The Game Rune System

The Barbarians were just a side-quest that Tetsuya planned to accomplish in less than a week. His journey to their lands didn't even last one day as he went all out with his wings. He had a lot of those now and by mixing all positive factors from each rune, Tetsuya reached an astonishing pace.

On his way, he also used various fire ingredients to boost himself up.

The Barbarians were people whose whole strength relied on their muscles. The adrenaline and feeling of anger or indignation were also factors that strengthened their rune and made them stronger as a result.

This made their runes abundant in vitality and by receiving the original rune, one would turn into the barbarian leader.

The leader's body would burst with strengthened muscles. His body would be flexible, overpowered and simply fast. Tetsuya would love to have that rune and his speed would increase each time he thought about it!

Karola also had a barbarian bloodline, so he thought of Dual Cultivation with her. He felt like trying it out with every woman that was in his harem. Of course, some ladies were unfortunate and they had their own circumstances for the dual cultivation failure...

"This is the place," Tetsuya looked at the Barbarian Tribe. They were living on rough land similar to desert with tents scattered and spanning over a few kilometers.

Their environment was rough, but no one wanted to stay close to both them and this kind of land. The barbarians were offensive and often called muscle heads too! They had the same principle like many villagers meaning that if you had no muscles, you weren't worthy!

Worthy to be a man... Worthy to be a woman... Their rules were strict!

"I remember sending one of the bandit bosses here with his wife. Let's locate them," Tetsuya landed on the ground, gently put Karola and the old man on it, then his eyes turned to the minimap.

There were two dots displayed on this black minimap. The new environment and land meant that Tetsuya's minimap would simply be black. In this black background, two red dots flashed. These were people Tetsuya was acquaintanced with.

He called them out through his game rune system, then the meeting got arranged by them.

In one of many tents, Tetsuya faced the bandit boss and his wife. They had gone through tremendous transformation, exposing their muscles with revealing clothes. The bandit boss just wore pants like the wrestlers would, flashing his muscles from top to bottom.

The lady had an exposed stomach and short skirt.

Both of them were giggling, "We have worked hard, Tetsuya Boss!"

"Tell me everything," Tetsuya spoke with a gentle smile. He was also curious about their life here.

The thing that both Karola and the old man expected happened first. Both the former bandit and his wife opened their jaws wide to the current game master's attitude and personality! He had changed too much!

The life of the new barbarian couple was harsh at the beginning. The bandit boss was ridiculed for his weak muscles and his woman for lacking those. They had trained on the outskirts and finally became barbarians a few months later.

Then, the new barbarian relied on the game rune and worked his way to the one of the tribe leader's aides!

Tetsuya didn't expect less from the bandit boss, "It means you can gather all other aides. Do it and also call The Barbarian Leader... I am going... for the original rune."

"..."

It felt like the ego thing would never change in the game master, though.

-

The Barbarian people had their own arena.

Deadly battles would often happen here with blood fountaining and spilling. It wasn't weird for some dead bodies littered on the ground to stay for months! The whole arena reeked off with the disgusting stench of blood and old bones.

Those bones were also scattered around...

Tetsuya stood in the middle, his chin high. For a moment, it felt like he was looking at the sky. However, wasn't there a leader before him? The barbarian leader whose muscles and strength had been the strongest for more than two hundred years?!

"What is the meaning of this?" He looked over Tetsuya and instantly evaluated the game master as trash. The muscles were not so wide and big and his features were like a toy, not the man!

Their view of handsome people was also twisted...

Tetsuya laughed, "I brought all of you here for a good show. A show where I will become the strongest barbarian." He pointed his finger at the leader, "By taking your original rune." The wave of indignation swept through all barbarian aides and the crowd.

If the stares could kill, then Tetsuya would be dead already.

The leader, Bartosh, was also seething with anger. He extended his hand and stretched his fingers. After his hand trembled for five seconds, he clenched it tightly and abruptly. A sudden explosion of physical power erupted where Tetsuya's head was.

Tetsuya avoided it, but his eyes stared at the space distorted by a pure physical strength, "I like this rune," He said, then taunted Bartosh to come closer. 

The leader's grimace exposed his displeasure. The fact that Tetsuya avoided this blow deepened his anger and his whole muscles tensed as he went forward. He let out a barrage of punches that sunk into the air, making it howl.

Tetsuya felt these clearly as they passed near him, slightly scratching his clothes. He avoided those as much as he could, but the barbarian leader was no joke. His physical strength was like the magic itself, so Tetsuya had a lot of fun.

The same couldn't be said about the barbarian leader whose face continued to distort into the demon's face with each failed punch! If he grew livid and got purple skin, then Tetsuya would declare him as a demon, though!

"Let me show you... my strength." Tetsuya smiled, his hand going up. He didn't expose any muscle to show off nor did his abilities make him look bigger. His aura made his smile sharper and more charming, though.

His smaller fist clashed with the barbarian's punch!

BOOOOOOM!

Their contact was brief, but Bartosh felt his heart stop beating. He shifted his attention to his clenched hand, then Tetsuya let out another punch! This time, the barbarian's bones cracked a little.

If this continued... then wouldn't he lose rather too miserably? Just two punches and his bones began losing already!

The Game Master said, "Strength... Isn't it just a force that we are satisfied with? You are... satisfied with your strength, but you impose your ideas and beliefs on others... Now that's a little too wrong, don't you think so?" Tetsuya added, "I am Tetsuya." The game master's strength rained down on the barbarian leader then!

He repeated what Bartosh did before, but added his speed. Tetsuya soon began to go around the losing leader, his battle style leaning towards his usual one.

The crowd was silenced and shock was what anyone would be able to see here. There was just a small group that had smiles on their faces, but those naturally belonged to the game master.

They were proud and happy that their research and work here had been helpful so far. The Barbarian's Weakness was exposed by the former bandit boss and his wife, so Tetsuya's punch carried that knowledge!

He shattered more of the leader's bones, then sent him down onto knees.

Tetsuya's kick swept through and kicked the man's cheek, sending him to the area's side.

Bartosh fell on his side, blood trickling down his lips. He didn't move an inch and lay on the ground as if dead, so many barbarians looked at him with incredulous eyes. They wanted to shout, but no words left their lips.

Tetsuya ambled toward the barbarian leader, then squatted. He extended his hand for the rune that was the original one! His desire urged the game rune system for help and it extracted the rune after roughly ten minutes.

Barthos wailed on the ground. His screams were loud and turned the old bones in the area into dust. He tried to stop it, but to no avail! The same went for other barbarians, but as per rules, they didn't dare to step into the arena.

Tetsuya looked at the barbarian rune that was thick with blood veins all over it. He shoved it to his game rune system, then strengthened his strength stat a thousand times! His vitality also surged and his whole aura changed.

He now could punch the air and make it bent with physical force!

"Do you want to follow me?" Tetsuya said as he looked around.

The lost barbarians glanced at each other, then one of them initiated the agreement on the spur of the moment. Fear also played a big role here, but they were uncertain of their future too!

Tetsuya gave them all quests and sent them to the villagers next to the Redemption City!

By then, a lot of monsters had swarmed the neighboring lands...