[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian":3,"chapter-surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-109":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Surviving the Game as a Barbarian",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1327729,1764,"Chapter 109 Baby Barbarian (2)","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-109",109,"\u003Cp>Baby Barbarian (2)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Keugh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t move yet. Your wound hasn’t fully healed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Did you save me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Using a top-grade potion, no less.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bear-like man’s expression is complex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s happy to be alive and all, but there’s something that doesn’t sit right with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, he knows it too, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How much profit we could have made if he had died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>30 million stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it’s not the exact amount, it’s probably close enough since it was Jensia’s estimate, and she had extensive looting experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bear-like man, who’s well-versed in the ways of explorers, mutters quietly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…You were lucky.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I agree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this situation, how many explorers would choose to save someone instead of waiting for them to die?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll pay for the top-grade potion.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, that’s only natural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How much do you want?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm, I think 5 million stones should be enough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Isn’t a top-grade potion worth about 1 million stones?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is that so? Then I guess I got ripped off by the merchants.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bear-like man is momentarily speechless at my sly attitude and then chuckles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Indeed, the price of an item can vary depending on the situation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected of an experienced 5th-grade explorer, he seems to understand exactly what I’m saying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“5 million stones… that’s a reasonable price.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you for thinking so.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…You two, what the hell are you talking about?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You just stay quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The adults are talking right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But I don’t have that much money right now. I’ll pay the 5 million stones when we return to the city.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Instead, I’ll leave this item with you, and I would like you to return it after I pay you in the city.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bear-like man then takes out a skull-shaped bracelet and hands it to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s a Numbered Item. I just used it once, but it’s still worth much more than 5 million stones.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bear-like man briefly explains the item, but I already know what it is.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No. 7611 ‘Deceiver of the Necromancer’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s an item that puts the wearer into a state of suspended animation with temporary damage immunity when they receive fatal damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For reference, it breaks after 3 uses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘So that’s how he survived.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I ask if he would be willing to just give me this instead of the 5 million stones, but the bear-like man draws a clear line, saying that he’s just leaving it as collateral and will pay me in money later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t even think about running away with it, Bjorn, son of Yandel.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the, how did he know?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bear-like man chuckles as I flinch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve heard about a barbarian who travels with a beastman. That lady also mentioned your real name a few times.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh, did I do that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t worry. I understand that you don’t want to attract unnecessary attention. I won’t go around telling anyone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s a relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Dwarkey or the dwarf were to find out, it would be a bit of a hassle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, we snuck away saying we had a request.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So what happened? Did that bitch die? Did you two defeat the guardian?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bear-like man, who almost died, first settles the matter of the price for his life and then asks about the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are many things I can’t tell him, so I just nod. Fortunately, the bear-like man, with his explorer’s etiquette, doesn’t pry further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Little Balkan, Bjorn, son of Yandel. I thought the stories were exaggerated, but seeing what happened today, it seems like that wasn’t the case.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He seems surprised that we defeated the guardian together, even though he understands about Jensia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, we decide on a time and place to meet after returning to the city, and as I’m distributing the bear-like man’s share of the magic stones, his wounds fully heal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bjorn, son of Yandel, and Misha Kaltstein. Thank you for saving my life. I won’t forget today’s favor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With those words, the bear-like man leaves the rift through the portal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s a cool guy until the very end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>_______________________\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the bear-like man leaves, I take a moment to examine the ‘Deceiver of the Necromancer’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two of the three jewels are glowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, there are two uses left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Let’s just keep it on and return it later.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I put it on my wrist just in case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I remember the bear-like man saying that I should keep it safe and return it…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Well, it should be fine as long as I use it well and return it.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, I put that issue aside and take a moment to think.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘5 million stones…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I received a decent reward in exchange for the top-grade potion. Well, it’s just a drop in the bucket compared to 30 million stones…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I’ve really become a barbarian.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, it would be a lie to say that I wasn’t tempted at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, I wouldn’t even have had to do anything myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether the bear-like man was a good person or a bad person…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I had just waited…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…I could have gotten enough money to upgrade my Spirit Engraving to the 6th stage in one go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…I poured the potion on his wound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t because of some philosophical dilemma about whether there’s a difference between me and a marauder if I let someone die because of money when I have the means to save them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I just didn’t do it because of Misha.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……Why, why are you looking at me like that? I’m suddenly feeling uneasy…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s nothing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, regardless of my corrupted moral standards…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…I judged that it wasn’t something I should do with a companion who will be with me in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after everything is over, I have this thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘What if I were alone?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not just for the sake of wealth and glory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this world, money is power, and it’s like life itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Misha hadn’t been there, what choice would I have made in the face of that enormous temptation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…It’s not something I need to worry about yet.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether I want to or not, the moment will come when I find out as I continue working as an explorer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, I finish my thoughts and pack my things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh? Aren’t we leaving?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving? Where do you think we’re going?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are two things left to collect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I take Misha and move along the ice passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was originally blocked, but it was revealed when the Tyrant Tarunbas appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you follow this passage, you can return to the second chapter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wow… how do you know things like this? Information about rifts is really expensive.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s thanks to Ragna.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, uh-huh… that woman…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Misha seems to accept it when I use the secret library that Ragna opened as an excuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since she doesn’t usually read books, she tends to believe it when I say I read it somewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwaaang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After arriving at the second chapter, we climb back up the stairs and smash the third pillar from the top.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s the item that increases cold resistance once when consumed, which I didn’t bother taking while observing the mafia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Character has consumed ‘Magic-infused Ice Shard’.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Cold Resistance permanently increased by +3.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Misha has enough cold resistance, I eat it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, I’m planning to give her the next one, though.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After passing through the first chapter, we come out of the Glacier Cave entirely. And we cross the frozen lake and head towards the starting point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwaaang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small pond near the starting point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I smash it with my mace and then dive into the icy water, retrieving a red ice bead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Here, eat this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shouldn’t you tell me what it is first?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would I give you something bad?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, I give her a rough explanation, and Misha lets go of her anxiety and crunches on the bead before swallowing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Misha Kaltstein has consumed ‘Ice Crystal’.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Cold Affinity permanently increased by +3.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, ‘Ice Crystal’ is the signature item of the Glacier Cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It increases Affinity and you can eat it up to three times, so I always came here first when building a freezing build in the early stages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I’ll have to come here first next time too when the cooldown is up.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since I’m quite cold from diving, we make a bonfire and dry off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I put on the clothes I took off and folded beforehand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then that’s it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, are we finally leaving?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What is she talking about?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I take out a blanket from my bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Why are you laying out a blanket?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We didn’t get much sleep last night because of the watch, let’s rest for a while.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, there’s no safer place in the labyrinth than a cleared rift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it’s a bit cold…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…there’s no better place to get a good night’s sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t worry, there’s no one here but us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…I, I see. Then we’re just taking a short break?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah. Come here, it’s cold. Let’s just share the blanket.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Sh, should we?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cool wind brushes against the bridge of my nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The warmth of the bonfire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As night falls, a dark blue Milky Way stretches across the sky, twinkling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And within it…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bjorn… are you asleep?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snore, snore!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re, you’re asleep?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We close our eyes for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>______________________\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Entered 1st Floor Crystal Cave.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>______________________\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Avman Urikfrit, a 5th-grade explorer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lets out a long sigh as he opens his eyes in the Crystal Cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then does it feel real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…I made it back alive.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been operating alone after leaving the team he had been with for a long time due to an incident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he experienced many dangers along the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because this labyrinth is not an easy place to wander around alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there had never been an enemy as dangerous as this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was literally a situation where he barely made it back alive after practically stepping into the gates of hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…I was lucky.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He feels it again and again, that he was lucky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, he encountered a crazy bitch who entered the rift with the intention of looting while hiding her identity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And there was a kind explorer on the team who saved him even though they had no connection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that person even had a top-grade potion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What are the chances of that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I should make a donation to the temple when I get back.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how many times he thinks about it, it’s truly a miracle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He briefly enjoys the afterglow of survival and then changes the subject in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘By the way, Bjorn, son of Yandel…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Balkan, Bjorn, son of Yandel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had heard that name several times in the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, he didn’t think much of it at the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just thought, ‘huh, so a unique guy appeared?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To him, a 5th-grade explorer, an explorer with a title wasn’t anything special.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘He’s an interesting guy.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was different from typical barbarians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was experienced despite seeming simple-minded, he was quick-witted, and he was good at negotiating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he had to describe him, he was similar to a barbarian who had been exploring the labyrinth for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pure, but not naive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why he was able to notice it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman’s true intentions, which even he was unaware of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘To gain a title in 3 months and already possess this level of experience… he’ll definitely achieve great things.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He doesn’t have any ill feelings towards him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, he only feels gratitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it’s an explorer’s destiny to pursue money, how many of them have been consumed by greed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fact that he was asked for 5 million stones as a treatment fee?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He considers it as having fulfilled his duty as an explorer by not taking all his equipment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, it’s because many people have forgotten that duty that his actions seem even more special.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Well, that’s why that lady follows him, I guess.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Avman recalls the beastman lady who seemed to be the barbarian’s companion. The barbarian gave her the Yeti and guardian’s essences without asking for anything in return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘That lady is also quite lucky.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having a companion like that is a blessing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phew, if only his former teammates had been half as good as that guy, he wouldn’t have to be traveling alone—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Wait a minute…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, it was just a fleeting thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he changes his expression and contemplates seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Indeed, someone like him wouldn’t be bad.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s been feeling doubts about traveling alone after experiencing this incident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…Well, I can’t keep going solo forever. It seems like they only have two people for now.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Avman makes a decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the various clans and regular teams that tried to recruit him would be disappointed if they found out…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who cares?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I should at least bring it up when we meet in the city.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He really likes this barbarian.\u003C\u002Fp>",2153,"2026-06-05T19:32:49.064Z",1,"novelbin.me","cdf9d1495d6b6c904fd1df06972d729969ffc1560672d3fbc2dd025aa06eb03c","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-110","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-108",807,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsurviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-cover.jpg"]