Bjorn Yandel the Barbarian

there was nothing to spend time investigating beyond the stone gate .

Commander, please trust us. Through research, I will definitely reveal everything that is hidden.”

“…I’m leaving this library tomorrow, so be sure to find clues before then.”

“yes…!”

While the others were resting, all the wizards belonging to the expedition team gathered to investigate and examine the items that Hamsik had looted from the house.

I don’t think I’ll be able to find anything worth writing about.

‘Even if something comes out, I’ll just ask Raven.’

Among the wizards who created a simple laboratory in an instant in the library, Raven was experimenting with a scholar’s eyes.

It’s a pretty fun expression.

‘Could that be that good…’

As a barbarian warrior, it’s an incomprehensible taste, but as a friend, you should respect it. Besides, it’s nice to have at least one person like that around.

‘Because Versil is a player, she doesn’t have much interest in the study itself.’

Anyway, I was given free time until the next day, so I just rested without any worries.

And how long has it been?

“The reorganization of the group is complete. Jeon-gun, please confirm your changed affiliation through the written poster!”

The redistribution of the personnel of the Expeditionary Force has been completed.

Seven during library raid. And this time, 27 people died, and it was necessary to rebalance each group…

“There is no change in our 4th group.”

In our group, which originally had a small number, there was no change in affiliation, and there were only slight changes in Group 1, Group 2, and Group 3.

1 group 49 people.

2 groups 49 people.

3 groups 48 people.

What used to be 60 people per group became like this before I knew it.

Now that there are 37 of us in total, there is now only a difference of 10 people.

“There will be a meeting! Each leader and commander, please attend!”

After the redistribution of personnel, another meeting was held.

Ha, these guys really do it in the morning and evening.

After passing some time, the meeting started right away when we entered the barracks for the last time.

“With your hard work and loyalty, our exploration force was able to safely finish the invasion of the library. Nia Lapdonia.”

“Nia Lapdonia!”

For some reason, Jerome does not entrust it to the second-in-command, but manages the meeting himself.

“The wizards are researching hard, but no clues to the escape have been found yet. Therefore, this part will be discussed again after all further research is completed.”

“If so, today…”

“The reason I summoned you today is to discuss future plans.”

Thus, the agenda for today’s meeting appeared.

Now that the raid on the library is over, where should we go next?

Naturally, the eyes of the heads of state were focused on me.

Since I was the one who stayed here the longest and provided the map, I figured my opinion would be important.

‘…Where do you want me to go?’

At first, there are three candidates that come to mind.

1. Island of Giants.

Here, it is possible to farm the essence of Hipramagent, and a boss mob called Super Giant appears.

In addition, there is a portal tombstone connected to the 2nd basement floor.

2. Rainbow Island.

An island in the direction of the rainbow observed at the end of the rainy season.

Everything is an island full of unknowns, but my intuition as a gamer speaks.

This island is the core of the first basement floor.

3. Village Chief Island.

nothing more to say

According to my guess, there is a portal to the first floor here, and even if it’s not, the village chief is hiding a huge secret.

If we can catch it and figure out what it is, it will be of great help in our future journey.

‘What should I do?’

While attacking the library, the power of the exploration team was confirmed.

To be honest, it’s not that there aren’t any flaws, but this is definitely a great power.

Also, considering that this group of knights, wizards, and priests specialized in interpersonal warfare rather than hunting monsters…

In fact, it was judged that the village chief’s village could be burned down in one night.

‘But strangely, I feel uneasy…’

I decided to follow my intuition again.

Therefore, after spreading the map I got from Hamsik House a while ago, I pointed to one place.

“…I think this would be a good place for our next expedition.”

Excluding Rainbow Island, there was one remaining unvisited island.

“First, after confirming what kind of place this island is. If there’s nothing special or if it’s going to take a long time to clear, why don’t we head straight to Rainbow Island?”

To sum it up, I just light up the map and go straight to Rainbow Island.

After completing the raid on Rainbow Island, the plan was to determine the next destination after seeing what was obtained there.

But…

“Okay. I understand the baron’s opinion.”

Jerome only nodded as if he had heard him, but did not give any confirmation.

“What are you doing? I did not summon you to listen only to the Baron’s opinion. Whatever you like, feel free to express your opinion.”

At Jerome’s words, other leaders also expressed their thoughts, and Jerome listened attentively to each of those opinions.

and how long has it been

Finally, through the mouth of the guy, the destination was decided.

“Tomorrow morning we will head to this island where the chieftain is.”

If this is the case, I would like to ask why you asked for my opinion, but it was a little like blaming. Actually, when I came to the library island, they followed my opinion.

‘Huh, I guess the fact that I didn’t get anything from the library played a big part.’

I came here following my judgment, but as a result, I lost only my troops and gained nothing.

Because of this, Jerome seemed to have judged.

First, catch the village chief, get information, and then move efficiently again.

‘Is it like this in the end…’

Except for my anxiety, I also had no reason to refute properly, so I followed his decision without saying anything.

Oh sure, I had a question about this.

Actually, that’s something I’ve been wanting to ask for a while.

“…tomorrow? It’s the rainy season outside now, so where are you going?”

It’s not even that the rainy season is coming to an end.

It’s only two days away, so dangerous monsters must be falling in full swing.

But Jerome dismissed my concerns.

“Baron Yandel didn’t say that he had any experience of moving during the rainy season. But there is no reason not to say we are.”

“Uh… but at that time, we were almost at the end of the rainy season…”

“An overall investigation of this layer is also one of the missions of the Exploration Force. So, why not try it properly at least once? Even the rainy season.”

“…”

I feel it every time, but they were tougher than I imagined.

***

It’s late at night, when everyone except the magicians who are researching go to sleep, and only the vigilantes walk around quietly and watch out for the unexpected.

Currently, I am lying in a daze in a blanket.

I took a nap as soon as the meeting was over, and it was because I couldn’t sleep…

“….”

Even if I forced my eyes closed, I couldn’t seem to fall asleep, so I just spent time organizing my thoughts.

Defeat your first Tier 1 monster.

dozens of dead.

Ham food and golden books disappeared.

The next destination determined at the meeting.

There were so many things to do today alone, and so many things to think about.

‘What Jerome St. Red said is very meaningful.’

The commander of the exploration force today said.

No matter how many people die, if we finish exploring this place and return with me alive, the mission is a success.

Thanks to that, the anxiety that something similar to what happened at Ice Rock might unfold was a little less.

‘If you were going to kill me, the more deaths in our 4th group, the better it would have been.’

However, Jerome’s behavior was the exact opposite.

Something you would never have done if you had been plotting behind your back.

That raises even more questions.

‘In the royal family… why are you trying to rescue me? Wouldn’t it be good for them if I, like a thorn in their eyes, die here?’

…I don’t know.

The more I think about it, the more I seem to fall into contradiction.

So, in order to clear my head, I got up from the blanket and moved to my seat.

“Baron? Where are you going?”

“I can’t sleep, so I want to relax for a while.”

“Oh, I see. All right.”

After telling the night watchman about the circumstances, I actually walked around the edge of the vast library as if taking a walk.

I judged that I might be lucky enough to meet Hamshik.

In fact, about 10 minutes later, I heard a familiar sound somewhere.

[Beep…!]

“…Hamsik?”

[…this way! this way! Come up this way…!]

After looking around to see if there were any eyes watching me, I climbed the stairs as quietly as possible to the bookshelf on the second floor.

Hamshik was hiding in an empty cell where the book was missing.

[Why did you come just now…!]

“Oh, waiting until nightfall.”

[The body… Is the body okay? Looking at it earlier, it looked like it was hurt…]

Uh… I didn’t expect to ask this right away.

“…it’s all well, don’t worry.”

[How can I not worry…! Finally, a qualified person appeared…!]

I couldn’t help but tilt my head at Hamshik’s words.

“If you’re qualified… are you talking about the golden book?”

Hamshik once told me.

The golden book is never given. It’s something that should be given to someone who deserves it someday.

[okay…! From the moment you defeated Kashan, you became qualified!]

…As expected, attacking was a condition for qualification.

As a user, I was delighted that the predictions were right, but I had a question.

“Wait a minute, then is everyone here qualified?”

[huh? No way! You are the only one who is qualified!]

“Hmm, is that so?”

So what are the conditions?

Is combat contribution number 1? Then it makes sense that I’m qualified.

Ah, this is not important…

“So? I got the qualifications, what will happen now?”

When I asked, expressing my anticipation for the reward, Hamshik cut it off.

[Now take it! Now this book is yours.]

A golden book with a story that ended in vain.

I quickly opened it to see if I would be able to see the contents after I obtained the qualifications.

But…

“It’s the same as I saw then.”

[Is that so?]

“It’s not like that… Now that you’ve qualified, you have to tell me how to write this book. Are you saying that just giving me a book is the end?”

[Uh… By the way?]

“Haa…”

Looking at that expression, it seems that he really doesn’t know how to use this book at all.

Actually, it wasn’t strange.

Because [Dungeon and Stone] was originally an unfriendly game.

Even if something was thrown, there was no way to tell it properly, and because of that, the user had to go through all sorts of experiments to find out how to use it.

‘…If I put this book on the altar again, something might happen.’

There are a few uses that come to mind, but I haven’t been able to test them right away. Then, if something comes out, the reward will flow to the royal family.

In the end, I only had one option to choose from.

“Anyway, I’ll take this thank you very much.”

Hide the golden book that Hamshik gave you in the subspace.

“So, is there anything else besides this?”

[Huh?]

“Isn’t there a lot of blessings or exclusive equipment?”

[Haven’t you already taken it? My fountain pen and the books I treasured…!]

Oh, that’s right.

“….”

[….]

A moment of awkward silence passed between Hamsik and me, and I quickly changed the subject.

“right. I don’t know if you know, but we’ll be leaving tomorrow morning.”

[Leaving…?]

“Because I have things to do. I don’t know when it will be, but I will come back, so don’t be too lonely.”

[Who says being lonely means being lonely! What is the misunderstanding… It’s me rather good. joy! Now I can rest properly at home!]

At Hamshik’s words, I swallowed.

Seeing him say things like that, he doesn’t seem to know what happened to his house yet…

“….”

[…Why did he suddenly disappear?]

“Oh, it’s nothing. I’ll just go and see. I’m hungry…!”

Using natural excuses, I quickly returned to the camp and lay down.

and the next morning.

At that time, when the entire expeditionary force was clearing the camp and getting ready to leave the library.

“Um… Baron…?”

The goblin paladin, Sven Farab, came to me with startling news from the wind in the morning.

“Last night… He showed me the future again.”

“Which scene was it?”

“That’s…”

Parav hesitated for a long time before closing his eyes and describing what he had seen in his dream last night.

“It was a scene where the baron was brutally executed by the exploration army surrounded in all directions….”

The Goddess gave me a terminal sentence.