I Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 198

While Ludwig was adjusting to Grylls and the Forest of the Four Seasons.

The Iris Kingdom was still suffering headaches due to the Magic Tower that had risen into the sky.

Since no one knew when the Magic Tower might plummet, the people’s anxiety grew day by day.

To this, the King of the Iris Kingdom issued the following notice:

[My people. Rest assured. We are safe.]

Truly a notice brimming with high reliability.

In the first place, setting authority aside, no one knew when the disaster in front of their eyes would erupt.

Only when the Magic Tower descended could people feel relieved or do anything.

As anxiety grew day by day, public unrest increased, and there were even people fleeing as refugees.

Under these circumstances, what was Kadir, who was practically the culprit behind it all, doing?

"Should I just run away?"

[Irresponsible bastard. You call yourself the one in charge?]

"And you’re the one in charge who failed."

[Painful words indeed.]

Day by day, his mental state was slowly crumbling.

He had tried desperately to analyze the Sky Whale’s Ambergris, but all attempts failed.

It was a byproduct of an animal that existed in the Mythological Era. It was bound to be difficult to analyze with modern knowledge.

The ironic thing here was that precisely because it was Kadir, he realized it was ’impossible.’

If it had been anyone else, they surely would have insisted there was a way and clung to it continuously.

The reason he had recently gained some composure was because he realized analysis was impossible.

’To think it’s impossible to analyze even with my knowledge... Just what kind of beings did the gods keep around them?’

And what kind of place was the Forest of the Four Seasons where such an animal resided?

In the distant past, led by curiosity, he had set foot in the Forest of the Four Seasons just once.

But because he had only set foot, he was able to escape; if his whole body had entered... he didn’t even want to imagine it.

Being unable to use mana was a death sentence for a mage.

’Perhaps that shark is an animal from the Mythological Era as well.’

The corpse of the shark-man that Grylls had given him previously.

As a result of investigating through analysis, he had realized it was a species that shouldn’t exist in this world.

He hadn’t known when he received it back then, but through the existence of the Sky Whale, he was able to form a hypothesis.

That in the Forest of the Four Seasons, there was a high probability that not only the Sky Whale but various mythical animals inhabited the realm.

’That creature called a giraffe is the same. Such an animal couldn’t even be found as a fossil.’

An animal of which no record even existed. Every time he thought of it, a swell of excitement hit him below the belt.

Of course, whenever he saw the Ambergris disappearing in real time, that excitement withered away.

Kadir leisurely drank a cup of tea and pondered his future moves.

’The remaining time until the Magic Tower plummets is about a week or so. It might even be sooner than that.’

As time went on, the size of the Ambergris rapidly shrank.

If the Ambergris vanished entirely... he didn’t want to bother imagining it.

In that case, should he prepare under the assumption it will fall? This too was difficult.

Because in the worst case, there was a high chance the entire capital would turn into utter pandemonium.

’Fleeing would be the best method, though.’

Rationally thinking, throwing everything away and running off was best.

Taking the remaining Ambergris and the Immortal King with him, that is.

Either way, no one knew the cause. As long as he kept his mouth shut, no one would ever know.

’Then that friend of mine would hurl a barrage of curses at me.’

But he couldn’t do that. He had no face to show the Previous Hero.

Even in death, he would chase him to the ends of hell and point a finger at him.

Kadir let out a deep sigh and gazed at the Ambergris.

Even now, he could see it crumbling bit by bit.

’If analysis is impossible... what should I do?’

All his life as a mage, Kadir had analyzed and organized everything.

He couldn’t understand warriors who relied on sense and instinct. The Hero was the same.

But... as a life-or-death crisis drew near, his mind leaned toward instinct rather than reason.

’I cannot control the Ambergris. Conversely, what if I absorb all the Ambergris and control it...?’

It was nothing more than a hypothesis. An instinctive one at that.

However, the golden window of time was coming to an end. He couldn’t delay any longer.

Thereupon, Allfather made up his mind and logged into the Gallery.

Not to reveal his identity, but to ask for help.

[Allfather: Hello, Grylls-nim. Are you around by any chance?]

[Wild Grylls: Yes, I’m here. What’s the matter?]

[Allfather: Pardon the intrusion, but could I receive a bit more Ambergris? It’s somewhat urgent.]

Directly asking Grylls for help.

There were few who could break through this situation right now.

One of them was Grylls. Allfather prayed that Ambergris remained.

[Wild Grylls: I can give you some. How much would you need?]This chapter was copied from novelрing.com without permission.

[Allfather: Would a fist-sized piece be alright?]

[Wild Grylls: That much is fine. I’ll send it right over.]

[Allfather: Thank you. Thank you so much.]

[Wild Grylls: Since you said it was urgent. It seems your matter hasn’t been resolved yet?]

[Allfather: Truthfully, my mind was slightly losing its grip, so I had cleared my head. But I couldn’t delay the matter any further.]

[Wild Grylls: I know that feeling all too well. Here’s the Ambergris.]

As he always thought, this young man Grylls had a truly kind heart.

That didn’t mean he was a pushover, though. He had a policy that something must be given for something to be received.

If this crisis were resolved, Kadir would grant whatever favor Grylls asked.

’Assuming I survive, that is.’

Kadir stared at the Ambergris in his hand. A fist-sized lump of Ambergris.

Now, what was he to do with this? He was going to do something that turned his stomach just imagining it.

Ambergris was a byproduct of the Sky Whale. Whether it came out the front or the back, it was something that had been inside a belly.

"...Gulp!"

[...?]

And Kadir swallowed it whole.

Watching that, the Immortal King spoke with an astonished voice.

[Now you’re even eating shit. You’ve lost your damn mind.]

"Shut... up. Cough!"

Kadir ignored the Immortal King’s horror-filled voice and focused.

His thinking was as follows: If I cannot analyze the Ambergris, let us accept its energy.

Grasping that energy to control the Ambergris or move the Magic Tower.

’Becoming one with the Ambergris myself. This is originally a warrior’s way...’

Right now, there was no answer other than this method. Kadir began concentrating with all his might.

He didn’t care about the taste of the Ambergris. It would only break his focus.

Was it because the Ambergris harbored far too potent an energy?

Or perhaps because a mere human had ingested an object of myth?

Jjeojeojeok- jjeojeok-

Spiderweb-like cracks began to form across Kadir’s skin.

Along with it, a whirlwind erupted inside the laboratory, blowing numerous research documents everywhere.

[Eueeeee.]

Regrettably, the Immortal King was included among those research materials.

Feeling dizzy, the Immortal King let out bizarre noises.

Jureuk-

A trail of blood trickled down from Kadir’s mouth. It meant his internal organs were ruined.

The spiderweb-like cracks soon began to flicker with a violet glow.

An appearance that anyone, even an ignorant observer, could tell was critical.

Yet Kadir maintained his focus without uttering a single groan.

Thus, after concentrating and concentrating even further...

Jjeojeojeok! Jjeojeok!

The cracks spreading across Kadir grew increasingly severe, until—

Kwagwagwang!!!

It triggered a massive explosion right then and there.

[Necromancy is Love: Save me.]

[Wild Grylls: Excuse me?]

[Necromancy is Love: I don’t know what you gave him, but please save me.]

[Wild Grylls: Is something going on?]

Out of nowhere, a message arrived from Necromancy is Love, making him wonder what was up.

Since he was someone who usually spat out strange words, Grylls brushed it off.

He’d probably say weird things again later. Though he was a bit worried.

"#%^#"

"Like this?"

"#%^^"

Right now, receiving training from Ludwig was far more important.

Whether yesterday’s candied sweet potato incident bothered him, Ludwig was teaching him whole-heartedly.

Was it hard when they couldn’t communicate? Honestly, it was hard.

Still, since Ludwig corrected his posture down to the letter, it wasn’t at an impossible level.

"You. Eyes. Good. Well done."

On top of that, he was even speaking Korean here and there.

It had only been three days since they met, and he was already at that level. He hadn’t even taught him separately.

He didn’t know if people in this world were smart, or if Ludwig was just smart.

’Lackey was learning words on his own too.’

At any rate, the training content was this: Build up the basics.

If the basics weren’t solid, whatever was built on top would be unstable too.New chapters come out on nov​elping.com first.

Grylls agreed with this, so he quietly followed Ludwig’s training guidance.

"$^&$#"

"Like this?"

"%^&$"

"Mhm. Understood."

What’s more, Ludwig instructed not only Grylls but Lackey as well.

Not strictly correcting his posture like Grylls, but giving rough advice.

The depth of martial arts itself was deep, but because their physical conditions didn’t match, he was having trouble.

Therefore, in a case like Lackey, he had to carve out his own path himself.

Lastly, Wonmo...

"Kkyuu! Kkyu! Kkyu!"

"@#$. @#$. @#$."

Clapped from the side and cheered them on. He was even dancing merrily.

Even without translating, it surely meant "Do well! Do well! Do well!" or something like that.

Thanks to that, the morning passed in an instant. Lunch was taken care of with wild boar meat.

One might say there were remaining sweet potatoes, but eating them too often wasn’t good.

’I shared a few with the fixed handles too.’

Everyone said thank you. In the future, he should trade with Grow Big and Tall often.

Just like this, he wondered if another uneventful day would pass.

Swaaaaa-

"Ah. Here it goes again."

Right up until the rain started pouring.

Grylls lamented as he watched rain pouring down as if a hole had been punctured in the sky.

Rain coming meant that winter was soon approaching.

Recently Wonmo’s fat and fur were bulking up plumply, and with rain falling on top of that, his conviction hardened.

That a harsh winter would arrive within a few days. He was glad he prepared in advance.

’I wonder if that building over there leaks rain?’

Just in case, he checked inside Lackey and Largo’s house.

Thanks to building it meticulously, there was no rain leaking from the ceiling.

However, realizing he had forgotten a drainage ditch, he installed one belatedly.

’Glad I collected the fish traps in advance.’

The moment he saw the sky grow overcast, he had collected the fish traps.

Either way, the river water would swell, so for the time being there would be no reason to go up to the river.

Well, once the rain stopped, checking what kind of fish crawled out this time wouldn’t be a bad idea either.

If it was an eel he’d definitely catch it, and if it was a pufferfish he was definitely going to kick it.

’I just hope strange things don’t crawl up.’

Having nothing to do, he might as well look at the Gallery.

Ludwig seemed to have had a pretty tough daily routine today as well, as he was closing his eyes to catch some rest.

He couldn’t disturb a sleeping person, so browsing the Gallery was better.

[Breaking. Magic Tower came down holy sh*t]

[Real-time video of Magic Tower descending]

[Upvote if Kadir is f**king insane, lol]

[How did he do that?]

Opening the Gallery, it was teeming with talk about the Magic Tower.

Roughly looking, Kadir had controlled the risen Magic Tower and brought it to a stable landing.

To make a structure that had floated high into the sky descend—he thought Kadir was truly an incredible person.

’Even with Ambergris, it must be tough, right?’

He dug around to see if there was any other news besides this.

Most of it was filled with stories related to the Magic Tower, though even that was stories from a few hours ago.

He was looking to see if there was any other topic besides this bait.

"Kkyu-eng..."

"Huh?"

"?"

"Kkyu?"

A sound he was hearing for the first time echoed from the cave entrance.

Not just Grylls, but Ludwig who was resting with his eyes closed, and Wonmo who was rolling around.

Even Bbareumbo, who was riding on his back, turned his head upon hearing that sound.

"Kkyueeeeng..."

A body sporting an overall greyish hue. Small wings growing on its back.

A massive snout and hind legs. Relatively short front legs.

"...Who are you?"

A guest he was seeing for the first time entered the cave.

"Kkyuiiiing..."

Covered in wounds all over its body.