Chapter 201
Episode 201 Blessing (1)
A magic circle that blooms from the sewer floor.
As I stood still in the light emitted from there, the musty smell of filth disappeared without me noticing.
“You’re here.”
It was the temple of the dragon that had come back then.
I saw Mr. Yong in the front, and I saw six dragons standing behind him.
They must be the elders I mentioned earlier.
It was a reptile eye that was split vertically, but it wasn’t hard to sense that their gaze was not friendly.
So, a battle cry at this point.
“Behel—laaaaaa!!!”
I didn’t use [Wild Eruption] because I didn’t come to filter the dispute. But is that enough to attract aggro?
The elders frown and stare at me.
It looks like something like this.
“Oh sorry. I just wanted to.”
When I scratched the back of my head and apologized, Mr. Yong, the only person here who had experience with me, opened his mouth with a strange look.
“You are… still the same.”
Would this be a compliment?
I think the shouting for self-introduction is over. I got to the main point.
“So what am I supposed to do now?”
May the dragon’s blessing be given to me, a barbarian.
Regarding this matter, Mr. Yong said that the elders had decided to see me for themselves.
But it probably isn’t because I’m really curious about his face.
What kind of ‘verification’ are they trying to do to me?
“It’s nothing.”
Mr. Yong said.
“The elders will take turns asking you a question or request before we finally come together and make a decision.”
“I understand the question, but what do you mean by demand?”
“Well, I’m not quite sure about that yet. But just know that you can say no if you want.”
It’s okay to refuse.
Then I’m pretty sure I’ll vote no.
‘Is it because it’s the dragon’s blessing? They are very strict.’
“How about it? Would you like to?”
I grumbled inwardly, but nodded.
I think it’s a lot to want in the yard that even returns the dragon sword, but……. I can assure you that
the blessing of the dragon is worth it.
“Okay then, the decision has been made. There’s no need to waste time, so shall we start right away?”
“good night.”
Upon my reply, Mr. Yong glanced at the elder behind him.
It means to start ‘validating’ slowly.
The first to step out was one of only two female Yongin.
“I’ll do it first.”
Due to the nature of the Yongin tribe, it was meaningless to guess age by appearance, but the tone of voice and the look in the eyes gave off the youngest among them.
“Bjorn, son of Yandel. What is your greatest wish?”
As soon as I heard that question, I had a sense of what the purpose of this hearing was.
It was verifiably verbatim.
It is to check what kind of person you are before passing on the secret art of the dragon called ‘Blessing of the Dragon’ to other races.
After thinking for a while, I answered honestly.
return to earth?
Even so, it is only a secondary goal after all.
“To survive.”
My first priority has always been survival.
But now it has changed a bit.
It’s no different that survival is the top priority, but I have one more thing to add.
“If possible, with my colleagues.”
While answering that, I felt something strange.
Falling into this unfamiliar world, maybe this is the biggest change.
So, what is your feedback on this answer?
“……okay.”
The Yongin woman, who was looking at me with a meaningful look, asked one more question.
“What would you do if your sacrifice could make your comrades survive?”
“……Didn’t I say that you only ask one question or one request?”
“You don’t have to answer if you want.”
The Yongin woman said that in a voice that really didn’t matter, and I just answered honestly this time.
“I’m not sure yet.”
Riall Warb Dwalkie, a wizard of Team Banpunyi.
If you ask me if I can make the same choice as him, this is the only answer.
Because I know that there is no meaning to any words and resolutions before the situation comes.
Death always puts man to the test.
“But when the time comes, I will make the choices I have to make.”
“…I could have just replied that I would.”
The Yongin woman stared at me with an incomprehensible gaze, and I briefly dismissed her.
“That was a question I didn’t want to ask.”
That wouldn’t be polite to him either.
The Yongin woman, who had no way of knowing what had happened to me, stared at me for a moment, then stepped back.
“My question ends here.”
The look on his face, unable to tell whether he liked my answer or not.
The next turn began without a moment to catch my breath.
“It’s Geornavehanuters.”
The middle-aged man, who had a physique strong enough not to be pushed by me, made a request instead of a question.
“Let’s fight with me.”
The proposal that was handed over secretly to Dragon Fear.
I answered without a moment’s thought.
“good night.”
As a barbarian warrior, it would be ridiculous to turn down that offer.
Besides, it is also a good opportunity.
Wouldn’t it be about the 7th floor if it was a dragon tribe elder.
If you can fight without fear of dying, there is no reason not to do it.
It was such a judgment, but…
“Stop it.”
On the way, Mr. Yong intervened.
“You didn’t want to make such a request, did you?”
“What’s surer than fist-to-fist? Isn’t it? Barbarian warrior?”
Uh, I was going to use a mace……
I think equipment is also a skill, but I agreed with his words.
“Of course.”
“Hahaha! I like him!”
Macho Yongin smiled broadly as if he was satisfied with my answer.
“…I didn’t know that he would reply that he would fight without worrying at all.”
Other elders also found this situation interesting.
“So what?”
“Then I’ll ask a question and move on.”
Macho Yongin asked me in a sad voice.
“What do you fear most, Barbarian?”
The first thing that came to mind was death.
However, giving the same answer as the first question would not be good for an interview in many ways.
I answered this with a bit more specificity.
“To fight someone stronger than me.”
“…what?”
Macho Yong-in tilts his head as if he heard it wrong.
Did you just feel that way too late?
“Did you really think I was weaker than you?”
Macho Yong-in asked, looking a little angry, and I shook my head.
“Not like that.”
“But you just…”
“You didn’t mean to kill me.”
“That’s true…”
I muttered briefly, interrupting my words.
“You have to fight because you are afraid. More and more.”
I know it may sound unbarbarian to some.
But what do you mean?
This must be the essence of a barbarian.
Fortunately, the meaning of my words seemed to be conveyed well.
“Because you’re afraid, you don’t run away, but prepare for that moment… That’s a reasonable answer indeed.”
Macho Yongin laughed.
“Funny. Are all barbarians like you?”
“similar.”
In fact, it was Einar who taught me what a ‘warrior’s life’ was, and the advice he gave then showed me the way to go when I was driven to a dead end.
“I see. My question ends here.”
Soon, Macho Yongin returned to his seat with a satisfied smile on his lips.
at least one was known.
Once I got one vote for sure.
***
The third was also a question, not a demand.
That’s a pretty strange question.
“Do you have someone you love?”
“……does not exist.”
“The answer is a little late. It seems that there is someone who remembered.”
Yongin, a woman with sleepy eyes, went back to her seat without asking further questions.
The fourth turn started like that.
“I will test your insight.”
Gray-haired grandpa Yongin handed me an item. As soon as I saw it, I knew what it was for.
ring puzzle.
“Now take this all apart.”
Huh, I didn’t know there would be such a mission.
“With a little help, you’ll have to use the exact order and the correct method to separate them all.”
Soon after taking over the ring puzzle, Grandpa Yongin smiled and even gave a hint.
It’s like I thought I’d never be able to solve it.
You know I’m a real barbarian.
If it’s a ring puzzle, I played with it a lot at the hospital when I was a child.
“I’ll give you as much time as you want. Sometimes the truth is reached through persistence.”
I grabbed the ring puzzle and checked the structure first by looking up, down, left and right.
If you have enough time, there’s no way you can’t solve it.
Well, I’m sure it should have been…
“Hehe, 5 minutes have passed.”
Nimiral.
What is this?
“It’s been 10 minutes. Is it still far?”
I honestly admitted.
Giving more time doesn’t seem like something will come out.
So, there was only one way.
‘Giant.’
A body that swells in an instant.
I grabbed the loop with both my enlarged hands and pulled it all the way to the side.
And…….
Kwajik.
I finally succeeded in separating the seven rings.
“What are you doing!!!”
“Separated.”
“…That that that that kind of nonsense!!”
“Didn’t I say not to break it?”
I answered confidently.
Well, I already noticed the pitfalls of this puzzle.
At first, the old man said he was testing insight, not intellect.
He also hinted at the truth that can be reached through persistence.
That said, this ring puzzle was impossible to solve in the first place!
‘Perhaps he gave me this to see how to solve a problem for which there is no answer—’
“This! If you do this, it will be solved…!”
Grandpa Yongin sat down blankly and muttered the ring puzzle with a few more pieces added.
Somewhere, his eyes
were very sad.
…….”
“Who’s next?”
I looked at the elders, ignoring Grandpa Yongin, and the verification was resumed.
The fifth question was about my whereabouts.
“How many people have you killed so far? ”
I recalled each one of them in my mind, gave them the exact number, and the elder asked why he had
killed
them .
“I see
.”
The elder who asked the question nodded and withdrew, and the fifth was over. Before
long, only the last hearing was left.
I didn’t know if it went well.
I think it’s the one…’
Macho Yong-in will vote yes.
The
rest? Well, I don’t know
.
I asked one thing.
“Did you only tell the truth?”
The tone seemed to have the ability to hide the truth.
I was embarrassed by that, but I have answered all the questions with the truth so far.
If I get rejected, then K-Bavarian for short, KB Judgment that it is
not too late to start the ceremony negotiations.
”
Okay .
”
I think I need to take a look, so you can rest for a while.”
“Do I have to wait a long time?”
“Well, from the looks of it, it’ll be over in an hour.”
Well, that’s about it.
After that, I headed inside the temple with the guidance of the Yongin woman who asked the first question. .And
I arrived at a room.
I thought it would be a reception room for guests because the guide said to take a break…
“Is that the barbarian you said you were going to come today?”
There was a passenger in the room.
An unknown dragon race kid with the appearance of an early teenager.
The kid looked at me and laughed.
“Wow, it’s filthy ugly!”
What the hell is this little boy with?
My head went blank at the sudden advance, but I smiled calmly like an adult.
“Haha, so you don’t have a mother?”
“……to?”
“If you’ve been properly educated, you wouldn’t be able to tell such a strange lie!”
Bjorn Yandel was manly-looking, but by no means ugly.