I Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 158

In any era, there exist people who go beyond remembering the past to idolizing it.

Especially if that past was more than just glorious—if it made a monumental mark on history.

It was close to the so-called ’Back in my day~’ mindset. The races where this trait was most prominent were humans and elves.

Elves had never possessed a disgraceful history since founding their nation.

It contrasted sharply with the history of the Demon Race, their equal rivals, who would cause havoc only to get counter-destroyed by the Hero.

But just as daytime cannot last forever, their glorious golden age also began to fade.

That was why elves who remembered the past golden age buried themselves in the past, spouting ’Back in my day~.’

ㄴThen what about humans?

ㄴWhat else? They’re dopamine addicts worse than the Demon Race.

ㄴHumans have insanely high skill ceilings, so they have all kinds of wild history;;

ㄴLook at El Dorado. They flexed for a long time just because they subjugated the Immortal King.

ㄴThey’re even still sucking off the first Hero to this day.

ㄴIsn’t that practically desecrating a corpse at this point;;

ㄴIt’ll fade on its own as time passes anyway. The first Hero is the weird exception; nobody simps for ancient Sovereigns.

And humans were a race whose floor was endlessly low, but whose ceiling was insanely high.

Most entities that left a heavy impact on world history, like the Immortal King, were human.

But did that mean there were people who worshiped the Immortal King?

There were some. Strictly limited to the Gallery, though.

Because if anyone pulled that crap in real life, they deserved to be punched by passersby.

ㄴWhat about the Blood Demon? Sometimes those Blood Cult motherfuckers cause trouble in real life?

ㄴThose are actual Blood Cult remnants;;

ㄴThe Blood Cult remnants causing trouble in real life are the ones throwing tantrums on the Gallery too.

ㄴAh, got it.

ㄴBut these days isn’t Heavenly Demon more famous than Blood Demon? Ah, by the way, not the Fixed Nick Heavenly Demon, the real Heavenly Demon.

ㄴTrue, but the impact is a bit lacking.

ㄴShe chopped off the Emperor’s neck. She defeated all the top masters too.

ㄴAdvent of Blood Demon All Blood Bows) Even if a crowd of such mongrels swarmed, the Blood Demon would not shed a single drop of blood.

ㄴA Blood Demon cultist arrived. But wait, is that actually facts?

ㄴYeah, honestly the impact of the Blood Demon is superior. He chopped the martial world in half.

ㄴThe Orthodox-Demonic War wiped out all the masters in one go. There’s a reason Heavenly Demon has low awareness keke

ㄴThe Orthodox-Demonic War was 50 years ago, does it make sense that they’re still wiped out?

ㄴIf your spine broke, could you move your legs?

ㄴEven all the rising talents died, so you can imagine what came below them, right?

However, the Blood Demon was slightly different. Though labeled as remnants, unlike the Immortal King, he had actual followers.

While the Immortal King was ’subjugated’ as an undead monster, the Blood Demon demonstrated human transcendent martial might and ’vanished’—that was the difference.

Being drawn to transcendent power and wanting to enter its fold was a natural animal instinct and habit.

No matter how much humanity had developed, it was bound to lie beneath the surface.

It was only because they could judge right from wrong and wanted to maintain existing society that the entire collective didn’t move.

ㄴThese days the Demonic Cult isn’t really doing anything noteworthy either. Heavenly Demon only stepped out once and that was it.

ㄴWhat are those guys up to these days?

ㄴProbably sleeping right now?

ㄴkekekekeke

ㄴIt is sleep time right now kekeke

ㄴRidiculous kekeke

Thus, overlapping factors made the Blood Demon’s name recognition higher than Heavenly Demon’s.

Moreover, thanks to the Blood Cult’s active advertising (?), they were enjoying massive fame on the Gallery as well.

At this point, whether the Blood Demon created the meme or the meme created the Blood Demon was somewhat uncertain, but...

Either way, wasn’t name recognition still name recognition?

ㄴAlso, the motherfuckers worshiping the Blood Demon in real life are all batshit insane, so it’s better not to mess with them.

ㄴYep. You avoid shit because it’s dirty, not because you’re scared of it.

ㄴIt’s the martial world. Just consider it stepping on shit;;

ㄴSometimes that shit ambushes me though?

Furthermore, the peculiar culture of the Central Plains played a big role.

Non-Interference Between Government and Martial World. The government does not meddle in martial world affairs.

Even when the Blood Demon took the lives of countless martial arts masters and harmed civilians.

The government never intervened, leaving the resolution to martial masters under the excuse of ’tradition.’

That was why even when Blood Cult remnants or Blood Demon cultists caused chaos, things remained quiet.

ㄴIt’s just fucking unstable public security. How is it any different from a lawless wasteland?

ㄴThat’s why the average martial power of Central Plains people is absurdly strong. Pick a fight with a kid passing by and you’re fucked.

ㄴIn the martial world, there’s even a saying to beware of old people, women, and children.

ㄴHow are normal people supposed to live?

ㄴEither build connections, or build up your martial power.

ㄴFor your info, inns get smashed up daily by fights between masters kekeke

ㄴThat’s why the Emperor reduced taxes for inns. That was actually a great move.

ㄴThe Emperor who got his head popped by Heavenly Demon?This chapter was taken from novelрing.com without permission.

ㄴYep, and the next Emperor abolished it immediately kek

ㄴHoly fuck, why are all Central Plains Emperors completely hopeless? The previous Emperor issued a Gallery ban.

ㄴIt’s just a ruined empire, what else.

Well. It wasn’t that the government did absolutely nothing.

Fighting between martial artists was one thing, but the Blood Cult was an organization that inflicted damage on civilians.

Since ancient times, if popular sentiment shifted to a specific faction rather than the government, the nation was bound to tear apart.

So the government maintained public favor in its own way by offering generous compensation or lowering taxes.

Above all, the Central Plains had vast territory. Unless it was an incident capable of overthrowing the state, they couldn’t possibly care for every single event.

The Blood Cult had only sought to drown the martial world in blood, with no plans to conquer the government.

Due to such diverse and complex reasons, even when Blood Cult remnants committed atrocities in reality, people turned a blind eye and swept it under the rug.

ㄴWhat’s the conclusion? Wi Ho-chang is ALIVE!!

ㄴWI!

ㄴHO!

ㄴCHANG!

ㄴHe underwent Ascension to Immortality, should he still be counted as alive? And your successors are gorillas kekeke

ㄴThe Blood Demon is watching over us from the heavens!

ㄴWorship him! Wi Ho-chang!

ㄴGoing crazy keke

ㄴSince it’s said he underwent Ascension to Immortality, they seem to be going even wilder;;

ㄴIf it’s real Ascension to Immortality, there’s no room to argue against him being worshiped.

ㄴPlease just don’t cause harm in real life too.

Whether seriously or as a meme, the Blood Demon Wi Ho-chang was worshiped.

Many people disliked this current, but among them, there was one person whose mood was the most foul.

’I do not like this.’

That person was none other than Heavenly Demon, Yoo So-wol.

Whenever stories of Wi Ho-chang circulated on the Gallery, she could not hide her displeasure.

She was also well aware of the Blood Demon’s reputation. A supreme demon lord who built mountains of corpses and created rivers of blood.

He had left a monumental footprint in the history of the martial world, and his followers remained active to this day.

Yoo So-wol did not like that. She had also left a massive mark beyond the martial world across the entire Central Plains.

When she first emerged into the martial world, she defeated every single prominent master, and furthermore, she even severed the Emperor’s neck.

However, the former was dismissed as her beating mere riff-raff due to the aftermath of the Orthodox-Demonic War, while the latter was suppressed and distorted by the Imperial Court’s propaganda.

No matter how much noise she made on the Gallery, what meaning did it have if she wasn’t worshiped in reality?

’It is not as if this noble one is completely blameless, but...’

Then was Yoo So-wol entirely blameless? That could not be said either.

One of the many problems was her Fixed Nick. She had proudly set her Fixed Nick as ’Heavenly Demon’.

Having engaged in all sorts of boomer-esque martial boomer speech under that Fixed Nick, her prestige was bound to tarnish somewhat.

Crucially, she had zero public activity after her initial emergence. On the other hand, the Blood Cult remnants worked persistently.

Demonic Brain, Wi Seol-ak, had advised patience, saying the time had not yet come...

’Since things have come to this, I have no choice but to go personally.’

Since the opponent had challenged her to a ’Real-Life PK’, she had no choice but to step forward herself.

If she backed down like this, the honor of Fixed Nick Heavenly Demon—not just real-life Heavenly Demon—would fall into the dirt.

The honor of Fixed Nick Heavenly Demon was also the pride of ’human Yoo So-wol’, so it could never be taken back.

Thereupon, Yoo So-wol immediately summoned Wi Seol-ak.

"I shall vacate my seat for a short while."

"...."

Hearing those words, Wi Seol-ak managed his expression as best he could. The muscle beneath his eye twitched repeatedly.

He felt like grabbing the back of his neck and collapsing right then and there.

First, he feigned ignorance as much as possible and asked for the reason.

Because it wasn’t just once or twice that Yoo So-wol had pulled an accident like this.

"...Heavenly One-isiyeo. May I inquire as to the reason?"

"It is a personal matter."

You’re going to a Real-Life PK duel, you immature human.

Wi Seol-ak barely swallowed the words rising to his throat.

Just when he thought she’d been quiet recently, she was finally going to stir up trouble.

As he was also a Gallery user, he knew full well how the situation was unfolding.

But what good did knowing do? A disaster that couldn’t be stopped even if known was descending.

Wi Seol-ak racked his brain over how to make Yoo So-wol speak honestly to him.

’First of all, this matter must be top secret.’

Even if a location was set, there was no certainty that the opponent would actually show up.

If it wasn’t top secret, onlookers would inevitably swarm, and if Yoo So-wol stood there all alone in the middle of it...

Standing there alone for hours and hours waiting for an opponent who might never show...

How she would be treated—it was horrifying just to imagine.

Therefore, Yoo So-wol personally had to resolve it strictly in secret if possible.

’Yet it is strange. Someone who usually stayed calm... Is it because the opponent is the Blood Cult?’

Heavenly Demon had received quite a few Real-Life PK challenges.

Because she had frequently provoked people by spewing posts and comments in her own my-way style.

As far as he knew, she had snorted and brushed it off every single time.

However, the reason her reaction differed this time seemed influenced by the fact that the opponent was a Fixed Nick and presumed to be a Blood Demon remnant.Enjoying the story? Read on at novelpi​ng.com.

Wi Seol-ak thought so as he opened his mouth respectfully.

"Even if it be a personal matter, we are subjects who serve the Heavens. The will of Heaven is our will, and only when Heaven exists can the subjects below live."

If you move, we have no choice but to move. So please reveal your intent.

Yoo So-wol also picked up on that meaning and stopped being stubborn.

In truth, it wasn’t as if she had no concerns of her own.

’If I go personally, my identity as the same person might be exposed.’

This was her biggest worry: that her Fixed Nick identity might be exposed.

To prevent that, she intended to set the venue in a secluded place, but there was no telling what might happen.

Because deciding the place was up to the opponent, since Yoo So-wol was unfamiliar with geography.

In conclusion, it might actually be better not to go. Yoo So-wol nodded and said:

"Even though he is one who tarnished the name of the Heavenly Demon?"

She used the title ’Heavenly Demon’ instead of ’this noble one’.

Saying ’this noble one’ would amount to proving that the Fixed Nick Heavenly Demon was herself.

To a casual listener, it sounded like going to beat up an impostor... but Wi Seol-ak knew better.

He was already in a position where he knew she was the Fixed Nick Heavenly Demon.

’That’s it!’

It didn’t matter. The mere fact that she confessed was enough.

Wi Seol-ak cheered inwardly as he spoke with utmost politeness.

"No matter how wild a bug acts, it is merely a bug. Extending mercy is also a virtue."

"When a bug flies into one’s ear, should one simply stay still?"

She got provoked by the Blood Demon cultists. Wi Seol-ak sensed it instantly.

Even without this, the Blood Demon’s name recognition (?) was higher than Heavenly Demon’s, making the situation uncomfortable for Yoo So-wol.

Furthermore, the Blood Cult was naturally poised to gain influence.

None other than Grylls having made known the Blood Demon’s existence and Ascension to Immortality.

Yoo So-wol must have planned to use this in reverse. Wi Seol-ak also realized her intention.

’But we don’t know if the opponent is real.’

That Heavenly Demon was the real Heavenly Demon was certain.

But was the opponent real too?

Over half of the news floating around the Gallery was false, and Fixed Nicks were no different.

No matter what it was, the Gallery was a place where you took everything with a grain of salt.

What should be done then? Just as Wi Seol-ak was contemplating for a moment.

"Hm. An entertaining fellow."

"Pardon?"

"Log into the Gallery."

While he was pondering, Yoo So-wol gave Wi Seol-ak an order.

Though confused by the instruction for a moment, he sensed that something had exploded on the Gallery.

Thereupon he hurriedly logged into the Gallery to inspect the posts.

[Heavenly Demon, Read This.]

A post that rapidly surged to the Recommended Posts as upvotes rained down upon it.

Wi Seol-ak opened the post without delay.

Title) Heavenly Demon, Read This.

Advent of Blood Demon All Blood Bows

(Photo of a map roughly in the middle of a large city)

I have decided upon the venue where our duel shall take place.

Using your wretched head as the signal flare, I shall announce the advent of the Blood Cult.

ㄴHeavenly Demon) Arrogant brat. I shall engrave this noble one’s supreme majesty clearly into your mind.

ㄴAdvent of Blood Demon All Blood Bows) I look forward to the day I bathe my body in your blood.

ㄴWow. This is a battle that makes the heart swell with hype kekeke

ㄴLook at the speech pattern of these fucking martial boomers kekeke

ㄴIsn’t that clique roleplay?

ㄴㄴㄴ Real-Life PKs are exempt from clique rules. Because cases where they actually fight are super common kekeke

"What an entertaining fellow. As is the brat impersonating this noble one."

"...."

Posting it herself and acting completely shameless about it.

Wi Seol-ak was dazed for a moment by Yoo So-wol’s brazen cheek, but then a brilliant idea flashed in his mind, causing his expression to shift.

’No. Wait. Could this actually be better?’

Wi Seol-ak immediately conveyed that idea to Yoo So-wol.

"My, that is..."

At the idea he brought up, Yoo So-wol...

"Quite to my liking."

Curved her lips into a smirk, highly pleased with it.

Meanwhile, at the exact same time. Grylls, who was reading the Recommended Posts.

"Ah, I’m jealous. I want to watch it too."

He felt deeply regretful over the fact that he couldn’t witness the epic match.