Bjorn Yandel the Barbarian

Episode 177 Doppelganger (2)

Always think before acting.

The advice I gave Einar on the first day I came here.

Even then, it wasn’t just empty words.

In fact, this motto has saved my life through countless adversities.

So in that sense…

‘Damn it.’

After a brief grumbling, focus on the current situation.

[I never thought I’d meet someone who knew me here.]

First of all, one piece of information from the first line.

At least he didn’t come looking for me.

[This is a bit difficult.]

Information two.

He is just as perplexed by this situation as I am.

However, the nuance is quite different from before.

I feel like there is another reason not to reveal my identity.

‘I heard that Noark is sealed off…… Then what kind of spy is he? Did you siphon it out in advance before being sealed off?’

Well it’s hard to be sure yet.

There might be something hidden.

Right now, only one thing is certain.

[Well, just beat me up and erase my memory like it was then.]

He has no intention of killing me even in the midst of this.

Simply put, it means that you can let go of your mind.

‘As long as I don’t accidentally step on a mine.’

That memory removal pills don’t work.

You just have to be careful not to get caught up in it.

Then it doesn’t go to the worst case.

Therefore, the basic stance I should take now has also been decided. I have no intention of being incapacitated by meekly taking pills… but

I have insurance so I have nothing to lose.

‘What did I say in the sewer?’

It was a few months ago, but I immediately remembered it.

When we accidentally reunited in the sewer, I was definitely the first to ask this question.

“…Why did you want to kill me now? You must have kept your promise?”

If the memory in the land of the dead is the last one, there is no choice but to ask.

“You say the same thing as back then.”

“……at that time?”

When I winked as if I didn’t understand, the woman shook her head and went on with her words.

“But his expression has become much more relaxed.”

I ended up laughing.

‘I’ve become more relaxed……’

I never thought that would be obvious.

I said straight forward.

“The oath is still valid. Do you have any plans to pretend you didn’t see it?”

“Then eat this.”

The woman took a pill out of her pocket and threw it at me.

The whole thing is dark, and the skin is somewhat damp.

“It’s a medicine that erases your memory. If you just take that, nothing will happen today.”

I suddenly thought that taking medicine might be the cleanest way to solve the current situation.

But…

“How can I trust you?”

It is also the last bastion.

Because if you take the pills, you will lose your mind.

Then what if this woman is greedy for my equipment?

What if I just opened it out of curiosity and found a dragon sword in my subspace ring?

After all, it is also a landmine.

“Can’t you think of any other way?”

“Why do you say there is no way?”

Hundreds of times compared to when we met in the land of the dead.

Even compared to the days of the sewer, it has become several times stronger.

Above all, this place is not a dark basement with no one to help.

A city on earth where law and society function.

“Even if I shout once, my colleagues will wake up. You wouldn’t be able to handle it alone, would you?”

There is no reason why you should lose to this woman.

“… Now that I see it, it’s not relaxed, it’s arrogance.”

“Have you checked?”

Despite my bold words, the woman was silent.

I said it was pretentious, but I guess I knew it myself.

That things are so different from before.

“…….”

An untimely heavy silence descended on the empty hallway at dawn.

The first to speak was the other side.

“Barbarian.”

The woman who takes a step forward and calls me.

Instead of answering, I turned my back.

Then, sure enough.

Tadat!

I saw the double body of a woman stretched in two.

Doppelganger’s ability [self-replication].

「Amelia Rain Wales has cast [Suragak].」

Silently, the alter ego appeared from behind and took a leap, putting her weight on it and swinging her feet.

The one that blew my whole head off last time.

I immediately raised my arms to protect my face.

Quaang!

A tingling shock was transmitted through the wrist.

But that’s all.

‘What is my physical resistance right now?’

Well, I think I went through incontinence in my bones…

Actually, I’m not sure about that either. That’s because I don’t even feel sick because of my pain tolerance.

“Behel—laaaaaaa!!”

Calling out the name of the ancestor god, he slammed a fist the size of a watermelon into the clone’s face.

Pew-!

A double body that disappears in smoke like a firecracker as soon as it is allowed to hit.

In preparation for the joint attack, she hurriedly turned her body in the direction of the body, but

the woman just stood still.

“How did know?”

Oh, I never thought I’d stop this.

I answered politely.

“sound.”

Suddenly, all sounds disappeared.

Although it is late at night, it is clearly a heterogeneous phenomenon.

The sound of Einar’s snoring lightly passed through a wooden door.

As soon as the sound died away, I realized he was going to surprise me, and when I saw him take a step, I noticed the means too.

[Self-replicating], which I suffered once at that time.

‘The radius that can summon an alter ego is 5m.’

It must have been a little too far to summon him behind me. It was an enemy that had fought twice, so it was possible to counter like this.

“The suggestion I made earlier is valid. Pretend you didn’t see it and just go do your thing and disappear.”

I repeated what I said earlier.

Then, as expected, a different answer came back.

“……How can I trust you?”

I smiled and returned the same.

“Is there any other way for you?”

I don’t know what I used, but it seems that the duration is short, and I started hearing Einar’s snoring again from a few seconds ago.

Now you really need to shout and a colleague will come out—

kiik.

Then the door opened.

“Bjorn? Who the hell did you talk to…”

Misha appeared through the crack in the door rubbing her sleepy eyes.

“I’ll explain later, so go inside.”

“evil!”

He reached out and closed the door before it opened.

“Hey! You madman!!”

Misha, who hit her head, went mad, but she couldn’t help it.

Because that’s not what’s important now.

“Hey! Open it! Open it! There’s a girl outside! Erwen? It’s as if she’s here again!!”

I blocked the door with my body and silently stared at the woman.

The words in his eyes were extremely simple.

‘Now what should I do?’

The answer came back after a while.

“Would you believe me if I told you to go back?”

In simple terms, it means that you are not afraid of retaliation.

I answered without hesitation.

“Believe.”

After all, isn’t that the woman who saved me by believing in one oath in the past?

Actually I didn’t report this woman.

Just now, I even blocked Misha with my whole body.

“If you do this, you will know. It doesn’t matter what you do. I just don’t want to get involved with you.”

“…I guess so.”

The woman muttered in a slightly bitter voice.

But it wasn’t the answer he wanted.

“So what’s the answer?”

“I’ll go back.”

“I want you to promise that you won’t come to me again.”

“I didn’t come for you. But… I promise you that too if you want.”

At those words, I also lowered my tension a little.

It’s a world where you can’t give a grandiose meaning to a mere promise, but it’s not like that for everyone.

[As much as possible, I don’t want to kill a barbarian with my own hands.]

[Because that was a promise in the first place.]

Even in the land of the dead, she saved me because of someone’s promise.

The weight of the promise will be different.

‘I was called a psychopath at the time, but in fact, it turned out that it wasn’t exactly like that…….’

“Then go, human woman.”

“…….”

The woman quietly nodded at my words.

Then he turned around and started down the stairs.

again and again.

The further the sound of footsteps went, the more relief grew.

I’m really glad it ended without a fight.

It’s because the settings aren’t all over yet to withstand the aura.

If I really tried to see the end of the city and my colleagues, I would have had to see blood too.

“Huh……”

I thought I would be able to sleep properly if I saw her leaving, so I headed for the stairs.

again.

The woman was in a situation where she stepped on the last stairway and descended to the first floor.

But did you feel popular?

“……Not a human woman.”

The woman jerked and turned her back to stare at me.

And…

“Amelia Laneways.”

After leaving a word, it disappeared like smoke.

My head went blank for a moment.

“No, what……”

If that’s the case, doesn’t it seem like we’ll meet again later?

smart.

I knocked on Einar’s room once.

Only snoring could be heard, but the door did not open.

Unlike Misha’s visit, which was terrifying to knock on.

“Hey! Who was that woman out there!”

“He’s a common trader.”

“what?”

“Okay, let’s go to sleep. I’m tired.”

“Huh? Uhh? Uhh… Huh? Now? Here? Why?”

I spread a pillow on the floor and lay down on the bare floor.

I really didn’t want to do this, but…

“That’s right. I can’t help it if I’m tired. Oh oh come up and brag about it. Don’t do that……” ”

But that’s a bit… I’ll just sleep here.”

“huh? Then why did you come here?”

Uh…

I feel like I’m afraid of myself today.

***

Time passed and it was the day to enter the labyrinth.

[10:30]

1 hour and 30 until the portal opens “Fortunately ,

no one is late this time?”

First

of all,

we cast the bonding magic and moved together.

For reference, the starting point is Mr. Bear’s It was a tavern.

Rather than waiting for nearly an hour, I decided that it would be more comfortable to just take them from here.

” …There are definitely fewer people than usual.

”

It wasn’t something I couldn’t do.

The current situation is the current situation, so everyone must take a break at least once to observe the situation.

‘……But what is this?’

Arriving at the dimension plaza, I stood still.

A situation completely different from the busy road was unfolding.

“Everyone, please line up!”

There are dozens of times more civil servants than usual,

and an army is visible.

Four soldiers gathered for one knight. The composition is formed in hundreds of groups and is scattered here and there

.

I suddenly thought of that, but fortunately

it

was n’t

.

I don’t know.

“What is this necklace?”

“It’s an identification tag for being an explorer on our side.” ”

Dog

tag……?”

“Yes.”

The editorial was long, as expected of an official administration, but it was very simple to interpret:

‘If you lose it, you’ll be screwed.’

If you don’t have this dog tag,

you will be killed

.

Seeing that he only spoke to me right before the labyrinth opened, it seems that the security was kept really tight.

As a resident of Lapdonia, it’s not bad.

“Bjorn… are we okay?

” What? It means that the army will protect us in the labyrinth.”

“Oh, is that so?”

“But one thing is certain. Rumors that there is a portal in the underground city are true.” We

waited while

talking about this and that, and after about 5 minutes the portal opened

. …If you do this well, you might not be able to get in.

” There’s no way that would happen.”

Raven said it couldn’t be, but his expression hardened as time went on.

The portals got smaller in proportion to the lines.

I was rather happy with this situation

. ‘

Originally, I was going to confess an anecdote from the past and write an experience point copy bug.

Bear, who I watched for a month, was a person who puts great value on trust, and Raven was trustworthy in a different sense. The

main thing was what happened with the special appraiser.

[ If you let me know, you’ll benefit from this several times more than the money you gave us? That’s something I can’t tolerate again.] This

guy never does anything good for others.

So, I shared this method and tried to keep accumulating free experience points from this entry. But

…

“What are you doing! Go in quickly!”

“If you’re not going to go in, get out of the way!”

Under the current situation , I

think it’s possible to induce that situation naturally.

It was big.

“This is it! Everyone please step back!”

“What! What kind of small is that! I waited for over an hour!”

Admission ended when the queue was about 10 left. “Wow

, are

we going home like this!! ”

That’s why it’s like that.”

“…You’re blaming me for this?”

“It’s done. Then everyone goes back now, right?”

Everyone seemed to be resigned to reality.

The barbarian who heard this made me sad.

Why did you just give up on something like this?

Keep looking straight ahead.”

“Now.”

Eventually, the portal’s light began to fade.

As usual, ‘the gate will be closed soon!’ The timing when the same cry came out from here and there.

” Everyone get on

your back

.

”

It’s illegal to manifest supernatural powers in unspecified places!”

The fine is fine.

I didn’t do much. As long as it didn’t cause an injury,

it was

about 300,000 stones .

I immediately took the four of them in my arms

and started running forward aimlessly

. What are you doing!”

“Stop!!”

I ignored the plaintive cries of the civil servants.

Anyway, if you try this, it will end with a small fine.

After all, there is no reason not to go in.

Hunting on the 5th floor for a day is worth it

! !”

“You can’t! Just want to get in?”

“Behel—laaaaa!”

Did my cry

get answered

? It’s Bjorn too!!! Great

Warrior

!!

_

_

_

_ They hugged us.

「You have entered the Crystal Cave on the 1st floor.」

It is safe.

*** 「The character

‘s reputation has increased by +1

.」

has increased by +1.」

「The character’s reputation has increased by +1……」

「……」