[{"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-329":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},1327449,1764,"Chapter 329: Ouroboros (4)","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-329",329,"\u003Cp>The Traitor, Ricardo Liuhen Praha.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle with this guy shocked me in many ways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was my first time realizing that ‘weapon mastery’, not ‘specs’ like essence skills, high stats, or Aura, could have such a huge impact on a battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even his seemingly casual swings were all calculated, setting up his next move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a level beyond simply being good at fighting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, that didn’t mean I was in a desperate situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I don’t have to win.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as I could stall for time, it was my victory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I think I’m starting to see it.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, I had to rely on my senses and reflexes to dodge and block his attacks, but as time passed, I started to see it. How he was using his current move to set up his next one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was aiming for my wrist to keep me occupied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The best option was to dodge back…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘But he’s expecting that. Then my neck would be exposed.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a checkmate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Assuming [Flameless Spirit] was working properly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoosh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I deactivated [Gigantification], and my body shrank, and his sword grazed my wrist. But had he anticipated even this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His sword twisted like a snake and aimed for my thigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tadat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I quickly retreated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he saw my movement and changed his sword’s trajectory without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Towards Amelia, who was unconscious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Damn it…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I quickly used [Transcendence] and [Eye of the Storm] to pull him towards me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amelia was safe now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swaaaaaaaaaa!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…as if he had anticipated even this, he swung his sword as he was being dragged by the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, I managed to avoid it…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘What the hell, is his brain a supercomputer?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more I fought him, the more I felt like I was being played.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt like he could read my every move. I could understand how modern Go players felt when they were defeated by AI.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘It would be really helpful if I could learn something from him.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it wasn’t something I could learn just by watching, it wasn’t every day that I fought a swordsman of this caliber in a life-or-death battle, so I stalled for time, trying to learn as much as I could.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After some time…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘The old man should be done by now…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…I thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ugh…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amelia groaned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wasn’t conscious yet, but it was a sign that her injuries were healing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Okay, I can take him down 2v1 once Amelia wakes up…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was probably why he had been targeting Amelia whenever he had the chance, even while fighting me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a ruthless fighter who didn’t have any pride as a swordsman, as we could see from his fight against the Knight of Light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would run away if the situation became unfavorable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…I won’t forget this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He judged that now was the best time to escape, before Amelia woke up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tadat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He retreated, leaving behind a cliché villain line, and I didn’t follow him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t show it, but I was almost out of MP.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had been using [Swing] to match his strength every time I blocked his sword, and I had been spamming [Transcendence], [Leap], and [Eye of the Storm] throughout the battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Well, then that’s settled…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I approached Amelia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her breathing was stable, and it seemed like her severed arm would take a bit more time to heal—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Haha.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I heard a voice behind me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I quickly turned around, and…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You really defeated him alone?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Auril Gabis was looking at me with an impressed expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>_______________________\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It would have been much easier if you had helped.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I didn’t want to see him yet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I see…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked away, knowing that he wouldn’t give me a reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was something floating in the air next to Auril Gabis, as if he was using telekinesis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, it was a person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baby Amelia, unconscious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed like things had gone smoothly on that side since she was here…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘But I have to confirm.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked at Auril Gabis and asked,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So… what happened?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It went well. He said my name at the end, just like you asked.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What about Laura?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm, you’re suddenly being curt…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Haha, of course not. It’s a misunderstanding.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man looked at me suspiciously and then chuckled, as if it wasn’t important.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Anyway, it’s the same for this girl’s sister. I gave her the medicine and healed her, then sent her to the surface, just like you asked.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was efficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said he threw her into the first carriage he saw and disguised it as an accident?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be evidence that she had lost her memories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he even put an ID card of someone around her age in her pocket…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I think I know what you’re after. You didn’t do anything stupid, did you? Haha.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course not.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed like there wouldn’t be any problems with her sister.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I confirmed the next item on the agenda.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But what happened to her sister?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t worry. I told you, didn’t I? Subtle magic is my specialty. She’ll never realize that she saw a hallucination. Everything was real, except for her sister’s death.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The part where Laura was crushed by the rock and stabbed herself in the neck was real. The only hallucination was that the potion stopped working when her heart stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But why did you have to reveal my name?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She said it happened that way in her memories.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a necessary part of the script to eliminate any contradictions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm, that’s true. You’re quite clever. I didn’t expect you to come up with such a brilliant idea.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man looked at me with admiration, but I felt a bitter taste in my mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a ridiculous farce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt like I was an actor following a script.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘This is so inefficient.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I still couldn’t understand it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wouldn’t have done it this way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no need to pretend that Laura died…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…and there was no reason to bring Amelia to Noark. I could have just sent her to the surface with her sister.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could have been a happy ending for everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I had used this inefficient method, a method that made a young girl suffer for twenty years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because I went back in time and met Auril Gabis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because I realized that there was no way to change what had already happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had decided on the outcome and then filled in the blanks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Maybe…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe the question of which came first, the chicken or the egg, was meaningless from the beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, what did it matter?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The egg laid by a chicken would eventually become a chicken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You don’t seem happy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I honestly told Auril Gabis what I was thinking. He listened patiently and then patted my arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I understand how you feel, but don’t think too much about it. You also gained a lot from this, didn’t you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t a very helpful consolation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Information that could only be obtained in the past, the buff Auril Gabis gave me, Kraul’s Demon Crusher, a Double Numbered Item, and an Amelia (SSR) Recruitment Ticket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had definitely gained a lot, but…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The world, the nation, and society are all maintained because everyone fulfills their roles. Think of this as your role.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That made me feel even more uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell is the Fragment of Records?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wanted to ask more, but I didn’t have time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now that everything’s over, I think it’s time for you to receive the reward we agreed on—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I firmly cut off Auril Gabis as he subtly changed the subject.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’re not done yet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Give her to me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was one more thing I had to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>______________________\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amelia was being carried on someone’s back, running through the sewers, when she regained consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wondered who it was, her mind still hazy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re awake?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice brought her back to her senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder his back felt so wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Iron Mask…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Iron Mask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one who, unlike the other clan members, had been kind to her and her sister, both in the labyrinth and outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Emily’s companion.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t know why, but Emily had been taking care of them all day. She wasn’t oblivious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Why are they helping us…?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But one thing was certain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She and her sister would have been…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Been…?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Memories flooded back to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Si, sister!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wh, what happened to her? She, she was right next to me…! Didn’t you see her?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…You were the only one I found in the rubble.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amelia clenched her fists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, ah…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her mind was spinning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Iron Mask’s explanation of the situation sounded muffled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’re going back to Noark now. The way out to the city is blocked… What, are you asleep?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deep, low voice echoed in her fading consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…I’m sorry, I couldn’t save her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“See you later.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the last thing she remembered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she opened her eyes again, she was in a desolate cemetery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could see Noark’s fortress in the distance, and the air smelled of smoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…she was alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Iron Mask wasn’t there, and neither was Emily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And her only sister was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoosh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amelia drew her dagger, as if possessed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was covered in blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Si, sister…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She realized it as she looked at the blood on the dagger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What had happened today wasn’t a dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, ah…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She heard a commotion as she sat there for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Over here! There’s someone here!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What the, who is she?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s one of Pelic Barker’s runners.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s take her, she might know something.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amelia was dragged into the city by the guards, and she finally realized…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…that she was completely alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her sister, who had always protected her, was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had to survive in this city alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>______________________\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Seeing her like that makes me feel bad. Like I did something wrong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell, is he trying to act like a kind old man?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He doesn’t even mean it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, where’s your companion?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She’s still there.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You left an unconscious woman behind…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t worry, she’ll wake up as soon as I leave.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm, if he says so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I also felt relieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could take care of herself, no matter what happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I was curious about one thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But why didn’t she come with you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auril Gabis answered as if it was obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We have things to discuss.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, that…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I can’t refuse now…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s human nature to act differently when you’re entering and leaving a bathroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although I had made up my mind to give in, I couldn’t bring myself to say it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you planning to break your promise?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auril Gabis’ voice was gentle, but there was an underlying pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your name.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man took a step closer as I subtly avoided his gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tell me your name. Or you can take off your mask first. Hmm, right… it would be better to see your face first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His presence was intimidating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wa, wait!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…I hurriedly raised my hand and stopped him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I reached into my subspace pocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He asked, watching me,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Why are you searching your bag?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because I had something to try.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Fragment of Records?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tilted his head as he saw the item I took out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why do you have that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it was my last resort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the Lord had said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[It’s the same as when you arrived. You’ll be summoned back when you finish what you have to do here…]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The way to return to my original time was to finish my ‘role’. I had judged that my remaining ‘role’ was to save Laura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that role was now complete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, if this worked, I could escape to the future without paying him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, that was the plan…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Why isn’t it working?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…but the Fragment of Records didn’t react.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But could it be that my disappointment showed on my face?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Haha, so that was your plan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man seemed to have figured out my intentions, his eyes widening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I wasn’t lying when I said I wanted to be on good terms with you. That’s why I even did all those favors for you… but to think you were planning to betray me until the very end.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s a misunderstanding… a misunderstanding. If we just talk calmly—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough. I know how to handle you now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Damn it.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I involuntarily took a step back, and Auril Gabis gestured in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My body was pulled towards him by an invisible force, as if he was using [Eye of the Storm]. When I came to my senses, I was standing right in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well, then let’s see your face first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached out towards my helmet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Damn it, I should have just taken it off myself.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was too late for regrets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s when, as his fingertips touched my helmet…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…there’s light even in the darkest night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swaaaaaaaaaa!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fragment of Records in my hand suddenly started emitting a bright white light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Right, this is how you exploit an old man.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I grinned as the world turned white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, sorry about that. I was trying to keep my promise, but…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…You bastard!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t shout. What can I do? My role here is over.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your name! Then at least tell me your—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light exploded, and Auril Gabis’s voice was cut off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…my feet touched the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The timing was tight, but my plan to exploit the old man had succeeded—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what the hell?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I froze as I looked around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything was the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The destroyed cemetery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The caretaker’s corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even the smell of smoke from the burning city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something should have changed if I had returned to my original time, but everything was the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where did the old man go?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…for Auril Gabis, who was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>",2348,"2026-06-05T19:32:49.065Z",1,"novelbin.me","49be57d707701aae1c0e0ae9ec92a345ab2035f74e6672c99e96ecd4cce9d2c8","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-330","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-328",807,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsurviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-cover.jpg"]