I Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 519

Starlight Lady’s experiment didn’t matter whether Gu-chil was recovered or not. But there was a precaution.

His lifeline had to be kept intact somehow. Originally, living creatures couldn’t be traded through the Gallery.

Therefore, as wasteful as it felt, I had no choice but to administer about half a bottle of Elixir to Gu-chil.

It was better to at least restore that swollen face back to normal. He had to be able to speak human words, after all.

The same went for the chief gorilla. Though he was in much better shape than Gu-chil.

Since I had landed several punches on his abdomen, he might have suffered internal injuries, but he was fully capable of recovery.

"Kheu-uu... cough! cough!"

"Didn’t you only hit his face? He’s coughing up blood?"

"I wouldn’t know."

Gu-chil’s condition was more serious than it looked. Even after administering the Elixir, his healing was slow.

In fact, this guy trained in External Arts, so his baseline recovery power should be high. Yet here he was.

It felt like he had literally been beaten to the brink of death.

’Serves him right.’

Of course, I felt zero sympathy. He was a guy who targeted Wonmo.

Unless someone was a true villain, they wouldn’t try to mess with the cute and sweet Wonmo.

Even waste has tiers, and Gu-chil’s case was close to radioactive nuclear waste.

"Mmm..."

It was when we had overturned all the blood-stained earth.

While Gu-chil was still out cold, the chief gorilla regained consciousness.

Perhaps because his head slammed into a rock right before passing out, he looked dizzy as if showing signs of a concussion.

"Hey. Open your mouth."

Just in case, I administered more Elixir. He drank it down with a dazed expression.

As his mind cleared up significantly, he looked around. Right now, there was no one around except me and my companions.

"...#$."

[He says he lost.]

Through Cain’s translation, I understood what the chief gorilla said. It was quite a concise reaction.

However, unlike his concise words, his expression was utterly complicated. Plus, he had a look of disbelief.

Unlike Gu-chil, who would be used as a lab rat, I planned to keep the chief gorilla alive. So I would give whatever answers I could.

"Yeah. That’s right. You lost. To the guy you once defeated long ago."

Cain translated it just as it was. Hearing it, the chief gorilla’s expression turned even more troubled.

Next, he stared intently at my face and spoke with a nuance of complete incomprehension.

"#%%$ #$% #%^?"

[He asks how you became so strong.]

"Hmm..."

Hearing his question, I pondered. The reason I grew strong wasn’t anything special.

Eating rare herbs or Spiritual Medicines that are hard to find even in the Forest of the Four Seasons, and fighting to the brink of death.

Fulfilling just these two conditions could make anyone strong like me. Heck, hadn’t I almost died twice?

Once, my whole body was burned to a crisp, and another time, every single bone in my body was shattered to pieces.

If not for healing items like the Elixir, I would have died right at the first crisis.

"So what happened was..."

So I explained everything. These were things that couldn’t be imitated even if one tried.

As the chief gorilla listened to my story—or rather, Cain’s translation—his expression grew increasingly bizarre.

It was a look asking if I was truly a human being, a reaction of absolute disbelief. It was kind of fun.

[#$%% #$%^^]

[Even a Heavenly Martial Body wouldn’t turn out like that.]

"Heavenly Martial Body is... that, right? The body capable of mastering any martial art."

Occasionally, a few regular gallery users had asked if I possessed the Heavenly Martial Body.

A body truly blessed by heaven, a talent possessed only by peerless geniuses.

At a glance, my situation might seem similar, but looking closely, it was different.

[You are an ambiguous case where only your physical body is good. Honestly, your technique is...]

"Stop right there."

Anyway, you could consider it similar to a Heavenly Martial Body yet different. Literally a case where all stats were dumped into the physical body.

When I affirmed it, the chief gorilla nodded as if saying ’I knew it.’

"@#$% #%?"

[What will you do with me now?]

"What would you like me to do?"

Asking him back, the chief gorilla began to ponder. His pack had already suffered immense damage.

Leaving things as they were and returning wouldn’t be a problem, but there was a chance issues might arise.

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Since he was bound with ropes on top of wearing a Mana Suppressor, he must have found moving uncomfortable.

Moreover, since he flopped back without any intent to resist, it was baffling.

"#$%%."

[Just spare my life.]

"..."

The chief gorilla was begging for his life with utmost confidence. At first, I thought I misheard him.

But the chief gorilla’s action was close to what’s called ’exposing the belly.’

A beast exposing its belly is a sign of surrender and begging for its life.

No matter how much he spoke and acted like a human, a beast is a beast. It was a perfectly natural behavior.

"I will spare you. But since you caused damage to us, I’ll be using you as a worker for a while."

At the mention of being a worker, the chief gorilla wore a puzzled expression. A look asking what a worker was.

So I thoroughly explained how his younger brother—that is, Lackey—had been living at our Shelter.

At first, Lackey had been extremely rebellious too. But over time, he got a taste of the Shelter’s comfort and adapted completely.

However, the case was different for the chief gorilla. For starters, he was the leader of a pack.

If I just let him stay at our Shelter mindlessly, we wouldn’t know what his pack over there was doing.

"Therefore, your pack will be monitored by the hobgoblins, not me."

There was no reason to massacre the entire gorilla pack. Nor did I intend to.

If I recklessly killed them all and missed even one, there was a high chance future troubles would become tedious.

"Any complaints?"

Naturally, the chief gorilla had no complaints either. Sparing his life was already an act of mercy.

But that wasn’t the case for Gu-chil. I glanced at Gu-chil, who was lying quiet as if dead.

He was pretending to be unconscious, but I had already noticed everything: the fact that he was wide awake.

"Before that... can I do whatever I want with that bastard?"

[@#$$ #$%% #$%%?]

"##$$ %%$ ##$%$"

[He says you can roast him, boil him, or tear him limb from limb as you please.]

"#$$%%!"

As soon as Cain finished translating, Gu-chil, who had been pretending to be knocked out, leaped up and yelled.

Thanks to the Elixir, his face that was swollen twice its size had shrunk to 1.5 times.

Seeing that he could even speak, he had clearly recovered.

Peok!

But noisy was noisy. The moment Gu-chil shouted, I kicked him right in the stomach.

Thereupon, with an Eok! death-cry, Gu-chil collapsed. Butting in without any tact.

"By the way, what did this guy just say?"

[He is asking if he’s selling out a fellow disciple.]

"Did he really intend to make the chief gorilla the successor of the Blood Cult?"

Or maybe he was just squirming to survive somehow. Either way, it didn’t matter.

Speaking of the Blood Cult, the Blood Demon, Wi Ho-chang, suddenly came to mind. I fixed my eyes on the chief gorilla.

Unlike the other gorillas, he was wearing clothes—specifically, a worn and tattered martial arts uniform.

Practically a relic of Wi Ho-chang, who had experienced Ascension to Immortality. I wondered if there might be other relics as well.

’I’ll have to head into the gorilla territory sometime soon.’

I planned to go at least after Tyranno and Lackey returned. Until then, I’d keep him as a prisoner.

They would come tomorrow at the earliest, or within three days at the latest, so I could just take it easy.

It didn’t matter even if the gorilla pack attempted retaliation. Their number one and number two were captured simultaneously.

The gorillas couldn’t make a careless move. They’d fear their leaders’ heads might get chopped off.

’If only I could send a letter or something.’

Or the chief gorilla’s son might come looking for us directly—the guy whose arm I broke.

After a brief moment of long thoughts, I prioritized setting things in order.

The chief gorilla was obedient to the point of begging for his life, so I moved past him; now it was Gu-chil’s turn.

Tuk-tuk-

"Get up."

"Euuuk..."

Gu-chil was still lying on the ground, groaning.

I did kick him, but I wondered if it was really that bad. I had kicked him quite gently.

Soon, having calmed down to a degree, Gu-chil stumbled to his feet.

Facing him like this, I realized just how severely Wonmo had clawed him.

’If Wonmo hit him to this extent...’

It was definitely this guy’s fault. That couldn’t be denied.

Our Wonmo is so good-natured and tender-hearted. Any remaining mercy toward Gu-chil seemed to be rapidly vanishing.

"You must know what you did wrong too."

Cain translated it directly. But unlike the chief gorilla, Gu-chil was brazen.Visit novеlping.com for the full chapter.

He even glared at me fiercely with vicious eyes. ’Should I just exile him across the river right now?’ I wondered.

Still, I had to give him choices. I offered Gu-chil two proposals.

"First: cross over to the other side of the river. As you know, across the river is a completely different area. Even I don’t know what dangers lurk over there."

"..."

"Second: I’m going to conduct an experiment, and if you’re lucky, you might be able to get outside."

Was it because of the hope of escaping to the outside world? The moment Cain finished translating, Gu-chil’s eyes widened.

Even though he didn’t give a verbal response, I felt like I knew what he was thinking.

’Makes sense. He’d naturally want to leave this shitty place.’

But Gu-chil wasn’t a fool either. His surprise was brief, quickly replaced by a suspicious expression.

"#$%%$?"

[He asks why you are showing him such kindness.]

"There’s a reason, of course."

Starlight Lady said earlier:

Gorillas were born and raised in the Forest of the Four Seasons, so there are too many variables.

But using Ludwig as a test subject carried far too much burden.

Thus, there was no better candidate than Gu-chil. When I explained all of this, Gu-chil retorted.

"#$%%%!"

[He asks how that is any different from telling him to die.]

"Then die."

[#$ #%]

"#$%%%$"

Gu-chil immediately prostrated himself, begging for mercy. This is why it’s better to avoid tedious, pedantic expressions.

Having obtained Gu-chil’s cooperation like this, I sent a message to Starlight Lady.

I told her all preparations for the experiment were finished, and asked what to do from here. Starlight Lady replied.

[Starlight Lady: I’ll give you a sphere. Have him swallow it and practice either a Mana Cultivation Method or an Internal Cultivation Art.]

[Wild Grylls: Isn’t mana control impossible in the Forest of the Four Seasons?]

[Starlight Lady: It flows ever so faintly, doesn’t it? Through that...]

Starlight Lady explained that she utilized the concept of a location tracker.

Unlike random teleportation magic, location tracking has the advantage of being two-way.

When I asked why we didn’t just do this from the start, Starlight Lady said:

[Starlight Lady: It sounds easy, but it’s extremely difficult! If I explain in detail...!]

[Wild Grylls: It’d be like reading scriptures to a cow, so you don’t have to.]

It seemed like simple things were often the hardest. I just moved on.

Afterward, with Gu-chil’s cooperation, we proceeded right into the experiment. Since he might change his mind later, it was better to do it quickly.

On top of that, I could get rid of this guy in the process, so there couldn’t be a better outcome.

"Here. Swallow this and train your Internal Cultivation Art."

"..."

After wearing a suspicious look for a moment, Gu-chil swallowed the round orb.

Next, he sat cross-legged and operated his Internal Cultivation Art. Seeing this, I immediately sent a message to Starlight Lady.

[Wild Grylls: We’re carrying it out. How is it looking?]

[Starlight Lady: The progress bar is showing up on my end too! If we’re lucky, this might actually work?!]

It was a response from a thoroughly excited Starlight Lady. Upon seeing that reply, I held high expectations as well.

Starlight Lady wasn’t someone who talked nonsense. This experiment could hold immense significance.

After about 10 minutes had passed:

[Starlight Lady: It hit 100%! Summoning right away!]

Right as Starlight Lady’s message ended:

Pa-at!

A burst of light erupted from Gu-chil’s body, and then he vanished into thin air.

He literally vanished in the blink of an eye, flabbergasting me for a moment.

"...Did it actually work?"

At Gu-chil’s sudden disappearance, the companions at the Shelter were also shaken.

Now all that remained was Starlight Lady’s response. I waited for her to send a message.

Before long, a message arrived from Starlight Lady. And inside was...

[Starlight Lady: (Photo of clothes lying abandoned on the ground)]

[Starlight Lady: Unfortunately, it failed T_T]

It was a photo showing only his worn and tattered clothes transferred over.

’...Then where did this guy go?’

There’s no place better to live than here, though.