I Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 780

Although I exchanged various opinions with Lucas, nothing definitive came out of it.

Whether the ashes in the urn were truly the Chief God’s, where on earth Aris had headed, and so on.

The only harvest was the Bow of the Lord God, which I wouldn’t even be able to use properly for the foreseeable future.

In the end, I had no choice but to set out on an exploration again, and the goal remained unchanged.

The Tower of Babel, which Aragon was said to have invented to temporarily unify all languages—namely, the Gallery.

The Tower of Babel was essentially the Gallery’s server, where countless records were stored.

An object highly familiar not only to the people of this world but also to me.

Although it was said to have naturally spread when the gods arrived in this world, there were more than a few strange aspects.

’The World Tree doesn’t act as the Gallery server, but rather plays a role closer to a transmission tower.’

That was why the Gallery could be used even outside.

If the World Tree hadn’t existed, the history of this world would have changed drastically.

Already, a few geniuses had figured out that the World Tree was the backbone of the Gallery, but they didn’t know anything beyond that.

To figure this out, one had to enter the Forest of the Four Seasons, but before my appearance, entering the Forest of the Four Seasons was akin to suicide.

"You really don’t know where the Gallery server is? Since you’re the blacksmith, wouldn’t you have built it together when it was set up?"

[Even if I knew, would you be able to reach it?]

"So you do know."

At my words, Lucas gulped down his beer as if not denying it.

Last time, he had talked about it in a vague ’there is such a thing~’ way, but now was different.

If I thought about it, as the God of Blacksmiths, Lucas must have installed various structures under the Chief God’s orders.

"Can we reach it with a coordinate device?"

[No way. The Gallery server is top secret among top secrets. It’s a similar principle to military facilities not showing up on GPS.]

"We don’t even have a map here."

[So it means it’s like finding a needle in a desert. Even if it’s built like a tower, it would blend in with the surrounding environment, making it hard to find.]

"Tch..."

In the end, searching for traces one by one was the best we could do.

"Is there perhaps a way to find it through the World Tree?"

It was then. Elia, who had been listening quietly, asked cautiously.

Previously, she would stay quiet until given permission, but today she was proactive.

[A way to find it through the World Tree? What on earth does that mean?]

"Because thanks to the World Tree at Grylls-nim’s residence, we became able to access the Gallery!"

[Ah. That? If you had the skills to reach Aragon’s level... or at least just below it, it would be possible. Since you’d just have to reverse-track the signal the World Tree receives from the Tower of Babel.]

"Mmm... I see."

Elia became gloomy at the ’keep dreaming’ response.

What Lucas mentioned was a technology close to ’hacking’, and such technology barely existed in this world.

Strictly speaking, there was a similar technology, but only the principle was similar; applying it was nearly impossible.

’Would we be able to get a rough idea if I asked Cheongseol or Nidhogg?’

After thinking that for a moment, I shook my head.

Cheongseol was still young, and I felt bad asking Nidhogg.

The roots of the World Tree were already inhabited only by sensitive beings, and the moment I asked Nidhogg, there was no telling what might happen.

Hadn’t we suffered from an attack by some giant eagle-owl just a while ago?

Of course, we were much stronger than back then, so we might be able to deal with it, but the fact that it would be a nuisance remained unchanged.

"Sssuuup... Is there really no way?"

[There’s nothing to be gained from asking me.]

"Even if I offer you expensive alcohol?"

[What I have here is enough for me.]

I let out a sigh. It seemed he really couldn’t think of anything.

Still, it wasn’t that there was absolutely no answer.

[Well, it’s not like there’s absolutely no way. As I said earlier, if you just have the skills to reverse-track it, it’s possible.]

"A person with such skills..."

There was.

Though the problem was that they were outside, not inside the Forest of the Four Seasons.

One was someone I had never met, but the other was someone I actually knew.

’Since she was called a magic prodigy, wouldn’t it be possible if I just gave her the knowledge?’

There is a point that quite a few people think about.

That people of the past failed to achieve this much progress because they lacked knowledge.

This could be considered true, but it was because they lacked knowledge, not ’wisdom’.

Looking at past technologies by today’s standards, one might say ’what on earth is that?’, but every single one of them was knowledge.

Knowledge accumulated step by step to achieve infinite progress, and occasionally, a wise person appeared to overturn the paradigm.

’Just giving them chemistry books last time caused alchemy to rise exponentially.’

Wouldn’t it be entirely possible if we had other books, namely magic-related books, instead of chemistry?This story is hosted at no​velping.com.

In particular, I had once heard a rumor that magic is somewhat similar to ’coding’.

’Did they say that even if a pigeon’s head flies around in circles, as long as it works, they just let it slide?’

Optimization was the same.

If optimization was carried out, the speed of magic calculations would be greatly reduced.

"Since you said the Tower of Babel is a kind of server... it’s not scattering signals widely like Wi-Fi, is it?"

[It’s easiest to think of the World Tree as acting like a router.]

"Then if we follow the roots of the World Tree, we can reach the Gallery server?"

[That’s what makes it a pure grind. And the roots of the World Tree are intertwined with each other, so how are you going to find a single strand?]

"That’s a problem for the developers to figure out. If it doesn’t work, then so be it."

Although it was a somewhat irresponsible thing to say, it couldn’t be helped.

Besides, even if I asked Selena, there was no proper way for her to physically arrive here.

In the end, what she could do was organize her knowledge and propagate it again.

It would be great if we could even get the help of the Mage King, Kadir, but who knows.

It wasn’t like I had met him, and giving books from the library was also tricky.

’The key is whether Selena can understand the books even if I give them to her.’

Even if it was similar to magic, it was doubtful whether she could perfectly master it.

Still, wouldn’t it be easier to find a needle in a sand playground than in a desert?

At least we wouldn’t have to suffer for nothing.

[Wild Grylls: Hey. Drunkard. Give me a reasonably tasty alcohol.]

[Passing Dwarf: Why all of a sudden?]

[Wild Grylls: To give to Lucas. I’ll give you a beer in exchange.]

[Passing Dwarf: Ah. Then it can’t be helped. Oh, right. I have a favor to ask.]

[Wild Grylls: What is it?]

[Passing Dwarf: The Adamantium Lizard skin I was originally going to give you. Can I use that now?]

[Wild Grylls: Yeah, go ahead and use it as you like.]

As a reward, I handed Lucas one of the dwarf’s alcohols.

Since Lucas would die for any new alcohol whether it tasted good or bad, he gladly accepted it.

Also, the dwarf would head to Lucas’s ruins—namely, God’s Brewery—any day now.

He said he had proudly passed the tournament held nationwide.

[Wild Grylls: Did the Demon Race not interfere? I heard rumors about that.]

[Passing Dwarf: They said they kicked them out long ago?]

Fortunately, it didn’t seem like it would escalate into an international conflict.

At most, Alfheim would make a fuss, but the Holy Kingdom would mediate that well too.

After returning home, I considered my future schedule.

First of all, coordinating opinions with Selena.

[Starlight Lady: So to summarize roughly... you’re going to reverse-track the World Tree, which acts as an intermediate point, to approach the main body of the Gallery. Is that what you’re saying?]

[Wild Grylls: Exactly.]

[Starlight Lady: Aside from being interesting, it’s going to be an extremely difficult research project.]

Selena showed interest upon hearing my story.

Since she was also a mage, there was no reason for her to back down from this.

[Starlight Lady: Looking strictly at the principle, it’s similar to the communication networks used in military facilities.]

[Wild Grylls: There are communication networks?]

[Starlight Lady: Yes. It’s a method of physically connecting by laying strong, long lines on the ground. It hasn’t been popularized yet, but there are rumors it will be soon.]

As expected, the people of this world were by no means foolish.

Just by researching the Gallery, various byproducts poured out, and they developed based on them.

[Wild Grylls: I’ll give you a few books, so if there’s anything you need, please let me know.]

[Starlight Lady: Thank you! I will definitely find a way.]

Since I had even made a request to Selena, all that was left was time.

I wasn’t sure if she would find a way, but she was the only person I could trust.

As I said earlier, asking Allfather was... well, since he was such an insidious person, I was worried he might abuse it.

’For now, I’ve done everything I can...’

Now, all that remained was to wait for Selena’s message.

Since I had nothing else to do in the meantime, I planned to train.

"Jjyubbyujjyubbyu!"

"You’re doing well, Wonmo. Your Sword Gang has grown larger again in the meantime."

"...Is that a good thing?"

"It means your specs are increasing, so it’s a good thing."

Wonmo’s skills also improved by leaps and bounds as the days went by.This chapter was copied from NovelPing without permission.

Not to mention using the ability he learned from Quokka to greatly enlarge his body, he had even mastered the breathing method.

Of course, because he was young, he struggled with controlling his strength, but Dolsoe managed that well.

’The time for God’s Brewery should be coming up soon too...’

I should just leisurely browse the Gallery.

If I was lucky, I might acquire more information from the Gallery.

Of course, most of it was useless chatter, but even that brought a smile to my face.

Title) The reason why dragons looked down on ancient humans

(Roughly a picture of comb-pattern pottery)

They said they made stuff like this for tens of thousands of years, so of course they had to look down on them lol

ㄴOne thing’s for sure: if the posters were all ancient humans, they’d still be making that today

ㄴhahahaha

ㄴhahaha

ㄴhahaha

Just like that. I chuckled.

Not only this, but as the Forest of the Four Seasons was partially opened, the number of people exploring it was gradually increasing.

I could tell that the outside world was also spending very busy days in its own way.

’Everyone is busy.’

It was when I was rummaging through the Gallery like that.

A post that caught my eye—namely, one on the Recommended Posts—was sitting there, openly mentioning me.

Since it was even a post that seemed to evaluate me, I clicked on it out of curiosity.

Title) Grylls has minor fortunes and a major misfortune.

The minor fortunes gave him powerful martial strength, honor as the Chief God, and decent looks.

Plus, he has a pretty Elf Queen and excellent workers by his side.

Crucially, being able to see Wonmo every day is the most enviable part.

ㄴWhat’s the major misfortune?

ㄴHe fell into the Forest of the Four Seasons.

ㄴIsn’t that old news now? Can’t he get out if he just satisfies certain conditions?

ㄴBut he has so many attachments that he’d have to walk back in on his own feet.

ㄴThat really is a fucking huge misfortune;;

ㄴWow. To be destined to have no choice but to go back in after barely getting out lol

ㄴIt might have been better to just stay dead;;

ㄴWhat do you mean "stay dead" instead of just dying?

ㄴBecause even if that bastard dies, he’ll resurrect a few days later.

ㄴHmm. That’s true.

ㄴDon’t Abandon the Hero) That’s why he is the Chief God!

Asella. Saying it like that makes my heart ache strangely.

I closed the Gallery with a bitter smile. There was one more reason why I had no choice but to close it.

"Ppiik."

"Tyranno. What is it?"

Because Tyranno had climbed onto my chest and was loafing.

He was clearly a dragon from the Mythic Age, but what he did was just like a cat.

Which made him even cuter. I stroked Tyranno’s head, showing my affection.

’Comfortable.’

As expected, staying at home was comfortable.

While Grylls was enjoying peace at home.

Uuuuung—

"Huh? What is this sound?"

"Look over there. Something is..."

"Is someone casting magic in the capital? No way?"

In the capital square of the Iris Kingdom. Right in the middle of that square, a space that looked like a shimmering ’aurora’ appeared.

Although the Iris Kingdom had not been in contact with the Forest of the Four Seasons and thus did not know the phenomenon well...

"Kkyuiiiiik!!!"

"Uaaah! W-What is that?!"

"A-A wild boar?!"

The shimmering aurora gradually cleared, and a wild boar emerged from the wide-open space.

Pajijik!

And a wild boar clad in lightning at that.