How a Black-Haired Barbarian Survived the Labyrinth in Another World-Chapter 98: Good Person

Joo Hyuk’s eyebrows twitched as he lay on the ground.

Brin was crouching beside him.

It was a strange situation.

How had she secretly come this far?

And then...

‘Why... why is she helping me?’

It was hard to understand Brin's actions.

They had only been together for a day, so there was still a lot he didn’t know about her.

But the nature of a person cannot be hidden forever. Some things began to show.

She was lazy, but not stupid. She had emotional sides, but he thought she was a student capable of making sound judgments.

“U... I’ll pour the potion.”

“...”

Why was she helping him?

She could have just run away.

Pop.

The sound of the bottle opening echoed.

Forgetting the pain, Joo Hyuk started to think. Soon, he reached a conclusion.

‘Could it be...?!’

Was she inspired by the sacrifice of the party members?

It didn’t matter if that was the case. He couldn’t miss this opportunity.

“Ugh.”

A sound like air escaping from a balloon.

And then the potion splashed all over his body.

The sticky potion flowed down his head and face.

“...Ah, I’m sorry...”

He heard an awkward voice beyond his ears.

‘Could it be...?’

“Antidote too... Ah?!”

Plop.

The contents spilled again, this time soaking his hair and even getting into his nose and ears.

“...”

Joo Hyuk turned his eyes and glared at Brin.

Brin, drenched in cold sweat, avoided his gaze.

‘No. This is an opportunity.’

Whether she was teasing him or not, thanks to Brin’s help, he was able to move his neck and tongue just a bit.

Joo Hyuk used his mouth and neck to lick the spilled potion and antidote from the ground.

As if that wasn’t enough, he even chewed on the dirt soaked in potion and antidote.

“Ugh... Ugh, disgusting.”

“Ptoo!”

He spat the dirt out after chewing it.

“...Give me the potion and bandages from my backpack.”

“...Here.”

Brin quickly pulled out several potions and placed them on the ground.

‘Did she bring these already?’

All the potions he had carefully saved were here.

Healing potions, stamina potions, antidotes—everything was there.

Thanks to the antidote, his movements were a lot better.

But it wasn’t enough. With trembling hands, he uncorked the bottles and drank them all.

He even shoved the charcoal powder into his mouth.

“U... excuse me.”

Brin raised her finger and pointed to Joo Hyuk’s stomach. Thanks to the healing potion, his wound had shrunk, but there was still a hole.

The colorful potion contents were leaking out, mixed inside his stomach.

It didn’t matter.

He hastily wrapped his stomach with bandages and stood up.

“...Brin, leave. I need to fight.”

“U... I think it’s better to just run instead of talking to me.”

“...”

‘Focus.’

Shhh.

He tore off the remains of his light armor like rags and became bare-chested.

His helmet had flown somewhere, revealing his burning transformation thanks to the Revenger engraving.

Swish.

He drew the longsword and slung it over his shoulder, moving forward.

Towards the monster he needed to kill.

The razor-sharp blade gleamed.

The Iron Mask staggered and stood up.

The brave dwarf priest stood before the giant spider with only a staff in hand.

The Iron Mask’s gaze was directed at Kubo, but his mind was drifting through old memories.

‘Evan Lyonell, must you really go?’

‘Yes, Father.’

‘Isn’t there another way if you look hard enough? The Great Labyrinth is a dangerous place. It’s like an endlessly sinking swamp. Once you step in, it’s incredibly hard to get out. Both heroes and villains alike die floundering in that swamp.’

‘Isn’t that how all lives are? I will go.’

‘...Are you sure? Don’t you know the people love you?’

His father’s sad eyes.

The sky he saw when he left everything behind and ran out of the palace was so beautiful.

Bam!!!

Kubo was sent flying by the giant spider’s front legs. His broken staff scattered in the air.

Crunch.

Joo Hyuk gripped his greatsword tightly, wishing his dying body could still move properly.

He rose to his feet and walked toward the vile monster.

One step. Two steps.

His staggering steps soon turned into a full sprint.

He lifted the greatsword, forged by the royal blacksmiths with utmost care.

The funeral had already been held when he left the royal palace. He had no regrets. Isn’t that the way human life is?

A life wandering between desire and boredom, eventually ending up in a grave.

“Haaaaaaaa!!!”

Whoooosh!!!

The greatsword made a deafening sound.

The giant spider was unable to resist and retreated.

‘I won’t miss.’

Evan Lyonell twisted the greatsword in a downward slash, spinning it once in the air.

With a twist of his body, he swung the sword down.

A vertical slash without hesitation.

Screech!!!

The greatsword sliced through two massive legs in one strike.

Boom!!!! Boom!!!

The legs flew into the air and crashed to the ground.

“Creeeeeeek!!!”

The giant spider screamed in a maddened frenzy and swung its front legs.

Evan stood still. He had exhausted all his strength to swing the sword and could no longer move.

‘Is this it?’

Creeeeek!!!

The giant front leg came crashing down toward Evan like an executioner’s axe.

In that moment.

Squeeeeeeek!!!

A golden spear lodged itself next to the giant spider.

Perrrrk!!!

The giant spider wavered.

Its front leg barely missed Evan as it crashed into the ground.

Boom!!!

Through the swirling dirt and grass, a man walked forward.

Bare-chested, with bandages wrapped around his stomach, a longsword slung over his shoulder.

His eyes burned with blue transformation flames.

Sky, the half-blood barbarian.

A sight that couldn’t be called good. A miraculous figure, standing and walking despite being in such a state.

“Iron Mask.”

“...Sky, run.”

“Nonsense. You take a rest.”

At Joo Hyuk’s words, the Iron Mask kneeled. He no longer had the strength to stand.

Joo Hyuk turned his body and faced the giant spider.

The Sacred Weapon pierced his side, leaving him in a dazed state.

‘This is different.’

This wasn’t a typical giant spider.

The disparity between the books he’d read and reality was too great.

A possibility flashed in his mind, but he discarded it.

What difference does it make? He was going to kill it anyway.

The light spear embedded in the giant spider scattered into particles.

“Creeeeeeek!!!”

The giant spider, now steady again, charged at Joo Hyuk.

Joo Hyuk ran to meet it.

The spider’s front legs came crashing down above Joo Hyuk’s head.

‘Bring it.’

He immediately sidestepped to avoid it.

Bang!!!

The giant spider’s front leg only hit the ground.

Like a bomb going off, a mound of dirt shot up.

‘An opening.’

He placed the longsword on his shoulder and twisted his waist completely.

A diagonal cut.

Squeeeeeek!!!

Kchhkkk!!!

The longsword’s sharp blade cut through the spider’s leg halfway.

‘Ainhofer.’

[Sacred Weapon]

A weapon forged through the fires of hell in his mind.

A golden, one-edged axe materialized in his hand.

He gripped it and swung.

Kraaaack!!!

He struck the half-cut leg with the force of a battering ram, breaking it off completely.

Whoooosh!!!

Greenish fluid erupted from the severed leg and splattered onto the dirt.

“Greeeeek!!!”

The spider screamed as it frantically swung its front legs.

Boom!!!

Boom!!!

Boom!!!

Rolling across the dirt, Joo Hyuk stood up.

“...”

He wiped the blood flowing from his mouth without even flinching and grinned. His blue transformation deepened.

The spider turned around, exposing its rear.

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Thwip!!!

Spider webs flew toward him.

“Haiku.”

Joo Hyuk staggered and spun his body to dodge them.

Then, he charged at full speed.

The spider moved forward as if trying to evade, but its legs had been cut off, and its speed was slow.

‘If we drag this out into a war of attrition, escaping will be impossible.’

The party members were in bad shape.

A thought flashed in Joo Hyuk’s mind.

‘Can I do it?’

He didn’t know. Failure wasn’t an option. He would make it happen.

While running, he bit the handle of the longsword.

[Sacred Weapon]

What he desired was a spear.

‘Now.’

He grabbed the long spear and drove it into the ground.

Bam!!!

He was launched into the air using the spear.

The so-called pole vault.

Iron Mask, Kubo, Mas, and Brin all looked up at Joo Hyuk in shock.

As Joo Hyuk soared through the sky, he gave the party a thumbs-up.

And then.

He grabbed the sword he had spit out with both hands and aimed downward.

A downward stab.

Seeing him, the spider urgently moved, but it was too late. It couldn’t escape.

Whoooom!!!

Joo Hyuk landed on the spider’s upper body.

At the same time, the longsword embedded deep into the spider’s body.

“Greeeek!!!”

The spider screamed as it twisted its body.

‘As expected.’

[Sacred Weapon]

Time to break its skull.

What he needed was a warhammer.

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From above.

‘This is it.’

Whoooom!!!

The brilliant golden warhammer smashed halfway through the spider’s head and eyes.

“Greeeeeeek!!!”

The spider staggered.

It didn’t stop.

One more time.

Boom!!!

The warhammer crushed the spider’s head, bursting its eyes completely.

The giant spider could no longer hold on and collapsed.

Boom!!!

The ground shook violently, as if it had been well-fed.

Joo Hyuk pulled the sword out and dismounted from the spider’s body.

He walked over to the spider’s head and placed his mouth near it.

“Are you human?”

The spider shuddered slightly.

The reason Joo Hyuk was certain was simple.

When bitten by the venomous fangs, his magical energy had been bound like it was chained, making him unable to move.

No ordinary giant spider has venom that blocks magic.

That left only one possibility.

The engraving ability.

He lifted the sword.

“Actually, it doesn’t matter what you are.”

Screech.

The crushed spider’s head rolled across the ground.

Subjugation complete.

“Kaaack, ptoo!!!”

He spat out the blood that rose from his mouth and used the sword as a cane to steady himself.

What should he do first?

Should he heal Kubo’s body? He had the pesticide given by Edel. It was used to kill the pests that entered the body.

Or should he deal with the Iron Mask, who was vomiting blood and collapsing?

Or should he help Mas, who was tied up in spider webs and almost being eaten by spiderlings?

“Br... Brin.”

He barely stood up and called the girl’s name. Where had she gone now?

At that moment.

Someone approached. Joo Hyuk’s eyes widened. It wasn’t Brin.

A muscular, 2-meter-tall deer-man stood, looking down at him.

He wore armor camouflaged with leaves and carried a longbow and spear, both as tall as a person.

“A step too late.”

“You’ve taken several steps too late. Who are you?”

“Look at the way you talk. I was sent by Ashur. Zara.”

“Pthooo!!!”

Joo Hyuk spat out the rising blood and glared at the deer-man.

Why did Ashur send this deer-man?

“It’s not time to rest yet.”

“...Has madness clouded your mind?”

“Do you expect me to believe you just because you say Ashur sent you? These bastards suddenly appear and...”

Thud.

The deer-man silently threw something on the ground.

Joo Hyuk’s eyes widened.

A sandbag.

With trembling hands, he picked it up.

It was heavy. His name was engraved on it.

Before entering the labyrinth, he had trained with this sandbag in the swordsmanship association, enduring hellish practice. How could he forget that?

The devilish smile of Ashur handing it over sometimes appeared in his dreams.

Leaning on his sword, Joo Hyuk wiped the blood from his mouth and deeply bowed his head.

“...Please. Save my party members.”

The deer-man crossed his arms and nodded.

“...I see. Lucky. Surviving that giant spider.”

“Sh...shit. That’s not what I meant. Thank you. Sorry.”

Joo Hyuk muttered the words and lowered his head again.

“...”

The deer-man, leaning on his sword, silently watched Joo Hyuk faint and then turned his gaze to Brin.

“Girl, is this barbarian always this rude?”

“He’s... a good person. Don’t curse him. Damn it.”

Brin defended Joo Hyuk.

“Phew.”

The deer-man sighed deeply and fiddled with his horns while muttering.

“That giant spider is dead too. They should live like rats in the city. Why come back to the labyrinth and bother people? Tch.”

In the dark forest clearing.

The deer-man and the girl began to move briskly.