Chapter 59

Episode 59 Survival Rules (2)

What is the most important thing in a disaster situation?

water? food? health? equipment?

Well, they are all very important items, but

if I had to choose just one, I would choose mental.

“No… I can’t die like this!

“Misha, calm down.”

When you are in a fucking situation, you need the courage to accept the reality calmly without denying it.

This is because an objective understanding is possible.

So I dropped all doubts.

‘It doesn’t matter what happened over there.’

A strange monster might have appeared, or the group of four years old Ellie might have been surprised in that short moment in an amazing way.

All possibilities are open.

But that’s not what I need to focus on right now.

‘think.’

I’m left out of the group now.

Next to him is a fellow prisoner.

Unfortunately, it is a warrior class with only physical damage.

And the possibility of lost comrades returning here seems extremely low.

Yes, in one word, fucked up.

This area where physical immunity monsters play is also called the warrior’s grave.

It was close to impossible to get through with two barbarians and beastmen warriors.

In the meantime, there are also pursuers targeting us.

Actually, this is the biggest problem.

If the two of us ran into them, it would be game over immediately.

But if that doesn’t mean you’re just biting your tongue and dying, then you have to think about it.

It’s not how fucked up the situation is—

‘so what do we need to do right now?’

What actions should be taken in the future?

Even if it’s just a struggle, what to give up and what to prioritize in order to survive.

Simply put, what is the best for now?

“…move.”

“What? But anyway—”

“Even if you can’t find your way, you’d better leave this place.”

After objectively grasping the situation, I can see what I need to do even in the worst of circumstances.

I decided to prioritize them and solve them in order of importance.

Once that first.

“It’s dangerous here.”

get out of this place

The reason is simple.

We don’t have any information about what the dwarves’ group encountered around here, other than that it was dangerous enough that they couldn’t have picked us up.

“If she’s cheating, we’ll find out someday.”

“But wouldn’t that mean it should have appeared earlier?”

Well maybe it’s just getting pushed out of their priorities. The reason why the dwarf had to run away in the opposite direction and follow him.

Of course, I had no intention of arguing for a long time.

Because the first thing you have to give up for survival is intangible values such as warmth and consideration.

“So what are you going to do? The choice is yours.”

I have no intention of carrying a bag just because I am a colleague.

You can’t even see that as a colleague in the first place.

I just cut and drew a line.

“If you don’t like my judgment, I’ll move separately from now on.”

“What are you talking about!”

“Answer me.”

I don’t want to waste time arguing.

Yes or No.

Misha, who was silently staring into my eyes, made her choice while biting her lips.

“…I will completely follow your words from now on. There’s nothing I can do after being injured in the first place.”

A great answer that spits out exactly what the questioner wants.

I haven’t seen it that way, but it seems to be pretty quick.

Even if you usually look like that, there’s a reason you’re a 5-year explorer.

“But still, such words are too much…!”

When he let go of his stiff expression, Misha started whining as if he was hurt, but that’s about it…

It’s okay. If you follow my words well.

“Drink.”

When I opened a bottle of potion and handed it to her, Misha slowly drank it with a face as if serving poison.

And started to groan.

It wasn’t anything out of the ordinary.

In the first place, a potion is something that can’t be done.

“Higggeuk shut up!!”

Listening to the sound of suffering, it seems that the potion is listening well.

Therefore, I carried Misha on my shoulder.

I sprained my ankle, so in 5 minutes the pain will go away and I’ll be able to walk… but

it would be nice if I could save that time as well.

“Woo Wook Uau! My foot is slow! No, walk gently!”

As soon as I started to canter in earnest, Misha begged me with a song.

It looks like I’m getting motion sickness.

But all I could say was this.

“Even if it’s hard, just endure it.”

Sorry, I’m a psycho barbarian who has forgotten warmth and consideration.

Efficiency comes first as long as the warning light is on for survival.

People don’t die from motion sickness, right?

Tadada dat-!

Anyway, it was a time when I was running aimlessly through the forest like that.

Misha slung over her shoulder frantically pats her back.

“Get off the kitchen! Drop me off! Everything is better!”

“Do not lie.”

“Really! I swear to the guardian deity of this clan!”

“Hmm then why is your voice weak?”

I pointed out the logical flaw in Misha’s words.

But for some reason, I was confused.

“You must have strength! You ignorant barbarian senile!! It’s done, hurry up and drop me off!”

“i get it.”

Seeing him doing a back smash, he seemed to have the mentality to move to some extent, so he obediently put Misha down.

“Oh, I really thought I was going to die!”

It’s tough.

At first glance, it looked fine, but I asked in case I didn’t know.

“So, is your foot okay now?”

“As you see.”

“Tell me right. Does that mean we can fight right away?”

“For now… that’s right! But why are you asking that?”

That’s because there’s something to fight about.

“It’s good. There’s a monster.”

Misha’s head moves in the direction I pointed. At its end, a huge tree was moving with its roots in the ground.

The 8th grade monster ‘Snetry’.

It is an unpleasant monster that attacks explorers with branches that twist like tentacles.

For reference, this is one of the few normal monsters that inhabits the Witch’s Forest along with the Half Troll.

To put it simply, it is possible to hunt only with physical damage.

“But do I have to catch it? He’s moving too slow, so he won’t be able to catch up… Ah! It doesn’t mean he won’t follow your words!”

well then i’m glad

Anyway, the question itself was reasonable, so I gave a short answer.

“You don’t know if the essence will come out.”

“essence?”

Misha tilts her head as if she heard the wrong words.

It deserves it.

If it weren’t for this situation, I wouldn’t have made such a plan.

“All the monsters in the Witch’s Forest have attribute abilities.”

Except for half-trolls, to be exact.

Well, he won’t catch me and skip it, so it’s an exception.

Soon after, Misha grasped the gist of my plan and stiffened.

“You’re saying you’re going to catch him for that?”

Yes, it’s not just him, but the visible tribe.

I had to somehow get my hands on the attribute system ability.

It takes a day or two to avoid the spirit stay, so I can’t even sleep properly.

Well, if you luckily find a way out of the forest after wandering around, it would be an unnecessary worry…

‘A miracle like that can’t happen to me.’

Of course, the drop rate of essence is infinitely low.

But in a way, this is a side quest or something.

I have no intention of sticking my neck only in this plan.

If it comes out, it’s even better, and if it doesn’t come out, I can’t help it.

Should I just say that?

‘In the first place, the moment Ellie came to visit us, everything would be meaningless.’

That the searcher over there is looking for us because he’s either taken care of or missed the dwarf.

When the time comes, these efforts will be worthless.

But…

that wouldn’t be a reason not to struggle.

“Anyway, get ready to fight.”

“Okay!”

Soon, Misha took out her weapon.

“Griggle scratch!”

It jumped at Snetry, who was crawling on the ground with all its roots.

One rule of survival:

To live, you must fight.

***

「You have killed Snetry. EXP +2」

***

You are walking through the Witch’s Forest without a searcher.

And if someone asks me how I feel, I will definitely answer like this.

It feels like walking around the Mirror Room in an amusement park all day long.

For reference, there is always BGM in this mirror room.

[Just kill it! Or enjoy! Why are you being so nice to a useless bitch?]

[Hee hee hee hee!]

[It’s all your fault! If it weren’t for you!]

Is it because of my mood that the hallucinations are getting more and more detailed?

um i don’t think so

Seeing that the hallucinations are clearer than before.

[Hansu, why are you the only one left alive?]

Unlike before, when they were just in the form of monsters, characters engraved in my memory appear.

People you will never meet in this world.

[it hurts! it hurts! It hurts!!]

[When are you going to kill that girl? When are you going to kill that girl? When are you going to kill that girl? When are you going to kill that girl?]

Occasionally those people appear in hallucinations and start fucking yelling at me.

At some point, hallucinations and hallucinations began to merge.

‘There’s no way the field effect suddenly got stronger, maybe I just became weak.’

I calmly grasped my condition.

But that was all.

I stayed up all night.

In the meantime, a fierce battle unfolded.

He was half-dead due to a curse and came back to life, and is currently wandering the road in a hopeless situation.

Of course, mental strength has no choice but to hit the limit.

But what do you mean?

‘I have no choice but to endure.’

Originally, life was like that.

at least for me

Hold on, hold on, hold on, do what you can without dwelling on what you cannot change.

“Use this instead of Misha’s dagger.”

“Huh? I haven’t used the window…….”

After killing Snetley, he took a short break and inspected his expandable backpack. And handed the spear, which was Tyson’s weapon, to Misha.

It’s something that we decided to sell and distribute when we go to the city, but now wouldn’t be the time to cover that up.

“Don’t talk nonsense, write if you want to.”

“I understand…….”

In the meantime, I respected the individuality of one person and the experience accumulated so far, and did not say anything.

However, my usual theory is that the longer a weapon is, the more practical it is.

In fact, if it wasn’t for the dagger when I caught Snetley earlier, I could have dug deep and destroyed the core at once.

“Ugh, that’s awkward! Shouldn’t you rather give me a sword?”

Can not be done.

I don’t know which is easier to handle, a sword or a spear.

However, it is certain that the window is much longer.

It will be much easier to help from behind when I build a wall with my shield.

“It’s a weapon neither of them have ever handled before. Just use that.”

“Huh-ing.”

What is

he-ing

?

It’s been less than a week.

‘This… I’d better write it.’

It was not only Misha who upgraded the equipment, but I also

did the same. 「The character wears steel plate leggings.」 「

Overall item level increases

by +45」

Gaiters in the form of steel wrapped around.

I wish there were thigh parts too, but unfortunately, they seem to be in the dwarf’s backpack.

“The character is wearing war boots.”

“The overall item level rises by +38.

” Also changed.

Similarly, Hans C was wearing them.

They are leather boots that look pretty good, but strangely, they have an iron plate attached to the top of the foot.

They are also in the form of sharp spikes.

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I looked further, but I couldn’t find anything that Mischa or I could use among the equipment.

Instead, I found something unexpected.

“Huh? Bjorn! Isn’t this holy water?”

“…I think it’s right.” After bad news

one

after another, is

it time for a rebound? “Sacred energy permeates the equipment.” ”

Additional

damage

is given when attacking monsters

with evil attributes.” It’s

limited to the evil attribute, but…

Spiritual monsters from the Witch’s Forest are mostly evil, so you don’t have to worry about it.

‘The problem is that there are only five bottles.’

Holy water doesn’t have a duration.

It’s just that the effect disappears when you’ve done all the additional damage.

How many can you catch with five bottles?

Well, I don’t know, but I don’t know, but until the 3rd floor is closed on the 15th, it won’t be enough. ‘

…It would be better to save it if possible.”

Still, it’s good news for a while.

So, I searched the backpack closely once more.

I was so distracted at the time that I couldn’t properly check things like exploration supplies.

Maybe there’s more that might help.

“Eh? Bjorn!”

Misha called me as I was rummaging through the bags one by one.

“I found something unusual, do you know what it is?”

It was a pendant with an unusual pattern.

And I knew the identity of the pattern.

‘Isn’t this the symbol of Karuiism?’

Unfortunately, that’s all I’ve been able to find out.

It was unknown what purpose this item was used for, other than related to Karui religion.

‘Anyway, I think I’ve checked everything at this point……’

I put the things I took out back and organized my backpack.

And as a variable called ‘holy water’ was created, I also checked the plan that I had made briefly.

At first, there were three options that came to mind.

1. Seek help from an explorer you stumble upon.

The Witch’s Forest is huge.

And due to the nature of the terrain, it is rare to encounter other explorers. But if you keep looking around, you will encounter them someday.

Giving equipment as a reward would have tempted any explorer.

‘The problem is that I can’t believe it.’

There are many efficient bugs among the explorers.

It’s enough to just kill and steal, so why bother to help?

Some people may think so.

‘Besides, she’s also a woman…’

I continued my thoughts as I glanced at Misha, who was eating beef jerky, as if she was hungry.

2. Walk around until you reach the outside of the forest or the 4th floor portal.

It’s just a matter of relying on luck.

Therefore, I decided that there was no need to set this as the final goal. Whether you like it or not, isn’t it a position where you have to keep wandering around the forest?

It’s not like I wished for it.

It’s not that you don’t want it.

Anyway next.

3. Focus on survival and hold on until the day of closure.

Food and drinking water are sufficient.

In addition, by securing the holy water, we were able to secure the minimum level of safety right away.

If an elemental essence came out along the way, the survival rate in this damn forest would rise dramatically.

‘It’s all under the assumption that those bastards can’t find us.’

I let out a long sigh.

It’s only been 4 days since I entered the labyrinth.

It means that there is much more left to go forward than the journey we have been on.

It is difficult to expect the remaining days to go smoothly when I think of what I have experienced during these four days.

‘I don’t think the essence will come out, and if I’m going to do it anyway, it’s better to do it now.’

So I decided

“Has Misha ever been married?”

“Eh? Suddenly?”

Misha, who was chewing on the beef jerky at my question, is startled.

Looking at it, I wonder what this is about.

Still, he said he would listen carefully, and he answered in the meantime.

“I didn’t do it at first…”

Okay.

I asked again.

This time more straightforwardly.

“Then you shouldn’t show your naked body to strangers. Do you have any beliefs like that?”

“I don’t think there’s anything like that…”

“That’s good.”

“What’s going well? Kyaaak! Stop! Don’t come near me!”

A choice I would never have made if I hadn’t played [Dungeons and Stones] for nearly 10 years.

It’s a pity to use that item already…….

4. Awaken Misha.