[{"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-610":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},1327987,1764,"Chapter 610: Mystery (3)","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-610",610,"\u003Cp>There was no uproar at the announcement that we would spend the rainy season here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, everyone had probably expected it deep down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We stayed here until a few days before the rainy season began, conducting investigations. If we wanted to avoid the rainy season, we should have finished the investigation and left long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps because of the calm atmosphere around?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I must have asked a foolish question. Lately, I’ve been so focused on the investigation that my judgment was poor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The expedition leader apologized with an embarrassed expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s no reason to apologize. Everyone knows how hard you’ve worked on the investigation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I then proceeded with the meeting, checking if there were any objections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, no leaders opposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not because they were crushed by my authority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the leadership simply did not see the rainy season as a serious threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had already experienced it once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Library Island to Chief’s Island. The journey began on day three of the rainy season, yet we reached the destination without a single casualty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Considering the supplies consumed then, it’s best to avoid the rainy ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) season if possible. But if it’s unavoidable, there’s no reason to flee.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“However, after the rainy season, the mages’ strength will be greatly reduced for at least several days. Please take this fully into account.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. If we have to fight new enemies immediately after the rainy season, the gap left by their weakened state would be huge.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our discussion had one topic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not how to avoid annihilation or flee the rainy season.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But how to minimize damage and get through the rainy season ‘well.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many opinions and strategies were exchanged on this theme, and Plan A was eventually created.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, we were not satisfied with Plan A and continued brainstorming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plan B, Plan C, Plan D...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We kept preparing countermeasures to respond to all possible situations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an advantage of being a group characterized as the king’s army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mistakes must never happen, so preparing for every eventuality was natural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hoo, I wish our clan members would learn this spirit too...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, that concludes the meeting. Everyone, prepare according to today’s discussion.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After several hours, the meeting ended, and everyone busily prepared the plans during the remaining time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And how much time passed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if signaling the start of the rainy season, a monster fell from the sky, crashing against the barrier and shattering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same moment...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Plan C must be scrapped.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One option was removed from the start.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Plan A was to erect a barrier on the ship and endure by consuming supplies, Plan C was its complete opposite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A plan for fleeing when facing overwhelming enemies or trials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply put, it was the escape plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Incidentally, Plan C was compatible with Plan D, which involved circling the surrounding waters and arriving here just before the rainy season ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, whether C or D, it no longer mattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roaaaaar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a roaring sound, silver waves surged around the calm zone where we were anchored, connecting the sea and sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What kind of bizarre...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the battle-hardened expedition members were stunned, staring up in awe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But one by one, they regained composure and realized the seriousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This... now...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Isn’t this incredibly dangerous?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vast sea area where three large warships and one medium ship were anchored and had ample room instantly became a closed space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how sturdy the warships were, breaking through those surges seemed impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Calm yourselves and hold your positions! Nothing has changed! As long as you do your role, nothing will go wrong!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The deputy commander shouted to calm the chaos on my behalf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Nothing has changed, huh...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Likely words spoken to restore order, but even he must know deep down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not that nothing has changed, but that ‘not yet.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing has changed yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the escape routes have been blocked, but we still have to endure the full seven days of the rainy season.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surging waves blocking the escape routes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this really the end of the event?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t think so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though I wasn’t overly worried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the meeting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even now, as the rainy season started.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My goblin intuition did not trigger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah, so...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Behel—laaaaaa!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I dashed from the commander’s seat to the railing and swung my hammer at the monsters climbing onto the ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Count!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The deputy commander was shocked to see me join the battlefield but I ignored her. If something special happened, she’d report it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hurry here...! If you go there, Count, who will command?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, I can command from here too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Commanding amidst the chaos of blood and sweat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not an easy task, but something I had always done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You can command from here, so just keep reporting the situation!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging it was impossible to stop me, the deputy commander calmed down and did as I wished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She relayed information without rest:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Casualties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Supply consumption rates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grades and characteristics of appearing monsters, and so forth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, no unusual events had occurred yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I focused more on the battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As time passed from the start of the rainy season, more monsters climbed the railings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The grade of monsters increased, and more survived falling from the sky...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s shift change, Count!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As this dragged on, all members, including myself, rotated shifts to conserve stamina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mages were the exception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though excluded from combat, mages bore the vital task of maintaining the barrier, pouring mana all day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most mana was replenished by feeding mana stones into the magic circle, but magic didn’t run on stones alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One day, two days...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the third day, two deaths had occurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to the rainy season’s nature, fierce battles were unavoidable early on, so sacrifices were inevitable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, none were sidelined due to injury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not instant death, our capable healers managed to drag them back from the brink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘So far... things seem to be going smoothly?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Contrary to fears of waves surging and abnormal events, the rainy season plan proceeded smoothly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two deaths...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, unlucky deaths happen even fighting goblins in this line of work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though heavy-hearted, as explorers, we had to shake it off and move forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘But... is this really the end?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The peak of the rainy season had passed and was slowly weakening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps because of that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A poison of carelessness began to loosen inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We were still wary of unknown variables, but the thought that the rainy season might truly end was growing stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Surviving the rainy season barehanded outside is an incredibly tough condition...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trying to do this with only clan Anavada members without the expedition team would have been madness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, even with the same members, without the insanely powerful warships, there would have been countless casualties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And thinking of that...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘...This difficulty seems about right?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more complacent I became, the more vigilant I grew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn’t it the same when driving?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accidents happen more when confidence is moderately high than when a beginner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Days 3, 4, 5...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite passing mid-season, no special event occurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That doesn’t mean it was easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Casualty in Squad 2.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On day six, one more death occurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the intense early days, things had become much more manageable, but difficulty is always relative.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the number of monsters decreased, our condition deteriorated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to nonstop fighting in shifts day and night, sleep deprivation pushed fatigue to the max.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who’s out due to battle exhaustion?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Three.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were even those who could not get up despite healing by the priests because of fatigue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe that’s why...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in our fourth squad, which had no deaths until then, an accident finally happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the drained mages collapsed, causing the barrier to temporarily fail...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Putting aside the serious damage caused by the falling monster...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Recover the bodies.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One member of the Armin expedition team and two members of the Hext clan died instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Recall the ships and gather everyone on the first warship.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, Plan E was invoked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Monsters wouldn’t scatter much, but given the circumstances, there was no choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No ship had been destroyed so far anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On days one and two, mana stone consumption was so high that our once abundant supply was running low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Enduring the full seven days straight is hell.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe we underestimated it because there were no casualties previously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enduring from day three is different from going nonstop from day one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But thankfully...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Day seven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At last, the final day came, and no other event occurred until the hour and minute hands struck exactly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[00:00]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rainy season finally ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unlike before, the members did not gather to cheer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like they had burned themselves out, crew members lay scattered across the monster-bloodstained deck, breathing heavily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is it over...?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if it’s not over, it’s fine. I can’t move anymore...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wanted to say something praising to those who had suffered greatly, but postponed it and looked up at the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘It should be about to start soon.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why hadn’t anything happened?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That thought surfaced in my mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flash—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if to bless those who passed the trials, a brilliant rainbow-colored light covered us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beep beep beep— beep beep beep— beep beep beep—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mechanical beeping nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opening my eyes, I saw a flying object gliding in front of the ship’s railing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, more precisely...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drrrrrrr—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A drone hovering in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘What now?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in my dazed state, I instinctively gripped my hammer and got up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drrrrrrrrr—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps sensing my intent to attack, the drone flew off from the front and disappeared into the jungle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where the hell are we...?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is everyone alright?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone, get into alert formation...!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite extreme exhaustion, the members quickly got up sensing something abnormal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Wait, jungle?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hurried to the railing and checked around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We were not at a river mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The warship we were on was set in the midst of a dense jungle with no sound of water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sir! There’s a building! A building over there!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elwen, who had climbed the watchtower, pointed somewhere, raising her voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You have to come see this!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe because the ship was huge?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the trees were not small, stepping on the ropes hanging from the sail and climbing up, the view opened wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Over there, over there!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking where Elwen pointed, I saw an artificially constructed building shaped like a diamond pyramid... reminiscent of a temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that immediately reminded me of a place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the fields on the seventh floor of the Dark Continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A field where ‘machine’-type monsters, rare inside the labyrinth, appeared in abundance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I wasn’t mistaken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Panthelion Ruins.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The place where we had awakened looked very similar.\u003C\u002Fp>",1788,"2026-06-05T19:33:18.084Z",1,"novelbin.me","bf4d733e58aed46f06078317d312d801fb79df9ed5949c78d53bd6241431b5e4","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-611","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-609",807,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsurviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-cover.jpg"]