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◈ Got a Gallery in the Wild ◈
Chapter 168: Treasure (1)
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└ [Allfather]: By Aragon, this video has my lower half standing at attention! A mythical Sky Whale really exists...!
└ [Wild Grylls]: What myth is it from? I don't know much about myths...
└ [Allfather]: It was a creature that purified the energies of heaven and earth when the gods descended into the mortal world. They say it cleansed impure mana.
└ [Wild Grylls]: That whale sucked up a bunch of bugs. Are bugs their staple food?
└ [Allfather]: Oh! It ate bugs? I've learned something new. The myths said it consumed mana.
└ What kind of place is the Forest of Four Seasons? At this rate, aren't other mythical animals going to show up too?
└ Like what?
└ A girlfriend?
└ Fuck lmao
└ It was so random that it made it even funnier lmao
└ Why would a girlfriend be a legendary animal? lmao
└ So you're saying you have a girlfriend? Blocked.
└ LMAO
└ Look at that instant block lmao
The impact of the Sky Whale video went far beyond what I'd expected.
For one thing, Allfather was openly excited. More than making jokes, people were doubting their own eyes.
To me, it was just another bizarre animal. But people in this world apparently didn't see it that way.
Maybe it was like discovering a unicorn on Earth, a creature that only existed in legends.
└ [Wild Grylls]: I'm curious. Do any mammals here lay eggs?
└ [Allfather]: Haha. What an amusing bit of nonsense. If such an animal existed, it would shake the very foundation of academia. Ah, though the existence of Sky Whales will probably do that already.
└ Why not say mammals have bills while you're at it? lol
└ Grylls said the world he lived in had animals with long necks too lmao
└ What kind of fantasy land did this guy come from?
Even in a fantasy world like this, they flatly denied the existence of platypuses.
Maybe they just hadn't discovered them yet, but it was possible they didn't exist at all.
This was a world without giraffes, so it wouldn't be strange if a few animals I knew didn't exist either.
Bwoooooo-
The Sky Whale's cry echoed through the Forest of Four Seasons.
Hearing a whale cry from the sky instead of the sea was a bizarre situation indeed.
Thud-
That was when something fell behind the departing Sky Whale.
The object dropped from around its tail and soon crashed to the ground.
Judging by the perspective, it was fairly far away, but not far enough that I couldn't reach it.
As I watched the Sky Whale gradually disappear, a question suddenly occurred to me, and I asked Allfather.
└ [Wild Grylls]: Didn't the diary mention Sky Whales?
└ [Allfather]: No, it did not. It said strange sounds could sometimes be heard from the sky, but the trees blocked their view. Perhaps this could be seen as a sign.
└ [Wild Grylls]: Ah. Right. The jungle was right in front of them, so the trees were pretty big. Was there anything else?
└ [Allfather]: Nothing else comes to mind. Though if you think about it, a talking gorilla could also be called a mythical creature.
└ [Wild Grylls]: Ah.
└ Now that I think about it, that's true too.
└ A talking gorilla... Are you talking about the Central Plains' Sun Wukong?
└ Sun Wukong isn't an ape, he's a monkey. He has a tail.
└ Then is Blood Demon Xuanzang? lol
└ At this rate, a talking pig man is going to show up too lmao
That was enough talk about Sky Whales. I started planning what to do next.
The Sky Whale had sucked up the entire swarm of bugs before leaving, so my view was clear again.
There were no bugs clinging to my body, which meant I could finally go about my daily life.
‘Should I assume bug swarms appear at the start of every season, then the Sky Whale comes to clean them up?’
I'd learned this while experiencing the start of each season one by one. At the beginning of a season, it was impossible to do anything.
Winter brought blizzards, spring brought pollen dust storms, and summer brought swarms of bugs.
I didn't know what autumn would bring, but maybe it would be comparatively mild.
‘I've finally got time to move around, so I should make good use of it.’
I looked up at the sky and saw a blue glow stretching overhead.
Still, what came to mind when one thought of summer? The unbearably long monsoon season.
I planned to do as much as possible before it arrived.
‘First, I need to find what the Sky Whale dropped.’
I roughly knew the direction.
The problem was that I had no idea what had fallen, and other animals would probably be interested in it too.
It would be better to go fully prepared. Kkobong had also finally recovered from all those bug bites.
The miracle medicine Starlight Princess gave me had worked wonders. I had a feeling I'd be using it often from now on.
‘And Icon Trading Company said they'd keep supplying the repellent.’
Icon Trading Company had said they would keep sending repellent, even though it had sold out.
I was still a little suspicious because they posted it publicly instead of sending a private message, but there were all kinds of verifications attached, so I could trust it.
After that, all kinds of trading companies sent over sponsored products, though their effectiveness hadn't been verified.
Well... I'd find a way to use them.
‘I’ll have to try out that fishing rod soon.’
The fishing rod was what I was most curious about.
A trading company had apparently noticed how much fish I ate and sent me one.
It seemed to be a trading company connected to the fishing industry, and it had a pretty good reputation.
Even here, expensive fishing rods could cost an incredible amount, just like on Earth, yet they had readily sent me a top-quality one.
Even I, someone who knew nothing about fishing, could tell it looked impressive enough that I had to try it.
I'd have preferred receiving a Fish Trap, but they probably sent the fishing rod because Fish Traps kept getting swept away.
“Kyuek. Kyueeek.”
“Easy, Wonmo. Hang in there. There could still be bugs outside.”
I thoroughly applied bug repellent to Wonmo.
With his sharp sense of smell, Wonmo struggled against the bizarre scent of the repellent, but he was still just a baby.
After Wonmo, I applied it to Fast Sloth and Kkobong, then finished preparing to leave.
‘It might rain on the way, so I should pack away whatever needs packing.’
It was summer. Rain could pour down at any time.
That was an instinct born from experience.
After taking every possible precaution, I headed in the direction where the Sky Whale had disappeared.
It wasn't toward the river, but deeper into the forest. Toward where the Orichalcum cave had been.
Maybe I could find it if I searched around there. If I couldn't, I'd give up.
Tsts-ts-ts-tsk-
“Hm?”
I was walking along easily without anything getting in my way.
There being lots of bugs in summer wasn't strange, and those bugs included ants, which meant a massive line of ants was busily moving somewhere.
It was the kind of sight you'd only see in a documentary. Ants marching in a single line without a break.
‘Their direction is similar... Should I follow them?’
I didn't know what the ants had found, but it seemed worth following them.
Their direction was roughly the same, so either they had found what the Sky Whale dropped, or they had found something else.
Given how many were moving like this, it had to be something unusual.
‘They react to the repellent too.’
I carefully approached just in case, and the ants quietly moved out of the way.
Wonmo was the only one who looked disappointed because he wanted to eat them. Those are yucky, Wonmo. Yucky.
I barely calmed Wonmo down and followed the ants.
Before long, I arrived somewhere I'd never seen before.
Tsts-ts-ts-tsk!
The terrifying mass of ants made me recoil.
Without exaggeration, they had completely covered an entire area.
If I stepped in there, they wouldn't just chew me up, tear me apart, taste me, and enjoy me. They'd gnaw me down to a skeleton.
They said the strongest creature in the forest wasn't a tiger or wolf, but an ant.
No matter how strong either of those animals were, they were powerless before overwhelming numbers.
The same went for me. I couldn't even think of setting foot in there.
‘What's that?’
At least, not until I saw what the ants were busily carrying.
The swarm covered the entire area, but there was one exception.
The object the ants were carrying.
Thanks to that, I could clearly see what they were moving.
‘A golden... stone?’
It was a glittering golden stone, one that looked even more valuable than gold at first glance.
I had no idea why the ants were carrying it, but it seemed worth examining.
Trusting the repellent to come through again, I approached.
Tsuzuzuzuk!
The ants quickly scattered as I came closer. Thanks to that, I got a good look at the golden stone.
The moment I got close, a pleasant fragrance wafted from it.
It even smelled sweet. No wonder the ants had swarmed around it.
‘Did the whale make this stone?’
I didn't know about that, but I put it in my Subspace Backpack for now.
The ants immediately scattered when the golden stone disappeared into the Subspace Backpack.
Shashashak!
They moved incredibly fast, like a well-trained army retreating.
If I had faced summer without applying repellent... I didn't even want to imagine it.
The seasons changed constantly in this region, yet it was amazing that they could maintain numbers like that.
I'd said it as a joke, but at this point, maybe they really were the strongest.
In the wild, it wasn't the strong who survived. The ones who survived were strong.
“Sniff, sniff. The smell's already stuck to me.”
I'd touched the golden stone while moving it into the Subspace Backpack, and the scent had clung to my hand.
Honestly, the texture wasn't very pleasant.
I'd thought it was a stone, but it had been soft like slime and slightly sticky.
That only made me more curious about what this golden stone(?) was. I'd have to ask Allfather or Starlight Princess.
As soon as I returned to the shelter, I... didn't take out the golden stone.
I had to be careful. If I took it out, the ants might swarm in.
Luckily, I'd taken pictures in advance. I immediately made a post.
[Post title] Title) Found something strange
[Author] Wild Grylls
[Post] (A photo of ants carrying a golden stone)
[Post] Something strange fell out of the Sky Whale, so I went over there. A swarm of ants was moving in the same direction.
[Post] I stole what the ants were carrying and brought it back. It has a pleasant fragrance wafting from it.
[Post] I'll ask what it is first, then decide what to do with it.
└ [Heavenly Demon]: It shines even more than gold. It is pretty.
└ [SwordTasteMaster]: It came from the Sky Whale? It looks incredibly rare at a glance.
└ It's beyond rare. If that thing gets out into the world, it'll cause an uproar;;
└ The Sky Whale itself is a creature from myth, and this fell out of one lmao
└ What the hell could it be? What could come out of a whale and look that golden?
└ What if it's poop? lmao
└ That's fucking disgusting lmao
└ [AllHailTheSun]: Can you give that to me? If it smells nice, I think I could use it as perfume.
└ [Wild Grylls]: Wouldn't a lot of bugs gather around it? Is that okay?
└ [AllHailTheSun]: What bugs are there in the desert? At most, scorpions and spiders lol
└ [Wild Grylls]: That sounds even more dangerous;; I'll think about it after finding out exactly what this is.
└ [AllHailTheSun]: It's big, so can you give me even a little if possible?
└ [Wild Grylls]: After I find out what it is.
└ [Allfather]: Haha. My goodness. It had just gone down, and now my lower half is about to stand at attention again.
└ This old guy seems to get hard a lot these days;;
└ Isn't he going to die of high blood pressure at this rate? lmao
└ [NecromancyIsLove]: Given that one's age, it isn't impossible.
└ You can't get hard at all, though lol
└ [NecromancyIsLove]: Silence, you wretch!!!
└ Lmao look at him losing it
└ It's still way better to get hard than have no reaction at all lmao
└ [Starlight Princess]: I'm outside right now, so I don't think I can look at it.
└ [Wild Grylls]: Can you think of anything it might be?
└ [Starlight Princess]: If it fell from a whale, Ambergris is the only thing I know of. Besides, I barely know anything about Sky Whales.
└ [Wild Grylls]: Got it.
In the end, I had no choice but to ask Allfather.
Allfather readily agreed and accepted a piece of the golden stone to examine.
We both agreed that I would only give him a small slice. If I gave him all of it, bugs might swarm around him.
Not long after, Allfather told me a shocking fact.
└ [Allfather]: This is poop.
└ [Wild Grylls]: ...What?
└ [Allfather]: Poop. Whale poop.
I was dumbfounded by the word poop, but only for a moment.
└ [Allfather]: Hahahahaha. This old man is truly happy. Not only do I know that Sky Whales exist, I even get to see Sky Whale poop! It is worth living a long life.
Allfather took another step toward paradise.
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