Surviving the Game as a Barbarian-Chapter 528: Escape Plan (1)

A colleague's spec upgrade that happened after a very long time.

This event struck me as very positive, as Erwen was on a drinking rampage after consuming the Essence of Chaos.

Well, we'll know for sure after we properly investigate the specs of the integers.

I was about to approach Ainar and ask him in detail about what had changed.

“Yandel.”

"...huh?"

I felt a strange chill and looked back, and saw Amelia giving me a cold look.

“I’d like to talk about something that happened a little while ago.”

"ah......."

It's come.

I thought it was just over since there was no word until now.

Did you keep waiting because you missed the timing because the integer came out?

“Ah! Are you talking about what happened earlier?”

I laughed heartily and approached Amelia, congratulating her on her merits in battle.

“It’s all thanks to you and Misha that we were able to catch this giant. If it weren’t for you two, it would have recovered again, and the hunt would have been a failure! You’ve worked hard! Ainar! You should thank me too, quickly.”

“Oh, thank you!”

Despite Einar and I expressing our sincere gratitude, Amelia's expression showed only a hint of agitation.

“I see... is that how it comes out?”

Yeah, you read all my numbers.

This is a little tricky.

It was a time when I was wondering what to do about the gaze that seemed to have become a little colder, but still had no change.

“Carlstein, why are you just standing there?”

Amelia tries to call in reinforcements, perhaps to put me in a more difficult position.

However, in the end, it was a handshake.

“...Huh?”

“You should also express your opinion properly. If you don’t say something you don’t like, you’ll just end up suffering—.”

“Huh? I’m not really bothered by anything......?”

"......what?"

Amelia was taken aback by the calm answer and asked back.

“What does that mean?”

A question that feels like you genuinely don't understand.

Misha sensed this and looked at Amelia, then glanced at me and opened her mouth slightly.

“Well... I... I think I finally helped... So I didn’t feel too bad or anything......”

Anyone could tell that he wasn't making excuses or anything.

It seemed as if he was simply telling the truth.

“Carlstein, you.......”

"...huh?"

“...No, that’s enough.”

Amelia kept her mouth shut, as if she had a lot to say. Then she looked at me, sighed deeply, and said this.

“Let’s stop here for today. I’ll be watching, Yandel.”

It seems like I lost my temper after hearing Misha's answer...

Okay, that's about it for this issue.

“Einar, do you feel any change?”

“Uh... I’m not sure yet! I think I’ve gotten stronger.”

The remaining personnel were put on standby and began checking the newly acquired essence.

First, let's start with active skills.

“Then lie down.”

At my command, Ainar crouched down without a word. A posture that perfectly matched the one Hipramagent had shown earlier.

“Okay, then try using your power.”

There was no need for long words.

"Einar Fnellin cast [Crouching]."

If it was the first essence, it would be different. Ainar, who had already eaten and used several essences, skillfully activated the newly acquired skill.

Hoooooow-!

A yellow, translucent membrane that rises upwards to protect the user while in a crouching position.

"All resistance values ​​increase by 20x for 3 minutes."

"Natural regeneration power increases by 20 times for 3 minutes."

"All abilities increase significantly until the end of the battle in proportion to the amount of damage absorbed while crouching."

After conducting several experiments while [Crouching] was active, the skill itself was identical to that of the Ogre.

I was wondering if there might be some difference in skills.

'It seems like the increase in stamina and regeneration power is similar.'

It is also consistent that the ability value increases in proportion to the damage received while casting [Crouching] does not activate on people.

I guess it only applies to monsters like in the game.

“Um... Would it be possible for us to help you?”

Afterwards, while trying to check the ability level, the three magicians belonging to the exploration team approached.

“That... This time, when you enter the labyrinth, bring a water purification experiment kit with you... It won’t be as helpful as the lab, but it will be of great help.”

“Oh, well then. Get some help.”

Since it was much better than just getting stronger the old way, I obediently left Ainar in the hands of the trio.

And how much time has passed?

The exact figures are unknown, but it is said that there are several special stats that cannot be captured with the kit.

Still, rough basic stat information was derived.

Strength (upper), natural regeneration (upper), physical resistance (upper).

Resistance to shock (medium), bone strength (medium), lung capacity (medium).

Field of vision (low), patience (low), mana sensitivity (low).

and.......

“There is one weakening ability.”

There is only one negative stat.

“Weakened ability? What is it? Tell me quickly.”

At my urging, one of the wizards glanced at Einar and said.

“It’s the fighting spirit.”

It was a completely unexpected stat.

but.......

“The fighting spirit......”

Come to think of it, Ainar is acting strangely quiet these days.

If it were like before, I would have said let's stop this boring experiment and go check it out by catching some monsters.

“Just how much has it weakened?”

I asked for detailed figures, but the wizard only replied that it would be difficult to find out that much with the current equipment.

So I decided to use a primitive method.

“Ainar! I’m bored. Do you want to spar?”

A barbarian never refuses to spar under any circumstances.

In the first place, sparring is no different from playing a game.

If you go to the Barbarian-only quarters, you can see warriors fighting in the open space from morning to night.

But what on earth is this?

“Dalian......? Hmm.......”

Even Ainar, who was a senior barbarian among the barbarians, trailed off as if he was reluctant.

“...Let’s do it later! Later! Isn’t it time to do research first?”

You're rejecting me?

‘Somehow that giant guy kept running away... ... .’ freewebnσvel.cѳm

How much of your fighting spirit has been lost?

***

The explorer I saw yesterday and the explorer I see today are different people.

This is a phrase that usually describes the sharp side of explorers, but it is actually not wrong in itself.

It was very common for an explorer to have to consume essence to explore a labyrinth filled with monsters, and for that essence to affect the explorer's personality.

Like Ainar now.

“Fighting? Well, we do it if we want to... Is there a need to go out of our way to do it? It’s peaceful and nice right now....”

The Barbarian warrior woman who, just a few minutes ago, considered defeating monsters and proving her bravery to be her joy in life, changed in an instant.

“Battle cry.”

"...huh?"

“Hear the battle cry. Take action.”

“Behel... Raa...?”

“What the hell.”

This is not something you can just laugh off; the situation is serious.

It's not that there weren't any accidents, but in the end, Ainar's greatest strength was his recklessness.

“Yandel... Is that okay?”

“...It’s scary when Mr. Fnell does that.”

Other comrades who heard the battle cry without a fight also realized the seriousness of the situation and approached me cautiously.

I'm worried because the melee fighters who should be fighting at the very front are acting like that.

But, there is no other way right now.

The next food you eat has quite a bit of fighting spirit attached to it, so eating it will probably make you feel a little better... ... .

'Will this situation continue until then?'

I'm really curious again.

How much of your fighting spirit has been lost?

This kid's basic nature is aggressive, so a few tens less wouldn't have gotten this bad...

'I think it's at least over -100.'

In that sense, I was a little worried too.

It was positive that non-combat stats like fighting spirit were the minus stats rather than strength, but there had to be a certain amount of that.

‘... It doesn’t mean that if I eat it, it will turn out like that.’

Even when I drink this essence, the fighting spirit attached to the Orc Hero will have disappeared by 40 degrees, so the change will be even more evident.

“What about the ability to embody? Is there any way to find out?”

First, I decided to find out what the passive was.

“In the case of the ability to embody, it is difficult to find out with the experimental tools we have. However, we can find out to some extent what kind it is.”

“Try it.”

After permission was granted, the wizards approached Einar with various experimental tools and returned with the results after about 30 minutes.

“It seems that the ability to embody is a support auxiliary type. That’s where the numerical changes are the greatest.”

“Not survival or defense type?”

“You can pick up the signal too, but it’s very weak.”

The result was completely different from what was expected.

I thought it might be you because you didn't die instantly even after your head was pierced.

[Last Resistance], [Phoenix Heart], [Near Death]... ... .

I was thinking of candidates like that, but I never thought it would be that one.

'Then what?'

Since we didn't know, we just conducted tests within the limits of what we could do right away.

“Einar, it’ll sting a little.”

“I don’t want to be sick.......”

“That’s because there’s something wrong with your head right now.”

“Oh, really?”

In the end, we tested it by cutting off about one joint of the finger and did not find any significant data.

This is the same in a sparring match where you persuade someone who doesn't want to do something.

“...The sparring ends here.”

“Oh? Really?”

In the end, I decided to look into the passive later when I had time. It had already taken quite a bit of time to find out how to do this.

“Okay, let’s go.”

So the exploration resumed again.

***

During the three days we were able to stay on the island, we explored it thoroughly without wasting any time.

First of all, the top priority is to complete the map of the island.

In the process, of course, we had to face numerous monsters, and among them was Hipramagant.

In his case, did we meet about eight ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) times?

I skipped it three times because there were two of them together, and failed twice because the bastard managed to escape.

As a result, the raid was successful three more times.

However, this time I didn't even get the magic stone three times.

Well, all of those distortion spells failed.

'The distortion magic must succeed, and there must also be a chance that the essence will come out of it... ... .'

I didn't think about it at first, but I realized it again.

How lucky I was to get the essence on my first try.

The difficulty of obtaining the essence of the disappearing corpses was insane.

'Jeongsu, you have 'beginner's luck', so that's understandable, but if the distortion magic hadn't worked... ... it wouldn't have worked in the first place.'

Anyway, apart from that, as I fought Hipramagent repeatedly, I came to know more about it.

'It was written in the village chief's book that it was estimated to be a second-class... ... .'

No matter how I looked at it, it wasn't even second-class.

To begin with, the size of the magic stone is almost the same as that of the top 3rd grade.

Well, because of [Crouching], the minimum damage required for the strategy is high... ... .

As the survivability is high, the attack power is low.

This must also be taken into account before assessing the rating.

‘Then... including the group life, I guess it would be around a 2.7 rating.’

Well, I guess that's probably it.

It's also strange that it's classified as 2nd class when it doesn't have any 2nd class skills to begin with.

Suddenly, I began to doubt the authenticity of the information written in the village chief's book, but this time I decided to view it as a special case.

Didn't he say in advance in the book that he didn't witness it himself, but wrote down what he saw and heard?

“Finally... we’re getting off this island.”

As I was gathering my thoughts while looking at the island getting further and further away, White Hecks approached me.

“You look relieved. I guess you haven’t even found a way back to the city yet.”

“Still... it’s a lot better than being stuck on that island. Back then, I really had no idea what was going to happen.”

I think that's still the case now, but I didn't say anything.

Even at the bottom, there is an upper and lower level.

It would be much better now if there was at least something to believe in—.

—————————!

At that moment, a gust of wind blew from the island and the boat rocked violently.

'what?'

I was about to call Erwen, who was at the observatory, in a hurry.

White Hecks, who was standing next to him, pointed to a place with his finger.

“Over there, over there......!”

Over there? What over there?

I tilted my head to see what the problem was, and then my body froze. No, it wasn't just me, all the explorers standing on the deck were the same.

“.......”

“.......”

In the center of the island, which was getting smaller and smaller, something was standing up and staring at us.

Even while screaming ferociously.

[Woooooooooooooooooooo——!]

But the good thing is that it only makes noise from afar and doesn't seem like it has any intention of running after me right away.

“Um, what is that.......”

I muttered quietly as I looked at the completely bewildered White Hecks.

“I guess the friend who died back then wasn’t hallucinating.”

A giant giant with a height of over 40 meters.

Even among the monarchs of the hierarchy, there was none of this size.

I don't even know how to do raids with that size.

But still.

Shh ...

As I sped away from the island on the speedboat, as if trying to avoid the guy, I thought to myself.

'If I'm going to escape this island, I feel like I have to catch that guy too... ... .'

How do I catch him?