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Bjorn refuses to answer before a chantless teleportation whisks Hans away.","summary_source":"graph_aggregator","summary_status":"generated","summary_verification":"unverified"},"summary":"After surviving an explosion, Bjorn rampages with Leap, defeating ambushers and capturing four alive while Kepler survives. The interrogation is interrupted when Hans Aifreia falls from the sky and a terrifying man descends walking on air. He accuses Hans of being the GM Ghost Master and demands his ban be lifted, then turns on Bjorn, asking if he is a Player and threatening to kill witnesses including Misha. Bjorn refuses to answer before a chantless teleportation whisks Hans away.","key_events":["Mysterious man descends from sky walking on air, silencing knights with overwhelming presence","Red cat tribe girl anxiously asks barbarian not to disappear, showing distrust","Sky man shifts pressure to red cat tribe girl, asks if she is a Player, she denies","Barbarian uses Leap to rampage battlefield and capture four assassins alive while rest die or escape","Two days later conclusion assassins were from major clan not Noark to frame royal family","Sky man interrogates barbarian asking if he is a Player, threatening to kill witnesses","Sky man grabs old man, accuses him of being GM and demands his ban be lifted","Old man uses chantless teleportation on another person to escape from sky man"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"E-EEK-!\n\nH-HEY!!\nTHE CHARACTER HAS CAST [LEAP].\nHUH...?\n\nN-NO...!\n\nALL RIGHT, WHO'S NEXT?!\n\nI KEPT USING “LEAP” AFTER THAT.\nI RAMPAGED ACROSS THE BATTLEFIELD(?) AND TOOK THEM DOWN ONE BY ONE.\n\nY-YOU SAID WE'D ONLY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE KNIGHTS!\nYOU SAID THAT FIRST EXPLOSION WOULD KILL HIM!\nR-RUN!\nHE'S A MONSTER!\nYEAH, IT'S TOO LATE.\n\nIN THE END, WE CAPTURED FOUR OF THEM ALIVE.\nUNFORTUNATELY, THE REST EITHER DIED OR ESCAPED.\nWELL FOUGHT, BARONET.\n\nAH, YOU ALL DID WELL TOO. DID WE LOSE ANYONE?\nFORTUNATELY, KEPLER HAD SURVIVED THE EXPLOSION HE'D BEEN CAUGHT IN WITH ME.\nHE WAS GIVEN A POTION IN TIME, SO HE SHOULD COME AROUND SOON.\nNOW, LET'S START THE INTERROG-\n\n?!!!\nWh-what's that?!\n...MAGIC? A CATAPULT? WHAT IS THAT?\nG-GHACK...!\n\nHANS AIFREIA?!\nWHO THE HELL IS THIS GUY, FALLING OUT OF THE SKY?\nHUH?\nTHE LOOKS ON THEIR FACES...\n\nWHY ON EARTH...?\nHE STEPPED THROUGH THE EMPTY AIR AS THOUGH HE WAS WALKING DOWN STAIRS.\n\nTHE SIGHT OF HIM DESCENDING SO CALMLY FROM THE SKY WAS UTTERLY SURREAL...\nNEITHER I NOR ANY OF THE KNIGHTS\nDARED TO UTTER A SINGLE WORD.\n\nTHE ATMOSPHERE HAD CHANGED THE MOMENT THAT MAN ARRIVED—\nHey...!\nAND IT FORBADE US FROM MAKING A SOUND.\nCOME ON, OLD MAN. WHY DON'T WE DO THIS THE EASY WAY, HUH?\n\nI TOLD YOU, YOU'VE GOT THE WRONG-\nHA. I TOLD YOU, THAT BULLSHIT WON'T WORK ON ME, DIDN'T I?\nIS IT THIS SHELL THAT HAS YOU FEELING SO CONFIDENT?\n\n...?!!\nYOU CRAZY BASTARD...!!\nI'M RIGHT, AREN'T I?\n\nI KNEW IT WAS YOU, GM.\nHURRY UP AND LET ME BACK IN.\nOR YOU'RE SERIOUSLY GOING TO FUCKING DIE RIGHT HERE.\n\nANXIETY DEVOURS THE SOUL\nGM. GHOST MASTER.\nTHE COMMUNITY'S MODERATOR, REGARDED BY PLAYERS AS A LEGENDARY VETERAN.\n\nHANS IS THE GM? IF THAT'S TRUE...\nWHY DID HE APPROACH ME?\nDID HE JUST WANT TO SEE ME IN PERSON BECAUSE I'M FAMOUS NOW?\nNO, THAT CAN'T BE IT-\nHE SUSPECTED THAT I WAS A \"PLAYER.\"\n\nTHAT'S WHY HE APPROACHED ME AT THE BANQUET AND TESTED ME.\nHE EVEN WENT AS FAR AS FOLLOWING ME.\nTHEN THE GM MUST HAVE CAST THAT GUST SPELL EARLIER TOO.\n\nWHILE HE WAS FOLLOWING ME, THE CARRIAGE SUDDENLY EXPLODED, AND THE SMOKE OBSCURED HIS VIEW.\nHE MUST HAVE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO CHECK WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO ME.\nBUT IN THAT CASE... WHO IS THAT MAN?\nWHO THE HELL IS HE TO TREAT THE GM-\n\nTHE BAN! I'M TALKING ABOUT THE BAN!\nCOME ON, LIFT IT. YOU REALLY WANT TO FUCKING DIE?\n...HUH?\nHE WANTS HIS BAN LIFTED?\nAN INVOLUNTARY CHILL RAN DOWN MY SPINE.\n\nI KNEW ONLY ONE PERSON WHO WOULD DEMAND THAT OF THE GM.\nSOUTH KOREAN A\nA PROUD SON OF KOREA, LEE BAEKHO.\nOF COURSE, IT MIGHT NOT BE HIM—\nOLD MAN, CAN'T YOU HEAR ME?\n\nBUT FOR SOME REASON, I KEPT SEEING BAEKHO IN HIM.\n...Is it really him?\n...SIR JANDEL, YOU MUST NOT DO ANYTHING.\nWHAT? WHAT IS THIS KNIGHT TALKING ABOUT...?\n\nYOU MUSTN'T RUN EITHER. JUST STAY STILL...\nWHO IS THAT MAN?\nHE'S—\nOH, RIGHT. YOU GUYS WERE HERE TOO, HUH?\nDID HE HEAR WHAT I JUST SAID?\nI said it really quietly, though.\nBJORN JANDEL.\n\nI HEARD YOU FUCKED UP THAT EDGELORD BASTARD RECENTLY, RIGHT?\nAND IN ONLY YOUR FIRST YEAR, TOO.\nI'M ONLY ASKING ON THE TINIEST OFF CHANCE, BUT...\nARE YOU A PLAYER?\n\nHE LOOKED AS IF HE'D STUMBLED ACROSS SOMETHING AMUSING. How irritating.\n...SO YOU WERE AN EVIL SPIRIT.\nHmm, that's strange...\nYOU'VE MADE A NAME FOR YOURSELF, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU'RE BIG ENOUGH TO INTEREST THAT GM BASTARD.\nOI,\nJUST ANSWER YES OR NO.\n\nSIR JANDEL, DON'T ANS-\nGACK!\n?!\nWHAT WAS THAT? I DIDN'T SEE A THING...!\nOH, ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT ALL THESE PEOPLE? DON'T BE.\nIF YOU'RE A PLAYER, I'LL KILL THEM ALL SO THERE WON'T BE ANY WITNESSES.\n\nYEAH, I CAN DO YOU THAT MUCH OF A FAVOR IN EXCHANGE FOR SATISFYING MY CURIOSITY.\nARE YOU OR AREN'T YOU?\n\nHE'S SO FIXATED ON GETTING AN ANSWER. HE MUST HAVE AN ABILITY THAT LETS HIM DISCERN THE TRUTH.\nYOU ONLY HAVE TO SAY ONE WORD. I'M GENUINELY CURIOUS.\nWITH HIM PUSHING THIS HARD, STAYING SILENT WOULD ACTUALLY LOOK EVEN STRANGER.\nI'LL ASK THE QUESTIONS FIRST.\nEVIL SPIRIT, ARE THESE ASSASSINS WORKING WITH-\n\nDIDN'T I TELL YOU TO ANSWER WITH ONLY YES OR NO?\n\nIS THIS... BLOODLUST?\nTch!\nWE'RE NOT EVEN IN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD. IT'S POSSIBLE TO UNLEASH BLOODLUST LIKE THIS OUTSIDE IT?\nWOW, YOU'RE HOLDING UP PRETTY WELL, AREN'T YOU?\nBUT ISN'T IT ABOUT TIME YOU ANSWERED?\n\nMY MIND IS GOING BLANK. IS THIS HOW CLOWN FELT AT THE ROUND TABLE?\nSUDDENLY, A THOUGHT CAME TO ME.\n\n...COULDN'T I JUST SAY \"YES\" AND TELL HIM THAT I'M LEE HANSOO?\nRIGHT, MAYBE... IF HE REALLY IS LEE BAEKHO...\nHE MIGHT TREAT ME LIKE HIS OWN OLDER BROTHER...\n\nYEAH, MAYBE—\nHE COULD POWER-LEVEL ME, HELP ME GROW STRONGER,\n\nAND MAYBE SOMEDAY, THE TWO OF US COULD ESCAPE THIS WORLD TOGETHER.\n...BJORN!\n...MISHA?!\nBJORN-!!!\n\nHAD WE ALREADY GOTTEN THIS CLOSE TO HOME?\nI SNAPPED BACK TO MY SENSES.\nI'M NOT EVEN SURE HE'S LEE BAEKHO YET...\nABOVE ALL, THE MOMENT I REVEAL WHO I AM,\nHUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HERE, CIVILIANS INCLUDED, WILL BECOME CORPSES.\n\nARE YOU OKAY, NYAH?! WHAT ON EARTH IS...?\nNO, TO BE HONEST...\nOH, YOUR GIRLFRIEND?\nTHE PRESSURE'S GONE...!\n\nTHE RED CAT TRIBE SURE IS CUTE.\nALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. THEN...\nYOU, FROM THE RED CAT TRIBE. ARE YOU A PLAYER?\nJUST ANSWER YES OR NO.\n\nHUH? F-FREYJA?\nI ASKED IF YOU’RE AN EVIL SPIRIT.\nN-N-NO, I’M NOT...?\nTHAT’S TRUE.\nYOU DON’T HAVE TO ANSWER HIM, MISHA.\n\nHA. SEEING YOU CARE ABOUT AN NPC, I DOUBT YOU’RE A PLAYER...\nBUT SOMETHING’S OFF. WHY THE HELL WON’T YOU ANSWER?\nWHY SHOULD I GIVE AN ENEMY WHAT HE WANTS?\n\nOH, FAIR POINT.\n...BUT YOU.\nDO YOU REALLY WANT TO BE MY ENEMY?\nWOULD YOU ANSWER IF I KILLED THAT RED CAT TRIBE GIRL?\n\nDAMN IT, WHAT DO I DO?\nNO MATTER HOW HARD I THINK, I CAN'T FIND A GOOD ANSWER-\n...MR. BAEKHO.\n\nHUH?\nGAH...!\n\nDISTRICT 6, NOMETREE\n\nHA, FUCK... HE GOT AWAY.\nHow fucking annoying.\nTHAT BASTARD'S NEVER GOING TO COME OUTSIDE AGAIN NOW...\nBUT WAS THAT CHANTLESS TELEPORTATION? ON SOMEONE ELSE, NO LESS...\nHAA. ALL RIGHT, SO YOU'RE NO SLOUCH YOURSELF, HUH?\n\nWELL, AT LEAST I FOUND OUT THAT BASTARD'S THE GM...\nI'VE GOT NOTHING BUT TIME. I'LL JUST HAVE TO KEEP BUSTING MY ASS A LITTLE LONGER.\n...COME TO THINK OF IT, I DIDN'T GET AN ANSWER OUT OF THAT BARBARIAN EITHER.\nWELL, IT CAN'T BE HELPED.\n\nBASTARDS WHO ARE CONTENT TO STAY HERE FAWNING OVER NPCS WON'T BE OF ANY USE TO MY PLAN ANYWAY...\nTHE CHARACTER HAS CAST [SPATIAL INTERFERENCE].\nNOTHING BEATS THE NATURAL STUFF. DELICIOUS.\nNOW, WHAT TO DO...?\n...WELL, MAYBE STAYING HERE FOR A WHILE WOULDN'T BE SO BAD.\n\nRECEIVING MY TITLE, THE ASSASSINS, THE GM, AND EVEN LEE BAEKHO.\nTWO DAYS HAD PASSED SINCE ALL THAT HAPPENED.\nSTARTING WITH THE “ASSASSINS”,\nTHE CONCLUSION WAS THAT THEY BELONGED TO ONE OF THE MAJOR CLANS RATHER THAN NOARK.\n\nTHEY’D PROBABLY PLANNED TO HARM ME AND PIN IT ON THE ROYAL FAMILY.\nTHEN WHAT DID THAT CLOWN BASTARD MEAN?\nTO BE FAIR, HE SAID AN ASSASSIN WAS COMING. HE NEVER SAID NOARK WAS THE ONE SENDING THEM.\nTHEN MAYBE...\n\n...THE REAL ONE HASN’T ARRIVED YET?\nAND HANS WASN’T THE GM.\nTHE HANS AIFREIA YOU SAW THAT DAY MUST HAVE BEEN SOMEONE IN DISGUISE.\nAND LEE BAEKHO—\nTHAT MAN...\n\nI'M SORRY. I'M NOT AUTHORIZED TO DISCLOSE THAT.\nHE REALLY WAS DANGEROUS.\nNOW THAT I KNEW HE BEHAVED COMPLETELY DIFFERENTLY INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY,\n\nI DOUBTED WE COULD BECOME FRIENDS EVEN IF WE MET AGAIN.\nCrazy fucker.\nBUT THE BIGGEST HEADACHE WAS SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY.\n...MISHA?\nBJORN, PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T TAKE THIS THE WRONG WAY. JUST HEAR ME OUT, OKAY, NYAH?\n\nY-YOU WON'T SUDDENLY DISAPPEAR SOMEWHERE, WILL YOU? Y-YOU WON'T, RIGHT...?\n\nMISHA HAD STARTED LOOKING AT ME WITH ANXIETY IN HER EYES.","bubble_count":190,"pages_count":54,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"After surviving an explosion, Bjorn rampages with Leap, defeating ambushers and capturing four alive while Kepler survives.","spoiler_summary":"After surviving an explosion, Bjorn rampages with Leap, defeating ambushers and capturing four alive while Kepler survives. The interrogation is interrupted when Hans Aifreia falls from the sky and a terrifying man descends walking on air. He accuses Hans of being the GM Ghost Master and demands his ban be lifted, then turns on Bjorn, asking if he is a Player and threatening to kill witnesses including Misha. Bjorn refuses to answer before a chantless teleportation whisks Hans away."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-k36pawlq/chapter-163-4rvu6s","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Surviving The Game as a Barbarian #163: Anxiety Devours the Soul","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-17T06:32:58.394Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-k36pawlq"}}