I Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 190

Title) Ludwig vs Lackey

Wild Grylls

(Picture of Ludwig and Lackey confronting each other)

A showdown between a human who can beat a gorilla and a gorilla who learned martial arts.

Who do you think will win? Honestly, I think Ludwig will win.

└ Heavenly Demon) This seat also thinks the man named Ludwig will win.

└ Wild Grylls) Lackey is pretty skilled too, you know?

└ Heavenly Demon) That may be so, but I have heard Ludwig has reached full mastery. Furthermore, Lackey’s problem is that he easily gets excited.

└ Sword Matstar) I don’t think Ludwig-ssi will lose either. I sparred with him long ago, and his technique was extremely superb.

└ Wild Grylls) Did you win?

└ Sword Matstar) I can’t really tell you that. Since it was a spar, it’s hard to determine a win or loss. Still, I struggled quite a bit.

└ Don’t Abandon the Hero) You lost! As far as I know, the only person Ludwig-nim cleanly lost to was Ash!

└ Wild Grylls) Every time I see you post, I think this, but you seem to trust Ludwig quite a lot?

└ Don’t Abandon the Hero) Because he’s the Holy Kingdom’s greatest paladin! Countless paladins were born under Ludwig-nim’s guidance!

└ Wild Grylls) That’s a relief. I guess I just need to learn whatever Ludwig teaches me.

└ Don’t Abandon the Hero) How about learning faith while you’re at it!

└ Wild Grylls) No.

└ Look at that sharp rejection lolol

└ Before Grylls, I wonder if Ludwig himself even has any faith left lolol

└ He probably does. He met Grylls in that hellish place, after all.

└ Don’t Abandon the Hero) Don’t say such terrible things, everyone!

└ Princess Chaenggu) Are we not placing points on this one either?

└ Oh shit. The point addict is here;;

└ Is she seriously addicted to points lolol

└ Honestly, I kind of want to bet too lol

└ Grylls, hurry up and open the betting!

The sparring match between Ludwig and Lackey drew quite a lot of interest.

Just as written in the post, it was a battle between a human capable of beating a gorilla and a gorilla who had learned human martial arts.

From my perspective, having fought both of them, Lackey seemed to have the advantage.

There were two reasons for this. The first was eyes, which used to be Lackey’s weakness.

Currently wearing glasses, Lackey’s weak eyesight had been compensated for.

Second was Ludwig’s mobility. He probably hadn’t fully adapted to his prosthetic leg yet.

Lackey likely knew this and was highly likely to target that weakness.

"Wonmo-ya. Who do you think is gonna win?"

"Kkyu?"

Sitting at a distance, I held Wonmo in my arms.

Wonmo tilted his head at my words, then beamed brightly as I stroked his chin.

Truly cute, as expected of our Shelter’s mascot. I felt like petting him like this forever.

Seuseuk!

In the meantime, the spar began. The first to move was Lackey.

Even without being able to use mana, Lackey’s agility was quite fast.

That must be a form of martial arts too. Ludwig had demonstrated a similar movement earlier.

Hu-ung!

A palm as large as a human head lunged toward Ludwig’s face.

Surprised by the speed, which exceeded his expectations, Ludwig widened his eyes slightly.

But that was all. Ludwig turned his head right before the palm could strike.

The moment he turned his head, a counterattack naturally followed like flowing water.

"Oo!"

As soon as that counterattack flew in, Lackey also hopped backward.

He seemed to have predicted that an immediate counterattack would come.

Right after, Ludwig approached rapidly and slashed at Lackey with his sword.

Being a gorilla, Lackey had a large hit box. Therefore, even a simple attack could cause significant damage.

Jjeo-eong!

But the fellow handled it deftly.

He struck the sword away with a fist as hard as pig iron.

I knew his fists were hard, but I didn’t expect a metallic clang to echo.

’If I had actually gotten hit by that, my head would’ve burst.’

Realizing that Lackey’s strength and technique were extraordinary, Ludwig narrowed his eyes.

The same went for Lackey. He was displaying a pattern different from when he fought me.

Originally, because he couldn’t see well ahead, his accuracy was severely low.

For that reason, he had stuck to a method of taking a stance, striking, and then taking a stance to strike again.

Even now, the fact that he assumed a proper stance when launching a powerful attack hadn’t changed.

However, before doing so, he also started constantly keeping his opponent in check by launching simple, rapid attacks like jabs.

’It’s good, but... seeing it like this reveals another weakness.’

The chief gorilla had shared a similar weakness. Namely, short legs.

Given a gorilla’s physical characteristics, they have no choice but to rest both fists on the ground.

Thus, when standing on two legs, their balance naturally becomes relatively unstable.

Peueok!

Ludwig exploited this point as well. He feigned a sword slash while tripping Lackey’s legs.

And he did it not with his sound foot, but with his Mithril prosthetic leg.

It was essentially equivalent to bashing the shin with a hammer.New chapters come out on novelрing.com first.

"U-o-o-ok!!!"

Balance be damned, Lackey wailed in agony from the sheer pain of having his shin smashed.

Startled as if even he hadn’t anticipated this, Ludwig hastily backed away.

"Hurts!"

"@#%$#"

At Lackey’s grumbling, Ludwig extended his hand and apologized.

Regardless, the spar resumed. Surprisingly, Ludwig struggled quite a bit.

Perhaps because Lackey had learned under the Blood Demon, he knew how to deal with humans.

’Well, yeah. His sparring partner was the Blood Demon, so Ludwig must be relatively easy in comparison.’

I didn’t know how strong the Blood Demon was, but I knew he was the worst villain in the history of the Central Plains.

A guy who killed people more easily than eating meals.

Most of the martial artists in the Central Plains had even ganged up just to take down that one man.

To the point where the average skill level of martial artists plummeted in the aftermath.

’Neither can use mana. It’s a fight of pure technique.’

Ruminating over every single exchange, it was a spar of remarkably high caliber.

Part of me almost wished I had popcorn to munch on.

Jjeo-eong!

Lackey’s fist clashed against Ludwig’s sword.

Whether because of his Mithril leg or simply having a solid lower body.

Ludwig held his ground firmly without being pushed back.

"#$%#"

Ludwig muttered something. Naturally, I couldn’t understand what he was saying.

But Lackey, standing right in front of him, seemed to sense something ominous and leaped backward.

Chwa-a-ak!

"Huh?"

The moment Lackey retreated, Ludwig closed in like an arrow.

It was vastly faster than when he sparred with me.

For a man who couldn’t use mana and even had an impaired foot to move like that?

I became increasingly curious about how strong he had been back in the outside world.

’How does he use that technique?’

That technique of closing in as if gliding. I secretly coveted it.

Was that what they usually called Lightness Skill in Wuxia stories, or some other technique?

Regardless of the martial art, footwork is paramount. That was something both Heavenly Demon and Sword Matstar agreed on.

Hugging Wonmo tightly, I watched the spar with a fascinated expression.

Siying! Hwi-ik! Hwi-rik!

The sound of the sword slicing through the air could be clearly heard. What did this mean?

It meant Ludwig was overwhelmingly pushing Lackey back.

Lackey retreated every time an attack came, but it was largely meaningless.

’Wow. He’s using offensive and movement techniques simultaneously?’

Since Ludwig was swinging his sword while gliding forward.

Come to think of it, I had mostly attacked while standing in place until now.

The same applied to Lackey. Struggling to retreat backward, he instead circled around his opponent entirely.

Both were freely utilizing not just forward and backward, but also lateral movements.

’...How on earth did I beat Lackey?’

Was the vision penalty really that massive, or was it due to the cold?

Watching Lackey’s skill like this, I couldn’t even grasp how I had won.

Well, one thing was certain, though.

Seueuk—

"...Lost."

"#%##"

Ludwig was technically far superior to Lackey.

Once Ludwig exerted a bit of his true strength, Lackey was rendered completely helpless.

Even though Lackey reacted with resentment, he cleanly conceded defeat.

Had it been me, he would have rampaged claiming it was impossible, but he showed respect to Ludwig.

"#$%%#$%%"

"Don’t know. Learn to talk."

Ludwig said something, but Lackey gave a half-hearted response and trudged away.

Next, Ludwig brought out a notebook just as he had done before and scribbled away.

He seemed to be writing feedback regarding Lackey. I wondered what was written.

"%$"

"Thank you."

Taking the paper from him, I immediately logged into the Gallery.

And roughly translating it, it went like this:

[I do not know what crazy person taught martial arts to a gorilla, but he was certainly a quite magnificent martial artist. However, being a gorilla, its lower body is short and fragile. Each individual gear is sturdy, but they fail to mesh together smoothly.]

Easy to understand, fitting for a master who had instructed paladins.

So basically, martial arts were originally optimized for humans, but because it was forced onto a gorilla, certain parts fell out of alignment.

Specifically, the lower body was too weak, causing its weakness to be exposed immediately.

’I wonder if the chief gorilla is similar?’

I passed this exact feedback along to Lackey.

Since he couldn’t read yet, I had to deliver it verbally.

However, because it contained figurative language, we struggled a bit along the way.

"Got it. Will fix."This chapter was taken from novelpin⁠g.com without permission.

"Did you understand?"

"Size doesn’t fit. Means this."

This guy really does seem genuinely smart.

Afterwards, I updated the Gallery with the result of the fight, bringing all the sparring matches to an end.

Or so I thought.

"#%#%^"

Until Ludwig pointed right at Bbareumbo, who had been quietly watching.

He even pointed the sword in his hand directly at him in an overt challenge.

Surprised as I was to see that, to my shock, Bbareumbo slowly crawled out.

He seemed to have vaguely anticipated that Ludwig would single him out.

Sl-o-w-ly— Sl-o-w-ly—

But the speed of his approach was damn slow.

In the end, I saved time by carrying him over myself.

Thus, Ludwig and Bbareumbo came face to face.

Ludwig was probably curious as well. Why was a sloth here?

Setting aside Wonmo, who was in charge of cuteness and affection, Bbareumbo must have been unexpected.

’Or maybe he noticed just how strong Bbareumbo is?’

Now wasn’t the time for idle thoughts. I couldn’t keep this rare scene all to myself.

Title) Ludwig vs Speed Sloth

Wild Grylls

(Picture of Ludwig and Bbareumbo confronting each other)

Who will win this time? I genuinely have no idea.

└ Heavenly Demon) Even I cannot say for certain. An intriguing battle indeed.

└ Sword Matstar) Both of them are well-versed in combat, so it’s ambiguous.

└ I bet Bbareumbo wins.

└ Come on. No matter what, it’s gotta be Ludwig lol

└ That bastard Bbareumbo’s claws are gonna slice him into Lud/wig lolol

└ Don’t Abandon the Hero) Ludwig-nim will win!

└ Princess Chaenggu) More importantly, what about the points?

└ King Reor) Stop it already;; You’re seriously gonna become an addict at this rate.

└ Woah. First time seeing King Reor stop Princess Chaenggu lolol

└ So that’s what a real gambling addict looks like lolol

Even Heavenly Demon and Sword Matstar replied that they were unsure.

Meanwhile, Ludwig and Bbareumbo stood confronting each other.

Neither stepped forward first; they only seemed to be probing each other.

’Who will strike first...’

It happened right then.

Chwajajak!

Without telling who moved first, both of their figures vanished.

Luckily, I had been practicing my dynamic visual acuity, otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to follow their movements at all.

Soon, what came into my sight was...

"..."

"..."

The two of them pointing their respective weapons at each other’s vital points.

Bbareumbo’s claws aimed at Ludwig’s heart, Ludwig’s sword aimed at Bbareumbo’s head.

At first glance, it appeared to be a draw, but examining closely revealed that a decision had been made.

’Bbareumbo’s claws are... a bit closer.’

While Ludwig’s sword was slightly off, Bbareumbo’s claws were barely touching.

Since both were masters of speed, they seemed to have settled the match in that manner.

It was like outlaws in a Western movie drawing guns while facing each other.

"%$%^"

"..."

The two withdrew their respective weapons.

Bbareumbo wore his usual relaxed expression, whereas Ludwig’s face was slightly rigid.

Next, he pulled out a piece of paper as he had done earlier, wrote a brief note, and handed it to me.

"%^%^?"

"Pardon?"

"%^^@%"

As expected, I didn’t know what he was saying.

I was puzzled, but for now, I posted it to the Gallery.

And I roughly realized what Ludwig had said to me.

└ He says there’s a real monster here?

└ Wild Grylls) A real monster?

└ Yeah, he said he thinks he would’ve lost even if he had mana.

└ Wild Grylls) ;;;

Asking how on earth I had survived.

Marveling that I managed to survive despite such a monster being around.

Hearing that question, I could only answer like this:

’I survived by offering tributes, duh.’

Truly, I was a lucky case.