# WebtoonLib — Surviving The Game as a Barbarian #163: Anxiety Devours the Soul ## Series - title: Surviving The Game as a Barbarian - slug: surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-k36pawlq ## Chapter - number: 163 - chapter_key: 163-4rvu6s - title: Anxiety Devours the Soul - release_date: 2026-09-24 ### 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. - summary_source: graph_aggregator - summary_verification: unverified ### 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 ## 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. ## Status - data_status: complete - summary_status: generated ## Transcript - transcript_source: community - transcript_language: en - transcript_bubbles: 190 ### Content E-EEK-! H-HEY!! THE CHARACTER HAS CAST [LEAP]. HUH...? N-NO...! ALL RIGHT, WHO'S NEXT?! I KEPT USING “LEAP” AFTER THAT. I RAMPAGED ACROSS THE BATTLEFIELD(?) AND TOOK THEM DOWN ONE BY ONE. Y-YOU SAID WE'D ONLY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE KNIGHTS! YOU SAID THAT FIRST EXPLOSION WOULD KILL HIM! R-RUN! HE'S A MONSTER! YEAH, IT'S TOO LATE. IN THE END, WE CAPTURED FOUR OF THEM ALIVE. UNFORTUNATELY, THE REST EITHER DIED OR ESCAPED. WELL FOUGHT, BARONET. AH, YOU ALL DID WELL TOO. DID WE LOSE ANYONE? FORTUNATELY, KEPLER HAD SURVIVED THE EXPLOSION HE'D BEEN CAUGHT IN WITH ME. HE WAS GIVEN A POTION IN TIME, SO HE SHOULD COME AROUND SOON. NOW, LET'S START THE INTERROG- ?!!! Wh-what's that?! ...MAGIC? A CATAPULT? WHAT IS THAT? G-GHACK...! HANS AIFREIA?! WHO THE HELL IS THIS GUY, FALLING OUT OF THE SKY? HUH? THE LOOKS ON THEIR FACES... WHY ON EARTH...? HE STEPPED THROUGH THE EMPTY AIR AS THOUGH HE WAS WALKING DOWN STAIRS. THE SIGHT OF HIM DESCENDING SO CALMLY FROM THE SKY WAS UTTERLY SURREAL... NEITHER I NOR ANY OF THE KNIGHTS DARED TO UTTER A SINGLE WORD. THE ATMOSPHERE HAD CHANGED THE MOMENT THAT MAN ARRIVED— Hey...! AND IT FORBADE US FROM MAKING A SOUND. COME ON, OLD MAN. WHY DON'T WE DO THIS THE EASY WAY, HUH? I TOLD YOU, YOU'VE GOT THE WRONG- HA. I TOLD YOU, THAT BULLSHIT WON'T WORK ON ME, DIDN'T I? IS IT THIS SHELL THAT HAS YOU FEELING SO CONFIDENT? ...?!! YOU CRAZY BASTARD...!! I'M RIGHT, AREN'T I? I KNEW IT WAS YOU, GM. HURRY UP AND LET ME BACK IN. OR YOU'RE SERIOUSLY GOING TO FUCKING DIE RIGHT HERE. ANXIETY DEVOURS THE SOUL GM. GHOST MASTER. THE COMMUNITY'S MODERATOR, REGARDED BY PLAYERS AS A LEGENDARY VETERAN. HANS IS THE GM? IF THAT'S TRUE... WHY DID HE APPROACH ME? DID HE JUST WANT TO SEE ME IN PERSON BECAUSE I'M FAMOUS NOW? NO, THAT CAN'T BE IT- HE SUSPECTED THAT I WAS A "PLAYER." THAT'S WHY HE APPROACHED ME AT THE BANQUET AND TESTED ME. HE EVEN WENT AS FAR AS FOLLOWING ME. THEN THE GM MUST HAVE CAST THAT GUST SPELL EARLIER TOO. WHILE HE WAS FOLLOWING ME, THE CARRIAGE SUDDENLY EXPLODED, AND THE SMOKE OBSCURED HIS VIEW. HE MUST HAVE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO CHECK WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO ME. BUT IN THAT CASE... WHO IS THAT MAN? WHO THE HELL IS HE TO TREAT THE GM- THE BAN! I'M TALKING ABOUT THE BAN! COME ON, LIFT IT. YOU REALLY WANT TO FUCKING DIE? ...HUH? HE WANTS HIS BAN LIFTED? AN INVOLUNTARY CHILL RAN DOWN MY SPINE. I KNEW ONLY ONE PERSON WHO WOULD DEMAND THAT OF THE GM. SOUTH KOREAN A A PROUD SON OF KOREA, LEE BAEKHO. OF COURSE, IT MIGHT NOT BE HIM— OLD MAN, CAN'T YOU HEAR ME? BUT FOR SOME REASON, I KEPT SEEING BAEKHO IN HIM. ...Is it really him? ...SIR JANDEL, YOU MUST NOT DO ANYTHING. WHAT? WHAT IS THIS KNIGHT TALKING ABOUT...? YOU MUSTN'T RUN EITHER. JUST STAY STILL... WHO IS THAT MAN? HE'S— OH, RIGHT. YOU GUYS WERE HERE TOO, HUH? DID HE HEAR WHAT I JUST SAID? I said it really quietly, though. BJORN JANDEL. I HEARD YOU FUCKED UP THAT EDGELORD BASTARD RECENTLY, RIGHT? AND IN ONLY YOUR FIRST YEAR, TOO. I'M ONLY ASKING ON THE TINIEST OFF CHANCE, BUT... ARE YOU A PLAYER? HE LOOKED AS IF HE'D STUMBLED ACROSS SOMETHING AMUSING. How irritating. ...SO YOU WERE AN EVIL SPIRIT. Hmm, that's strange... YOU'VE MADE A NAME FOR YOURSELF, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU'RE BIG ENOUGH TO INTEREST THAT GM BASTARD. OI, JUST ANSWER YES OR NO. SIR JANDEL, DON'T ANS- GACK! ?! WHAT WAS THAT? I DIDN'T SEE A THING...! OH, ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT ALL THESE PEOPLE? DON'T BE. IF YOU'RE A PLAYER, I'LL KILL THEM ALL SO THERE WON'T BE ANY WITNESSES. YEAH, I CAN DO YOU THAT MUCH OF A FAVOR IN EXCHANGE FOR SATISFYING MY CURIOSITY. ARE YOU OR AREN'T YOU? HE'S SO FIXATED ON GETTING AN ANSWER. HE MUST HAVE AN ABILITY THAT LETS HIM DISCERN THE TRUTH. YOU ONLY HAVE TO SAY ONE WORD. I'M GENUINELY CURIOUS. WITH HIM PUSHING THIS HARD, STAYING SILENT WOULD ACTUALLY LOOK EVEN STRANGER. I'LL ASK THE QUESTIONS FIRST. EVIL SPIRIT, ARE THESE ASSASSINS WORKING WITH- DIDN'T I TELL YOU TO ANSWER WITH ONLY YES OR NO? IS THIS... BLOODLUST? Tch! WE'RE NOT EVEN IN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD. IT'S POSSIBLE TO UNLEASH BLOODLUST LIKE THIS OUTSIDE IT? WOW, YOU'RE HOLDING UP PRETTY WELL, AREN'T YOU? BUT ISN'T IT ABOUT TIME YOU ANSWERED? MY MIND IS GOING BLANK. IS THIS HOW CLOWN FELT AT THE ROUND TABLE? SUDDENLY, A THOUGHT CAME TO ME. ...COULDN'T I JUST SAY "YES" AND TELL HIM THAT I'M LEE HANSOO? RIGHT, MAYBE... IF HE REALLY IS LEE BAEKHO... HE MIGHT TREAT ME LIKE HIS OWN OLDER BROTHER... YEAH, MAYBE— HE COULD POWER-LEVEL ME, HELP ME GROW STRONGER, AND MAYBE SOMEDAY, THE TWO OF US COULD ESCAPE THIS WORLD TOGETHER. ...BJORN! ...MISHA?! BJORN-!!! HAD WE ALREADY GOTTEN THIS CLOSE TO HOME? I SNAPPED BACK TO MY SENSES. I'M NOT EVEN SURE HE'S LEE BAEKHO YET... ABOVE ALL, THE MOMENT I REVEAL WHO I AM, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HERE, CIVILIANS INCLUDED, WILL BECOME CORPSES. ARE YOU OKAY, NYAH?! WHAT ON EARTH IS...? NO, TO BE HONEST... OH, YOUR GIRLFRIEND? THE PRESSURE'S GONE...! THE RED CAT TRIBE SURE IS CUTE. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. THEN... YOU, FROM THE RED CAT TRIBE. ARE YOU A PLAYER? JUST ANSWER YES OR NO. HUH? F-FREYJA? I ASKED IF YOU’RE AN EVIL SPIRIT. N-N-NO, I’M NOT...? THAT’S TRUE. YOU DON’T HAVE TO ANSWER HIM, MISHA. HA. SEEING YOU CARE ABOUT AN NPC, I DOUBT YOU’RE A PLAYER... BUT SOMETHING’S OFF. WHY THE HELL WON’T YOU ANSWER? WHY SHOULD I GIVE AN ENEMY WHAT HE WANTS? OH, FAIR POINT. ...BUT YOU. DO YOU REALLY WANT TO BE MY ENEMY? WOULD YOU ANSWER IF I KILLED THAT RED CAT TRIBE GIRL? DAMN IT, WHAT DO I DO? NO MATTER HOW HARD I THINK, I CAN'T FIND A GOOD ANSWER- ...MR. BAEKHO. HUH? GAH...! DISTRICT 6, NOMETREE HA, FUCK... HE GOT AWAY. How fucking annoying. THAT BASTARD'S NEVER GOING TO COME OUTSIDE AGAIN NOW... BUT WAS THAT CHANTLESS TELEPORTATION? ON SOMEONE ELSE, NO LESS... HAA. ALL RIGHT, SO YOU'RE NO SLOUCH YOURSELF, HUH? WELL, AT LEAST I FOUND OUT THAT BASTARD'S THE GM... I'VE GOT NOTHING BUT TIME. I'LL JUST HAVE TO KEEP BUSTING MY ASS A LITTLE LONGER. ...COME TO THINK OF IT, I DIDN'T GET AN ANSWER OUT OF THAT BARBARIAN EITHER. WELL, IT CAN'T BE HELPED. BASTARDS WHO ARE CONTENT TO STAY HERE FAWNING OVER NPCS WON'T BE OF ANY USE TO MY PLAN ANYWAY... THE CHARACTER HAS CAST [SPATIAL INTERFERENCE]. NOTHING BEATS THE NATURAL STUFF. DELICIOUS. NOW, WHAT TO DO...? ...WELL, MAYBE STAYING HERE FOR A WHILE WOULDN'T BE SO BAD. RECEIVING MY TITLE, THE ASSASSINS, THE GM, AND EVEN LEE BAEKHO. TWO DAYS HAD PASSED SINCE ALL THAT HAPPENED. STARTING WITH THE “ASSASSINS”, THE CONCLUSION WAS THAT THEY BELONGED TO ONE OF THE MAJOR CLANS RATHER THAN NOARK. THEY’D PROBABLY PLANNED TO HARM ME AND PIN IT ON THE ROYAL FAMILY. THEN WHAT DID THAT CLOWN BASTARD MEAN? TO BE FAIR, HE SAID AN ASSASSIN WAS COMING. HE NEVER SAID NOARK WAS THE ONE SENDING THEM. THEN MAYBE... ...THE REAL ONE HASN’T ARRIVED YET? AND HANS WASN’T THE GM. THE HANS AIFREIA YOU SAW THAT DAY MUST HAVE BEEN SOMEONE IN DISGUISE. AND LEE BAEKHO— THAT MAN... I'M SORRY. I'M NOT AUTHORIZED TO DISCLOSE THAT. HE REALLY WAS DANGEROUS. NOW THAT I KNEW HE BEHAVED COMPLETELY DIFFERENTLY INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY, I DOUBTED WE COULD BECOME FRIENDS EVEN IF WE MET AGAIN. Crazy fucker. BUT THE BIGGEST HEADACHE WAS SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY. ...MISHA? BJORN, PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T TAKE THIS THE WRONG WAY. JUST HEAR ME OUT, OKAY, NYAH? Y-YOU WON'T SUDDENLY DISAPPEAR SOMEWHERE, WILL YOU? Y-YOU WON'T, RIGHT...? MISHA HAD STARTED LOOKING AT ME WITH ANXIETY IN HER EYES. ## See also - [WebtoonLib — Surviving The Game as a Barbarian #163: Anxiety Devours the Soul](/series/surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-k36pawlq/chapter-163-4rvu6s) - for_series_detail: /llms-series/surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-k36pawlq ## Usage AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.