I Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 540

The monsters with strange jellyfish pulled over their heads were extremely easy to deal with.

They were dangerous when ambushing us, but their strength itself was underwhelming.

But their true colors showed after disposing of the hosts. When a host fell incapacitated, the jellyfish dropped off its head.

In that state, they even lunged toward our heads. Their appearance was one thing, but even their behavior was repulsive.

Seogeok!

Even so, we weren’t about to just take it quietly. That unpleasant experience was enough once.

Therefore, the rest of the party and I focused on targeting their heads to prevent the jellyfish from sticking.

Less like decapitating their necks, and more like splitting them vertically.

Furthermore, since Lackey’s mana management had become easier than before, he refreshedly burned them to cinders.

Jjeojeojeok!

I also appropriately utilized frost to completely restrict their movements.

As time passed and we became slightly out of breath, we were able to wipe out every single one of those numerous specimens.

If there was something squirming occasionally, I stomped on it with my foot or impaled it with my sword.

I didn’t know what these bastards were, but I didn’t particularly want to deal with them.

’By the way, the hosts...’

I also checked the status of the hosts dominated by the jellyfish.

What was astonishing was that every host bled. It meant their hearts were beating.

Seeing as how they completely dominated the head, it seemed they had thoroughly taken control of the body.

For a more definitive study, there was a need to send them to Allfather.

[Wild Grylls: Allfather-nim. I’ll send you a few corpses of these guys along with some hosts. Is now okay?]

[Allfather: Anytime now is fine. I am already looking forward to it.]

After sending a few specimens to Allfather, I checked the party’s condition.

Aside from being ambushed, everyone looked completely fine. This went for Maengkkongi as well.

If anyone had issues on the mental side, I planned to retreat immediately, but fortunately, there were no such people.

"If everyone is okay, we will depart right away. And Lackey."

"Huh?"

"Isn’t there magic to detect presence around us?"

"Wait."

Earlier, we allowed an ambush. And not just me alone, but several of us simultaneously.

You could say we let our guard down if we let our guard down. But approaching without any presence or sound itself is dangerous.

"Wait. I recall there being one."

At my request, Lackey flipped through a book. It was the magic compendium gifted by Allfather.

If he could find a suitable spell in there, nothing could be better.

Soon, Lackey muttered something, gestured, and snapped his fingers.

Since he snapped his fingers while wearing Mythricon Gloves, the spell’s efficacy must have increased further.

"What spell did you cast?"

"Just as Master said, a presence detection spell. Anything approaching near us can all be grasped."

"It doesn’t reach far out, right?"

"Then my senses would go haywire."

Being able to block just ambushes was enough. I left a word of thanks to Lackey for his hard work.

Still, it wasn’t dangerous just yet. We could tell from the fact that Bbareumbo didn’t step up.

As mentioned time and again, Bbareumbo stepping up meant it was a time of true danger.

Even if we were ambushed, the party members safely got out, so it was a decent result in its own way.

Afterwards, while constantly keeping guard over our surroundings, we moved forward. The ultimate goal was the World Tree, but a new goal emerged.

What on earth was the identity of the thing that created this region? Don’t tell me we had to pass through that place to get to the World Tree?

Harboring an anxious heart, we silently walked step by step. No particular situation had occurred yet.

"Up ahead over there... a giant? There’s something similar."

[Its head looks like a shark, though.]

Even so, it wasn’t that there was nothing at all. In fact, there was a monster that seemed like a mix of a shark and an ogre.

Should I call that a shark giant? Actually, I had seen a creature similar to that before.

Because it was also a guy that had raided our Shelter, I remembered it vividly.

’Though there are many differences from that guy back then...’

The shark giant that raided our Shelter was closer to a fish than a person.

But the guy loitering before us now was different. Only its head was a shark; the rest was humanoid.

Furthermore, its belly bulged out, while its arms and legs were slender yet long.New chapters come out on novelping dot com first.

In many ways a deformed physique and an unpleasant shape. It felt as though its body had mutated like the Butcher Ogre.

"By the way, what is that held in its hand...?"

[It looks like a ship’s anchor.]

Also, in its hand, it held a club shaped like an anchor.

Using tools meant that a certain level of intelligence existed.

But it was not an opponent that looked like words would work on. The sticky blood smeared around its mouth proved that.

"I’ll shoot an arrow, so step back behind me."

Fearing we might be spotted, I moved the party back. It was to prepare for any potential backlash.

Subsequently, after nocking an arrow on the string, I bit another arrow in my mouth. To shoot immediately, this was best.

Kkigigik!

Soon, aura enveloped the entire bow and arrow. Thanks to Unity of Self and Object, no rejection reaction occurred whatsoever.

"Keureuk?"

The problem was that the aura was dense—too dense. Furthermore, this was a region with a much higher concentration of mana.

Whether they had become sensitive to even simple changes, the shark giants looked over in this direction.

Sensing our presence despite being well over 300 meters away. Was that also the result of evolution?

After a brief distraction, I released the drawn bowstring just like that.

Paaang!

Along with the sound of bursting wind, the arrow shot forward. Extremely fiercely, without a single shake.

At the same time, the shark giant recognized my existence, but it was far too late.

Kwajik!

The arrow imbued with aura precisely pierced through the center of the shark giant’s head.

Was it because, fitting an arrow fired with Unity of Self and Object, it focused solely on pure penetrative power?

It didn’t tumble backward or stumble. In an instant, it went stiff like a log and fell straight to its knees.

Like a puppet with its strings cut, it didn’t fall forward. Its head snapped back while kneeling.

"Keuaaaa!"

Confirming its comrade’s death, the other shark giant flew into a rage and charged at me.

Without delay, I nocked the arrow held in my mouth onto the string.

Huuung!!!

As expected, was its intelligence high? The shark giant hurled the anchor held in its hand.

Being an anchor that the shark giant swung around like a club, its size far surpassed ordinary levels.

But this was the Forest of the Four Seasons, a situation where nothing happening would be strange.

Kugung!

"What..."

The flying anchor gradually grew larger, soon swelling to a size comparable to a small boat.

Flustered for a moment as to what on earth was happening, I fired the arrow first.

Paang!

Was it because I was flustered, or did the shark giant notice in advance?

Surprinsingly, the shark giant tilted its head and dodged. As expected, he’s no ordinary creature.

If I hadn’t taken out one guy in advance with the first shot, I would have suffered much more than this.

"Kkeuweooo!"

A giant anchor fell above my head, and in front, the shark giant charged with its mouth opened nearly 180 degrees.

After briefly thinking to dodge the anchor first, a vigorous shout echoed from behind.

"#$%#$!"

Kwagagang!

Along with unintelligible Central Plains language, an explosion erupted inside the shark giant’s mouth.

I wondered if a pit of fire was thrown, but in a split second, I saw it clearly.

A fire taking the shape of an arrow went ssook! right into the shark giant’s mouth.

Since an explosion virtually occurred inside its mouth, the shark giant also faltered.

’Then what’s left now is...’

The giant anchor plummeting from above. I hurriedly lowered my bow and raised both arms upward.

Soon, the anchor equivalent to a small boat made contact with my two hands. To absorb as much shock as possible, I slowly bent my arms and hoisted it onto my shoulders.

As expected, it was heavy, but far lighter than the Colossus’s sword. In fact, comparing it to that in the first place is absurd, though.

’As long as there’s room to counterattack, it’s enough.’

Before the shark giant came to its senses, I tilted the anchor and grabbed the handle.

Then, leaping high together with the anchor, I snapped my body like a bow and spun one full turn.

An act carried out purely through my physical specs. But its power would be equally peerless.

"Kkeueue... Keureuk?"

Meanwhile, the shark giant that was dazed by Lackey’s counterattack snapped out of it.Read this novel at novelping(.)com for the best experience.

Sensing instinctive anxiety as a shadow fell over its body, the guy raised its head.

But it was already too late. I slammed the anchor down just as he had done.

The difference was that he threw the anchor, whereas I slammed it down directly.

Kwaang!

Normally, it should be helplessly crushed under this giant anchor. However, the shark giant exceeded my expectations.

It stubbornly endured even my power-imbued attack. What kind of strength did those slender arms possess?

Of course, that was only temporary. As I put a bit more power into it, the shark giant’s arms were gradually pushed back.

Kwaang!!!

Ultimately lacking strength, the shark giant was crushed beneath the anchor just like that. It couldn’t even let out a scream.

Because neither its belly nor its legs, but precisely its face area was crushed.

Although its body trembled from rigor mortis, I brushed it off lightly.

"Heave-ho."

I stepped down from the anchor. I had dispatched the two shark giants fairly easily.

Looking back at the party upon this, what was this now?

"Keuaaaa!"

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"##@ @!#!"

The party was in the middle of a tough battle against two shark giants.

Apparently, they were guys who barged in after hearing noise over here.

I hurried over to help the party. Fortunately, everyone was able to win safely without a single injury.

[Quite terrifying fellows. Clearly their limbs are slender as can be, but where on earth does that power come from?]

Cain said as if flabbergasted. Whether he was chewed on by a shark giant, his arm section was dented.

Of course, he recovered with his unique regeneration ability, but the fact that he was hit itself was a surprising point.

"As I mentioned earlier, it seems to be because the mana concentration is dense. You know the Butcher Ogre, right?"

[I know. Didn’t you say a serial killer was mutated in the Forest of the Four Seasons?]

"Even ordinary humans turn into ogres, so how much more for the creatures here?"

The animals of the Forest of the Four Seasons are all fast to ’evolve’.

Either evolving to fit that region, or specializing for survival, and so on.

Really, shitty things are overflowing, so it’s no small headache.

"In the future, I’ll try to assassinate them if possible."

"It’s fortunate we have an archer."

Ludwig said while wiping the blood off his Mythricon sword.

Uniquely, even though it was a shark giant, its blood color was red. Meaning it was fundamentally closer to a mammal.

’Was the blood of the shark giant that raided my Shelter red too?’

It seems okay to move past this. After finishing my prep, I took a step forward.

For now, seeing that an ’anchor’ exists, the probability of a ship being nearby is high. Or maybe that guy really crafted it.

Afterwards, as time passed and lunch time gradually approached, we encountered a mysterious creature.

"Is that a squid, or is it a flower?"

[Try poking it once. I am curious too.]

I discovered a plant that I couldn’t tell whether it was a squid or a flower.

It wasn’t really because my descriptive ability was lacking; it was genuinely a plant shaped like a squid.

Right as I was about to pass by since there was no need to get close...

"Twet!"

The flower fired black ink at me and then ran away just like that.

It was a squid disguised as a flower. So such a thing existed.

"..."

"Oh. Master’s race has changed."

"Shut up."

I wiped the ink off, but it wouldn’t come off. Fortunately, there was no poison.

As a result of advancing forward while grumbling for a long while like that...

"I anticipated it, but..."

I looked ahead with a feeling half reluctant and half complicated.

"There really is a ship."

And a giant shipwreck at that.