[{"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-631":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},1328008,1764,"Chapter 631: Abandoned City (4)","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-631",631,"\u003Cp>An unknown Rose Knight whom I didn’t even know the name of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She disappeared before I could even grab her after I finished my questions, as if she were a ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected, I couldn’t get any answer this time either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thump—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The warrior’s heart instinctively senses danger and starts pounding fiercely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this guess true?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or am I wrong?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, I can’t tell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, there’s a big question about the royal family’s plan to completely wipe out Viphron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Noark.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Does Noark know about this plan?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging by how no significant troops were placed along the walls connected to Viphron,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They must know something...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘What exactly are both sides aiming for?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My head feels like it’s about to explode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One thought after another keeps coming without rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And how much time has passed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought maybe some brilliant idea would suddenly come to me if I kept at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I soon turned my back to the fiercely blowing night wind and descended from the city wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, the time I was given wasn’t much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s because the time the Rose Knight told me was running out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘12 hours...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Does this even make sense?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the dawn and past noon, one city district will explode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, well, the explosion is still just my guess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thunk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because time was short, I descended the wall somewhat, then jumped down from a suitable height.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kraaang—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The landing made a rather loud noise, but...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Well, everyone has to get up anyway.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What else could I do when the landlord tells you to leave the room?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Better get out quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking everything I needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how much I thought about it, there was something hidden in Viphron that I didn’t know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Let’s give up here.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After days of investigation, there was zero meaningful result.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I had somehow discovered something inside, the story would be different, but in the current state, there was no choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leave Viphron as ordered by the royal family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, there was one problem here too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[A strange question. They never gave permission to enter the residential area in the first place.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Rose Knight who brought the king’s message said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only those from District 7 were allowed to evacuate, and the residents of Viphron could not be taken out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, this city—already abandoned once—is about to be abandoned to us again...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘This is easy. This problem.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finding a solution wasn’t difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bo, boss? What brings you here at this hour...?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After descending from the city wall, I went straight to Jingkasar’s house and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gather all the residents of Viphron immediately. Not a single one missing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh...?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s no time, so I’ll explain everything once everyone’s gathered. Hurry up and gather them. Also tell them not to take anything unnecessary.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They probably didn’t understand my words but could tell I was serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...We have to leave?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll gather them quickly! H-How much time do we have?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Before 9 a.m. But the sooner the better. I’ll gather our people, so you just gather the residents from Viphron.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jingkasar, woken abruptly, said he understood when I told him the exact time, threw on his coat, and rushed out breathlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A Rose Knight came to you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. They said they would open the District 4 checkpoint around noon and told us to get out quickly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Anything else?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, they also said the residents of Viphron cannot be brought out.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......I don’t think you just said ‘okay’ to that with your personality?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, I just said okay.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t worry. There’s a way.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sharing the conversation with my comrades, I asked to gather the explorers from District 7.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And how much time passed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the Dimensional Plaza, the agreed meeting place, explorers and Viphron residents started to gather one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I... I came because it’s urgent...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Does anyone know what’s going on?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Peljain said we have to leave immediately...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because we hadn’t gotten a proper explanation yet, the plaza where people gathered became chaotic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of calming and explaining to them, I proceeded with preparations that had to be done before noon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Better to solve the cause than waste time sympathizing and worrying, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Paper! Gather all clean sheets of paper!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone who can write, gather!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, since there was much to prepare, I wasn’t enough alone—I gathered whoever I could and put them to work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, of course, since writing was a prerequisite, Ainard was excluded...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ainard! Didn’t you say you’ve been learning to write for three years?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ha, haha! Misha! There’s no end to learning!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ainard still can only read.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, I don’t understand why he can read but can’t write.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One hour, two hours, three hours...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tight time passed quickly, and by dawn, everyone in the city had gathered in the plaza.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone, gather! The Baron has something to say!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it was time to explain the current situation to everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, I could have told them earlier...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was no need to repeat the same thing twice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahem.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without preparing a podium, I grew in size using [Giant Form] and looked down at the crowd of over a thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I won’t say much! The royal family contacted us last night!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I started with the core to raise attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oooooh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The royal family contacted us!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Does this mean we can get out now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected, the crowd reacted strongly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the strange thing is, after giving so many speeches like this, it became too easy to lead the crowd to the reaction I wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘...I wonder if others do this too?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t know, but for now, I had to focus on the speech.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s right! The royal family said they would open the District 4 checkpoint so we can get out of the city!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since I said all the main points...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ooooooh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’re saved—!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time for a twist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Usually, hearing bad news first makes good news sound better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it, the royal family said not everyone can go together.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The plaza fell silent for a moment at my words, cutting through the cheers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thousands of faces filled with doubt and confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One Viphron resident locked eyes with me and asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not everyone can go together...? What does that mean?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly. The royal family said they would only accept those from District 7.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“T-Then, does that mean we’re an exception?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. They said the residents of Viphron cannot be brought out.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least in this moment, name tags weren’t necessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just by looking at the dense crowd’s expressions, you could tell who were Viphron residents and who were from District 7.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Viphron residents’ eyes widened at my definite answer, which was practically a death sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The District 7 explorers didn’t know how to react; their expressions speechless. The mood clearly split between joy and sorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid that atmosphere,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then! Then why did you call us here!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone in the crowd shouted angrily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you’re just going to abandon us! Why call us here!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tone had lost all politeness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, I couldn’t blame them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People driven to the edge of a cliff naturally react that way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah, so...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well, I intend to take you with us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I said with a grin, as if it was all a joke, and the man who was shouting looked dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you deaf?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“N-No, that’s not it... The royal family clearly said they wouldn’t accept us...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surely it was hard for them to understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Breaking the royal family’s word in this bizarre city was an utterly absurd thing to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Viphron’s residents had personally lived through what happens when you defy the royal family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s right. And I said I’m going to take you all with me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...B-But! Aren’t you a baron?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Baron? That’s true. But what exactly do you want to say?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At my question, the man looked up at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why...?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man asked me with trembling eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why \u002FN_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t\u002F are you going so far for us?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ironically,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a question I had asked myself as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What I’m doing now is definitely not something the royal family will look kindly on...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it will make it harder for me to gain standing in noble society later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So why did I make this decision?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why was I able to end my doubts so easily?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about it, the answer was simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Because I just wanted to.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh...?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why can’t I?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, no, I didn’t mean that...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Anyway, that’s all for now. To leave on time, prepare and follow instructions to fill out the papers! That’s it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I ended the announcement there, and the residents sequentially signed documents under my comrades’ guidance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when it was all over,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘That was close.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The promised time arrived, and the checkpoint’s doors opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Creak—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The long-closed checkpoint doors slowly opened with a stiff noise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gulp—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd gathered in front of the checkpoint swallowed nervously and focused their attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And amidst this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clank, clank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knights bearing the royal crest on their chests marched out with the clang of metal, forming a line at the checkpoint entrance, creating a path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if waiting for someone to follow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sh-She’s coming...!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, a whisper echoed as a woman appeared passing through the checkpoint between the knights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Step, step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman wore the same knight uniform as the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was obvious at a glance that it was a disguise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, it was the Rose Knight I had seen yesterday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A person...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman slowly scanned the crowd gathered in front of the checkpoint and stopped her gaze on me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“More people than expected?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes conveyed a meaning like ‘What trick is this?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was no reason for me to be intimidated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, I wasn’t breaking any laws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why are there so many people? Is there a problem?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At my cheeky question, the woman shook her head expressionlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s no way anyone without permission will cross this gate anyway.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though unexpected, she said it calmly and without excitement, which was rather chilling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I guess these women aren’t easy to underestimate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, but that last statement was exactly what I had led her to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then that’s good. No one without permission will cross this gate anyway.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I grinned and asked, and this time the woman furrowed her brow, genuinely puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you mean, Baron?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of answering, I took out one of the prepared documents and showed it to her, and the woman’s tone faltered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heh heh, she didn’t expect this—.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, she didn’t yet understand what this document meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, if I hadn’t listened to all the rumors and investigated Viphron, I would never have come up with this solution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides the qualification to leave at age fourteen, there was exactly one other way for Viphron natives to obtain entry permits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smirk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I explained the meaning of the document to the woman without hiding my victor’s smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“An employment contract.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Employment contract...?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Simply put, it means they have now become vassals of our Yandel family.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh, and by the way, there’s no salary.\u003C\u002Fp>",1869,"2026-06-05T19:33:18.084Z",1,"novelbin.me","98f8dc69a5000aa70e0ab602563a59513f6f20285e2fc211dc53691bf719febc","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-632","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-630",807,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsurviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-cover.jpg"]