Chapter 7
Episode 7 Give and Take (3)
I’m snoring right now.
Very energetic, imagining a savage who fell asleep after a hard day’s work.
rumbling!
…Um, is this a bit overkill?
I’m a little worried, but I hear a chuckle.
“…It’s a really strange species.”
It seems to have worked out well.
Rather than saying that I was good at acting, it must have been that my racial advantage was greater.
People’s perception is that barbarians are simple and stupid.
That’s why I always acted as a barbarian, even if it wasn’t a demon problem.
A kind of sound field is also like a 笑裏藏刀.
Like hiding a knife in a smile, he sees through their stomachs using the prejudice that they will be innocent as a weapon.
… is a bit like a second grader.
In the end, it means that it is much easier to see the inside.
Just like this.
Rurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
For a realistic performance, she crouches on her side while scratching her stomach.
Even so, I listen closely and pay all my attention to the uncle’s movements.
If you have a ulterior motive, you will soon put it into action.
Or you could just go to sleep.
To be honest, I don’t know if I can sleep in this state.
“It’s Bjorn’s shift.”
Ah um……. I really didn’t know I wouldn’t be able to sleep.
“Don’t worry too much that the goblins haven’t appeared until now. They’re clever.”
Maybe I’m not trustworthy, but the uncle told me to stand upright every night, and I lay down comfortably as before.
And within 5 minutes, I fell asleep again.
Disappointment creeps in.
I’m just fine What the hell have I been doing for two hours?
Shit.
Is it because of the fact that there is a person next to you?
Even though I judged it to be trustworthy, I couldn’t sleep at all.
If I had known this was going to happen, I would have been better off sleeping alone while being careful of the goblins.
If so, I would have been able to sleep at least a little bit.
“Huh……”
I’m tired and I think I’m going to die.
Maybe it’s because the uncle is sleeping, so I’m more sleepy.
Still, it was my turn, so I was chasing Suma, thinking about something else, but someone called me.
“Wake up Bjorn.”
“…didn’t sleep.”
“Why don’t you wipe your mouth and talk?”
When I rub it with the back of my hand, it is really damp.
“I slept standing up, so I couldn’t even pick up my nose.”
It looks like a real cup.
With 10 minutes left before shift time, it’s just a short while.
…the heart breaks.
However, there are things to do first before blaming yourself for being complacent.
I sincerely apologized.
“sorry.”
I’m not pretending to be a barbarian, I’m serious.
A night mate means a kind of trading relationship. But even though the uncle provided a safe environment during his vigil, I couldn’t.
It’s natural to apologize.
Even if only to avoid becoming the kind of person I hate the most.
“…Fortunately, there were no problems while sleeping, so I won’t say much.”
“Thank you. You can sleep more if you want. I will keep one more watch.”
“No. You can’t. It’s your turn. Go to sleep. Give me the watch back.”
He was supposed to blame me, but he forgave me with a kind smile.
So, without further hesitation, I went to my seat and squatted down.
Again, sleep did not come.
All the explorers, including the uncle, were exceptionally respectful. Isn’t it normal to trust and entrust your life to someone you see for the first time?
Aren’t they the owners of great guts?
Even thinking about cancer is unreasonable for me.
For that reason, I always made a snoring sound like before.
rumbling!
I couldn’t help it.
Sorry, mister, but I’m starting to look more suspicious on you.
rumbling!
Like the scammers, the impression is good.
The fact that it was the uncle who first said that we should not save other members.
It’s not that I didn’t even complain about the smell.
That’s pretty good.
The old man didn’t blame me for sleeping.
He even refused the price of sleeping one more time.
Of course, it could be that I’m just a crazy bastard and in fact this guy was just a kind person.
But I’m most suspicious of kind babies.
‘It was these guys who always hit me in the back of the head.’
If it was me in the past, now would have been the perfect timing.
don’t make the same mistake
It’s a question of intelligence.
rumbling!
If it’s suspicious like that, wouldn’t it be better to break up at this point?
Even thinking about this, I snored.
How long has it been since then?
Click.
A small but disparate sound blooms.
A backpack buckle? waist belt? Or the heel of a shoe?
I couldn’t even get a sense of where the sound came from.
However, upon recognizing this, the body of the barbarian arbitrarily interprets it.
Dangerous.
Is this the murderous intent that martial arts refer to?
Goosebumps rise on the skin.
I immediately opened my eyes and checked the front.
“You’re awake.”
The old man was still smiling happily.
With the two-handed hammer clinging to the goblin’s blood and flesh, he raised it above his head.
Damn it…..
Avoid it!
The judgment made by the body raised as a warrior was faster than mine.
Before my brain even gave the command, my body was already rolling on the floor on its side.
Kwaaaang-!
Hearing the sound of something smashing right in front of his nose, he uses the recoil to quickly stand up and balance himself.
“Oops!”
The uncle, whose conversion raid failed, has a puzzled expression on his face.
Rather than asking why, he dashed forward.
“Wait a minute!”
Are you trying to make an excuse? You didn’t mean to? Did you try to loosen up? If it’s really like that, it’s a little no, a lot of fun.
How much is the fucking barbarian cubs?
Poo-!
The smash using the shield accurately hit the uncle’s chin.
However, the sturdy human was different from the goblin.
The old man stumbled, but did not fall.
Then one more time.
Poo-!
Smash.
“Quaaaaagh!”
The hammer in the old man’s hand falls to the floor with a clicking sound.
Blood is pouring out of his nose, which is already red and swollen.
…that’s going to hurt
Think, but don’t be careless.
Because I’m a bastard who wants to be a bastard who doesn’t know that.
So once again—
“Enough! I can’t explain…!”
“Smash.”
After being hit in the face with a shield in succession, the man finally falls to his knees.
In terms of game, it is incapable of fighting.
In other words, it is possible to have a conversation now.
“mister.”
“Well done wrong! Save me!”
Did you decide to ask for forgiveness at all?
I’m quick to judge, but I can’t say I’m wise.
The conversation I want now is not like that.
“Why did you do that?”
“I’m coveted for magic stones… I was thinking of just knocking them out and stealing them. Trust me!”
Bitch to believe.
If I had been so full of humanity, I would have had a few more friends.
“Shield! I meant to take that shield too!”
As I quietly lifted the shield, the old man quickly added something.
This is the decisive reason why I don’t trust humans.
Everyone lies too easily.
Because I can’t even lie properly.
“Why the shield?”
“…Because the barbarian’s arms are of good quality. I was thinking of selling them back to the city.”
Certainly, most of the weapons that barbarians receive during the tutorial are expensive.
This is because the weight of steel is much higher than that of general arms.
Just looking at my shield, it was made entirely of steel.
But no matter how it is, you kill people just to get this?
Well, thinking about it, it’s not at all unconvincing.
But…
“Fuck.”
That old man is still hiding something.
“Be honest. Why did you do that?”
I pressed down on the upper body of the uncle with my foot, just like when I was dealing with a fallen goblin.
“Keuk!”
Fear was deeply imprinted in the old man’s eyes.
But is it because he’s the bastard who tried to kill me?
Surprisingly, there is not much excitement.
It was the same feeling to know why you shouldn’t look into the eyes when killing a cow… but
you can just ignore that feeling.
Mr. Cha, who was contemplating whether to end the conversation at this point, shouted.
“Sim heart!”
“heart?”
It’s an unexpected word.
When I look at him with eyes that require an explanation, the man continues his words with a resigned expression.
“…the barbarian’s heart is selling for a high price.”
“why?”
“I’m not sure, but they say it’s used as a newly developed magic material!”
“Right.”
Now I understand the motive.
I was a goblin to this old man.
It’s tricky to catch, but once you catch it, you can get a great reward.
“Why did you act now, not when you first slept?”
“…Because I have to sleep too.”
Oh, I see.
If possible, he did it to sleep and earn money.
I thought it was because he was prudent, but he was just an extremely efficient man.
“I told you everything, so please forgive me…”
“Forgive me?”
To be honest, all I can do is laugh.
Forgive me?
Isn’t that what the guy who tried to extract his heart from magic stones and equipment would say?
If my reaction had been a little late, I wouldn’t have even had a chance to beg for my life.
“Please……”
I guess I want to live. Did you know that it would turn out like this? That attitude is commendable.
but.
“It’s right that you pay the price, uncle.”
I hate bastards who do whatever they want and avoid responsibility the most.
That’s why…….
“I’ll give it all! Right now, as long as I go back to the city…”
I can’t believe it.
In that respect, I don’t know what’s different about this guy from the goblin.
I couldn’t befriend a goblin, but at least this man had the possibility.
Only it is different and therefore worse.
Of course, this is just an emotional view, and I do not make my choices based on feelings.
It can’t always be like that, but at least I try to.
“I’ll probably meet countless people like you in the future. They’ll say the same thing. Then should I forgive them every time?”
Forgiveness is a scary word.
The decision made with a good heart comes back as a dagger and is stabbed in the back.
I know that fact better than anyone.
So, again, I didn’t have a choice.
Mistakes in this primordial world will not only hurt my heart, but will even threaten my life.
“Sorry Mister. I don’t think I can do that because I’ve been hit in the back of the head too many times.”
“Oh no! Absolutely not! I’m different!”
Come to think of it, the goblin also said this once. I
interpreted it arbitrarily just by looking at his eyes, but anyway.
What did I do at that time?
Kwak.
I raise the shield held high with both hands.
But unlike that time, I pause
for a moment. Time didn’t last long.
I felt an unknown force pulling my arm and said
“Oh no!”
I slammed down the shield as hard as I could.
A heavy silence came along with the sound of bones breaking.
“Achievement achieved”
Condition : First Kill
Reward: Permanently +1 Spirit Level
I didn’t turn a blind eye to what I had done,
it was about a day after entering the game world
.
Boots, compass, knife, pocket watch, water bottle, backpack, blanket, herbs, and a bottle of bandage potion. Food and snacks for 6 days. I got 32 level 9 magic stones.