I Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 414

After the cat they had struggled against was fallably captured so easily, the party adopted a more strategic approach.

Just because it was an animal from the Forest of the Four Seasons, let us not attack recklessly, but check if it is hostile first.

If hostile, subjugate it immediately; if not, slowly ascertain its abilities.

Even if it possessed troublesome powers, they could trap it in a prison through the power of the Mage King, Kadir.

Since they could simply hurl it back into the Forest of the Four Seasons, it was a rather solid strategy.

"Nyaang! Nyaaaang!"

"Hoho. You little fellow. Quite energetic, aren’t you?"

During the break, Kadir was completely distracted playing with the cheese cat.

Though he blabbed on about ’research’ and whatnot in his own mind, he had ultimately become its butler.

The hilarious part was that even his butler duties were anything but ordinary, fitting for a Mage King.

Drawing the cat’s attention with various spells, feeding it, and so forth.

Calling it research was just rhetoric; in truth, he was simply bonding with the cat.

"I-I would like to touch it as well..."

Kadir wasn’t the only one enchanted by the cat’s innocence.

Asella the Hero also adored cute things, true to her gentle disposition.

But perhaps because, unlike Kadir, she was a person who had directly inflicted harm on it?

"Haaak!"

The moment she reached out her hand to approach, the cat hissed at her.

Standing its fur completely on end, it was clear she was thoroughly blacklisted.

Asella grew crestfallen at that response. Quite a typical reaction for Asella in many ways.

"Mmh..."

"Is there any problem?"

It was while Kadir and Asella were engrossed with the cat. Ash asked Selena, who was inspecting the summoning circle.

Listening to the question, Selena shook her head.

"It’s not that there’s a problem. I’m just pondering whether to add another spell formula."

"Another formula?"

"It’s something I realized after looking at that cat."

Selena turned her head to look at the cat.

The cat was still playing happily with Kadir. Vigilantly staying on guard whenever Asella approached was a bonus.

"Rather than something with complex and unique abilities like that cat, I intend to guide it so we only summon simple entities."

"Didn’t you say before that summoning specific creatures was difficult?"

"I did. But I’m worried something even worse than the cat might be summoned."

The cat summoned just now was relatively docile. That’s why it was playing so well right now, wasn’t it?

If it had been a ferocious monster, they would have suffered significant damage.

Therefore, if possible, she wanted to add formulas to narrow down the range.

"The volatility of the Forest of the Four Seasons might be an issue, though..."

"Attaching an ’if’ after that volatility should improve things."

"’If’? Is that one of the magic theories?"

"Yes. It’s called a conditional statement, and it’s one of the quite tricky magic concepts."

"Mmh."

Ash nodded. Feeling she wouldn’t understand even if she listened in detail, she brushed it off.

Still, it was fortunate that Selena found a way to raise the odds.

"How much can you increase the probability through that?"

"...About 0.02%?"

"...Is that all?"

At a probability significantly lower than expected, Ash felt dubious.

Selena seemed to share the thought as she laughed awkwardly. Still, it was better to focus on the fact that the probability was increased.

If they raised it continuously hereafter, the scope would gradually narrow.

"Anyway, as long as that person hasn’t gained any special abilities, we can raise the odds. His mana is abnormally vast, but his abilities themselves are ordinary, aren’t they?"

"That person can use frost power as well..."

"Ah."

Selena realized Grylls’s special ability belatedly. She seemed to have forgotten for a moment.

Ultimately, there was no choice but to keep summoning randomly and hope to get lucky.

Anywhere else, they could append specific conditions, but beyond here was the Forest of the Four Seasons.

Even if they met the conditions, it would be meaningless due to the unique spatial fluctuation.

In the end, they had no choice but to try until it hit.

Subjugating the monsters summoned in the process was an extra chore.

"Alright. Break time is over, so let’s get back to summoning."

At Selena’s words, the party acted as before—including a certain cat.

The cat, apparently taking a liking to Kadir’s affection, had climbed onto his shoulder before anyone noticed.

Asella was casting envious glances at it. And so, the summoning magic commenced once more.This chapter is updated first at novelping(.)com.

What kind of entity would appear this time? The party felt a mixture of tension and anticipation.

Given that utterly bizarre things kept popping out, it was only natural to be expectant.

Peo-ung!

After a short while, thick haze billowed from the magic circle.

The haze dispersed quickly, revealing the true identity of what appeared inside.

"Keureureuk...!"

A face with no eyes or nose, but a gigantic mouth set squarely in their place. Wings attached to both sides.

It was a classic monster appearance. But did it possess a gentle personality like the cat?

"Kuaaaah!"

Not at all. The monster with only a mouth on its face roared the moment it spotted the party.

Because its whole face was covered by a mouth, roaring looked as though its head were opening up.

The bigger problem was inside the mouth. As it roared, they were able to glimpse what lay within.

"Inside the mouth... there’s another mouth?"

"How hideous."

Another mouth was nestled inside its mouth. Hideous beyond measure.

The party members readied their weapons, facing the newly appeared monster.

Woo-woo-woong!

The inner mouth inside the monster’s mouth opened wide.

Mana condensed from it, and soon after, it fired a powerful energy beam.

Kwaaaaa!

A fairly potent energy beam was fired at the party. Simple, but powerful precisely because of that.

But this was actually better. At least it wasn’t erratic like the cat.

Chwaang!

Ash used her sword, enveloped in an Aura Blade, to deflect the energy beam.

Deflecting it upward rather than blocking it outright offered a glimpse into her swordsmanship.

The monster seemed quite flustered, likely facing an opponent with Ash’s finesse for the first time.

And that was the monster’s fatal mistake. In that split second, Ash closed the distance.

Seogeok!

Ash brought her sword down from top to bottom. A clean, straight line was carved into the monster’s body.

Jjeojeojeok!

Soon, the monster cleaved in half and met its demise. It was far too easy an opponent.

Even so, just to be sure, she delivered a confirming blow.

"It was an easy one this time. No particularly notable abilities either."

"It looked so gruesome...!"

A mouth inside a mouth. There was no telling through what evolutionary process it had come to be.

However, that relief was short-lived, as they belatedly realized the monster’s true nature.

Chiiiik!

Smoke billowed from the ground where the monster’s blood splashed. A foul stench came as a bonus.

Seeing this, the party halted their approach and hurriedly stepped back.

"The ground...!"

"It is melting."

Surprisingly, the ground was melting away.

Ordinary acidic substances could hardly dissolve solid earth, yet the monster’s blood managed it.

Had the blood splattered on them, they would have faced a horrific scenario. Fortunately, because it was Ash, she handled it cleanly.

"Then the energy beam it fired earlier..."

"That was just an ordinary energy beam. You don’t need to worry."

Kadir answered firmly to Asella’s anxiety-laced question.

Only the blood was strongly acidic; its active ability was ordinary.

"A place teeming with monsters like this... Aside from being unable to use mana, survival itself must be brutal."

"Indeed."

The party did not explicitly mention who that person was.

They simply admired the fact that he had tenaciously survived.

Or perhaps the area he inhabited was relatively safe.

"Let’s clean this up quickly. Leaving it like this might pollute the soil."

"Yes."

The party quickly finished the cleanup and proceeded with the next summoning.

Naturally, the target they wished for did not appear. Instead, a monster with bizarre abilities emerged.

"Uoooo!"

"Excuse me, but do horses use shadow clone techniques too?!"

"That’s a mirage! Not shadow clones!"

"That’s practically the same thing!"This chapter was taken from NovelPing without permission.

One should never pull in a gacha with no pity system.

While Selena’s party was pulling in a real-life gacha, I spent my winter.

Except for Lackey hooking a Hydra while ice fishing, nothing much happened.

Originally, winter was just like this. Idle away with nothing to do, waiting for spring to arrive.

’I wonder if they’re doing well.’

Still, I was curious about what Selena and her party were up to.

Given their circumstances, they couldn’t stream live videos either.

Ultimately, sending messages back and forth was the only way, allowing me to catch a status update now and then.

[Wild Grylls: What came out this time?]

[Starlight Lady: A horse that uses shadow clone techniques came out, you know?]

[Wild Grylls: Why would something like that pop out? You caught it, right?]

[Starlight Lady: It only used clone tricks; the ability itself was nothing special. Ah, but its appearance was unique.]

[Wild Grylls: What did it look like?]

[Starlight Lady: (Photo of a horse turned into a cold corpse)]

I checked the horse photo sent by Starlight Lady. It was already dead, spilling blood.

But it wasn’t a normal horse. A torso distinctly patterned with black and white stripes.

A face that screamed ’I have a terrible temper’ to anyone looking.

[Wild Grylls: That’s a zebra though?]

[Starlight Lady: A zebra?]

[Wild Grylls: Yeah. An animal from where I used to live. I hear they have nasty tempers.]

[Starlight Lady: Did horses use shadow clone techniques where you used to live as well?]

[Wild Grylls: Uh... no?]

They didn’t use shadow clone techniques. But if they were in a herd, that was a different story.

Because of those unique stripes, when gathered in a herd, they confused predators.

Furthermore, their tempers were so foul that plenty of predators had their necks snapped by a back kick.

There was a reason even humans failed to domesticate them. An impressive animal in many ways.

’A creature like that using shadow clones... Considering its traits, it’s not entirely nonsensical.’

I chuckled softly. I felt these people were having a tough time.

But that didn’t mean I could do anything from my side. Short of being exceptionally lucky, there was no way out.

’I’m really glad I didn’t play gacha games.’

Had I played them, my money would have vanished in an instant.

Putting aside such useless thoughts, I handed various support items over to Starlight Lady.

Because only if she continuously made attempts would the odds of me getting out rise even slightly.

Besides, Starlight Lady wasn’t the type to embezzle them, so I could trust her.

’If she swallows them up, Asella will scold her big time.’

Since there was an unexpected insurance policy, there was no need to worry.

In that case, what should I do right now?

"Hey. Park Kkobong. Freeze."

"Master. My surname is Wi."

"As of today, you lost your surname. Put down the fishing rod and stay still."

"Tsk."

Stopping Lackey, who had gotten properly hooked on fishing.

Honestly, in my heart, I wanted to go fishing too.

But there was no telling what might be hooked, and I couldn’t afford to cause any more accidents here.

’There should be about three days left until winter ends.’

Indeed, inside the house is best. Closing my eyes quietly, I thought.

While Grylls spent his time comfortably at home.

The Central Plains was currently bustling with commotion over the Martial Arts Tournament.

Naturally so, given that Yaksha Blood Flower—that is, Yoo So-wol—had domineeringly stormed up the ranks all the way to the finals.

Simply by virtue of easily trouncing renowned powerhouses, rumors were bound to spread.

On top of that, word was quietly leaking out that the true identity of Yaksha Blood Flower was none other than the Heavenly Demon.

"So..."

The Heavenly Demon, Yoo So-wol, muttered softly. Sitting across from her was a man with a solemn impression.

Behind him stood numerous martial artists in attendance. Yoo So-wol looked at them and spoke.

"What is it that you wish to say to this seat?"

To this, the man said:

"Do not participate in the final match."

It was a rather insolent proposition.