I Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 350

Selena pondered every single day to rescue Grylls from the Forest of the Four Seasons.

Originally, she was supposed to be at the Magic Tower, but she had returned to her family home to search for research materials.

Coincidentally, as Kadir had gone to support the Holy Kingdom, the research itself was being conducted alone.

Although time was severely lacking, the joint research with Kadir had made progress.

That made her all the more anxious. With just a little more research, she could have grasped the outline, but he had suddenly vanished.

No matter how much of an unprecedented genius Selena was, the sheer volume of knowledge Kadir possessed was overwhelmingly superior.

Unlike Selena, who flipped through various materials, Kadir pulled out knowledge instantly like a living library.

’Still, looking at the situation on the border, it seems it’s about time for him to return.’

Selena consistently checked the border situation of the Holy Kingdom through the Gallery.

Checking via the Gallery was faster than news arriving through newspapers.

Thanks to that, she could learn that the Holy Kingdom’s border was currently undergoing stabilization work.

’By the way, did the Hero really summon that Meteor?’

Selena recalled the Meteor that wiped out the capital of the Balkan Kingdom in an instant.

The Meteor, which she was able to analyze in detail using the newly added editing feature in the Gallery.

Meteors were generally divided into two types. One was dropping a mass of mana possessing power equivalent to a meteor.

The other was dragging a real meteorite from outside the world and dropping it. Both methods boasted insane power.

The relatively easier method was the first. The second required knowing how to analyze ’gravity’ along with Teleportation.

For Selena, it wasn’t a particularly difficult task, but for an ordinary mage, it was impossible no matter how hard they tried.

’No matter how Kadir went along, he wouldn’t have had the time to prepare powerful magic due to the Liches’ interference. The Hero must have summoned it.’

Selena made an objective judgment based on fragmented information from the Gallery better than anyone else.

Because all kinds of slander circulated on the Gallery, obtaining objective information in such situations was difficult.

’It’s highly likely Grylls-nim launched that thing called a missile. The timing is far too coincidental.’

Selena thought the missile launched by the Hero was similar to the ancient ruin weapon Grylls had discovered.

The timing was exceedingly coincidental, and no matter how thoroughly she analyzed it, it looked like a ’weapon’.

If a god had truly answered the call, they would have summoned Cain, not a weapon.

In other words, the probability of that weapon being connected to Grylls was extremely high.

’If I get the chance, I should meet the Hero too. That way, I can figure out the coordinates to some extent.’

Though she didn’t know the exact method, she could tell that the coordinates of the Forest of the Four Seasons were connected to this side.

If the Hero stubbornly denied it to the end, it couldn’t be helped, but she intended to persuade her until the end.

Because summoning that weapon itself dramatically raised Grylls’s chances of escape.

Selena rubbed her eyes while thoroughly analyzing the correlation between the Hero and the missile invocation.

Her eyes felt dim after conducting research for a long time.

’I must have read books for too long. After my body fully recovered, I rarely got exhausted.’

The excessive Yin energy from the Nine Yin Severed Meridians had been neutralized by the essence of the Mature Mandrake.

However, it was merely neutralized, not gone. Rather, she had come to harbor far more energy than before.

Thanks to that, her physical stamina increased beyond comparison to the past, but reading books was a different matter.

Since ancient times, using one’s head was an exhausting endeavor. The reason she occasionally got nosebleeds was also from strain.

’He said blinking eyes frequently is good, right?’

Selena blinked her eyes. It was one of the actions her physician had earnestly requested her to do often.

Because one of the biggest causes of declining eyesight was dryness.

The reason why people with high passion for learning historically wore glasses or had many vision problems was also due to concentration.

They focused so deeply that they even forgot to blink their eyes.

’Because eyes are a part that cannot be easily restored even with an Elixir.’

An Elixir might be all-powerful, but it was not omnipotent.

Although it could heal various external injuries, internal injuries were hard to heal, and eyesight was generally treated as an internal injury.

In the human body, no part is as delicate and complex as the eyes. Only a top-grade Elixir could restore diminished eyesight.

Yet even eyesight restored that way was not perfect. It merely prevented one from going blind.

’Was it Lackey? I recall he also originally had poor vision.’

He originally wore glasses, but took them off at some point.

Asking Grylls about the reason, he said it was because he consumed Empty Sky Stone Milk.

She had once received it for research purposes in the past, and the effect of Empty Sky Stone Milk was similar to yet different from an Elixir.

’Empty Sky Stone Milk seemed to primarily affect the senses.’

If an Elixir restored a broken item to completeness, Empty Sky Stone Milk increased flexibility so the item wouldn’t break.

A feeling of boosting the durability of an utterly frail person to another level.

It would be effective for people whose senses, including vision, had malfunctioned somewhere.

’I wonder if it would be useful for someone experiencing discomfort somewhere in their body.’

To study it deeper, more Empty Sky Stone Milk was needed. She had given the remaining Empty Sky Stone Milk to her parents.

Although it was only a few drops, the effect was remarkably outstanding; her father’s vision was restored, and her mother’s skin elasticity returned.This story is hosted at n‌ovelping.com.

When asked where on earth she got it, Selena replied that it was a potion she had crafted with devoted care.

’The Forest of the Four Seasons has many rare treasures, but still, it’s no place for a human to live.’

Even Grylls, who survived, was anxious to escape.

Let alone the fact that all kinds of monsters were popping out as time passed.

Didn’t he recently encounter a giant hermit crab firing weird weapons?

The more he expanded his range of activity, the higher the probability of meeting monsters worse than that.

’Come to think of it, did that gorilla understand the theory I gave him?’

Selena recalled Lackey, who had fiercely played Gomoku with her yesterday.

A gorilla that could speak human language and was remarkably quick-witted.

’Apes usually do nothing more than imitate humans, but this guy is proactively developing himself.’

Looking at his actions alone, he was a human wearing the mask of a beast. The most surprising part was the language aspect.

The biggest difference between humans and beasts is intelligence, and the linguistic ability stemming from it.

Beasts usually possess simple communication systems, whereas humans can even convey their intentions while speaking words that mean the opposite.

And Lackey was uniquely specialized in that linguistic ability. Given that he could master even foreign languages in a single week.

Selena paid attention to this part. Usually, if language ability is exceptional, there is a high probability that other abilities are exceptional as well.

Because language was the alpha and omega of human civilization. It was closely related to intelligence.

’His social skills are quite high, and his combat power is strong... He’s a case where his talent couldn’t bloom due to his environment and innate physical conditions.’

Had he been born human—more accurately, born in a civilized realm—he would have become a famous figure.

Or he would have vanished without a sound to be used as a test subject.

In fact, the remnants of the Blood Demon tried to do that, only to get swept away by the Heavenly Demon.

"Kkueeeung...!"

Selena stretched comfortably, letting out a groaning sigh.

That alone was as beautiful as a painting.

"Kkeun... cha. Eut-cha."

As if that weren’t enough, Selena left her seat and began stretching.

Having come back from the dead, she was thorough about taking care of her body. If there was even a slightly uncomfortable spot, she quickly loosened it up.

After loosening her body flexibly like that, she lay down on the bed. A brief moment of rest.

’I should ask if Lackey understood it well.’

Selena was relatively good at self-objectification compared to other geniuses. So she didn’t expect Lackey to do exceptionally well.

Because magic is difficult. It is an ability where the essence of various disciplines, including mathematics, is gathered.

Moreover, Lackey hadn’t learned much due to environmental factors. Even if he learned via a crash course, there would be many deficiencies.

’If he can learn it in a day, he’s a genius.’

For reference, Selena manifested even high-tier magic just from hearing the theory. It was only that her sickly body prevented her from ascending further.

She browsed the still-boisterous Gallery and accessed the Recommended Posts.

[Upvote if your intelligence is lower than a gorilla’s kekeke]

[Is it possible that we are the gorillas?]

[Get lost, human.]

All kinds of bizarre titles were posted among the Recommended Posts.

Selena felt puzzled by the bizarre titles for a brief moment, then realized the reason.

Title) Lackey uses magic;;

Wild Grylls

(Video of Lackey making fire with magic)

(Video of Lackey launching flames)

(Video of tree catching fire and hurriedly putting it out)

(Video of Lackey receiving punishment)

There was a book I got from Starlight Lady yesterday, he watched it all day yesterday and used magic this morning;;

He can only use basic magic, but am I a shithead, or is this guy weird?

ㄴHeavenly Demon) Since ancient times, monkeys are said to excel at imitation. Wouldn’t it be similar to that?

ㄴSmart Demon) Then does that mean a person who can’t even imitate is worse than a monkey?

ㄴHeavenly Demon) Occasionally there are things lower than monkeys.

ㄴSword Matstar) Are you introducing yourself?

ㄴHeavenly Demon) Do you wish to be banned?

Surprisingly, it was a video of Lackey manifesting magic. Selena’s eyes widened.

As they say, everything is hard at first; once you manifest magic, it’s not hard after that.

The problem was that even that very first step required an enormous amount of time. Even those called geniuses by the world took more than a week.

’He’s really a genius? Just how fast is his calculation speed? Did he also recover after suffering from Nine Yin Severed Meridians like me?’

Selena paid close attention to the video in admiration.You are reading on NovelPing, the official source.

Seeing how he not only ignited flames but launched them like Fireballs, his calculations seemed extremely fast.

She had thought so when observing his linguistic ability, but he was simply a case of having an exceptionally brilliant brain.

’...Wait. If I utilize this?’

It felt awkward saying this, but Grylls’s intelligence was close to average.

Of course, apart from that, seeing how he survived in the Forest of the Four Seasons, his wisdom must be extraordinary.

Anyway, while Grylls was unsuitable for being entrusted with complex things, Lackey was different.

’Wouldn’t it work if I asked Lackey to analyze the Forest of the Four Seasons?’

Lackey wasn’t an unmatched genius comparable to Selena or Kadir.

Still, it was certain that he had superior aspects compared to ordinary people.

So even if it took a long time, analyzing the Forest of the Four Seasons should be possible.

According to Grylls’s testimony, in the Forest of the Four Seasons, the position of the sun rising changes every morning.

If this could be analyzed just a bit, a ’rule’ might be discovered.

’Lackey has an outstanding ability to think for himself. It’ll work if I just teach him the theory well.’

Selena quickly analyzed and urgently wrote a comment.

Other people laughed it off even after seeing Lackey’s extraordinary intelligence.

However, to use that intelligence properly, her help would be needed.

[Starlight Lady: Hello, Grylls-nim. I saw today’s post, did Lackey really use magic?]

[Wild Grylls: Ah. Yes. He almost caused a forest fire, so he’s being punished right now.]

[Starlight Lady: What punishment?]

[Wild Grylls: (Photo of Lackey planting his head on the ground with his hands behind his back) Like this.]

There was a fact that remained unchanged even if Lackey learned magic. That was hierarchy.

Learned magic? Then from now on, you are the campfire maker. That was Grylls’s way.

Starlight Lady clicked her tongue at Grylls for roughly handling an unprecedented genius like that.

But that place was the Forest of the Four Seasons—that is, the wild. In the wild, a genius has zero meaning.

One is a genius only if there is something to learn; what would one learn in the wild where only instinct and strength run rampant?

Therefore, Starlight Lady resolved to bestow teachings upon Lackey.

[Starlight Lady: It’s just that I’d like to teach Lackey. I want to give him a book organizing various theories, could you accept it?]

[Wild Grylls: I’ll take it if you give it, but someone else also said they’d give a book.]

[Starlight Lady: What? Who is it? And what on earth did they say they would give?]

[Wild Grylls: Just a grimoire organizing all kinds of magic? Something like that? They said they wrote it themselves.]

Selena narrowed her eyes. A grimoire isn’t some dog’s name, yet willingly giving it away?

Frankly, she didn’t quite believe it. If it were published by the Magic Tower, that would be one thing, but written by themselves?

So-called ’fake’ mages often engaged in such actions. Selena couldn’t trust it.

[Starlight Lady: Lackey still lacks many things. It would be better for him to learn basic theory first and thoroughly analyze the Forest of the Four Seasons. Only then can we raise Grylls-nim’s chances of escape.]

[Wild Grylls: I said that too, but they said since that takes too long, he should learn magic first instead? Because we don’t know what monsters will pop out in the future.]

[Starlight Lady: That’s a shortsighted approach. Who on earth said that? Tell them to talk with me.]

Learning magic didn’t matter. However, Lackey still lacked the basics.

Telling him to recklessly learn magic in such a state. It was complete absurdity.

Of course, if he used a grimoire like a cheat sheet, there wouldn’t be a big problem.

But in a place like the Forest of the Four Seasons where every second counts, looking at a grimoire and copying it is difficult.

Unless he memorized everything completely.

[Wild Grylls: Necromancy is Love? It’s this person.]

[Starlight Lady: Hold on.]

Selena posted a thread on the Gallery without looking back.

Title) Necromancy is Love-nim. Look at this post

Starlight Lady

You were trying to give Lackey something weird, wouldn’t it be better for him to learn from the basics instead?

ㄴNecromancy is Love) Something weird? Have you said everything you wanted to say?

ㄴStarlight Lady) Because most people trying to hand over their own grimoires are frauds.

A clash between two prideful geniuses had begun.

ㄴWhat’s this? Why are they fighting?

ㄴDunno? Looks like they want to make Lackey their disciple.

ㄴHeeya. Lackey is so popular. Last time the Blood Cult tried to make him their disciple and representative kekeke

ㄴWhat is Lackey doing right now?

ㄴSaw him earlier planting his head on the ground?

To the Gallery users, it was nothing more than an ordinary flame war.