Bjorn Yandel the Barbarian

Chapter 703

Chapter 703

“Anyway, so what happened with him?”

I hesitated for a moment when asked the question again. Was it right to tell him about the records I saw there? It was something I couldn’t change anyway.

I was at first speechless because I thought I might be making her upset for no reason, but it didn’t take long for my mind to change.

Well, there’s just one thing I learned from watching Baekho Lee.

“Emily, I have something you need to hear.”

You don’t have to take on everything in the world by yourself.

I finally told Amelia about the ‘records’ that Auril Gavis had shown me.

[The evil spirit from another world, ‘————’, finally realized the path he must take after losing three of his companions.]

Amelia, who lost three of her colleagues, heard this story and did not ask at all about how absolute the ‘record’ was.

Well, he experienced it firsthand with me. He went through all kinds of hardships by running around in the past to change history.

“The way it beats back then… I guess it’ll be difficult.”

Amelia was the first to speak after a moment of silence as if she was gathering her thoughts after hearing the story.

“I think the same way. I have to fool myself to use that method. I’m not some kid who doesn’t know anything.”

Amelia grumbled softly as I nodded in agreement.

“···I wasn’t a kid who didn’t know anything.···”

What are you talking about? He was smart for his age, but compared to now, he’s a kid who doesn’t know anything.

As I was smiling, thinking of Amelia from my cute childhood, Amelia asked me something with a serious expression.

“But are the records of the future certain?”

“What does that mean?”

“Because you said there was no exact time mentioned, I thought maybe it was a ‘record’ of something that had already happened.”

Oh? “Rioll Warb Dwalki, starting with that wizard, haven’t you lost many companions so far? Of course, if you add them all up, it wouldn’t even be possible with three fingers…

Maybe I should mention the three people who influenced you the most among them.

“It was a pretty plausible hypothesis, if only it weren’t for the words left by Auril Gavis. [Based on the way it was recorded on the stone, this must also be an incident.]

In simple terms, it means that three people die in one ‘incident’ rather than being counted one by one. Of course, this is only based on the pattern so far.

I don’t think there is anything 100% in the world. But it wasn’t easy to ignore the words of an old man who had collected hundreds of stone fragments.

It looks like Amelia felt the same way after hearing those words.

“···Then it is highly likely that it is a record that has not yet been made.”

Amelia, who started to think seriously again, continued to come up with various guesses. The most novel idea among them was this.

“It clearly says that you lose it, right? If that’s the case, then there’s room for interpretation.”

If it literally means losing a comrade, then in this case, it could end up with no one dying…

‘How nice it would be if it really came true…’ No matter how much I try to turn my hope circuit around, the ominous feeling doesn’t seem to leave my mind.

The countless experiences I have had in the past have already given me the answer in the form of intuition. That it can’t be. That ominous feelings always come true.

“···Yandel?”

“Oh, sorry. I had to think about it for a moment. Thanks for your opinion. You all make sense. But I think it’s better to assume the worst rather than the best.”

“So you’re saying that we should prepare countermeasures on the assumption that three people will die?”

“Well, I don’t know if there’s a solution, but…”

Amelia didn’t say anything to my negative and resigned words. She was like that too. No matter how much I struggled and did something, in the end, the ‘record’ was made—

Bam-! Then Amelia hit me on the forehead. It didn’t hurt at all, but I thought the finger that hit me might have hurt more.

‘Why did he suddenly hit me?’ I looked down with a bewildered feeling and saw Amelia with an angry expression.

“Why on earth are you giving up already?”

“···huh?

“It was you, Bjorn Yandell.”

“······”

“At that time, when even I had given up on myself, I somehow managed to find a way without giving up until the very end.”

Amelia grabbed my shoulder and brought her face closer to mine, and then…

“So don’t make that face again, Bjorn Jandel. You are a hero who can do anything to that little kid who didn’t know anything.”

The moment I heard those words, my body started to tremble for some reason. It was such a strange feeling.

The city people called me a hero and had silent expectations of me whenever they had a hard time, and I always felt burdened at those times.

“······”

The word hero doesn’t sound burdensome today, of course, but it feels very unfamiliar somewhere.

I know very well that I am not a hero.

“······”

But, still, something, it’s hard to explain with my poor speaking skills, but, thump-! I feel like I can do anything.

“······”

I felt like I could do anything, but unfortunately, that feeling didn’t last long.

“Umm··· Sir···? Are you awake···?”

“···Ahem ahem!”

Oh man, I almost got in big trouble·***

Starting with Erwen, the other companions also woke up one by one, and the conversation with Amelia was temporarily suspended. In the end, they were unable to bring up the second record.

[·········The day the field was burning········· The evil spirit ‘————’ betrayed······his···believing······comrades······]

The very record that led me to make that interpretation is that I was betrayed by a trusted colleague on the day the ecliptic Karnon was burning.

‘···Is it better not to say anything?’ Today, the timing was off and I couldn’t say anything, but I think it would be better to just keep this one thing to myself.

In the first place, I don’t even know if my interpretation is correct… ‘Even if it is correct, is it possible to change this…?’ This seems more difficult than the former.

Even if you knew who was betraying you, what could you do? No matter how much you tried to persuade them in advance, they wouldn’t change their mind.

If it was such an easy problem to solve, it wouldn’t have been a ‘record’. ‘It’s complicated enough just from what I’ve said so there’s no need to add to it.’

Since it is not the right time to talk about it anyway, I decided to take some more time to think about whether or not to have a frank discussion.

Well, everything has its own priorities.

“I guess I ended up waking everyone up····”

Erwen found me awake and started making a fuss, so when I came to my senses, all my sleeping colleagues were already awake.

·“Bjorrrrrrrr—!!!”

“Yes, yes, Ainar. Nice to meet you too.”

“Are you feeling better? Everyone was worried because you slept like the dead without even snoring.”

“I’m okay now. I’m just a little tired. Don’t worry, Kaislan.”

“I’m glad you’re safe, Captain, Madams… no, everyone was really worried about you.”

“But Auyen, you seem to have gained some weight?”

“Is that so? I’m sorry····”

“What’s there to be sorry about? You look much better now. Take care and eat well in the future.”

“yes!”

After exchanging greetings and words of encouragement one by one in a frenzy, I silenced everyone around me for a moment.

Even if you are close friends, you have to say something like this clearly. I said this to all the members of our Anabada Clan.

“First of all, let me say I’m sorry! I’m truly sorry that I made you come out of this dangerous castle wall for no reason!”

Kaislan, an explorer and former knight, smiled at the sincere apology.

“What is there to be sorry about? We are all explorers.”

“If there is an opportunity to explore outside the walls, of course I have to run to it.”

James Calla, who is wittily agreeing with Kaislan’s words. Is it because they are both former commanders of the same organization?

It seemed like he knew exactly what to say to lighten the mood. Well, I guess I still have to say what I want to say.

“And thank you! If it weren’t for you, I could have been in real danger, but thanks to you, I survived!”

As I bowed my head with those words, laughter erupted from those around me. Hmm, I don’t think they’re making fun of me.

“···Why are you laughing?”

Liris Marone shrugged her shoulders at my question.

“I said I was alive thanks to you, but the expressions on the faces of the people I saw back then were so horrible.”

“That’s right! Everyone was on the verge of losing their breath.”

“I heard from the magician that they had been fighting for hours····”

“Bjorn is the invincible, strongest, greatest warrior!!”

···Is it because it’s been a long time since we last met? I feel awkward and at the same time at ease as I watch the members putting gold paint on their faces.

“Everyone, pay attention! I’m not done talking yet!”

Let’s quiet the surroundings once more. Bersil speaks to me on behalf of the people.

“You can stop. There’s nothing to be sorry about or thankful for. It’s just something that’s natural.”

Um… I appreciate you saying that, but…

“I don’t want to apologize or express my gratitude.”

We already finished that earlier. Why do we need to do it again?

“Yes? So… are you planning to have a meeting about the future?”

Well, I guess I have to do that too.

“Wrong·”

I don’t plan on starting the meeting right now. After all, they came all the way outside the dangerous walls to find me. It’s shameless to just say a few words.

“Then what are you going to do···?”

“Loot Settlement”

“···?”

“Didn’t you just take out a lot this time! And besides this, I got a lot of other things! I’ll just lay them out, so if you need anything, just tell me!!”

Saving, sharing, exchanging, and reusing

That’s the spirit of our clan·***

The loot settlement took longer than expected. It was no wonder, because most of the loot I got this time was in kind.

“I also have some things that I don’t use, and I would like to donate them to the public property. If anyone needs them, please use them…”

“Huh? Then me too!”

“I have a few too······”

Not only did they get the items they had this time, but each member also took out items they no longer used, and the scale of the group grew bigger.

When I finished organizing all the stuff, it reminded me of a small market place.

“It’s a bit peculiar······”

“What’s so special about it?”

“Just these images are all there is to it. In what clan in the world do members give away their belongings so readily? If they were to sell them all, they would fetch a high price.”

Um… That’s true. I don’t know much about it because I’ve never been in a clan, but Bersil has been in a medium-sized clan for a long time, so it might feel even stranger.

“Is that natural since the captain himself is special?”

“What are you talking about? You go and find out what you need.”

“I was planning on doing that anyway.”

After that, I went to the market all the way to Bersil and started picking out things, and I was watching my colleagues from afar.

“So what are we going to do from now on?”

Amelia, whose conversation had been cut off when Erwen woke up, came up to me and spoke to me again.

“Well, how about you go look around for now?”

“I heard something like that, but do you think it will catch your eye?”

Uh… that’s true too…

“Do you have any idea what the situation is? If three people are going to die, it’s not an ordinary dangerous situation. Unlike you, I don’t know much about the outside of the walls.”

I don’t know if it’s fortunate or not, but when I heard that question, there was actually something that came to mind first.

[A truly terrifying monster] The monster that Baekho Lee said appeared outside the castle walls.

[It doesn’t seem to have a specific habitat. It appears wherever you go. Every time it appears, you can’t do anything and thousands of people die….]

Aside from its horror, there’s only one thing I know about the monster:

The monster is more likely to appear the more people there are around and the longer you stay outside the walls.

Ss …

The ‘Anabada Market’ that opened in the middle of the night lasted much longer than expected and ended around the time morning broke.

‘This method isn’t bad either.’

It wasn’t like everyone got core items from the market or anything like that, but at least one or two pieces of equipment from each unit were able to be upgraded.

‘The clan’s power increased by about 5% in one market…’ I was a bit worried at first because it felt like autonomous distribution, but I’m glad I chose this method.

At this point, I think it might be okay to open a market again later.

“Haha… I’ve never seen this distribution method before, but I like it.”

“Isn’t that more fun? The idea of ??sharing things that each other needs makes us feel closer together.”

“Later, this might become a tradition unique to our clan.”

Since everyone is giving it favorable reviews, it seems like there will be no problem in continuing to open the Anabada Market in the future.

Well, you should keep in mind the advice of James Calla, who was the vice-captain of a large clan.

“But as the scale grows, we have to be careful. Right now, we only took what we needed, but someday, a greedy person might come in.”

I’m just aware of it, but I’m not that worried or anything. I’m not the kind of person who would let someone like that run wild.

In the first place, I don’t think there’s any reason to receive those kinds of people.

“Come on! You might be tired, but everyone, gather around!”

Everyone woke up in the middle of the night and stayed up all night until morning, but this level of fatigue is a daily occurrence for explorers. The sun must have risen and they started the next schedule right away.

“We have something to discuss together!”

It was a kind of leadership meeting. Of course, our Anabada Clan is small in number, so we don’t have a leadership team.

“As you all know, the magic circle that allows you to return inside the walls has been broken.”

Anyway, before starting the full-fledged meeting, we took time to brief the members about the current situation.

The magic circle is broken. The characteristics of the monsters that exist outside the walls.

And the existence of the ‘monster’ that made the Noarks who had left for the wide world return to the city on their own.

As I was explaining all the things you need to know, it naturally led to the fact that GMs can fix the return magic circle if they have the materials.