smiled and continued.

“Does it have anything to do with me in the first place? I’m not even the master of that school. Besides, sooner or later, the royal family will put up an official letter denying the rumors.”

“… … In the royal family?”

“Then will the Lafdonia royal family stand still? The less the explorer’s position, the less the manastones supplied.”

Well, that’s right, too.

After listening to the conversation briefly, the situation was firmly established. The rationale presented without blockage was also a convincing story.

It doesn’t look like he’s lying.

At this point, the man shook his head when he said that he would complete the transaction and send the remaining 20,000 GP separately.

“Thinking about it, it happened. You must be a fan of him.”

20,000 GP is 400,000 stones, but you say you won’t get it because you’re a fan of the same person… … .

Even though I say thank you for the first time, I am curious.

How old is this person?

‘Fifth year? Ten years?’

Whatever it was, one thing was certain.

It is said that 400,000 stones are firmly established in this world.

‘So, even if I struggled for days or days, I guess I knew everything about the details of the information I didn’t know.’

Once again, the original intention is engraved on the chest.

15 times? 20 times? 30 times? Or 100 times?

Well, I didn’t care which mod they cleared.

Because this is not a game world.

The stark reality ruled by the savage providence that the survivors are strong.

‘A little Balkan or anything else, after all, I’m a newbie here… … .’

It feels like there is still a long way to go compared to the road I have already taken.

But why?

It must have been only a while ago that I engraved my original intention.

‘It’s fun.’

The man who bought the strategy for the first floor monarch.

A woman who wanted information on Skull Island.

Where this man standing in front of me now must have reached over the years.

eating.

It never occurred to me that I would not be able to go.

***

Black DOS screen.

After the short loading is over, a log of the player’s actions fills the monitor with a beep sound.

Beep, beep, beep-

The rules of the journal are simple.

Only actions are recorded here.

so that… … .

“The coming-of-age ceremony has been successfully completed.”

“New equipment has been installed.”

Choosing a shield at the coming-of-age ceremony.

“The character stepped on a goblin trap.”

As soon as he entered the labyrinth, he was in danger.

Stepping on a goblin trap and crawling on the floor bleeding for hours.

Killing a person on the first day.

The elf he met by chance and became friends.

And, starting with nothing, he reached the second floor on the first entry.

“You’re crazy.”

The more he read the diary, the more absurd the old man was. Rather, it was more so because it was a journal in which only actions were recorded.

Because every action has a reason.

The old man, who had seen many players’ journals, had a good reason for judging the interest rate in an instant.

that’s how it should be

Because that’s the right choice.

So this guy put it into action.

As if it were really a game.

It was truly amazing.

How many players have made irrational choices due to the gap between the game and reality.

“… … How many people reached the second floor on the first entry?”

“As far as I know, there are 117.”

117 people.

Quite a number to be considered small.

But the old man was sure.

Of the 117 players, no player had such a bad condition.

‘It means a strange guy.’

After that, the old man who was scrolling down and reading the journal was stunned at one point.

「Vampire Duke Cambormere has been slain. EXP +5”

「Bonus for killing higher mutants. EXP +1”

「Guardian kill bonus. EXP +3”

“[Vampire Essence – Guardian] seeps into the character’s soul… … .”

Suddenly, the diary on the screen had arrived recently.

“Bjorn Yandel”

Level: 3 (New +1)

Body: 155 (New +75) / Spirit: 90 (New +44) / Ability: 115 (New +85)

Item Level: 98 (New -104)

Combat Combat Index: 381.5 (New +204)

Essence obtained: Corpse Golem – Rank 7 Vampire (Guardian) – Rank 5 (New)

Character information that is hard to believe, even if it’s a few years old.

It was accomplished in just two months after waking up from an unfamiliar body.

Of course, luck must have followed.

However… … .

‘If it was an area that could only be done by luck, there would have been at least one similar case.’

The old man raised the player’s gaze rating to the maximum.

Statistics are like that.

As samples and data are accumulated, the number of cases decreases, and uncertain information turns into clearer facts. Surprisingly, the ‘probability’ derived through such a process has almost no error no matter how much the sample is increased.

In other words, the variable ‘luck’ in statistics is very small.

However, sometimes this is the case.

the first.

Novel from https://readwn.com

Making the impossible possible.

Simply put, 0 becomes 1.

Irregular beyond statistics, where even the cause cannot be defined because there is no comparative sample itself.

click, click.

“This is an abnormal growth rate.”

“The manager is watching the character.”

I suddenly had a thought.

When everyone agreed that it was a failure,

his last words.

[I was just judging rationally. Even if there is only one person in my life, if I can complete it properly and spend it, there is a greater possibility.]

Novel from https://readwn.com

Maybe that was right.