[{"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-597":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},1328151,1764,"Chapter 597: RPG (5)","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-597",597,"\u003Cp>To be honest, I never expected it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That the knight who conveyed the emperor’s words to the crowd gathered in the square, standing on the gallows, would be the chief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘No wonder I couldn’t see any chance of escaping on my own.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now I realize it wasn’t an unfair chapter, but one where I had to wait until my comrades came to rescue me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Screech—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chief took off his helmet and swung his sword, cutting the ropes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From below came a shout in outrage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sir Saintred! Why did you betray us...!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Sir?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You were a noble knight from the start. We’ll talk details later.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chief said that and turned his gaze away from me to overlook the square.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoooosh—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The glow of the magic circle covering the square grew stronger as time passed, and with it, the chaos stirred by thousands of people increased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aaah!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Get out of the way!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“D-Don’t shove! Aaah!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thousands crowded tightly in the narrow space struggled all at once to escape the square, creating a hellish scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chief looked down on this and said to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Isn’t it amusing how they thrash about trying to survive?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A muttering that even many psychopaths wouldn’t dare make.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the next line was a bit puzzling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s not even a spell meant to kill.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Not an attack spell?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sir Vesilarius said that if we caused a massacre here, we’d be unable to handle what comes next. But I can’t take you two alone through so many people. This spell is to solve that. I put a lot of effort into setting it up.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So... what kind of spell is it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chief smiled without awkwardness and answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ll see when you watch.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ha, does he never say anything straightforward?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, are you okay?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t worry. It won’t hinder you in a fight.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s a relief... but actually, you probably won’t have to fight.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Won’t have to...?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, it looks like it’s ready now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chief ignored my question again and looked away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flash—!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A huge burst of light covered the entire city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So intense it caused pain through my retinas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the light slowly faded and my vision recovered, I finally understood the magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you waiting for? Hurry up. Everyone’s been waiting only for you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The square that had been a hellscape was suddenly empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was teleportation magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, multiple teleportation magic, maybe?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm... that still doesn’t explain it well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The maximum number for multiple teleportation magic is twenty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sending thousands all at once like that is impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Something similar did happen once.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the underground city Noarc, a mysterious old man presumed to be Auril Gavis led over ten thousand people to escape a royal siege all at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I only heard about it, never saw it, but...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it happened before my eyes, wouldn’t it be something like this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come on in.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following the chief, we arrived at a residence on the outskirts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Entering the empty house, we took stairs hidden in the floor down, and only then could we remove the robes covering our faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They said everyone is waiting?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Looks like not everyone is here yet. They’ll come soon, so sit and rest.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Elwen, are you hurt?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m fine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I sat Elwen down and checked her condition. After confirming nothing was wrong, I spoke to the chief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’d been dying to ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why did you use teleportation magic on the enemies? It would have been much more efficient to use it on us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, I was more curious about that than how he could cast such large-scale teleportation magic...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chief answered casually as if it was no big deal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Didn’t you know? Magic doesn’t work on the witch. One might be possible, but to take both of you away, this was the only way.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, so that was the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t know magic was ineffective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is there any information I should tell you before you arrive?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not really.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then wait a moment. We can talk later about what we owe.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not wanting to repeat myself, I followed the chief and rested a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How much time passed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sorry. I felt like someone was following us, so I took a detour and was delayed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the rift members, Gavhin Vesilarius, arrived. He glanced at Elwen and me and cautiously spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way... Baron, you are the baron, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Strange question.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Haha, you really are. What a relief.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The conversation had an odd feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Really the baron?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, until now, the baron acted completely differently. He didn’t even know this place was a rift—.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Haha, everyone but me had already arrived.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the last member of this rift arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Archbishop Eden Hestaya of the Reatlas Church.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sorry I’m late. Sneaking in wasn’t difficult, but the equipment was heavy and hard to carry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The archbishop said as he shook an extra-dimensional bag upside down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud thud thud thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The items pouring out like a waterfall covering most of the floor were none other than my equipment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ha, I worried about how to find it again, but turns out they’d kept it separate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I checked many times; nothing seems missing... But just in case, baron, you check again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hurried and put on what to wear and stored what to keep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luckily, nothing was lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though a barbarian who worships ancestral spirits, this time I couldn’t help but say it out loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A star in the twilight will guide us...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Haha, seeing the baron so pleased makes me smile too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well, now that everyone’s here, let’s get to the main topic.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ◆ Nоvеlіgһt ◆ (Only on Nоvеlіgһt) chief pulled back the loosened atmosphere and asked me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So what happened to you two? Tell me everything from start to finish.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elwen and I briefly summarized what happened in Chapters 1 and 2, including waking up on the gallows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then three others shared their experiences and information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each had different start points in Chapter 1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let’s begin with the no-mage Gavhin Vesilarius.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I woke up in a magical education institute. Various incidents occurred, but to summarize: during practice day I defended against monsters and was awarded a medal by the royal family. That evening, I received a letter from my hometown saying the imperial army attacked and my younger sister was missing. The sender was... a friend, though I didn’t know them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, that ended Chapter 1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It was a vast desert where sand scattered. That’s where the three of us met.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moving to Chapter 2, Gavhin was able to join the chief and the archbishop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To explain that part, I must first tell you our story.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chief and the archbishop’s stories were simple too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chief started as a knight of a noble family, the archbishop as a cleric of the temple, each having their own incidents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“At last, a letter came in the name of Sir Vesilarius. It said his sister was in trouble and requested help. From the context, it seemed we three were close friends.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No surprise, Chapter 1 ended after reading the letter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chapter 2 started with all three gathered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main event in Chapter 2 was a stealthy pursuing group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It wasn’t hard to defeat them... but when we reached the rendezvous in the desert city written in the letter Vesilarius received, no matter how long we waited, you didn’t show.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While they waited indefinitely, the imperial army arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They told Vesilarius his sister would destroy the world and to stop her he needed to help them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, refusal was not an option.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing that, Chapter 4 began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From then on, chapter missions became clear; they followed imperial orders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chapters 5, 6, 7...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They fought monsters and gained fame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the end, they couldn’t join us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We almost got close. Every time I thought we could catch them and talk, something would go wrong and we couldn’t meet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, the chapters kept continuing, with time rushing forward and information updating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sister was called a witch, and I was her follower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By Chapter 11, we had arrived here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I woke up in this city. Surrounded by countless soldiers. I only realized what happened after breaking through their siege.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The witch and her follower were captured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the empire tried to get rid of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I became certain of the goal of this trial.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three of them infiltrated the prison to meet us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not for rescue that day, but to inform us of the situation...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As I said before, the you I met then wasn’t you. So I just told the plan to rescue you on execution day and left.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The following situation was what just happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The awaited execution day dawned, and though we had barely finished Chapter 2, we woke up in Chapter 11 to finally join the three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the story so far...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fortunately, it seems we weren’t trapped here for over ten years.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At my brief muttering, Gavhin Vesilarius had a fit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Maaan—!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is that what you call talking? Even if not ten years, we’ve been trapped here for at least half a year!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Half a year?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the lament, it’s already been over a month just progressing through Chapter 11.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A chilling thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘A rift with a completely random time scale...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hope it’s not like last time, where years passed while I was out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please, not again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Calm down, Sir Vesilarius. There’s still a lot to discuss.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...I got excited. Sorry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chief calmed the mood and continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Baron, this rift is different from normal ones. Each of us has unique abilities. Before asking about yours, I’ll explain ours.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, I’ll go first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Archbishop Hestaya started.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The power of my holy spells is the same, but my divine energy is nearly infinite. No matter how many miracles I perform, it’s like a spring that never dries.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, infinite holy power buff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it seems there is a handicap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But in return, I cannot use any miracles on myself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cleric who can only use divine power for others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And the count?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m much simpler than the other two. I’m about twice as strong overall as before, and haven’t found any restrictions yet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm, all stats 200% with no penalty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed overpowered but also made me uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘If they give out this much, what will come next?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The final boss’s difficulty worries me already.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since this is a rift, a guardian must exist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Anyway, what about you, Gavhin?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Every trial I pass lets me use new magic. It’s not like I understand it fully... it feels more like a normal person tearing a scroll to cast spells.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“New magic?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ancient magic long lost that even I can’t glimpse the principles of.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it made sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wondered who cast the magic that teleported thousands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the ability I gained entering this rift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, and I have one more ability.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can instinctively know what to do when entering each trial.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That sounds... like a good ability.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I threw a casual compliment and sighed internally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t a lie that it sounded good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quite the opposite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This unfriendly game even gives navigation for free... what the hell is coming next?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then it’s our turn.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, I explained what I’d learned about our abilities, and the long information-sharing session ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But... why has Miss Tersia been so quiet since earlier?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s... not something you should worry about.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Haha, I’m sorry for being rude.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though I wondered if it was necessary to snap at the kind-looking archbishop like that, I didn’t press.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Come to think of it, it’s a bit odd...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before in the boss run, and even after arriving here, Elwen was a bit different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She answered kindly when asked, but she started conversations far less often.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then rest up, there’s still time before night.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm, she wasn’t usually this quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Role assigned to Gavhin Vesilarius: ‘Mage’.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Can use ancient magic.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Role assigned to Jerome Saintred: ‘Knight’.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[All stats increased by 200%.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Role assigned to Eden Hestaya: ‘Cleric’.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[No longer consumes divine energy.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Cannot use holy spells on self.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[All mental resistance fixed at zero.]\u003C\u002Fp>",2035,"2026-06-05T19:33:16.709Z",1,"novelbin.me","a329c90e333998ec3eb3e21fbe4e7f1664d320b04f593de01586362f76d06729","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-778","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-777",807,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsurviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-cover.jpg"]