I Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 567

What comes to mind first in the Dangun myth?

None other than Ungnyeo, the bear who ate only mugwort and garlic for 100 days in a cave and became human.

Myths where animals became human can be found in many places besides the Dangun myth.

’But these guys turned into humans without even eating mugwort and garlic.’

I looked at the gorilla brothers, who seemed to have evolved a step further as a species after eating the Dragon Heart.

Originally, like gorillas, they had practically no bridge to their noses, but now the bridge of their noses had risen and the shape of their foreheads had changed, making their appearance closer to that of a human.

Instead, they were hairy just the same. Literally only their faces and bodily structures had become closer to humans.

They were truly close to the image of Sun Wukong commonly depicted in popular media. Putting a gold crown on their heads would make them look identical.

"Master. I’m in big trouble."

"What is it?"

"My arms don’t touch the ground."

"Mine don’t touch either, Master. How did this happen?"

Because they had gotten closer to a human body, the length of their limbs naturally changed as well.

Originally, gorillas had a bodily structure where they moved while resting both arms on the ground.

But now, closer to humans, they had to hunch their backs awkwardly to rest their fists on the ground.

Even usually, they had displayed speech and behavior close to humans, but now they had truly become humans.

’Did they evolve closer to Homo erectus rather than Homo sapiens...?’

Leaving the brothers behind, I looked at the rest of the group.

Not to mention the kids, even Ludwig and Bbareumbo showed no particular changes.

Right now, except for my mana increasing nearly 2 to 3 times, nothing had changed for me either.

’If nothing else, Bbareumbo having no changes is surprising.’

Rather than forcibly pulling up evolution, it seemed to play the role of smoothly breaking through walls.

Perhaps Bbareumbo had no changes because he was already close to a complete entity as a ’sloth.’

On the other hand, the gorilla brothers were originally in a state that had developed close to humans. This point was noteworthy.

’Lackey living at the Shelter usually ate a lot of things, so sure. But that wasn’t the case for Dolsoe.’

Rather than how much mana one possessed, the key factor was likely how close one was to the next evolutionary stage.

Should I call it a difference in aptitude and qualification? This seemed like something I should discuss with others.

Title) Lackey and Dolsoe became human

Wild Grylls

(Photo of Lackey transformed like Sun Wukong)

(Photo of Dolsoe transformed like Sun Wukong)

(Video of the brothers trying to rest fists on ground, stopping because their lower backs hurt)

(Photo of our cute Wonmo)

Ate a Dragon Heart and turned into humans the next day.

Everyone else is the same, so seeing only these guys change means there’s something to it, right?

My guess is if you eat it when you’re almost at the next evolutionary stage, it forcibly pushes you over.

ㄴ Heavenly Demon) Sir, has anything changed about you?

ㄴ Wild Grylls) Nothing for me. Except my internal energy increased 2 to 3 times?

ㄴ Heavenly Demon) To this lady, that sounds even more amazing. For your internal energy to increase 2 to 3 times is equivalent to a lake turning into an ocean.

ㄴ Wild Grylls) That’s a good thing, right?

ㄴ Heavenly Demon) Of course. By the way, those two Great Apes strongly exude the feel of Sun Wukong. Before long, they might ascend as Great Sages Equal to Heaven.

ㄴ Wild Grylls) Can I be Tang Sanzang then?

ㄴ Heavenly Demon) I have never heard that Tang Sanzang possessed high physical strength.

ㄴ Tang Sanzang (Physical) lolol

ㄴ But seeing his behavior, Lackey really feels like Sun Wukong, full stop

ㄴ But Sun Wukong being born as an albino, the state of it lolol

ㄴ Allfather) With this, one theory has been proven. That the entity evolved from apes is indeed human.

ㄴ Huh? Come to think of it, that’s true?

ㄴ But doesn’t that lack big meaning? Didn’t Grylls find evidence earlier in that lab that gods created several races?

ㄴ That’s true too.

ㄴ Look at them agreeing immediately lololol

I wasn’t particularly interested in evolution theory or creationism.

What was more important was the two brothers adapting to their current bodies.

"Brother. Look at this."

"Ooh. How did you do that?"

"Just do it with the mindset of throwing your body backwards. Then it works."

There was no need to worry. I felt relieved seeing Lackey and Dolsoe doing backflips.

I had thought so before, but their adaptability was superior even to humans.

Even though their bodily structure itself had changed, aside from feeling awkward, there were no problems.

"Walking on just two legs isn’t hard. It’s fascinating."

"However, Brother. There is a problem."

"What problem?"

"Our hands have gotten smaller."

"Oh dear."

...Now that I look, there was a problem. For Dolsoe, who was a martial artist, it was a change in physique akin to a side effect.

Originally, launching a Palm Strike with a huge palm was Dolsoe’s specialty.

However, as he drew closer to human, his hand size naturally shrank as well.

In a way, a lowered weight class. Just as I worried about this, Dolsoe mentioned an advantage in a delighted tone.

"Still, there is an improved aspect. It is easier to execute martial arts."

Exactly: martial arts. Originally, martial arts were techniques optimized for a human body.

Though Blood Demon Wi Ho-chang modified it for Dolsoe, in the end, the optimization itself was suited for a human body.

His weight class was slightly lowered, but his technique was vastly upgraded. In fact, his weight class hadn’t even dropped that much.

’Practically, there are only good points.’

Not only was the martial power of both gorillas standardized upward, but decisively, their ’hands’ had become similar to humans’.Get faster updates on nov‌elping.com.

What did this mean? It became easier to assign them complex tasks that only humans could do.

They were guys who used to find gripping things difficult, but now it was different.

"Boys. Would you try gripping this hammer?"

"Brother. Master’s tone has become kind. Be on guard."

"I know. Still, it is Master’s order, so we must follow."

This guy, Lackey. Spending a long time with me had made him quick on the uptake.

Still, unlike Lackey, Dolsoe had a simple, honest side, so he didn’t care.

Subsequently, the two gorillas carefully gripped the hammer as I requested.

While before there was a feeling of discomfort or awkwardness, now they held it firmly and properly.

’They say the decisive body part separating humans from apes is the thumb.’

In fact, a gorilla’s thumb is very short.

Allfather had told me it couldn’t be helped since they used both fists like feet.

Because of that, they were not specialized in tightly gripping tools like humans.

But now that they had evolved like humans, they would use tools far better than before.

Actually, since they were guys who used tools well even when they were gorillas, I wasn’t worried.

"Now the day has come where I can entrust blacksmith work to you guys."

"Look, Brother. Master’s kindness always has a reason."

Complex tasks were mostly handled by me or Ludwig, while physical labor was handled by the brothers or the Hobgoblins.

But now, heavy lifting could just be left to the Hobgoblins.

"More importantly, you guys need to wear clothes first."

"Must we wear them?"

"Because it’s indecent."

For now, I planned to dress these guys.

Though they were still hairy, perhaps because they evolved into humans, it had thinned significantly.

Especially the groin area, except for a specific part, was bare and hairless, making it very indecent.

At minimum, I planned to make them wear pants. Fortunately, clothes sponsored by the Cheonjam Merchant Guild remained.

"It’ll be uncomfortable from now on, but wear them. If you walk around butt-naked, I’ll kick you out."

"Understood."

"It’s annoying..."

I dressed Lackey and Dolsoe in underwear and clothes. Naturally, the clothes were Chaeyu’s uniforms.

Unlike me, these guys had immunity to bug bites, so short clothes were enough.

The weather right now was gradually approaching summer, so there would be no problem.

Title) Chaeyu fans increased.

Wild Grylls

(Photo 1 of Lackey and Dolsoe in Chaeyu uniforms)

(Photo 2 of Lackey and Dolsoe in Chaeyu uniforms)

(Photo 3 of Lackey and Dolsoe in Chaeyu uniforms)

As of today, I declare that two Sun Wukongs have become Chaeyu fans. Clappity clap clap!

ㄴ Heavenly Demon) Their appearance is Sun Wukong... yet why does it exude such a petty feeling? It is truly fascinating.

ㄴ Doesn’t it look like Sun Wukong just changed into two Beastfolk? ;;

ㄴ Clothes really are important lolol

ㄴ When I saw Ludwig wearing the Chaeyu uniform, he looked like a neighborhood ahjussi too lol

ㄴ Princess Chaenggu) Mmm! Quite wonderful! A club supported even by Sun Wukongs! How marvelous a team!

ㄴ King Reor) Wearing that kind of uniform makes them look weak ;;

ㄴ That’s agreed

ㄴ Can’t you at least make one guy wear a Reor uniform?

ㄴ Princess Chaenggu) Uh-uh! Grylls-nim is like a faithful first wife, so such a thing will never happen! Anyway, I will send you more later!

As soon as I posted the thread, Princess Chaenggu’s reaction flared up just as expected.

King Reor seemed dissatisfied, but well, looks like he’s half-given up by now.

But since King Reor was also steadily giving me help, I didn’t cut off trade.

’He’s just disappointed, not genuinely complaining.’

Seeing as I might receive more uniforms from Princess Chaenggu, I went into analysis.

While it was true the Dragon Heart evolved them, there was a puzzling part.

That was none other than the Immortal Herb. As could be seen from the Hobgoblin example, the Immortal Herb also yielded a similar phenomenon.

However, Lackey and Dolsoe hadn’t changed even after eating the fruit of the World Tree that absorbed the Immortal Herb.

Seeing this, a Goblin evolving into a Hobgoblin seemed to be on a different track.

’I should ask Allfather or Starlight Lady about this.’

Among the fixed handles I knew, no one was as smart as those two.

What was more important was the current status of the fixed handles. Just as the brothers evolved, changes occurred in me and Ludwig too.

First off, for me, it was a simple yet immense effect. As I said earlier, the mana I originally harbored had risen by about 2 to 3 times.

Why couldn’t I be certain? Simple: because even I couldn’t gauge how much it had increased.

’If even I don’t know how much mana I have, that’s serious in its own way.’

That didn’t mean a problem occurred with my Aura Blade. Thanks to the Unity of Self and Object, control itself was possible.

It was just that like an un-drying spring water, it didn’t show signs of depleting. For now, I could skip past this.

"What about you, Ludwig ahjussi?"

"I don’t feel the pressure unique to the Forest of the Four Seasons."

"Then does that mean you can exert full power from now on?"

"Though my leg is still inconvenient, there should be no problem."

Furthermore, even setting me aside, Ludwig was also quite prominent.

He became able to display most of the skill he flaunted outside the Forest of the Four Seasons.

Originally, he could only use up to 50% of his mana, but after consuming the Dragon Heart, he became able to use even more than when he was outside the Forest of the Four Seasons.

Of course, because his leg was still made of Mithril, there were parts that were disappointing.

Still, it was a tremendously satisfying result, making me extremely pleased.

[Heavenly Demon: The change in this lady, you ask? Nothing in particular changed, but I seem to have entered the middle stage of the Profound Realm.]

[Wild Grylls: That’s amazing, right?]

[Heavenly Demon: Even this lady thought remaining at the initial stage of the Profound Realm was the limit. However, upon eating that heart skewer, I immediately broke into the middle stage.]This story is hosted at no‌velping.com.

[Wild Grylls: Then what is the stage after the Profound Realm called?]

[Heavenly Demon: The Realm of Life and Death. However, it is customary for most to achieve Ascension to Immortality before that. It is because the physical body cannot withstand such overly powerful energy.]

A change occurred even for the remarkably strong Heavenly Demon. Moving into the middle stage of the Profound Realm.

It was virtually similar to me. In that case, other fixed handles would be similar.

’Was Sword Matstar in the Transcendent Realm?’

It wasn’t certain, but looking at the posts that person usually made, there were many saying she was at least in the Transcendent Realm.

Spoken in the Western tongue, a Master-level powerhouse. A Master was strong enough to take charge of a portion of a nation’s military power.

Since such a person consumed a Dragon Heart, there would be a major change. Perhaps she might have entered the Profound Realm like the Heavenly Demon.

[Sword Matstar: There wasn’t any particular change for me, though?]

[Wild Grylls: Really?]

[Sword Matstar: Yes. It just increased a lot of mana, and that was it.]

Of course, no such thing happened. Only a very ordinary change occurred.

It was a situation I was already expecting, so I passed it over as no big deal.

[Sword Matstar: But Grylls-nim.]

[Wild Grylls: Yes. What is it?]

[Sword Matstar: By any chance, you don’t dislike women who are too strong, right?]

Just because only mana increased didn’t mean she didn’t become stronger.

In the first place, people tended to use mana capacity as a yardstick for strength.

Even if Sword Matstar’s realm didn’t ascend, her mana capacity itself must have increased vastly.

[Wild Grylls: As long as she’s pretty and has a good personality, I like everything.]

[Sword Matstar: What about feelings like finding it burdensome?]

[Wild Grylls: Rather than burdensome, I feel like I’d live serving her with a feeling of ’she’s more than I deserve.’ As long as we’re sincere with each other, it’s fine.]

[Sword Matstar: Those words. You must cherish them in your heart, okay?]

[Wild Grylls: Before that, I want to get out of here first.]

[Sword Matstar: I will make you come out no matter what means it takes.]

It wasn’t a joke; a declaration where even sternness could be felt from Sword Matstar.

Was she worried about becoming an old maid because she grew too strong, like Ash?

It wasn’t completely nonsensical, so I just let it slide.

’Unless they’re as strong as the Heavenly Demon or Ash, I don’t think there’s any need to mind.’

Suddenly, I wondered which man would actually take those two.

Men comparable to or stronger than them—the only one I could think of was the Mage King Kadir.

Originally, the gender ratio of top powerhouses wasn’t wrecked to this extent. It became like this because the Undead King crisis and the Orthodox-Demonic War broke out.

’Same goes for Asella. But wouldn’t Asella devote herself to Aris?’

Setting aside useless thoughts for a moment, I asked the other fixed handles about their situation.

Fortunately, the situation I was concerned about—meaning a phenomenon close to ’evolution’—didn’t happen to them.

[Praise the Sun: Thanks to it, my stamina increased, my friend. Even if my wives gang up on me together, I’m completely unfazed now.]

[Wild Grylls: That... is a good thing, right?]

[Praise the Sun: Of course. You don’t know because you’re single, but having multiple wives is really tough. Just night duties alone are a struggle, I tell you.]

[Wild Grylls: I don’t plan on having multiple wives.]

[Praise the Sun: We’ll see lol. From my view, it’s rather your wife who won’t be able to handle you. Surely your main wife will demand to bring in concubines.]

[Wild Grylls: I came from a monogamous country.]

[Praise the Sun: That country’s gone now. No reason to feel guilty.]

[Wild Grylls: ;;;]

It was advice and a warning loaded with truth from the wealthy Setan elder brother.

Naturally, that was also a story that applied only after getting outside.

Right now, I was just looking at photos of pretty noonas on the Gallery, so what wife?

I let out a deep sigh and sent a message to the dwarf.

[Passing Dwarf: We’re f*cked.]

[Wild Grylls: Why?]

[Passing Dwarf: No matter how much alcohol I drink and drink, I don’t get drunk.]

[Wild Grylls: That’s good.]

[Passing Dwarf: What’s good about it, sh*t. I drink to get drunk. I have to drink high-proof stuff just to feel tipsy.]

[Wild Grylls: Hahahahaha]

Thanks to the dwarf, I learned one more function. That the liver’s detoxification ability increased vastly.

From the dwarf’s standpoint, it was despairing, but physically speaking, it was great.

The liver was famous for performing many roles in the body. It even had strong regenerative power, making it a dutiful organ.

"Dad. Dad. I’m hungry. Give me food."

"Not yet. There’s still time until lunchtime."

"I didn’t eat enough breakfast. I’m hungry."

"Just endure a little..."

Huh? Wait a second.

Who just said that?

My eyes blinked at the voice entering my ears.

It was definitely not Lackey or Dolsoe’s voice. Their voices were fairly deep.

The voice that just pierced my ears was, how should I put it? It was closer to a young boy pestering.

None of the companions in our Shelter made such a voice. Even Heukgu was close to an elementary schooler whose voice hadn’t broken yet.

"Then give me snacks. Yummy snacks."

"..."

I learned the owner of that voice right away.

Wonmo, who was clinging to my leg and staring up at me intently.

"I’m hungry."

Is this guy trying to become Hwanung?