[{"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-804":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},1327824,1764,"Chapter 804: Doomsday (1)","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-804",804,"\u003Cp>The Grade One monster Cryptid’s skill: [Harbinger of Corruption].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once afflicted by this skill, one of your skills is sealed—permanently. It can never be removed, no matter how much you pay at the temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Put simply, whatever skill is selected becomes corrupted, and you are forced to treat it as a graduation skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please, not Storm Gush...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I prayed it wouldn’t land on the only disposable essence I had—Storm Gush—but truthfully, even if it didn’t, I couldn’t relax.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes, [Harbinger of Corruption] produces a unique side effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The odds were around 10%, right...?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roughly once in ten casts, the selected essence undergoes a random transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it’s a stat, a passive, or a skill—one of the three changes at random. Sometimes for the worse... but sometimes even for the better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, not that that’s any comfort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like, if the Grade 5 skill [Giant Form] gets “upgraded” to the Grade 3 skill [Gigantify], that’s not an upgrade for me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that case, I’d have to throw away all my equipment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because [Gigantify] doesn’t qualify for the [Unification] modifier—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>WHHHHHHRRRM—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as my thoughts reached that point, a dark crimson glow began to radiate from my body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The telltale effect of corruption beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s no way to stop it. All I can do is pray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please, please, please...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the many threads linking me to my past monsters, one began to change color—bleeding from red to black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I quickly traced the thread to its source.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thank Behell—Storm Gush was spared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It also wasn’t that messy hybrid monster I assumed housed [Giant Form].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Essence of Bayon is corrupted.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This Essence cannot be used for 180 days and cannot be removed afterward.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bayon’s essence—could’ve been worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Transcendence] is technically a graduation-tier skill, but in terms of immediate combat, losing it doesn’t cripple me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The real problem was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shit. This is bad.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the thread turned pitch black and reached Bayon, a hideous shriek rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[...KAAAAAAAAAAAARGH—!!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It sounded like organs being twisted apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only one effect causes that reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Abyss calls to you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bayon’s Essence is deeply corrupted.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 10% chance triggered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Passive Skill [Transcendence] has permanently ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) changed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“[Transcendence] no longer enhances all passive skill performance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Active Skill [Transcendence] has permanently changed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“From now on, when [Transcendence] is used...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hit the 10% jackpot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But damned if I know what actually changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stat? Passive? Active?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hell, maybe all three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Harbinger of Corruption] is that kind of skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Completely unpredictable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’d once tried to use it deliberately to enhance a fully built character—but the risks and combinations were too insane. I gave up pretty fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This isn’t the time to be thinking about that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll figure out what happened to [Transcendence] later—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yandel...!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snapping back to reality, I raise my shield just in time to block the incoming blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Block successful.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aegis Barrier absorbs all incoming damage.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’d briefly been lost in that mental realm, but my body’s condition is still... wretched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Character is suffering from Poison (Extreme).”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My body’s so saturated with venom, I can literally smell my organs rotting through my nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sven Parab casts [Prayer of Protection].”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“30% of all damage taken is converted into divine power...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with real-time healing and buffs flooding in—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sniktura has cast [Fatal Poisoning].”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Character HP is below 20%. Poison effects are increased by 8x.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can’t stop this body from marching toward death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Elwen Fornaci di Tersia is casting [Focused Shot].”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time continues its steady march.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How long has it been now...?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not sure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I’m certain it’s been over ten minutes since Elwen began casting [Focused Shot]...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yandel!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hear Raven shout behind me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I get what you’re doing! But isn’t it enough already?! We’re all at our limits!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, I felt the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I knew exactly what she meant...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Not yet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not yet. Absolutely not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this one shot goes wrong—we’ll never recover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? You’ll die like this! Not just you—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll be fine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can endure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How long’s it been since Raven called out? I don’t know. But the setup hasn’t changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOOOM—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m still getting pummeled, inching closer to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Elwen Fornaci di Tersia is casting [Focused Shot].”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elwen holds her focus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only difference now—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“B-Bjorn...! Enough already!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just Raven. Other team members start joining the chorus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Elwen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“U-Uncle! Isn’t this enough?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...Am I really in that bad shape?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weird. I don’t feel pain anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just kind of heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it... Punish me later if you want! I can’t just sit and watch anymore!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Same here!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the frontliners I’d ordered to stay back ignore my command and rejoin the front line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not that they last long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ainard Prnelin casts [Crouch].”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Meland Kaislan casts [Iron Will]...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe two minutes?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I don’t belittle their effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two minutes is a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Beheeeell—RAAAAAAH!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I watch Ainard rise with a twisted arm and see Kaislan passed out, I make the call.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Okay. This is it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any longer, and someone will die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if I can take it, they can’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the moment that thought solidifies—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fire, Elwen.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No confirmation needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if she’d been waiting for it, Elwen ends her concentration and releases the string.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t know how long she charged that shot, but the effect wasn’t flashy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No—calling it “flashy” would be misleading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because we couldn’t see anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except the blinding white light that filled the entire chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not even the sound of it breaking the sound barrier came through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the shockwave brushing my skin told me everything I needed to know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This damage was dealt by a bonded ally.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Light of Trust protects the character from this damage.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for No.12’s Trust effect, I doubt my half-dead body would’ve survived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A shiver runs down my spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM—!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how powerful the shot, admiration is pointless right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s only one thing that matters:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it enough to kill Sniktura in a single blow?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We soon got our answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ringing in my ears—a sharp, crushing tinnitus—slowly fades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My vision returns, and I see the aftermath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACKLE, ZZTZTZT—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Machines sparking and sizzling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CHHHHHHHHHHHH—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Steam rising like a geyser.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And through the haze—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THUD—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sniktura. Lying on the floor with a massive hole blown through its throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I processed the scene before me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, more precisely—I recalled the earlier conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Bill Ironred.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[If I remember correctly, he changed his name once.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[It was a very common name.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah... ominous hunches are never wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It really was Hans, huh...?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because instead of dissolving into shimmering light like other monsters—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Goddammit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its tail was still twitching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sniktura’s HP is below 10%.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“[Final Radiance] has activated.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gamble had failed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sniktura’s second passive: [Final Radiance], following [All-Poison Physiology].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This skill activates automatically when its HP falls below 10%.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its effects are brutally simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All of Sniktura’s stats are doubled.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sniktura gains complete immunity to all status effects.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sniktura gains damage immunity bonuses...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Utterly broken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh, there are a few handicaps, sure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sniktura’s movement is restricted temporarily.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It can’t act for 60 seconds after activation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then again, calling that a “handicap” is generous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other downside is more useful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“While [Final Radiance] is active, HP drains rapidly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So even though it’s immune to damage, it still loses HP over time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meaning you don’t have to do anything—just wait, and it’ll die on its own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it can’t cancel the skill either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle won’t end until either it dies or we do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I remember right, draining that last 10% takes about five minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Depending on perspective, it could be long... or short.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But relying on old memory, I make a decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this were under Yacharul rules, with all skills sealed, maybe it’d be doable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with infinite MP like now...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One minute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s all it’ll take for Sniktura to rip us all to pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thump—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how I try to stay optimistic, only despair fills my mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s only one option left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BANG BANG—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turn away from Sniktura and pound my fist on the sealed entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Arta! Isn’t it enough already?! Open the goddamn door!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If we die, that thing dies too—you know that!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Arta! ARTA!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I shout in desperation, but there’s no reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I knew the speakers were broken, but... could it be that even Arta can’t see what’s happening in here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“U-Uncle?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s going on, Yandel?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We need to finish it now—it can’t even move—!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My comrades speak, not understanding my behavior—but their words don’t register.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time in a long, long time—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was in despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’d always held onto logic, always clung to the hope of survival, no matter how bad things got.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But not this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s over.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Eh...?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m sorry. Because of my miscalculation, I’ve doomed us all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you saying...?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Soon that thing will move. And when it does... we’re done. I’m sorry. Truly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe my face showed how serious I was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the others started to change too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If there’s anything you want to say, say it now. Soon, you won’t get another chance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I said it to them—but also to myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On this long journey, I’ve witnessed countless deaths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People grow astonishingly strong in their final moments—but also, profoundly vulnerable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the layers we wrapped ourselves in get stripped away, and our rawest selves come out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like me, right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Amelia isn’t here...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Elwen. Misha. Listen carefully.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I die, I have to say this first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The truth is—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as I began to speak—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“S-Stellar...!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“[Agent of the Star]!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sacred light bursts out from somewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A warm, awe-inspiring silver radiance so pure it freezes you in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sven Parab has cast the Zero-Rank divine spell [Agent of the Star].”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Casting requirements met.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Star Goddess Reatlas descends into this world through the body of Sven Parab.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1661,"2026-06-05T19:33:20.366Z",1,"novelbin.me","ead4df971cb6b29051c99d9c78b03a2a868f25f05863165469cb0ec7073da917","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-805","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-803",807,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsurviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-cover.jpg"]