I Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 331

The Heavenly Demon explained Clear Sky Stalactite Oil in detail.

A milky-white liquid pooling deep within caves, where drinking even a single drop could grant tremendous effects.

Clearing Qi Deviation, curing twisted bodies—that is, disabilities—or bestowing powerful healing effects.

Being such a rare substance, it was also said to dramatically boost internal energy.

It was truly a natural elixir, standing at the very top among inner cores and spiritual medicines.

"There’s a whole puddle of that stuff here, and it’s even flowing?"

↳ Heavenly Demon: This one is not entirely certain either, but judging by its appearance and circumstances, it is indeed Clear Sky Stalactite Oil.

↳ Sword Matstar: If it’s such an extremely precious liquid, isn’t there way too much of it?

↳ Passing Dwarf: By the standards of the Forest of the Four Seasons, isn’t that just spring water? lmao

↳ Starlight Lady: It sounds ridiculous, but that’s actually true.

↳ Praise the Sun: Never in my life did I think I’d see the day Clear Sky Stalactite Oil gets treated like ordinary spring water.

The fixed-nick users also seemed to consider the puddle to be Clear Sky Stalactite Oil.

However, if it were genuine Clear Sky Stalactite Oil, the Queen Spider wouldn’t have been ’only’ that size.

Just as the inner cores of the fish I consistently caught were degraded versions, there was a high probability that this Clear Sky Stalactite Oil was a degraded version as well.

"Hey. Lackey."

"If you’re asking me to drink it, I won’t."

This guy is quick on the uptake only when it doesn’t help.

Since he had been put in difficult situations every time I called him, he seemed to have developed a kind of sixth sense.

But unlike back then, this was actually a good thing. So I coaxed Lackey gently.

"Don’t worry, it’s not what you think. This is good stuff."

↳ Passing Dwarf: Says the scammer.

↳ Starlight Lady: Wouldn’t mad scientist be more accurate than scammer?

↳ Suspiciously...: That’s human experimentation, what else could it be? lol

Quiet down.

I desperately ignored the posts appearing on the Gallery and comforted Lackey.

Lackey glanced at me and let out a sigh.

"Phew. Fine. I’ll drink it."

"Good choice. I’ll give you sweet potatoes when we go back."

"Two."

"I can even give you three."

"Good."

I never taught him English, where did he learn that? Is it a habit of mine?

While I was chuckling inwardly, Lackey approached the water’s edge.

Then, after staring intently at the glowing, milky-white water, he gestured to me with his hand.

"Master. Give cup."

"Here you..."

"Lick."

It was just as I was about to hand the cup to Lackey. I heard a licking sound beside me.

Turning my head, I saw Wonmo, Tyranno, and Cheongseol drinking the Clear Sky Stalactite Oil side by side.

The animals were drinking it totally fine, while the two apes were cowering in fear.

"..."

↳ Passing Dwarf: Why don’t you call that dirty too?

Shut up, dwarf bastard.

Feeling my face flush for no reason, I cleared my throat.

After handing the cup to Lackey, I scooped up some Clear Sky Stalactite Oil with my own cup.

Scooped into the cup, it really looked like milk. Seeing how it glowed, it wasn’t limestone water.

’Wait, doesn’t mercury glow too...?’

It felt a little uneasy, but it should be fine. Aren’t the kids drinking to their hearts’ content?

If nothing else, seeing Cheongseol drink her fill meant it couldn’t be dangerous.

I gulped down my saliva and took a cool sip.

Gulp-

The taste was subtle.

Overall, it was refreshing, with a sweet and sour harmony.

Rather than "delicious"... should I say it tasted like my body was becoming healthy?

It felt like taking strawberry-flavored medicine in my childhood. It was surprisingly tasty.

"Hmm... nothing happened?"

As soon as I drank a cup, I checked my internal energy.

Just as the Heavenly Demon said, it seemed my internal energy had increased significantly.

The rapid recharge of the mana I had expended earlier was a bonus.

’Should I think of it as a top-grade mana potion?’

What was certain was that its effect was weaker than the Clear Sky Stalactite Oil mentioned by the Heavenly Demon.

Clear Sky Stalactite Oil was a pure substance formed in places untouched by other living creatures.

This one seemed to have degraded because living creatures had touched it too much.

’Still, it’s excellent.’

I told Ludwig and Largo to drink it as well.

It could only do good for the body, never bad.

Soon, after each taking a refreshing drink from a cup, they enjoyed the effects.

"Master. I big trouble."

"What is it?"

"Even wearing glasses, can’t see ahead."

"What?"

But something unexpected happened. Lackey’s eyesight had gotten worse.

At first, I wondered if his glasses broke, but that wasn’t it either.The source of this chapter is novelpin‌g.com.

Panicking, I inspected Lackey’s glasses back and forth.

If his eyes got worse after drinking Clear Sky Stalactite Oil, there was a problem.

"Strange. There doesn’t seem to be anything wrong with them."

"Oh. Now can see."

"Huh?"

But this guy said he could see clearly once he took off his glasses.

For a second I thought, What is wrong with this bastard?, but then realized it late.

"Did your eyesight get better?"

"Oh!"

"What do you mean ’Oh’! You scared me."

Thanks to the Clear Sky Stalactite Oil, Lackey’s eyesight had improved.

As the Heavenly Demon mentioned earlier, it seemed to have completely cured any flawed parts of his body.

Since eyes were also part of the body, improving eyesight wasn’t strange.

Crack!

"Ack!"

"...Huh?"

Then a strange sound came from Lackey.

Just as I opened my eyes wide in confusion.

Crack! Snap-crack!

"Ack! Ugh!"

The sound of contorting joints began to echo from Lackey’s body.

Just as I flinched in surprise and panic, an anomaly occurred to me as well.

Crack!

"Argh!"

The sound of bones popping into place echoed from my shoulder.

I wondered if it was Body Metamorphosis again, but it wasn’t.

Because it was as if misaligned joints had been reset, making my body feel much lighter than before.

’Is this what fixing a twisted body meant?’

Since I had undergone Body Metamorphosis before, I was relatively fine.

But not Lackey. Unknowingly, distortions must have remained in his body.

While not quite at the level of Body Metamorphosis, it seemed to balance the body like a lower-tier equivalent.

Snap-crack! Crunch!

"Mmm...!"

This was true for Ludwig as well. He was even worse than Lackey.

Living as a soldier puts severe strain on the body.

People often strain their lower backs while doing work rather than actual combat or training.

Unless one undergoes Body Metamorphosis, structural imbalances in the body inevitably accumulate significantly.

"Is everyone alright?"

"I-I am alright now."

"Refreshing."

Unlike Lackey, who looked like he was dying, Ludwig had a strangely comfortable expression.

The feeling of being liberated from pain that had tormented him for a long time.

Knowing roughly how it felt, I didn’t bother asking further.

’I should think of it as realigning the body’s balance.’

Archery is a prime example. It can be called a chronic ailment of archers.

Shooting a bow for too long inevitably tilts body symmetry to one side.

Of course, since this was strictly a hypothesis, I needed more test subjects (?).

"Hey. Dwarf. Want to try drinking this?"

↳ Passing Dwarf: I don’t wanna drink any liquid other than booze.

You crazy drunkard. Rejecting something good for your body.

I snorted, but promptly initiated a trade.

Besides him, I gifted one more person. That was Starlight Lady.

"Starlight Lady-nim, please have a cup too."

↳ Starlight Lady: But I don’t have anywhere that hurts?

"You said you lie in bed every single day, there’s no way you don’t have issues."

↳ Starlight Lady: Um... alright.

A short while later, reviews came back from both of them.

↳ Passing Dwarf: Holy fuck, I thought I was gonna die of pain.

"How did it go?"

↳ Passing Dwarf: My neck and waist made a snap-crack sound and then felt totally fine. But even my hands made noise.

"Okay. Noted."

↳ Passing Dwarf: Noted, my ass! Did you really treat me like a test subject?!

I lightly ignored the dwarf’s grumbling.

Since his body was fixed to some extent, he could just work hard at blacksmithing from now on.

"What about Starlight Lady-nim?"

↳ Starlight Lady: My neck felt stiff from research lately, but now it feels completely cured. Thank you.

"Don’t mention it."

The expected effect revealed itself.

Basically, this Clear Sky Stalactite Oil was a superior spiritual medicine that corrected bodily imbalances.

However, seeing how Ludwig’s mithril foot remained the same, missing limbs didn’t seem to regenerate.

Even so, it was a magnificent effect, so it could be useful in the future.

’I’ll give it to the other fixed-nicks slowly.’

I wanted to give it right away, but it would take too much time.

I should just explore everywhere I can first before distributing it.Visit novelpin⁠g.com for the full chapter.

"First, it’d be good to store this somewhere. Isn’t there a big bottle?"

I purchased a decently large container from the auction.

Cheongseol’s ability was enough to make round trips, but I didn’t intend to come back too often.

This place was closer to an intermediate waypoint. Having just subjugated the Queen Spider, it was ideal.

’The time... it’s about lunch time.’

I decided to have lunch here.

Since the dangerous element—the Queen Spider—was gone, there would be no problem.

Just as I set up a simple campsite and prepared for the meal.

Tap- tap-

Bbareumbo, who was clinging to my back, tapped my shoulder.

Wondering what was up, I looked at him, and he was pointing at the Clear Sky Stalactite Oil pond.

He seemed to want to drink it too. Come to think of it, I hadn’t given him any.

"Want to drink?"

"..."

Bbareumbo nodded.

I left him by the Clear Sky Stalactite Oil pond and went to prepare the meal.

Buying some good quality meat from the auction would do.

"Yum yum yum. Yum yum."

"Nom nom nom. Nom nom."

"Eating heartily, aren’t you."

The kids ate the Queen Spider corpse.

By the way, feeding it raw felt a bit off, so I roasted it for them myself.

↳ Passing Dwarf: Aren’t you eating?

"Want some as a snack for your booze?"

↳ Passing Dwarf: I’d love to. Hand one over.

"..."

Who could stop the dwarf’s love for alcohol?

Snickering, I handed him a moderately roasted spider leg.

After finishing the whole meal, I asked Cheongseol.

"Cheongseol. You remembered where this place is, right?"

"Squeeeak."

"Good. Now let’s move out again... before that."

I need to take out the Queen Spider’s inner core first.

The creature’s inner core was in its torso, and rummaging through its guts was unpleasant to say the least.

But it couldn’t be helped. For the future, I had to endure at least this much.

After completing all preparations, we resumed the journey. This expedition yielded quite a harvest.

"Alright. Let’s move out again. We didn’t forget anything, right?"

"Boss is missing."

"Boss? Who’s the Boss?"

"Sloth."

"Ah."

I forgot and left Bbareumbo behind. I almost completely forgot him.

I picked up Bbareumbo, who was still burying his face in the Clear Sky Stalactite Oil.

Just how much did he drink for his belly to turn so completely plump?

"Is it that delicious?"

"..."

The guy nodded. Smirking, I walked around the interior of the cave.

Because the interior of the cave was so huge, wandering around here and there was no issue.

Of course, I didn’t forget to be careful since creatures like that spider earlier might still be around.

’Since the Queen Spider died, it should be relatively fine, but....’

However, the cave didn’t contain only the Queen Spider.

"Kireuk. Kireureuk."

"Kireuk. Kireuk."

It was when we ventured deep into the cave.

We arrived at a milky-glowing lake, and some crustaceans were living there.

Overall, they looked like crayfish. But their claws were remarkably big.

’Don’t tell me they’ll hit us with those claws?’

Crayfish living in a cave was ridiculous enough, but even their claws were gigantic.

While I was watching them, they seemed to notice us.

Soon, they stared at us and extended their huge claws forward.

One might ask what they could do just by thrusting them forward, but....

Ugeugeuk!

The crayfish seemed to exert force into its claw, and then...

Thwack!

Along with the sound of something snapping.

Swish!

A massive energy forcefully grazed past my temple.

BOOOOM!!!

A huge explosion erupted right behind. I blinked.

It happened so instantaneously that my grasp of the situation was slow.

"...Huh?"

↳ Heavenly Demon: That is the Flicking Finger Divine Skill. Is that creature capable of wielding martial arts?

↳ Sword Matstar: No way;;;

This time wasn’t going to be easy either.