[{"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-807":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Surviving the Game as a Barbarian",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":12,"novelImage":21},{"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},1327827,1764,"Chapter 807: Doomsday (4)","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-807",807,"\u003Cp>Why was Amelia, who was supposed to be watching the others from Skull Island, here of all places?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t know yet—but I could guess at least one thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'If Amelia, who was ordered to keep tabs on the Golden Tree Clan, came here...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then there’s a high chance they came here too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s no way she would’ve entered this place without reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did you see anyone else besides my comrade?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Arta’s reply to my theory-based question was unexpected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Hard to say. So far, we’ve only confirmed the woman.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Only one?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Is that a problem?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No. Then I’ll ask this instead. What situation is my comrade in that made you say she’s about to die?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Maybe she’s just wandering around aimlessly, but she’s already entered the Beast’s territory. It wouldn’t be strange if they ran into each other at any moment.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The place I’m currently inside—“Memory of the End”—is a hidden field, much like Larkaz’s Labyrinth we visited before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Beast is effectively the boss of this field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But you’re saying Amelia is already inside its territory?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Fucking hell.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time was tight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No—time was incredibly tight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Arta, is there anything else I should know?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[As I already said, in order to slay the Beast, you must remember my advice—]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, nothing. Got it. That’ll be all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had no reason to waste time listening to the strategy all over again, so the conversation with Arta ended there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I quickly rallied the members and left the secret base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You don’t need me to say it, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. I promise we’ll reach you without delay, Captain.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Auyen’s confident answer, the ship cut swiftly across the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoooooosh—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, it was moving even faster than when we first came here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure, it helped that we were slamming mana stones into the engine without worrying about fuel efficiency...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that wasn’t the only reason for this speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Auyen Rockrove has cast [Tailwind].」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Auyen Rockrove has cast [Trade Route].」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Auyen Rockrove has cast [Ghost Ship]...」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Auyen activate every skill he had, the other members began to look concerned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh... Navigator, sir? Are you sure you’re okay? I get that this is urgent, but there’s a saying—haste makes waste...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you go all-out from the start, you might collapse halfway through.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spoken like true explorers—logical and grounded. And frankly, I agreed with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Auyen ran out of mana and his skills failed mid-voyage, we might arrive even later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I asked what needed asking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Auyen, are you sure you’re okay?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He answered without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Coming here, I had to think about getting back. But this time, going back isn’t the point.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that was that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understood.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If we’re the experts in monster-slaying, then he’s the expert in navigation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Best to just trust and leave it to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoooooosh—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We raced across the water toward an island that hadn’t yet appeared on the horizon. How much time had passed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beep-beep-beep, beep-beep-beep—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ten-hour timer I’d set when entering Arta’s base went off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’d built in a buffer, just in case... but still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I thought we’d be heading back at a more leisurely pace...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just goes to show—you never know how things will play out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Sniktura raid had ended in a way I hadn’t expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe it was because I had nothing to do but wait until we arrived?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring at the endless horizon brought up all kinds of thoughts. Before I knew it, my jaw clenched, and my fists tightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t worry too much... It’ll be okay...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, seriously, Uncle. It’s gonna be fine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My teammates assumed I was worried about Amelia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And sure—I was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that wasn’t the only reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn’t stop thinking about what had just happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, it was intense, but in the end everyone made it out okay, right? Don’t stress too much.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elwen meant to comfort me, but that was exactly the problem—it stabbed me in the chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few hours ago, we’d almost been wiped out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No—technically, we had been wiped out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hadn’t found a solution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I accepted our fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time since becoming a barbarian, I’d prepared my last words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure, things had somehow turned out alright in the end—we killed a 1st-rank monster and got a top-tier essence...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'But that wasn’t because I was any good.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We survived today because we got lucky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hadn’t even considered [Star’s Proxy] at the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'...Or maybe it’s because I wasn’t good enough.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I really think back over the fight, that total wipeout could have been avoided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I’d been willing to give up on Beleg sooner, the raid could’ve followed my plan exactly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I didn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I clung to naive hope—that maybe if I sacrificed a little more, we could save everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the result of that stubbornness?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Disaster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Sure, it ended well. But...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How long will luck keep saving me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Am I even the kind of person who deserves to rely on luck?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Of course not...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luck carried us this far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There won’t be a next time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I go into the next situation with the same mindset, the ending will be the worst possible one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And once I truly realized that...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOOM—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My head exploded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or rather, my thoughts collapsed in on themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe it was because I suddenly slammed my forehead into the railing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence settled across the deck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked up and saw the crew all avoiding eye contact like they’d just seen something forbidden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahem...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well... I suppose I should polish my gear. Where’d I leave my whetstone...?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dammit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was reckless of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whatever’s going on in my head, I’m the leader—I shouldn’t show it on the outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'It’s not like I’m the only one suffering here.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just because you’re an explorer doesn’t mean you don’t feel stress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure, we’re all used to the threat of death, but no matter how skilled an explorer is, the pressure weighs heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s probably why there are so many messed-up personalities in the guild.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone had just barely escaped death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were definitely tired and on edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And here I was—making them nervous too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sigh... Sorry, everyone! I just... really felt like headbutting something for a sec!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I shouted it out half-jokingly, laying my heart bare—and it helped ease the mood a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Haha, is that so?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course! Sometimes you just really need to bash your head on something, right? Right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Haha... yeah, I guess...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The laughter was a bit awkward, but it was better than uncomfortable silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And thanks to my effort, even Raven—who’d been keeping her distance—came back over to stand beside me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Looks like you’re finally in the mood to talk again?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Did you need something?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sniktura’s essence.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought she’d come over to cheer me up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I guess normal conversation like this might be better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So? What abilities does it have? I’ve been dying to know. Is it the color you wanted?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Half.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So... one of them is the one you were aiming for?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why are you answering like that? You know what I’m asking—just spill it already!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That can wait for later—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No! Later is the worst habit an explorer can have! What if you die before ‘later’ comes? I’ll be so mad I’ll magic myself into pieces!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Magic yourself into pieces?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That weird phrase made me blink, and Raven quickly looked away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“O-Oh, um... Some mages believe that when they die, they don’t go to a god’s embrace or anything—they just dissolve into pure mana particles...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah. So like, atheists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I had to pick, I guess I’d be in that camp too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No afterlife—just decomposition into nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not that I want that to be true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if it’s just wishful thinking, it’d be nice if there was a place where you could rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somewhere you could meet the people you’ve lost, and talk about the old days—even just once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey? You still with me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah. Right. We were talking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come on! Are you really not gonna tell me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, I was just about to. What was the question again?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sniktura’s essence!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, right...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My head really was a mess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I just pulled the description from memory and recited it directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sniktura’s essence has two inherent physical-type abilities. One is [All-Poison {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} Physiology], and the other is [Final Radiance]...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I kept going—passive skill functions, active skill stats, the whole breakdown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, Raven listened with wide eyes, but her expression gradually soured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, I mean—which one did you want?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh. That’s what she was asking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I didn’t have a specific preference.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I only cared about one thing—[Final Radiance].”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? Not [All-Poison Physiology]?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s useful too, sure—but nowhere near as critical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amelia’s core essence is [Self-Replication] from the doppelganger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We later fused it with the Twin Hydra’s [Dual Dominion] to control her clones more effectively, and then added the Cyclops’s [Wave Link] to boost clone output to main-body levels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...So that [Final Radiance]—that was the skill Sniktura used at the end, right? It only triggers right before death...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing that the main ability was a passive, Raven muttered to herself, then suddenly lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh! That makes sense! With her clone setup, that one-time-only trigger limitation doesn’t matter anymore!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure, you can’t move for a minute when it activates, but if you just wait that out, a clone emerges that’s several times stronger than the original body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Once we infuse this essence and finish tuning the rest of the build, she’ll clear Floor 10 minimum.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Okay, but what’s the other ability?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh. That.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second one is [Form Shift].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ooh, that’s a really good one, isn’t it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When Sniktura used it, she could freely transform into other monsters and use their traits, yeah. But in practice, it’s a little different.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s the catch?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You can only transform into the last monster you killed. And you don’t get any physical stat boosts.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah... I see.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sounded disappointed—but that’s not all there is to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is a 1st-rank essence, after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are lots of advanced uses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I’ll save that for Amelia, who’s actually going to use it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So what’s the last ability?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...[Final Day].”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh? That’s an actual ability?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It is.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Your face doesn’t look good.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s because it’s... tricky.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, I said all the abilities were fine—but this one’s the exception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it had been [Seed of Destruction] instead, I’d have had better use for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s tricky about it? Is it bad?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tsk... Well...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s technically strong, but it has a lot of activation conditions.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, come to think of it—Sniktura never even used it in the fight, huh? What does it do?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I spent quite a bit of time explaining what the ability did, along with its conditions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raven eventually got her curiosity satisfied and wandered off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, I had a moment alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then it hit me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, shit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t the time to be obsessing over someone else’s essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...[Harbinger of Corruption].”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That thing... it hit me, didn’t it?\u003C\u002Fp>",1839,"2026-06-05T19:33:20.366Z",1,"novelbin.me","a88396cf6499718be64c84148030e7a55618d12795b4add5f8693d234dbd2b6f","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-51","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-806","https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsurviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-cover.jpg"]