I Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 149

After being thrown into confusion by the existence of a knight riding a giraffe, it had already vanished so there was nothing I could do. I decided to focus on my immediate tasks first.

First, break the ice covering the river, stick my hands inside, and coax the Golden Frogs.

Of course, it would be even better if the Golden Frogs didn’t wake from hibernation and failed to appear.

That way, my time wouldn’t be eaten up because of them.

Cheombeong-

"Jja-heu-a!"

The moment I plunged my hands in, I couldn’t help letting out a weird groan. Cold—it was way too cold.

I had roughly grasped it from the water coming out of the hose, but feeling it directly on my skin felt even colder.

However, to resolve my food issue, I had to willingly endure it.

Fortunately, whether the Golden Frogs were hibernating or not, none showed up.

"Jjeuuu. Euseuseu."

Still, the freezing cold was unbearable. This was precisely why I wanted to acquire cold resistance.

Shivering from the surge of chill as soon as I dipped my feet in, I set up the fish traps.

Although the shoes I had traded for so far had waterproof features, the river was too deep.

So I had no choice but to wade in wearing sneakers.

’Just 10 minutes. I just need to suffer for 10 minutes...!’

There was a risk of frostbite, but it was fine. Even without cold resistance, I possessed chill mana.

Since it would resist to some extent, I wasn’t worried about frostbite. It was just insanely cold.

After setting all the traps, I hurriedly returned to the cave.

The moment I got back to the cave, the first thing I did was heat up water and soak my feet.

Even if I wouldn’t get frostbite, it was a precaution just in case.

As I quietly soaked my feet, the scene I had just witnessed came back to mind.

’Was that person I saw across the river really real?’

Not only was he mounted on a giraffe’s back, but he was swinging a sword like a knight.

The predators gathered around him—specifically lions—couldn’t even approach him easily.

’Hold on. Come to think of it, wasn’t his sword glowing?’

The sword held by the knight. That blade was definitely glowing green.

Even though the light was a bit faint, it was unquestionably green.

Only the Mythricon I gave out would glow green.

’Then... Ludwig?’

Ludwig. A paladin renowned for his upright character.

And the person who posted truly middle-aged boomer posts in the Gallery.

It really might have been him riding atop that giraffe and swinging a sword.

’Seriously, what crappy timing.’

I thought while thawing my feet in the warmly heated water.

No matter how much I thought about it, the timing was frustratingly terrible. Why did the space have to shift right then?

If I had just one more minute—no, even 30 seconds—I could have observed much more closely.

’My luck is seriously rotten.’

The knight assumed to be Ludwig most likely didn’t see me.

He was engaged in a fierce battle with lions, so how could he have spare attention to look across the river?

’Come to think of it, didn’t they say giraffes don’t exist in this world?’

I wasn’t completely sure, but I recalled something like that.

Still, just in case, I searched ’giraffe’ in the Gallery.

Nothing came up. There were posts containing the individual syllables, but no animal named ’giraffe’.

On the other hand, unicorns and pegasi openly existed. They were animals treated as common sense.

Of course, the name might just be different, so I even drew a picture myself to check.

Title) Does anyone know an animal like this?

Wild Grylls

(Photo of the giraffe picture I drew)

Is there no animal with a long neck and long legs like the drawing above? Where I lived, it was called a giraffe.

└ Heavenly Demon: Not even a spiritual beast, I have never seen such a bizarre animal before.

└ Sword Matstar: Me neither. In all my life, I have never seen or heard of such an animal.

└ Princess Chaenggu: For some reason, it looks like an animal whose long neck makes it look sad keke

└ Starlight Lady: With a neck that long, how does it eat food?

└ Praise the Sun: Something... something about it is bizarre enough to make me covet it.

└ Smart Demon: Seriously ugly as fuck lmao

└ Do those things use their necks like whips when they fight? Lmao

└ Wild Grylls: How did you know? I heard they actually swing their necks to wreck opponents. Or use hind kicks.

└ Holy shit, what kind of fucked up animal is that? Your imagination is damn vivid lmao

└ What if they strike with their neck and break it;;

└ That body is truly the epitome of inefficiency lol

└ Allfather: Hooh. What a fascinating animal. In the past, there was an animal similar to that.

└ Wild Grylls: Really?

└ Allfather: Yes. Known as dinosaurs, they were monster ancestors of dragons or drakes. Among them, there was a dinosaur with a very long neck.

└ Did that dinosaur fight with its neck too?

└ Allfather: According to theories, it utilized a long tail like a whip. Wyverns are also descendants of dinosaurs.

Is he talking about a Brachiosaurus by any chance? To think dinosaurs existed in this world too is incredible.

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’Then what was the giraffe I saw?’

Did giraffes lose in the food chain and go extinct or something?

Whereas in the Forest of the Four Seasons, even herbivores were insanely powerful, allowing it to survive.

That was a fairly reasonable hypothesis. If not that...

’Is it... related to Earth?’

Just as I had suddenly dropped into the Forest of the Four Seasons, animals from Earth might have come here as well.

Since I’m an animal too, my very existence is one of the proofs for this hypothesis.

However, even if I knew the outcome, I could hardly figure out the cause.

’I have no choice but to investigate thoroughly.’

The conclusion was that I needed to understand this forest.

I felt a sensation that my coming here wasn’t mere coincidence either.

Survival was important, but exploration was equally crucial. Getting a clue would widen my chances of escape.

’Since I’ve been keeping a diary consistently, time will tell.’

Realizing that the season changed every week, I planned to increase the proportion of my exploration.

Originally, I intended to stay in the shelter until I grew stronger, but staying stuck for too long wasn’t good either.

Besides, when winter hit, I’d be forced to rest anyway.

Of course, having recognized the existence of a survivor this time, I devised countermeasures first.

’I need to provide something helpful to survivors.’

Was it really only Ludwig, the knight riding the giraffe, who entered the Forest of the Four Seasons?

I heard that there were people who had been forcibly pushed in alongside Ludwig as well.

If they were lucky, they might be surviving somewhere in the Forest of the Four Seasons just like Ludwig.

However, the Forest of the Four Seasons I experienced was a place where surviving without a base camp was infinitely difficult.

Furthermore, without proper tools, the survival rate plummeted to zero.

’Just as the Gallery helped me, I need to lend a helping hand too.’

Unless it was me, anyone who entered the Forest of the Four Seasons wouldn’t be able to use the Gallery.

Determining their location was the same. Asking Orange Badge was useless.

All I could do was throw survival supplies across the river.

Since I didn’t know where they were, this was the best option.

’Food is the most critical element for survival, but...’

Regrettably, food was the one thing I couldn’t provide.

Due to the existence of winter, I had to steadily build up my reserves starting right now.

On the flip side, that meant I could provide almost everything else except food.

’For example, weapons.’

Weapons are crucial in the Forest of the Four Seasons.

Haven’t I myself overcome countless crises after receiving the Sword of the Heavenly Demon?

Though I didn’t know the full story, Ludwig also seemed to be surviving somehow thanks to the Mythricon sword.

’Once I craft swords, I’ll toss them across the river. That should work.’

This was the best countermeasure I could devise. Nothing else came to mind.

Or there was one alternative method. The signpost I had erected near the cave.

Building a massive signboard so it could be seen from across the river.

Roughly similar to the defector guidance signboards installed at the front lines.

’I should have done this sooner...’

I hadn’t set up a separate signpost by the river. But that had been a huge mistake.

For some reason, I had naively assumed Ludwig would land on this side.

Because of that, I hadn’t even considered that he’d need to see it from across the river, so I never built one.

If I had installed a signpost, Ludwig might have already crossed over.

What a shame.

Taking this mistake as a stepping stone, I planned to engrave guidance notices in various languages.

So that not just Ludwig, but anyone who entered from whenever or wherever would be fine.

’I can just ask the Gallery for each nation’s language.’

Although languages differed by race and country, I had the Gallery.

Moreover, since each fixed handle user came from a different background, I just had to ask.

’The sign must be made huge no matter what.’

Just as I had built the signpost, constructing this similarly would work.

Instead, because it was large, it required a lot of manual labor. Especially since fitting timber together was bound to be tricky.

I built a huge sign by slotting wooden boards one by one onto long poles.

You might think writing on it would be difficult this way, but don’t worry.

’I’ll just attach a huge piece of paper here.’

Attaching paper made it easy. I didn’t have to write directly on the signboard itself.

Smiling with satisfaction at the sign clearly visible even from afar, I logged onto the Gallery.

[Wild Grylls: After purchasing a sheet of paper to attach to the sign, I asked the fixed handle users.]

[Heavenly Demon: Shall I write down exactly what sir requested?]

[Wild Grylls: Yes. Please.]

[Heavenly Demon: That is not difficult.]

Wait a short moment.

Understood.

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(Photo of paper with the guidance notice written in Central Plains script)

Will this suffice?

Thank you!

[Wild Grylls: Every time I see it, I think your handwriting is truly beautiful.]

[Heavenly Demon: Thank you.]

First, I received the Central Plains script from the Heavenly Demon.

Sword Matstar

(Photo of paper with explanation written in Messiah Empire script)

Will this work?

Yes!

[Wild Grylls: Thank you so much!]

[Sword Matstar: Hold on a second.]

I’ll give it to you again...!

Huh?

Sword Matstar

(Photo of paper with the guidance notice written in Messiah Empire script)

Here you go again haha;

What did you write the first time?

[Sword Matstar: I wrote, "Become strong and marry me."]

;;;

From Sword Matstar, who had felt playfully mischievous for a moment, I received the Messiah Empire language.

[Passing Dwarf: Ha,]

Seriously. Living my life, I never thought I’d end up doing something like this lmao

Please understand how I feel.

I’m desperate too

[Passing Dwarf: Alright.]

Wait just a bit.

I received the Dwarven language from the Dwarf.

For the rest, Princess Chaenggu, Allfather, Praise the Sun, Let’s Grow Trees, Suspiciously..., etc.

I asked others as well to receive text in the languages of each nation and race.

You might ask why I didn’t just write a post on the Gallery, but I went through this effort because I thought it would be too disorganized otherwise.

Don’t Abandon the Hero

(Photo of paper with guidance notice written in El Dorado script)

Will this be okay!

Thank you.

[Wild Grylls: I really hope Mr. Ludwig sees this notice.]

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: Did you happen to see Mr. Ludwig?!]

I think I saw him, but it’s ambiguous.

[Wild Grylls: He was riding on top of a giraffe while swinging the sword I gave him.]

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: If it’s a giraffe...]

Do you mean that strange animal Mr. Grylls posted about?!"

Yes.

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: I see!]

Even if it’s strange, I’m so glad he’s alive!

If his survival is confirmed, please contact me immediately!

Understood.

Lastly, I received the notice from Orange Badge, who was from El Dorado.

Just like that, I copied the text received from each country and race onto the paper.

I used black paint so it would contrast sharply against the white paper.

’There are so many languages that it’s overwhelming.’

The surface area of the paper was wide, and writing foreign languages on it was quite painstaking labor.

Especially since I had to conserve space properly, concentration was vital.

Thus, the task of writing down every country’s language came to an end. I looked at the guidance notice with a smile.

The content of the notice was roughly as follows:

Gallery fixed handle user Wild Grylls welcomes all survivors!

If you see this notice, follow the signposts down! You will find a cave!

We are stronger together than alone! Let us overcome this together!

How should I put it? Rather than a notice, it felt... kinda something.

’Somehow it almost feels like a government flyer encouraging naturalization...’

Anyway, now that the notice was finished, what remained was crafting survival items.

’Let’s do this quickly.’

Even if I built a signboard, it would be meaningless if they couldn’t survive.

Holding a pickaxe, I mined the Mithril embedded in the cave.

And,

’Please survive.’

I earnestly prayed that someone would survive and arrive here.