I Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 781

Historically, relations between countries sharing a border are mostly not very good.

Beyond just not being good, they frequently engage in armed conflicts whenever they are bored, and even going to war is a common occurrence.

Humans are animals before they are people, and animals are extremely sensitive about their territory, so this can be considered an extremely natural outcome.

The most famous in this field would be Alfheim and Mountain, but other places are not much different.

It is a relief that those two are relatively less bellicose, but the humans who fight at every opportunity are even worse.

Fighting among themselves, reconciling among themselves, putting their arms around each other’s shoulders, and then stabbing each other in the back.

Since they were a race that brawled even in individual interactions, how could the nations they established be any different?

Title) Current Status of the Iris Kingdom

(Roughly a meme of watching a fire across the river)

The Forest of the Four Seasons has opened? So what? Lmao

ㄴ Lmao, our country doesn’t even touch the Forest of the Four Seasons, lol.

ㄴ It doesn’t matter what comes out of there, lol.

ㄴ Isn’t this also a post instigating conflict between nations? What is the Orange Badge doing?

ㄴ If they delete it over just this, they’d have the narrow mind of an anchovy, lol.

The rival of the Messiah Empire, the Iris Kingdom, was exactly like that.

The Iris Kingdom once possessed enough national power to be called an ’Empire,’ but was demoted at some point.

Naturally, that turning point was when the Messiah Empire began to rise, and looking back, one could say the timing was terrible from the Iris Kingdom’s perspective.

Along with the arrogance of having reigned as the nation among nations for a long time, the royal family and nobility had slowly rotted from the inside.

Crucially, with the birth of an unprecedented wise ruler in the Messiah Empire, the Iris Kingdom was stripped of many things.

Starting from places of high geopolitical value to granaries and mines where countless minerals lay dormant.

Fortunately, they did not lose the Magic Tower, but because a civil war broke out in the aftermath of the war, they could no longer dare to call themselves an empire.

Since then, they ground their teeth, completely reformed their rotten political structure, and became a nemesis to make things uncomfortable for the Messiah Empire.

Especially recently, they made massive investments in the military, putting painstaking efforts into reclaiming their lost territories.

Although those territories had long since become the land of the Messiah Empire, it was more than enough of a justification.

Even on Earth right now, aren’t there many countries claiming territories as their own despite other nations having effective control over them for hundreds of years?

Thus, the Iris Kingdom attempted to retake the territory by deploying its formidable military force, but...

["Blocked? Which unit blocked them, of all things!"]

["That is... they say it was just one person."]

["What?!"]

The masterpiece of the former Emperor Robert, Sword Saint Ash, blocked them all by herself.

They were pushed back so hard that it was embarrassing to even call it a ’war,’ and to borrow the Gallery’s expression, it was like this:

Title) Summary of the Shepherd Dispute

Iris Kingdom: We must win (military spending, training officers, scouting talent)

Messiah Empire: Ash click, lol

ㄴ Lmaooo

ㄴ Lololol

ㄴ That’s so fucking unfair, lol.

Title) Leak of the Messiah Empire’s operation name at the time, holy crap

Operation Name: Ash! Do it for us!

ㄴ Isn’t that a one-of-a-kind operation that only Emperor Robert could pull off? Lol.

ㄴ They say Ash actually listens to Emperor Robert really well, lol.

ㄴ Emperor Robert bestowed her a title, gave her generous support, and even had imperial officials handle her moving. He literally did everything for her;;

ㄴ But why didn’t she get married?

ㄴ Ash said it herself. She would only marry a man stronger than her. So instead, he married his relative to Ash’s sibling.

ㄴ I heard earlier that they have more than four kids.

ㄴ Well, even if it was an arranged marriage, they live well, so it’s fine, lol.

It was truly no exaggeration to say that Ash alone blocked everything.

The bigger problem was that the former Emperor, Robert, was close to a ’wise ruler’ from the Empire’s perspective.

And since ancient times, if a wise ruler is born in a hostile country, they are nothing but a motherfucker to one’s own nation.

The unprecedented wise ruler of the Korean Peninsula, King Sejong, was also a headache from China’s perspective and the Hegemon-King itself to the Jurchens.

Robert himself said he was just governing internal affairs and that was it, but there are extremely many countries that collapse because they cannot govern their internal affairs.

Furthermore, governing internal affairs meant that the imperial family’s power had become consolidated.

Thanks to that, Arnold, who inherited the throne, had no trouble implementing various policies and could make large investments related to the Forest of the Four Seasons.

However, in the eyes of the Iris Kingdom, investing in the Forest of the Four Seasons was close to pouring water into a bottomless pit.

Title) Honestly, isn’t it a waste of budget?

I don’t think it’s a good idea to deploy soldiers just for a 30-minute exploration.This chapter is updated first at n​ovelping.com.

They should just control the entrance near the Forest of the Four Seasons; exploration is too dangerous.

ㄴ They’re telling the adventurers to do it instead.

ㄴ That’s also all money and budget. I heard that everything obtained inside is given to the adventurers?

ㄴ Isn’t that enough as the price of information? What we need right now is information.

ㄴ Even so, isn’t it less meaningful than what Grylls shows us?

ㄴ Man, you talk too much. If you don’t like it, go protest yourself, lol.

ㄴ Before that, where is this bastard from? Isn’t he from the Iris Kingdom?

ㄴㄴㄴ No, no, no, he’s an Imperial citizen.

ㄴ Doesn’t seem like it, lol.

The Iris Kingdom is a country that does not border the Forest of the Four Seasons.

Therefore, even if other countries, including the Messiah Empire, paid attention to the Forest of the Four Seasons, they ignored it, treating it as someone else’s business.

Instead, they poured their hearts into the Magic Tower, which had been showing an upward trend recently, and actually achieved significant results.

Perhaps the Mage King, Kadir, had gained some enlightenment, as he introduced numerous magic theories to academia.

They thought that if things continued like this, they could solidify their authority in magic, but...

"...So, how extensive is the damage?"

"Since it was impossible for the security forces to subdue the wild boar, we deployed knights. Five knights were killed, thirteen were injured, and above all, the damage to the citizens is immense."

"Report in detail."

"Yes. First, more than ten houses have been destroyed, and the casualties among the citizens are...."

The situation changed due to a wild boar that suddenly appeared in the capital, specifically in a plaza with heavy foot traffic.

The King of the Iris Kingdom, Henry IV, tightly closed his eyes at the reports coming in one after another.

His deep worry was visible as his thick red eyebrows furrowed.

"...Was this the best we could do?"

"Regrettably... yes. While our anti-air systems against flying monsters are sufficient, since it appeared on the ground..."

"Let alone Teleport, magic usage should be thoroughly blocked, right? Is this place properly maintained?"

Not only the Iris Kingdom, but almost every country has established something by ’law.’

The moment magic is used in an unauthorized place, severe punishment is meted out.

Although the standard of severe punishment varies by country, it is common to treat even the most minor magic with a heavy sentence.

And with good reason, in a world where a single person can be a military force, a mage is a truly dangerous military asset.

In the extreme, after a mage infiltrates the capital, they could use large-scale Teleport or drop a meteor altogether.

To prevent this, magic usage is legally banned in major cities, and furthermore, jamming systems are installed everywhere.

"Yes. As a result of inspecting the magic disruption system, except for the parts destroyed by the wild boar, everything is operating normally."

"...."

Henry IV pressed his brow again, soothing his throbbing head.

The security system was perfectly fine, but space suddenly distorted and a monster appeared.

Moreover, it wasn’t a normal monster, but one clad in lightning all over its body, a type that was tricky to even deal with.

The heavy damage suffered by the knights deployed to respond was also a tragedy caused by their inability to find a countermeasure.

"Fortunately, as soon as the wild boar was subjugated, the distortion of space disappeared, but according to witnesses, it bore a mysterious coloration."

"Do you also think it was an entrance to the Forest of the Four Seasons?"

"Yes. That is correct."

"Sigh...."

Henry IV let out a deep sigh in his complicated state of mind.

To the Iris Kingdom, the Forest of the Four Seasons was close to a story of another country.

Therefore, they hadn’t given it a single thought, yet to be blindsided like this.

Although it couldn’t be said to be confirmed yet, that made it even more of a headache.

’There were also rumors recently that the opening time of the Forest of the Four Seasons has increased.’

Although the Iris Kingdom had half-detached its attention from the Forest of the Four Seasons, separately from that, it steadily monitored the movements of the Messiah Empire.

Some of what they investigated had flowed into the Iris Kingdom, and thanks to that, they obtained a significant amount of knowledge.

That the more Grylls regains his memories, the longer the opening period of the Forest of the Four Seasons increases.

They were able to grasp up to this point, and they anticipated that the tragedy that occurred this time was also related to it.

’But the causal relationship is too uncertain. There is also no way to stop that person active in the Forest of the Four Seasons.’

The only thing they could do right now was to investigate the wild boar they had barely repelled.

Furthermore, it was to establish countermeasures so that such an event would not occur again in the future.

Since investigating the Forest of the Four Seasons was practically impossible for the Iris Kingdom.

"First, set up guards near that vanished entrance to prepare for any contingency. This is a situation akin to a national emergency."This chapter was taken from n‌ovelping.com without permission.

"The anxiety of the citizens may grow."

"It is better than a disaster happening while we are off guard. And quickly contact the Magic Tower to see if they can suppress the space."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

As the close aide politely withdrew, Henry IV was left alone in the office.

As soon as he was alone, he let out another earth-shattering sigh and raised his head.

Soon, the Gallery window naturally opened.

It wasn’t a place he usually frequented, but it was optimized for gathering information in a situation like this.

[An entrance to the Forest of the Four Seasons appeared in the capital of the Iris Kingdom;;]

[Holy crap, I barely survived, seriously;;]

[Photo of the wild boar corpse that went wild]

As expected, titles were listed in a row.

Since it was such an urgent matter and a situation never seen before, it instantly took over the Recommended Posts.

Henry IV checked each one, wondering if they were clickbait,

and only after confirming the contents did he nod his head.

’It seems the entrance to the Forest of the Four Seasons has only appeared in our kingdom so far.’

Had it really only appeared in the Iris Kingdom?

Was it truly just bad ’luck’ that it dropped right in the middle of the capital?

If that were truly the case, he would have resented the gods and the heavens, but Henry IV grasped it cleverly.

As mentioned earlier, the more Grylls contacts the World Tree and regains his memories, the greater the changes that occur in the Forest of the Four Seasons.

Since he regained a new memory this time as well, such a variable might have occurred.

’Is this a natural disaster, or is it a man-made disaster?’

Grylls is recognized as the Chief God who lost his memories, and he is struggling to regain those memories.

If he completely regains his memories and power as the Chief God, there will be no room for objection.

However, it is humanity that must bear the disasters that occur in the process.

He fell into deep thought about whether to treat this as a natural disaster or a man-made one.

’If treated as a man-made disaster, relations with the Holy Kingdom will be greatly strained. For now, I have no choice but to prepare countermeasures.’

Henry IV sighed once more. If such things occurred consecutively, the kingdom would suffer heavy damage.

Fortunately, the silver lining was that there was a great deal to be gained from the lightning wild boar.

Starting from the Inner Core it harbored, to its tough and durable hide, and furthermore, its property of containing lightning.

As Henry IV’s worries deepened, time passed.

"Ho... This is truly interesting. For an entrance to the Forest of the Four Seasons to unfold right in the middle of the plaza. It is all the more regrettable that it has vanished."

"Is there no way to prevent this?"

The Mage King, Kadir, arrived at the capital plaza as soon as he heard the news.

Although the entrance to the Forest of the Four Seasons that had unfolded in the capital plaza had long since vanished, Kadir stared at the spot blankly.

"A way... Regrettably, even I cannot grasp the principle behind this phenomenon."

"Is... that so."

"Yes. Unless we directly enter the Forest of the Four Seasons to explore, it is impossible to grasp the exact factor."

At Kadir’s words, the knight wore a complicated expression.

Just when he wondered if they simply had to accept it as a literal natural disaster.

"However, we can somehow grasp the signs."

"The signs... you say?"

"Yes. If the space of the Forest of the Four Seasons appears, we will be able to sound a warning much faster."

"I-If even that is possible...!"

Kadir’s theory soon reached the royal court.

That rather than just accepting a natural disaster, preparing against it was the best course of action.

At the time when Kadir and others at the Magic Tower were inventing a separate warning magic.

Ziiiiiik!

"What is that? What’s that sound..."

In the nation of the beastfolk, Wydd, an entrance to the Forest of the Four Seasons appeared, and...

"Ppueong?"

"...What is that?"

"A h-hippo?"

From inside, a small hippo waddled out.