I Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 240

A full month had passed since Grylls began surviving in the Forest of the Four Seasons.

Every single one of his actions had caused a commotion beyond the Gallery and throughout the world, but there was a place even more turbulent.

It was none other than the numerous academic circles existing all across the world—the organizations where those who explored the world gathered.

Humanity achieved progress through an infinite inquisitiveness toward knowledge.

Among all species, ’humans’ could be said to possess the highest thirst for knowledge.

Title) Reason humans developed

Because they are overwhelmingly weaker than other races.

Refute it if you dare.

ㄴIsn’t this actually true, not sarcastic?

ㄴBeastfolk brawl with bears using fists, but humans strictly require tools lol

ㄴDon’t Dwarves craft tools well too?

ㄴThey are weak in theory. Even Dwarves tend to learn theory itself from humans.

ㄴThat’s why humans excel at training. They produce many experts too.

ㄴIt’s easier to view it as the framework of civilization itself being centered around humans.

A race whose potential ceiling pierces the sky, while its floor pierces the underground.

They struggled desperately to somehow overcome their weakness, and the result led to a thirst for knowledge.

Questioning even a single simple stone, they went further to uncover the cause of how land was formed.

However, such knowledge mostly tended to clash with ’religion’.

How could one say all creatures were naturally created when God created all living things?

How could creatures called dinosaurs exist prior to the Mythic Era? Et cetera.

It was natural for such friction to arise, yet surprisingly, they cooperated quite well.

Title) Reason scholars and believers get along well

Believer: All things were created by God!

Scholar: All things are evolved forms of primordial life.

Believer: Are you denying God? Do you want to become a heretic?

Scholar: No no, not that. Just saying that’s how it is.

Believer: You’re not denying Him, right?

Scholar: Long live Aris. Long live Aragon.

Believer: OK, moving on.

Since scholars don’t deny God’s existence either, believers don’t particularly mind scholars.

ㄴCan they even deny it? It’s right there in the records.

ㄴDo you think myths are called myths for nothing?

ㄴBut isn’t mythology practically actual history that existed?

ㄴYeah true, but it’s because it seems ridiculous to look at now.

ㄴMagic was born back then too, and mana appeared back then.

ㄴBefore that was the Era of Dragons, and from the Mythic Era onward, the Era of Humanity continued.

Because even if exaggerated, mythology was also actual ’history’ that existed.

Other worlds might treat myths as impossible events or fictional stories, but not this world.

The era when dragons ruled humanity, and the gods who brought an end to that era.

Such records remained clearly intact, and their very existences were distinct.

Therefore, the relationship between the academic world and the religious sector was close to a mutually beneficial relationship.

Title) What’s the difference between Magic Tower and academic circles?

Do these guys also complement each other?

ㄴThey’re basically mixed together, really.

ㄴIt’s just the difference between focusing on magic vs knowledge, nothing majorly different.

ㄴIn the first place, magic itself is mathematics.

ㄴThe Magic Tower is what broke off from academia.

A longing for pure knowledge. That craving propelled humanity to rise as the strongest race.

However, such desires sometimes led to complacent judgments.

Being wise and being smart were different things, and intellectuals made many mistakes.

Title) The #1 top reason people enter the Forest of the Four Seasons

Out of curiosity

ㄴlololololol

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ㄴFuck me, this is ridiculous lol

ㄴIt’s funny because it’s so fucking true lol

The Forest of the Four Seasons was the prime example.

While other regions were at least somewhat predictable, the Forest of the Four Seasons was a place where even that was impossible.

Filled with all sorts of the ’unknown’, intellectuals occasionally pressed forward with risky adventures.

But the results of those forces were tragic. Because not a single person returned.

At best, Kadir stepped a single foot inside and immediately returned due to anxiety, but others were not so fortunate.

In such a situation, with Grylls posting real-time survival logs, it was impossible for academia not to be thrown into chaos.

Especially recently, when the actual existence of the ’Sky Whale’—said to exist during the Mythic Era—was confirmed.

"Is there no way to ask that person? It’s the Sky Whale, for goodness’ sake!"

"What can we possibly do? All we have is the knowledge packed in our heads."

"Can’t we mobilize all our knowledge to help that person?"

"The Forest of the Four Seasons is precisely where all that knowledge turns to dust."

In the aftermath, the academic community was turned upside down.

There was a concept known as a ’paradigm’ used in intellectual circles.

It meant that fixed frameworks existed in the world, which could also apply to knowledge.

Similar to how the Demon Race, which had many differences compared to other races, still didn’t escape the framework of ’humanity’.

And until the Sky Whale was discovered, the paradigm of mythology was as follows:

[Mythological beings including the Sky Whale were capable of existing only because the gods existed.]

[A whale is an animal that must live in the sea. How could it live in the sky?]

[They could live only through the special powers of the gods.]

[With even dragons present, the fact that a Sky Whale has never been discovered is proof of that.]You are reading on NovelPing, the official source.

Several mythical entities, including the Sky Whale.

They were able to exist due to the special power of the gods; they could not exist naturally.

One should figure out the power of the gods; searching for those creatures was foolish.

Title) Grylls: What is that?

(Video of Sky Whale discovered by Grylls)

Woah. A whale is flying in the sky!

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ㄴAh lol It’s in the Forest of the Four Seasons lol

That paradigm was cleanly overturned by Grylls’s exploits.

It was proven that it was not God’s power, but simply a creature that existed naturally.

If so, other creatures appearing in mythology were bound to exist as well.

Though only the Sky Whale had been discovered so far, it had delivered a massive shock.

To top it off, he even discovered that precious Ambergris.

"Must we obtain that Ambergris right now?"

"How? Do you have a way?"

"Has anyone created a fixed handle in the Gallery?"

"There is someone, but they were immediately rejected."

"Dear me..."

Though they mobilized every possible method, the academic world couldn’t find a clear solution.

Furthermore, right after that, the Magic Tower levitation incident broke out, keeping them busy organizing the chaos.

Thus, just as things were about to quiet down for a while after Grylls dropped a giant meteorite onto academia:

"Everyone! Dragon! It’s a dragon!"

"What?"

"A polymorphed dragon has appeared!"

Grylls dropped yet another meteorite onto the academic community. He had discovered a creature of the Mythic Era, just like the Sky Whale.

Furthermore, that creature wasn’t a simple beast, but a dragon. And a dragon capable of Polymorph, no less.

Dragons were capable of Polymorph. This too had practically been close to a legend.

But now, that legend had been proven to be a true story.

"...Then does this mean all these records are true?"

"Presumably so, right? Ah, and it’s said the dragon burned the World Tree sapling. The World Tree played a major role, apparently."

"Haa..."

Scholars felt as though they were piecing together a puzzle.

But cases like this were actually on the better side.

"Hey there. Weren’t you writing a thesis on dragons?"

"Huh? Ah... yes, but..."

"You’ll have to rewrite that. Turns out the legends about dragons were all true."

"What kind of bullsh— I mean, the thesis submission deadline is tomorrow? And this theory..."

"Rewrite it. All of those are theories to be discarded."

"..."

Graduate students writing theses for graduation:

They experienced in real-time their painstakingly written papers turning into scraps of trash in an instant.

But what could they do? It wasn’t a rumor from the Gallery, but truth uncovered directly in the Forest of the Four Seasons.

Graduate students had no choice but to swallow tears of blood and throw their papers into the trash bin.

"Still, it’s nice that factions have decreased."

"I don’t know whether to call this good or bad..."

In fact, discarding theses wasn’t even the worst. The worst was factionalism.

The more controversial or ambiguous a topic was, the more factions among scholars were bound to split.

In that situation, when overly definitive evidence was shoved right in their faces, one side was bound to crumble completely.

"I can’t accept this! To think things turn out like this over a single Gallery post?!"

"Or would you like to go to the Forest of the Four Seasons?"

"Th-That’s a bit..."

Though some denied it for a while, they hesitated to actually enter the Forest of the Four Seasons.

"Let go of me! I won’t believe it unless I see it with my own eyes!"

"Oh dear! Professor! Where are you going?!"

"Please restrain yourself!"

Well, occasionally extreme types flew into a rage, declaring they’d enter the Forest of the Four Seasons to verify it themselves.

Such people were calmed down somehow. Even if they went, going without any preparation was dangerous.

Like this, every single post Grylls uploaded became a giant meteorite crashing into academia.

But this was strictly the story of related departments; other departments merely found it interesting and left it at that.

"Those majoring in the Mythic Era are having a rough time."

"Tell me about it."

Professor Jones, an authority in the field of paleontology, was that exact example.

A scholar studying animals that lived before the Mythic Era—that is, dinosaurs.

He clicked his tongue looking at the theology scholars making a fuss over a simple ’discovery’.

’It’s best not to believe unless you excavate it yourself.’

He considered them foolish.

Rather than flipping through books like that, embarking on an adventure was better.

And how sweet was the thrill of discovering and researching various fossils through that adventure?

Even if you set up a specific theory, laying down the premise that the theory could be wrong made life much easier.

’Let alone the Forest of the Four Seasons, a region inhabited by bizarre flora and fauna. It’s better to treat it as an exception.’

Professor Jones gently twirled his mustache, which curled upward at the tips.

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But even he had no choice but to be plunged into confusion before long.

"P-Professor! D-Dinosaurs!"

"Yes. Where did the fossil appear?"

At his assistant’s fuss, Professor Jones answered leisurely.

Hearing that dinosaurs had been discovered, he initially thought it was a fossil.

"No! Dinosaurs were discovered in the Forest of the Four Seasons! And alive, no less!"

"...What?"

Mid-tweak of his mustache, Professor Jones was rendered completely dumbfounded.

Not a fossil, but a living dinosaur? He couldn’t believe it at all.

Seeing that it was the Forest of the Four Seasons, it was undoubtedly discovered by the explorer named Grylls.

After being stunned for a moment, he cleared his throat and maintained his composure.

"Ahem, ahem. Since it is the Forest of the Four Seasons, it isn’t completely impossible. But do we really need to make a fuss? Unlike scholars researching the Mythic Era, their existence has already been proven for us."

It was just as Jones said.

Dinosaurs had been proven to exist long ago compared to other mythical creatures like the Sky Whale.

Though dinosaurs were discovered in the Forest of the Four Seasons, the focus would be on ’appearance’.

Since dinosaurs were entities left behind only as fossils, their appearance required quite in-depth research.

"No! That guy posted a dinosaur carcass on the auction hall!"

"..."

At that shout, Professor Jones froze completely. An expression asking if he had misheard was an extra.

Next, he hurriedly raised his head and logged into the Gallery.

Even intellectuals weren’t exempt from using the Gallery.

’...My goodness.’

Professor Jones opened and closed his mouth. There was only one reason he had been able to be leisurely:

Because he hadn’t even imagined that someone would post a dinosaur carcass on the auction hall.

Though acting otherwise, Professor Jones usually watched Grylls’s actions closely.

No. In fact, it would be more fitting to say that the entire academic world was closely watching Grylls’s movements.

Up until now, Grylls had gifted rare items to other fixed handles, and rarely ever posted them on the auction hall.

It would be better to find a fixed handle who traded with him and conduct joint research. That was what he had been thinking.

"...t."

"Pardon?"

"Hurry up and bring our budget! We can NEVER let this fall into someone else’s hands!"

"B-But even if it’s a dinosaur, it has stealth abilities..."

The assistant said. A dinosaur with stealth abilities.

Wouldn’t it be different from the dinosaurs we knew? It might just look the same but be an entirely different species.

Despite the assistant’s plea to calm down a bit, Professor Jones refuted it easily.

"Have YOU lived in the dinosaur era?! How do you know stealth abilities weren’t universal to dinosaurs?!"

"Uh, huh? I-Is that so?"

"Yes! If you can’t refute my words, hurry up and fetch the budget!"

"Y-Yes sir!"

At Professor Jones’s command, the assistant scampered away quickly.

Meanwhile, he stared at the dinosaur carcass whose price was rising in real-time.

’No matter what... I MUST get it...!’

If only he could obtain it, he could elevate paleontology’s standing to the absolute limit.

What was needed right now was money. Even if he poured in the entire budget, he had to win it.

’But what about the other carcasses? Where are the other carcasses? No, before that....’

Gulping down his saliva, a thought struck Professor Jones.

’Does that mean dinosaurs are teeming in that forest...? In living form?’

Professor Jones’s eyes sparkled. Eyes burning passionately with inquisitive desire toward the unknown.

As mentioned earlier, he was an action-oriented person who excavated various fossils through adventures.

Above all, he was a ’scholar’. A scholar equipped with an infinite thirst for knowledge.

’...How much was the latest exploration equipment again?’

Deep inside his heart, curiosity slowly swelled up.

’No, wait. Let’s purchase that first.’

Though he briefly set it aside due to practical matters.

"This is it? There’s no more budget?!"

"This month’s budget is..."

"You fool! Don’t bring this month’s, bring the ENTIRE year’s budget!"

"Y-Yes sir!"

Like this, while someone was passionately diving in by dumping their entire annual budget:

"Hoo. Is this the dinosaur’s heart? Splendid."

Someone easily obtained a dinosaur corpse through friendly relations;

"What can I craft with this blood? I hope it helps Grylls-ssi."

and someone else obtained a whole dinosaur carcass through an Elixir trade.

Well, from Grylls’s perspective, both had provided immense help, so it was only natural to give them out.

Lastly, the Dwarf who obtained the dinosaur hides from Grylls....

"Hey, hey. Take a look at this."

"What? Where are you speaking from?"

"Right in front of you, dumbass."

"I don’t see anything?"

Was marveling at the performance of the hide together with his friend.

Finally, Grylls, who dropped a meteorite-level bomb bringing an end to the Dinosaur Era....

"Alright. We’ve eaten, so let’s head out again."

[Can we not rest today?]

"Where’s the time to rest? Even calling it an exploration, we’ve only covered the immediate vicinity."

Finished his preparations to set out on another bomb—no, another exploration.