I Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 262

The aftermath of Alvenheim’s public reveal of the Artificial Guardian spread throughout the entire world.

Normally, due to technical limitations, it would take time for even top-ranking officials to barely notice.

Even with a grand public announcement, the speed of information delivery was so slow that ordinary people living busy lives wouldn’t have known.

However, due to the existence of the Gallery, everyone, regardless of social status, could find out what Alvenheim had revealed.

"So, what are we supposed to do now?"

"There’s nothing we can do. Let’s just pray we don’t get drafted."

"Ha. My father’s generation got drafted, and now me too?"

Because of this, people couldn’t help but feel anxious.

Although the world looked peaceful on the surface, there were many places brewing with conflict beneath.

Starting with the Messiah Empire and the Iris Kingdom, to Eldorado where the Immortal King incident had erupted, and so on.

Besides these, there were quite a few places experiencing internal and external instability.

If even short-lived humans felt that war was closer than peace, how much more so for other races?

While people were trembling with anxiety like this, a post was uploaded to the Gallery.

Title: Grylls’s Declaration

(Photo of Grylls’s declaration uploaded to the Gallery)

Declaring that if Alvenheim starts a war, he’ll dump Mithril + Orichalcum alloy all over Mountain lol

ㄴ Mountain must feel so reassured, lolol

ㄴ Oh please, lol. If it were a war that could be stopped by something like that, it wouldn’t have been started in the first place, lol.

ㄴ Yeah, no. Grylls has infinite Mithril supply~

ㄴ People lose their minds over just 100g of Mithril, but this guy measures it in kilograms lolol

ㄴ And the whole cave is literally Orichalcum, shiver

ㄴ And since he’s in the Forest of the Four Seasons, nobody can even touch him lolol

It was a pledge that if Alvenheim provoked a war, he would immediately aid the victims.

What kind of minerals were Mithril and Orichalcum? They were minerals that could make entire nations pay attention at the mere rumor of their presence.

What’s more, since he had combined the two, its value was beyond words.

If even a single ingot were to appear in the world, a bloody struggle would break out.

It was a threat—or perhaps a kind of apology—that Grylls was able to make because he understood its value.

In a way, the Artificial Guardian was also a result born with Grylls’s help.

Thus, it seemed like the winds of war would die down thanks to Grylls’s declaration, but things took an unexpected turn.

Title: Isn’t this basically trolling?

If it were me, I’d be praying, "Elves, please start a war!" lolol

If it were gold or silver, sure, but it’s Mithril and Orichalcum.

That bastard Grylls really seems to think of them as if they were just gold and silver lolol

ㄴ Global-level trolling, shivering

ㄴ War instigator, shivering

ㄴ God of War, shivering

ㄴ Is Grylls bald by any chance?

ㄴ No? Why ask that?

ㄴ Hearing "God of War" just made me think of a bald guy.

Title: This guy Grylls

Considering he survived this long, he seems smart, but sometimes he does the dumbest shit.

But every time he does something dumb, the scale is absolutely insane lololol

ㄴ Was his start logging a relative of the Immortal King?

ㄴ No no no, proving he was in the Forest of the Four Seasons was the problem.

ㄴ So his mere existence was the problem all along.

ㄴ For real, his existence itself is just full of problems lolol

ㄴ But there’s nothing we can do, right?

ㄴ Ah lol, let’s just grab popcorn and watch lolol

In other words, a war could actually break out precisely to get a hold of Mythricon.

To be fair to Grylls, he was a little bit wronged in this matter.

No matter how much common sense of this world he had absorbed, he still lacked much.

Because he hadn’t accurately grasped just how astronomically high the value of Mithril and Orichalcum was.

He only knew that the moment they entered the market, things would become dangerous.

Furthermore, provoking a war just to obtain minerals? That was an idea Grylls, who had survived thanks to the goodwill of the Gallery, couldn’t even fathom.

Because it was so far removed from the "common sense" Grylls knew, a situation like this had occurred.

Title: Wait, that makes no sense.

Wild Grylls

Starting a war just to get a lump of that? Isn’t that insane?

ㄴ Then does it make sense to obliterate a city with a single bomb?

ㄴ Wild Grylls) Ah.

Indeed, thanks to the analogy of a certain sage, Grylls was able to realize it belatedly.

While Mythricon alloy didn’t possess power equivalent to a nuclear bomb, it held just as much "value."

What’s more, since Grylls had mentioned that he would continuously "support" them, it was enough to make anyone gasp in shock.

Title: Just to tell you how broken Mithril is

Even with Aura, the difference is massive.

If Orichalcum is mana-friendly, Mithril has the effect of amplifying mana.

People say a craftsman doesn’t blame his tools, but Mithril is an exception. Its whole movement technique is just built different.

Adding a bit of exaggeration, it’s enough for a knight who just learned Aura to go toe-to-toe with a knight who mastered the Aura Blade.New chapters come out on novеlping.com first.

ㄴ Heavenly Demon) Could you explain it in Central Plains terms?

ㄴ It’s like a third-rate martial artist going neck and neck against a Peak Realm master.

ㄴ Heavenly Demon) Then if an entire sword were made of True Silver, it would be even more extraordinary.

ㄴ No such sword exists in the world lolol

ㄴ Didn’t Grylls give one to Ludwig last time?

ㄴ Was that a sword forged from Mythricon?

ㄴ IDK, everyone seems to talk like it was?

ㄴ Come to think of it, he never actually showed it, right?

However, there was an ambiguous point. Namely, Grylls had never directly revealed it.

It was because the performance of a sword made of Mythricon was absurdly high, and it was far too distinct.

Every time mana was channeled into it, a green galaxy manifested, so there was no way it wouldn’t stand out.

That was why he hadn’t publicly posted about it even after gifting a Mythricon sword to Heavenly Demon.

Except for that one time he provided a Mythricon sword to aid Ludwig.

"Could it be the sword given to Master?"

"What is?"

Reyna, a reliable ally and close confidante of the Hero, Asella, quietly muttered.

At her muttering, Asella, who was carefully examining the Gallery, expressed her curiosity.

"That Mythricon stuff the guy named Grylls mentioned. I was wondering if that was the sword he gave to Master."

"Ah. Do you mean the sword that helped Master Ludwig survive?"

"Yeah. Did I mention that sword to you before?"

"No. You didn’t mention the sword."

Reyna nodded. She had forgotten about it because she had been so busy recently.

Still, since it was a sight one could never forget once seen, she was able to describe it in detail.

"Should I say it’s a sword containing a green galaxy? At first, I thought Master’s realm of martial arts had ascended."

"Just hearing about it makes it sound even more like a Holy Sword than the actual Holy Sword, though?"

"Hmm... Maybe? Even its effects were astounding. It felt like Master was being dragged around by the sword."

"That sounds less like a Holy Sword and more like a Demonic Sword, doesn’t it?"

A craftsman does not blame his tools. In truth, that statement is about half right.

To be more precise, it would be more accurate to say that too much of a good thing is as bad as too little.

A tool suited to or below one’s own skill is fine, but anything beyond that will only harm its wielder.

"A Demonic Sword... Maybe so. But if not just one, but dozens of those Demonic Swords were unleashed..."

"It would be quite a headache."

"And on top of that, this guy says he’ll hand out the raw materials to craft those Demonic Swords. It might genuinely be dangerous, right?"

"Mmm..."

Although spoken lightheartedly, it couldn’t be easily brushed aside.

Reyna was someone who had witnessed the effects of the "materials" Grylls mentioned firsthand.

They were so potent that they were of immense help even in the Forest of the Four Seasons, where mana could not be used.

If this was just what had been roughly revealed, there might be even greater effects.

’Come to think of it, didn’t he say Mithril even grows wild there?’

Mithril growing naturally behind the cave. He even fitted Ludwig with a new prosthetic leg.

That wasn’t all. Even the dwarf, Passing Dwarf, gave up on processing it.

Stating that it held far too much mana compared to ordinary minerals and required extreme caution.

That it was impossible to process without a specialized furnace.

’Even so, this is Mithril processed as-is, so it doesn’t really matter.’

In this world, a sword made of solid Mithril did not exist.

Even the phrase "a sword forged from Mithril" was close to an exaggeration.

Originally, even mixing in a tiny amount of Mithril was enough to call it a Mithril sword.

Yet the fuss was because the performance was absurdity itself.

"For now, all we can do is watch. The Holy Kingdom doesn’t even have the capacity to wage a war right now anyway."

"Right? By the way, will a war really break out?"

"Only the Goddess knows that."

Currently, the Holy Kingdom lacked the capacity for war while undergoing reforms.

Although they maintained a bare minimum of defense.

’For the time being, we have no choice but to observe.’

War isn’t something that happens overnight.

Seeing how Alvenheim grandly revealed the Artificial Guardian, they likely wouldn’t intend to start one immediately either.

However, Mountain’s reaction was worrisome; feeling threatened, they might launch a preemptive strike.

The justification was even flawless, as everyone would understand given the atrocities committed by the elves so far.

"What if the Orange Badge decides this is getting out of hand and bans him?"

"...A ban?"

At Reyna’s suggestion, Asella flinched and quietly asked back.

Fortunately, Reyna seemed to be looking at the Gallery and failed to notice Asella’s reaction.

"Yeah. Honestly, from that guy’s perspective it would be unfair, but I feel like the admin would start seeing him as a hazard. In a way, the Artificial Guardian was invented using the Guardian Core he gave, after all."

"Th-then we wouldn’t be able to find Master either, right?"

"That’s our problem, not the Orange Badge’s problem."

The Orange Badge is right next to you.

Asella barely forced down the words that had risen to her throat.

At the same time, she felt relieved. Relieved that she was the Orange Badge.

If it had been anyone else, they would have assessed the risk as high and issued a ban, just as Reyna said.

From Grylls’s standpoint, he would be driven crazy with frustration, but this was war.

Even posts simply provoking conflicts between nations were grounds for a ban, so what about a war?New chapters come out on nоvelping.com first.

’...It certainly is a bannable offense.’

Of course, she could not betray her debt of gratitude, so she had absolutely no intention of banning him.

However, if things went wrong, public opinion within the Gallery could turn ugly.

Even if there was no talk of a ban yet, it was bound to come up eventually.

’If possible, I should ask Grylls-nim to exercise restraint. Ah, come to think of it...’

While reading through messages, something suddenly crossed her mind.

Namely, the conversation between Heavenly Demon and Grylls. The Orange Badge could view all direct message histories.

There was a conversation she had seen in passing before. That Grylls had gifted a sword he forged to Heavenly Demon.

At the time, she had let it pass without much thought, but judging from the circumstances, it was definitely a sword forged from Mythricon.

’I should ask Heavenly Demon-nim just how extraordinary its performance is.’

She put off advising Grylls for a moment. Checking the material’s effects came first.

Thus, Asella sent a cautious greeting to Heavenly Demon, Yoo So-wol.

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: Hello, Blue Badge-nim! Are you working right now?]

[Heavenly Demon: This seat is always present. What is the matter?]

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: It’s nothing else, but about that sword Grylls-nim gave you last time! Was that sword perhaps forged from Mythricon?]

[Heavenly Demon: That is correct. Why do you ask?]

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: I was curious about its performance!]

[Heavenly Demon: Though I cleaved lightly, the very heavens split open.]

Split the heavens. A thoroughly Heavenly Demon-esque expression.

Yet it didn’t feel like an exaggeration at all. Especially considering the power Reyna had mentioned.

’Above all, the probability that this person is the real Heavenly Demon is extremely high.’

It was a fact she had learned through the private DMs Grylls had shared.

That it didn’t matter whether she was the Heavenly Demon or not, and that treating her normally was much better.

Even throwing in a joke that if she wanted to be worshiped like by others, she should come to the Forest of the Four Seasons.

It was a heartwarming conversation just to look at, yet her stomach twisted strangely.

’...Huh? What am I thinking?’

Asella shook her head side to side, shaking off the unholy thoughts.

Leaving behind a message thanking Heavenly Demon for letting her know, she continued reading through the Gallery.

"Hey, hey. Asella."

"Yes?"

"Look at the post this bastard just made."

At that moment, Reyna spoke to Asella in an urgent voice.

Asella’s confusion was brief; she soon realized what post Reyna was telling her to look at.

It was definitely a post made by Grylls. She immediately checked it.

Title: I’m provoking war?

Wild Grylls

(Photo of Mythricon Ingot)

Then I will give this Mythricon to good countries that don’t wage war!

ㄴ Heavenly Demon) This seat has already received one, so I have no need of it.

ㄴ Sword Matstar) Wow;; You’re really good at trolling;;

ㄴ Bro is literally trolling entire nations lololol

ㄴ But can you even call that trolling? That’s basically preventing a war lol

ㄴ Other countries would get so pissed off they’d refuse to wage war just out of spite at that point lolol

ㄴ Passing Dwarf) FFS, just spouting nonsense because he can’t get drafted himself

ㄴ Wild Grylls) I already got drafted and discharged, thanks.

ㄴ Passing Dwarf) ;;;

ㄴ Wild Grylls) If you guys get drafted, enjoy busting your asses lol

ㄴ lololololol

ㄴ lolololol

ㄴ Ah lol, I already served mine lolol

ㄴ But didn’t Grylls say he enlisted voluntarily? Said he was exempt because he was an orphan.

ㄴ Yeah, heard he enlisted because he had nothing better to do.

ㄴ That guy is something else too;;

ㄴ Internal Cultivation Master Robert) Glad I retired, haha.

ㄴ Were you a soldier, sir?

ㄴ Internal Cultivation Master Robert) Not a soldier, but I was a public official. Handed it over to my son now.

ㄴ You can hand over a public official position to your son?

ㄴ Internal Cultivation Master Robert) Nepotism.

ㄴ lololololol

ㄴ lolololol

ㄴ How powerful do you have to be to drop your son into a public position like that lolol

ㄴ Is that even possible? Lolol

There was no trolling quite like this. Asella was rendered momentarily speechless.

Yet it was trolling that cleverly exploited human psychology.

Because nations would restrain themselves from war in a "We can’t let that bastard have it!" kind of way.

’...Should I ban him for just one day?’

Asella seriously contemplated.