Episode 111 Baby Barbarian (4)
It’s more common than you might think for barbarians to team up with humans.
Even if they are born with high physical stats and fighting sense, they need companions starting from the second floor.
In fact, the standard route was to form a team and head to the second floor after only two or three months.
‘The problem is that it’s rare to meet a decent one.’
Fairies, dwarves, water people, etc.
The other races are doing relatively well.
They are less naive than the barbarians who only honed their ‘battle skills’ in the Holy Land… … .
Because hearts aren’t sold for a high price as magic materials.
[What are the other guys doing? Most of them are dead.]
There are less than a third of the Barbarians left who have already had their coming of age ceremony like me.
Was it really because of the ‘monster’?
‘No way.’
Because of that reasonable doubt, I listened to their conversation more intently.
but…….
“Then I will rest now, so please take care of me.”
“It was my turn next, right?”
Everyone fell asleep one by one, and the conversation about the baby barbarian did not continue any further.
Of course, there wasn’t a big problem because I could roughly figure out what kind of people those three were just from the three lines of conversation beforehand.
‘I don’t think I have any intention of doing anything today.’
I guess he’s planning to use me to his heart’s content and then kill me on the last day.
Because it’s much more efficient.
‘… What should I do?’
I was worried.
First of all, as a barbarian myself, I had no intention of passing by and ignoring the baby barbarian in danger.
But it’s not possible to follow them around forever and watch them until they reveal their ambitions.
‘Just go and kill them all?’
I chuckled and shook my head.
It’s an easy and convenient way, but it’s not the best.
The problem was that there was still no evidence that the three were raiders, so I was confident that I could convince Misha and the baby barbarian with plausible arguments.
but…….
‘Even if we do that, the same thing will just happen again.’
Sometimes, there are things that you have to experience firsthand to truly understand.
‘Since the main purpose was training anyway, I could invest up to one day… … .’
After much thought, I came up with a plan and woke Misha up.
“Misha.”
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“Huh… … ?”
I made a hand gesture to silence them and moved to a place where no sound could be heard.
Then he briefly explained the plan.
Misha listened without saying a word, even though she rubbed her eyes.
“Hmm… So, you’re saying they might be looters?”
“Okay, if you don’t mind, I’d like you to take a moment to check.”
“I don’t care. If you’re a Barbarian, you can’t call me a stranger.”
“…Not someone else?”
“Oh, no! That’s not what I meant… Maybe it’s someone I’ve met before.”
I see you’re talking about the guide I’ve been giving to the young warriors every time they enter the labyrinth for months… … .
Well, maybe it’s one of them.
I’ve been advised countless times to be careful of humans, but it doesn’t really make sense until you experience it.
“Okay then. Go ahead and change your clothes.”
There was something to prepare for the plan.
***
Put the mace, and the lightinium breastplate and shield into your bag.
‘As for the weapon… … I can just say I lost it.’
After finishing my preparations, I checked my current condition one last time. Except for the helmet, it was a perfect baby barbarian with no iron equipment whatsoever.
As an aside, there was a man on the bare ground next to him.
“Ugh… this is uncomfortable… … .”
For the perfect plan, I put on Jencia’s beginner gear set instead of her regular gear.
But Misha has been touching my chest for a while now.
Yeah, that’s annoying.
“What are you doing?”
“Huh? I don’t know about anything else, but my chest area feels so stuffy… … .”
“Chest area?”
As I glanced at her, Misha hit her forehead.
Judging by the fact that the bones are cold, it looks like the cold damage has taken its toll.
“Where are you looking? It’s definitely not because I’m fatter than that girl.”
No, I didn’t say anything.
I just looked at it because it was a complaint I hadn’t even thought about in the first place. The light armor I was wearing originally would have been the same size.
When I pointed out the contradiction, Misha answered calmly.
“The one before was small, but it still didn’t have any iron plate parts.”
Well, then.
Jencia and Misha.
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Both of them have bodies that are agile, but if you look closely, you will find differences.
For example, a skeleton.
Even looking at him like this, he’s pretty tall.
I haven’t measured yet, but I think it’s around 170.
He seemed a bit cold, so at first I thought he was a prickly type.
“It’s just tight around the chest area, but the rest of it is loose. Do you understand?”
“i get it.”
I didn’t know what you wanted, so I gave you a vague answer.
But perhaps sensing something, Misha let out a deep sigh.
“Huh, really… how would you know anything about a woman’s body?”
“Yes, you are absolutely right.”
“Are you going to keep answering me so insincerely?”
“If you’re ready, then go.”
Since this wasn’t the time to be talking about trivial things, we ended the conversation and moved on to the place we had been before.
Deliberately making a lot of noise.
“Behel—raaaaaaaaaaaaa!!”
“Ouch! Why are you yelling all of a sudden!”
“I just felt like doing that!”
“What?”
Misha looked at me with a dumbfounded expression, but the effect was amazing.
“Who, who are you!”
A scream is heard immediately from beyond the darkness.
“Hey! There’s someone over there!”
I shouted innocently and ran in the direction I heard the sound.
Soon the invisible distance of the labyrinth ended, and the four explorers who had lit a campfire came into view.
Three humans and one sleeping baby barbarian.
“Stop, don’t come any closer.”
The three humans were already awake and on guard.
“Lois, wake him up first.”
A bowman named Royce woke the baby barbarian with a tap of his foot.
“What, what is it? Is it a monster?”
“He is an explorer.”
“Explorer? But why are you waking me up? I was sleeping well… … .”
“Didn’t I say this last time? Explorers need to be just as careful as monsters.”
“Ah! I remember! But… isn’t the author one of our kind?”
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I nodded to the archer’s words for a moment, but the baby barbarian found me and waved his hand happily.
“I am Charon, son of Tarson!”
“Bjorn, son of Thor!”
I approached them and shook their hands, bumping their shoulders. Then I glanced around and saw that everyone’s expressions were quite something.
Of course, the three humans, and even Misha, who had been cursed.
‘What the hell are these barbarian bastards doing?’
He is watching us with just these eyes.
And did you feel it?
The baby barbarian looked at me as if telling me not to worry, then said to his colleagues.
“Put down your weapons! Bjorn, son of Thor, is not a bad explorer!”
“Yes! I am not a bad explorer!”
As the two of us spoke, the gazes of the archer and the spearman were focused on one man.
It looks like this guy is the leader… … .
Everyone lowered their weapons as the man sighed and nodded. It seemed ridiculous to remain on guard here until the end.
“So the Barbarian—”
“Bjorn, son of Thor.”
“Yes, Thor—”
“Thor is my father’s name.”
“Ahem, Beyoncé—”
“We’re not that close yet, so I’d like you to call me by my full name.”
The leader, who had been interrupted three times in a row, looked quite annoyed, but he persevered and forced a smile on his face.
And then he spoke to me again.
“Yes, Bjorn, son of Thor?”
“Speak.”
“If you don’t have any business, I’d like you to go now. As you can see, I’m just resting.”
The leader’s words were reasonable and sensible.
It is polite and customary for explorers to avoid approaching each other.
but…….
So what do you want me to do?
The me now is a big, precious baby barbarian who doesn’t know anything like that.
Rather, he shouted as if it was a good thing.
“What a coincidence that you’re resting! We were just looking for a place to rest!”
“So… what does that have to do with us?”
“It’s fate that we met, so let’s rest together! That, a night buddy? Yeah, there’s something like that too, right?”
“Night friend?”
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The expressions of the three humans distorted strangely, as if they had heard something they should not have heard.
It’s not that I don’t understand.
Because finding a night partner is a culture limited to the first floor.
You would never have imagined that on the second floor where you work as a team, you would receive an offer to be your night buddy from some barbarian.
“ha…….”
The leader touched his forehead as if he didn’t know where to start explaining.
But in the meantime.
“Oh, that would be great. Come here, I tried lying down and it’s a little less hard here.”
The baby barbarian nods in agreement.
This is a truly total mess.
The leader, with superhuman patience, explained the explorers’ customs.
To sum it up, it was simple.
“So what you’re saying is… you won’t make any night friends starting from the second floor?”
“Yes, that’s right. If you understand—”
Well, understanding is something that only those who intend to understand can do.
I opened my mouth as if I was truly sorry.
“You guys are so stupid! Wouldn’t we be able to sleep more if we all slept together?”
“huh?”
“If you have a brain, think about it. There are four of you and two of us. If there are seven of us and we take turns doing night watch, each person… … … … Anyway, we can sleep a little more!”
A Bavarian argument with no answer from beginning to end.
Everyone was dumbfounded, as if they were hallucinating.
Oh, except for one person.
“That’s… I see… … ! Why didn’t the explorers do that before?”
Did the baby barbarian nod vigorously to my argument, realizing that further conversation was pointless?
“Listen. We’ll take care of our own stuff, so you guys just take yours and bring them—”
The leader turned his gaze away from me and spoke to Misha, then suddenly stopped.
Looks like you finally confirmed the face.
Even the voice that was filled with irritation has changed.
“Ahem, I guess that’s what it would normally be like, but what do you think?”
I wonder if you didn’t like the way that guy was scanning you.
Misha flinched, but her expression changed when I gave her a hint.
“Well… … ? I’m not sure… … . There are barbarians on that side too, so they don’t seem like dangerous people… … .”
“Haha, that goes for you too.”
“Anyway, I was worried that he’d lose his weapon and be left to stand guard alone. So, if it’s okay with you, I think it would be okay if we just spent the night together… … .”
“Oh, you lost your weapon?”
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A man looking at me with a strange look at Misha’s words.
It seemed that he had finally realized that I was bare-handed and unarmed.
“Oh, a weapon? I accidentally dropped it while fighting a monster and it’s gone!”
“I see?”
When I told him a hastily made excuse, the man just accepted it.
As expected, the Barbarian is a fraud.
‘Anyway, I think we’ve thrown out enough bait at this point… … .’
I made my final suggestion in a cracking voice.
“So are you going to be my night friend or not? Decide quickly. I’m getting sleepy.”
By the way, if I had declined this offer here, I would have left that way.
If I had done this much and then refused, there was a high chance that I had misunderstood these three.
but…….
“Well… it’s not a normal situation, but… … .”
The leader exchanged glances with the three humans, trailing off, and then smiled brightly.
“You say it’s a difficult situation, so it might be too cruel to just let it go.”
“If you explain it so difficultly, I won’t understand.”
“… … If you want, you can stay overnight and go.”
I could barely contain my laughter because his true intentions were so obvious.
Everyone has a plan.
***
A one-night stand that happened by chance.
Well, it sounds a bit weird to say it like that, but anyway.
First of all, we made the statement simple.
“This is Lois, Victor, and I am Briol.”
Archer Lois, spearman Victor.
And Briol, the leader and hammer warrior.
‘… …Hans isn’t here.’
By any chance, is that a fake name?
No, if I had used a pseudonym, wouldn’t that baby barbarian have thought it was weird?
Misha and I lay down next to each other, feeling a strange sense of unease.
I really want to lay down a blanket, but… … .
If you do that, you’ll be caught using an expandable backpack.
“You guys get some rest. I’ll give you the last turn.”
“Oh, you guys are really good explorers!”
“Hahaha… This guy is really something.”
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Anyway, as soon as I lay down, Misha whispered in my ear.
“Bjorn.”
“Be quiet.”
“Do you really have to do it this way?”
Although she followed my instructions, Misha didn’t seem too pleased with the current situation.
Even if they are fucking assholes, it would be uncomfortable physically and mentally to lie there defenseless.
but…….
“Just bear with it for a bit. I’ll give you what you want later.”
“… Really? You promised?”
I stuck to this plan, even throwing new carrots to Misha.
It was worth it.
Today, the baby barbarian Karon Tarson will be reborn as a warrior.
Suspecting humans and killing marauders.
