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◈ Got a Gallery in the Wild ◈

Chapter 122: Sidegrade (2)

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I rubbed my chin as I looked at the aura, which had grown much larger than before.

According to SwordTasteMaster, this kind of growth was horribly inefficient.

Flame-like, rippling aura and aura refined to a sharp edge.

Just roughly comparing the two made it obvious which was more efficient.

But apparently, there was an enormous wall between them, making it difficult to reach that level.

SwordTasteMaster had said anyone who reached it would become a fighting force valuable enough for a country to court, so talent played a huge role.

‘It hasn't even been a month. I can't exactly rely on talent.’

Even if my body was slowly adapting to the Forest of Four Seasons, talent was another matter.

The technique the dwarf taught me, casting, only required me to follow the instructions.

But aura and the Inner Energy Cultivation Method were completely different. They all relied on instinct.

So even if my mana kept increasing nonstop, it meant nothing if I couldn't get a feel for it.

‘First, I should ask SwordTasteMaster.’

Did I have to keep fighting with this inefficient thing until I reached the realm called Aura Blade or Sword Force?

If there was no other way, then there was nothing I could do, but it could cause problems. I wanted an expert's opinion.

‘Heavenly Demon will probably have some advice too. I should also ask if it's normal to fall asleep right after reciting the mnemonic verses.’

Instead of asking them separately, I would make a post on the gallery.

That way, everyone could share their opinions more easily.

Maybe someone else would have advice too.

[Post title] Aura Got Even Bigger

[Author] Wild Grylls

[Post] (Photo of aura much larger than before)

[Post] Yesterday, I ate an Inner Core and fell asleep right after reciting the mnemonic verses Heavenly Demon taught me. I had some kind of dream, then woke up and found that my aura had increased.

[Post] Is this normal? I thought I'd get Aura Blade, but my aura just got fucking huge;;

└ [Heavenly Demon]: You fell asleep the moment you recited my mnemonic verses? How strange.

└ [Wild Grylls]: Isn't that how it usually goes?

└ [Heavenly Demon]: Normally, enlightenment clears one's mind. But this is the first time even I have heard of someone falling asleep.

└ [Wild Grylls]: Then it'll be hard to explain the dream too.

└ [Heavenly Demon]: What kind of dream did you have?

└ [Wild Grylls]: Just a dream where I flew through the sky? It happened before when I had a fever too.

└ [Heavenly Demon]: A dream of flying through the sky... Are you certain it was truly a dream?

└ [Wild Grylls]: What do you mean?

└ [Heavenly Demon]: It may not have been a dream. Your soul may have left your body.

└ You mean an out-of-body experience?

└ Sounds like it. Isn't that something only immortals would experience?

└ Is Grylls becoming an immortal?

└ Escaping through the sky, leaving only the body behind lol

└ Lord Grylls... Why have you come with only your soul...?

└ [Wild Grylls]: You assholes;;

That gave me the creeps. My soul really could have just popped out of my body.

Still, nothing had been confirmed yet. Just as I was thinking that...

└ [NecromancyIsLove]: The method of leaving one's body is simple. I can teach it to you.

└ How do you do it?

└ But who the hell is this? Never seen this registered user before.

└ There's some guy with a weird gimmick. Says he's the Undying King, and that the place he's sealed in is Kadir's refrigerator?

└ What kind of bullshit is that lol

└ He even says Allfather is Kadir lol They're probably real-life friends.

└ So, old-timer, is there a way or not?

└ [NecromancyIsLove]: Wait. I shall soon tell you the method.

└ [NecromancyIsLove]: Alas. Unfortunately, I cannot write the spell formula through the gallery. Had I possessed a body, I would have written it directly on paper.

└ What a bizarre gimmick lol

└ They really talk like they're sealed away lol

└ Yeah, ask your friend.

└ [NecromancyIsLove]: He says he'll lower the refrigerator temperature even further. How rude.

└ lol

└ lol

└ lol

NecromancyIsLove had appeared out of nowhere. He said that leaving one's body was possible.

His credibility was pretty low, but everyone accepted that it was possible.

If so, I had to consider the possibility that it hadn't been a dream at all, but an out-of-body experience.

└ [Wild Grylls]: That's not exactly a good thing, right?

└ [NecromancyIsLove]: If the soul and body remain close, perhaps, but should they be separated forever, the soul wanders while the body ceases to function. Since only the soul has left, the body does not die and remains alive.

So it was like brain death or a vegetative state. I got the general idea.

A dream was definitely better than an out-of-body experience. It would be a disaster if my soul got stuck outside.

└ [SwordTasteMaster]: No, but what's with that aura? Why is it so huge? I told you it was really inefficient;;

└ [Wild Grylls]: I know that too, but it got bigger on its own. The mana itself is the same.

└ [SwordTasteMaster]: You're putting in the same amount of mana, but it got that big?

└ [Wild Grylls]: Yes.

└ [SwordTasteMaster]: And the mana consumption is the same?

└ [Wild Grylls]: Yes.

└ [SwordTasteMaster]: It seems the efficiency improved in a very strange area;;

└ Now that's a sidegrade, damn.

└ This really is a sidegrade lol Everything's the same except the aura got bigger lol

└ Has there ever been a case like this? I don't think so.

I was curious too. I wondered if there had been anyone like me.

Even SwordTasteMaster couldn't hide her surprise.

Thankfully, history was full of all kinds of strange events.

Before long, an Anonymous User appeared who remembered a case similar to mine.

└ There was one. About 300 years ago, maybe? I think the Sword Saint of that era was similar to Grylls.

└ Ah, I remember. What was that nickname? I remember it being fucking memorable.

└ The Sword Saint Who Was Strong Like an Idiot?

└ That's right. That was actually their nickname lol

└ No, they were clearly a Sword Saint. Why was their nickname like that lol

└ They never reached Aura Blade, but their aura kept getting bigger like Grylls's lol

└ They couldn't cut space, but their destructive power was insane lol

└ Was their secret technique compressing all their aura and thrusting with it?

└ Yeah. Didn't they destroy an entire castle with that alone?

└ [Wild Grylls]: So you're saying I'm strong like an idiot?

└ No, no. That person at least had fundamentals at Swordmaster level.

└ They beat every other Swordmaster with nothing but fundamentals. That's why history remembered them as a Sword Saint.

└ [Wild Grylls]: Then what am I?

└ Just an idiot?

└ [Wild Grylls]: You bitch;;

└ [SwordTasteMaster]: I know that person too. First, check what that aura can actually do. It could just look flashy.

I followed SwordTasteMaster's advice. I had to see whether that flame-like aura really had an effect.

Aura was not simply intangible energy, but a tangible form.

Its effects also differed depending on the tool.

Sharp weapons like swords gained cutting power, while sturdy weapons like blunt weapons became even sturdier.

Reaching the Aura Blade level produced effects beyond that, but that was for later.

Right now, I needed to see whether this aura, which had surpassed a mere shimmer and become flames, had any effect.

‘That tree will do.’

I stood in front of some suitably tall trees.

I had to make an enormous amount of charcoal anyway, so I might as well call it logging.

Gripping the sword wreathed in flaming aura with both hands, I slowly raised it. I didn't need a shield.

‘Start recording too.’

I was going to upload it to the gallery, so I didn't forget to record.

Then I took my stance and swung the sword down in a powerful diagonal slash.

Slaaash!

Maybe because it was the combined work of Heavenly Demon’s Sword and aura, the motion was smooth.

But the result was what mattered. I waited quietly for it.

Crashhh!

Before long, the result unfolded before me.

The tall trees fell where I had cut them.

Thanks to the sword's effect, the cross-sections were clean too.

‘The aura is the same.’

The parts cut by the aura were no different. The trees behind them came crashing down as well.

The aura had clear cutting power. It wasn't just for show.

I wasn't sure whether I should be happy or not, so I felt a little conflicted. First, I should upload it to the gallery.

[Post title] Video of Cutting Trees With Aura

[Author] Wild Grylls

[Post] (Video of a sword burning with aura and trees cut by it falling over)

[Post] The aura doesn't seem to be just for show. It works according to its size;;

└ [Heavenly Demon]: A clean strike. Why not discard the shield while you're at it? There is even a gorilla that uses the Internal School Heavy-Handed Style. I do not think it would be a bad idea.

└ [Wild Grylls]: My shield has saved my life plenty of times. And that bastard is monstrously strong. I can still handle the others.

└ [SwordTasteMaster]: Now that we know the aura isn't just for show... What should we do?

└ [Wild Grylls]: Why are you asking me that? SwordTasteMaster should be teaching me.

└ [SwordTasteMaster]: How am I supposed to teach you when I don't know...?!

└ It's hard to teach someone if you really don't know lol

└ If you mess with it for no reason, it could all get tangled up~

└ [Starlight Princess]: How should I put this? Grylls's strength is like a magic spell formula. The process is strange, but it works well enough.

└ [Wild Grylls]: What does that even mean?

└ [Starlight Princess]: Birds normally fly with their wings, right? But you're flying by spinning your head around and around. You still fly, so we let it slide.

└ [Wild Grylls]: That sounds like a bad thing.

└ [Starlight Princess]: Even if the process is strange, isn't it fine if it produces a good result?

└ [Wild Grylls]: That's true, but... Ah, fuck lol I don't know either lol

└ Just relax and increase your aura. That sounds best.

└ Aura Blade is a talent thing anyway, so ignore it and get strong like an idiot.

└ That might actually be better lol

└ [SwordTasteMaster]: But you said you gained enlightenment after reciting the mnemonic verses Heavenly Demon taught you, right?

└ [Wild Grylls]: Yes.

└ [SwordTasteMaster]: Couldn't she have taught you something strange?

└ [Wild Grylls]: That sounds like a slightly dangerous thing to say.

└ [Wild Grylls]: Teacher?

└ [Wild Grylls]: What? Where did she go?

└ [Heavenly Demon]: I have delivered heavenly punishment. I can tolerate anything else, but I cannot tolerate slander against a divine art passed down through the generations.

└ Yeah, SwordTasteMaster deserved it this time lol

└ Holy shit, she's saying the Inner Energy Cultivation Method taught by an assistant moderator might be strange lol

└ How many days was the ban?

└ [Heavenly Demon]: Since things have come to this, I have exiled her for six hours so she may show filial piety to her parents.

There was nothing I could do about that. I closed the gallery.

All kinds of speculation had flown around, but one thing was certain.

The mnemonic verses Heavenly Demon taught me definitely had an effect. The problem was that the effect showed up somewhere else.

For example, it was like taking hair-loss medicine, only for my beard to start growing in thick clumps.

The hair that was supposed to stop falling out stayed exactly the same.

‘That's sad in its own way.’

Wouldn't that make you want to turn your head upside down?

After entertaining that useless thought, I looked at my sword.

‘That doesn't mean I can reduce the amount of mana.’

A certain amount of mana was needed to generate aura.

Put simply, it was oil. Oil was a substance that burst into flames the moment it met fire.

But if it didn't reach its ignition point, it was nothing more than an ordinary liquid.

‘In my case, the ignition point stayed the same, but the amount of oil increased a lot... I have no idea why.’

That raised one question.

‘How much more intensely does a Mislicon sword burn?’

I checked the time. There was still a little time before breakfast.

Then I gripped the Mislicon sword and poured mana into it.

Shhhhaaa!

The Mislicon sword sparkled like a green galaxy. It was beautiful every time I saw it.

I watched the sword glowing with phosphorescent light, then activated aura.

I thought it would increase by about one and a half times at most, but...

Whoooosh!!!

“Whoa.”

An enormous amount of aura blazed up, enough that I had to crane my neck.

No matter how good the sword's effect was, wasn't this a little too good?

‘Heavenly Demon hadn't said that for nothing.’

If even I could produce this much power, experts would achieve far more. The amount of mana consumed was also small.

I could get hurt too if I wasn't careful. I quietly withdrew the aura.

It seemed best to wait until I could condense aura.

‘Should I use this for long-range pressure instead?’

It seemed idiotic, but it also seemed effective, so all I could do was laugh.

* * *

Around the same time, SwordTasteMaster, Ash, had been banned by Heavenly Demon.

“What brought this on? Helping your mother?”

“I just... felt like I should at least show some filial piety.”

“If you have nothing to do, bring home someone who'd make a good husband. That's filial piety.”

“Yes...”

Thanks to Heavenly Demon's grace(?), Ash was carrying out some filial duty for the first time in a while.

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