I Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 251

The El Dorado Revolution, which had sent shockwaves through the world.

The forces that succeeded in the revolution set out to perform various tasks under the leadership of the Hero, Asella.

The very first thing they did was purge the numerous corrupt forces, including Pope Louis II.

Aside from whether the task was easy, it took quite a long time, and the reason for that was simple.

"My goodness. Practically the entire upper echelon belonged to the Pope’s faction? If we had left this as it was..."

"It’s a relief we’re fixing it now, at least."

Because Louis II’s faction was simply too vast.

With a bit of exaggeration, it wouldn’t be far-fetched to say that the vast majority of the high-ranking officials were rotten to the core.

Since every single one of them was eating away at El Dorado, they had no choice but to struggle through dealing with them.

"Just how many ledgers are there? How much were they embezzling?"

"There are items here that aren’t even listed in the ledgers!"

"Th-this... looks like an item infused with Adamantium?"

"Oh my god. This is military equipment. And it’s even Dwarven-made..."

Asella squeezed her eyes shut at the endless evidence of corruption, no matter how deep they dug.

She, Reyna, and the officials who had been ousted but reinstated all had to throw themselves into the work.

Fortunately, most of the reinstated officials were highly capable, so they were able to wrap it up quickly.

"Just reclaiming what these bastards pocketed will be enough to prop up El Dorado’s economy for the time being."

"Was the person managing it also part of the Pope’s faction?"

"Yes. They were even more thorough. We had a hard time finding their hidden assets."

In El Dorado, the Curia was effectively the government.

Since they had complete control over such an institution, they were able to commit such corruption.

If there was even a hint of exposure? They would immediately purge them and send them elsewhere.

’As expected, we must separate the Curia and the government institutions. Though it will take a long time.’

El Dorado was still El Dorado. It was not yet time to adopt a new national name.

Only after completely cutting away the forces that had been gnawing at the Holy Kingdom from its roots would it finally be able to be reborn.

"How many people have had their guilt confirmed so far?"

"Those facing sentences equivalent to the death penalty total ten, including the Pope. Severe sentences apply to twenty-one, and the rest total thirty-two."

"If we include those whose charges haven’t been finalized yet, it will easily exceed a hundred."

"Sigh..."

It was a situation that only brought sighs. They were corrupt, far too severely corrupt.

In her heart, she wanted to banish them all to the Forest of the Four Seasons, but currently, El Dorado was being kept afloat by a handful of people working themselves to the bone.

In such a state, if they banished everyone, the government would completely paralyze.

Asella pondered over and over before quietly speaking.

"For now, we will proceed as planned. We will escort the criminals to the Forest of the Four Seasons starting tomorrow."

"Yes!"

And so, the transport of the criminals began.

The news that the criminals were being sent to the Forest of the Four Seasons spread like wildfire.

Perhaps because they had gnawed away at the very foundation of El Dorado and even regarded the citizens as ’enemies’.

"Get the hell out of our country right now!"

"You’re a disgrace to the nation!"

"How dare you bastards even utter the name of Aris-nim?!"

A very grand welcoming ceremony took place. The streets were packed with people.

Fortunately, having anticipated this, the deployed paladins blocked the crowd.

The citizens momentarily showed dissatisfaction at the paladins blocking them, but they quickly followed their instructions.

Trust in the military was already scraping the bottom, but regardless of that, this was Asella’s command.

"I am innocent! Aris-nim will not forgive this!"

Of course, there were still those who hadn’t come to their senses, and one of them was none other than the Pope, Louis.

Whether he truly believed that, or was looking for his followers.

Clinging to the iron bars of the prisoner transport carriage and screaming, it was a sickening sight.

"That son of a bitch! Hey! Is there anything to throw?!"

"Stones are too dangerous, but I have tomatoes."

"Give me those, then! How much?!"

"Eggs for me!"

Thanks to Louis drawing aggro, a terrifying barrage of projectiles ensued.

Tomatoes, eggs, various vegetables, and more. A colorful assortment of things flew through the air.

The ones who suffered because of this were the cardinals and military commanders who were with Louis.

They were already bound to be cursed at even if they stayed quiet, but with him acting like that, they wanted to drag him out themselves.

"It’s all over now..."

"The Forest of the Four Seasons... To a place like that..."

"Ah. Oh God..."

However, because the heinous punishment of forced banishment to the Forest of the Four Seasons awaited them, they didn’t even have the energy to argue.

Some thought they would rather be hanged. At least then, their corpses could be preserved.

But the Forest of the Four Seasons was no different from a punishment worse than death.

Because rather than leaving a corpse, it was the exact same as throwing them as food for beasts.

It was a million years away from an honorable death.

"If we didn’t even have these blindfolds, we could have done something..."

"Still, they didn’t gouge out our eyeballs. We should be grateful for at least this."

Putting blindfolds on them to block their access to the Gallery was an added bonus.

Considering the severity of their crimes, they deserved to have their eyeballs gouged out, but Asella had stopped at least that.

Saying that they should at least be able to see so they could clearly witness what kind of punishment they were receiving.

Considering their future, it was utterly bleak, but it was a merciful treatment in its own way.

And so, the transport carriage left El Dorado and began heading toward the Forest of the Four Seasons.

"Will it finally be over once we clean up those pieces of trash?"

"There’s still a lot left."

"I don’t know when we’ll ever get to rest."

Asella and Reyna rode not in the carriage transporting the criminals, but in the ordinary carriage at the very front.

The time it would take to reach the Forest of the Four Seasons was half a day at the fastest.

If they browsed the Gallery until then, the time would fly by.

’I wonder what Grylls-nim is doing?’

Asella immediately logged into the Gallery.

Since she had been too busy lately, she hadn’t been able to fulfill her duties as the Orange Badge.

Even so, the Blue Badge, meaning the Heavenly Demon, had been working diligently.

She felt she should first express her gratitude to the Heavenly Demon, who had been working hard.

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: Blue Badge-nim! My logins have been sparse lately, but thank you for working so hard! I think I’ll be logging in more often from now on!]

[Heavenly Demon: You need not worry. This lady has plenty of time.]

Asella smiled at the immediate reply. She really was a kind person.

Normally, someone might feel annoyed, but she answered so generously.

Asella wondered what she could do for this person.

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: Is there perhaps a feature you would like? I think I could unlock at least one for you!]

[Heavenly Demon: Is a location tracking feature possible?]

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: Ah...! That’s a bit...! I’m sorry!]

If nothing else, location tracking was out of the question. There was too much potential for abuse.This chapter was copied from novelping(.)com without permission.

Moreover, suspicions were blooming that the Blue Badge Heavenly Demon was the actual Heavenly Demon in reality.

’After all, she is someone in the Demonic Cult.’

Out of curiosity, she had once tracked the Heavenly Demon’s location.

That location was indeed the Demonic Cult. Because of that, Asella had no choice but to be suspicious.

’Even if it’s not the Heavenly Demon, location tracking has too high a possibility of being abused.’

It wasn’t that the Heavenly Demon was bad. It was just that there was always a ’what if’.

Fortunately, the Heavenly Demon didn’t seem to mind particularly and let it slide casually.

[Heavenly Demon: I understand. I shall think about it slowly.]

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: Thank you!]

Now that her conversation with the Heavenly Demon was finished, next was Grylls.

Asella sent a message right away, wearing a deeper smile than before.

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: Hello, Grylls-nim! Have you been doing well in the meantime!]

[Wild Grylls: I’ve been doing well, of course. What’s going on?]

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: I think we’ll be banishing the criminals to the Forest of the Four Seasons in a little bit!]

[Wild Grylls: Ah. I heard that news.]

Grylls already knew that she was the Hero. Even so, the conversation itself was no different from before.

Since this person was in the Forest of the Four Seasons anyway. Moreover, he himself didn’t feel much of a reaction to it.

’I wonder what this person thinks about the Hero?’

After briefly thinking that, a message arrived from Grylls.

[Wild Grylls: By the way, the Forest of the Four Seasons isn’t a landfill;;]

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: Ah! You don’t have to worry about that! In a way, they can be recycled!]

[Wild Grylls: Can’t you just not dump trash in the first place? We need to protect nature.]

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: They will make excellent fertilizer!]

[Wild Grylls: ;;]

"Hehe."

"Why are you smiling like that? Is there something fun?"

Perhaps because she was smiling like a fool. Reyna, sitting opposite her, chuckled.

She probably thought it was because she saw something funny in the Gallery.

But because Asella had a secret she couldn’t share, her face couldn’t help but flush slightly.

She felt embarrassed for no reason. She would have to be careful in the future.

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: If you’re worried, I’ll take measures beforehand and send them!]

[Wild Grylls: What kind of measures?]

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: Gouging out their eyeballs and severing their hand tendons should do the trick!]

[Wild Grylls: Just send them as they are;; Just getting here will be hard enough for them. Ludwig-ssi would have died too if not for my support.]

Grylls was right. From what she heard, he had received support in the form of a Mythricon sword.

She had heard about the efficacy of the Mythricon sword from Reyna.

A sword that pulled out the user’s mana efficiency by several times or more.

Even in the Forest of the Four Seasons where mana usage was impossible, it allowed aura usage to some extent.

’Without that...’

It was practically the same as entering bare-bodied. Their survival rate would converge to 0%.

Furthermore, the criminals, including Louis, even wore Mana Suppressors on their necks.

Dumping trash on Grylls was half a joke; they were simply being sent to die.

’I cannot cause trouble for my benefactor.’

The escort convoy finally reached the entrance of the Forest of the Four Seasons.

As soon as they heard they had arrived at the entrance, Asella and Reyna got out of the carriage.

"Heh. I’m seeing that sight for the second time now."

"It’s beautiful."

The entrance to the Forest of the Four Seasons was beautiful, just as Reyna had described.

The entrance shimmering like an aurora, and the world beyond where various environments blended together.

Asella let out an exclamation of admiration at the phenomenon that could be explained by neither magic nor science.

She felt she could understand why so many explorers had been drawn to enter the Forest of the Four Seasons.

"Hero-nim. The criminals have all disembarked."

"Ah. Yes."

While she was endlessly gazing at the entrance, a knight’s report came in.

Asella cleared her throat and turned around.

Wearing blindfolds and covered in all kinds of filth, the criminals were waiting for their punishment.

A month ago—no, even just a fortnight ago—they probably never dreamed they would end up like this.

But if one committed a crime, they must receive a fitting punishment. Asella quietly spoke.

"Please remove their blindfolds."

At those words, Reyna and the other paladins removed the criminals’ blindfolds.

Perhaps because they hadn’t seen light for several days, they couldn’t easily open their eyes.

Soon, having adapted to the light to some extent, they blinked and looked ahead.

"Ah..."

"The Forest... of the Four Seasons..."

"Oh God..."

As soon as they opened their eyes, they must have seen the entrance to the Forest of the Four Seasons beyond Asella.

Despair began to settle on their faces. Several people slumped to the ground.

"Do you finally realize your crimes now?"

Asella spoke in a stern voice at their pathetic appearance.

They were the ones who had torn down the very foundation of El Dorado. It was no different from overthrowing the state.

She felt no sympathy whatsoever. Just how many people had suffered because of them?

Even several people, including Ludwig, had been banished to the Forest of the Four Seasons.

At least Ludwig had survived thanks to Grylls’s support... but the others were not so fortunate.

Now it was their turn to receive it back. Asella spoke in an indifferent voice.

"Do you feel wronged? If you truly feel wronged, you may meet the noble person in the Forest of the Four Seasons. Though I do not know if those noble people will welcome you."

"..."

"Do you have any last words?"

How could they? Their spirits were already broken, and they couldn’t even give a proper answer.

Except for just one person, Louis.

"Aris-nim will never tolerate this! You are a traitor!"

"I see. Next person?"

Asella lightly ignored Louis’s desperate struggle.

She didn’t even feel it was worth reacting to.

Naturally, Louis continued to shriek and yell, but he was immediately suppressed by the paladins.

"Are you going to take off the Mana Suppressors?"

"No."

Asella answered firmly.

Removing the blindfolds and binding ropes was already a generous act.

If you bestow anything too often, it becomes cheap. Mercy is the same.

In the Gallery, Asella had a pushover-like side, but reality was different.This chapter was taken from novelрing.com without permission.

"Hand over the small bundles of items to the criminals."

The paladins obediently followed her command.

Louis rebuked the paladins upon seeing the situation, but it was a futile effort.

"If you make any more noise, I will tear out your tongue."

"Y-you...!"

At the paladin’s threat, Louis also fell silent.

And so, the paladins handed the small bundles to the criminals.

The criminals were curious about what was inside the bundles, but Asella spoke first.

"Look inside after you enter the Forest of the Four Seasons. There will be items in there that, while not much, should be of help."

"Wh-what is this?"

"I cannot tell you. I will only say that it contains the mercy of Aris-nim."

"..."

"Then now..."

Asella nodded her head. At that, the paladins also acted immediately.

Seureung—

Asella and the paladins each drew their swords and pointed them at the criminals.

Following that, they pushed them bit by bit toward the entrance.

It was a shape like forcing beasts inside.

At the treatment that threw human rights to the dogs, the criminals also shouted out in frustration.

"Is there no respect for us as human beings!"

"To treat us like beasts! You people truly...!"

In the end, a spiteful Louis pointed his finger and tried to scream, but—

Seogeok!

Without a word, Asella sliced off the Pope’s wrist.

It was a speed invisible to the eye, and everyone seemed not to know what had happened at first.

Tuk!

Soon, the cleanly severed wrist fell to the ground.

An action without a single shred of hesitation. Even Louis, whose wrist had been cut off, stopped breathing.

A terror far greater than the pain of his wrist being severed washed over him.

"I am treating you as living beings, at least. But you did not do the same."

"Ah. Ah..."

"This is Aris-nim’s final mercy. If you resist any further..."

Asella wore an unprecedentedly chilling expression as she delivered her final warning.

"I will consider it as you asking to be treated as trash—not as humans, beasts, or even living things."

She was already treating them as trash, but this was the very last sliver of respect she had left.

In the end, the criminals had no choice but to enter the Forest of the Four Seasons with deathly pale faces.

Louis also hurriedly picked up his hand from the ground and rushed inside.

And so, the criminals completely vanished. The parasites that had been eating away at El Dorado were entirely gone.

Asella sheathed her Holy Sword, which didn’t have a single drop of blood on it, and spoke.

"Good work, everyone. Let’s return now."

She had clearly worn a chilling expression just a moment ago, yet now she was smiling brightly.

The paladins followed her instructions with awkward expressions.

’There is still a lot of work to do. I’ll be busy again for a while.’

Boarding the carriage, Asella sighed and logged into the Gallery.

She thought nothing could have happened in that short span of time...

[Heavenly Demon Punch! Heavenly Demon Punch! Heavenly Demon Punch!]

[The Heavenly Demon declares that she has subjugated all of those atrocious Blood Cult bastards!]

[Long live the Heavenly Demon, absolute submission of ten thousand demons! Long live the Heavenly Demon, absolute submission of ten thousand demons!]

"?"

...But she was wrong. Asella blinked and checked the Recommended Posts.

A post with upvotes pouring in was sitting right there.

Moreover, the upvotes shot up every time she refreshed, indicating that the content was quite sensational.

[Heavenly Demon (Not the Blue Badge) vs Blood Cult]

The title itself was simple. That made it even more intriguing.

Asella clicked on the post with curiosity.

Title) Heavenly Demon (Not the Blue Badge) vs Blood Cult

(Video of the Heavenly Demon subjugating the remnants of the Blood Cult)

(Video of the Heavenly Demon slaughtering the remnants of the Blood Cult)

(Video of the Heavenly Demon toying with the remnants of the Blood Cult)

(Photo of the Heavenly Demon holding one of the Blood Cult remnants by the neck)

(Other photos, etc.)

Blood Cult bastards got cut down lmao. This is the power of the Heavenly Demon-nim, I tell you, haha.

Wow. They can’t even put up a fight.

Was the Heavenly Demon always this strong? Or is the Blood Cult just weak?

Obviously the Heavenly Demon is strong; she’s fighting them like she’s dealing with toddlers.

Those Blood Cult bastards drew aggro for nothing, lol.

But did she really kill them all? It looks like a few of them entered the Forest of the Four Seasons?

Even if they were remnants, there were at least over thirty of them.

Their attacks aren’t doing shit;

If the Heavenly Demon and Ash fight, who wins?

Sword Matstar) Obviously Ash wins.

Then what about the Hero?

Sword Matstar) I’m not sure about the Hero. Since she’s still young, wouldn’t it be difficult for her?

Wild Grylls) Ah. Stop illegally dumping trash, seriously ㅡㅡ

If the trash walks in on its own feet, it’s not illegal dumping, lmao.

Exactly, lol. It’s not illegal dumping, it’s automatic dumping, haha.

Trash is heading your way soon, so go welcome it.

Wild Grylls) I’m currently clearing out all the signposts. Especially since El Dorado also illegally dumped trash.

Ah. Right. There’s El Dorado too.

If things go well, won’t they meet inside?

Food waste vs. general waste battle, damn.

Crazy bastard, lmao.

Hahaha.

Fuck, that’s harsh as hell, but it’s so true that it’s even more ridiculous, lol.

Battle of the trash, lol.

Either way, they’re just fertilizer~

"..."

It seemed there were others besides them who were illegally dumping.

Asella turned her head and stared toward the entrance of the Forest of the Four Seasons.

’Should I pay a fine for illegally dumping trash?’

It was her final conscience as the Hero.