[{"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-714":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},1327941,1764,"Chapter 714: Prison (1)","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-714",714,"\u003Cp>As someone who’s smashed countless skulls with a hammer, I can tell you there’s one thing that always shows up when you hit someone with one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, to be precise, there’s a certainexpression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did I just get hit?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why can’t I feel my body?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Am I... dying like this...?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meaninglessly...?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Krajak-!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most people hit in the head with a hammer have this kind of look in their eyes, confused about whether the moment is real or not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Krajak-!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even while seeing their head getting smashed in real time, they just can’t fully grasp it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, this guy would be even more like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t get hit during a fight, after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[If that were the case? Would I harm you? Someone like you with so much to lose?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even had this strange conviction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So right now, his head getting smashed probably felt even less real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“St-stop! What are you doing?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is Raphdonia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Baron Yandel is causing a disturbance!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A harsh world where a single mistake means death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah, so...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Krajak-!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mistakes have consequences, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“B-block him!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignoring the knights trying to restrain me, I kept pounding his head with the hammer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Krajak-! Krajak-!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Orculis members’ eyes went wide, and even our search team’s faces turned pale as I kept going.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Krajak, krajak, krajak-!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hammered again and again, as carefully as someone testing a stone bridge before crossing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No more faint screams, only a squelching sound like mud being mashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Krajak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling the familiar texture through my fingertips, I backed off from the hands of soldiers who were trying to stop me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Baron... what on earth are you doing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The King’s Knight rushed to me without even checking the deputy chief’s condition, his face complicated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From countless experiences, he immediately knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If someone’s head is smashed that badly, there’s no chance of survival, even if a cardinal is right there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Killing the most valuable prisoner without any procedure can be interpreted as treason, depending on one’s point of view.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, sorry. I got too excited because he insulted me suddenly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“An insult...?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He sneered at me and called me a coward.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is that true?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The King’s Knight checked with the nearby knight after hearing my excuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The knight hesitated, then told the truth honestly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He never called you a coward. He just said you were more rational than you looked—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Okay, that’s enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Isn’t that just a polite way of calling someone a coward!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I cut off the knight’s statement with an outburst, and the King’s Knight grabbed his forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Enough. The reason doesn’t matter.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, so you’re going to let it slide?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m not letting it slide. But as I said, responsibility must be taken. The angry Marquis will surely hold you accountable for this ‘mistake’ of yours.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The King’s Knight looked more worried that the Marquis might harm me than wanting to blame me for what I did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, he seemed to like me a little more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But one thing is clear.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Honestly, I was worried because you’re from another race, but there’s no doubt about your patriotism.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh, so he thought I was doing it for the country?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t know, but I do know one thing for sure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Though the Marquis rules and shakes the country, I’ll try to do my best. Don’t worry too much. It’s loyal subjects like you who keep this country standing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The King’s Knight didn’t like the Marquis who was effectively acting as regent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘...Got a strong backer from an unexpected place.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe today’s incident would end without too much trouble after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I was brushing blood and flesh off the hammer, that moment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“C-commander!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A knight who was gathering the corpse hurried over with shocking news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“H-he’s alive!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Maan, Banonzant are still alive!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, this is crazy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Really?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...Alive?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes in the media you see it happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just when you think someone’s finished, the one you thought dead stands up, stronger than before, and starts round two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this was nothing like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Keh, kehhk.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of charging stronger, he was coughing blood and rolling on the floor like someone barely alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No second round coming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the King’s Knight stood in front of me, worried he might cause more trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s enough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you take one step forward, I’ll cut you down. For your own good.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phew... what to do now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While hesitating, the knights, signaled by the King’s Knight, quickly loaded the deputy chief onto a carriage and left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too slow to follow in this clumsy state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘...Damn.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I gave up cleanly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah, I did all I could.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he’s alive after taking that beating, it’s not my fault but the enemy’s skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s the right way to think.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was one thing I was curious about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...How the hell did he survive?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll let you know after the investigation. For now, stay here and calm down before returning to headquarters. I’ll inform the Marquis.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah, even the King’s Knight didn’t know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How the deputy chief survived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Probably some item or essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘He said he’d tell me later, so I’ll wait for that.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I hope you’ll be calmer next time we meet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, the King’s Knight left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterward, I cleared my head in the Marquis’s garden and then checked the refuge where the Noarque had been hiding once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘So this is what the layout was like.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the secret library was for work, this place was literally a refuge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You know what I mean?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like those ‘panic rooms’ built into foreign houses to prepare for break-ins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Nothing special...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a quick look, I told the soldiers to finish the investigation and headed out with my team toward the palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Supreme Commander is calling you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected, I was summoned by the Marquis as soon as I arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone else leave.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s fine. Don’t make me say it twice.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understood.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sending all the guards outside, the Marquis created a private meeting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glared at me for a moment and then spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So... you really found them while searching our family estate?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Luck was on my side.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though 100% truthful, the Marquis didn’t seem convinced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where did you get the information? Was the corpse collector really your informant?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That was just to buy time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again, I told the truth, but the Marquis didn’t even listen. He just stared at me, trying to guess which part was true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why ask if he wasn’t going to believe me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A waste of breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough. Now keep your promise.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No time for pointless back-and-forth, I cut straight to the point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You found all the Noarque hiding in the city, including the deputy chief of Orculis. Isn’t that exceeding the mission?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You mean Maan, the one you tried to kill unexpectedly?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“An accident.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm, that looks like a planned accident. Like needing to ‘silence’ someone...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he went that way, I couldn’t stay silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though not the best tank, the best defense is offense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well then, if that’s so, who looks more suspicious? You or me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“More suspicious is you, who hid the Noarque special unit in the family estate, rather than me, who smashed the deputy chief’s head.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, this wasn’t just made up to attack, but something I really found suspicious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, I thought the Noarque had sneaked into the Marquis’s family without his knowledge...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Fine. We surrender.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how you think about it, that response couldn’t come without someone powerful backing it inside the royal family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the most likely candidate was this guy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...I didn’t hide them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then what happened to those captured?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They’re locked in the royal underground prison. Intense interrogations by intelligence agents will start soon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm... I see...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stopped the topic there and [N O V E L I G H T] returned to what we were talking about before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Anyway, you kept your promise. Now send me to Sector 7.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...That’s impossible.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t misunderstand. It’s not that we won’t let you go at all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then explain it properly so I understand.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You searched our family without permission? We can overlook that because of the result. But trying to kill a valuable prisoner in front of everyone is different.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply put, good deeds don’t erase mistakes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So say it plainly. What do you want to do?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Considering Sir Karitumore’s words, I won’t ask for much. Think of it as discipline to maintain order—just two days, exactly two days.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I asked about the discipline, the Marquis said it was ‘detention.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I’d be locked in a noble’s prison in the royal underground first floor, much better than a normal inn, so I could think of it as a rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The environment didn’t matter much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What mattered was time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And more important than that was this Marquis’sintent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Two days...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ha, what to do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this guy doesn’t approve, I’ll never get back to Sector 7.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is my final offer. No compromise. Even if you desert.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only legal way to get to Sector 7.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After considering, I made a decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I deserted now or disobeyed discipline, things would only get worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They even said I wouldn’t have to wear shackles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If something went wrong, I’d just smash the bars and get out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah, so...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Two days. Exactly two days.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Good choice.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let’s watch and wait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘The Marquis is a really suspicious bastard.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have no intention of letting things go his way.\u003C\u002Fp>",1587,"2026-06-05T19:33:18.959Z",1,"novelbin.me","1e322e3690b49cee87dec7fdb508ae9bdd9b73f756819dea59fa01787fdf9e59","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-715","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-713",807,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsurviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-cover.jpg"]