Bjorn Yandel the Barbarian

Episode 250 Gnome Tree (4)

At first, I wondered if he was a GM again.

However, if it were GM, he would not have borrowed the face he used once and approached me.

Also, the atmosphere that radiates from the escort knights and people around is completely different.

To put it simply, this guy is…

‘(Jin) Hans I.’

It’s not the GM pretending to be Hans I, it’s the real Hans I.

So, there is only one thing I need to do.

“…….”

I stopped breathing.

“I must apologize…”

I grit my teeth and ignore him pretending not to hear him.

And…

Tadat.

run

“Why are you running away…!”

“Ooh! I feel like I want to run all of a sudden!!”

“That’s like that…!”

When I cast Ignorance Jumpbox, (Jin) Hans I was greatly taken aback.

But there’s nothing stopping me from doing this.

“Behel—laaaaa!”

The distance between him and I quickly widened, and he didn’t follow me either.

Fortunately, I didn’t have that level of tenacity.

‘……did I avoid it.’

Arriving in front of the hostel in a short step, I tried to soothe my beating heart.

I only heard the voice, but didn’t see the face.

Thanks to this, no eye contact was made, and the possibility of airborne infection was low because I held my breath.

……I’d be fine with this.

yes it will be fine

“Are you here?”

As I was taking a breather in front of the hostel, a waiter greeted me.

And let’s follow the servant into the room.

“Nyaha Bjorn is here!”

Misha with a flushed expression greets me.

It’s called high tension (alcohol) mode.

It wasn’t much different from Erwen, who was sitting next to him.

“Mister…… hehe hee hee hee!”

Erwen, who calls me with a gloomy voice, then spits out a creepy laugh.

‘What is this place?’

The surroundings are full of empty bottles, and the smell of alcohol is vibrating throughout the living room.

‘It’s been less than an hour since I left…?’

What has been happening here in the meantime?

Possessing a detective, I glanced around and realized that Einar was not there.

“What about Einar?”

“The female warrior has been sleeping drunk a long time ago.”

The person who answered my question was the employee of the annex.

When I asked for the location, it was not a room, but a yard in the middle of the annex.

Draw it!

ha really

I first picked up Einar, threw it on the bed, and came back down. What’s so fun about it is that Misha is blowing the bottle.

“Big…!”

Sensing some sort of brutality, I cautiously approached Misha.

“Has anything happened while I’m gone?”

Although there have been occasions where everyone has been drinking and getting drunk, this is the first time I’ve seen them pour themselves out like this.

“Work? What is Nyaha’s work!”

“But why do you drink so much……”

“I just drank because I felt good!”

“Is that so?”

I was in a good mood and drank.

I guess I was worried for nothing.

I’ll refresh my body with a hot spring bath. I’ll bring you a good drink for free.

Rather, there is no reason not to drink it.

“Yes, at first.”

Misha, wiping the alcohol from her mouth with her sleeve, is straight.

Unknowingly, I averted my gaze and turned my head.

Naturally, Erwen, who was sitting in a disheveled posture on the sofa, caught my eye.

By the way, he was staring at the empty space blankly by himself…….

“Hee hee hee…”

He kept smirking at what was so funny.

Is it because he smiles when drunk?

“Hey Bjorn.”

At that time, Misha held my wrist and spoke to me.

“Tell me.”

“You rejected me that day.”

Uh… are you talking about that now?

It was an awkward topic, but it’s not an atmosphere to refuse.

As soon as I shut my mouth and waited, Misha pressed her lips and asked.

“Is it because I couldn’t give birth to a barbarian?”

huh? what?

Did Einar say something strange?

His head stiffened for a moment, but the Barbarian’s body was good at a crisis.

“No way.”

Mouth opened without hesitation.

It wasn’t really a lie.

The reason I turned down Misha that day wasn’t because I wasn’t attracted to her or because she was a beast.

There was a reason I had to carry it alone.

“Yes, that’s right……”

Misha, who was staring at me as if trying to cover up the truth, opened a new bottle and put it in her mouth.

And…

“Then, of course…”

He looked at my eyes, avoided them, opened and closed his lips, and continued his small talk.

“You… will disappear someday… will disappear…”

Misha, who was silent, lowered her head.

“Nya haang…….”

Somehow, it seemed like the limit was over.

I let out the breath I had been holding in and hugged Misha.

Then he took me to my room and put me on the bed.

When I returned to the living room, Erwen was looking at me and raising the corner of his mouth.

“Finally everyone… fell asleep…”

What did he say?

“If you’re drunk, go to sleep.”

‘Neck slice.’

“……Kep.”

After roughly knocking it out, I threw it next to Misha.

***

Late hour, slowly approaching midnight.

I was worried about cleaning up the rolling bottles, but I decided to just leave it alone.

It’s not even our home.

If you leave the room later, I’ll take care of it.

“Haa…”

I sat down on the sofa, which was a bit cramped for me.

My head was complicated.

It was because of what Misha said at the end.

[You… will disappear someday…]

It’s obvious what the unheard whispers are.

Since he is a person who will disappear someday, he must have tried to ask if that was the case.

Of course, I’m not sure that I’m a demon.

No, I would rather consider it more likely than not.

Because I saw myself receiving an oracle.

A city where evil spirits are said to be enemies of God.

But did God help the evil spirits and bring down the holy relic?

It is absurd in terms of worldview.

Just like a rooted seed, a ray of anxiety left in my head came out of my mouth while drinking.

‘…But what’s fortunate is that even if I’m an evil spirit, I don’t think they’ll be hostile.’

I was relieved by that fact.

I felt grateful and proud that I had not lived in vain.

One of the biggest emotions was a sense of shame.

‘What the hell am I looking for?’

When I woke up in Bjorn Yandel’s body, my first priority was survival.

First of all, I decided to survive somehow and find a way to return to the original world after adapting to this world.

But…

isn’t it bad to just live like this?

Should I go back there?

Rather, good things were rarer there, right?

Lately, that kind of thinking has been growing.

Somehow, I think I know why the players call the current residents NPCs and distinguish them.

You need to draw a line.

This world is not the world we belong to.

We have a place to return to.

‘stop.’

I forcibly stopped the constant flow of thoughts.

do you go back home

Or stay here

Neither decision is yet to be made.

Didn’t you make that decision after seeing the death row inmates dying because they couldn’t pay their taxes?

I decided to go to the 6th floor at least and make a decision.

‘It’s meaningless to think about it now anyway.’

It’s not just taxes that matter.

The dragon slayer clown Noark royal family.

A world full of things that could threaten my life.

Like it or not, I must become stronger.

No matter what you want to do, it will have meaning if you are alive.

So in that sense…

“Where are you going out this late at night?”

“Oh, I’m going to take a little walk. You don’t have to wait.”

I leave the inn after telling the servant.

It was a time when there were no people.

[02 : 37]

When I came out of the room, the cool night air enveloped my lungs.

But is it right under the mountain?

It might seem a bit chilly.

trudge trudge.

As expected, the street was sparsely populated, but it wasn’t completely empty.

The brightly lit gambling hall is still full of doors and scatters loud noises.

It didn’t mean much.

What I’m going to do now is outside of this town.

‘It’s dark.’

As soon as I came out of the village, a darkness comparable to a labyrinth unfolded in front of me.

Even in Korea, the countryside was like this.

When I moved away from the light, the dreary nature greeted me.

‘Anyway, it’s about time to come out.’

I wanted to light a torch, but I thought I wouldn’t know, so I just moved on cautiously.

How long has it been since then?

The example cave written on the map provided at the inn appeared.

It is also a tourist attraction here.

‘……There is no one to protect.’

As soon as I carefully entered the cave, the surroundings gradually became brighter.

Yes, this is similar to the first floor.

A cave with a mysterious atmosphere, full of crystals on the walls and emitting a blue light.

I moved without hesitation.

It’s not that there aren’t side roads, but in the game, all you had to do was go straight from the entrance.

Whoa-!

Indeed, it was not long before a wide cavity appeared.

At its center was a rock that vibrated at regular intervals.

‘Lignaracia.’

The origin of the name was written in the pamphlet-like map, which translates literally as ‘blessing of the land’ in ancient language.

Does touching bring good luck?

It’s probably superstition.

It wasn’t that rock that had the real hidden peace factor.

Squeak.

I opened the subspace bag and took out the mace.

Then, pass the rock in the center and click the interact button on the wall area where the mural is painted.

I mean, I hit it with all my might.

Aaaaaang-!

A wall that collapses as it is shattered by the ogre’s powerful mace.

but don’t worry

Because this cave has a self-healing magic circle applied.

It will fix itself after 5 minutes or so.

‘Then let’s go.’

Soon, I pushed myself into the passage revealed beyond the collapsed wall. There was a small space in it, just like in the game.

‘If you look at what’s hidden like this, it’s probably that the ones outside are fake and this one is real.’

I put my hand on the rock in the center.

Unlike the outside ones, it trembles at regular intervals and does not give a mysterious feeling. It is an ordinary rock.

But as time passed, the feeling came.

「The energy of the Earth Dragon dwells. (1/3)”

A sense of satisfaction that flows through the body through the fingertips.

“Soul power increases by +10.” “

Earth

resistance increases by +20.”

The condition is that you must become a noble and be able to come and go in the Gnome Tree area, but it gives you 30 stats almost for free.

‘Probably most people who have played the original version at least a little know. I’m sure he hit the interact key everywhere he went.’

It’s my guess, but there must be quite a few players who know about this hidden piece.

Well, I don’t know about this, though.

「The blessing imprinted in the soul responds.」

「Additional stat increase increases to 30%」

When receiving the Earth Dragon’s blessing, the stat increase rate is upgraded from 20% to 30%.

‘I didn’t know that I would be the first to solve this unlock condition.’

It’s definitely far from normal play.

Being a noble at only level 5?

If it was a game, I would have thought I had written a bug.

‘Anyway, let’s go back soon.’

I must have packed everything I had to pack. Soon, I turned my back toward the exit and stood still.

That’s bound to be the case too.

Boothssss.

A man stood in front of a wall that had begun to be restored as if going backwards in time.

“Hey, are you a real player?”

It was Baekho Lee.

***

All sorts of possibilities run through my head.

“…….”

Baekho Lee Why is this guy here?

I haven’t seen any hair since that day.

Could it be that you’ve been following me all along?

The answer was really concise.

“It’s so strange that it’s a human connection. I was following the GM, wondering if he was in disguise again, but I didn’t expect you to appear.”

It was Hans this time.

Lee Baek-ho met Hans I by chance in the Gnome Tree and found me while following him.

And…

‘From then on, he must have followed me around.’

An outline of the incident is sketched out.

If so, how should I act now?

It was as if the decision had already been made.

“That’s the sound again. Aren’t you tired of it?”

It’s also not good to reveal my identity to Lee Baek-ho.

Because he’s a fickle guy even if he pretends to be.

Even if you stay close, if something goes wrong, he will pull a knife and force you to make a choice.

For example…

“Do you think the cat noticed it to some extent? Wouldn’t it be better to kill it as well?”

yeah that’s it

I feel like I’ve been cornered, but I’ve been thoroughly consistent with ignorance.

“I think I can see why the chief said demons are evil.”

“Kiya, but I’m fine with my mind. Seeing how he’s evasive even in this situation.”

“This situation…?”

With all his might, he raised a questioning look.

However, Lee Baek-ho only giggled as if it was unreasonable.

“Yes, this situation. The fact that you’re here is proof that you’re a player, right? Or how did you know that something like this was hidden here?”

Okay I knew you’d ask that man.

I replied as if I had been waiting.

Cleverly mixed only the truth.

“I am the benefactor of the dragon race. After returning the dragon sword to the clan in the past, I became close with the ancient dragon ‘Laphire’. His daughter, a dragon warrior, follows me very well.”

A reply implying that this information was also heard from them.

As soon as Lee Baek-ho heard this, he tilted his head.

“……What is it? Really?”

Anyhow, it’s real.

‘Cause I never lied

“Then, was it you who made that dragon jab, Chojin? Wow, is this really jackpot?”

Lee Baek-ho exclaims as if this is a bit funny.

I sighed inwardly.

Although it’s like opening my hidden information to escape the moment…

‘Yeah, didn’t the ring break anyway?

Looking at it, it’s not that bad.

The effect of the holy object has ended this time. Like it or not, the day will come when I will be reunited with him.

You don’t have to hide it like you used to.

“surely.”

He looked at me for a moment and nodded his head.

“It’s not that I don’t understand it. Yes, if it’s that level of achievement, maybe they can tell you this? What’s so great?”

Did that make sense?

no it can’t be

It’s still too early for relief.

I waited patiently for his next line.

It was when a few seconds passed like a year.

“But there is.”

the guy asked me

grinning

“Why do you answer me so well?”

My head went blank for a moment.

“The last time I asked if you were a player, you clenched your teeth and didn’t answer.”

“…….”

“You suddenly became very kind?”

Damn it.