Bjorn Yandel the Barbarian

What do I need to do to open the portal tombstone?

I inquired persistently, but the village chief avoided answering with ambiguous words.

“When the time is right, you will know. And why worry already? Anyway, someday you will leave here and return to the city.”

“Why don’t you speak plainly? if-.”

“It’s not because I have other thoughts. I was just wondering what would help you.”

“What does that mean?”

“You don’t know. There might be something else on this layer that I haven’t discovered. If I give advice, the possibility of finding such things will surely disappear. From now on, you will only act according to my advice.”

Are you saying that lions drop their cubs off a cliff?

If so, I don’t understand it any more.

There is absolutely no close relationship between me and the village head like that of parents and children.

It’s hard to trust the intention itself of ‘trying to help’ me.

But…

“Hehe, don’t look at me like that.”

Seeing such a day, the village head continued his conversation with a unique smile.

“Now that things have turned out this way, it seems that you and I are on the same boat. I’m sure you thought too. How can I benefit you in the future? Isn’t it?”

“Well… it’s not like I haven’t thought of that.”

“So do I. As my helpers grow, the things I can do will also increase.”

It’s just a matter of babbling.

“So I’ll think about it some more and then I’ll tell you. Aren’t I supposed to leave right now?”

I just nodded my head as I listened to the words that seemed to soothe a frowning child. It was hard to understand easily even if he said that, but it didn’t seem like the situation would change if he was more stubborn.

I’d rather spend that time talking productively.

“Then what are you going to do now?”

A question I’ve been asked several times today.

However, the contents are different from before.

If the previous questions were for the individual headman and us, this one refers to the entire expeditionary force.

“Are you going to stay on this island?”

What are your future exploration plans?

The village head gave an intuitive answer to that question.

“Perhaps I will stay on this island until today. Haven’t you officially discovered a dimensional stele yet? First of all, you have to discover it and then give the mages time to study it.”

“Would Jerome St. Red have done that?”

“Yes.”

“Anyway, so what next?”

“Still undecided. But I’ll finish worrying about it by tomorrow so I can tell you.”

“…i get it.”

So today’s conversation ends here.

After finishing the private study, I went back to where my colleagues were, and while I was killing time, an order fell through the deputy commander.

The entire village is going to be searched once more, so each group is ordered to roam around freely and find anything suspicious…

“It’s actually an order to rest. Then we’ll find a suitable place and rest.”

Our provisional group of 4 entered one of the empty houses under my command and started peeling nogari.

But wouldn’t that kind of nonsense be bad?

“We will look around and come back. It’s a bit like staying like this…”

“Are you paying attention to the Commander?”

“Rather than that, there’s something really hidden, but it might go unnoticed.”

With those words, Mule Armin led the members of the exploration team to search, and the same was true of the leader of the Hetz Clan, Whyte Hetz.

“…If you find something, you might be recognized as a major.”

If Armin’s goal is ‘exploration’ itself, I feel like these guys are more interested in ashes.

Either way, I had nothing to do with it.

Anyway, when the time is right, news will come that the cave with the dimensional tombstone has been found, and I just need to go slack around then and react a few times.

‘But somehow it turns out that it’s only us left.’

The Hetz Clan and the Armin Exploration Team are away, leaving only the members of Clan Anabada to peel the nogari.

“evil! Don’t look at me!”

While looking around, Erwen suddenly met her eyes and covered her face in surprise.

Damn he’s still like this

As I was sighing inwardly as I saw Erwen, who had fled to a corner, Versil approached me.

“Do not worry. There is an elixir that makes your hair grow faster. When I get back to the city, I’ll make it right away and bring it to you.”

“Oh, I’m glad there is such a thing.”

“Wow… you really have strong tastes.”

“…huh?”

Why are you suddenly talking about your taste?

Versil averted her gaze as she put on an expression of incomprehension.

“That… I thought Tersia looked really good with bobbed hair…”

I thought the same too.

But when he makes eye contact, that’s it.

No matter what I said now, I didn’t say it because I thought it would only sound like words of consolation.

‘But I’ll have to stay here for a while longer…’

I was worried about the future, but I emptied my head because there was no solution right now.

And when I was about to rest.

“I thought you were here. I haven’t been looking for a while.”

A man entered the house where he was smoking.

“What is Kaysl? What are you doing here?”

“I saw the Armin Exploration Team wandering around alone, and I talked to them, and I heard that they were resting here, so I came here for a while.”

“Welcome. You should also stop working too much and take a break.”

“I think so. Anyway, after this exploration, goodbye to this sickening military life.”

Is it because the ice rock crisis has reached a peak of antipathy toward the royal family?

It was something Kaislan in the past would never have done to pay Lupine.

Well, that’s not something I would care about.

Anyway, such an unexpected visitor, surprisingly, did not end with Kaislan alone.

“I… are you…?”

Before long, someone cautiously entered the building.

“Sven Farab? What are you doing again?”

“I was passing by and I met Clan Hetz… If you don’t mind, could we talk for a while? the two of you.”

“Of course.”

At the request of the goblin, I went out of the building alone and entered an empty house nearby to talk to him.

He seemed to have a lot of questions about me.

“Uh… what happened?”

A generic question with no subject.

Well, I’d like to know what’s going on with him.

My kids at least listened to the explanation, but this one is not like that.

I made things simple.

“It’s hard to say in detail, but it ended well.”

“yes?”

“It means that you safely avoided the oracle scene you received.”

“Ah… then it’s a relief…”

At first glance, he seemed curious about the details I omitted, but he tried to swallow the question in his throat.

If you look at it like this, it’s a good social thing.

Soon, I tapped him on the shoulder as if to encourage him.

“Sven Farab. Come to think of it, I couldn’t say that before, but thank you.”

“yes?”

“I can’t go into detail because of circumstances, but in the end, I don’t know how the situation would have turned out if it hadn’t been for you.”

“Ah…”

“I will ask you to take good care of me in the future. If there is any problem, tell me right away. I will help with all my might.”

Perhaps my thank you was so unexpected, he put on a blank expression for a moment. And he left, saying with humility that it was not a big deal.

Did the Archbishop make a fuss if he was away for a long time?

“You are suffering too. yes See you later.”

After finishing the conversation, I entered the building again, and Einar screamed and ran.

“Bjorn!!”

Hmm, this tone of voice is the tone when you have something to brag about?

As soon as I scanned the surroundings, one change immediately caught my eye.

I don’t know how.

“Raven?”

Raven was there.

And…

“Enough with Aruru! excuse me! Look at that!”

Erwen was wearing a dingy iron helmet.

“…what is that?”

When I asked while looking at Raven, not Einar, Raven let out a sigh and explained the situation.

“Since Tersia looks depressed, it seems that Freneline has thought of a plan of her own.”

Yes, seeing him smiling proudly made me think so.

“Ha ha ha! Isn’t that a genius idea? You can use this to hide that embarrassing short hair. No, do you know where it is? You can even keep your head safe while wearing this!”

Einar proudly speaks of a barbarian-style solution.

“If you’ve seen it, why don’t you try drying it?”

Raven quietly whispered with the meaning of urging.

However, I put off my answer and met Erwen’s eyes.

“That man… How are you…?”

Surprisingly, Erwen wearing an iron helmet no longer averted my eyes.

I was worried about what to do if there were restrictions on my actions because my hair was bothering me during battle, but that concern was solved with one helmet.

“…isn’t that bad?”

Of course, it felt a bit unbalanced when I put the iron helmet on that delicate outfit that was both practical and fashion as an explorer.

But what does that mean?

“You used your hair a little, Einar.”

“It was not an easy task after all. But Erwen is my friend!”

The problem is solved.

***

“You really let Tersia go around like that? It’s sure to be a laughing stock, right? Is that Mr. Raines? Rains-san, try something.”

“Leave it alone. I’m fine, but what can I do?”

“Miss Tersia! Tersia-san, are you really okay?”

“yes? Yeah… I think the embarrassing thing has definitely lessened since I wrote this…”

The topic came to an end with Raven gaping in disbelief.

Erwen will wear an iron helmet from now on.

“oh my god…! How did this place get to this point?”

what is he

“Okay, Raven, what are you doing here?”

“Oh is that it? Mr. Yandel just wants to do something.”

“huh?”

“It was a free search order, right? For some reason, I feel like Mr. Yandel would find something…”

Ah, to put it simply, you came to eat raw.

When I discover something, if I’m next to you, I can be the first to research it.

“Then it’s a pity. As you can see, we just decided to take a break.”

“…Iknow, right. I didn’t expect this.”

Afterwards, as I was having a conversation with Raven, Amelia intervened.

“By the way, is the Yandel conversation over?”

“It ended well and Sven Farab is back.”

“I see… Then could you give me a little time?”

For some reason, there are many people calling me today.

“Excuse me for a second. It may take a long time, so Raven, you play around and go back on your own.”

“Do I look so laid back? That’s Okay. Because I was just about to go right now.”

“okay? bye.”

After roughly seeing Raven off, he and Amelia went outside.

I was honestly a little curious.

What the hell did he call me for?

The answer was soon to be found.

“I was going to just ignore it and walk past it, but seeing it all alone in a corner, I couldn’t open my eyes and see it.”

Oh….

this is what comes out.

“What happened to Mischa Karlstein yesterday?”

There was no reason not to be honest.

Like Lee Baek-ho or the stone of rebirth. A gap of two and a half years and the cracks of distrust that arose there.

But somehow the words just don’t come out of my mouth.

So I just answered like this.

“Nothing happened.”

A lie that even a three-year-old wouldn’t believe.

However, Amelia just nodded quietly after hearing that.

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“….”

“If you feel like talking later, tell me. I will be waiting for you.”

You say it like a child.

I replied with a smile.

“i get it.”

Still, for some reason, I felt a little better.

***

The period of stay at the village chief island was unexpectedly long.

It was for a simple reason.

Originally, I was going to go to the next destination the day after I found the dimensional stele, but… “The

flow of magical power from the dimensional stele is showing a similar pattern to the flow of the two-way transmission device recently published in the thesis!”

“With this… maybe I can force the tombstone to work!”

The wizards who were studying the dimensional tombstone begged to stay longer on the island, pouring out incomprehensible words as if they had discovered something unusual.

And…

“I will give you ten days. Make sure you do it until then.”

The village chief accepted the request.

There was nothing the village chief could do.

Jerome St. Red would have made the same decision at this time.

Of course, there must have been expectations.

If the mages really succeed in activating the tombstone, they can return to the city right away.

‘In the first place… the village chief has no interest in exploration.’

Anyway, since the village chief is planning to return after finishing ‘adaptation’, nothing much will change whether he stays in the village or explores the outside…. One day, two days, three days

….

Time passed endlessly like that.

The wizards tried everything in front of the dimensional tombstone all day, and the rest spent their time resting in the village or going up to the island and killing monsters.

And how long did those days last?

「The soul of the character resonates and is drawn to a specific world.」

The day has come for the community to open.

The only space where you can communicate with the outside world and meet Baekho Lee.

‘Finally I can figure it out.’

As soon as I woke up in the room, as it was the time I had been waiting for, I turned on the computer and moved the mouse.

clack clack.

But how did this happen again?

As soon as you open the community, a pop-up window that fills more than half of the screen comes to mind.

[Information to all players using Ghostbusters.]

“…Notice?”

I don’t think I’ve ever put it on like this.

what happened outside?

I hurriedly read the contents below, and I was as hard as a stone.

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In the announcement that started with such a common phrase, when this community started, what was the intention, and how much effort the management team put into maintaining this community, etc.

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That’s right, when things like this come up, the conclusion is always the same.

‘Nimiral.’

I wished it wasn’t, though.

There was nothing more to see.

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