I Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 63

Regardless of the era, humanity obtained countless resources from nature.

Wood, water, stone, animals, plants, soil, minerals, and so on. There was nothing that wasn’t obtained from nature.

Among them, if ’wood’ was the alpha and omega of human civilization, ’minerals’ were the resources that made humanity even wealthier and stronger.

Starting from iron commonly used in weapons, to luxuries like diamonds and gold, and so on.

Wood was overwhelmingly dominant, but minerals also made an immense contribution to the development of civilization.

Especially as technology advanced and the efficacy of useless minerals was rediscovered, and so on.

The potential of minerals was reevaluated even more with the passage of time.

Guys look at this LOL

(Picture of a stock market chart drenched in blue)

Is mining not doing well lately? Why is it like this haha

└ Why the hell is that happening LOL Did something occur?

└ Heard rumors that a mine shaft collapsed?

└ Why’d it collapse? Don’t they build them sturdy?

└ An Earth Dragon popped out. Caused an earthquake because of that, so it collapsed.

└ Woahhhh

What the hell is this guy;;

(Photo of a goblin wearing a diamond crown)

An abandoned mine turned into a goblin habitat, so we raided it, and a specimen wearing a diamond crown appeared;;

It’s not like goblins did the mining, so what on earth is this?

└ It was a Golden Goblin LOL

└ How do you process that?

└ Naturally, the party that subjugated it gets to keep it. It’s designated by law

└ Imagine if it was fake lol

Selling Mithril.

(Photo of a rock painted green)

Selling Mithril. It’s real.

└ If you’re gonna scam, put some effort into it;;

└ LOL it’s so sloppy it’s mind-boggling

└ How much. I’ll buy for 1 gold.

└ It’s 1000 gold

└ Your conscience is fucking dead LOL

What doesn’t Setan have?

Gold comes out. Diamonds come out. Magic crystals come out. Coal comes out. Et cetera, et cetera, everything comes out. What on earth DOESN’T come out?

└ Praise the Sun: Mithril. Adamantium. Orichalcum. Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Iron. Water.

└ Those are things that don’t come out in other countries either LOL

└ If even those came out, your conscience would be blown wide open LOL

└ Is water scarce because of conscience?

└ Praise the Sun: No? It’s scarce because it genuinely doesn’t come out?

└ LOL

Like this, minerals were frequently on people’s lips.

Whether diamonds came out of some mine, or a rare metal came out, and so on.

Because it was directly and indirectly linked to wealth, one could dream of a jackpot reversal.

Question about the World’s 3 Great Metals

The World’s 3 Great Metals are Mithril, Adamantium, and Orichalcum, right?

If you discover even one of these, can you become filthy rich?

└ Did you find one?

└ No, no, no. I’m going to find one now.

└ Let me know after you find one

└ Okay...

└ Becoming sullen is kinda cute LOL

└ Which of those is the most expensive?

└ All 3 are similar, but lately Orichalcum has gotten fucking expensive.

└ Why? Isn’t Orichalcum just a mineral that’s sensitive to mana?

└ Because of that mana sensitivity, its uses have diversified. You know relay magic? Orichalcum goes into that.

└ It’s a rare mineral, so using it for mere relay magic is a bit;;

└ So there are substitute materials, but the technology is what it is, and they can’t compare to Orichalcum.

└ If you have Orichalcum, doesn’t the relay coverage range become fucking huge?

└ Finding it is the problem.

└ Heavenly Demon: How strange. Why is Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Iron not included?

└ Grandma. Do you even know what Mithril is?

└ Heavenly Demon: This one knows not the language of the Western Kingdoms.

└ Then do you know True Silver?

└ Heavenly Demon: Is it not an iron lighter than steel yet equal to or exceeding it in strength?

└ Yeah, exactly. Orichalcum is True Gold, and Adamantium is Cold Iron.

└ Heavenly Demon: Ultimately, none of them can match Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Iron.

└ Forget it. I won’t bother arguing;;

└ My chest feels suffocated;;

Mithril is much lighter than steel while boasting equal or greater strength.

Adamantium has a weight similar to steel, but its strength is on a whole different dimension.

Lastly, Orichalcum. Orichalcum was a somewhat special mineral.

Its strength was weaker than iron, but it possessed a very prominent characteristic.

Namely, that it was sensitive to mana. If it were simply sensitive, that would be one thing, but as ways to utilize that sensitivity gradually increased, it became even more precious.

Things possible with Orichalcum

Expanding relay magic range. Expanding communication range. Running air conditioners and heaters infinitely. Increasing airship speed, etc.

Though you need Orichalcum for it to be possible, yep

└ Isn’t that just a cheat-code material?

└ Not quite a cheat-code. There are substitute materials. Though making them is fucking expensive.

└ It’s easier to think of it as anything related to mana getting upgraded by several stages.

└ Then where do you get Orichalcum?

└ From places where mana is abundant LOLNew chapters come out on NovelPing first.

That’s roughly it. There sure are a lot.

Looking at the uses of Orichalcum that someone kindly explained, a thought occurred to me.

’Is it like a superconductor?’

Or perhaps it plays a role similar to a semiconductor.

While semiconductors required various materials, Orichalcum performed its role independently.

And at a level that was a superior upgrade at that. It could truly be called a near-omnipotent substance.

└ Wild Grylls: Can I trade this for candy scrap?

└ Passing Dwarf: Want to trade for my beer?

└ Wild Grylls: Fuck off

└ LOL so harsh

└ Even though a dwarf offered beer...

└ Is that really Orichalcum?

└ Wild Grylls: I don’t know either. And it’s not just this; the entire cave had a color similar to this.

└ ??? The ENTIRE cave?

└ Talk about making sense;;

└ Though given it’s him, there was also a mature mandrake habitat, so;;

└ Unlike other minerals, Orichalcum just needs abundant mana.

└ Show us quickly.

└ Wild Grylls: Passing for today. First, how do I prove this is Orichalcum? Do I need to hand it over?

└ Passing Dwarf: The simplest way is to inject mana. If it sparkles brighter after putting in mana, it’s Orichalcum.

└ Wild Grylls: That’s way too simple? Is that it?

└ Passing Dwarf: You have to see how long the light lasts. If it holds for over 12 hours, it’s confirmed.

└ Wild Grylls: If that’s all, I’ll just give it to you. You won’t brew alcohol with this, right?

└ Passing Dwarf: Are you out of your mind? ;;

I decided to give the rock presumed to be Orichalcum to the dwarf.

After all, I had to trade with him soon anyway, and I wasn’t going to mine it with a pickaxe right now.

It just meant an item worth trading like the mature mandrake had popped up.

Furthermore, because it was a mineral rather than a medicinal herb—and a unique mineral at that—there was a somewhat ambiguous feel to it.

’Are the dwarf and Allfather the only people worth trading with? Praise the Sun also seems interested.’

Being a rare mineral, it was naturally bound to be expensive. However, I didn’t need money.

Wouldn’t it be more convenient to craft weapons out of Orichalcum instead?

When that thought came to mind, a question arose, so I wrote a post.

Title: What can you make with Orichalcum?

Wild Grylls

Can you make things like weapons?

└ Most of its uses are magic-related, so it’ll probably be useless to you?

└ It’s very useful in cities, but in the wild, not really?

└ If it were Mithril, you could make armor, but since it’s Orichalcum

└ Trading it for candy scrap is the best option.

└ Wild Grylls: Tsk

So it’s just a raw semiconductor block. Smacking my lips in disappointment, I felt regretful.

I asked if it was impossible to make things like a refrigerator or a washing machine using Orichalcum.

If I had those, the time I could allocate to hunting or Wonmo would drastically increase.

└ It’s not a perpetual motion machine, so where are you gonna get the mana?

└ Wild Grylls: From my body?

└ Passing Dwarf: Just wash your clothes by hand.

└ Wild Grylls: Yeah...

└ LOL

With even the dwarf being so stern, there really was no way.

Just as I was about to postpone decisions related to Orichalcum, helpless to do otherwise.

└ Princess Chaenggu: By any chance, do you have any intention of selling it to me?

It was Princess Chaenggu. An unexpected person made a proposal.

Someone who had only showered me with gifts until now.

After a moment of wonder, I asked Princess Chaenggu what she wanted.

└ Wild Grylls: You gave me clothes, so I’ll give it to you free of charge. But first, I’ll confirm it’s Orichalcum before giving it.

└ Princess Chaenggu: Okay. I’ll wait.

└ Wild Grylls: What are you planning to use it for?

└ Princess Chaenggu: I’m planning to use it for relay magic. When a long time passes, disconnection phenomena occur.

└ Wild Grylls: Can Orichalcum prevent that?

└ Princess Chaenggu: Yes. It catches wave fluctuations well and prevents overheating phenomena.

└ Wild Grylls: Overheating happens in magic too?

Overheating happens in magic as well? I felt a slight sense of doubt.

I thought as long as you had an appropriate spell formula and sufficient mana, you could blast it indefinitely, but apparently not.

└ Princess Chaenggu: Of course! It’s a misconception people have because most magic is single-cast.

└ Wild Grylls: Fascinating. I thought magic could be spammed endlessly.

└ Princess Chaenggu: You know Starlight Lady-nim, right? That lady couldn’t use magic because her body was frail too. It’s similar.

└ Starlight Lady: I can cast it endlessly now!

└ Wild Grylls: Ooh.

I didn’t quite get it, but I realized that magic also suffered from overheating phenomena.

And the mineral that reduced that phenomenon was Orichalcum.

At any rate, the fact remained that it was a good material.

└ Wild Grylls: Anyway, after I trade with the dwarf, I’ll give you some. Starlight Lady-nim, shall I give you one too? I picked up a few.

└ Starlight Lady: Then could I get just one of suitable size? My workshop is old, so it needs maintenance.

└ Wild Grylls: You craft elixirs in that workshop, right?

└ Starlight Lady: Yes. While I’m at it, I plan to make protein supplements as well.

└ Wild Grylls: ;;;

└ She’s fully become a gym rat LOL

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Since things turned out like this, I might as well share one with everyone else too.

Right now I only had enough in hand to give up to Starlight Lady, but they were scattered all over the cave.

Ending the conversation here, I set about preparing a meal.

Rather than smoked dishes, I planned to cook the fish caught in the trap.

’One I’ll eat myself, another I’ll give to Wonmo. The remaining one I’ll clean and give to the dwarf.’

The Inner Core... I planned to store it for the time being.

Heavenly Demon advised ingesting it after at least another week had passed.

By then, I would have fully adapted to the internal cultivation art, so there wouldn’t be any issues.

Until then, key was where to store it.

I heard that the longer an Inner Core is stored, the more mana dissipates into the air.

’For now, let’s put it in an empty bottle.’

The glass bottle left over after drinking the elixir. If I put it in here, wouldn’t it preserve it a bit longer?

Tidying up the Inner Core, I went straight up to the river.

Since Wonmo was still awake, I had no choice but to take him along.

We didn’t stray onto other paths along the way, so no particular accidents occurred.

Splash! Splash!

"Ggyuu! Ggyu!"

"Yeah. Yeah. That’s our lunch."

Wonmo grew immensely excited upon seeing the fish caught in the fish trap.

An expression of being desperate to eat right away.

I retrieved the fish trap whole and returned to the shelter.

A total of 3 fish were trapped in the net. A plentiful amount.

It seemed there wouldn’t be worries about food for the time being. It felt as though quality of life had changed with a single fish trap.

"Chomp-chomp-chomp-chomp!"

Preparing for any contingency, I scooped out only the Inner Core and gave the rest to Wonmo.

Even though he clearly ate a snake earlier, to eat so deliciously like that—a glutton really is a glutton.

’Did they say a bear’s favorite foods are honey and salmon?’

I began eating while indulging in useless thoughts.

Speed Sloth’s meal was taken care of with a fasting pill.

After all meals were finished, I cleaned the remaining fish for Passing Dwarf.

Wild Grylls-nim has registered items for trade.

I put the cleaned fish and Ori-whatever in here.

[Wild Grylls: Is it okay to give you the crabs tomorrow?]

[Passing Dwarf: Yeah, it’s fine.]

Let’s just say I eat one a day.

[Wild Grylls: Thanks. Do you need an Inner Core too?]

[Passing Dwarf: I’ll try brewing liquor with that once.]

;;;

This guy is probably the only one who thinks of brewing booze with an Inner Core.

Having finished trading with the dwarf like that, only one person remained.

Allfather, to whom I handed over the saber-toothed tiger’s heart yesterday. He was a exceptionally quiet person.

’Is he still researching it?’

That might be the case. It wouldn’t be bad to wait until Allfather posted a thread.

Given what he had done for me so far, this much was nothing.

’Rushing him feels wrong too.’

Besides, the tiger’s heart was of little use to me.

Having decided to trade when Allfather arrived, I remembered something I had forgotten.

’Ah. Right. The door.’

I turned my gaze to Wonmo, who was comfortably sprawled out and sleeping on the mat.

Since he might escape again while I was away, I intended to install iron bars at the entrance.

’A size that roughly blocks the entrance yet is easy for me to move.’

Wondering if such a thing existed, I searched the marketplace.

Because the owlbear had thrown a rampage, making the cave entrance wide, a large one was necessary.

’Instead of iron railings, there are iron bars.’

This should be plenty. Coincidentally, the size was a perfect fit.

I moved, attached, and repeated with the iron bars installed at the entrance.

Since Wonmo might knock them down with a body slam, I didn’t forget to make wooden supports either.

’Mm. Perfect.’

Looking at the iron bars completely obscuring the entrance, a sense of pride washed over me.

Runaway incidents would no longer occur.

Now all that remained was waiting for the dwarf’s post.

If the ore obtained this time was proven to be Orichalcum, I just had to give one each to Princess Chaenggu and Starlight Lady.

’Wait, this guy didn’t forget because he was busy drinking, right?’

And just as Grylls feared.

"Kyah! This is truly delicious! It literally melts in your mouth! Where’d you get this?"

"Burp. It’s no fun if I tell you. Here. Mandrake infused liquor. Let me drink ourselves to death today."

"To think that the more I drink, the more energy wells up. I’ve never tasted liquor like this before."

"You know what’s even more amazing?"

"What is it?"

"That it’s not an illusion; the more you drink, the healthier you actually get!"

"Ooh! Truly the divine liquor of the gods!"

In Mountain, a dwarf drinking party was taking place in broad daylight.

It was a daily life that was supremely dwarven.

And.

"Aigoo. Why do I suddenly hurt?"

"D-Did I drink too much booze? Burp."