I Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 570

The Forest of the Four Seasons is located right in the geographical center, enough that it could be called the center of the world.

Therefore, it bordered numerous nations, and people strove to somehow pass through the Forest of the Four Seasons.

However, every time yielded only miserable results, and it ultimately remained a demon realm impossible to traverse with current technology.

As it remained a demon realm, felons with nowhere to go tended heavily to choose it as their sanctuary of last resort.

Indeed, in the past, wasn’t a creature presumed to be a mutated vile serial killer discovered by Grylls?

Thus, had it not been for Grylls’s existence, the probability was high that the Forest of the Four Seasons would have remained an eternal mystery.

For entering from the outside was equivalent to throwing away one’s life.

Unless one was blessed with heavenly luck like Ludwig or Gu-chil, it was impossible to know where one would drop.

"Aris-isiyeo..."

However, today a phenomenon unfolded where that difficulty level would lower slightly—no, drastically.

The entrance to the Forest of the Four Seasons, which originally should have had colorful auroras veiling the beyond like a curtain.

That scene had been so beautiful that there were even people who walked forward as if bewitched.

"Hero-nim. Be careful. An unexpected situation may unfold."

"It is a forest that looks as if even darkness itself would be swallowed whole."

However, today that common sense was shattered completely. Even while listening to the retainers’ warnings, Asella focused on what lay before her eyes.

The entrance to the Forest of the Four Seasons, where the auroras were nowhere to be seen. Far from auroras, as the retainer said, pitch darkness stretched out as if ready to swallow even darkness itself.

’I wonder if the location of the Ducal Lady’s laboratory is like this too?’

This was not the lab of Selena’s group, but another entrance.

Since Asella had ordered them not to approach Selena’s party’s laboratory.

’Could this also be because of Grylls-nim?’

The timing was far too coincidental.

After Grylls’s past became known to everyone, the World Tree’s leaves fluttered beautifully.

Immediately after, news arrived that the Forest of the Four Seasons had been partially opened, leading to the current situation.

Asella pondered what to do, then spoke to the retainers and Paladins accompanying her.

"First, I will check other locations. All of you, carefully..."

Chwareureuk!

It was while Asella was giving instructions. Creepy tentacles shot out from the dark entrance.

While the Paladins panicked at the sudden attack and failed to cope, Asella was different.

Her eyes narrowed, and she instantly drew the Holy Sword to slice through the black tentacles.

Seogeok!

Asella cut down the tentacles extending toward the Paladins. Her Aura Blade had grown noticeably stronger than before.

Though she didn’t smash walls like a certain someone, she had grown by a large margin.

’It doesn’t feel like slicing formless energy.’

She stared down at the tentacle fragment that fell to the ground.

A fragment that squirmed before going limp.

It called to mind the tentacle of a cephalopod, but felt even stickier than that.

"Everyone, fall back!"

Chwaak!

Asella unleashed her Sword Qi as she shouted. A Sword Qi of tremendous scale, as if to slash the entire forest.

Soon, that Sword Qi flew straight toward the darkness engulfing the forest.

Seogeok!

[Keeeek!]

When the Sword Qi struck, a monstrous screech rang out from deep inside the forest.

Following that, the darkness blanketing the entire forest cleared little by little, revealing a massive maw.

A mouth with distinct teeth similar to human teeth. An unheard-of kind of monster.

Kkumul-kkumul!

The slimy black monster squirmed repeatedly.

Then, as if instinctively sensing that Asella was dangerous, it even retreated back in a hurry.

When the monster that covered the entire forest in sticky slime disappeared, the gaunt forest finally revealed itself.

It seemed it was a type that dug traps and waited. Asella exhaled a breath.

"That was nearly dangerous. Is anyone hurt..."

"Hero-nim! On the ground...!"

The ground? Asella looked down at the ground at the Paladin’s shout.

To be precise, it was the spot where the fragment cut off earlier had fallen.

Kkumul-kkumul!

Astonishingly, black energy was spreading like a plague centering around that fragment.

Not even a few minutes had passed, yet the speed at which the black slime spread was alarming.

Fortunately, it didn’t directly harm Asella, but leaving it unattended like this was out of the question.

While she was contemplating what to do, something suddenly occurred to her.

"Oil! Is there any oil! We also need fire!"

"H-Here it is!"This chapter is updated first at nоvelping.com.

Fortunately, there was a Paladin who had brought oil just in case.

Asella poured oil over the black energy spreading like a plague.

Following up by setting it on fire, only then did the black slime gradually disappear.

Fitting for a liquid, it seemed vulnerable to fire. Realizing this, Asella stared at the forest entrance.

’Fortunately, it seems only severed fragments spread like a plague.’

The forest engulfed by the unidentified monster was beyond gaunt; most of it had withered away.

It seemed to spread to the surroundings using life as a kind of firewood.

"All of you, please guard this spot. I will go inspect other entrances."

"It is dangerous. At least one or two of us..."

"It is fine. And everyone, immediately post this fact to the Gallery. Please check if other places are like this as well."

As mentioned before, the Forest of the Four Seasons is situated in the center of the world.

Since it borders numerous nations, it must be thoroughly examined whether other places are experiencing this as well.

If it was only the Holy Kingdom of Avalon, it didn’t matter. They only needed to manage this side thoroughly.

However, if the Forest of the Four Seasons had opened in other nations too, that would be a different story.

’We reported it quickly, so we are lucky. But other places will be different.’

The capital of the Holy Kingdom and the entrance to the Forest of the Four Seasons were very close. That was why Selena’s party could set up a lab.

However, in most other countries, the forest was far removed from the capital. No matter how fast their administrative capacity was, judgment would inevitably be delayed.

Therefore, monsters residing in the Forest of the Four Seasons, like that unidentified monster just now, could emerge outside.

’If it’s a large or eye-catching entity, that would actually be fortunate. If it’s a small entity...’

Even Grylls always kept something in mind. It was like a maxim.

In the Forest of the Four Seasons, huge ones are easy to deal with. Rather, the small ones are tricky to deal with.

Since small ones possessed all sorts of bizarre abilities, they excelled at creating variables.

Most of them were powerful enough to threaten Grylls’s life. If even Grylls was like that, how much worse would it be for ordinary people?

"Phew."

Asella reached the building where the outline of the laboratory was gradually coming into view.

Behind it, the entrance of the Forest of the Four Seasons, where auroras spread out, was revealed.

Fortunately, it seemed that the entire entrance of the Forest of the Four Seasons had not been opened.

’I cannot be relieved. Whether only a part is opening, or whether that place closes and another place opens.’

Just as it opened out of nowhere, it could close out of nowhere. And another place might open up.

It was proper to calculate by compiling every possible case available.

After thoroughly inspecting other entrances, Asella returned to the area where the Forest of the Four Seasons had opened.

"First, kill anything that comes out of here without exception. If a dangerous situation arises, launch a signal flare."

"Understood. What happened to other locations?"

"It seems only this place was opened. Still, there are places I couldn’t visit in time, so we need to exercise caution."

After making requests and giving instructions to the remaining personnel, Asella immediately returned to the Holy Kingdom.

This incident could become something greater than a national disaster. Therefore, she had no choice but to urgently issue an administrative order.

’If other places were opened too, it’s only a matter of time before this fact becomes known. We must hurry to gather citizens and inform them of the current situation.’

The Holy Kingdom was currently sailing smoothly like a ship with tailwinds.

A situation where even cultural exchange had begun recently through the summit meeting with Mephisto.

It was a situation that couldn’t be better, yet this incident ruined the mood—nay, completely overturned everything.

’If only we could use this to our advantage, but...’

As could be seen from Grylls’s survival log, various precious things existed in the Forest of the Four Seasons.

Starting from medicinal herbs and Inner Cores that were worth whatever price was named, to rare minerals that would cause even the economy to fluctuate the moment they hit the market.

Taking it a step further, mythic beings that would cause massive waves in the research world.

The Forest of the Four Seasons was a place brimming with endless potential, and there was only one person who had explored it and shown results.

’Perhaps Grylls-nim might be able to come out sooner than expected.’

Even now, Selena’s group had shown their own progress through research.

However, genius as they were, it was inevitable that they would fall short compared to the whole world putting their heads together.

If this fact became widely known, research on the Forest of the Four Seasons would increase drastically.

’However...’

It wasn’t that there were no uneasy points. Namely, Grylls’s existence itself.

The entrance of the Forest of the Four Seasons unlocked as if it had been waiting the moment he approached the World Tree.

It had the appearance of releasing a ’seal,’ making it difficult even for Asella to guess.

If by any chance, when Grylls came outside, the entire Forest of the Four Seasons was unsealed?

Could humanity truly stop the beings inside there? Monsters active during the Mythic Age would go on a rampage right away!

’Wait. Mythic Age?’

Mentioning the Mythic Age brought a terrifying assumption to mind.

The gods shoved the dragons of the Mythic Age into the Forest of the Four Seasons.

What if a few of these dragons came out of the Forest of the Four Seasons?

Dragons of the Mythic Age were entities even gods could not kill completely, effectively ending at a level of seals.

Even just Vanir, who was interacting with Grylls right now, was dizzying to imagine.Visit novelpi​ng.com for the full chapter.

’Not yet... it’s not time yet. First, confirming whether the entrance is permanent takes priority.’

Asella hurriedly brushed the worst-case scenario out of her head.

Handling immediate tasks was right rather than the distant future.

Even if Grylls caused a massive accident, she would humbly accept it.

’The Gallery has picked up heat too.’

Was it because it was a situation that couldn’t be easily brushed off?

Users realizing that it wasn’t mere bait, but an actual situation, gradually began to increase.

Seeing this, leaders of other countries would probably issue urgent orders as well. She breathed a sigh of relief.

’The problem is that the entrance to the Forest of the Four Seasons might open in undeveloped regions.’

Developed regions—that is, near towns or cities—could be defended to some extent.

The real problem lay in undeveloped areas. If the entrance to the Forest of the Four Seasons opened there, they wouldn’t even be able to lift a finger.

Before long, rather than nation to nation, the whole world might hold a summit meeting. Such a prediction came to her.

Soon, Asella executed everything she could do to prevent accidents in advance.

About three hours passed like that. The retainer guarding the open entrance according to her order sent a messenger.

"What? The Forest of the Four Seasons closed again?"

"Yes. Auroras formed again, and it returned to its original state as is."

"Phew..."

The entrance to the Forest of the Four Seasons closed back up. At that news, Asella let out a sigh of relief.

She had roughly expected it, but it seemed it wasn’t opening permanently.

However, there was no telling when it would open again. At this, Asella requested of the messenger,

"Tell them to keep monitoring as I will send more Paladins. We don’t know when it might open again."

"Understood."

Asella handed a communication orb over to the messenger.

It was an item she couldn’t prepare earlier due to rushing.

This way, she could receive real-time reports without having to send a messenger every time.

’For now it ends at a monitoring level, but if we’re lucky, we might be able to conduct various experiments.’

The Forest of the Four Seasons was a place akin to a double-edged sword.

The problem was that it was too extreme. Even just now, the worst-case scenario almost broke out.

Asella exhaled a long sigh and leaned back in her chair.

Issuing administrative orders in a rush made her feel completely drained.

While taking a brief rest, she thought about offering a prayer to Aris, but then quietly accessed the Gallery.

To see what Grylls, presumed to have caused this incident, was doing.

Title) The entrance to the Forest of the Four Seasons opened?

(Photo of silly Wonmo)

Does that mean I can go outside now?

ㄴHeavenly Demon) I hear it has closed again.

ㄴWild Grylls) Why?

ㄴHeavenly Demon) Even if you ask this one, no answer will come.

ㄴSword Matstar) But did it really open for real?

ㄴThey say it’s still being confirmed, so not sure.

ㄴSeeing that even the Hero was photographed, maybe it’s true?

ㄴIf it really opened, isn’t the country fucked lolol

ㄴImagine a guy like Grylls coming out from inside. Terrifying just thinking about it lolol

ㄴWild Grylls) No, what’s wrong with me? Rather than that, the guys I’ve run into coming out is way scarier.

ㄴGuys like Mad Dog aren’t that scary though lol

ㄴfr lolol Wish only guys like that came out.

Grylls seemed confused as well. He would probably send a message soon.

Just when she thought doing her tasks until then would be fine, a certain post caught her eye.

Title) The entrance to the Forest of the Four Seasons opened?

Let’s Grow Trees

Then I gotta go plant trees right away!

ㄴLook at this crazy elf;;

ㄴLiterally obsessed with planting trees fr

ㄴBut I’m scared those elf bastards might actually do that;;

ㄴDoes Alfheim border the Forest of the Four Seasons?

ㄴYup, so does Mountain.

"...."

It was a post that left even Asella utterly speechless.