I Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 153

Just to clarify in advance, figuring out his weakness doesn’t mean I can control the battle.

Even if the albino gorilla is weaker than the Boss Gorilla, he is still a creature that survived in the Forest of the Four Seasons.

And that too while bearing huge penalties like the albino’s signature white fur and low vision.

Despite even one of those being a massive threat to survival, he had survived completely intact.

In other words, he possesses something capable of covering up those penalties.

Ku-ung!

When the albino gorilla stomped his foot on the ground, a faint vibration echoed.

Along with it, a massive palm flew toward my face.

Fortunately, I barely dodged it by turning my head. However...

Kwagwagwagwa!

Towering trees collapsed en masse from the wind pressure.

Though less powerful than what the Boss Gorilla demonstrated, that too was plenty powerful.

If I took that directly, my head would have exploded.

’It’s not like this is the Tathagata Palm or something.’

Just what kind of martial art—no, martial technique—did he learn to leave behind such traces of destruction?

Thanks to the Boss Gorilla, I had roughly anticipated it, but the aftermath was beyond imagination.

Clicking my tongue internally, I looked at the albino gorilla.

Kung!

Immediately after unleashing the attack, he stomped his foot on the ground again with a kung! and threw a fist.

Since his vision was disadvantaged, he seemed to have shifted his response style to his specialty.

Taking a stance and attacking, then taking a stance and attacking again.

An attack that was noisy as hell and thoroughly threatening.

It was a combination of strikes, but because it paused stiffly in between, it was ambiguous whether to call it a combo.

’This won’t last long either, though.’

A typical ’just one hit’ case. The moment I accidentally get hit once, I’m going straight to the grave.

However, even though the gorilla was pushing his body hard, there was still a fair amount of gap between motions.

Trying to overcome the vision penalty with continuous attacks still had its limits.

If I could somehow pierce through that gap, I’d be able to counterattack.

’Even if my arm breaks, I have to keep holding the shield.’

Against guys like this, a shield is the means to save my life.

I’ll try to dodge everything if possible, but he might have a hidden trump card.

Besides, I’m still more accustomed to swinging a sword with one hand than two.

I carefully read the albino gorilla’s attack pattern while looking for an opportunity.

Kung!

The albino gorilla trying to attack while stomping his foot. Taking advantage of this opening, I ducked inside his range.

He didn’t even notice I had closed in and continued his attack. Which meant he struck the empty air.

’As expected.’

The weakness where he misses if the opponent moves quickly right before an attack is still valid.

Until now, he must have used a method of pressuring like that without giving up the initiative.

Pook!

But if the opponent can use their brain even a little, the counter-strategy is quickly exposed.

It felt almost miraculous that he hadn’t died until now.

As the albino gorilla slammed into thin air, I drove my sword into his foot.

The sword pierced through the top of his foot and dug into the ground. But that wasn’t all.

Jjeojeojeojeok! Jjeojeojeok!

As I unleashed frost energy, his foot gradually began to freeze over.

Rather than freezing slowly, it passed his foot and froze all the way up to his knee in a split second.

"U-eok?!"

The albino gorilla grimaced from the pain of his pierced foot, then gasped in utter shock.

Judging by that reaction, he must have never encountered an enemy with such an ability until now.

Now is the golden opportunity. I moved before the gorilla could break free.

Kwa-ak!

I drove my sword into his other foot and froze it as well.

Naturally, both of the gorilla’s legs were bound in ice.

With the strength the gorilla demonstrated earlier, it seemed like he could easily break free, but... not at all.

’As expected, his lower body is relatively weak.’

It was a gorilla’s physical limitation. He’s fundamentally a creature that lives with both arms planted on the ground.

No matter how much he lives like a human, complete bipedalism is difficult.

The Boss Gorilla knew this well too, which was why he rarely used kicks.

The albino gorilla tried to break free somehow, but breaking the frozen state with lower body strength alone wasn’t easy.

He’d have to deal with his tightly frozen legs first.

He raised his muscular arms to shatter the ice on his legs.

Kwajik!

"U-eo-eo-eok!!"

I was one step faster, though. I plunged my sword into the albino gorilla’s muscular arm.

Just as his legs had, his arm began to freeze over, covering all the way up to his shoulder joint in ice.

The ice was quite tough, so he couldn’t break it easily either.

All that was left was one arm. Thanks to him flustering around, I was able to subdue him easily.

"U-a-a-a!"

"Ah. Shut up."

Bbak!

He struggled desperately to escape, so I slammed my shield into his face.New chapters come out on novel‌ping.com first.

He maintained consciousness after one hit, so I hit him once more, and only then did he quiet down.

Before long, the gorilla sagged limply with his tongue sticking out.

I did hit him aiming to knock him out, but seeing him actually knocked out felt a bit unexpected.

However,

’Will this guy really be unable to move with just a simple binding?’

Looking at the unconscious albino gorilla, I felt troubled.

This guy also knows how to use mana, just like the Boss Gorilla.

Furthermore, since he displayed formidable martial arts, simple bindings wouldn’t cut it.

Jjeojeojeojeok! Jjeojeok!

So after binding him as tightly as possible with capturing ropes, I froze him while leaving only his head exposed.

Ideally I wanted to bind him with chains, but there weren’t any in the marketplace.

"Bbareumbo-ya. I’ll be looking at something for a bit, so keep a good eye on him."

"..."

"If this guy shows any sign of escaping, hit his face."

Even if he intended to escape, I had Speed Sloth with me, so I wasn’t worried.

Before logging into the Gallery, I looked around at the disaster he had wrought.

The logs I worked so hard to process were all destroyed, and the surrounding environment was completely torn to shreds.

Fortunately, the cave was fine, but my workload had increased even further.

’I really want to use him as a worker somehow...’

I have a method I devised in advance, but I’m unsure whether it will work.

Before that, I should post on the Gallery first. I have plenty of time to think.

Title) Caught an albino gorilla

Wild Grylls

(Photo of albino gorilla frozen solid while bound with capturing ropes)

(Photo of the destruction caused by the albino gorilla)

This bastard suddenly came to my Shelter and invited me to fight the Boss Gorilla together.

When I said no, he tried to kill me? So I subdued him for now and am thinking about how to get compensation.

Re: Heavenly Demon) Did he possess fairly decent skills?

Re: Wild Grylls) Except for his vision being really bad, he was strong. If I hadn’t met the Boss Gorilla first, it might have been dangerous.

Re: Heavenly Demon) It seems he has a connection to that Boss Gorilla. Was there anything peculiar about him?

Re: Wild Grylls) Nothing much other than his palms being noticeably red.

Re: Heavenly Demon) Palms red as blood... It does not seem to be a high-quality martial technique.

Re: Sword Matstar) Right. Usually in such cases, doesn’t it mean they’ve been eroded by a specific energy?

Re: Heavenly Demon) You know well. If black, it pertains to Demonic Qi; if red, it pertains to Blood Qi... An interrogation seems necessary.

Re: Wild Grylls) The Boss Gorilla had normal palms though?

Re: Heavenly Demon) If one reaches a certain realm, the story changes. It would mean his comprehension of that martial art is high.

So it means the albino gorilla isn’t weak, but the Boss Gorilla is absurdly strong.

The albino gorilla is in a similar situation to me.

Prioritizing survival, I only learned things superficially without mastering them deeply either.

Re: Why are these gorilla bastards’ personalities like that? Last time one came into someone else’s house to steal, and now some total random shows up lol

Re: Isn’t expecting decency from a gorilla inherently wrong? These bastards are beasts;;

Re: That’s true. Makes sense.

Re: Boss Gorilla was actually nice yeah. He let Grylls go alive without killing him, right?

Re: Put differently, doesn’t that mean having a trash personality is advantageous for survival?

Re: Re: Re: Nah, simply surviving is what makes you strong lol

Re: By the way, did that random gorilla speak too?

Re: Wild Grylls) He did? He was using Central Plains speech.

Re: What did you say when he was talking nonsense?

Re: Wild Grylls) I slammed him with curses and he went wild?

Re: lololololol

Re: lolololol

Re: Time-honored family insults that work even on beasts lololol

Re: Who on earth taught him for a gorilla to learn Central Plains speech?

Re: Ask him later when he wakes up. I’m curious too.

Re: Wild Grylls) Before that, I gotta figure out what to do with this bastard first. Is Princess Chaenggu-nim around by any chance?

Re: Princess Chaenggu) Why meee?

She just hadn’t commented; Princess Chaenggu seemed to have been watching too.

I planned to send her a private message even if she wasn’t watching, though.

Since she happens to be reading now, let’s solve this while I’m at it.

Moreover, since I could get various knowledge, I managed it through comments.

Re: Wild Grylls) Mana usage is strictly prohibited for sports athletes, right?

Re: Princess Chaenggu) Of course~ If something goes wrong, they could kill the opponent~

Re: Wild Grylls) Then does that mean there’s a tool capable of controlling mana?

Re: Princess Chaenggu) Don’t tell me you’re trying to put it on that gorilla?

Re: Wild Grylls) Yes.

Re: Holy fuck, that’s literally a slave collar lol

Re: Doesn’t seem like a great choice;; So what if he can’t use mana? He’ll just smash everything with raw strength.

Re: No matter how dumb a gorilla is, he’s a guy who can easily rip a human apart;;

Most raised a fuss, saying it was crazy or that I’d die doing that.

In reality, a gorilla’s physical strength could rip a human apart like kimchi.Get faster updates on nоvelping.com.

On top of that, this albino gorilla is a mana user. His physical capabilities would be even stronger than a normal gorilla’s.

Meaning simply putting a mana suppression tool on him wouldn’t completely solve the problem.

Re: Wild Grylls) Don’t worry. I’m in the exact same position anyway.

Re: Why are you in the same position?

Re: Wild Grylls) (Photo of Speed Sloth) This is my master. You bastards. Say hello.

Re: Ah lololololol

Re: lolololololol

Re: He really was a slave lolololol

Re: Didn’t even think of that lololol

Re: This bastard Grylls... You did it because you wanted to make a friend?

Re: Not a friend, a comrade in arms.

But with Speed Sloth around, the story changes.

The people in the Gallery took it as a joke, but to me, it was half-joke and half-serious.

If I didn’t constantly offer tribute(?) to this guy, my life would be in danger.

If the albino gorilla tries to threaten me? Leaving it to Speed Sloth will solve it right away.

Re: Princess Chaenggu) I do have something similar~ But it’s an older model, so it’s a bit harsh, is that okay?

Re: Wild Grylls) What kind of effect does it have?

Re: Princess Chaenggu) First off, you can never unlock it without the key~ And if mana usage is detected, electricity flows through the whole body to electrocute them~

Re: Wild Grylls) That’s fucking awesome? I’ll buy it right now.

Re: Princess Chaenggu) No need to buy it, I’ll just give it to you~ It was a pain to get rid of anyway~

Re: Isn’t that an actual restraint tool?

Re: I heard stories that they used tools like that when slavery still existed...

Re: Yeah right. Prisoners are still using it today. What was invented using that as a base is the current sports suppressor.

I received the Mana Suppressor from Princess Chaenggu.

The overall shape of the suppressor resembled a ’dog collar’.

Spikes were also attached so that it couldn’t be forcibly taken off.

[Princess Chaenggu: Put this on that gorilla, and then hide the key~]

[Wild Grylls: Thank you. But what is this bracelet?]

Princess Chaenggu gave me not only the suppressor and key, but also a bracelet.

When I asked what kind of bracelet it was, a rather disconcerting answer came back.

[Princess Chaenggu: If that gorilla lays a hand on Grylls-nim, electricity will similarly flow through him~ It’s for your safety~]

[Wild Grylls: Uh... excuse me, but this wasn’t actually a tool used back when slavery was thriving, right?]

[Princess Chaenggu: It was invented to protect referees~ There used to be so many people committing violence back in the day~ It’ll be pretty useful~]

[Wild Grylls: Thank you. I’ll make good use of it.]

[Princess Chaenggu: What do you say when you’re thankful? hehe]

[Wild Grylls: Chaeyu is god, and Kone is invincible.]

[Princess Chaenggu: Very nice~ There’s a match in two days, so please cheer for us then too~]

I didn’t know what she was asking of me, but I just needed to cheer hard.

After learning how to use it, I fastened the suppressor onto the albino gorilla.

"U-eu..."

Coincidentally, the albino gorilla regained consciousness right at the moment I fastened the suppressor.

I was startled, but since I had already put the suppressor on him anyway, I decided to observe the outcome.

Then the albino gorilla looked at me with a dazed expression.

Because of his poor eyesight, his initial reaction was close to ’Who?’, but that didn’t last long either.

"Ooh-ooh! Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh!"

The guy became so extremely excited that he forgot human speech.

Glaring with blood-red eyes, he stared fiercely at me.

Soon, he squirmed his body as if trying to use mana, but...

Pajijijijik!!!

"Ukki-a-a-a-a!!!"

Just as Princess Chaenggu mentioned, a strong electric current burst forth from the suppressor around his neck.

No matter how strong an animal is, everyone is equal in front of electricity.

I spoke to the albino gorilla, who had been properly fried by electricity and tamed.

"Hey. Say that again. You’re going to take this place as your Shelter?"

"U-eu..."

Even if he didn’t understand my words, did he realize I was mocking him?

The albino gorilla glared back again, but it was meaningless.

Pajijijik!

As electricity flowed from his neck once more, he was quickly subdued.

Getting zapped twice in a row, the albino gorilla sagged limply.

Wearing a satisfied smile, I opened my mouth.

"What did you say your name was again? Wi Baek?"

"U-eu..."

Who said it? A slave has no need for their former name.

Thinking if there was a fitting name, I smirked and said.

I didn’t know if he could understand, but it didn’t matter. I’d just say it until he understood.

"From now on, your name is Lackey. Got it?"

Following the Gallery, I gained a worker.