I Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 648

In Australia, where not only animals but even insects are larger than a palm, there exists a walking fine.

A size about that of a cat or a small dog, subtly fluffy fur, and an appearance overflowing with loveliness.

All of this combined made it exceptionally popular among tourists, and thus, an animal strictly managed even by the Australian government.

"Master. Is this fellow not afraid of us?"

"Rather than that, I think it’s just because it has a very friendly nature."

That was none other than the Quokka, and I was sharing food with such a cutie.

The fellow, with its plump body and the most harmless smile in the world, readily approached us.

Since it was the Forest of the Four Seasons, small animals were objects of vigilance, but this one was the opposite.

"Cain-ssi. Did it really just come here on its own?"

[Indeed. It seems to have been drawn by the warmth of the campfire.]

It had approached us, completely breaking down even the vigilance of Cain, who was on night watch.

Although Quokkas are known to be as friendly as capybaras, I never expected it to be to this extent.

ㄴHeavenly Demon) It is a cuteness comparable to Wonmo.

ㄴSword Matstar) Still, I think Wonmo is cuter.

ㄴDon’t Abandon the Hero) Me too!

ㄴStarlight Lady) Honestly, I think Wonmo’s cuteness is unbeatable.

ㄴPassing Dwarf) Wow. Look at that plump belly. I want to blow raspberries on it buuuuuk~ lol

ㄴSmart Demon) Wouldn’t it scratch your eyes out if you did that?

ㄴAllfather) It is a creature I am seeing for the first time. Could it be an animal that exists only in the Forest of the Four Seasons, like Largo?

Also, the Quokka seemed to be an animal that exists only in the Forest of the Four Seasons, like Kirin and Largo.

I smiled at the sight of the Quokka neatly eating a Fasting Pill, but after a moment, a question arose.

’No matter how friendly it is, traveling alone must be extremely dangerous... Does it have some hidden ability?’

There is something I have constantly emphasized. In the Forest of the Four Seasons, small animals are more dangerous than large ones.

Although this Quokka is armed with cuteness, there is a high probability that it possesses a hidden ability.

Although it hasn’t revealed that ability right now because it holds goodwill toward us, there is a need to be cautious.

"Is it delicious?"

"Uing!"

When I asked the Quokka, which was eating with omnyomnyom sounds, it raised a thumbs-up.

It looked like a photo I used to see on the internet in the past, bringing a natural smile to my face, but we also had work to do.

Sitting idly like this made no sense. So, we packed up camp and moved our feet.

"Why are you following us?"

"Uing."

"It says it’s bored."

But this walking fine of a fellow followed us closely.

Whether it was because I gave it a Fasting Pill or out of simple curiosity, I couldn’t tell.

Since it was a fellow that lived in the Forest of the Four Seasons, there was probably no need to protect it separately.

Besides, it would take at least another day to reach the intermediate destination, so there was some leeway.

"Dad. What’s its name?"

Whether they had gotten close in that short time, Wonmo pulled at my trouser hem and asked.

Looking down, Wonmo was staring up at me with his characteristic blank expression.

’As expected, our Wonmo is cuter than a Quokka.’

This would never change in the future, even after Wonmo fully grew up.

Still, if possible, I hoped he would stay in this form.

"It doesn’t have a name. Do you want to give it one, Wonmo?"

"I’ll just call it Friend."

"Go ahead."

To think they’re already friends, Wonmo also has a very strong friendly nature.

I smiled warmly as I watched Wonmo chattering with the Quokka.

Not only Wonmo, but Tyranno also slinked over. Tyranno, who was highly wary of outsiders, approached after realizing the Quokka was harmless.

"Aren’t you going?"

"Hmph. I’m not a kid."

When I asked Heukgu, who lived in my shadow, a coy response came back.

Well, that didn’t last long either. He said so, but his shadow was creeping forward.

There was no particular problem, so I left him be and moved on. Giving them food whenever we rested or ate in between was a bonus.

’At this rate, it feels like it’s going to follow us all the way to my house.’

Of course, I couldn’t let a creature whose abilities I didn’t even know into my house.

Who knows? It might be hiding a terrifying power inside that cute appearance.

For now, it was smoothing things over with friendliness, but completely letting down my guard was a different story.

"Omnyomnyom."

"You eat well."

It was even a glutton no less than Wonmo. It plucked and deliciously ate every single leaf in the vicinity.New chapters come out on nоvelping.com first.

It was a relief that it was a herbivore. If it had clamored for meat like Wonmo, our food supply wouldn’t have lasted.

"Why is it so plump when it only eats vegetables?"

"Elephants also only eat leaves, yet they have that size, Master."

"That is a truly wise statement."

While sharing useless conversations in between, evening approached once again before we knew it.

There were no dangerous animals ambushing us along the way, nor did the environment itself go haywire.

That made me even more concerned. Since we didn’t have a compass, going in one direction was difficult.

Ultimately, I had no choice but to go based on my intuition, but since it was a forest, we could end up going in circles.

"Maengkkong-ah. There weren’t any strange sounds, right?"

"Bpiyung."

I wondered if we were possessed by the forest, but that wasn’t it either. We might have really lost our way.

If that were the case, it would have been a real headache, but fortunately, the Quokka provided timely help.

"Uiing."

"You’re saying we should go this way?"

When I asked the Quokka where the giant scorpion was, the fellow pointed with its finger.

Like the mole, it seemed the animals living in the Forest of the Four Seasons had some sort of biological compass.

Or maybe they knew specific terrains well from wandering around every nook and cranny of the forest.

’How does this guy know the scorpion’s location?’

I questioned the Quokka’s ability for a brief moment, then moved in the direction it pointed.

Then, the terrain also changed slightly, with the trees of the forest noticeably decreasing.

As the trees decreased, naturally only hard rocks became abundant. It wouldn’t be out of place to call it a rocky zone rather than a forest.

"Master. Look at that."

"What is that? A tail?"

And in various places of that rocky zone, some tails were abruptly sticking out.

A size that made it obvious they were scorpion tails even at a glance. There wasn’t just one, but several.

There was nothing good about touching them for no reason, but we had already set foot in the rocky zone.

Chwaaaak!

From beneath the rocks, scorpions as large as an adult man’s torso popped out in droves.

They were only large in size; their appearance itself was no different from ordinary scorpions.

Jiiiiing!

From the tails that should originally contain poison...

Kwaaaang!!!

...Until they fired intense lasers, that is.

It wasn’t even an ordinary laser, but a purple-glowing laser. It seemed to contain poison.

"Everyone, scatter and deal with them!"

[Heeup!]

But by our standards, they were nothing more than trash mobs. At my command, Cain began to sweep through the area far and wide.

Even if it was a large scorpion, it was meaningless in front of a horse endowed with poison resistance.

Moreover, just by Dolsoe throwing a few Palm Strikes, the scorpions were swept away in heaps.

The only ones to worry about were the children, especially the Quokka, but...

Kwadudeuk!

"Wow! You’re strong!"

"Uhihi!"

Seeing the Quokka literally tearing a scorpion in half, I could rest easy.

As expected of an animal from the Forest of the Four Seasons. A ferocious beast was hidden inside that friendly face.

Especially impressive was how it grabbed a scorpion’s tail and swung it like a flail.

A sight showing how long it had survived in the Forest of the Four Seasons.

Kukwagwang!!!

While the scorpions were being defeated in various ways like this, their leader made an appearance.

The ground shook slightly, and a scorpion far larger than an elephant revealed itself.

No, the pincers themselves were the size of an elephant. This was fitting for a ruler dominating a part of the Forest of the Four Seasons.

Wiiiiing—

’I should do something about that tail first.’

The tail, which could be called the symbol of a scorpion. A bizarre movement was detected from that tail.

The moment I saw it, I immediately went into action. It would be best to just throw myself in and check.

Kwaak!

"Ugh?!"

But this guy, despite its massive size, is ridiculously fast.

Did it not catch me with its pincers just as I charged?

It didn’t take long before it put me into its mouth, which was bristling with vicious teeth like a lotus.

Kwaaaaak!

"Ugeugeuk!"

Perhaps because the teeth closed in from all sides, enduring was harder than expected.

But the mouth is the weakness of all animals. I forced its mouth open and plunged the Sword of the Heavenly Demon straight into it.This chapter was copied from nove‌lping.com without permission.

Unlike the hard-looking outer shell, the inside was tender flesh, so it pierced easily.

"Kiiiiiiik!"

The scorpion shrieked and spat me out of its mouth. It was a relief that I had deployed my Body-Protecting Gangqi, but slimy saliva got smeared everywhere, making it feel very unpleasant.

Meanwhile, Cain, who was relatively free among the party, charged at the scorpion’s leg.

Soon, he swung the coffin bound in chains like a flail and struck the leg directly.

Kwang!

Surprisingly, the scorpion’s leg was fine. To be precise, it just cracked slightly.

Apparently, the outer shell was harder than expected. And this gave the scorpion an opening to counterattack.

Wiiiiing!

The tip of the scorpion’s tail spun like a drill, and soon, an intense light began to wrap around it.

It was an unusual sight even at a glance. At this, I shouted to the party.

"Everyone, dodge!"

Kwagagagwa!!!

The moment those words ended, an intense light erupted from the scorpion’s tail.

The other baby scorpions (the size of an adult’s torso) had their beams cut off in the middle, but the mother’s was on a different level.

It didn’t cut off at all and continued as if drawing a line. Fortunately, perhaps because it was difficult for it to control, the beam shook from time to time.

The problem was...

"Dodge!"

That the Quokka was in the middle of its path. The Quokka itself stood still, as if its body had frozen.

It was too late for me to save it myself. Just when I thought this was the end...

"No!"

Wonmo rushed in and pushed the Quokka away. The Quokka’s bewildered reaction was a bonus.

But if this happened, Wonmo was the one in danger.

Kwagawang!

The laser grazed past, and a massive explosion occurred, engulfing Wonmo. At the same time, I could vividly feel it.

That the weight of Bbareumbo, who had been hanging on my back, had disappeared. Sure enough...

As the dust cleared, I could see Bbareumbo had evacuated Wonmo to a safe place.

"Phew..."

I breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this, but the battle was not yet over.

Above all, I had to check the Quokka’s condition as well. Realizing this, I looked around.

But strangely, the Quokka was nowhere to be seen.

Just as I wondered where it had gone, a sound came from the scorpion’s side.

"Ki, kiiiii...!"

It was a sound filled with terror. Having dealt with numerous animals so far, I could distinguish it.

Turning my head at that sound, what do you know? The tiny Quokka was toddling toward the scorpion.

It was an infinitely harmless sight, but that appearance didn’t last long before changing 180 degrees.

Uduk! Ududuk!

The sound of bones and muscles twisting entered my ears. The source of that noise was the Quokka.

The Quokka’s body seemed to deform slightly, and did its size not gradually grow larger?

Before long, its size became larger than the giant scorpion’s pincers, and soon it grew massive enough to block even the sun.

A size that required tilting my head back as far as possible to look up. Its back was so truly grand and beautiful that I could only gape.

Kwagagagwa!

Whether it instinctively felt the crisis, the giant scorpion began to dig into the ground and flee.

The bastard had also instinctively realized. That even if it died and came back to life, it could never defeat the Quokka (?).

But that was a choice made too late.

Kwaak!

The Quokka grabbed the tail of the fleeing scorpion and lifted it up just like that.

The giant scorpion hung dangling, looking just like a claw machine prize. Thanks to that, I realized just how massive the Quokka’s size was.

This alone was shocking enough, but the Forest of the Four Seasons surprised me even more.

Ujikeun! Ujijik! Kkwajik!

It was crumpling it. It was crumpling it like paper.

It sounds like a crazy story, but it was all true. The Quokka was crumpling the giant scorpion with its bare hands.

As if crushing a can.

A crazy show of strength was unfolding before my eyes.

Ppeong!!

The Quokka kicked away the scorpion, which had been crumpled like a ball.

The giant scorpion disappeared, becoming a star in the sky, showing how powerful that force was. I couldn’t believe it even seeing it with my own eyes.

Thus, all situations came to an end, and the giant Quokka turned around to look at us.

"Uing."

Its face was still incomparably cute.