Surviving The Game as a Barbarian — Chapter 55
Dialogue Transcript
Dialogue Transcript Surviving The Game as a Barbarian — Chapter 55 190
BJORN, SON OF YANDEL?
BUGGER OFF. I'M NOT IN A GOOD MOOD.
PSST. DON'T BE THAT WAY. I'M IN THE SAME SITUATION AS YOU.
?!
WHERE DID YOU COME FROM? AMERICA? ASIA? EUROPE?
WHAT THE HELL IS IT THIS TIME?
I KNEW SOMETHING LIKE THIS WAS BOUND TO HAPPEN SOME DAY...
OH, I'M FROM AMERICA BY THE WAY.
BUT NOT THIS EARLY!
...THERE IS ONLY ONE ANSWER I CAN GIVE IN THIS SITUATION.
PULL AN AINAR!
I DON'T UNDERSTAND DIFFICULT THINGS, SO PUT IT IN SIMPLE TERMS.
...WH-WHAT?
OH, MY GOODNESS. YOU ALMOST FOOLED ME!
I THOUGHT THIS WAS JUST YOUR THIRD MONTH HERE!
YOU ARE AN AMAZING ACTOR, I'LL GIVE YOU THAT.
ACTOR? I SAID I DON'T UNDERSTAND DIFFICULT THINGS.
CALM DOWN, I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY.
YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE OF THAT DAMN GWAME TOO, RIGHT?
WHAT?
THIS PUNK...
BUT NICE WORK. HOW DID YOU EARN YOURSELF A MONIKER IN JUST THREE MONTHS?
IT TOOK ME THREE WHOLE YEARS TO GET SETTLED IN THIS PLACE.
NICE TRY, YOU LITTLE SH**.
A HUMAN IS VIRTUALLY USELESS CLASS--
I GUESS YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE TO TELL ME WHERE YOU'RE FROM.
WE'RE ALL OUTSIDERS IN THIS WORLD ANYWAYS, AREN'T WE?
BUT ENOUGH ABOUT THAT. THERE IS THIS GWAME ASSOCIATION WE FOUNDED.
I WANTED TO INVITE YOU--
LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING.
ARE YOU AN EVIL SPIRIT?
...HUH?
RIGHT. I GUESS IT'S DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO TRUST ME SINCE I WASN'T BEING STRAIGHTFORWARD.
YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.
I AM AN EVIL SPIRIT--
MY CHIEFTAIN TOLD ME I MUST KILL EVERY EVIL SPIRIT THAT I ENCOUNTER.
WHAT...?
WHAT'S GOING ON? DID HE SAY EVIL SPIRIT?
BARBARIAN?
K-KILL?
THAT'S RIGHT.
A BARBARIAN...
...NEVER TURNS AWAY FROM WICKED THINGS!
55 GHOSTBUSTERS
PUBLIC PEACE AGENCY
YOU REALLY ARE LITTLE VALCAN.
I MUST EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE. MY YOUNGER BROTHER RETURNED ALIVE FROM THE LABYRINTH THANKS TO YOU.
IS YOUR BROTHER A MEMBER OF CLAN DZARWI?
NO. HE WAS ONE OF THE ADVENTURERS THAT PAID THEM FOR PROTECTION.
WOW. I'M PRETTY SURE THERE WERE LESS THAN TEN SURVIVORS FROM THE LOT.
I AM GETTING HUNGRY.
HOW LONG MUST I STAY HERE?
I AM ITCHING TO CRACK THAT EVIL SPIRIT'S SKULL OPEN.
WELL...
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?
STOP IT!
LET GO OF ME! THIS GUY IS AN EVIL SPIRIT!
HE TRIED TO DO SOMETHING FUNNY TO ME!
WHAT? EVIL SPIRIT?
WE'RE STILL INVESTIGATING, SO GIVE US A MOMENT. IF WHAT YOU SAID TURNS OUT TO BE TRUE--
C-CAPTAIN!
WE FOUND...
THE EVIL SPIRIT HUNTER LICENSE FROM THE MAN THAT HAD GOTTEN BEAT UP!
EVIL SPIRIT HUNTER LICENSE?!
EVIL SPIRIT HUNTER?
WELL, THIS MAN RIGHT HERE...
...IS DEFINITELY ONE OF US.
HE CLEARLY SAID HE IS AN EVIL SPIRIT WITH HIS OWN LIPS!
AND NOW YOU'RE TELLING ME HE ISN'T?
DO YOU TAKE ME FOR A FOOL? I'M NOT FALLING FOR THAT!
WELL, THIS IS SOMETHING WE DO TO PRETTY MUCH EVERY ADVENTURER...
THAT HAS GAINED RENOWN OR MADE SPECIAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN SUCH A SHORT SPAN OF TIME--
ENOUGH! YOU'RE LOSING ME WITH DIFFICULT TERMS!
BASICALLY, THEY SUSPECTED YOU TO BE AN EVIL SPIRIT.
WHAT? ME, EVIL SPIRIT?!
WHO THE HELL SUSPECTED ME AS AN EVIL SPIRIT?!
I'LL CRACK HIS SKULL OPEN IMMEDIATELY!
IT'S NOT THAT WE SUSPECTED YOU. THIS IS JUST THE CUSTOMARY--
I SAID YOU WERE LOSING ME WITH DIFFICULT TERMS!
WELL, HOW SHOULD I SAY IT...?
RAAAAWR!!
I-I WILL MAKE SURE NOTHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS AGAIN--
SH**.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT THIS.
WHERE DID YOU COME FROM? AMERICA? ASIA? EUROPE?
SO NOT EVERYBODY IN THIS WORLD IS AN ABSOLUTE MORON.
THAT DAMN GWAME.
I WAS BARELY ABLE TO TELL BECAUSE OF THE MISPRONUNCIATION.
WHAT THE HELL IS GWAME?
BUT THAT EXPLAINS HOW TARIKAN, SON OF RIYEN, WAS EXECUTED IN PUBLIC.
HE WAS IN A STRANGE CITY, WITH NOBODY TO RELY ON...
...WHEN SOMEONE APPROACHED AND SEEMED TO UNDERSTAND HIS TROUBLE.
F***ING HELL.
THE MORE I THINK ABOUT IT, THE MORE HORRID THIS PLACE FEELS.
BUT I SUPPOSE I DODGED A BULLET JUST NOW.
HUH?
A PILL...?
THIS IS...!
This letter is a random letter sent to an explorer presumed to be a player. If you can read the
THIS LETTER IS A RANDOM LETTER SENT TO AN EXPLORER PRESUMED TO BE A PLAYER.
IF YOU CAN READ THE TEXT ON THIS LETTER,
DO NOT REVEAL THE FACT THAT YOU ARE A PLAYER TO ANYONE ELSE.
OH, AND EVEN IF YOU GET CAPTURED BY AN EVIL SPIRIT HUNTER, PLEASE DO NOT TELL THEM WHAT THIS LETTER ENTAILS.
BUT I DIGRESS. WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS...
...THAT THERE IS A COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS COMMUNITY OF GAMERS THAT YOU MAY ACCESS BY TAKING THE PILL ENCLOSED WITH THE LETTER.
SHOULD YOU WISH NOT TO GET INVOLVED, PLEASE DESTROY THE PILL. WE WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK IN YOUR SURVIVAL.
GHOST BUSTERS -
p.s. Rafdonia's king is a mother f***er
P.S. RAFDONIA'S KING IS A MOTHERF***ER.
MINISTRY OF SECURITY, OPERATED BY RAFDONIAN ROYAL COURT
WHAT? BEATEN TO A PULP?
BUT I HAD ONLY TOLD HIM TO KEEP AN EYE OUT ON HIM. HAD I NOT?
WELL... HE THOUGHT HE COULD DRAW THE INFORMATION OUT OF THE TARGET EASILY SINCE HE WAS A BARBARIAN WITH THREE MONTHS OF EXPERIENCE.
ALRIGHT, WHAT HAPPENED THEN?
I THINK YOU SHOULD SEE FOR YOURSELF, SIR.
BJORN, SON OF YANDEL?
HMM...
YOU ALMOST FOOLED ME! YOU ARE AN AMAZING ACTOR.
ACTOR? I SAID I DON'T UNDERSTAND DIFFICULT THINGS.
MY CHIEFTAIN TOLD ME I MUST KILL EVERY EVIL SPIRIT THAT I ENCOUNTER.
...ACK!
H-HOLD ON--
AN EVIL SPIRIT WOULD RUN AWAY IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT.
HOWEVER, HE PROCEEDED TO ATTACK WITHOUT HESITATION.
THEN...?
BJORN YANDEL IS NOT GUILTY.
...UNDERSTOOD.
SO HE'S EARNED A MONIKER IN JUST THREE MONTHS, EVEN THOUGH HE'S NOT AN EVIL SPIRIT?
COULD HE REALLY BE THE HERO THIS WORLD IS IN NEED OF?
PERHAPS...
THAT'S GOOD, SINCE THIS CITY...
YOUR REPUTATION INCREASED BY 1. YOUR REPUTATION INCREASED BY 1. YOUR REPUTATION INCREASED BY 1. YOUR REPUTATION INCREASED BY 1.
...IS ALWAYS IN NEED OF TALENTED INDIVIDUALS.
MAGES' TOWER, THE NEXT DAY
I'M GETTING THE FEELING THE LETTER I GOT YESTERDAY IS REAL.
I WOULD NEED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT THIS IS, THEN.
WOW, YOU REALLY MUST HAVE GAINED QUITE A BIT OF FAME THIS TIME IF YOU GOT THAT LETTER.
FAME?
YEAH. EVERY ADVENTURER GETS A LETTER LIKE THAT ONCE HE OR SHE GETS FAMOUS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT TOO MUCH.
BUT WHAT A BUMMER. I COULD HAVE DECIPHERED IT IF YOU RAN STRAIGHT TO ME LAST NIGHT.
THE TEXT IS GONE NOW, RIGHT?
MAGIC OR SOMETHING?
AREN'T YOU CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT THE EVIL SPIRITS WANTED TO DO WITH YOU?
EVIL SPIRITS?
OH, I FORGOT TO MENTION THIS.
THAT LETTER IS FROM AN EVIL SPIRIT.
WHAT?
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT WAS A LETTER. YOU ARE SO SMART.
TO BE FAIR, THIS BIT OF INFORMATION IS SUPPOSED TO BE ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE.
THERE WAS A PILL INSIDE AS WELL, RIGHT? DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS?
NO.
THAT WAS MADE BY A REALLY SKILLED MAGE...
...WELL-VERSED IN THE SCHOOL OF MIND MAGIC, DIMENSIONAL MAGIC, AND ALCHEMY.
TAKING THAT PILL TAKES YOU INTO A PARTICULAR SPIRITUAL REALM.
SPIRITUAL REALM?
WELL, THINK OF IT AS ANOTHER DIMENSION OF A SORT.
ONLY YOUR MIND TRAVELS THERE, WHILE YOUR BODY REMAINS HERE.
1. TAKING THIS PILL TAKES YOU TO A PARTICULAR SPIRITUAL REALM ON THE 15TH OF EVERY MONTH.
2. EVIL SPIRITS MOST LIKELY EXCHANGE INFORMATION AMONG THEMSELVES THERE.
3. MANY ADVENTURERS TOOK THE PILLS TO INFILTRATE, BUT ALL WERE FOUND DEAD THE NEXT DAY WITH BLOOD ALL OVER THEIR MOUTHS.
WAIT.
THEY WERE FOUND DEAD?
WHEW, THANK GOODNESS I DIDN'T TAKE IT.
YEAH. THAT IS WHY YOU SHOULDN'T TAKE IT EVEN IF YOU'RE CURIOUS.
...ISN'T THAT JUST POISON, THEN?
WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD SEND SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
COME ON. WHAT DO YOU THINK WE MAGES ARE?
THERE IS NOTHING OF THAT SORT IN THIS PILL. I SWEAR.
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THEN WHY DID THEY DIE?
THERE ARE A FEW THEORIES.
THE MOST PROBABLE ONE IS THAT THEY HAVE A WAY TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN AN EVIL SPIRIT AND A REGULAR PERSON, AND THEY SOMEHOW SEPARATED THE INFILTRATORS' SOULS FROM THEIR BODIES.
...THAT IS A REALLY DANGEROUS PILL.
THAT MEANS A PLAYER I DON'T KNOW ABOUT COULD HAVE THE POWER TO DICTATE MY LIFE!
OH, AND THERE'S MORE.
PEOPLE TAKE THE APPEARANCE OF THE SOUL IN THAT REALM...
...SO THERE IS NO WAY OF KNOWING HOW THEY REALLY LOOK BACK IN THE CITY.
BUT IF THE PILL WAS MADE BY A MAGE, COULDN'T YOU FIGURE OUT WHO TOOK THE PILL THROUGH MAGIC?
THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE.
THERE WOULD BE NO EVIL SPIRITS IF IT WAS.
MAKES SENSE.
SHALL WE BEGIN TODAY'S RESEARCH? LET'S START WITH DRAWING YOUR BLOOD.
SO ANONYMITY IS GUARANTEED IN THAT LITTLE COMMUNITY.
BEING ABLE TO GET INFORMATION IS ACTUALLY NOT BAD AT ALL.
MAYBE THEY CAN SHED SOME LIGHT ON HOW I CAN RETURN--
COME ON, WE DON'T HAVE ALL DAY.
YOU WON'T DIE.
SHOULD I...
...TRY TAKING IT?
Chapter Summary
Surviving The Game as a Barbarian Chapter 55 follows Bjorn, son of Yandel, as a stranger claiming to be a fellow player from America confronts him and invites him to a Gwame association. Bjorn plays dumb, then attacks when the man admits to being an evil spirit, insisting his chieftain ordered him to kill every evil spirit. The Public Peace Agency intervenes and reveals the beaten man held an Evil Spirit Hunter license, and that Bjorn himself was under customary suspicion for gaining a moniker in three months. Bjorn is cleared, then receives a secret letter with a pill offering an anonymous gamer community, which a mage later warns is an evil-spirit trap.