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◈ Got a Gallery in the Wild ◈
Chapter 176: Arena (2)
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I had witnessed and experienced plenty of situations in the Forest of Four Seasons that went beyond common sense.
Seasons changing every week, talking gorillas, flying whales, and so on.
Since I'd seen them with my own eyes, I couldn't just write them off as fantasy.
So I decided that no matter what happened from now on, I'd just accept it and move on.
‘What the hell are these things?’
A scene so absurd that it made that resolution feel meaningless was unfolding before me.
I didn't know whether I was living in the wild or in a civilization wearing the skin of the wild.
They fought to decide a winner and a loser, then the winner took the female they wanted.
What kind of civilizing process had the kangaroos undergone to adopt a custom like this?
‘Putting the kangaroos aside, why are they here?’
The presence of other animals made it even stranger.
What did they want, sitting there and watching?
Normally, they should have been trying to eat each other, but instead, they were quietly watching the show.
It was so far beyond common sense that I had trouble accepting it.
“Puooh!”
That was when one kangaroo stepped into the center and pointed to either side.
Two kangaroos came out from the crowd. It looked like they were this match's contestants(?).
One was the kind of kangaroo you'd call a thug, covered in scars and muscles.
The other was sleek all over, like a single sword given form.
‘...Why are their personalities so distinct?’
I watched with my arms crossed for a moment, then immediately logged into the Gallery.
Something this precious was too good to keep to myself. It would be more fun if others watched too.
Right then, the two kangaroos started fighting, showing off flashy moves.
It might not have been as spectacular as the kangaroo that had pulled off a powerbomb like it was WVE earlier, but it was still thrilling.
[Post title] Title) Have you guys seen the kangaroo arena?
[Author] Wild Grylls
[Post] (Photo of kangaroos in the crowd)
[Post] (Photo of cheering kangaroos)
[Post] (Photo of female kangaroos gathered together)
[Post] (Photo of other animals watching from afar)
[Post] (Photo of two kangaroos fighting in the center)
[Post] (Video of kangaroos showing off flashy moves)
[Post] I'm watching it right now.
[Post] I knew kangaroos had shown up at the old owlbear cave, but I had no idea what they were doing.
[Post] Turns out they're holding an arena here lololol
[Post] From what I can tell, the prize is those female kangaroos. I saw the winner take one.
[Post] I don't know much about kangaroos, so is this how they get females? By fighting?
└ [Heavenly Demon]: They look like people wearing kangaroo disguises. They are putting on an excellent martial duel.
└ [SwordTasteMaster]: Aren't they actually people? This looks like something gladiators used to do;;
└ I've lived long enough to see kangaroos fighting lol
└ Where the hell does Grylls live? Is he living on another planet or something?
└ [Wild Grylls]: I used to live on another planet, yeah.
└ [Allfather]: Kangaroos... Kangaroos... Fuck, what is this? They shouldn't have a habit like that.
└ [Wild Grylls]: It has nothing to do with courting females?
└ [Allfather]: To be honest, I can't say it has absolutely nothing to do with it. Kangaroo courtship is complicated and ritualistic. If we call that a ritual, then I suppose it works.
└ [Wild Grylls]: A ritual where they beat each other bloody?
└ [Allfather]: I don't know either, so just watch.
└ [Wild Grylls]: Okay.
└ [Passing Dwarf]: Hey. Build them an arena later. What if the spectators get hurt like that? lol
└ [Wild Grylls]: If I build one, will they give me food or something? lol
└ [Passing Dwarf]: They might. More importantly, how are you in there? Did you bribe them?
└ [Wild Grylls]: Yeah. There were guards at the entrance, so I gave them Fasting Pills and got in. Kkobong stepped in for me.
└ [Passing Dwarf]: Why is this real;; Aren't they actually people?
└ Considering Kkobong and the other gorillas...
└ I told you that place is insane.
└ Let's just say "for real lol" and move on lol
The comments went wild. Still, everyone had gradually gotten used to the Forest of Four Seasons, so they just laughed.
So many things beyond common sense had happened one after another that they simply laughed them off.
Thud!
I had been watching for a while when the sleek kangaroo landed a toe kick on the hulking kangaroo's stomach.
No matter the animal, the power of a kick was terrifying.
Naturally, the hulking kangaroo lowered its head from the blow.
Grab!
The sleek kangaroo didn't miss the opening.
It suddenly turned around and grabbed the thug kangaroo by the neck.
Boom!
Then it threw itself hard onto the ground. The force was obviously terrifying.
The kangaroo throwing itself down would be hurt too, but the thug kangaroo would have it worse.
It was a move that struck the jaw, neck, and face all at once.
‘...Wasn't that a wrestling move too?’
I didn't know the name, but I had seen it before.
At this rate, would it pull out a chokeslam too?
Grab!
“Keck! Keck-keck!”
“...”
It really did.
The thug kangaroo had regained its senses and grabbed the sleek kangaroo by the throat.
The difference in their size made it incredibly intimidating. Sunglasses would suit the thug kangaroo perfectly.
I only had that pointless thought for a moment before the thug kangaroo lifted the sleek kangaroo high into the air.
At the same time, the cheering grew louder. That alone was impressive enough, but then...
Sweep.
The thug kangaroo swept its free hand across the crowd, even toward my side.
It was a performance overflowing with swagger.
‘Where did a kangaroo learn something like that?’
Craaaash!!!
I was too dumbfounded to speak when the thug kangaroo unleashed a chokeslam.
It was at least as powerful as the earlier powerbomb, if not stronger.
“Puoohhhh!!!”
The thug kangaroo roared after landing the move cleanly.
The other kangaroos cheered wildly at its roar. You'd think they were the ones who had won.
But the kangaroo lying on the ground, though staggering, hadn't lost consciousness.
Before long, the kangaroo barely got back to its feet, and the thug kangaroo turned around.
“Puuk?!”
“Puooh!”
Thud!!
The attack happened in an instant.
The sleek kangaroo rushed in while the thug kangaroo was off guard and landed a dropkick.
Kangaroo hind legs were sturdy to begin with, and this was a dropkick using them. It carried terrifying power.
If I'd taken that head-on, my bones would have shattered to pieces.
“Ughhh...”
Unable to endure it, the thug kangaroo fainted on the spot.
It had paid the miserable price for carelessness, arrogance, and recklessness.
On the other hand, the sleek kangaroo taught me persistence, patience, and grit.
“Kuoooooh!!!”
With a roar, the sleek kangaroo took a female away.
It was even more interesting because it felt like watching a match that mixed WVE and UEC perfectly.
The ground was solid too, which made wrestling moves absurdly destructive.
[Post title] Title) The match is over.
[Author] Wild Grylls
[Post] (Video of a kangaroo performing a stunner)
[Post] (Video of a kangaroo performing a chokeslam)
[Post] (Video of a kangaroo performing a dropkick)
[Post] The sleek kangaroo won.
[Post] The thug kangaroo landed a move, then got careless and ate the finishing blow.
[Post] This match taught me that you should never get arrogant.
└ [Heavenly Demon]: Every move was flashy to watch. Where did they learn those?
└ [SwordTasteMaster]: I think they invented them rather than learned them. Those aren't even grappling moves.
└ Wow lol this is insanely fun to watch lol
└ Way more fun than normal fighting lol
└ Now I get why people went to watch gladiators lol
└ [Wild Grylls]: Come to think of it, aren't there combat sports here?
└ [PrincessChaenggu]: There are matches, but they never developed into sports, okay? People fight just fine without them, you know.
└ Why would they need sports when people can just watch fights that break out on the street? lol
└ There are competitions held sometimes, but calling them sports feels a little off, right?
└ Yeah, most people enter to show off their skills.
└ Ash won several times in the past and earned the Swordmaster title.
Was it roughly like the World Martial Arts Tournament?
It was a sport, but people's perception of it made it feel far removed from sports.
Then again, this was a world where martial strength directly became power.
Unlike Earth, the value of martial strength didn't diminish over time, so it was a natural development.
└ Hey, Grylls. Can you commentate when the next kangaroos come out?
└ Me too. I'm honestly curious as hell.
└ Grylls, hurry up and give us broadcast rights.
└ What broadcast rights in the Forest of Four Seasons? lol
└ Can we open a betting pool for this?
└ The Head Mod would have to allow it, I think.
I was talking about combat sports when the users started clamoring for me to broadcast the kangaroo fights.
Setting up a broadcast would be difficult enough, but I didn't understand why they were making this request.
└ [Wild Grylls]: Do you really need to watch kangaroos fight? You can just watch people fight.
└ [PrincessChaenggu]: Honestly, this is more fun, okay? The kangaroos fight like people, you know.
└ [KingLeor]: Fucking agreed. We can't miss something this entertaining.
└ Now I understand why there are dogfights, cockfights, and bullfighting.
└ Grylls. Aren't you having fun?
└ No, seriously. Kangaroos are fighting like people, using moves that look both inefficient and efficient.
“...”
Hearing that, I could sort of understand the appeal.
An arena using animals. It was a pretty old tradition.
I had felt something similar while standing guard at an ammunition depot in the military.
A duty shift at the ammunition depot was nothing but boring with nothing to do.
Then what if two water deer started fighting each other?
Seniors, juniors, and people from my own intake alike, none of us could resist watching.
Sometimes a wild boar would ram one of the water deer, and that made it even more entertaining.
‘...I need to see how long this goes on too.’
I decided to commentate for now. Still, I was curious about the betting pool someone mentioned.
If it could only open with the Head Mod's permission, did that mean they weren't currently running one?
└ There used to be betting pools for every sport. But people actually went broke because of them, so the Head Mod shut them down.
└ [Wild Grylls]: Wait. Gallery money can only be used in the Gallery. How did they go broke?
└ You don't understand how terrifying gambling is...
└ There are people everywhere who dump everything into horse racing, so why would sports be different? lol
└ The worse problem was that someone even tried match-fixing real sports. That was actually the biggest reason.
└ Oh, I remember. What league was it? The Mephisto Satan League?
└ Yeah. It wasn't just bribing referees, the entire league's credibility tanked lol
└ The league champions got relegated to the third division because of it. They're back now, though.
└ It still has the stigma of being a rigged league.
└ That wasn't really because of the Gallery. Gambling itself was the problem.
One of humanity's traditional pastimes.
Anywhere winners and losers were decided, that kind of atmosphere was bound to follow.
‘Doesn't matter to me.’
The kangaroos were running the matches, not me.
There was no room for interference, and nobody could fix them.
Where else could there be a method this fair and impartial?
So I left a comment telling them to do whatever they wanted.
└ [DontAbandonTheHero]: I'm curious too! I'll open it just this once! But you need to use Ladder Points instead of Gallery Points! Otherwise, it's a ban!
└ [Wild Grylls]: Ladder Points? What are those?
└ [DontAbandonTheHero]: If Gallery Points are cash you top up, Ladder Points are scores that can only be earned in the Gallery! In the past, you could earn them by commenting, giving upvotes, or receiving upvotes!
└ They got rid of them because people rigged upvote counts.
└ People fought a lot over those too lol There were lots of broke-ass bastards.
└ Wow. When was that? Those were the days.
└ I saw people go from striking it rich to becoming beggars over sports betting lol
If Gallery Points were money topped up with cash or used to buy and sell items at the Auction House, Ladder Points were points in the purest sense.
What could you do with them?
Nothing. They were just decorative.
You could bet on sporting events with them, but it was purely for fun.
Apparently, people used to receive ranks of nobility based on how many points they had, but that culture was gone now.
└ [Wild Grylls]: You're not bringing them back because of me, right?
└ [DontAbandonTheHero]: Not at all! I was already planning to bring Ladder Points back with various minigames! I'm just too busy right now!
└ [Wild Grylls]: Got it. How do I open it?
└ [DontAbandonTheHero]: The category list should be unlocked when you make a post! Just click that!
└ [Wild Grylls]: Am I going to get points too?
└ [DontAbandonTheHero]: You'll get a certain share! You can do whatever you want with them!
└ [Wild Grylls]: Then I'll keep the fee low. I'm not doing this for the points anyway.
└ [DontAbandonTheHero]: Such pure entertainment! I like it even more!
└ Everybody shout: Grylls!
└ No fee! This bastard Grylls knows how to have fun!
└ Let's gooooo lol
It wasn't that I knew how to have fun. I just wasn't thinking much about it.
Anyway, when I tried to make a post, there was one more category in the list, just like the Head Mod said.
It looked similar to a poll, but there were only two blank spaces.
I guessed I was supposed to put the kangaroos in each one.
‘It's just a trial run, anyway.’
I picked Kangaroo No. 1 and Kangaroo No. 2.
The payouts were settled automatically. No commission came back to me either.
Once everything was ready, people rushed to Grylls's post.
Thud! Whack!
“Ooh! That's it! Good job!”
If the previous match had been WVE, this one was UEC.
A simple but fierce boxing match instead of flashy wrestling moves.
Since they were kangaroos, boxing suited them better than anything.
Boom!
“Puek!”
One kangaroo's head snapped to the side, and the match ended.
The match lasted about ten minutes. I recorded every second of it.
The result was already clear, but it was proof footage of a sort.
‘That means Kangaroo No. 2 won...’
I edited the post and announced Kangaroo No. 2's victory.
Maybe because it was the first match, the odds for both sides were about the same.
But the amount of money wagered far exceeded my expectations.
‘...Are there only rich people in the Gallery?’
There was money worth hundreds of millions of won.
Or maybe the Gallery was full of dopamine addicts. I didn't know.
Either way, I announced Kangaroo No. 2's victory as instructed.
└ [PrincessChaenggu]: Fuuuuuck!!! My points!!!
└ Mom... Where did my points go...? Where did they go...?
└ I'm cold... Please give my points back...
└ I'll never do it again... Please give them back...
└ [Wild Grylls]: What is this?
Bankrupt people started appearing one after another.
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