I Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 176

In the Forest of the Four Seasons, I had witnessed and experienced numerous situations that defied common sense.

Seasons changing every week, talking gorillas, flying whales, and so on.

Having seen it all with my own eyes, I couldn’t just dismiss it as fantasy.

So I had resolved to just accept whatever happened in the future as normal, but...

’What the hell are these guys?’

A scene so ridiculous unfolded before my eyes that it rendered my resolve meaningless.

I couldn’t tell whether I was living in the wild or living in a civilization wearing the skin of the wild.

Determining winners and losers through combat, and the winner taking away the female he wanted.

What kind of civilization process did these kangaroos go through to adopt such customs?

’Kangaroos aside, why are those other animals here?’

Because there were other animals besides kangaroos, I couldn’t help but be even more puzzled.

What were they looking for, sitting there watching?

Normally they should be trying to eat each other, yet they were sitting quietly and spectating.

Outstripping basic common sense by a mile, it was hard to accept.

"Puooo!"

Right then, a kangaroo stepped into the center and pointed to both sides.

At that, two kangaroos stepped out from the spectating crowd. Looks like these guys were the next contestants(?).

One was a muscle-bound, scar-covered thug-type kangaroo.

The other was overall sleek and swift, reminiscent of a single blade.

’...Why do kangaroos have such distinct personalities?’

After watching with folded arms for a bit, I immediately accessed the Gallery.

Something this rare is a waste to watch alone. It’ll be way more fun if I watch it with others.

Just in time, the two kangaroos began fighting, showing off fancy techniques.

Even if it wasn’t like the earlier kangaroo dropping a WVE-style powerbomb, it was getting exciting.

Title) Anyone ever seen a kangaroo arena?

Wild Grylls

(Photo of kangaroos in the audience)

(Photo of cheering kangaroos)

(Photo of female kangaroos gathered together)

(Photo of other animals watching from afar)

(Photo of two kangaroos fighting in the center)

(Video of kangaroos showing flashy moves)

I’m watching it right now.

I knew kangaroos moved into the old Owlbear Cave, but I had no idea what they were doing.

Turns out they’re holding an arena battle here lmao

From what I saw, the prize is the female over there. Watched the winner take her.

I don’t know much about kangaroos, do they win females through fighting?

Heavenly Demon: They look like humans disguised as Great Leaping Beasts. They are engaging in a splendid martial duel.

Sword Matstar: Aren’t they actually humans? That looks like what ancient gladiators used to do;;

Never thought I’d live to see kangaroos doing combat sports lmao

Where on earth does Grylls live? Isn’t he living on some alien planet?

Wild Grylls: I came here after living on an alien planet, yep

Allfather: Kangaroos are... kangaroos are... what the fuck is this? They shouldn’t have habits like that?

Wild Grylls: Nothing to do with courting females, right?

Allfather: Honestly, I can’t say it’s completely unrelated. Kangaroo courtship is complex and ritualistic. You could consider this a ritual.

Wild Grylls: A bloody fight like that?

Allfather: I don’t know either, so just watch.

Wild Grylls: Okay.

Passing Dwarf: Hey, build them a stadium later. What if the crowd gets hurt? lol

Wild Grylls: Will they give me food if I build it? lol

Passing Dwarf: They might. But how are you standing in the middle of them? Did you bribe them?

Wild Grylls: Yep, there were guards at the entrance, so I gave them Fasting Pills to pass. Lackey stepped up for me.

Passing Dwarf: How is this real;; Are those guys actually humans?

Looking at Lackey and the other gorillas, well...

I told you, that place is crazy.

Let’s just type "fr lol" lmao

It exploded into chaos. Still, people were gradually adapting to the Forest of the Four Seasons and just laughed it off.

Since absurd events occurred one after another, they simply laughed it off.

Peok!

While I was busy watching, the nimble kangaroo’s toe kick smashed right into the thug kangaroo’s abdomen.

No matter what kind of animal, the power of a kick is terrifying.

Naturally, taking that blow, the thug kangaroo bent forward.

Kkkwaak!

The nimble kangaroo didn’t miss this opportunity.

It suddenly spun around and grabbed the thug kangaroo by the neck.

Kwang!

In that exact position, it slammed itself onto the floor. It was clearly a terrifying impact.

Dropping down hurt the executing kangaroo, but the thug kangaroo had it far worse.

It was a move that struck the jaw, neck, and face all at once.

’...Isn’t that a wrestling move too?’

I didn’t know the name, but I had seen it before.

Who knows, maybe a chokeslam will pop out next.

Kwak!

"Kek! Kekkek!"

"..."

It actually happened. Coming to its senses, the thug kangaroo seized the nimble kangaroo’s throat!Follow the newest chapters on NovelPing.

With the size difference, the intimidation factor was insane. Putting sunglasses on the thug kangaroo would suit it perfectly.

Put aside useless thoughts for a moment, the thug kangaroo lifted the nimble kangaroo high into the air.

Simultaneously, the crowd’s roar intensified. That alone was impressive enough, but—

Seueuk-

The thug kangaroo went a step further, sweeping its free hand across the crowd—even gesturing toward me!

A performance oozing swagger that anyone could see.

’Where on earth did a kangaroo learn to put on a show like that?’

Kkwaaang!!!

Just as I was too dumbfounded to speak, the thug kangaroo’s chokeslam struck!

It was every bit as devastating as the earlier powerbomb, if not more!

"Puoooooo!!!"

Having cleanly pulled off the move, the thug kangaroo roared.

At that roar, the other kangaroos cheered wildly. Anyone watching would think they won the fight themselves.

However, the kangaroo currently sprawled on the ground was staggering, but had not lost consciousness.

Soon, the barely recovered kangaroo got back on its feet, just as the thug kangaroo turned around.

"Pueuk?!"

"Puooo!"

Pbeoeo-eok!!

An attack that happened in an instant.

Taking advantage of the thug kangaroo’s guard being down, the nimble kangaroo charged in and landed a dropkick!

A dropkick using kangaroo hind legs—naturally powerful to begin with—contained terrifying force.

If I had taken that hit head-on, my bones would have shattered to pieces.

"Gkeuueu..."

Unable to endure it, the thug kangaroo collapsed unconscious.

The miserable price of carelessness, arrogance, and rashness had come back around.

Conversely, one could learn tenacity, patience, and grit from the nimble kangaroo.

"Kuo-ooooo!!!"

The nimble kangaroo led away the female while roaring.

It was all the more interesting because it felt like watching a match blending WVE and UEC.

Even the floor was hard stone, making wrestling-style moves deal insane amounts of damage.

Title) Match finished.

Wild Grylls

(Video of a kangaroo executing a stunner)

(Video of a kangaroo executing a chokeslam)

(Video of a kangaroo executing a dropkick)

Match ended in victory for the nimble kangaroo.

Thug kangaroo got sloppy after pulling off his move, nimble one capitalized and landed the final hit.

Learned from this match that one must never get arrogant.

Heavenly Demon: Every single move is flashy to behold. Where did they learn such techniques?

Sword Matstar: Rather than learning, didn’t they invent them themselves? Moves like that aren’t even standard grappling.

Wow lmao, the spectating experience is insane? Lmao

Way more entertaining than normal martial fights lol

Now I get why people used to go watch gladiators lmao

Wild Grylls: Speaking of which, aren’t there combat sports in this world?

Princess Chaenggu: There are matches, but they haven’t developed into sports. People fight just fine without sports.

People just stop and watch whenever someone fights on the street, why need sports? lol

There are occasional tourneys, but it’s kinda vague to call them sports, right?

Yeah, most people enter just to show off their skills.

Back in the day, Ash won multiple times and earned the Sword Master title.

So it’s roughly something like a World Martial Arts Tournament concept.

It was a sport, technically, but in people’s minds it felt distant from conventional sports.

Well, in this world, physical force directly translates into power.

Unlike Earth, the value of physical martial power doesn’t decline over time, so it’s a natural trend.

Hey Grylls, can you stream the next kangaroo fight when it starts?

Me too. Honestly, I’m fucking curious.

Grylls, hand over the broadcasting rights right now.

It’s the Forest of the Four Seasons, what broadcasting rights lmao

Can we open a betting arena with that?

Orange Badge probably needs to allow it?

Just as we were discussing combat sports—

Users were causing a commotion asking me to broadcast the kangaroo fights.

Difficulty of streaming aside, I didn’t get why they were demanding this.

Wild Grylls: Do you really need to watch kangaroo fights? You guys can just watch human fights.

Princess Chaenggu: Honestly this is way more fun! Kangaroos are fighting like humans!

King Reor: Hard agree, can’t miss out on peak entertainment like this.

Now I understand why dog fights, cockfights, and bullfights exist.

Grylls, aren’t you having fun?

No, like, kangaroos are using human techniques to fight! And doing moves that look both inefficient and efficient at the same time?

"..."

Hearing that, I kinda got what they meant.

Beast arenas. Quite a time-honored tradition.

I felt a similar emotion during my military service while standing guard at the ammunitions depot.

Ammunition depot guard duty filled with boredom and nothing to do.

Suddenly, two water deer start fighting each other?

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Sometimes a wild boar would ram into a water deer, which made it even more entertaining.

’...I need to see how long this lasts anyway.’

I decided to broadcast it for now. However, I got curious about the betting mentioned earlier.

If betting pools only opened with the Orange Badge’s permission, did that mean they weren’t running right now?

In the past, there was a betting pool for every sport. But because people actually went bankrupt over it, Orange Badge shut it down.

Wild Grylls: Wait. Gallery money can only be used in the Gallery. How did they go bankrupt?

You don’t know how scary gambling is...

Horse racing ruins people everywhere, sports betting is no joke lmao

What’s worse is there were actual match-fixing incidents in real-world sports. That was actually the biggest reason.

Ah, I remember. Which league was it? Mephisto Satan League?

Yeah, they didn’t just bribe refs, the credibility of the entire league tanked lol

Because of that, the league champion team got demoted to the 3rd division. They’re back now though.

Still branded as a rigged league to this day.

That wasn’t really the Gallery’s fault, gambling itself was the problem.

One of humanity’s traditional forms of entertainment.

Wherever there are winners and losers, this kind of atmosphere inevitably follows.

’Doesn’t matter to me.’

After all, the matches are carried out by kangaroos, not me.

There’s no room for interference and no way for anyone to rig it.

Where else could you find a system this fair and impartial?

So I left a comment telling them to do whatever they wanted.

Don’t Abandon the Hero: I’m curious too! I’ll open it up just this once! But you must use Ladder Points, not Gallery Points! Otherwise, it’s a ban!

Wild Grylls: Ladder Points? What’s that?

Don’t Abandon the Hero: If Gallery Points are topped up with cash, Ladder Points are points earned purely within the Gallery! In the past, you could get them by leaving comments, upvoting, or receiving upvotes!

Removed nowadays because people manipulated upvote counts.

Caused a lot of fights back then lol. Plenty of beggars too.

Haa. When was that? Pure nostalgia.

Watched people go back and forth between hit-it-rich and broke beggar status every sports season lmao

If Gallery Points are for charging cash or buying/selling items at the auction house, Ladder Points are points in the pure sense.

What can you do with them? They are purely cosmetic.

You can bet on sports matches, but it’s purely for fun.

I heard people used to receive titles based on their point balances back then, but that culture had died out.

Wild Grylls: You’re not reviving this just because of me, right?

Don’t Abandon the Hero: Not at all! I was planning to bring back Ladder Points alongside various mini-games anyway! Though it’s tough right now because I’m busy!

Wild Grylls: Got it. How do I open it?

Don’t Abandon the Hero: The category list should be unlocked when you write a post! Just click that!

Wild Grylls: Wait, do I get points too?

Don’t Abandon the Hero: You’ll get a portion cut! And Grylls-nim can do whatever you want with it!

Wild Grylls: Then I’ll set the fee low. Not like I’m doing this for points anyway.

Don’t Abandon the Hero: Truly pure entertainment! I like it even more!

Praise Grylls!

Zero commission! This bastard Grylls knows how to party!

Let’s goooo lmao

Less "knowing how to party" and more just not having a thought in my head.

Anyway, when I prepared to post, an extra category option had appeared just as Orange Badge said.

It was roughly similar to a poll format, but there were only two blank slots.

Looks like I put each kangaroo in those slots.

’Since it’s just a test run for now.’

I roughly selected Kangaroo #1 and Kangaroo #2.

The payout odds were automatically calculated by the system. No commission cut for me either.

Once all preparations were finished, people flooded into Grylls’ post.

Peok! Peok!

"Ooh! Yes! Nice move!"

If the matches before were WVE, now it was UEC.

Rather than flashy wrestling moves, it was a crisp, fierce boxing match.

Since they were kangaroos anyway, boxing actually suited them best.

Kkwaang!

"Puek!"

The match concluded as one kangaroo’s jaw spun completely around.

The match lasted roughly 10 minutes. I recorded all 10 minutes on video.

The match result was already out, but it served as proof footage.

’Since Kangaroo #2 won this round...’

Updating the post, I announced Kangaroo #2’s victory.

Being the first round, the payout odds were roughly equal.

But the total pool amount blew past my expectations.

’...Are there only rich people in the Gallery?’

Roughly converted to KRW, over hundreds of millions worth of points poured in.

Or were they all dopamine addicts? I couldn’t tell.

Regardless, I announced Kangaroo #2’s victory as instructed.

Princess Chaenggu: Fuuuuuuuuck!!! My points!!!

Mommy... where did my points go...? Where did they go...?

I’m cold... please give me back my points...

I’ll never do it again... please give them back...

Wild Grylls: What is this.

Bankrupt casualties popped up in droves.