Surviving the Game as a Barbarian - Chapter 1

2029 was supposed to be the year humanity moved forward.Instead, a failed military experiment tore open a gate to another dimension unleashing creatures that could shatter mountains with a single strike.From the wreckage, a new era began. Technology forged from energy crystals found beyond the gate and soldiers wielding beast infusions fuels humanity’s last defenses.Soldiers, mercenaries, and the desperate are sent to hunt the beasts... and one day, to face the terror that waits Beyond the Crimson Gate.But every step closer to the gate brings one truth into focus. What waits on the other side may not be killable.

Read at least six chapters, then prepare to crave the rest.The main character will show up in Chapter Five, though I don't recommend skipping the first four chapters.-----The world was celebrating. The Demon King was dead, along with his Darkness Generals.Humans led the other races to war for subjugation. They killed all, and none were spared. However, thousands of years before this happened, a piece of history was altered by time itself. In fact, the Demon King didn't have four generals but only one, which he sealed and sent into eternal slumber. Just as he started to close his eyes, the chains locked away for eternity shattered into pieces.

Riser traveled to the world of novels and became a villain. The first thing he does when he transmigrates is to retire from the engagement!I've seen this kind of villain routine in several novels, I didn't expect to experience it myself. Even so, I have to survive in this brainless novel world.But what happened next surprised Riser.Rias: “Riser, do you know the difference between you and the stars?”Riser asked in confusion. “What's the difference?”Rias: “Stars are in the sky, but you're in my heart!”Riser: “.... (Something is wrong with this woman. What about protagonist? What about the plot? As heroine, why don't you have any self-awareness!)”Grayfia: “Riser, you have helped me many times. If you want, I can promise you my body and heart.”Riser: “Cough, cough! That's an interesting idea. What about your fiancé?”Grayfia: “Fiancé? You mean Issei? I never recognized him as my fiancé. I hate him.”Looking at the heroines who were sucking up to him and ignoring protagonist, Riser felt very tired.“Sorry protagonist, these heroines don't want to be with you. Why not find another woman out there?”Seeing the heroines with villain, protagonist angry and vomits blood.Riser had no other choice but to bully protagonist to death.

“You are sitted with the devil... and you are afraid of a demon:”Daxen, a brilliant but bad-minded young boy, finds himself in a parallel world where everything seems to be linked with havoc.At first, he thought he was dreaming, that his mind was playing tricks on him. But not until it had dawned on him.Growing up, Daxen believed the world belonged to the strong, because he had always been at the mercy of bullies. Constantly beaten, mocked, and pushed aside, he began to lose faith in kindness.Over time, his heart hardened. He stopped caring. He developed a cold, calculating mindset, one that thrived on revenge. Pain; once something he feared, became something he delivered.Especially to bullies.He started learning how to play smart, how to always pay back, how to get revenge in a cold way. His feelings for when someone is in pain died, since he now draws pleasure in giving pain to bullies.Mercy faded from his heart, replaced with a twisted satisfaction in seeing his tormentors suffer.But something had happened. He had been assessed and was picked to join a force to defend his world.How can someone as bad-minded as he is do that?Still, the choice was made. And now, Daxen must fight. Train. Endure brutal trials to grow stronger, to survive, to rank up and eventually, defend his world, and himself.But the path wasn’t easy. The trials were something else, merciless. The journey tested his very soul. It made him do things, think things, see things that weren’t sensible to any mere being.He had to slay what he never believed existed, to him they were bullies of the bullies and that was what he hated the most.But as he advanced, he changed. With each step he became a better version of what he was, a darker version, some might call it an omen, a bad one.For He became…Read to find out.