Bjorn Yandel the Barbarian

Ravigion III.

King Gaebyeok, who ascended the throne after his death, who had ruled Lapdonia for thousands of years, implemented many policies to shake off the remnants of the previous king that had been deeply rooted in the city.

For example, there was an amendment to the calendar law.

1 year 13 months 365 days.

In order to more conveniently calculate the cycle of the labyrinth, a month was fixed at 30 days, and 13 months with only 5 days were created to match the remaining days.

Also changed the labyrinth cycle at the end of the year to touch the portal to 35 days.

Of course, there has been controversy among scholars.

That it’s not practical to waste five days a year for intuition.

However, King Gaebyeok steadfastly held a grand festival every 13 months and won public sentiment, and as the years went by, he adapted to the changed calendar and the controversy subsided.

Ah Yeon-ho was also changed twice.

At first, it was named after King Gaebyeok, but because it was long and difficult to pronounce, the people called it by the king’s nickname, and naturally, the royal family also started using the name.

Time passed like that—

May 2, 154 Gaebyeok.

Seven pillars of fire from each dimension square covered the sky above Lapdonia. It was a disaster that will be recorded in the history books by the hand of a scribe and recorded for a long time.

***

“Nimiral.”

Grasp the sides with your hands and force yourself up.

Then, I walk out of the room, using the crutches I put up by my bedside.

Oh, the damn stairs.

“Bjorn! Why don’t you call me when you wake up?

Misha, who was cooking on the first floor, found me and came over to help me.

I guess that’s why I became a real patient.

Are you a patient?

He said he would have to train for a month, but his limbs still do not work properly.

“Come on, sit down. Is this your first proper meal after coming out? It’s been a while since I’ve been paying attention.”

While Misha went to pick up Einar, I took a moment to catch my breath while holding the spoon.

‘Three days have passed.’

3 days have passed since that day.

Of course, it hardly feels real.

On the first day of their return, all the survivors were dragged by the royal family despite being tired and had to report what had happened in the labyrinth.

‘……Crazy bastards.’

I still get chills down my spine when I recall the moment when the pillar of fire burst out.

I never thought he was aiming for empty house robbing.

I never imagined that a trap would be set in the center of the plaza where the dimension gate opens.

And in all seven squares.

‘……What will really happen in the future?’

Although the damage suffered by us who came out of the labyrinth was normally closed, the number of large clans, including the 3rd Royal Knights, literally disappeared.

Of course, there were no survivors among them.

Even in the center, some of the dimensional gates formed on the outside immediately retreated as soon as the magic circle emitted light, and luckily survived.

Maybe a hundred or so?

Oh, for reference, this is a number that includes all seven dimensional squares.

It’s a bit ironic too.

[A good commander is not one who makes perfect choices. Those who make the choices they have to make.]

Those who made the choices they had to make are dead.

The abandoned survived after fighting without sleep for days.

A position that changed overnight.

What would have happened if I had listened to his proposal and abandoned my colleagues at that time?

“It must be dead.”

The moment I unknowingly spat out those words, I heard Misha’s voice from behind.

“Huh? What?”

“It’s nothing. But what about Einar?”

“Even if I hit him on the back, he wouldn’t budge at all.”

“You must be very tired.”

“Yeah. I’ll just serve it once more when I wake up later.”

I’m sure you’re tired too.

Misha really helped us to sleep and rest by waking up in the middle of the night and serving meals even while we were sleeping. In the meantime, I also got crutches from somewhere and took care of them.

A colleague you can rely on in many ways.

“What are you doing without eating?”

I stared blankly at Misha, then I came to my senses and picked up the spoon and put it in my mouth.

A taste that reminds me of the end of a hard day.

“……What are you going to do with Erwen?”

As the meal was almost over, Misha asked.

After completing the investigation on the first day, Erwen led her sister’s body to the fairies’ holy land.

“Well, since the funeral is over, I decided to visit you, so I’m going to talk about it in detail then.”

“Uhm yeah?”

Misha, who had shown a lukewarm response, said without hesitation.

“Why don’t you just bring me home?”

what? Are you floating?

Or just say no in advance?

At first, many thoughts crossed my mind, but just looking at it, it was not like that.

“What do you mean?”

“Didn’t you say you were living with your sister? It’ll be more difficult if you stay there. But I’m a little worried about asking you to live with me alone.”

“so?”

“Since we can’t enter the labyrinth with six people, it can’t be helped, but I think it’s right to take care of them until they calm themselves down.”

Oh yes, she was such a woman.

It was somehow unique, so I made fun of it as if it were a joke.

“Didn’t you hate fairies?”

“What the hell do you think of me? Spit out all the food you just ate. Spit it all out!”

Misha grunting and weeping at me.

It was a very strange feeling.

Just a moment ago, it felt like my heart was being weighed down by thoughts.

“Why are you laughing? People feel bad.”

“I just did it because I was grateful.”

“……Ah, suddenly again.”

Mischa gulps down the water while avoiding her gaze as if she is annoyed.

I watched it silently.

Actually, except for the ears and tail growing on top of his head, he looks like a normal human being.

Red short hair that has grown a little more than when I first saw it.

A sharp nose and slightly raised eyes.

You can tell that he’s a fool just by exchanging a few words, but when I first saw his face, I thought he would be very picky and arrogant.

“…….”

“…….”

I realized later that the surroundings were quiet.

In the kitchen, there is an awkward silence.

“That……”

Misha was just about to open her mouth.

smart smart

A knock was heard at the front door.

“I’ll go out and see.”

“……Yeah, I need to clean the table.”

Walking on crutches and opening the front door, there was a nice person standing there.

“Kyle Pevrosk.”

“Haha Nice to meet you. Did you rest well?”

“I fell asleep as soon as I arrived, and now I’m awake.”

“So, maybe it’s time to talk for a while?”

“Sure. Come in.”

As soon as I moved to the side, Kyle came inside the house. Then, he exchanged greetings with Misha, who was clearing the table.

“Uh! Mr. Kyle?”

“I’m sorry, Miss Karlstein. I came to visit and interrupted your intimate time.”

“Don’t make fun of me! This guy and I aren’t like that.”

“Hmm, no? In that case, excuse me.”

Kyle sincerely apologizes as if he didn’t know.

Misha looked at me once, as if paying attention, then quickly turned her head and started doing housework.

Therefore, we also sat on the sofa in the living room.

“Actually, I was going to come earlier, but you know, I have a lot of work to do.”

“I understand. That’s what happened…”

“That’s right…”

Uncomfortable silence as he mentioned the incident.

Soon after, Misha put the cookies she bought earlier on the sofa table and went back to her room to talk comfortably.

“Oh, the one from Lanemouth’s Bakery?”

“Really? It must be a famous place.”

Thanks to that, the atmosphere has changed.

I opened my mouth more comfortably.

“If I have enough time, I’d like to hear from the beginning.”

“There’s quite a bit of time until the schedule after that, but from the beginning?”

“The Annihilator. What happened to that old man then?”

It was a story I was curious about but hadn’t heard before.

When I woke up, it was just before the end of the 7th day, and I had to take care of Erwen.

Needless to say, after returning to the city.

The dimensional plaza that day was truly a melting pot of chaos.

“Oh, I mean…”

Kyle started by biting into a cookie.

There were several parts that were difficult for me to understand because it was talking about a battle with a wizard, but it was simple to discuss the core.

lost in one-on-one

‘Awakening’, which had been prepared for years, was cornered by an overwhelming magic link before it could be properly used.

So, in an incomplete state, he activates magic and inflicts damage, but…

“I tried so hard and managed to catch up.

Kyle faced a wall.

A wall that can never be crossed no matter what.

What’s even more humiliating is that he survived nonetheless.

“…He said that his talent was a waste. Isn’t it funny?

When the story was finished, Kyle’s expression was full of shadows.

“It wasn’t a topic I wanted to bring up, but thank you for talking about it.”

“I thought you should know too. Maybe this will make me a target for them.”

Hu also thinks so too.

“With this incident, the royal family has raised the level of danger of destructive scholars. They are right below the leader. To be honest, having experienced him myself, I think it’s okay to be ranked on the same level as the leader… No matter how many times I say it, everyone I thought it wasn’t like that.”

“You don’t know until you experience it yourself.”

A wizard who can pierce the exorcism setting I barely adjusted with a normal blow.

How many such monsters are there in the world?

If they meet each other in the Labyrinth by chance in a normal state, they will be annihilated in a few minutes.

“Anyway, that’s why I wanted to tell you to be careful.”

Well, I don’t think he’ll be bothered to come for revenge, given his bastard Annihilator personality.

I don’t know if he’s a clown.

“What happened to the body collector?”

“No news yet. I heard that you were mortally wounded right before you left, but you’re probably alive.”

“……Right.”

At least clowns are better.

Because I lost a thousand corpses this time.

It will take a lot of time to recover, but at least there is time to grow.

“Oh, so how many survivors?”

“You’re talking about those who rode through the dimensional door, right?”

“Of course. I think I heard that there were about a hundred people.”

At my words, Kyle let out a sigh.

“There are 103 people to be exact. I don’t know if you can call them alive.”

“What do you mean?”

This time, Kyle explained something, using professional jargon unique to wizards.

To sum it up, it was:

“So it’s a unique magic with black magic added, so it didn’t heal properly even with divine power?”

“That’s right. They’re all unconscious now. When will they wake up? No, it’s unclear whether or not they can even wake up.”

“That’s so damn good.”

After the story of the survivors, we had a conversation about ‘the incident’. How

the hell did it happen?

He told me what he knew openly:

“We were confused at first too. It’s a magic that requires at least several months to be able to work, so how can you prepare something like that in a square in one day?” A question that all

explorers, including me, had on that day.

The answer was really simple.

“As it turns out, avoiding your eyes. He drew a magic circle in the sewer for this.”

Like the guys who live in the tunnel, they worked below.

“As a result of the investigation, there was nothing wrong with Noark’s barrier. That means they either have a means to get out, or they have manpower siphoned off in advance.”

I

laughed awkwardly at his

guess

. A spy from Noark

who

infiltrated the city.

Until now, it was ambiguous to call it an enemy.

Their hatred was directed only towards the royal family, not towards me

. .’

That woman will continue to work under Noark, and if I’m unlucky, I could lose my life because of it. Unless I’m going to

go to Noark.

“Then, let’s get to the point

.

” The current situation in the city is not good. A large number of people who were important to maintaining this city died. If we keep going like this, the economy will collapse first.”

This was what I also expected.

Explorers are miners who gather resources from the labyrinth.

Even though the knights are strong, they can’t even follow the explorers’ toes.

However, the top explorers have completely died.

What a boycott. There are still a few large clans that used to do ,

and there are still a lot of top explorers who were watching the situation because they were not relieved even after the dog tag was created… but the

real problem is another.

“Maybe they don’t want to enter the labyrinth anymore . Let’s go. At least until I’m sure the labyrinth is safe.”

An unsafe labyrinth.

It’s a funny expression, but I can understand it.

In this episode, less than 2,000 people entered the labyrinth and came back alive

. Would you like to catch it?

“……It can’t be helped. So far, the dog tag and the existence of the 3rd Royal Knights have reassured the explorers, but now the truth has been exposed.”

The knights who said they would protect us from Noark in the labyrinth opened the dimensional gate with determination with the large clans. Then, 10,000 units “I’m ashamed,

someone said that during a meeting. Maybe it would have been better if there were no survivors at all.”

I smiled bitterly at Kyle’s words. The more

I went through, the more I felt it was a cruel world. I wondered

if complaining would change anything.

“So now I’m a destructive corpse collector . Should we be careful of the royal family as well?”

“Haha, that can’t be

the case.” Kyle waved his hand at my concern mixed with jokes and sincerity

. ”

“…Details.”

“Even now, the survivors who traveled with us are talking about you. In a few more days, there will probably be no one in this city who doesn’t know who you are. Isn’t it the divinity that brought the corpse collector to that point all by himself!” ”

…I’m begging you to be alone, so please don’t go anywhere and spread such nonsense.”

“This friend is also very humble.

” It’s a burden.

It’s just a nice guy who rolled harder than anyone else. I

don’t know if it’s that much, but this is a reputation that I can’t handle. If you

say he fought alone, he’s rather a clown.

Even while fighting our team, he’s a corpse of hundreds of middle-aged explorers. ‘If you think about it

this way, he’s a real monster too.’

I sorted out my fleeting thoughts and went back to the main topic,

“So what does that have to do with Wanga? An explorer of my level would have been widespread in the royal family.”

“But there are few iconic explorers like you.”

“I don’t know what that means.”

It is a self-evident fact that this incident will become a catalyst. The king has judged. If you become their focal point, it could spread into a great fire…”

Nimiral.

“… Huh? What’s wrong with your expression?”

I answered honestly.

“For some reason, all I heard

was that

you were going to get rid of me.

” I said it with 100% sincerity. Because

the treatment of you has already been decided through the meeting.”

It has been decided

? Now that I see it, I think that’s why I’m here today.”

When I pressed Kyle, he continued with a more proud smile.

“Congratulations. You’ll have a very, very, very big reward soon.”

The royal family gave me carrots . decided to give