Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 170

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◈ Got a Gallery in the Wild ◈

Chapter 170: Treasure (3)

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I couldn't help staring in stunned disbelief at the fish swimming freely through the air like a Sky Whale.

Sky Whales were mythical creatures, so I could brush them off as mysterious beings.

Even if it flopped around and crawled across the ground like a lungfish, I could understand that.

But what I was seeing went beyond all of those expectations.

If this world were a game, it would be fair to call this a bug.

Blub! Blub!

The fish swam smoothly as if the air were water.

Why did it even have gills and fins if it was going to do this?

Sky Whales alone denied the very existence of physics, but this thing took it a step further.

[Post title] Title) What the fuck is this thing?

[Author] Wild Grylls

[Post] (Video of a fish flying through the sky)

[Post] Are there fish that fly through the sky too?

└ [Heavenly Demon]: First a gorilla learned martial arts, and now even a fish is learning Sky-Soaring Void Flight.

└ [Wild Grylls]: What's Sky-Soaring Void Flight?

└ [Heavenly Demon]: It is the ability to fly through the air, like the fish you are watching. One must at least reach the Transformation Realm to barely perform it.

└ [SwordTasteMaster]: Why don't we keep it around as a display? I'm curious how long it'll keep flying.

└ [Wild Grylls]: I need to eat too, you know.

└ [Passing Dwarf]: Hey. Upload more videos. I won't believe it until you upload a few more.

└ [Wild Grylls]: You don't believe in Sky Whales?

└ [Passing Dwarf]: At least those have appeared in myths. I've never even heard bullshit about something like that existing lol

└ [Wild Grylls]: (Video of a fish flying through the sky 1) (Video of a fish flying through the sky 2) Good enough?

└ [Passing Dwarf]: Oh;; Any idea why it's doing that? It can't be for no reason.

└ [Wild Grylls]: It ate the Sky Whale poop I used as bait. I think that changed something.

└ [Allfather]: Why don't you have a bite too, Grylls? It gives off such a pleasant fragrance that it probably tastes all right as well.

└ [Wild Grylls]: Dude;;

└ If that's the case, you should eat it yourself instead of telling Grylls to lol

└ Isn't that basically just eating curry-flavored poop?

└ It really is curry-flavored poop lol

Allfather had said something pointless, but I had figured out the likely cause.

The Ambergris I had used as bait.

That was the only thing I could think of.

Otherwise, there was no way this fish would go crazy and start flying through the sky.

More importantly...

‘Can I eat this?’

Could I really eat it?

What if it did more than just upset my stomach and made me float too?

Still, I couldn't leave it like this. It could attract the attention of other animals.

If I couldn't eat it, I should release it for safety's sake.

Just as I was about to return it to the river...

Smack!

“Gurk?!”

The moment I touched it, the fish slapped my cheek with its tail.

It was so powerful that I heard a loud pop in my neck.

Thankfully, my neck hadn't snapped. It had only made a sound.

More than that, my cheek stung like crazy. What kind of strength did that tail have?

‘Did eating whale poop make it stronger too?’

So many ridiculous things had happened that it actually felt like a plausible theory.

Then how was I supposed to bring this thing down? After some thought, I pounced on the fish.

No matter how much it ignored gravity, if I pinned it down from above, it would have to fall.

Flap! Flap-flap-flap!

“Uwaaaaaagh?!”

Or so I thought, but that wasn't the case at all.

Instead of falling, it started swimming powerfully the instant I grabbed it.

It was so fast that the scenery blurred past.

I might get dropped somewhere strange if this continued, so I struggled desperately.

Thud! Thud!

I punched the fish in the head.

No matter what kind of animal it was, getting hit in the head would at least make it dizzy.

Wasn't that how I'd knocked fish out before too?

Just as expected, the fish soon fainted and went limp.

Naturally, my body plummeted straight down with it.

Crash! Bang!

I rolled several times before crashing into a tree and finally stopping.

My whole body ached. Grimacing, I wiped the dust from my eyes and opened them.

The unconscious fish twitched on the ground, while my animal friends stared at me from the shelter entrance.

They all looked like they were asking, “What are you even doing?”

I could understand Kkobong and Fast Sloth, but even Wonmo was looking at me like that. It was embarrassing.

‘This fish is an enemy of the people.’

I had no idea what might happen if I ate it.

Since it was also time to eat, I hurriedly butchered it.

I planned to take out only the Inner Core and throw everything else away.

But then...

‘The Inner Core... is golden?’

There was something strange about it.

No, extraordinary was probably the better word.

It was a brilliant gold, as though it held Ambergris's color intact.

Would I float through the sky too if I consumed this? If so, I didn't want to eat it.

‘Should I give it to Fast Sloth?’

I considered giving it to Fast Sloth instead.

It might be able to control it.

“Want to eat it?”

“...”

Fast Sloth accepted the Inner Core without hesitation.

Then, with its usual slow movements, it examined the core before putting it in its mouth.

It had lived on Inner Cores whenever there were no Fasting Pills, so there probably wouldn't be a problem.

Float-

Or so I thought. Maybe even Fast Sloth had trouble containing the Inner Core's energy.

The moment Fast Sloth began to float upward, I hurriedly pressed down on its shoulders.

But it seemed fine, waving its arms as if telling me to take my hands away.

Float- Float-

Fast Sloth drifted around every corner of the shelter for a while.

Fortunately, it seemed able to control itself. While it did that, I finished eating with my animal friends.

Oh, and I fed Kkobong too. Fast Sloth had allowed it.

“Kyuu! Kyuu!”

Wonmo, who had been completely focused on eating, bounced up and down at the sight of Fast Sloth.

It looked like he wanted me to let him fly too. He was seriously adorable like that.

But if Wonmo climbed onto Fast Sloth's back, it would probably collapse right away.

Even as a baby, he was an Owlbear. Their difference in size was simply too great.

“Kiing! King!”

“Keeng!”

So I graciously placed a baby raccoon as cute as Wonmo atop Fast Sloth instead.

The baby raccoon smiled brightly the moment it climbed onto floating Fast Sloth.

The father raccoon looked amused below, while the mother raccoon looked worried.

“Kyuu! Kyuu!”

Wonmo, on the other hand, sulked in the corner because he was the only one who couldn't ride.

There was nothing cuter than a round animal curled up in a corner.

I approached Wonmo, who was showing “I'm upset” with his entire body, and spoke to him.

“Wonmo. Cheer up. If I can fly later, I'll give you a ride. Okay?”

“Kyuu...”

After some persuasion, I barely managed to cheer Wonmo up.

Fast Sloth landed before long too.

“Can you fly whenever you want?”

“...”

When I asked Fast Sloth, it shook its head.

It seemed there was a time limit of some sort.

If there hadn't been a limit, I could have escaped quickly too.

‘Eating it myself... probably isn't a good idea, right?’

I hadn't even mastered cold energy yet. Too much was as bad as too little.

There was also the question of whether I could absorb it properly.

Fast Sloth had eaten it because its instincts were stronger than mine, and it knew it wasn't dangerous.

But I couldn't be sure whether it suited my body, so I had no choice but to put it off until later.

‘Anyway, I can assume Ambergris lets you fly... right?’

I had no idea what side effects it might have.

I considered testing it on Kkobong too, but since it couldn't even use mana, would it mean anything?

For now, I could only trust Fast Sloth's instincts after it swallowed the thing without hesitation.

[Post title] Title) Found Out One Effect of Ambergris

[Author] Wild Grylls

[Post] (Video of Fast Sloth floating around)

[Post] (Video of Fast Sloth flying with a baby raccoon on its back)

[Post] It ate the Inner Core of a fish that was using Sky-Soaring Void Flight and started flying around like this.

[Post] Looks like Ambergris lets you fly?

[Post] It can't be maintained constantly, and there's a time limit. Still, I can't deny it's good.

└ [Heavenly Demon]: I suddenly feel a strange sense of futility. I trained for years to obtain Sky-Soaring Void Flight.

└ [SwordTasteMaster]: Years? How many years did you train in total?

└ [Heavenly Demon]: I began around the age of ten, so exactly ten years.

└ [SwordTasteMaster]: I'm saying this as a Swordmaster, but if you don't want other people to beat the shit out of you, you shouldn't say things like that.

└ [Heavenly Demon]: Why not? It was ten whole years.

└ [SwordTasteMaster]: Other people devote not ten years but their entire lives, and still might never reach Swordmaster lol

└ I seriously want to beat her up lol

└ Heavenly Demon, that asshole is tea-bagging us, right? That's what this is, right?

└ Grand Master in ten years? Get the fuck out of here lol

└ [Heavenly Demon]: Hmm. How strange. Why can none of you do something so easy?

└ [Allfather]: Then let me ask you one thing, Heavenly Demon. Have you seen the end?

└ [Heavenly Demon]: No. The closer I get, the farther away it becomes.

└ [Allfather]: The same goes for me. The more I dig into this blasted magic, the more I find it has no end. Hahaha.

└ [Heavenly Demon]: An end would be more boring.

└ [Wild Grylls]: If you say my escape has no end too, I'll sulk.

└ [Heavenly Demon]: It is better for all things to have an end.

└ Look at that asshole Heavenly Demon changing her tune lol

└ She really watches Grylls's mood, huh? lol

└ Every time I see it, Heavenly Demon seems weak against Grylls.

└ [AllHailTheSun]: Hey, Grylls. Look at the post I made. This is fucking amazing lol

As the Gallery's reaction heated up, AllHailTheSun's comment caught my eye.

If AllHailTheSun had personally made a post, something pretty entertaining must have happened.

Wondering what it was, I immediately searched for the post.

They had only just uploaded it, so it barely had any recommendations.

[Post title] Title) Sky Whale Ambergris Usage Review

[Author] AllHailTheSun

[Post] (First-person video of flying through the sky)

[Post] (Video of a Dark Elf attendant flailing wildly in the sky)

[Post] (Video of AllHailTheSun laughing heartily and saying something in the Setan language)

[Post] I heard Ambergris was a fragrance, so I burned it. The smell's one thing, but gravity disappeared from the whole space lol

[Post] Strictly speaking, it feels like a sea where only air resistance exists? That made it even more fucking awesome lol

A post had gone up saying that simply burning the incense had erased gravity throughout the entire space.

Seeing it, I realized it worked even if you only burned it.

Though that didn't make it useful to me right away.

I planned to consume it directly when the time came.

└ [Wild Grylls]: It looks fun just watching it. Did you really only burn the incense?

└ [AllHailTheSun]: Yeah. I was just about to sleep, then my body suddenly started floating and it scared the hell out of me lol

└ Why is that attendant so freaked out? lol

└ I'd be freaked out too lol

└ Is it okay to upload this video? If that attendant uses the Gallery, they'll know who you are.

└ [AllHailTheSun]: Ah. Right. I was having fun and forgot. I'll go edit it for a second.

└ Too late, bro. I saved the video lol

└ [AllHailTheSun]: Sigh. Do whatever you want. Doesn't matter whether it's real life or the Gallery. As long as you're having fun, that's all that matters lol

└ That does look fun.

I think it was my first time seeing AllHailTheSun leave so many comments.

They must have been that excited. For some reason, I felt proud.

└ [AllHailTheSun]: I'll call my wives over soon and have fun together.

└ What are you going to do after calling your wives over?

└ [AllHailTheSun]: What do you think? Something nice and filthy...

Hmm. Let's move on.

You had to respect personal preferences, didn't you?

Though it was less a personal preference and more some moronic bullshit...

Honestly, I could understand it.

Doing that while floating through the sky? That would be an achievement(?) nobody had ever accomplished.

Even Earth could only do something like that after building a space station. How much more incredible would it be here?