I Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 294

[Wild Grylls: Hey. What on earth did you make with the fruit I gave you?]

[Passing Dwarf: What do you mean?]

[Wild Grylls: (Photo of Ggansu evolved into a hobgoblin) This kid turned into this overnight?]

Passing Dwarf, Gareth, took in the photo of Ggansu, who had grown into a fine hobgoblin.

He knew about Ggansu. The new worker brought into Grylls’s shelter.

Although Ggansu was originally a tiny goblin, in the photo he had transformed into a reliable hobgoblin.

"What’s this?"

Gareth was taken aback. Even so, he took a sip of the fruit wine he had recently brewed.

According to Grylls, this happened after drinking the fruit wine he gave yesterday—that is, the fruit wine brewed from World Tree fruit.

It was a hard story to believe. Gareth brought up himself as proof against it.

[Passing Dwarf: How should I know? Besides, I’m drinking it too and nothing’s happening to me.]

[Wild Grylls: Didn’t you suddenly get huge or something?]

[Passing Dwarf: My body just feels refreshed, that’s all. I don’t even get tired after working all day.]

The efficacy of the fruit wine Gareth brewed was remarkably extraordinary.

How should he put it? It felt as though his stamina and vigor surged several times higher than usual.

It tasted great and brought a nice buzz, yet it felt as if it perfectly maintained the sweet spot.

On top of that, when sobering up the next day, it cleared up completely clean, and his condition even improved.

Thanks to that, he could drink even greater amounts of liquor, which brought pure happiness to Gareth.

On days he drank, he always worried about the next day’s work, but World Tree Fruit Wine harbored no such worries.

[Wild Grylls: Ha, damn. Got it for now. Just in case, is it okay if I give a few bottles to other people?]

[Passing Dwarf: Do whatever you want. Tell me if you need more. But the ingredients... you know, right?]

[Wild Grylls: I can give you more ingredients. The fruit keeps bearing. Ah, and did you put Golden Apple slices in it too?]

[Passing Dwarf: Nope, thought the taste might get weird so I just ate it as a snack. It was pretty tasty?]

[Wild Grylls: Um... Got it for now. Let me know if any problem pops up.]

[Passing Dwarf: If one pops up, what can you even do for me?]

[Wild Grylls: I’ll buy you an expensive hangover cure from the auction house lol]

[Passing Dwarf: Look at the guy with the most money in the Gallery being so stingy roflmao]

Starting from Mythricon to World Tree fruit, plus Inner Cores and whatnot.

If you combined the total value of all these, he wouldn’t fall short even if called the richest person in the world.

At this rate, couldn’t he even compete with the wealthy magnates of Setan? He even put up some dinosaur carcass on the auction house right now.

’Talk about pleasure without responsibility.’

Suddenly, the thought crossed his mind: What if Grylls actually escapes the forest?

However, he dismissed that thought before long. It was an absolute impossibility.

Right now, he was struggling with attacks from all kinds of monsters, making escape far out of reach.

’Even if he did escape, his value would drop drastically.’

Ironically, Grylls’s high value came precisely from the fact that he was living in the Forest of the Four Seasons.

If he came outside, he would just be an ordinary—no, an bizarrely strong Person #1, and nothing more.

Though no one lived in the Forest of the Four Seasons, strong people were scattered all over the world.

’Even if he comes outside, he’d probably just end up living out his days as a knight in some modest kingdom. Not that I know if he can escape before I die, though.’

Gareth took a sip of the fruit wine and browsed through the Gallery.

Just in time, Grylls had posted a thread that was gathering attention.

Title) Ggansu evolved

Wild Grylls

(Photo of Ggansu evolved into a hobgoblin)

(Photo of Ggansu using Aura)

It’s just as seen in the photos. I woke up and Ggansu had evolved into a hobgoblin.

I think it’s because of the World Tree fruit, but I’m not really sure. Still, I’m glad my labor force leveled up.

└ Heavenly Demon: Since things have turned out like this, why not properly teach that monster internal energy?

└ Wild Grylls: The Hobgoblin Chief is better at controlling internal energy than I am...

└ Sword Matstar: That’s because Grylls-nim simply possesses an abnormally massive amount of Aura, not that you’re good at controlling it.

└ Wild Grylls: That hurts even more because it’s a fact.

└ Since it’s come to this, why don’t you learn from that hobgoblin too?

└ What are you keeping Ludwig around for then?

└ This guy Grylls needs to be taught through monster methods, not human ones. Ludwig has already failed.

└ Damn, that actually makes sense lol

└ Strictly speaking, he’s worse than a monster hahahaha

└ Allfather: Evolving like that just from eating fruit born from the World Tree... I find it hard to comprehend. As mentioned previously, its effect was supposed to drastically increase mana recovery speed. It is puzzling how different this outcome is.

└ Wild Grylls: Couldn’t it be because it’s the Forest of the Four Seasons? Like, it rapidly acquired the amount of mana required for evolution.

└ Allfather: That is quite a plausible hypothesis. Though it remains baffling all the same.

└ Starlight Lady: As long as the cause and effect are clear in the Forest of the Four Seasons, that should suffice. Honestly, analyzing it might not hold much meaning.

└ True. Probably easier on the mind to just brush it off as God’s will.

└ At this rate, aren’t the goblins gonna end up worshiping Grylls as a god?

└ Looking at how he acts, they’ll probably think he’s a dumbass instead of a god lolNew chapters come out on novelping(.)com first.

└ Hahaha

└ Lololol

└ Hahahaha

Most of the comments were about Ggansu, who had evolved into a hobgoblin in real time.

Gareth poured a glass of fruit wine and jotted down a comment.

He wanted to boast that it was all because of the fruit wine he made, but...

’Nah, forget it.’

He gave up since it might cause unnecessary hassle. Besides, he had no desire for attention.

For him, as long as he could enjoy drinking, singing, and dancing, that was enough. Blacksmithing was just a bonus.

Just as Gareth stood up to get down to work...

Ttiring!

"Huh?"

Just as he was about to exit the Gallery, a message arrived.

If it had been Grylls’s message, he would have replied later.

’What? Orange Badge?’

The person who sent the message wasn’t Grylls. It was Don’t Abandon the Hero, the Orange Badge.

Since they normally had no interaction whatsoever, he felt all the more puzzled.

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: Hello! You are Dwarf-nim, right!]

[Passing Dwarf: Yep, that’s me. Why are you calling me?]

Gareth responded in a tone not much different from when he spoke with Grylls.

Whether the other party was the Orange Badge or a king, it was all meaningless in the Gallery.

They said the Orange Badge could track locations, but he didn’t really care about that either.

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: Ah! Just to let you know in advance, I can see conversations between fixed handles! So I can also see what you talked about with Grylls-nim!]

[Passing Dwarf: Sorry for asking when we just met, but do you happen to have a voyeurism complex?]

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: I do want to peek because I’m worried about Grylls-nim!]

[Passing Dwarf: ;;;]

Gareth felt as though he was rendered completely speechless.

Even though he had used the Gallery’s signature sarcastic tone, what came back was genuine madness.

He let out a dry laugh, but since it seemed she had something to say, he decided to hear her out quietly for now.

[Passing Dwarf: So what is it you want to say?]

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: That fruit wine that evolved a goblin into a hobgoblin? Did really nothing happen to you after drinking it!]

[Passing Dwarf: Nope, nothing. Want one?]

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: No! It’s fine! If it’s something Grylls-nim gives me, that’s one thing, but receiving it from others counts as a bribe!]

[Passing Dwarf: Isn’t receiving it through Grylls basically money laundering level?]

[Don’t Abandon the Hero: That’s completely different!]

In Gareth’s eyes, it was six of one, half a dozen of the other. But he didn’t bother pointing it out.

It seemed the Orange Badge had gotten worried after reading Grylls’s post.

For the effect of the liquor Gareth crafted was closer to that of an alchemical potion than a mere alcoholic beverage.

’Still, why is she asking these questions now?’

How should he put it? It almost felt like she was constantly looking after Grylls behind the scenes.

Moreover, this situation was on a whole different level. It had literally ’evolved’ a goblin into a hobgoblin.

Other fixed handles must have received a lot from Grylls as well, yet she seemed unusually sensitive about this matter.

’Or maybe my brewing skills are just fucking insane?’

Gareth chuckled softly and emptied his glass cleanly.

Now that his conversation with the Orange Badge was over, it was time to get back to his main job.

He was still making good use of the Mythricon hammer Grylls had given him.

Especially since every single item crafted with it turned out as a ’masterpiece’, there was no way he couldn’t love it.

Tta-ang! Ttang! Ttang!

Hot heat swirled through the forge, and only the successive sounds of hammering echoed.

After roughly crafting a pickaxe, Gareth logged into the Gallery for a rest.

Upon logging into the Gallery, there was another Recommended Post—a thread posted by Grylls.

’This guy gets pinned to the Recommended Posts every single time he writes something.’

He was strangely jealous. Should he take this opportunity to post the pickaxe he just crafted?

Harboring such thoughts, Gareth opened Grylls’s post.

Title) What’s up with these guys?

Wild Grylls

(Photo of hobgoblins gathered in a group)

(Photo of hobgoblins bowing in unison)

(Photo of the Goblin Shaman (Ggambu) bowing)

I was about to work, but these guys suddenly came over and started bowing to me;;

The number of hobgoblins increased even more, probably because of the World Tree fruit I fed them yesterday.

What should I do about this? Should I just hand it all out?

└ Heavenly Demon: It is pleasant to behold them recognizing you as the heavens. Why not take this chance to become the heavens of the Forest of the Four Seasons?

└ Wild Grylls: I just want to stretch my legs out and sleep peacefully on the ground, master;;The source of this chapter is novelping . com.

└ Sword Matstar: Whatever it is, ordinary is best. When things go too far to an extreme, there are times you end up unable to get what you want.

└ Hey Grylls. Do you happen to wear glasses?

└ Wild Grylls: Nope, I don’t wear them, Lackey does. Why ask?

└ Try slicking back your hair, taking off your glasses, and saying "I shall become the new heavens", lol

└ ’Heavens of the Forest of the Four Seasons’ actually sounds pretty cool haha

└ Smart Demon: Well, the heavens of the Forest of the Four Seasons are still just part of the real sky anyway lol

"Hmm..."

Come to think of it, Grylls had said it. That he handed out a glass of liquor to each of the goblins who helped yesterday.

It seemed all those goblins had evolved into hobgoblins.

’Is my brewing skill actually that fucking insane?’

He needed to figure out more details, but they couldn’t have evolved simply from eating World Tree fruit alone.

Besides, it was just one glass. They drank merely a single glass, and the goblins underwent group evolution.

The World Tree fruit was one thing, but above all, it would be impossible unless something had occurred during the brewing process.

’Still, I better keep my mouth shut tight.’

Unless the Orange Badge reported (?) him first, he intended to stay quiet.

As mentioned earlier, he loathed troublesome matters. Living a long, quiet life was the absolute best.

With that, Gareth poured a glass of World Tree Fruit Wine to wet his throat.

Ggulgeok- ggulgeok-

"Keu-ah!"

This sweet aroma and flavor spreading fully across his mouth was thoroughly satisfying.

His body and mind, exhausted from work just moments ago, felt completely restored.

’Now this is happiness.’

Gareth was a dwarf who knew how to be content.

While Grylls was receiving the hobgoblins, there was someone watching this whole situation attentively.

It was none other than the Hero, Asella.

Perhaps thanks to Grylls’s warning, the movements of Alfheim were gradually stabilizing as well.

Although the new Guardian unveiled by Alfheim looked like a weapon of war to anyone’s eyes, it was reportedly doing nothing but diligently plowing fields.

Thanks to that, although she was currently busy rebuilding the Holy Kingdom, she carved out time to manage the Gallery.

Of course, there was always the possibility it was a smokescreen, so she couldn’t lower her guard.

"It seems I ought to receive at least one glass..."

Because of this, she couldn’t help but pay close attention to the liquor Grylls—no, the dwarf—crafted.

The World Tree Fruit Wine that evolved a goblin into a hobgoblin.

Even factoring in environmental elements like the Forest of the Four Seasons, it could not be ignored.

’If a single glass of liquor can cultivate knight-caliber talent...’

There was a high probability it would display a ripple effect greater than Alfheim’s.

No matter how advanced technology became, it was ’people’ who conducted battles and wars.

Especially given the nature of this world where population directly translated into military power, that fruit wine could not be easily brushed aside.

’The World Tree fruit received from Grylls-nim had astonishing effects as well.’

World Tree fruit drastically pushed mana recovery speed to the limit. It even improved one’s physical constitution.

Simply breathing accumulated mana layer upon layer—and by enlarging the ’vessel’, no less.

No matter how powerful a person was, the capacity of the vessel that could hold mana was limited.

Unless one was an existence that could be called a ’mutant’ like Grylls, enlarging the size of the vessel was exceedingly difficult.

’Though there is one more person.’

Ludwig had mentioned it before. That a constitution where mana accumulates just by breathing actually existed.

Swordmaster Ash. Grylls’s ability was similar to Ash’s constitution.

Of course, strictly in terms of growth rate, Grylls was several steps superior.

In any case, turning such a fruit into fruit wine was shocking in and of itself.

’I understand Dwarf-nim consistently receives fruit from Grylls-nim. If someone uses this to build military strength...’

Is it fortunate at least that Dwarf is a dwarf who loves reality?

Even if he gave liquor to a friend, he wouldn’t tell them what the ingredients were.

It had to be that way. Otherwise, only headache-inducing troubles would arise.

’First, I should get a glass. I can give this to Reyna eonni.’

However, Grylls did not receive Asella’s message.

Because he was talking to the hobgoblins who appeared out of nowhere? No.

"Muuoooooooo!!!"

"Tjuaaaaaa!!!"

It was because he was wrestling with a bull whose entire body was ablaze.

"Uwakeu! Uwakeu! Uwakeu!"

"Uwakeu! Uwakeu! Uwakeu!"

While receiving enthusiastic cheers from the hobgoblins.

"Don’t just watch, help me!! You bastards!!!"