I Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 434

While Grylls was busy dealing with all sorts of incidents and accidents in the forest, the rest of the world was occupied with its own affairs.

Recently, out of nowhere, a Ghost Ship had surfaced, and an ancient cult had been exposed.

Events that went beyond affecting individuals and impacted entire nations were happening left and right. Because of this, national leaders were nursing massive headaches.

They couldn’t exactly ask Grylls to cut it out, but entering the Forest of the Four Seasons themselves was absolute madness.

Not to mention the Demonic Cult of the Central Plains, or Alfheim and Mountain, who had recently gotten into border disputes.

With everyone having their own fires to put out, they were all too busy to easily intervene.

Yet, even in this situation, there was one place fighting a blood-drying battle day in and day out: academia.

Regardless of whether it was science, archaeology, history, or theology, it felt as if meteors were crashing down one after another.

No, beyond mere meteors, an impact equivalent to an asteroid collision was spreading through their fields.

Title: Current State of Academia

(Meme of a newbie asking, "Is this field easy?")

(Meme of a veteran player tempting them to join, saying it’s super easy.)

(Meme of a giant tidal wave labeled ’Grylls and the Forest of the Four Seasons’ sweeping away both the newbie and the veteran.)

Basically this lol

ㄴ This is so true, both professors and students are getting absolutely ground to dust lmao

ㄴ What’s even crazier is that the professors are like, "Hehehe, look at all this research material!" and are shoveling it into their mouths lol

ㄴ Aren’t they gonna burst because there’s too much food?

ㄴ Dw, their brains are already so fried they don’t even realize they’ve gone stupid

ㄴ Lfmao

Title: ??: Ah, fuck it, I don’t even know anymore

(Photo of a professor grinning like a maniac)

(Photo of a teaching assistant grinning right next to him)

Let’s just throw in the towel ^^

Even if we bust our asses researching, that motherfucker is just gonna drop another meteor anyway lol

ㄴ Seriously, there are so many people in this exact state right now lmao

ㄴ Is biology the one that’s doing relatively okay? I heard they’ve been beaten up so much from the start that they’re used to it.

ㄴ Why’d they get beaten up?

ㄴ First of all, the moment Bbareumbo appeared, the biology community was already fucked.

ㄴ But recently, even a Mimic showed up, so lololol

ㄴ And apparently, that Mimic was used by the gods as a security device;;

Title: Why the Biology Field Was Decimated

A talking gorilla? Well, since apes evolve into humans, we can accept that.

Creatures that seem straight out of mythological times? They were in the records, so we can accept that.

A Hobgoblin using an Aura Blade? It’s not entirely impossible, so we can accept that.

A dinosaur with stealth capabilities? Since we only had fossils to go by, it was hard to verify anyway.

A sloth so fast it leaves afterimages -> Physically impossible

Wild Grylls -> Should this bastard even be classified as human?

ㄴ Hey, that’s a bit harsh. Even if Grylls looks like that, he’s of the same race as the gods.

ㄴ Pretty sure even the gods would look at that bastard and go, "What the hell is he?"

ㄴ Hahaha

ㄴ Hahaha

ㄴ Hahaha

The problem was that this meteor shower was happening in real-time.

Writing a thesis only for it to turn into a scrap of waste paper was a daily occurrence.

There were even incidents where academic schools of thought that had maintained their lineage for hundreds of years were completely blown to pieces.

"Professor. Since we can’t even enter the Forest of the Four Seasons, what can we even do?"

"There is nothing we can do, student. Just go write your thesis."

"But didn’t you say those theses turning into scrap paper is a daily occurrence?"

"Do you not want to graduate?"

"Fuck’s sake, seriously."

While professors could shed tears and pivot to other research, the students had to shed tears of blood while writing their graduation theses.

But if this kept up, there would be an endless flood of students unable to graduate.

Sometimes, malicious professors used this as an excuse to work their teaching assistants to the bone, but fortunately, it didn’t last long.

There were plenty of places to expose them besides the Gallery. Moreover, since everyone was in a miserable state, such exposés spread like wildfire.

"If nothing else, one thing is for sure."

"What is that?"

"The fact that we are fucked, and we are going to get even more fucked in the future."

"An absolute truth."

Most places were completely lost in this sudden, untimely chaos.

Yet, even amidst this chaos, there was a place where fierce debates were raging.

That department was none other than theology—a field deeply intertwined with religion.

Surprisingly, the subject of their debate was not Aris.

It was Grylls, who was currently active in the Forest of the Four Seasons. Their topic was as follows:You are reading on novelpi‌ng.com, the official source.

[Should Grylls be classified as part of the race of gods?]

Specifically, should Grylls be classified as a ’god’ like Aris and Aragon?

As has been consistently mentioned before, the gods of this world were far from transcendent beings.

They were simply beings possessing technology and martial might that were utterly unimaginable by modern standards. That was it.

Because of this, there was virtually no conflict between the religious and scientific communities; rather, they maintained a mutually beneficial relationship.

In such a situation, now that it was heavily implied Grylls was a being of the same kind as the gods, controversy was bound to erupt.

"He must be grouped with the gods! Look at all the circumstantial evidence that has been revealed so far!"

First, the faction in favor argued that Grylls should be included in the race of gods.

"He lived during the era when the civilization of the gods was at its most brilliant, and he knows the history of that time. This alone will be of immense help to our world!" they argued.

"But he hasn’t left behind achievements like the gods did! The reason we hold faith is because of the achievements they left behind, not because we worship their mere existence!"

Naturally, the opposing faction argued that Grylls fell short of being treated as a god.

The Chief God, the twin siblings, and furthermore, the gods who governed each domain.

Why did those gods receive worship? It was a very simple matter.

Not only had they achieved deeds worthy of the believers’ devotion, but they had also benefited this world.

To revere someone simply because they belonged to the same race was lacking in many ways.

"Lacking in merit? Then what about Avalon? If not for him, the Holy Kingdom would never have been reborn!"

"That is something any ’human’ capable of using the Gallery in the Forest of the Four Seasons could do! Even if the probability is extremely low, it’s not impossible!"

"Don’t you think the timing was far too coincidental? At that time, the Hero had been exiled due to the machinations of the Vatican!"

Surprisingly, a rather healthy (?) debate was taking place. However, the opposing faction’s arguments still held more weight.

No matter how incredible Grylls’s actions were, they weren’t quite on par with mythology.

Unlike the gods, he had not wrested control of this world from the dragons to hand it over to humanity.

At best, he was on a similar level to Cain—a hero. While that was certainly impressive, it fell short of being called a myth.

"Look at the posts he uploads! Sometimes, there are many posts where he insults the gods! He hates the gods so much himself, so does it make any sense to treat him as one?!"

"Well, that’s..."

"Even if we consider him part of the race of gods, treating him as a god would be disrespectful to him!"

Crucially, Grylls himself hated the gods. Every time the Orange Badge tempted (?) him, he flatly rejected her.

Since the bastards who put him in this miserable state were the gods, there was no way he could like them.

The funny thing was that he didn’t actually deny faith itself. He was simply a case of someone who hated the gods because he didn’t want to hate people.

Whether this could be called faith was ambiguous, but he didn’t deny their existence. In addition, he even looked favorably upon religious people, if not religion itself.

He was a highly multifaceted individual. On top of that, his strength was so absurd that it made people question if he was even human.

"But to truly understand the era of the gods, we need his help. I believe this is undeniable."

"Of course. And from what I hear, it seems even the gods had a god they believed in."

"That’s not all. Didn’t he say that the once-prosperous world was destroyed by a great war?"

Aside from that, the daily lives of the gods were a massive discussion topic for theologians.

The fact that the gods were just another branch of humanity was shocking enough, but now there was a whole history preceding them.

One might ask if it was meaningless since Grylls was just an ordinary guy who lived a normal life before coming here.

But simply uncovering the lifestyle of a thousand years ago could bring immense fame in academia.

Even the casual remarks Grylls tossed out held a value far greater than gold.

It was just when academia was busily buzzing for their respective reasons.

"Professor! Look at that human’s real-time video broadcast right now!!"

"What is it?"

"Aris! Aris-nim’s face has been revealed!"

"What?"

Not only had an ancient ruin been discovered, but a being presumed to be Aris had appeared.

This single fact drew countless people to the broadcast, with everyone scrambling to verify it.

The video only showed Aris taking off her helmet and typing on a laptop, but even that was more than enough.

The armor she wore, the presence of the Holy Sword, and furthermore, the anomaly that was the Forest of the Four Seasons.

"Is... Is this truly Aris-nim?"

"Looking at her beautiful appearance, it seems to be true..."

Normally, they would have taken a skeptical stance, questioning if it was just a mere recording.

However, the presence of the Holy Sword Aris held was far too striking.

No matter how hard they rubbed their eyes to check, it was unmistakably the Holy Sword that Aris had bestowed upon the Holy Kingdom.

Furthermore, the futuristic suit she wore looked like ancient, advanced technology in the eyes of the people of this world.

"Wait a minute. Does this mean some of the race of gods used our ancestors as test subjects?"

"And Aris-nim stopped them. She even apologized to us directly, didn’t she?"

"Oh, Aris. Oh, Aris."

Even though only a single video had been released, the faith toward Aris grew even stronger.

This news spread like wildfire, completely taking over the Gallery.

Naturally, all kinds of posts were uploaded to the Gallery, but most of them were related to Aris.

Title: So what was Aragon doing?

What was he doing while his younger sister was doing all that?

ㄴ Didn’t he just dump all the work on his sister?

ㄴ That actually makes a lot of sense.The source of this chapter is n‌ovelping.com.

ㄴ In fact, Aragon is known to have a very lazy personality.

ㄴ If he’s lazy, how did he pass down magic?

ㄴ Aragon probably just gave a half-assed explanation, and our ancestors analyzed the rest.

Title: Honestly, Aris is ugly.

(Crude drawing of Aragon)

???: Type this... and post.

ㄴ Aragon ahjussi, what are you doing here;;

ㄴ The funny thing is that Aragon himself is also fucking handsome lolol

ㄴ Fact. Aragon admitted his sister was pretty after looking at her face.

ㄴ But do you think the gods lurked on the Gallery too?

ㄴ Honestly, they probably did it a lot lol

There was some light slander directed at the twin oppa, Aragon, but putting that aside.

Academia wasn’t the only place thrown into an uproar by the reveal of Aris’s face.

The Holy Kingdom, whose name had now been changed to Avalon, showed an even more passionate response.

And for good reason, as the Hero had summoned the stone statue of Cain just a short while ago.

Afterward, videos of Grylls carrying that statue around had also circulated.

Because of this, the citizens of the Holy Kingdom were wondering how they should treat Grylls, but...

"Everyone! I know the current situation is very confusing! I will address it myself!"

Asella, the Hero, stepped forward to personally sort out the situation.

This was at a time when Grylls was fighting tooth and nail against the Mechanical Knights.

Perhaps because the Hero herself was stepping up to direct traffic (?), the citizens of the Holy Kingdom listened intently to Asella’s speech.

"From now on, our Holy Kingdom plans to treat him with the utmost respect as the Herald of God!"

"The Herald of God?"

"A Herald? All of a sudden?"

They were going to treat Grylls as the Herald of God. At these words, the citizens began to murmur.

Asella had not failed to anticipate this reaction. She raised her voice and spoke.

"Since that person appeared, many things have changed. In particular, our Holy Kingdom was able to be reborn! This is by no means a coincidence!"

"That... actually makes sense?"

"Would Cain-nim accompany him for no reason?"

"But every time I see them, he’s threatening to use Cain-nim as a foot callus remover?"

"Since he’s the Herald of God, maybe he’s allowed to do that much?"

"Oh."

Grylls as an individual was frivolous and far from dignified.

However, as mentioned earlier, Grylls’s achievements were more than worthy of reverence.

"Furthermore, he has shown us the face of Aris-nim, which we could never have seen otherwise! If this is not the work of a Herald, then what is?!"

Her speech-making ability was second to none, not even a certain Elf Queen.

Soon, Asella revealed her true objective.

"Therefore, when the Herald eventually emerges, I declare that our Holy Kingdom will support him with all our heart and soul! Before being the Herald of God, he is also a benefactor of our Holy Kingdom!"

"Well, that’s obvious."

"So even if he’s the Herald of God, nothing really changes for us?"

Grylls had somehow ended up as the Herald of God. Asella wore a satisfied smile as she watched the citizens, most of whom were in agreement.

In truth, looking at the bigger picture, this was equivalent to throwing the first punch. She was claiming Grylls for the Holy Kingdom.

Her justification was clearer than anyone else’s. From the Holy Kingdom’s perspective, not claiming him would be an insult and a discourtesy in itself.

If other nations coveted Grylls’s martial power, the Holy Kingdom would react with great fury.

Moreover, the more Grylls performed his "feats," the more the Holy Kingdom’s political weight naturally grew.

’With this, we can openly support Grylls-nim without any issues.’

Ultimately, the Holy Kingdom had declared its support for Grylls on a national scale.

While other nations had been supporting him covertly, the Holy Kingdom could now do so completely in the open.

The justification was solid, and no one could raise any objections.

It was a brilliant move by Asella, flawless both personally and politically.

"I feel like we’ve been completely outmaneuvered."

"Indeed."

Watching this, Selena and Ash also had expressions of having been dealt a blow.

She was masked by her innocent appearance and her reputation as the Hero, but in the end, she too was a leader of a nation.

She was someone who would roll up her sleeves and take action for the benefit of her country.

’No way in hell.’

Naturally, Ash had no intention of letting her nose be sliced off with her eyes wide open.

He was a man she had finally set her sights on, so letting him be snatched away like this was utterly out of the question.

While the Western nations were like this, what about the Central Plains?

"How foolish."

Having returned to the Demonic Cult, the Heavenly Demon, Yoo So-wol, muttered as she looked at the Gallery.

"The sun and the moon must originally be embraced by the heavens."

She wore an amused smile.