I Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 152

Greetings! A powerful, strong morning!

If you were to ask me, I am Grylls!

Seuk-sak! Seuk-sak! Seuk-sak!

And a slave to life, working hard the moment I wake up!

"Sigh. Fucking hell."

I spat out a curse at the sawdust scattering every time I sawed.

Processing wood since early morning. Though I kept cursing, the pile of processed timber steadily grew.

’I should have just asked the dwarf.’

I had judged that doing it myself would be better since I needed to craft it while considering the width.

But that judgment was sheer madness. Doing it alone, the efficiency was at a mind-bogglingly awful level.

What annoyed me even more was that everything was progressing smoothly, right according to plan.

You might wonder why I was angry when things were going exactly as I wanted.

It was because if I messed up, I could use that as an excuse to quit, but if it went well, I couldn’t even do that.

In the end, moving past stubbornness and reaching total resignation, I processed the wood like a machine.

"Kkyu-u! Kkyu!"

"Kkiiiing!"

While I worked hard, Wonmo and the baby raccoon were busy playing in the yard.

It seemed Wonmo had roughly come to understand the raccoon, as he played nicely without causing any trouble.

Though the thought crossed my mind that their master was working hard while they relaxed and played...

’Well, they’re just kids.’

It would be weird to scold kids for playing.

Besides, wasn’t I the one who decided to take on this work in the first place?

If I lost my temper for no reason, I’d be the only weird one, so I had to swallow it down.

’Just being able to work without any interference is enough.’

In truth, being able to do this kind of work was only possible because things were peaceful enough.

If I had been fighting fiercely every single day just to survive, crafting or anything like it would have been impossible.

Furthermore, as of yesterday, winter had completely ended, so I needed to check on the animals’ movements.

After all, right before winter ended, the raccoon family had been attacked by a giant snake.

’This peace might only last until today.’

The Forest of the Four Seasons was a place where it was impossible to know exactly what kind of animals lived in it.

Although I had seen quite a few animals so far, brand-new creatures could pop up at any moment.

A Unicorn might actually show up, or something even stranger than that could appear.

I hoped such things wouldn’t happen, but that was wishful thinking.

I just had to do my work, and if a bad vibe hit me, I’d prepare for it.

Ttadak!

Just like right now, as the sound of a snapping twig resonated unusually loudly.

Not only that, but the atmosphere of the forest itself had grown dead quiet.

There should have been at least tiny ambient sounds, but only a heavy silence hung in the air.

"..."

I stopped my work and focused on listening.

Just to make sure I hadn’t misheard, I checked the reactions of the other family members.

"Kkyu-u?"

Wonmo, who had been playing excitedly, came to a sudden halt and looked around.

It seemed he had picked up on something, even pulling his body back slightly. He was on guard.

"Kkiing?"

"King. Kiing."

On the other hand, perhaps because the baby raccoons were still young, they were busy tilting their heads in confusion.

The seasoned mother raccoon quickly ushering them away confirmed that it was indeed a dangerous situation.

’Who is it?’

I slowly backed away toward the cave while keeping a vigilant watch over our surroundings.

Seeing that it didn’t immediately reveal itself even though our presence was caught, it was likely watching our reaction.

Meanwhile, I slipped into the cave and geared up. Speed Sloth, seemingly realizing the severity of the situation, climbed onto my back.

Buseureok- buseureok-

Just as I finished gearing up completely—

The bushes leading up to the river shook violently.

Soon, the intruder’s form slowly revealed itself. It seemed it had no intention of hiding.

Baseurak-

"..."

"..."

The intruder’s figure emerged entirely. The first thing that caught my eye was its fur color.

White fur, standing out in stark contrast to the surrounding environment. Not the fluffy fur of a baby, but pure white.

It was already eye-catching enough because it was white, but what was even stranger were its eyes.

Its eyes, blood-red, felt chilling just to look at.

’...A gorilla?’

The identity of this animal with its unique characteristics was indeed a gorilla.

A gorilla with white fur and red eyes, perhaps an albino.

A mutation phenomenon that appears not only in beasts but also in humans.

After a moment of surprise at the appearance of a mutant gorilla, I recalled the information Allfather had given me before.You are reading on NovelPing, the official source.

’Rice Craone was attacked and killed by an albino gorilla.’

Whatever the reason, that gorilla had a track record of harming humans.

Naturally, I had no choice but to harbour an even higher level of vigilance.

There was one more thing to check here: Speed Sloth’s reaction.

When he saw the Alpha Gorilla, he had uncharacteristically grimaced, but he wasn’t doing that with this albino gorilla.

His reaction was closer to, ’What the hell is that guy?’ Had they never met before?

’Considering it didn’t attack and openly revealed itself...’

Is it lost, or did it just come to scout?

If it was lost, I planned to threaten it and chase it away.

Meanwhile, the albino gorilla thoroughly looked around my Shelter, then stared directly at me.

"Ha piria bbajeua."

"..."

"Ni Wild Grylls ia? Wo bini Wi Baek."

And just like the Alpha Gorilla had done, it spoke in the language of the Central Plains.

Although I had seen the Alpha Gorilla talk before, this wasn’t a situation I was used to.

I couldn’t help but be flustered.

’...Do I need to learn Central Plains speech separately or something?’

It was ridiculous enough that such a thought popped into my head. In the meantime, the albino gorilla continued to chatter.

Since it was all in Central Plains language, I couldn’t understand a word it was saying.

So I asked Heavenly Demon to translate it for me directly.

Heavenly Demon willingly granted my request and kindly translated(?) it for me.

[Heavenly Demon: "It says, ’A fine house indeed. Are you Wild Grylls? My name is Wi Baek.’"]

[Wild Grylls: ??? It was introducing itself?]

[Heavenly Demon: So it seems. Like the Alpha Gorilla, it uses a rather archaic, dignified manner of speech.]

The albino gorilla introduced himself as Wi Baek. The fact that it had a name at all was ridiculous.

In other words, it meant the Alpha Gorilla also had a name... but back then, the tension was so thick I didn’t even think to ask.

Meanwhile, the albino gorilla, Wi Baek, kept babbling on fluently in the Central Plains language.

Once again, I asked Heavenly Demon to translate.

[Heavenly Demon: It says it came after reading the notice. It will lend you its strength, so it demands that you lend yours as well.]

Did it seriously mistake the sign for a job opening ad?

Granted, if someone who didn’t know—especially an animal—read it, it was content that could easily be misunderstood.

But who would have guessed there was another animal besides the Alpha Gorilla that could actually read?

After taking a moment to recover my lost sanity, I made a request to Heavenly Demon.

[Wild Grylls: Could you write down the words ’fuck off’ for me?]

[Heavenly Demon: Wait a moment.]

Just as I had done with the Alpha Gorilla, I used Heavenly Demon’s help to write what I wanted to say on the ground.

The albino gorilla stared intently at the words I wrote on the ground.

"..."

It really squinted its eyes and spent a long time reading. On top of that, it even thrust its head way forward.

I wondered if it couldn’t actually read, but fortunately, that was an unnecessary worry as it opened its mouth.

I asked Heavenly Demon to translate that again. This process repeated.

[Heavenly Demon: It says its hypocritical brother is leading the pack. From the looks of it, it seems to be the Alpha Gorilla’s brother.]

[Wild Grylls: Oh... and then?]

[Heavenly Demon: It says if you help it, it will defeat the Alpha Gorilla, but if you refuse to help, it will defeat you and make this place its base.]

They say you shouldn’t take in a black-haired beast, but it seems white ones are no different.

I had thought it was a relief that it could speak, but a beast was still a beast.

The Alpha Gorilla was better by far. At least he had respected my territory.

Snorting, I asked Heavenly Demon.

[Wild Grylls: Thank you. By any chance, could you teach me how to write ’fuck off’?]

[Heavenly Demon: I can write down the worst insult in the Central Plains for you.]

[Wild Grylls: What is it? I want to say it directly myself.]

If possible, I wanted to say it out loud instead of writing it down.

Thanks to that, it took a bit of time, but I managed to master the pronunciation somehow.

And so, the words that came out of my mouth were...

"Cáo nǐ mā."

"..."

It was the harshest parent insult in the Central Plains. Every time I heard it, it sounded so much like Chinese.

I could tolerate everything else, but I couldn’t stand its attempt to crush me with force.

You might ask what I expected from a beast, but precisely because it was a beast, I could curse at it to my heart’s content.

’Besides, this guy has already harmed a human before.’

This was the ultimate dealbreaker. It had a history of harming humans, so cooperation my ass.

On top of that, looking at how it wanted to wage war against the gorilla troop, it clearly had no grasp of reality.

Maintaining the status quo was best for me right now, yet it wanted to shatter this balance?

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Having swallowed a massive insult, the albino gorilla’s nostrils flared violently.

It looked ready to charge at me at any moment. Well, a parent insult is pretty hard to take lying down.

But he was the one who crossed the line first. There’s a limit to how much bullshit anyone can get away with.

The albino gorilla’s proposal—no, its coercion, or rather, threat—had blown far past that limit.

"Jjeui sinseu bu."

The bastard said, taking a battle stance. It probably meant something along the lines of, "You’re courting death."

Snorting, I thrust my sword and shield forward.

At the same time, I kept a sharp eye on its movements.

Until a moment ago, both its fists were resting on the ground so I hadn’t noticed, but as it assumed its stance, I caught sight of its palms.

I didn’t know what it had done to them, but its palms were blood-red. Just looking at them felt ominous.

’From both its stance and its palms... it might be similar in skill to the Alpha Gorilla.’

An opponent I couldn’t afford to be careless against. Stepping forward hastily would be dangerous.

The only advantage I had was information. I had already taken a severe beating from the Alpha Gorilla before.

Therefore, while I could respond to some extent, that bastard knew nothing about me.

Tu-ung!

While I was thinking, the albino gorilla lunged at me.

The distance between us was quite far, but a single leap closed the gap in an instant.

A giant palm flew toward my face right after. A blood-red palm.

’I shouldn’t block this!’

Even if I blocked it, I wouldn’t be able to deflect all the force, which would knock me down or leave me open to the next attack.

This was knowledge gained through my battle with the Alpha Gorilla.

So when the palm approached right in front of my face, I quickly ducked down to dodge it.

Immediately after, I thrust my sword cleanly toward its exposed torso.

Kwajijik! Pu-uk!

Along with the sound of something shattering, the tip of the Sword of the Heavenly Demon barely pierced its abdomen.

Normally, it shouldn’t have just pierced, but impaled straight through.

However, the albino gorilla’s hide seemed to be even tougher than I had anticipated.

Sha-aaa-

A blue energy scattered from the spot where the blade had penetrated.

I had predicted that it could use mana, and from the looks of it, it had utilized a defensive technique.

It was only because the Sword of the Heavenly Demon possessed such insane performance; any other sword wouldn’t have scratched it.

"Ooh-ooh!!!"

Did the albino gorilla not expect its own body to be pierced?

It let out a startled shriek and leaped backward.

It wasn’t a particularly deep wound, but getting injured at all seemed to shock it deeply.

But that was only temporary; the albino gorilla charged at me with an expression even angrier than before.

Its attack was a Palm Strike, just like before. Surprisingly, its attacks were monotonous.

However,

Kukwakwakwakwa!

"Ah. Fuck."

Proportional to its monotony, its destructive power was terrifying.

I barely dodged the attack, but the aftermath couldn’t be ignored.

The timber I had been processing since early morning shattered into pieces under the shockwave of the Palm Strike.

Hu-ung! Hung!

A wild barrage followed the Palm Strike. Except for the first strike, its accuracy was terribly poor.

It was somehow trying to use martial arts, but every single hit missed wildly.

It felt almost like a desperate ’just land one hit’ mindset, making it feel rather underwhelming.

’What’s with this guy? Why is he acting like this?’

What was even funnier was when I moved further away.

Whenever the distance widened and some time passed, it would run up and unleash a Palm Strike.

And yet, only at those specific moments, its accuracy was surprisingly high, sending a chill down my spine.

Of course, its follow-up attacks were abysmal, though.

’It’s like a blind man with open eyes...’

As soon as the phrase ’blind man with open eyes’ came to mind, I looked at the albino gorilla.

Indeed, its face was heavily screwed up—not out of rage, but seemingly because it ’couldn’t see well.’

’What if the high accuracy of the first hit was the result of intense focus?’

What if the follow-up attacks were terrible because it was afraid of a counterattack coming its way?

Above all, this guy was an albino. An animal with white fur and red eyes.

And one of the distinct traits of albinos was...

’Extremely poor eyesight.’

I found the decisive strategy to take it down.

’I will personally turn you into my slave.’

I’ll instill a suffering worse than death into you.

I slowly accelerated the mana inside my body.

The frost energy that had condensed into a sphere completely permeated into my mana.

Sha-aaa-

Now, it was time to subdue the bastard.