[{"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-802":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},1327822,1764,"Chapter 802: First-Class (4)","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-802",802,"\u003Cp>Accidents during raids.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, it’s nothing new.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how long you’ve been playing this game, how much experience you’ve accumulated—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, because you've been playing it for so long, you can’t help but know the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accidents are unavoidable by nature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the start, Dungeon & Stone was designed that way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When you fight, things go wrong. And when things go wrong, someone on your team dies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, you keep swapping out comrades, pushing forward toward the Abyss Gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the direction this game always pointed toward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sniktura has cast [Seed of Destruction].”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Seed of Destruction].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A basic attack skill ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) from Sniktura that lands an unavoidable strike on random enemies within range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only, it may be a ‘basic attack’—but from a Grade One monster, even that is on a different level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially if the target isn’t a tank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It starts with a startled voice from the rear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOM—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then a split-second later, the explosion erupts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Who was it?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t know, but I don’t turn around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, preventing the next accident takes priority. I raise my shield and charge at Sniktura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'...It slipped slightly out of center.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing Sniktura had drifted just outside the central formation, I hold it in place again, repositioning it squarely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after taking those emergency measures do I finally hear who got hit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Leader, it was Lady Tersia!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That panicked voice belongs to Riris Marone, overflowing with urgency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Tersia...?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, my heart clenches—but only for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...She said ‘Lady.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Riris Marone doesn’t call Elwen “Lady Tersia.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She calls her “Miss Tersia.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, [Elementalization] hasn’t been disrupted yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which means the teammate hit by the accident is—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Beleg Shusia di Tersia.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elwen’s maternal uncle. A new recruit who joined our clan seeking the Resurrection Stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I gave him a potion, but he’s not looking good!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone here has been exploring for years. I don’t even have to ask before the status report continues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just from a glance, things look grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But still—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If we don’t use divine power, he’s going to die!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using Sven Parab’s divine power—the only healer we have—for rear-line healing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, even that feels risky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If his healing leaks away from the front lines, the pressure up front will grow. And the greater that pressure, the higher the odds of another unexpected death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one more accident happens, we could be wiped out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even under the Yacharul rule, this is a Grade One monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this raid fails, we all die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which means there are now three choices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take the risk and save Beleg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignore him and push the raid to success.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or give up everything and turn back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Beleg Shusia di Tersia’s HP has reached 0%.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Countdown begins.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have to decide—fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To me, the only thing worse than the wrong decision is a late one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every moment has a golden window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if you miss that moment, all blame falls on the one in charge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once again, the moment to choose has arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Abandon Sniktura. Full retreat.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I made the call without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course I did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I want that Essence—but it’s not like today is my last chance. There’s no guarantee the drop will even appear just because we kill it—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SSSSSSSSS—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as I made my final decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sound of gas hissing out—and the entrance we came through seals shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Are you seriously going to sit back and watch the world end just to save one man?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...You lunatic bastard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Kill that serpent. Survivors of the fallen Empire, do it—for the world, and for yourselves.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now we’re down to two choices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having the retreat route cut off—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That had never happened before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not once in the entire game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Arta Secret Base was the kind of dungeon where, if things went wrong, retreat was always an option.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So what the hell is this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No good! Even a Grade Five spell couldn’t scratch it. With this thickness, it’ll take at least a Grade One spell to break through physically!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The exit was sealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Open the door while I’m being nice about it, you mechanical freak.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[...I cannot allow the end of the world.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I don’t care what you think. We’re not killing that bastard. Open the damn door!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[If that creature isn’t slain, everything ends.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even this half-threatening negotiation fails.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My rage is boiling over, but I face reality coolly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our three options have collapsed into two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Risk everyone’s lives to save Beleg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or abandon him to increase the raid’s success rate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Here’s your chance to understand sacrifice. Imperial people, shine bright even at the end.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’d love to smash that speaker into dust, but that changes nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The situation is already upon us, and there are only two paths left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I must choose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cancel the retreat. Everyone back to position!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truthfully, I already know what the right choice is.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With things as they are, leaving Beleg to die and completing the raid successfully is the correct—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then, I suddenly realized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe that was the condition for the exit to shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Retreating, even when the fight was winnable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would explain why I’ve never encountered this situation before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because in any other case like this, I would’ve always chosen to withdraw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abandon one person and keep playing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah. If I were just playing a game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOM—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I block Sniktura’s tail with my shield, a conversation I had with Beleg resurfaces in my mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[...I need the Resurrection Stone. To survive.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With those dead fish eyes, looking like he had no real attachment to life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, maybe like he preferred it that way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Maybe...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thought flashes through my mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe abandoning him here is better for both of us—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another blow slams my shield, jolting me back to focus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'...Enough rationalizing.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, I’d thought this:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That I wanted to fix this bastard’s broken way of thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why I’d even allowed him into the clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Parab! Use all your divine power on Beleg!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll handle the front line somehow. Just save Beleg, no matter what.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as I said that to my team with conviction, I still wasn’t sure if it was the right choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this leads to someone else getting seriously hurt—or killed—I’m sure I’ll regret it later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that’s a future problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What I need to do right now isn’t worry about what might happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once I’ve made a decision, I need to follow it through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like the steadfast barbarian warrior I am.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Beheeeell—RAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I roar and charge in with full force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Closing the distance means doubling the pressure I feel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'All the better.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because that means the others will feel less.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOOM—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe sensing me as a serious threat now, the creature’s movements grow even wilder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It lashes its tail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smashes its massive head at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opens its maw wide like it’s trying to swallow me whole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>TATAT—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I dodge with sharper focus than ever. I angle my shield to deflect the worst of the impact, but I can’t avoid everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever a hit lands square, my body flies back helplessly—and each time, the frontline comrades around me swarm in to hold the beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a short time, injuries pile up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRUNCH—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Me, I only have shattered ribs and busted kneecaps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the other frontliners—without poison resistance bonuses—are in far worse shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flesh melting. Skin turning black, not just the face, but everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, despite all that effort—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Beleg Shusia di Tersia’s HP has recovered above 1%.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Countdown terminated.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beleg, lying behind us, shows no real signs of improvement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason is simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Beleg Shusia di Tersia is suffering from Poison (Extreme).”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“HP has dropped to 0%.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Countdown begins.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His HP refills, then immediately drops again. It’s pointless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that doesn’t mean it’s meaningless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very least, he’s still alive for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as we pour divine power into him, the poison will eventually be neutralized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The real question is whether we can last until then...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I scan the frontliners.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the looks of it, they’re in even worse shape than Beleg, who’s just coughing up black blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'At this rate, everyone’s in danger.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if we manage to save Beleg, it won’t be strange if someone else dies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No—at this rate, I’m not even sure we’ll win the raid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[It’s not too late to reconsider, Imperial.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe that voice has a point. Maybe it’s time to change our thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can’t always have everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the worst moments, you need focus and sacrifice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah. So...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'All or nothing.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I’m going to gamble, I’ll go all-in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Forget Sniktura! Anyone with breathing room, destroy every machine around us!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time to roll the dice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, Arta—the ancient device that only understands the ancient language—doesn’t comprehend my order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, but that’s fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You don’t always need words to communicate with intelligent beings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRASH—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zzzzt, crackle, snap—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the team starts smashing the surrounding machinery, the voice finally panics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[What are you doing?!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Stop! Have you gone insane?!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Call off your subordinates—now!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had only one thing to say in return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Then you should’ve opened the door when I told you to, dumbass.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Do you want the world to end?! You selfish Imperial! It’s not too la—]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[That’s my line. It’s not too late—open the door, you mechanical freak.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the door didn’t open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It must’ve decided my actions were just a bluff. That we wouldn’t actually go this far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guess the ancients don’t know barbarians very well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BEEP BEEP—! BEEP BEEP—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, with more machines breaking, the emergency sirens begin to wail again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SSSSSSSSSS—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power cuts out, lights go dark, and a moment later, the emergency lights flicker on in red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACKLE—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t know who triggered what, but—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The mana core has been damaged.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Emergency stabilization module is disengaged.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As that announcement rings out—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A violent wind begins to spiral out from the massive hole at the center of the lab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A whirlwind strong enough to suck up everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“C-Commander, are you sure about this?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’re past that point—keep breaking things!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not satisfied yet, I ordered them to smash more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BEEEEEP—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, at some point, the enemy voice and the sirens go silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The divine weapon seal has been lifted.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The energy of the earth surges forth.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind stops pulling inward—and now it erupts outward from the hole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Field Effect – Core of the Earth activated.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The root of the land grants all powers.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All character resources are fixed at 100%.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Yacharul rule has done its job.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Character has cast [Giant Form].”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now—it’s time for a full-gear battle.\u003C\u002Fp>",1794,"2026-06-05T19:33:20.366Z",1,"novelbin.me","3e09f0637d1108841414a4990dedc7474edcb97391377a5973b3627da53e631e","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-803","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-801",807,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsurviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-cover.jpg"]