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Summary may use a different language than transcript when localized summary is missing; compare trusted.chapter.summary_language and trusted.transcript.language.","citation_preferred":true,"untrusted_fields_separated":true},"trusted":{"series":{"title":"Surviving The Game as a Barbarian","slug":"surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-k36pawlq","original_title":"게임 속 바바리안으로 살아남기"},"chapter":{"number":170,"chapter_key":"170-en6knu","title":"A Warrior's Duty","release_date":"2026-11-14","last_updated":"2026-11-14T18:10:00.577Z","summary":"In Surviving The Game as a Barbarian Chapter 170, Bjorn concludes Noark fled without battle and juggles stalled recruitment with fears the GM suspects him. He volunteers at the Leatlas orphanage, rejects a Hans recruit as Baronet Jandel, swaps faces with Karon using the Golden Mask to hide his absence, then enters the community to find explosive posts claiming Noark survivors live fine outside.","summary_source":"graph_aggregator","summary_status":"generated","summary_verification":"unverified"},"summary":"In Surviving The Game as a Barbarian Chapter 170, Bjorn concludes Noark fled without battle and juggles stalled recruitment with fears the GM suspects him. He volunteers at the Leatlas orphanage, rejects a Hans recruit as Baronet Jandel, swaps faces with Karon using the Golden Mask to hide his absence, then enters the community to find explosive posts claiming Noark survivors live fine outside.","key_events":["Protagonist checks Explorer Guild recruitment, finds only one unimpressive applicant, no specialized classes","Community meeting reveals Clown is corpse collector and spreads outside survival campaign","Royal family posts proclamations claiming Noark finished and city safe, no battle occurred","Protagonist swaps appearance with companion using Golden Mask to create alibi for night","Protagonist enters community world and reads posts claiming Noark escaped outside walls and survived","Volunteer gathering at orphanage run by Leatlas Order, playing with kids and helping carry supplies"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"A FEW DAYS LATER, THE ROYAL FAMILY POSTED OFFICIAL PROCLAMATIONS ALL OVER THE CITY.\nTHEY BASICALLY SAID, \"WE'RE THE BEST. NOARK IS FINISHED. EVERYTHING IS FINE.\"\n...YEAH, RIGHT.\nONE THING'S CERTAIN: THERE WAS NO BATTLE.\n\nSTILL, IF THE PROCLAMATION IS MORE OR LESS TRUE...\nMY CONCLUSION IS THAT THOSE NOARK BASTARDS AVOIDED A FIGHT AND FLED.\nMR. TITAN! ME TOO!\nI WANT A RIDE NEXT! ME!\nWAAAH! NO FAIR!\nNEVER MIND HOW THEY MANAGED IT. FIRST, I NEED TO KNOW WHERE THEY WENT INTO HIDING-\nGAH-?!\n\nAN ORPHANAGE RUN BY THE LEATLAS ORDER\nFARMING MERIT\nBJORN! STOP PLAYING AROUND AND COME HELP CARRY THIS STUFF!\nY-YEAH.\nGO, TITAN barbarian!\nMe next! Me next!\nBUT MISHA...\nHe's so strong...\n\n...GET THESE KIDS OFF ME BEFORE YOU TELL ME THAT.\n169 A WARRIOR'S DUTY\nDID YOU KNOW?\n\nDWALKI SPENT SOME TIME AT THAT ORPHANAGE WE VISITED TODAY WHEN HE WAS LITTLE.\nOH! NO WONDER THE KIDS LEARNED ABOUT VITAL POINTS SO QUICKLY.\nTrue heirs of a warrior, eh?\nIT'S BEING TORN DOWN TOMORROW, THOUGH... JUST THOUGHT I'D MENTION IT!\nREALLY?\nI SEE. SO DWALKI...\n\nAFTER THAT, EVERYONE LEFT TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN BUSINESS, AND TODAY'S VOLUNTEER GATHERING(?) NATURALLY BROKE UP.\n...IT'S JUST THE TWO OF US NOW.\n\nMAYBE WE COULD GO SOMEWHERE FOR A CHANGE OF PACE...\nI'VE GOT SOMEWHERE TO GO TOO.\n...WHAT?\nDISMISSED.\nEXPLORER GUILD, DISTRICT 7 MANAGER'S OFFICE\n\nTHE BARONET HAS ARRIVED.\n...?!\nAREN'T YOU...\n\nGOING TO GREET ME?\nI taught you how.\nI GREET... BARONET... JANDEL...\nWHAT BRINGS YOU HERE TODAY...?\nOBVIOUSLY, I'M HERE TO SEE IF ANY EXPLORERS HAVE ANSWERED MY RECRUITMENT NOTICE.\n\nTHE BRANCH MANAGER'S OFFICE DOWNSTAIRS COULD EASILY HANDLE THAT...\nYOU'RE TALKING BACK...\nTO A NOBLE?\nI-I’LL CHECK RIGHT AWAY.\nAHEM...\n\nHMM...\nJUST ONE NEW APPLICANT, AND EVEN THIS ONE'S UNIMPRESSIVE.\nMY APOLOGIES.\nIT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU NEED TO APOLOGIZE FOR.\nI THOUGHT THERE'D BE PLENTY OF APPLICANTS WITH ALL THOSE CLANS DESTROYED...\nAND STILL NO SIGN OF THE \"SPECIALIZED CLASSES\" I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR.\n\n...IS THERE ANYONE IN PARTICULAR YOU'RE LOOKING FOR?\nNO ONE IN PARTICULAR. THEY JUST NEED TO BE CAPABLE.\nWHY DO YOU ASK?\nI NOTICED QUITE A PROMISING NAME AMONG THE APPLICANTS.\nTHE DISTRICT MANAGER THEN—\nWENT ON TO EXPLAIN HOW CAPABLE, TRUSTWORTHY, AND PROMISING THAT EXPLORER WAS—\n\nENOUGH!\n...?!\nJUST DO WHAT I TELL YOU TO DO!\nI NEVER THOUGHT HE'D MAKE SUCH A BLATANT ATTEMPT ON MY LIFE!\n\nRECRUIT A HANS? IS HE INSANE?\nTHEN, AS ALWAYS, THE FIFTEENTH ROLLED AROUND.\n\nI'D KEPT MYSELF FAIRLY BUSY WITH PRODUCTIVE THINGS, BUT HAD NO REAL RESULTS TO SHOW FOR IT.\nRECRUITMENT IS GOING NOWHERE.\nAT LEAST ANOTHER TWO OR THREE MONTHS FOR THE ORDER'S MERIT POINTS...\nIF THE LABYRINTH OPENS THIS TIME, THE SIX OF US WILL JUST HAVE TO HEAD UP ON OUR OWN.\n\nOF COURSE, IT'S A LITTLE EARLY TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.\nI STILL DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE'LL EVEN BE ABLE TO ENTER THE LABYRINTH.\nIT ALL COMES DOWN TO THE STATE OF AFFAIRS...\nBjorn, son of Jandel?\nThe great warrior is here! He looked at me!\nNo, he looked at me!\nIF THINGS GO WELL, I'LL FIND OUT TODAY.\n\nBUT RIGHT NOW,\nNONE OTHER THAN THE GM SUSPECTS I’M AN EVIL SPIRIT.\nIF I WERE HIM, I’D MAKE MY MOVE TODAY.\nTWELVE HOURS IN THE COMMUNITY IS TWELVE SECONDS IN REALITY.\n\nIT’S A VERY SHORT TIME, BUT SINCE WE’RE PULLED IN NO MATTER WHAT—\nANYONE WHO KNOWS ABOUT IT CAN WATCH THAT MOMENT AND TELL WHETHER SOMEONE’S A PLAYER.\nOH, YOU CALLED!\nKARON, I CALLED YOU BECAUSE I NEED A FAVOR.\n\nA FAVOR?\nWOULD YOU TRY PUTTING THIS ON YOUR FACE?\nGOLDEN MASK\nA MAGICAL ITEM OBTAINED IN THE BLOOD-TINTED CASTLE. CHANGES THE WEARER'S FACE TO THAT OF A PERSON OF THEIR CHOICE. LASTS UP TO 30 DAYS.\nTHIS IS MY PLAN.\n\nHAVE KARON WEAR MY FACE AND DRINK IN THE CITY UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING.\nWITH PLENTY OF WITNESSES AROUND, EVEN A MAGE AS SKILLED AS THE GM—\nWON’T BE ABLE TO TRY ANYTHING. HE’LL HAVE TO SIT BACK AND WATCH.\nIT’S NOT A DIFFICULT FAVOR, BUT WHY GO TO ALL THAT TROUBLE?\n\n...THERE’S SOMEWHERE I NEED TO GO BRIEFLY TONIGHT WITHOUT MY COMPANIONS KNOWING.\nHMM...\nIT SEEMS THAT THERIANTHROPE DOESN’T REALLY UNDERSTAND YOU.\nHUH?\nWHY IS HE SUDDENLY BRINGING UP MISHA?\nWANTING CHILDREN IS A WARRIOR’S INSTINCT.\nIS THAT WHY YOU CAME TO THE SANCTUARY TODAY?\n\nAH, NOW I GET IT.\nYES, THIS WILL MAKE IT MUCH EASIER TO KEEP MY SECRET.\nDON'T WORRY!\nEVEN IF THAT THERIANTHROPE WOMAN SHOWS UP, I'LL MAKE SURE SHE DOESN'T SUSPECT A THING!\n\n...I'LL TRUST YOU. YOU'RE THE WISEST WARRIOR AFTER ME.\nHAHA! JUST LEAVE IT TO ME!\nKARON TARSON HAS USED '\"GOLDEN MASK\".\nYOUR CHARACTER'S APPEARANCE CHANGES FOR 30 DAYS.\nYOUR CHARACTER HAS USED \"'GOLDEN MASK\".\nYOUR CHARACTER'S APPEARANCE CHANGES FOR 30 DAYS.\n\nAFTER ENTERING THE CITY WEARING KARON'S FACE,\nI PICKED AN INN AT RANDOM AND SHUT MYSELF IN A ROOM.\nAND THEN...\nYOUR CHARACTER'S SOUL RESONATES AND IS DRAWN INTO A PARTICULAR WORLD.\n\nAH... PLEASE DON'T GET INTO ANY WEIRD TROUBLE WEARING MY FACE.\n\nLOOKS LIKE HE STILL HASN'T GOTTEN HIS BAN LIFTED.\nBUT WHY DID THE GM BAN LEE BAEKHO IN THE FIRST PLACE?\nI'M HONESTLY CURIOUS, BUT I HAVE NO WAY OF FINDING OUT RIGHT NOW.\n\nI LEFT HIM ALONE UNTIL NOW BECAUSE I THOUGHT HE MIGHT BE A \"KEY\"...\nUNFORTUNATELY, BAEKHO DID SOMETHING TERRIBLY WRONG.\nI'M JUST UNEASY AT THE FEELING THAT THINGS KEEP HAPPENING WHERE I CAN'T SEE THEM.\n\nWOULD THINGS GET ANY BETTER IF I REVEALED THAT I'M ELFNUNA?\nWHO KNOWS...\nEVEN IF HE HAS GOOD INTENTIONS, NO ONE KNOWS HOW RELATIONSHIPS WILL TURN OUT.\nTHEN I'LL MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT NOWHERE TO GO!\nHANS KRISSEN IS AN EVIL SPIRIT!!\n\nAND I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW BADLY THINGS CAN GO.\n...HUH?!\nWHY ARE SO FEW PEOPLE HERE TODAY? DON'T TELL ME THEY ALL DIED FUCKING ROYALS, YOU SAID IT'D BE FUCKING EASY I'M FROM NOARK, AND THERE'S SOMETHING I NEED TO TELL YOU DON'T JOIN THE EXPEDITION [10] SEE MORE SEE MORE HOT GENERAL DISCUSSION\nSEE MORE SEE MORE\nI KEPT WORRYING I MIGHT GET BANNED FOR BEING FROM NOARK, BUT I'M POSTING THIS BECAUSE EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW, WHETHER THEY'RE ABOVEGROUND OR UNDERGROUND, NO MATTER THEIR FACTION.\nWE'RE OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW. NOT INSIDE THE WALLS, BUT OUT IN THE ACTUAL OUTSIDE WORLD.\nYOU'RE PROBABLY WONDERING HOW THAT'S EVEN POSSIBLE, RIGHT? BUT IT'S TRUE. WE ESCAPED THE ROYAL FAMILY AND CAME OUTSIDE, AND WE'RE STILL ALIVE AND WELL.\nHONESTLY, I STILL DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE WITCH'S CURSE FADED OVER TIME OR NEVER EXISTED IN THE FIRST PLACE.\nBUT ONE THING'S CERTAIN. IT'S REALLY FINE OUT HERE.\n\nNO MATTER HOW I LOOK AT IT, THIS DOESN'T SEEM LIKE SOME BULLSHIT WRITTEN TO GET A RISE OUT OF PEOPLE...\nTHE COMMENTS BLEW UP IN AN INSTANT.\nBRUTALIZERX***: ATTENTION DELIVERY!\nAROLF5205**: NO ONE'S DUMB ENOUGH TO BELIEVE THIS, RIGHT?\nRYANZEUS31**: BUT IF THIS IS TRUE, ISN'T THE ROYAL FAMILY FUCKED? ↳ FUR**KING1955*: MAYBE THAT'S WHY THEY COVERED IT UP? NO WAY THEY DIDN'T KNOW.\n\nMIDNIGHT13**: THERE'S A WORLD WHERE WE CAN LIVE WITHOUT MAGIC CRYSTALS?\nORLD WHERE CRYSTALS?\nWHAT'S THIS ABOUT? AN OLD MAN?\n↳ NIKAMOTO***: OLD MAN? WHAT DO YOU MEAN? PLEASE SHARE WHAT YOU KNOW.\nGARETH**: WE WERE WAITING TO CUT DOWN ALL THE NOARK BASTARDS WHEN THEY RETURNED, BUT SOME OLD MAN SUDDENLY SHOWED UP AND TELEPORTED THEM ALL AWAY.\n↳ YULYUL**: THE SCHOLAR OF DESTRUCTION? ↳↳ GARETH**: WASN'T HIM.\n↳ KNI8HTOFROOM**: BULLSHIT. HOW DO YOU TELEPORT THAT MANY PEOPLE?\n\n↳ GARETH**: DUNNO. FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF. ANYWAY, I'M REGRETTING GOING DOWN THE KNIGHT BUILD NOW.\n↳ AMULET***: THEY REALLY DID ESCAPE BY TELEPORTATION. I WAS THERE TOO.\n↳ KONGKONG2**: THIS PERSON'S ONLY EVER POSTED ABOUT THE KNIGHT ORDERS, RIGHT? SO ALL OF THIS IS REAL?\nEXBLUNT***: AHH, THE AIR'S NICE OUT HERE. GUESS THOSE OF US WHO WENT UNDERGROUND EARLY ARE THE REAL WINNERS?\nXXFBLZ**: YEP, WE'RE DOING FINE WITHOUT MAGIC CRYSTALS. YOU GUYS CAN KEEP PAYING TAXES AND BUSTING YOUR ASSES.\nMM...\nAT THIS POINT, EVEN I'M STARTING TO GET CONFUSED.\nFINE, LET'S PUT ASIDE THE OUTSIDE WORLD FOR NOW.\n\nI FELT SOMETHING WAS OFF TOO WHEN I SAW THE GUARDS ON BIFRON'S WALLS.\nBUT THE QUESTION IS, WHY ARE THEY TELLING US THIS NOW?\nOUT OF A SENSE OF DUTY TO THEIR FELLOW PLAYERS? NOT A CHANCE.\n\nIF THEY HAD ANY, I WOULDN'T HAVE GONE THROUGH HELL IN THE LABYRINTH.\nTHESE BASTARDS KEPT THEIR MOUTHS FIRMLY SHUT, WHETHER THEIR FELLOW PLAYERS DIED OR NOT.\nIF THEY'RE POSTING INFORMATION NOW, THERE MUST BE A REASON.\n\nHOW MUCH TIME HAD PASSED?\nBEFORE I KNEW IT, IT WAS THREE O'CLOCK, AND THAT BITTER QUESTION REMAINED UNANSWERED.\nRIGHT. I SHOULD GET SOME USEFUL INFORMATION HERE.\nAH, YOU'RE HERE!\nI'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU.\n\nFOX AND... CRESCENT MOON ARE ABSENT AGAIN.\nDid they die after all?\n?\nOH?\n\nSO YOU WEREN'T DEAD, CRESCENT MOON?\nNICE TO MEET YOU!\nLAST TIME WAS MY FIRST MEETING, SO I STILL HAVE A LOT TO LEARN.\nDID HE ALWAYS HAVE THIS AIR ABOUT HIM?\n\nSO SOLEMN.\nWHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME? AT LEAST TELL US THAT.\n...I SIMPLY WASN'T IN THE MOOD AT THE TIME.\n...... IT SEEMS YOU'VE LOST SOMEONE.\n\nTHEN IT'S GOOD YOU CAME. YOUR ENEMY MIGHT BE HERE.\nWHAT...\nDO YOU MEAN...?\nCLOWN IS THE CORPSE COLLECTOR.\n\nI SEE. CLOWN IS...\nYES, YOU'RE THE ONE...\nBLOODLUST...\nHE REALLY DOES SEEM TO HAVE LOST SOMEONE IN THAT BATTLE.\n\nHOWEVER, HE MUST KNOW IT HIMSELF.\nIS THAT GOING TO KILL ANYONE?\nIN THE END, THERE'S NOTHING HE CAN DO HERE.\n\nSOMEDAY, I'LL COME FIND YOU.\n...HEH. I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO IT.\nNOW, THEN, SHALL WE GET STARTED?\nI'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS ALL MONTH!\nVERY WELL. I’LL GO FIRST TODAY, THEN.\n\nI HAVE A FEELING HE’S ABOUT TO TELL ME WHAT I’VE BEEN WAITING TO HEAR—\nAH, THIS COULD BE RATHER EXCITING.\nSINCE YOU MENTIONED COMING TO FIND ME, HOW EXACTLY DO YOU PLAN TO DO THAT?\n\nDIDN’T YOU SEE THE POSTS ON THE BOARD?\nTHE ONES SAYING IT’S FINE OUTSIDE, AND ALL THE PEOPLE OF NOARK ARE THERE.\nEVERY WORD OF IT IS TRUE, YOU KNOW?\nJUST AS I THOUGHT...\nNOW I’M CERTAIN.\n\nBOTH THE POSTS FROM EARLIER AND CLOWN'S REMARKS...\nARE PART OF A DELIBERATE CAMPAIGN TO SPREAD THIS INFORMATION WITHIN THE CITY.\nTHE MASS DEATHS OF EXPLORERS WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO SUPPLY MAGIC CRYSTALS.\nTHE SOUTHERN PART OF THE ROYAL CAPITAL, CARNON, BURNED TO THE GROUND WHILE THE AUTHORITIES WERE POWERLESS TO STOP IT.\n\nIF RUMORS LIKE THIS SPREAD ON TOP OF ALL THAT...\nEXCUSE ME, MR. CLOWN. MAY I ASK A QUESTION, IF YOU DON'T MIND?\nSO WHO IS THAT OLD MAN?\nTHE ONE WHO SUPPOSEDLY TELEPORTED OVER TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE AT ONCE...\n\nTHAT'S...\nA SECRET. HEH.\nWHERE'S THE FUN IN SIMPLY TELLING YOU?\nHE CLEARLY DOESN'T KNOW.\nWho does this bastard think he's fooling?\nAMATEUR.\n\n...WELL,\nTHERE'S NO WAY THAT OLD MAN WOULD HAVE REVEALED HIS IDENTITY.\nTH...\n\nTHEN YOU MEAN...\nTHAT'S NOT HOW YOU PRETEND TO KNOW SOMETHING, KID.","bubble_count":222,"pages_count":49,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"In Surviving The Game as a Barbarian Chapter 170, Bjorn concludes Noark fled without battle and juggles stalled recruitment with fears the GM suspects him.","spoiler_summary":"In Surviving The Game as a Barbarian Chapter 170, Bjorn concludes Noark fled without battle and juggles stalled recruitment with fears the GM suspects him. He volunteers at the Leatlas orphanage, rejects a Hans recruit as Baronet Jandel, swaps faces with Karon using the Golden Mask to hide his absence, then enters the community to find explosive posts claiming Noark survivors live fine outside."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-k36pawlq/chapter-170-en6knu","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Surviving The Game as a Barbarian #170: A Warrior's Duty","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-15T00:09:42.105Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-k36pawlq"}}