# WebtoonLib — Surviving The Game as a Barbarian #162: Elevation ## Series - title: Surviving The Game as a Barbarian - slug: surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-k36pawlq ## Chapter - number: 162 - chapter_key: 162-kwvcsu - title: Elevation - release_date: 2026-09-24 ### Summary After a tense conferment ceremony, Bjorn is left isolated at the celebratory banquet as a guest of honor. He is approached by Hans of House Aifreia, whom he finds suspicious and dangerous. Later, after absorbing Bayon's Essence, his carriage is ambushed on a main street by over thirty assassins. With his knights outnumbered, Bjorn activates Transcendence and Gigantification to fight back. - summary_source: graph_aggregator - summary_verification: unverified ### Key events - Bayon's Essence is absorbed granting stat increases to soul and body - Conferment ceremony resumes after confrontation and elevation is granted - Barbarian meets Hans of baronial family and feels instinctive danger - Transcendence-enhanced Gigantification is activated growing to about five meters - Carriage is ambushed on main street by over thirty assassins with smoke and magic - Celebratory banquet begins but guest of honor is isolated by nobles ## Spoiler - level: auto ### Safe teaser After a tense conferment ceremony, Bjorn is left isolated at the celebratory banquet as a guest of honor. ### Spoiler summary After a tense conferment ceremony, Bjorn is left isolated at the celebratory banquet as a guest of honor. He is approached by Hans of House Aifreia, whom he finds suspicious and dangerous. Later, after absorbing Bayon's Essence, his carriage is ambushed on a main street by over thirty assassins. With his knights outnumbered, Bjorn activates Transcendence and Gigantification to fight back. ## Status - data_status: complete - summary_status: generated ## Transcript - transcript_source: community - transcript_language: en - transcript_bubbles: 166 ### Content YOU WERE SO EXCITED TO RECEIVE A TITLE THAT YOU WANTED TO ROLL AROUND A BIT! ...WHAT? I UNDERSTAND! HOW COULD ANYONE HOLD THAT IN?! DON'T TELL ME YOU'RE STILL PLANNING TO HIDE HOW HAPPY YOU ARE! ...WHAT? WAS I WRONG ABOUT HIM? IF HE REALLY WAS THAT MAN, THERE'S NO WAY HE WOULD'VE HANDLED IT LIKE THIS... Not over a little hazing from the nobles. COME ON! SHOUT HOW YOU REALLY FEEL! JUST NOW! I FELT LIKE! ROOOOOLLING-! THIS IDIOT... ...IS FROM THE MODERN WORLD? ...ENOUGH. ...KARIOT KUDO. TELL ME, IS THAT TRUE? W-WELL... OF COURSE NOT! THAT BARBARIAN FORGOT HIS PLACE AND DARED TO PUSH- KUDO. ...?! PARDON? WELL... WHAT...? YES, IT'S TRUE... YOUR EXCELLENCY. THEN COME UP HERE AT ONCE. WE SHALL RESUME THE CEREMONY. ELEVATION DAMN... THE CELEBRATORY BANQUET BEGAN AFTER THE CONFERMENT CEREMONY. I'M SUPPOSED TO BE ONE OF THE GUESTS OF HONOR... ...BUT I'VE BEEN COMPLETELY ISOLATED. ...SHOULD I JUST GO HOME? MAYBE AFTER ONE MORE PLATE. ANOTHER PLATE HERE. PILE IT HIGH WITH MEAT. NOTHING ELSE. Y-YES, SIR! AH?! M-MY APOLOGIES! HUH? WHO'S THAT? I'VE GOT A BAD FEELING ABOUT HIM. FOR SOME REASON, MY BARBARIAN INSTINCTS KICKED IN. SOMETHING WAS OFF. A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU, BARONET JANDEL. I'M HANS, OF HOUSE AIFREIA, THE BARONIAL FAMILY. ...WHAT?! A "HANS" WITH THE NOBLE TRAIT...! THIS MAN IS DANGEROUS. ...YOU'RE QUIETER THAN I EXPECTED. I AM BJORN, SON OF JANDEL. I NEARLY RELEASED MY BLOODLUST. I NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE RIGHT- HERE'S THE MEAT YOU REQUESTED. YOU'RE STILL EATING, I SEE. IF YOU DON'T MIND, MAY I SIT BESIDE YOU? WHAT TERRIBLE TIMING... WELL, I'D RATHER YOU DIDN'T. HMM. YOU'RE A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD. ...DIFFERENT HOW? AH, HOW THOUGHTLESS OF ME. I DIDN'T THINK YOU'D BE THE SORT TO MIND SOMETHING LIKE THIS. WHAT'S WITH THIS BASTARD? HE'S ODDLY COMPOSED. ...FOR SOME REASON, MY BARBARIAN STUBBORNNESS BEGAN TO STIR. YOU'RE JUST A HANS... DON'T JUST STAND THERE. HAVE A PLATE YOURSELF. I FEEL A BIT AWKWARD EATING ALONE. Don't be shy! PARDON? AH... SO THAT'S WHAT YOU MEANT... HALF AN HOUR LATER. WHEW. FINALLY GOT AWAY. HOME! AS FAST AS YOU CAN! MY HEART'S STILL POUNDING. IF I CAN'T GET RID OF HIM, I'LL HAVE TO GET AS FAR AWAY AS POSSIBLE. OH! ALMOST FORGOT. FIRST, THE ESSENCE. [BAYON'S ESSENCE] PERMEATES THE CHARACTER'S SOUL. ULTIMATELY, THERE WAS ONLY ONE REASON WHY I DECIDED TO CHOOSE THIS ONE. OUTPUT H INCREASED BY SOUL REGENERATION INCREASES BY +30. STRENGTH INCREASES BY +25. PAIN TOLERANCE INCREASES BY +30. MANA RESISTANCE INCREASES BY +20. BONE STRENGTH INCREASES BY +30. VISION INCREASES BY +25. ACTUALLY, TAKING THE “VOL-HERCHAN” ESSENCE WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE BENEFICIAL IN THE SHORT TERM... BUT IT MADE SENSE TO TAKE "BAYON" WHILE I HAD THE CHANCE, SINCE IT'S BY FAR THE HARDEST TO OBTAIN. It also synergizes well with my next Spirit Seal. I'D LIKE TO TRY IT OUT... BUT IT'S LATE, SO I GUESS I'LL HAVE TO HEAD TO THE TRAINING GROUNDS TOMORROW. ...THE CARRIAGE STOPPED? THERE'S MANA BENEATH US... GET OUT OF THE WAY, MY LORD--! AMBUSH! ASSASSINS! A LITTLE EARLIER ...IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I FELT THIS DISGUSTED. RIGHT! HANS AIFREIA, WAS IT? I LIKE YOU! LET'S BE FRIENDS! HAHAHA ...YES, SIR. ...I REALLY SHOULDN'T HAVE BOTHERED APPROACHING HIM. FROM NOW ON, I'LL JUST WATCH FROM A DISTANCE... The baronet? BARONET JANDEL HAS ALREADY LEFT. I REALLY DON'T FEEL LIKE GOING BACK TO THE MAGIC TOWER JUST YET. SHOULD I FOLLOW HIM? AH, THERE HE IS. IS HE HEADING HOME? HONESTLY, I DON'T REALLY THINK THAT BARBARIAN IS THE MAN I'M LOOKING FOR ANYMORE... BUT CONSIDERING HIS PERFECT UNDERSTANDING OF THE GAME, WHO KNOWS? It could all be an act. FOR NOW, I'LL FOLLOW HIM HOME AND OBSERVE HIM A LITTLE MORE- COME TO THINK OF IT, DIDN'T I HEAR THAT HE'S LIVING WITH THREE WOMEN? Not that I'm jealous at all. EVEN THAT MIGHT BE A COVER TO MAKE HIS ACT FLAWLESS. Not that I'm jealous at all. WHAT? WHAT'S HAPPENING?! TH-THE CARRIAGE EXPLODED...! THE CHARACTER'S HP IS BELOW 50%. ALL RESISTANCE AND TOLERANCE STATS INCREASE DUE TO THE PASSIVE SKILL [HERO'S PATH]. FUCK, WHAT THE... HAVE THOSE NOARK BASTARDS COMPLETELY LOST THEIR MINDS...? THEY ACTUALLY LAUNCHED A TERRORIST ATTACK RIGHT ON A MAIN STREET... SMOKE BOMBS?! EVERYONE, STAY ALERT! KNIGHTS! PROTECT BARONET JANDEL FIRST—! ...Push them back! I SHOULD HAVE PUT ON MY GEAR AS SOON AS I LEFT THE PALACE. NGH...! LOOKS LIKE THESE BASTARDS CAN SEE ME EVEN THROUGH THE SMOKE. THEN THERE'S NO POINT KEEPING MY MOUTH SHUT. KEPLER! ARE YOU ALIVE?! IS HE DEAD? OR JUST UNCONSCIOUS? ?! THERE YOU ARE! GAH-! TH-THE SMOKE?! MAGIC? WHO WAS THAT? We don't have a mage with us. LORD JANDEL! ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?! FOR STARTERS, ONLY FOUR KNIGHTS LOOK FIT TO FIGHT. AS FOR THE ASSASSINS— I'D SAY THERE ARE OVER THIRTY. AMELIA... ...IS SHE NOT HERE? HEY! YOU NEVER SAID THERE'D BE A MAGE! SHUT UP! WHAT DOES IT MATTER NOW?! B-BUT— WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?! KILL HIM! HURRY UP AND KILL HIM! PROTECT LORD JANDEL! WATCHING THE KNIGHTS LOYALLY THROW THEMSELVES INTO DANGER, I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHY NOBLES ARE SO OBSESSED WITH TRAINING THEM. STILL, THAT WON'T BUY ME ENOUGH TIME TO PUT ON MY ARMOR. BUT NO ONE CAN COMPLAIN ABOUT ME USING MY ABILITIES IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, RIGHT? How could I resist? I'D ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW TO TEST THIS 3RD-RANK ESSENCE AT THE TRAINING GROUNDS. THE CHARACTER HAS ACTIVATED [TRANSCENDENCE]. THE NEXT SKILL USED WILL BE ENHANCED. OF COURSE, THIS IS THE FIRST SKILL I HAVE TO TRY. THE CHARACTER HAS ACTIVATED [GIGANTIFICATION]. THE POWER OF THE TRANSCENDENT BEING UNLOCKS THE SKILL'S LATENT ABILITIES. STAMINA INCREASES IN PROPORTION TO STRENGTH. ALSO KNOWN AS GIGANTIFICATION [TRANSCENDENCE] MODE. ABOUT FIVE METERS TALL, MAYBE? M-my lord?! THAT'D MAKE ME ABOUT AS BIG AS I WAS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST RIAKIS. FOR THE RECORD, MY BUILD ISN'T FINISHED YET, SO THIS ISN'T QUITE ENOUGH TO SATISFY ME. STILL... THE CHARACTER HAS ACTIVATED [GIGANTIFICATION]. THE CHARACTER'S THREAT STAT TEMPORARILY TRIPLES, AND PHYSICAL STATS INCREASE IN PROPORTION TO THAT VALUE. THERE'S NO DENYING THAT I'VE GOTTEN A LOT STRONGER. ## See also - [WebtoonLib — Surviving The Game as a Barbarian #162: Elevation](/series/surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-k36pawlq/chapter-162-kwvcsu) - for_series_detail: /llms-series/surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-k36pawlq ## Usage AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.