I Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 563

The arrow, packed with both my mana and stamina, pulverized the Bone Dragon in an instant.

Even that split second seemed to stretch in slow motion, but then a situation unfolded that snapped my senses back to full alert.

Hwaaaak!

Whether its heart had truly detonated or it was a final death struggle...

An intense light burst forth from the Bone Dragon’s ribs, which had been smashed past recognition into mere dust.

Judging by the soft ringing in my ears, the heart must have exploded.

The fact that tinnitus was ringing meant a massive sound had erupted.

However, the important thing right now was that the swath of light was coming straight for me.

Yet, lacking all physical strength, I couldn’t do a single thing.

’Where is Cain-ssi...?’

Before I could even check Cain’s location, the light warmly enveloped my entire body.

I thought it was a simple explosion, but unexpectedly, it felt almost comforting.

Even if my body was tough, enduring an explosion without Body-Protecting Gangqi was difficult.

’My body won’t even move.’

That arrow from earlier had sucked out every bit of mana I possessed. An extortion even I hadn’t anticipated.

In the end, I had no choice but to entrust my body to the glowing swarm. Soon, my field of vision was filled with brilliant light.

Since my mana was completely depleted, the live stream transmission must have cut out too. Nothing could be done about that.

Just as I was slowly closing my eyes, wondering if it ended like this—

Kwakwakang!!!

"?!"

A deafening blast snapped me awake. At the roar, my drooping eyes flew wide open.

No, more accurately, it felt like they were forced open. That wasn’t all.

The scene was clearly pure white just a moment ago, but now a bright blue sky greeted me.

If it were just a plain sky, I would have brushed it off. But something was strange.

Hweeeeing—

A colossal ship was falling from the sky.

Bleeding acrid black smoke like blood, it was plunging toward the ground.

It was a giant vessel whose overall design recalled a hammerhead shark. Here and there, barrel-like projections were visible.

What was even more shocking was that despite being far away, it appeared as crystal clear as if it were right in front of my nose.

While living in the Forest of the Four Seasons had improved my vision significantly, it was never to this extreme degree.

Jeeeeng!!!

The falling giant ship was confusing enough, but an even crazier situation unfolded.

The laser the Bone Dragon used once its intellect returned—that very laser was fired right from the center of my field of view.

Without even needing a comparison, I felt an energy far darker and more intense than the laser the Bone Dragon fired in its final struggle.

Kukwakang! Kwakwakang!

Every time the perspective turned, countless explosions erupted. They were ships floating in the sky, much like the one that had been falling.

Although they fell far short of the giant falling ship in size, they were still quite massive vessels.

Those ships couldn’t even put up a fight against the laser before crashing—no, exploding. That meant the laser was just that overwhelmingly powerful.

[Kahahahaha!!!]

"Ah, shit."

That scared me. I flinched at the sudden, reverberating laughter.

Beyond ringing loudly, it sounded closer to successive peals of thunder.

So much so that the clouds in the sky scattered into pieces from the sheer volume. Only then did I realize something was off.

Not only did my head not turn as I willed it, but my entire body wouldn’t budge.

[Did you think you could face me with mere scrap metal like this?! Ridiculous!]

It was definitely a language I had never heard before, but miraculously, I understood every word.

Rather than understanding it... it felt like it resonated directly in my mind. Just like communicating with Vanir.

Soon, my field of vision returned toward the ground. I couldn’t help but be horrified.

’Why is my body like this?’

I didn’t even care about the monsters and beasts surging like a tidal wave across the land.

Instead, my two arms and legs captured my attention. Describing my state as flustered was an understatement.

Though they were two arms and two legs shaped somewhat like a human’s, they were so thick they recalled carved cliffs.

The limbs were covered in dark red carapaces, and in every crevice, glowing cracks pulsated as though lava flowed within.

Compared to the size of the monsters surging below like a tsunami, I could tell it was larger than most buildings.

’A-A dragon? A real dragon? Why am I...?’

It was a dragon. And a dragon from the Mythological Age, just like Vanir.

While a flood of emotions swirled in my mind, a change occurred on the ground.

Chwaaak!

Originally, the monsters had been assaulting in a tidal wave.

Yet in a split second, a blue aura swept through them, leading to an incredible sight.

Every monster directly hit by that blue aura was sliced clean in two.

With just a single strike, the monster tsunami was halted instantly.

[You have finally arrived! Knight of the outsiders!]

However, the dragon wasn’t daunted at all. Rather, it displayed a competitive thirst for battle.

The dragon’s gaze turned toward the ground—the destination where the monsters had been swarming.

Standing proudly there was a woman with fluttering hair that looked as though it were spun from threads of gold.

’Aris?’

The Goddess of War, and the eternal idol of Asella—Aris.

Dressed in armor, she glared up at me.

Strictly speaking, she was glaring at the dragon. More importantly, her expression was downright brutal.

A murderous intent to rip the dragon apart right then and there wafted off her.

When I read about her in records, I thought she might resemble Asella a bit, but her title as the Goddess of War was clearly no exaggeration.

’So did Aris defeat this dragon?’

Paat!

Aris, who was standing on the ground, leaped high into the air.

Describing it as a split second fell short; Aris closed the distance in an instant.

She then swiftly swung the sword gripped tightly in both hands.

It was a simple slash, but its speed was far too fast for me to ever parry.

Jjeong!!!

Her strike was clean, even to my eyes. The swordsmanship of a being revered as a god.

Yet a dragon from the Mythological Age was no push-over either. It easily deflected it with a bulky forepaw.

A tiny crack formed on its claw, but it wasn’t significant damage.

Kwaaaa!

The beast unleashed the very same laser Breath that had blown up countless ships right at Aris.Read the latest chapters at novеlping.com.

Surprisingly, Aris was flying freely in midair at an astonishing speed.

Kwakwakang!

The moment the laser passed, even the majestic mountain range was completely annihilated.

It possessed enough power to alter the map with a single attack. It didn’t even compare to the Bone Dragon’s laser.

Jeeeek!

Aris cleaved through that laser with her blade as she closed in. Both beings possessed martial prowess beyond imagination.

However, her renown as the Goddess of War was not for nothing.

Chwaak!

Having sliced through the laser all the way to reach it, she managed to carve a deep sword wound.

A slash spanned across the massive dragon’s entire upper body. It was cut so deeply that not just flesh but its internal organs were exposed.

Kwang!

However, drawing close meant entering the strike zone.

The dragon struck out with its gigantic forepaw at the nimbly flying Aris.

Given the size difference, it was like swatting a tiny fly with bare hands. But because it was a dragon, it landed.

Kukwakwakwang!

And the impact manifested immediately.

Even though it was just a strike with its forepaw, Aris was slammed deep into the ground.

It had slammed her down so violently that a massive cloud of dirt kicked up.

Kieeeeng!!

The dragon didn’t stop there and spewed another laser Breath. It clearly intended to kill her for good.

It was a blast capable of easily vaporizing mountain ranges, and it was concentrated on a single spot.

No matter how much Aris was praised as a god, she was bound to take substantial damage.

Hwaaak!

Perhaps from firing the laser for so long, a hemispherical dome of pure white light slowly expanded beyond the explosion.

Before long, that shape reached all the way up into the sky where the dragon hovered, completely engulfing my view.

A moment later, as the white light slowly faded, the utterly shattered environment came clearly into view.

What had clearly been lush, green vegetation was now reduced to a desolate wasteland.

Destroyer. Yes, what this dragon did was so immense that calling it a destroyer was no overstatement.

Paseuseu—

As the dust gradually cleared, the spot the dragon had concentrated on was revealed.

It was Aris. Aris was kneeling on the ground, her sword thrust into the earth.

While she bore no notable physical wounds, the grimace on her beautiful face showed she was somewhat fatigued.

[Even an outsider from beyond the dimensions is ultimately a human in flesh.]

"..."

[Blame your foolish Sovereign. There are battles that simply cannot be won.]

Jeeeeng—

An intense energy gathered in front of the mouth of the somewhat arrogant dragon.

It wasn’t the ash-gray laser from before, but a higher-dimensional energy.

With energy condensed directly from its Dragon Heart gathered in one place, annihilating a single being would be child’s play.

Even if that being was an outsider who crossed from another dimension. As the ruler of this land, such was natural.

However...

Kugugung—

Even a sage who mastered the world cannot know everything under the sun.

Let alone another world, where situations far beyond expectation could unfold.

To act as though one knew everything based on a tiny fragment was utter foolishness.

Hwoong!

[?!]

A mind-boggling sight unfolded in the vision of the dragon, which was about to finish off the outsider.

The mountain range that had just been destroyed by its laser—a piece of those shattered mountains was flying right toward it.

As though someone had picked up a mountain and thrown it, the mountain mass fell precisely over the dragon’s head.

Kwaaa!

Having no choice, the dragon decided to unleash the Breath it had painstakingly gathered. It was inevitable.

The moment it noticed the mountain flying toward it, the mass was already falling onto its head.

Encountering a being that surpassed human limits was shocking. Facing ships flying in the sky was surprising as well.

[A human?]

However, a single human picking up an entire mountain range and hurling it completely exceeded the dragon’s expectations.

Right before spewing its Breath, the dragon glanced toward the place the mountain came from.

Though it was hundreds of thousands of li away, it could see a single human standing tall there.

Paat!

Yet that lasted only a moment. The human’s figure vanished.

Resolving to destroy the mountain first, the dragon fired its Breath.

Kwakwakang!

The attack was so powerful that the incoming mountain split clean in half.

The problem was that split second became the dragon’s fatal mistake.

Seogeok!

A sound struck its ears. At the same time, its lower body felt strangely hollow.

No, beyond that, it felt as though every nerve in its waist had been severed.

What struck its mind next was—

[Kuaaaaaa!!!]

An excruciating pain accompanied the complete severing of its lower body.

Even for a dragon, the master of the world, enduring the agony of having its lower half sliced off entirely was nearly impossible.

Normally, it would have healed itself through magic, but right now, keeping its entrails from spilling out was all it could manage.

[How dare you...]

The dragon was enraged. Even the outsider had only managed to inflict a slash; who dared perpetrate such an atrocity?

Since ancient times, uncontrollable anger breeds reckless actions. Even if the subject in question was a dragon, it was no different.

Kwaaaa! Kwaaa!

As if intending to destroy everything, it began blasting laser Breaths in all directions.

The earth twisted, and even the sky tore open.

Uncaring of what became of its severed lower half, the destroyer’s fury swallowed the world whole.

However, the target of its rage was wrong. Only after realizing that fact late did the dragon regain its sanity.This chapter is updated first at novelрing.com.

"Are you alright?"

"Forgive me, Teacher. It is due to my inadequacy..."

"Raise your head. It was I who ordered you to hold out."

Even though the destroyer’s fury swallowed the world, unscathed beings remained. Two of them, no less.

One was Aris, and the other was... a person I had never seen before.

Judging by the frame, he was definitely a man, but his long flowing hair was striking.

Along with that, he wore black robes harmoniously accented with crimson.

His attire was also distinctly different from Aris’s. While Aris wore Western-style armor, the newly appeared man dressed in Eastern style.

’More importantly, in his hand... a bow?’

Lastly, he held a bow tightly in his right hand. It appeared worn, as if used for a long time.

If only I could see his face, but he had his back turned, which was a real shame.

"Did you attempt to speak with them?"

"I made several requests, but they refused."

"Very well. Let us return."

"Yes."

A person whom even Aris obeyed. I had a rough idea of who he might be.

Since he had often been mentioned as Teacher or That Person.

[Turning your back... How dare you!]

Kieeeeng!

In the meantime, having somewhat regained its senses, the dragon prepared a Breath.

A powerful aura gathered from its Dragon Heart, just like before.

Turning one’s back in the middle of battle was clear proof of utter contempt.

As a dragon, it was no surprise it flew into a rage up to the tip of its horns.

Kwaaaa!!!

Even if its lower body was cut off entirely, did it not matter as long as its Dragon Heart was fine?

A laser Breath of unprecedented power shot toward the black-robed man.

The man took no action until the laser was right in front of his nose. He simply—

Seueuk—

Lightly raised his hand while still keeping his back turned.

Calling it insane wouldn’t be wrong, but he had his own reasons.

Kwakwakwakwa!!!

The moment the laser touched the man’s hand, an incredible sight occurred.

Taking his hand as the focal point, the laser split into several streams and flowed right past him.

When even Aris could only gather her energy to block it at best, this man warded it off with a single hand.

Kwakwakang! Kwakang!

The strength of the split laser streams was truly shocking.

It possessed enough power to cause tectonic shifts beyond splitting the ground.

The man blocked an attack condensing such power with merely one hand.

[What...!]

Just as even the dragon fell into utter shock, the man launched his counterattack.

After nocking an arrow onto the bow held tightly in his hand, he finally turned around.

Although his face couldn’t be seen clearly due to his long, flowing hair...

Kkigik!

That glare, looking at the dragon as if it were mere ’prey’, could never be forgotten.

Piing!

Leaving the bowstring, the arrow shot toward the dragon.

Compared to the laser, it was a shabby-looking arrow, but the dragon felt it vividly.

If it failed to block that, its entire body would be torn to pieces.

Not as a destroyer, but as a living organism, pure ’fear’ flooded its mind.

[Curse it...!]

It was too late to fire a laser, so now it had to face it physically.

The flying arrow moved far too fast, leaving no room to cast magic.

The dragon hastily raised its hand to block it, but...

Kwaddeuddeuk!

The arrow effortlessly shot right through the dragon’s hand.

On top of that, its forepaw was torn to shreds, just as it had instinctively feared.

Before it could even register the pain, the arrow flew precisely toward the dragon’s heart—

Kwaddeuddeuk!

[Kuaaaaaa!!]

It pierced through the tough hide and embedded itself right in the massive heart.

The dragon’s weakness, and its true core—the Dragon Heart. It had taken a direct, fatal hit.

Koong!

Losing all strength, the dragon crashed to the ground.

Massive organs spilled out from the torso it had barely been holding together.

Even amidst that bizarre pain, the dragon slowly raised its head to gaze upon the being that inflicted this humiliation.

"Let us return. It is already too late."

"But that creature..."

"I shall entrust it to the Sentinel."

However, he didn’t pay the slightest attention to this side.

As if he had far more urgent business, he took Aris and departed.

[Urrrgh...]

If its Dragon Heart were intact, it could heal. But its condition was far too dire.

Furthermore, whatever was done to that arrow prevented it from managing its Dragon Heart properly.

Whenever it tried to cast anything, the arrow drained its energy every single time. It had been thoroughly defeated.

[Someday... again...]

It swore vengeance.

The dragon’s consciousness ended there.

And the world gradually began to be painted in black.

Just as I wondered if my own existence was ending like this as well—

[Are you alright?]

"..."

[It seems you are coming to your senses.]

A familiar suit of armor entered my sight.