Surviving the Game as a Barbarian Chapter 156 Discussion

A great novel. That should be enough but I'll say more. It's the first novel that feels like a realistic take of ending up in a hard video I've ever seen done.

The MC who spent ten years to beat a disgustingly hard computer game that was unpopular and is now using his brain 100% all the time to stay alive. And although he knows the game in and out for the most part this reality patch as he calls it really makes him work for it to both stay alive and and grow stronger. Especially as new elements were added to the game.

He knows plenty of hidden pieces, but as the existence of players are known as Evil Spirits, so he can't stand out and become OP by showing off his game knowledge unrestrained like so many novels love to do.

Also PK is a thing and he will experience being targeted a lot. One review complained about it here but its explained. Spoiler

MC played the orginal game version of Dungeons and Stones and said it was common to fight plunders all the time when going into the dungeon. Its either due to playing the original game or MC having supernatural bad luck but this continues for him.

MC is also of the Barbarian race who have hearts that are magic ingredients so he was a prime target on the lower floors. This, and the fact that the game/city has very high taxes that have to be paid to avoid execution, so most explorers are desperate for money so plundering is very encouraged.

And lastly their exist a large and hostile faction in the city/game full of players who can also enter the dungeon and wouldn't be strange for them to become plunders.

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The game of Dungeons and Stones is truly interesting and creating the right build is very important and annoyingly hard. And while MC makes a lot of money it always feels like he doesn't have enough to feel safe so story stays exciting. Also D&S requires party play so the MC can't s*upidly solo the game as teamwork is required to both survive the upper floors and make money. So anyone a bit tired of the OP MC soloing the game/story will love this novel.

Team work is important so MC must gather comrades he can trust, but Explorers can almost never be trusted. Plunders hiding among them, disputes over drops, and just being good enough are things you have to keep in mind. Also MC doesn't just get the party members he wants because he's so cool and is the MC. In the real world you have to be social and smart, and sometimes you yourself will be judged as reliable or not. And just bad timing is a factor. Spoiler

The elf girl he made a temporary team in his first dungeon run with couldn't rejoin him due to her sister wanting to train/watch over her and the past war between Elfs and Barbarians not. She obviously likes the MC, but this is reality and she can't just drop everything to join him and the MC without revealing he's a Evil Spirit can't convince the sister that he can make her OP.

A female Barbarian gained the trust of the MC and worked together in his second Dungeon run, but had to leave as an elder of the clan saw her potential and trained her for 6 months. Afterwards she has to prove herself to the MC who grew a lot in the meantime and just barely passed to join his new team he's making. She's loyal and trust the MC, but if she wasn't good enough he wouldn't have invited her.

A wizard despite fighting with the MC once and saved her life straight up told him no as he was too low level for her and couldn't guarentee he could make a team to match her level. MC did save her, but he absolutely could not have survived either without her help. She will join him later on once he's proved his ability and reliability to make a good team.

MC joined a team after the Barbarian girl left. MC eventually came to really trust them in spite of himself, but he knew it was temporary as all but one of them didn't have the talent to keep up with him in the future, or trusted him so much that he could decide their future builds without them suspecting anything. As the MC puts it, it would take years for this tram to become strong and he can't wait that long. This team would eventually disband for reasons unrelated to the above for realistic reasons.

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All in all this has been a great read that's stood out among generic and soulless tr*sh out their. You can absolutely trust the good reviews here. It also has a comic you can check out which is gaining momentum if you want to feel this out. And their is a official translation of the novel out their.