[{"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-226":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},1327903,1764,"Chapter 226 Turning the Tables (2)","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-226",226,"\u003Cp>Turning the Tables (2)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turning the Tables (2)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We avoided the worst-case scenario.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although there were veteran players whose names were known to everyone, it wasn’t an army of thousands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were only three enemies we had to deal with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they didn’t even focus fire on us, perhaps out of overconfidence, while we were entering through the portal and forming a line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Abet Nekrapetto has cast [Puppet].」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…that didn’t mean the situation was positive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s what Necromancers are.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Groaaaaaaaaar!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Casualties were appearing in real time in this large-scale battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corpses were tearing our flesh and beheading our companions, and then those corpses would get up and attack us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwagic!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although I’m diligently crushing their heads…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…we’ll eventually be outnumbered if this continues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Ha, what a combination.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can’t help but groan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although there were only three of them, their balance was too good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Corpse Collector’s overwhelming numbers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blue Mane’s PvP combat prowess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Ruin Scholar, a top-tier mage with AoE spells and the ability to create unexpected variables.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our chances of winning would have been much higher if they were just three strong players who were good at fighting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘No, they probably left only three behind because of this combination.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I dismiss my brief regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like how there’s no one without flaws…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…it wasn’t all bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, there was an advantage for me since our opponent was the Corpse Collector.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Character has used [Outlaw of the Wasteland].」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t expect to use this item I obtained in the Doppelganger Forest here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Behel—laaaaaaaaaa!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I unleash my battle cry with all my might at the forefront of the battle, doing what I’ve done countless times today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearing the path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwagic! Kwaaang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Corpses, clad in various equipment, are swept away like fallen leaves every time I swing my mace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason is simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Outlaw of the Wasteland’ is one of the ultimate counter items against Necromancers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Melee physical damage temporarily increases in proportion to the number of humanoid monsters.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Increased melee physical damage proportional to the number of enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t know for sure, but the increase rate must have already reached its maximum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm, so the maximum was…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Current increase rate 1,000%.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…10 times, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwagic!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this what Lu Bu from Romance of the Three Kingdoms felt like?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t even need to use [Swing] since they’re exploding with every casual swing of my mace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, it would be more helpful if I used it…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…but it’s a better judgment to conserve my limited MP and invest it in [Gigantification].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh, for a 5th-grade explorer…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s a great warrior!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Follow him!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A breakthrough formation naturally forms as explorers follow me after I start my mindless charge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Okay, then I don’t have to worry about getting backstabbed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Suicide bomber!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We’re also starting to deal with [Corpse Explosion], which inflicted countless casualties in the beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, they’re veteran explorers who are used to raiding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They naturally figured out the countermeasures without me having to give instructions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mage!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dertu Tayran!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 8th-grade support spell, ‘Gale’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwaaang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as a suicide bomber’s body starts to swell, they’re pushed away with a spell or skill that has a knockback effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, even then, some of them exploded within our formation, causing damage, and I was the one who took the most hits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sizzle!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The suicide bombers’ poison clings to my body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it doesn’t sting that much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although I didn’t invest much in Poison Resistance…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…[Dungeon and Stone] is a team game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Arrua Raven has cast the 7th-grade support spell [Neutralization].」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A buff spell that halves poison damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Rebecca Izel has cast [Share].」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An active skill that allows her to take 1\u002F3 of the damage received by the target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Kan Argon has cast [Group Immunity].」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An aura-type skill that shares half of his resistance stats with everyone within a 15-meter radius, regardless of friend or foe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Polton Casel has cast [Blood Spring].」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Healing orbs are generated when the character takes damage.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And healing tokens even burst out of my body when I take damage, healing my companions who pick them up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s literally a situation where there’s no skill we don’t have, with hundreds of 5th-grade explorers gathered—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s when the dozens of light orbs that were filling the sky above the Goblin Forest disappear simultaneously, and the surroundings darken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I instinctively know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Be careful, he’s about to move.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ruin Scholar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right, he wouldn’t just watch forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky darkens as if there’s a solar eclipse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And a crimson sphere appears, rapidly increasing in size.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[It’s the Orb of Ruin.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Orb of Ruin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s an attack spell I’ve never seen or heard of in the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, it’s only natural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s the Ruin Scholar’s signature spell, something he created from scratch, from the formula to everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘He said it’s a 2nd-grade spell.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My heart clenches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I know how unrealistically powerful high-level attack magic is.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, it doesn’t really matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I would have guessed even if I didn’t know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just how dangerous that spell is.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This crazy old man!! Are you trying to kill me too?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wolf bastard, as soon as he sees the thing in the sky, shudders and tries to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Clown, who’s far away, is no different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s shouting something with a flustered expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although I can’t hear him, it’s not difficult to guess what he’s saying. The corpse army he stationed on the outskirts is retreating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Damn it.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They, the Ruin Scholar’s companions, judged…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…that everything, friend or foe, would disappear without a trace when that spell landed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But so what?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I’ll block it, you guys keep moving!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I overcome my anxiety and focus on clearing the path for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you doing! Keep moving!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bu, but if that falls…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where are you going to go if you run away? Fight!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The explorers encourage each other and gather their resolve, as if they’ve been waiting for this moment, without me having to do anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s coming…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I look up at someone’s mutter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ominous sphere, which has grown large enough to fill the entire sky, is finally falling towards the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Kyle Pebrosk has cast the 3rd-grade attack spell [Piercing Steel].」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Kyle’s spell, which he was preparing to counter the Ruin Scholar, is completed at that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swaaaaaaaaa!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An intense gray light erupts from the back, as if he had drawn a magic circle beforehand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A giant arrow pierces the giant meteor as the light flashes for a split second and then fades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwaaang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An earsplitting sound of impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swaaaaaaaaa!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A powerful wind blows, sweeping across the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do, dodge!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…hundreds of large and small fragments, engulfed in crimson flames, rain down like hail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the explorers scatter in panic, not many of them actually reach the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s Kyle’s doing again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang! Kwaang! Kwaaang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of falling fragments are blocked by a translucent barrier and explode in midair, disappearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a 3rd-grade mage wouldn’t be able to create a barrier over such a wide area…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…Did he control them all?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He read the trajectories of the fragments and blocked each one with minimal mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s the rational guess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, Raven is gaping in disbelief as she watches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is, is that even possible…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a mage, she can feel it more clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just how high-level that technique is.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unfortunately, the mage on the other side wasn’t an ordinary human either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, the Ruin Scholar was an Archmage belonging to Orculus, considered to be even more skilled than Kyle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Damn that old man.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The falling meteors, like curveballs, change their trajectories and bypass the barrier, crashing into the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The meteors didn’t discriminate between friend or foe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They fell on the corpse army, behind and next to me, crushing my companions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they transformed into golems and got up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘5th-grade summon magic, Flame Giant.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raven shouted in disbelief,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Pebrosk! How is this possible? He didn’t have any summoning formulas…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[He used his remaining mana to create new formulas and imbue them into the remaining fragments.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In that short amount of time, a 5th-grade spell… and dozens of them…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raven’s astonished mutter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it seemed like Kyle didn’t have time to answer her kindly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Yandel! I have to prepare for the next attack, I’ll leave the rest to you!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The call ended abruptly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phew, he said he would take care of the Ruin Scholar…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the cleanup is my job again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Well, even he wouldn’t be able to handle that monster alone.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Kyle was also low on mana after using Mass Teleport on the 1st floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m reminded once again that we’re still at a disadvantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Melter Pend is dealing with Blue Mane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyle is dedicated to the Ruin Scholar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I’m in charge of taking down the Corpse Collector with hundreds of explorers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s game over if even one of us loses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The precarious balance will collapse, and we’ll all be swept away in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But conversely, it’s the same for the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoosh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…I charge towards the Flame Giant, which has completely risen and is looking down at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With my giant mace in hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tadat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I use [Leap]…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Swing.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…and swing my mace down, even using MP.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One hit was enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To smash the core of the 5th-grade summon, Flame Giant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwaaang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Flame Giant disappears into particles of mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked straight ahead, beyond it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Clown was far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘He’s still laughing.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I can just kill him, we’ll have the advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>____________________\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m moving forward one step at a time, slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smashing, trampling, and sometimes pushing corpses aside with my shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwagic!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m opening a path for survival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swaaaaaaaaa!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rains of fire, unleashed by the Ruin Scholar, are pouring down from the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwaaang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kyle is diligently casting defensive magic and fighting back, but it’s not enough to block everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aaaaaak—!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Screams echo from everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bodies of those who desperately reached this far, longing for life, collapse on the damp ground, charred black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Abet Nekrapetto has cast [Puppet].」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…they get up in that state and swing their weapons at us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at them, I can’t help but think…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…that if there’s a hell on earth, this is it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwaaang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pile of corpses flies towards us like a cannonball and disrupts our formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s a change that’s been happening for a few minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Corpse Collector started summoning more creatures from his subspace pocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn it, I thought we were almost there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Just how much did he stockpile?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Curses escape my lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But my feet don’t stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although we’re surrounded by the corpse army, far from the main force…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…I continue to charge forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t know how many are left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many must have died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even so…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Behel—laaaaaaaaaa!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Ainar shouts as she cuts down a corpse, and a chorus follows from behind and beside me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right, Behel—laaaaaaaaaa!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not from barbarians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humans, dwarves, or beastmen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right, it’s quite addictive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pile of corpses flies towards me and gets up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s a grotesque figure formed by combining five corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I frown at its appearance, but then I recognize a familiar face among them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Hansen Kelders.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I met him on Day 1 while wandering through the passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was before we even knew what was going on, and before we met the Clown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He offered to join forces, but I refused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because I couldn’t trust him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The cautious ones survive longer. I hope we’ll see each other again.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He smiled and left, even after being rejected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Grooooooooowl…]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…we’ve reunited like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…He really was one of us.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gruesome sight that would have made Lee Hansu vomit just by looking at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I swing my mace at it and think.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I had trusted him back then…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if we had decided to move together…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would he be fighting on our side, not as an enemy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwagic!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, maybe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But only one thing is certain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was wrong back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t even the best choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t try because he was a stranger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could have found evidence to trust him if I had tried harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m sorry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I dash forward, stepping on the pile of corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I briefly think.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of person was he?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What could he have done if he were alive?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can’t know now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe he had great potential and could have been a big help to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, even Dwarkey wasn’t that impressive at first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I just thought he was a weirdo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what was he really like?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the kindest among us, and he was a greater mage than anyone I’ve ever seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Yandel, are we almost there?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I dismiss my thoughts at Kyle’s voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Almost.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We’re really almost there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a little further, and we’ll reach where the Clown is.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although close combat won’t be easy since he’s an Agility Poison Necromancer…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…a Necromancer’s weakness is obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even he must have consumed a lot of MP after summoning such a large army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Kyle can hold off the Ruin Scholar, and Melter Pend can keep that wolf bastard occupied, there shouldn’t be any variables—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Hurry up.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I have a bad feeling.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bad feeling?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this also a mage’s intuition?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s when, as I’m swinging my mace…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Groaaaaaaaaar!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…a group of explorers I’ve never seen before appears among the corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One team, two teams, three teams…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are too many to count.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I came to see what the commotion was about, and what the hell is this…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’ll help too!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s the Lafdonia remnants! Kill them!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Waaaaaaaaaa!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were explorers from Noark, who were hunting on the 2nd floor.\u003C\u002Fp>",2283,"2026-06-05T19:32:49.064Z",1,"novelbin.me","343849d66cc32f5430e4af2c812fbe76fea3579d76fe15a4083fedec58897123","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-227","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-225",807,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsurviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-cover.jpg"]