Bjorn Yandel the Barbarian

Episode 19 Lapdonia (3)

“Then I’ll leave.”

“Ah yes… Goodbye…”

After parting with Erwen, the place I headed to was the library.

The calming smell of paper and ink.

Quiet atmosphere that makes you feel like you have to endure a cough.

Looking at the many secretives choosing books among them, I felt like I was the only one who was alien to me…

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Surprisingly, there was another barbarian besides me in the library.

I approached it with a happy heart and stabbed it in the back.

“Yandel’s son, Bjorn?!”

it was you too

Einar, the second and third daughter of Pnellin.

“I’m glad you look unharmed.”

“So are you!”

“…I think I need to lower my voice.”

Einar also suppressed his voice, probably feeling the people’s gazes flying in.

“I’m sorry. I was surprised because I didn’t expect to see another of my own people here.”

that’s me too

“What’s going on in the library?”

“Last time, I said that you always have to think and act.

Um, that’s right.

Quite peculiar.

If it wasn’t for sleeping snoring with a book open.

“Something must have happened in the Labyrinth.”

“It wasn’t easy from start to finish. Fighting was no problem, but…”

Einar continued with a bitter expression.

“It’s not just monsters that need to be wary of.”

Certainly, he seems a little different from the other savages. They just brag about how easily they beat monsters.

He never said that it would be difficult even if he died soon.

“That’s why you decided to study here.”

“Yes, but I don’t think this kind of thing suits me well. Reading is too difficult. I should have learned it better when I was young.”

…Ah, is that the problem?

“So, starting today, I’m going to go to the Holy Land and learn from the elders again. Now that I’m an adult, I’ll have to pay the price.”

It’s a bit surprising though.

That one person can change this far with my rough advice.

Soon, Einar closed the open book and stood up.

“Are you planning to go right now?”

“If you don’t do it when you think about it, you will forget it.”

I see

The more I get to know them, the more I think they are a sad species.

“Then let’s go.”

Einar, who was heading towards the exit after a short greeting, turned around as if he had belatedly remembered.

“Ah! Come to think of it, if you come back alive, I decided to repay your advice. If you need any help, come to the Angry Horn Inn. I’ll help you in whatever way I can.”

“I will.”

I hope I didn’t forget this promise in a day or two.

I guess I’ll have to ask for help soon.

***

After Einar left, I looked around the library for a while.

Isn’t it a common sight to see an entire building the size of the National Assembly building as a library?

Even in the game, the library only showed a sign saying ‘under construction’ and was not allowed to enter.

Um, but how do you find a book in a place like this?

I don’t think the location will come out with a few taps on the keyboard like in modern times

.

“Kuhm.”

When I let out a cough, the librarian who was dozing at the desk slowly opened his eyes.

“What are you doing?”

“I’m looking for a book. History related…….”

“Parsitiev.”

Before he could explain what kind of book he was looking for, the sleepy-looking librarian muttered.

At the same time, a faint light enters my body.

What is magic?

“Now, if you look around, you should be able to find the book you are looking for. It is not possible to borrow it. After reading it, be sure to put it back in its original place.”

As the light faded, the librarian only spat out mechanical comments and then started dozing off again.

…what the hell is this woman?

I didn’t even want to wake up again for some reason, so I wandered around the library as guided.

As a result, I saw books everywhere that made me feel like I was attracted to something.

I quickly got a sense of what kind of magic it was.

Evil spirits, history, labyrinth explorers, essence, etc.

As soon as the keywords in your mind change, the books that attract you also change.

‘What is this convenient magic?’

With magic like this, it was understandable that there was only one librarian. In the first place, compared to the scale, the number of library users was almost nonexistent.

Among the books, I selected only the books that attracted me the most and opened them one by one.

[Destroyed World]

Once opened, this book, which is close to 700 pages, describes the early history of this worldview.

Most matched the game.

A witch’s curse thousands of years ago made it impossible to live on this land, and only the last fortress, Lapdonia, was spared from the disaster.

For the subjects starving to death with limited resources, the royal family opened a passage to another dimension.

Until that became the present labyrinth.

[Annotation on Basic Understanding of Alchemy IV]

The second book describes how the magic stone from the monster goes through to become bread, water, and steel.

I didn’t understand any of the principles.

I read books randomly and hammered knowledge into my head. Thanks to

[Holy Relic War III],

I learned more about why the barbarian and the fairy became the current relationship and what the evil spirit was.

It was people’s perception that evil spirits were evil beings that came from another dimension and took over the body.

Well, looking at it, isn’t that wrong?

[Demons of the Abyss]

Unfortunately, this book does not explain why demons appear.

However, it was relatively detailed how the Lapdonia royal family and the temple declared evil spirits to be exterminated and what kind of efforts they had made.

From the point of view of evil spirits, it was a good tip.

According to the contents of the book, if you don’t spit out the taboo words, there is almost no reason to be suspected of being an evil spirit.

For example [Dungeon and Stone].

…Shouting for Sparta should be taken care of now.

[How did explorers evolve?]

[Twins of the Lapdonia royal family]

[About heroes] After

[Life of Bifron in

the camp], I read a lot of books and finally got the information I wanted.

[About the death of the king]

This book deals with the death of Rabighion III, who was called the first king or immortal king.

However, the various suspicions surrounding it and the changes that resulted from it were okay.

What matters to me is the timing.

Let’s see the date…

“150 years ago…?”

It was the moment when my hypothesis was proved correct.

The date of death of the king written in the book was about 150 years ago.

In other words, this place where I am now is the future after 150 years have passed by game standards.

No matter which race you choose, the game started the day after the death of Ravigion III.

Shit.

For the time being, I’ll have to live in the library.

“Whoa…….”

I closed the book and relieved my eyestrain for a while.

Even if I only read the important parts, I would go blind after looking at ten books.

However, I decided to read the two books that I took out.

Let’s try a little harder. Because there might be some important information out there.

[Dimensional instability observation record]

Could this be the book that the blonde who saved me from crawling on three legs read?

The book had cases and statistics similar to mine.

As the blonde said, falling to the outermost periphery is said to happen only once in a hundred years…

“Shit.”

As an experienced person, there must have been many more cases like this.

In any case, you don’t know because everything is gone.

The rest of the content was just statistics, so I was reading through the pages roughly and stopped at the last chapter.

The artist’s reasoning was written at the end, saying, “Entering the moment the portal closes may have something to do with the instability phenomenon.”

If this is true…

it’s my fault after all.

It looks like it’s going to be sad, so let’s move on to the next one.

[Grade 9 Essence Book]

It was finally the last book.

The abilities of the essences of level 9 monsters were organized like an encyclopedia, but unlike the notation in the game, the information was not given in exact numbers.

[Goblin]

Patience (Bottom) Smell (Bottom) Poison Resistance (Bottom) Dexterity (Bottom) Sight (Bottom

)

* Create traps.

Looking at other monsters, it seemed that if the stats were 21 or higher, they would be displayed as medium

.

According to the information written on the first page, it seems that information from level 8 or higher must be purchased from the Explorers Guild.

“Huh……”

I closed the book and simply stretched.

At some point, it was dark outside the window.

It was almost time for the library to close, so there were almost no visitors.

I put all the books I had read back into their original places and returned to the inn.

And after a simple meal, he stretched out on the bed.

This passed three days in the city.

“The next 27 days ……”

The labyrinth opens at midnight on the first day of every month.

A month here is exactly 30 days, so it means that you have to enter the labyrinth again in about 4 weeks.

“…….”

What can I do in the city for the rest of my days.

no what to do

As I was sorting things out in my head, I soon fell asleep.

Let’s start by finding a new colleague tomorrow.

***

“Mister! Mister! Wake up!”

Early in the morning, Erwen came and knocked on the door.

Aside from the fact that it’s a pretty exciting voice…

‘Why the hell did he come here?’

I bet you won’t say that you’ll follow me instead of your sister.

To be honest, I thought I wouldn’t be able to see it anymore.

“What’s going on?”

“Look at this! The contract was successful!”

As soon as I opened the door, Erwen spat out endless words.

“Contract? Did you eat the ‘spirit stone’?”

A spirit stone is an item that allows a fairy to make a contract with spirits of other attributes.

Assuming the user is lucky.

“Yes! Yesterday, I broke up with the old man and made a contract with a new spirit!”

“You’ve been lucky.”

The price of energy stones in the game is about 150,000 stones.

The probability of success was only 10%.

It must have been a gamble of losing almost all of his fortune, but he succeeded?

“Yes! I did it ten times with the one my sister bought me!”

…Did you come to tease me?

As a grumpy barbarian who inherited only this body, he felt deprived.

When we first met, I thought he was a poor kid because he said he had a younger brother to take care of, but now I see that there is no such thing as a gold spoon.

Perhaps the bow she had was also bought by her sister.

“Anyway, it looks like you made a contract with the wind spirit.”

“Yes! I was lucky in many ways. Because fire and wind go well together!”

“Okay, let’s cancel the summons first.”

I sighed and said. I

‘d be lying if I said it didn’t hurt my stomach, but it was a different reason.

“Yes? But I haven’t been able to show you properly yet…”

“Are you going to make a mess here?”

“Ah ah! I’m sorry!”

It was only then that the raging wind died down.

As soon as I woke up, what a mess this is.

As I frowned, the excited Erwen looked at me with an apologetic expression.

” I’ll clean it up for you?”

I don’t know.

So, did you mean to ask me to clean up?

I nodded and Erwen quickly cleaned up the messy room.

Surprisingly, it took less than 10 minutes.

Last time he said he was good at washing and cleaning, and that was true

. There is no extraneous matter.

Just like a master from Martial Arts magazine.

”

Should I clean up more?

”

That’s enough.”

To be honest, I wonder if it’s possible to clean up more here.

Somehow, it seems that the inn room is cleaner now than when I first entered it.

Well done, let’s give you a carrot.

I have something to ask you later.

“Come to think of it , I haven’t said this yet. Congratulations on signing a contract with the new spirit.” “Hehe

,

thank you!”

” Did you have breakfast?

”

What can I do?”

“I think it’s possible to slightly twist the trajectory of an arrow that has already been shot or shoot it much faster!”

Compared to what I expected, it’s a fairly one-dimensional operation method.

Rotate the arrow to increase its penetration. Is it not possible to make the sound of arrows being fired or something

like that ?

If that were the case, the fighting power would increase even more

. ?

_

_ When you’re done eating, go up again.”

“Yes? Why?”

“I have work to do in the room.”

Erwen tilted his head.

He looked as if he had no idea at all…

?”

“Yes yes? Wasn’t it?”

He also has a naive side.

Clap.

I locked the door to prevent anyone from entering, and I sat Erwen on the

bed .

How long it takes to use, what weaknesses are hidden in stealth, etc. There are

a lot of things to check.