How a Black-Haired Barbarian Survived the Labyrinth in Another World-Chapter 10: Crisis

After passing through the red portal, a floating sensation brushed against his body.

Thud.

He landed and looked around.

The same darkness.

A narrow cave.

It was just like the first floor.

"Heh!"

A flash of red light, and Ka'al landed on the ground. He still had his sword in hand. Soon, the rest of the party appeared.

Ka'al smiled widely.

"Let’s go, it’s a long way ahead."

The formation shifted slightly. Jeong Yushin took the lead, cutting through the way, but Ka'al stayed close behind.

"We're lucky this time. We’ve shifted to the central zone," Dean said brightly while checking the map.

"Let’s finish this quickly. I haven’t had a proper bath or sleep. Ugh," Marie grumbled.

"Just a little more, everyone, let’s hang in there," Ka'al reassured her.

"Hehehe."

"Hehehe."

Chilling laughter echoed from the ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) front. It was hard to see clearly.

"Enemy ahead!"

Whether they wanted it or not, they had to stick together, so Jeong Yushin decided to do his best.

He quickly raised his shield and shouted.

Screeeech!!

It wasn’t an arrow.

A spear.

There was no dodging. If he dodged, the person behind would be hit.

He braced his feet and gripped the shield handle tightly.

Crash!

The strong impact made him stagger and take a step back.

Fortunately, the shield was intact. However, the powerful blow made him lose his grip on the torch in his other hand.

At that moment, Ka'al rushed forward. In one hand, he held the torch Jeong Yushin had dropped.

"Marie!"

[Light]

The cave lit up.

Three hobgoblins turned to flee.

"Just like I thought, they run away when there are fewer of them!" Ka'al yelled, quickly following and slashing at the hobgoblin's back.

"Screeeech!!"

The goblin fell, letting out a sorrowful cry.

"Chase them!" Ka'al shouted and ran after the goblin.

"Ka'al!"

Anne shouted urgently, but Ka'al seemed too focused on chasing the goblin to hear her.

There was no time to recover his injured palm. Jeong Yushin hastily ran after Ka'al.

He saw Ka'al leaving the range of the Light spell. The path turned right, and Ka'al’s silhouette vanished entirely, leaving only the flickering light of the torch.

Then.

"Kreeeeek!!"

Ka'al's scream filled the cave.

"Damn."

Jeong Yushin ran with all his might and turned into the right path.

There, Ka'al was wildly swinging his sword, fighting off five hobgoblins. He was limping on one foot.

‘Trap!’

Ka'al swung his sword like an enraged beast, but the goblins only let out strange laughter as they subtly brandished their daggers and spears, not charging in.

They aimed to drain the strength of the injured beast.

The textbook method of beast hunting.

The torch lay on the ground.

The shadows of Ka'al flickered against the cave wall, twisting like a dance. In response, the shadows of the goblins also shook.

Jeong Yushin kicked the ground and rushed out.

But it was already too late.

Thud.

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A hobgoblin’s spear pierced Ka'al’s abdomen.

"Ugh!"

Ka'al sucked in a breath. It wasn’t a deep wound, but it was enough to freeze his body for a moment.

Another hobgoblin rushed in, swinging a wooden club.

Bam!

Blood splattered from Ka'al’s head. His body swayed as if he was about to fall.

Bang!

Bam!

Each hit of the club echoed, and Ka'al’s head caved in, his skull denting.

The proud boy was gone.

Only a prey, trembling as his eyes bulged out, waiting for death.

The whole thing happened in an instant.

Jeong Yushin couldn’t do anything.

Still, he ran.

He plunged his sword into the goblin’s neck, which was trying to choke Ka'al.

"Kreeek!"

With a scream, the goblin collapsed, clutching its neck.

Two goblins latched onto Jeong Yushin’s shield.

The shield became so heavy he could barely move it.

He was stunned by the unexpected tactic and lost focus.

"Damn."

Only then did he see it.

A goblin popped up above the shield and swung its club at his head.

Clang!

The club hit the steel helmet.

The shock rattled his vision.

Instinctively, the sword he had extended pierced through the goblin’s stomach.

Did it go too deep?

The sword wouldn’t come out.

He let go of the shield. The two goblins crashed to the ground.

The spear came.

There was no shield, no sword.

"Phew."

He took a deep breath and, timing it just right, snatched the spear.

"Keek?"

As he yanked the spear, the goblin was dragged along. He punched the goblin’s chin.

Bam!

A clean straight punch.

The goblin didn’t even scream as it collapsed unconscious. He stomped on the fallen goblin's neck.

Crunch.

The goblin’s neck bone shattered under the steel-toed boots.

He threw the spear. One goblin was taken care of.

Only one left.

At that moment.

"Kyaaaaaaa!!"

Marie’s scream echoed from behind.

"Marie! No! Dean, come back!!"

Anne’s frantic shout followed.

What the hell was happening?

"Hehehehe."

The last goblin in front of Jeong Yushin was laughing ominously.

Screech!

Thwip!

Arrows flew from the darkness. He dodged them, but one struck his shoulder and the other his thigh.

"Damn!"

The burning pain froze his body.

There were more of them. The goblins had heard the noise and gathered.

From behind, Marie’s scream and Anne’s shout echoed.

The goblins in front laughed.

A crisis arrived in a single moment.

His mind was fading, but his body moved desperately to survive.

He grabbed the goblin charging at him by the collar and blocked the incoming arrow with his shield.

Thud!

Wham!

An arrow sank into the goblin's body.

He couldn’t stop them all.

He was hit in the arm, but he blocked the vital spots.

He wouldn’t die. The warm heat made the blood rush through his head like crazy.

He threw the goblin with the arrow sticking out of it aside.

With a limp, he ran, grabbed the shield, and pulled his sword free from the goblin’s abdomen.

He needed to check what was happening in the back.

He blocked an incoming arrow with his shield and ran back down the turned corridor.

The light was about to go out.

Marie, her clothes torn in several places, was being dragged by the hair into the darkness, far away.

Dean was nowhere to be seen.

Anne was pinned by the goblins, struggling and screaming.

"Stop! Don’t!"

The goblins seemed to enjoy Anne’s desperate screams, laughing as they tormented her.

And then.

Jeong Yushin didn’t see him coming.

The sword pierced the goblin’s nape and emerged from the other side.

"Keek?!"

One of the three hobgoblins on top of Anne collapsed.

"Keek!"

The goblins were startled.

He retrieved the sword and slashed at another goblin’s throat, then hit the remaining one’s neck with his shield.

Crunch.

The goblin fell at an odd angle, its neck twisted.

"Ugh! Ahhh."

The last goblin fell, but Anne was still panicking and thrashing around.

The light went out, and darkness filled the cave.

It was a dire situation. The goblins could strike at any moment. The path where Ka'al had been was especially worrying.

Jeong Yushin lit the last remaining torch. The light barely illuminated the narrow cave.

"Anne, snap out of it."

He shook her shoulders several times, but she didn’t regain consciousness.

He slapped her cheek hard, and only then did a flicker of awareness return to her eyes. Whether she was fully conscious, he couldn’t tell.

"Marie! We need to save her! And Ka'al? Dean?!"

"Ka'al's head was smashed, and I don’t know about Dean. Marie was dragged away by her hair."

"We have to save her!"

Anne tried to get up but collapsed, clutching her stomach. The poison-tipped dagger had pierced her several times, and dark red blood was flowing out.

Jeong Yushin pulled two antidotes from his bag. He had learned that goblins used poison in class. He had prepared just in case, and now was the time to use it.

"Not now."

He handed her the antidote. They needed to leave immediately. They had stayed too long, and there was no telling when the goblins would come back.

They needed to get to a safe place first. He needed to remove the arrows and take the antidote. The wounds where the arrows had struck were turning black.

"Stop talking nonsense! We need to save them! Please! Help me."

Anne collapsed, crying.

He understood.

She was from the same village, and they must have spent many years together.

Their bond was probably deeper than the years they had lived.

As Ka'al said, they had overcome every difficulty together, so they had believed they could survive the labyrinth as well.

With that faith, she had made a bold decision, but their luck had run out.

He understood.

"Alright. Let’s go to a safe place and treat you first. We’ll look for them afterward."

It was a lie.

He had no intention of looking for them.

Anne was bait.

When the goblins overwhelmed them, Anne would make a great distraction, buying them time to escape.

"You... You need to go now."

"You’re going to die first, aren’t you? Even if we find them, we can’t fight in this state. Are you planning to leave everything to me?"

Anne bit her lip.

"Okay."

Jeong Yushin helped Anne get up and began walking.

Strangely, the goblins didn’t pursue them.

If he were a goblin, would he chase after prey that had been hit with three arrows?

Were they scared?

He wasn’t sure, but he took the remaining torches and threw them into the forks in the path, using their light to mislead the goblins.

It was a temporary measure to use the goblins' habit of attacking where light appeared.

And then.

He felt like he was going to die.

Carrying a woman who couldn’t walk properly with arrows still lodged in her body had its limits.

He didn’t even know where he was going.

Dean had the map.

"Gehk."

Anne coughed up black blood.

‘I can’t go much further.’

He couldn’t find a resting spot, let alone an actual shelter. Still, they had gotten far enough from the ambush site, and he didn’t hear the goblins pursuing them.

He leaned Anne against a cave wall and gave her the antidote.

Lifting her shirt to expose her stomach, he saw multiple holes in her abdomen. He poured some wine to disinfect and applied the antidote.

Jeong Yushin pulled a small glass vial from his bag.

A low-grade healing potion.

The vial, about the size of a yakut, contained a red liquid.

This one vial cost three silver coins.

‘Should I just leave her?’

For a moment, he hesitated.

‘Just a little. Enough to let her walk. I need to buy time to escape.’

He dropped a drop onto the wound in her stomach.

The skin started to smoke, and the wound began to heal a little.

He wrapped a bandage around her.

"Ugh!"

Anne groaned and twisted her body.

Now it was his turn.

He took a sip of the wine.

With trembling hands, he snapped the arrow shaft.

Now, he just had to pull the arrowhead out.

He didn’t need to worry about blood loss.

There was a healing potion.

He used a dagger to pry at the arrowhead.

"Ughh!! You fucking bitch!"

Jeong Yushin couldn’t bear the intense pain and glared at Anne.

The burning pain fanned his anger.

Guan Yu played Go while being shot with arrows, but he felt like swearing would be the only way he could endure.

"Fuck! I knew it from the moment those idiots started bragging about their luck. Do you know how Ka'al died? He was stabbed in the stomach with a spear and had his head crushed by a club. That fucking idiot died with his eyes popping out. I told you not to go. Why drag everyone into hell?"

He pulled the arrowhead from his arm. Blood spurted out like a fountain. He sprayed the antidote and healing potion.

‘When was the last time I got a tetanus shot? Was it in basic training?’

He gritted his teeth through the dizzying pain and continued to curse as he pulled the remaining arrowheads out.

After the first aid, he looked at Anne.

Tears were streaming from her blurry eyes.

Jeong Yushin stood up.

"Can you walk on your own?"

"Yes."

Anne clutched her stomach and stood up.

"Let’s go."

Jeong Yushin didn’t wait for her reply and turned, walking away.

He heard her stagger behind him.

‘I’m going to survive. Out of this damn labyrinth.’

He gritted his teeth and raised the torch high.