[{"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-123":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},1327743,1764,"Chapter 123 Veteran Player (2)","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-123",123,"\u003Cp>Veteran Player (2)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Veteran Player (2)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Misha and I are just companions.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is, is that so? Ah… as expected…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What does he mean, ‘as expected’?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I try to ignore his knowing gaze and take a sip of my beer. Dwarkey then slams his head on the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder he was chugging several glasses even though he can't hold his liquor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Damn it.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I leave Dwarkey, who’s passed out, to his best friend, the dwarf, and step out of the bar. It’s still daytime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I should just go to the library.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I change my plans, deciding to head to the library instead of going back to the inn and resting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are still many things I don’t know about this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘It’s almost the same, but subtly different.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just look at the troll we encountered this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We blinded it by stabbing its eyes, but it still charged towards Dwarkey, sensing mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no such setting in the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But who knows, maybe there’s something about it in the books of this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I need to keep studying, not just rely on my knowledge from the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Auril Gabis. I need to keep looking into that name too.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somehow, I think I’m reading more books here than I did in the civilized world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re safe, I see.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I arrive at the library, and Ragna greets me with sleepy eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s been a few months since we exchanged names…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But we’ve gotten closer than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now she even offers unsolicited advice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I understand you rested on the day you came back, but why didn’t you come yesterday?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I had things to do.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know explorers are busy, but you shouldn’t neglect your studies.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She has a strange side to her too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Telling a barbarian not to neglect his studies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, then I’ll leave it to you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Bierdo Parsityev.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief greeting, I receive the [Special Book Detection] spell as usual and enter the library.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this time, I focus on books related to monsters. I didn’t usually look into this area because I already had knowledge from the game, but the situation has changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m getting hungry, so I’ll be going. Keep up the good work.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Um…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m still… never mind. Don’t worry about it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s evening when I leave the library.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what is this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hello, Mr. Yandel.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as I’m returning to the inn, thinking I had a productive day, someone is pacing in front of my room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A woman dressed in black from head to toe, as if attending a funeral, with an elegant aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, her name was…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re… Urbans?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Julian. Julian Urbans.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right, that was your name.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…I heard about it from Peta, but I didn’t expect you to really not remember.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She mutters dejectedly, twisting her curly brown hair with her index finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It might just be a habit, but maybe it's an unconscious manifestation of her anxiety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘She doesn’t look like it from her expression, but is she nervous?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that thought, I ask,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So who is Peta?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The regional manager's daughter’s eyes tremble at my question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if she heard something unbelievable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…You don’t even know Branch Manager Peta’s name?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So that was the mustached man’s name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But how would I know?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We've never even introduced ourselves before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, it’s a bit embarrassing, but I don’t show it and get to the point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So what brings you here? Alone, at that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I had no choice but to come since you wouldn’t meet me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m pretty sure I refused that offer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can’t you understand that I’m desperate?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Desperate…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the regional manager’s daughter to say something like this, there must be a reason. It’s probably something she can’t tell others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or else, she wouldn’t have come alone to meet her hostage-taker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I’m a barbarian who doesn’t know the meaning of being nosy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just go back. I don’t want to get involved in troublesome things.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I suppress my curiosity and enter the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, just as I’m about to close the door…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Lady Urbans quickly wedges her parasol into the gap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, there’s no way it would work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The parasol shatters with a bit of force, and the door closes tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps she didn’t expect things to go this way. Lady Urbans hurriedly knocks on the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wai, wait a minute! Let’s just talk! It won’t take long—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop it and go back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, really! Aren’t you even curious about why I’m doing this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m not curious.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ugh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did my firm attitude work well?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Urbans, whose parasol even ended up broken, kicks the door in frustration and then leaves with the sound of her clicking heels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then do I breathe a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Phew, it seems like it worked out—’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click, clack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s when the receding sound of heels starts coming back towards me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that she hasn’t given up yet?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knock, knock, knock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as I hear the knocking, I start snoring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snore, snore!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I judged that this would be enough for her to completely give up, without any further response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ha… why am I doing this…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hear a lament from beyond the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, did she decide to change her tactics?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know you’re not sleeping, so just listen.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Urbans whispers from behind the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Braun Rotmiller. Be careful of that man. I don’t know the details, but he met with my father today… Kyaak! How could you suddenly open the door!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…It was worth listening to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>_______________________\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An awkward atmosphere fills the room where a man and a woman are together late at night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, that’s only natural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I opened the door for her, but there’s no substance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So that’s all?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That Rotmiller was summoned to the Regional Manager’s office and then left after 5 minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s all the information Lady Urbans gave me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I shouldn’t have opened the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So what’s your goal?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since things have turned out this way, I decide to satisfy my curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m even more curious now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why would the Regional Manager’s daughter tell me this, even betraying her own father?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Urbans says with a determined expression,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My goal is my father’s downfall.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It can’t be helped. If this continues, I’ll really have to live like a doll. Anyway, I need your cooperation to achieve this—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Get out.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes? No, it seems like you’ve misunderstood. You’ll benefit greatly if you help me—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Benefit my ass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s nothing to gain by making an enemy of the Regional Manager.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kyaak!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I realize how persistent this woman is in this short amount of time, so I pick her up and throw her outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I close and lock the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But did my consistent attitude finally work?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If… you change your mind, please come find me. Ah, and be careful. My father must have done something to that Rotmiller.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Lady Urbans leaves without making any more fuss. So I also wash up and go to bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Rotmiller… I’ll have to keep an eye on him.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterwards, the days pass as usual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Misha grills meat for me every morning, and I spend my time at the library during the day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Erwen, who said she would come once a week, visits, the three of us eat together and build our friendship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, we also had a regular meeting to plan the next expedition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Although a troll appeared on the 4th floor last time, it seems like we were just particularly unlucky. There doesn’t seem to be anything wrong with the floor itself, so I think we can proceed as planned. What do you guys think?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I observed Rotmiller throughout the meeting, but I couldn’t find anything strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I had to point out one thing, it’s that he was quieter than usual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made my mind even more complicated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was hoping he would mention it at the meeting if he had talked about something with the Regional Manager.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…Should I just bluntly ask him what they talked about?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s the option of confronting him directly, but I put it on hold for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We still have time before the labyrinth opens, so it’s better to approach it cautiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, time passed, and three days ago…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[With this, I’ve paid back my debt. Return it to me now.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[…Can’t you just give me this?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…I received the 5 million stones from the bear-like man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I asked if he would be willing to just give me the bracelet, but he firmly shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Geez, it’s not even for ranged attackers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This item is most effective when used by a character with high regeneration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their health recovers quickly during the damage immunity period.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I should try to persuade him later when we become companions. To sell it to me cheap.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that thought, I open my eyes and check the clock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[23:59]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s just 10 seconds to midnight on the 15th.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I close my eyes again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「The character's soul resonates and is drawn to a specific world.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s time to enjoy a special kind of daily life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>___________________\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lee Hansu’s room, not Bjorn Yandel’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I lie down on the bed first, thinking it’s strange even though it’s not my first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘As expected, the softness is different.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can definitely feel the gap in civilization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not like I bought an expensive mattress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, I guess it would be different if I went for the highest quality in this world too, but.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turn on the computer using my toe while lying on the bed, and the monitor lights up instantly without any booting time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, I get up and sit in front of the computer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s a space that I can only access once a month, and even then, there’s a time limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have to use it efficiently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click, click.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, I enter the exchange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of it is the same as when I last saw it, but new posts are being uploaded in real time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I’ll check this again later…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I open the chat room list.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I first came here, I didn’t have enough time to use this function leisurely, but that’s not the case this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Wizardry]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Beastmen Gather]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Elves of the Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I look through them, I see that many people are gathered in the class or race communities, unlike the [Newbie Room], which had less than 10 members.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, I guess you would have to go to those places to get useful information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Things like build guides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘But… why are there no barbarians?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I keep scrolling down, I freeze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except for the dragonkin, whose character selection is blocked, every race has a dedicated chat room, but there’s none for barbarians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, it’s not that there isn’t one…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Behel-laaaaa!] – 0 members online.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…but there are no people inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking closely, even the last login record is from months ago, and the nickname is crossed out with a red line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It means that person was either banned or died in real life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why are barbarians the only ones like this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I think about it carefully, there are a couple of reasons that make sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two reasons, actually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>1. Barbarians aren’t very popular as main characters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even I often chose beastmen or elves before I completed the shield barbarian build. Or I would choose humans, who have high potential in the later stages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2. Barbarians have to grab their weapons and enter the labyrinth as soon as they start. Otherwise, they starve to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The insanely difficult coming-of-age ceremony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the hardcore growth condition of having to enter the labyrinth as soon as you wake up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘There were already few people, and most of them probably died in the early stages.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For some reason, I feel a sense of empathy, and my heart aches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I look for class communities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Noblesse] – 21 members online.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Treasure Hunter] – 34 members online.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Swordmaster] – 17 members online.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Healers, archers, swordsmen, etc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all have over 10 members online.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Shielder] – 3 members online.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are only three tanks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zero in the race community and three in the class community.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of path am I walking?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I feel a bit miserable, so I try looking for country communities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, there’s a chat room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Long Live Korean Independence] – 1 member online.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if it’s just one person, it’s something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s a foreign game that didn’t even have Korean translation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, I thought there might not even be one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Korean…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I double-click without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>___________________\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surprisingly, the moment I open my eyes, I see a room that looks like a noble’s mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought it would be a default skin like a clearing or a field—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You cameeeeeeeeee!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before I can even leisurely look around, the player who was online greets me with a loud shout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s a man in his early twenties with short hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Sergeant Lee]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I freeze as soon as I confirm his nickname.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sergeant Lee… don’t tell me…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hyungnim… you recognize me. It was the day I was discharged.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell is this bullshit!\u003C\u002Fp>",2190,"2026-06-05T19:32:49.064Z",1,"novelbin.me","3d0ea761b23237db9e1589c1f114c014b3ac193dfdfcd22be95852407eef6313","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-124","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-122",807,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsurviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-cover.jpg"]