I Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 122

I stroked my chin while looking at the aura, which had grown significantly larger than before.

According to Sword Matstar’s explanation, this kind of development results in massive inefficiency.

An aura billowing like flames versus a sharply refined aura.

Just roughly comparing the two made it obvious which one was more efficient.

However, between those two stood a staggering wall, making it difficult to reach.

If one could reach it, they would become a military power that even a nation would revere and invite, meaning innate talent played a massive role.

’It hasn’t even been a month, so I can’t rely on talent either.’

Even if my body was gradually adapting to the Forest of the Four Seasons, talent was a separate matter.

The techniques Passing Dwarf taught me—meaning casting and metalwork—were simply a matter of following the instructions.

But the Internal Cultivation Art and aura were entirely different. They were powers that relied entirely on ’instinct’ and ’feeling’.

Therefore, even as my mana ballooned endlessly, if I couldn’t get the hang of it, it was meaningless.

’First, I should ask Sword Matstar.’

The realm referred to as Aura Blade or Sword Gang.

I wondered if I had to fight with this inefficient method until I stepped into that realm.

If there were no other way, it couldn’t be helped, but since problems could arise, I wanted to hear an expert’s opinion.

’Heavenly Demon will offer advice too. I’ll also ask if it’s normal to fall asleep right after hearing the incantation formula.’

Rather than asking them individually, I would post it on the Gallery.

That way, they could easily exchange opinions with each other.

Perhaps I could get advice from other people as well.

Title: My aura got even bigger

Author: Wild Grylls

(Picture of aura significantly larger than before)

Yesterday I ate the Inner Core, and as soon as I recited the incantation formula Heavenly Demon-nim gave me, I fell asleep. After that, I had some dream, and when I woke up, my aura amount increased.

Is this normal? I thought it would turn into an Aura Blade, but only the fucking aura grew huge;;

ㄴ Heavenly Demon: Thou fell asleep immediately upon reciting the formula? How peculiar.

ㄴ Wild Grylls: Is it usually not like that?

ㄴ Heavenly Demon: Normally, when one attains enlightenment, one’s mind clears. But falling asleep is a first even for this one.

ㄴ Wild Grylls: Then it’ll be hard to explain having a dream, too.

ㄴ Heavenly Demon: What manner of dream didst thou experience?

ㄴ Wild Grylls: Just a dream about flying through the sky? Same thing happened when I had that fever last time.

ㄴ Heavenly Demon: A dream of flying through the sky... Art thou truly certain it was a mere dream?

ㄴ Wild Grylls: What do you mean by that?

ㄴ Heavenly Demon: It may not be a dream, but rather a phenomenon where thy soul exited thy body.

ㄴ Are you talking about out-of-body experience?

ㄴ Seems like it. Isn’t that something only immortals experience?

ㄴ Is Grylls gonna become an immortal?

ㄴ Escaping into the sky, leaving only his body behind lolol

ㄴ Lord Grylls... why did only your soul arrive...

ㄴ Wild Grylls: You bastards;;

If that was the case, it gave me goosebumps. My soul really might have popped right out!

However, nothing was confirmed yet. Just as I was thinking that—

ㄴ Necromancy is Love: Astral projection is easy to perform. We can teach thee the method.

ㄴ How do you do it?

ㄴ But who is this guy? Never seen this fixed handle before.

ㄴ There’s a guy running a weird concept. Claims he’s the Immortal King and his sealed location is Kadir’s refrigerator?

ㄴ What kind of bullshit is that hahaha

ㄴ Even says Allfather is Kadir lol. Probably just real-life friends.

ㄴ So old man, is there actually a way?

ㄴ Necromancy is Love: Hold. We shall reveal the method shortly.

ㄴ Necromancy is Love: Alas. Regrettably, one cannot write down spell formulas through this Gallery. Had We a physical vessel, We would have written it directly on paper.

ㄴ People adopt all kinds of weird concepts lol

ㄴ Talking as if he’s really sealed hahaha

ㄴ Ask your friend to do it then

ㄴ Necromancy is Love: He states he shall lower the refrigerator temperature further. Insolent rogue.

ㄴ Hahaha

ㄴ Hahahaha

ㄴ Hahahahaha

Out of nowhere, Necromancy is Love appeared. He claimed astral projection was possible.

Although his reliability was pretty low, everyone acknowledged the statement itself that it was possible.

If so, I had to consider the possibility that it was out-of-body projection rather than a dream.

ㄴ Wild Grylls: That’s not exactly a good thing, right?

ㄴ Necromancy is Love: If the soul and body remain close, it matters not. Yet if they are permanently severed, the soul shall wander as a spirit, and the body shall halt as a husk. Moreover, since only the soul left, the body remains alive, un-dead.

So it means becoming brain-dead or something like a vegetative state. I roughly got it.This chapter was taken from novelping . com without permission.

A dream was definitely better than an out-of-body experience. If my soul got ruined, it’d be a disaster.

ㄴ Sword Matstar: Wait. Why is that aura like that again? Why is it so huge? I clearly told you that’s ridiculously inefficient;;

ㄴ Wild Grylls: I know, but it just grew on its own. The mana itself is identical.

ㄴ Sword Matstar: The mana you input is identical, but it grew that big?

ㄴ Wild Grylls: Yes.

ㄴ Sword Matstar: And the mana consumed is identical too?

ㄴ Wild Grylls: Yes.

ㄴ Sword Matstar: It feels like your efficiency improved in a really strange direction;;

ㄴ Sidegrade shocker

ㄴ It really is a sidegrade lolol exact same specs, only the aura size got bigger lolol

ㄴ Has there ever been a case like that? Pretty sure there hasn’t

I was curious too. Was there anyone like me?

Sword Matstar was so baffled she couldn’t hide her surprise.

Fortunately, history has a way of throwing up all sorts of anomalies.

Before long, an anonymous user popped up who remembered a case similar to mine.

ㄴ Anonymous: There was one. About 300 years ago? The Sword Saint of that era was similar to Grylls, I think.

ㄴ Ah. I remember. What was his nickname? I recall it having an insane impact.

ㄴ The Retardately Strong Sword Saint?

ㄴ That’s it. His nickname was literally that hahaha

ㄴ Wait, he was a Sword Saint, so why the fuck was his nickname like that? hahaha

ㄴ He was a Sword Saint who couldn’t even reach Aura Blade, but his aura just kept growing insanely huge like Grylls’s hahaha

ㄴ Couldn’t sever space, but his raw destructive power was mind-boggling lolol

ㄴ Wasn’t his secret technique cramming and compressing all his aura into a single thrust?

ㄴ Yeah, just that single attack reportedly blew up a whole castle

ㄴ Wild Grylls: So you’re saying I’m retardately strong?

ㄴ Anonymous: At the very least, that guy had basic skills at the Sword Master level.

ㄴ Anonymous: With just basic skills, he wiped the floor with other Sword Masters. That’s why he was carved into history as a Sword Saint.

ㄴ Wild Grylls: Then what am I?

ㄴ Just a retard?

ㄴ Wild Grylls: You little bitch;;

ㄴ Sword Matstar: I know of that person too. First, test out the actual effect of that aura. It might just look flashy on the outside.

I followed Sword Matstar’s advice. To check if the aura fluttering like flames actually had any real effect.

An aura wasn’t a simple intangible energy, but a form possessing physical substance.

Additionally, its effects varied depending on the tool.

A sharp weapon like a sword gained cutting power, while a blunt weapon gained extra hardness.

Reaching the realm of Aura Blade produces effects beyond that, but that was a story for later.

Right now, I needed to confirm whether the flaming aura—having surged far past a mere haze—was effective.

’This tree will do.’

I stood before a line of moderately tall trees.

Since I had to produce a massive amount of charcoal anyway, I considered it logging.

I gripped the sword billowing with flaming aura in both hands and slowly raised it. I didn’t need a shield.

’Start recording too.’

Since I had to post it on the Gallery, I didn’t forget to record.

Taking my stance, I slashed the sword down diagonally with full force.

Chwaak!

Perhaps because it was a joint effort between the Sword of the Heavenly Demon and aura, the movement was smooth.

However, what mattered was the result. I quietly waited for the result to manifest.

Kwararararak!

Before long, the results unfolded right before my eyes.

The tall trees toppled over along the exact line I had cut.

Given the blade’s incredible performance, the cross-sections were cleanly severed.

’The aura cut them cleanly too.’

The parts cut by the aura were identical. The trees behind them also tumbled down en masse.

The aura wasn’t just for show; it possessed clear cutting power.

I didn’t know whether to be happy or not, feeling a bit lukewarm. First, I should post it on the Gallery.

Title: Video of cutting trees with aura

Author: Wild Grylls

(Video of the sword burning with aura and the trees falling after being cut by it)

Looks like the aura isn’t just for show. It just works according to its size;;

ㄴ Heavenly Demon: A clean, crisp strike. Why not throw away thy shield on this occasion? Considering there is even a gorilla that uses the Internal Heavy Palm Technique, I deem it not a bad idea.

ㄴ Wild Grylls: My shield saves my life a lot. Besides, that guy is freakishly strong; the others are still manageable.Enjoying the story? Read on at novel‌ping.com.

ㄴ Sword Matstar: Now that we know the aura isn’t just for show... what should we do next?

ㄴ Wild Grylls: Why are you asking me that? You’re the one supposed to teach me, Sword Matstar-nim.

ㄴ Sword Matstar: How am I supposed to teach when I don’t even know...?!

ㄴ Real talk, if you don’t know, it’s damn hard to teach lolol

ㄴ Messing with it recklessly might tangle everything up~

ㄴ Starlight Lady: How should I put it... Grylls-nim’s strength feels like magic spellcraft. The process is weird, but it operates properly.

ㄴ Wild Grylls: What’s that supposed to mean?

ㄴ Starlight Lady: Birds are supposed to fly with their wings, right? But it’s like flying while spinning one’s head in circles. Still, since it flies anyway, people just let it slide.

ㄴ Wild Grylls: That sounds like an insult though.

ㄴ Starlight Lady: Even if the process is weird, as long as it brings good results, isn’t it fine?

ㄴ Wild Grylls: That’s true, but... ah, shit hahaha I don’t know anymore either lol

ㄴ Just ease your mind and increase your aura size. That’s better.

ㄴ Aura Blade is in the realm of innate talent anyway, so ignore it and just get retardately strong.

ㄴ That might actually be better lolol

ㄴ Sword Matstar: By the way, you said you gained enlightenment after hearing the incantation formula Heavenly Demon-nim gave you, right?

ㄴ Wild Grylls: Yes.

ㄴ Sword Matstar: Didn’t she teach you something bizarre?

ㄴ Wild Grylls: That sounds like a slightly dangerous statement?

ㄴ Wild Grylls: Teacher?

ㄴ Wild Grylls: What the. Where did she go?

ㄴ Heavenly Demon: This one hath meted out divine punishment. I can tolerate all else, but slander against the secret martial arts passed down through generations shall not be forgiven.

ㄴ Yeah, Sword Matstar deserved to get hit this time lolol

ㄴ Holy shit, she literally asked if the cultivation technique taught by the mod was weird hahaha

ㄴ How many hours did you ban her?

ㄴ Heavenly Demon: Since things turned out this way, I banished her for 6 hours so she could fulfill her filial duties to her parents.

If that was the case, it couldn’t be helped. I closed the Gallery.

Though all kinds of speculation ran wild, one thing was certain.

The formula Heavenly Demon taught me definitely had an effect. The problem was that the effect manifested in a completely different area.

For example, it’s like this: I took hair loss medication, but instead of hair on my head, my beard started growing like crazy.

While the scalp hair that I didn’t want to lose remained unaffected.

’This is sad in its own right.’

Wouldn’t a person want to twist their head 180 degrees in frustration over that?

After indulging in useless thoughts, I looked at the sword.

’Even so, I can’t decrease the amount of mana.’

To generate an aura, a certain amount of mana is required.

To explain it simply, it’s like fuel. Fuel is a substance that bursts into flames instantly when met with fire.

However, unless it reaches its ignition point, it remains nothing more than ordinary liquid.

’In my case, the ignition point stayed the same while the amount of fuel got way bigger... I have no idea why.’

In that case, here’s one curious question.

’How much more will the Mythricon sword burn?’

I checked the time. There was still a bit of time left before breakfast.

I gripped the Mythricon sword and funneled mana into it.

Syaaah!

The Mythricon sword glimmers like a green galaxy. It looks pretty no matter when I see it.

I stared at the blade glowing in the dark, and soon manifested aura over it.

I thought it would grow about 1.5 times at most, but...

Hwareureureuk!

"Oh-ho."

A monstrous amount of aura blazed up, to the point where I had to tilt my head back.

No matter how good the sword’s specs were, wasn’t this too good?

’No wonder Heavenly Demon said those things.’

Even I was like this, so masters would be beyond imagining. Furthermore, the consumed mana was miniscule.

If I wasn’t careful, I could end up injuring myself. I quietly withdrew the aura.

I should probably wait until I learn to condense the aura.

’Should I just use this as a long-range deterrent instead?’

It felt somewhat stupid, but it seemed like it would be effective, drawing a hollow laugh from me.

Meanwhile, around the same time. Sword Matstar, Ash, who had been banned by Heavenly Demon.

"What’s gotten into you? Helping your mother out like this."

"Just... felt like I should fulfill my filial duties."

"If you have nothing to do, bring home a good potential husband. That’s real filial piety."

"Yes..."

Thanks to Heavenly Demon’s ’grace’ (?), she was performing a rare act of filial piety.