Surviving the Game as a Barbarian

The Submerged Island, Atlante.

In fact, this was the most difficult part of raising a Shield Barbarian.

It wasn't called the second core essence for nothing.

Usually, by the time you reached this point, you would only have 4th-grade or lower essences.

It was impossible to obtain Stormgush's [Origin], Bion's [Transcendence], and Gachabon's [Risk] beforehand.

So, it was impossible to solo this area, even after dying and being reborn. You had to gather suitable companions and prepare thoroughly before entering.

Only after absorbing the essence from this area would your combat power increase dramatically, allowing you to start looting 3rd-grade essences.

'But somehow, the order has been reversed.'

Looking back, it all started with the Ogre essence.

I was lucky enough to obtain a high-grade essence early on, and that accelerated my growth like a snowball.

Like this.