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◈ Got a Gallery in the Wild ◈
Chapter 187: Holy Knight Riding a Giraffe (5)
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It was a good thing Ludwig had gotten a Mithril prosthetic leg, but what he needed right now was rest.
What I mean is, he collapsed right after landing one clean hit with that new Mithril leg.
I didn't know whether it was due to a sudden loss of strength or just exhaustion.
For now, I carried Ludwig back into the cave and carefully laid him down.
“%$#%^”
“Quiet. Before I break that leg for real.”
He was probably saying he was sorry for putting me through all that.
I gave Ludwig some honey to help him recover.
I wanted to give him a Fasting Pill if possible, but his stomach still hadn't fully recovered, so it was hard to say.
I should give him porridge to settle his stomach first, then start giving him Fasting Pills.
Fast Sloth would probably give me a look, but I could get away with it if I explained the situation.
[Post title] Title) Ludwig Got a Foot
[Author] Wild Grylls
[Post] (Photo of Ludwig with a Mithril foot)
[Post] Except it's a Mithril foot.
[Post] He suddenly got dragged over to the Mithril vein, then ended up with a new foot.
[Post] He's still limping, but he seems okay otherwise.
└ [Heavenly Demon]: That is quite a beautiful prosthetic. Did you carve it yourself, young sir?
└ [Wild Grylls]: No. At first, it was attached as one big lump, but I broke it apart with a pickaxe and it turned into that.
└ [Heavenly Demon]: How fascinating. The world is full of strange things, but this is a situation I never could have imagined.
└ [Wild Grylls]: I think it's strange too. What the hell is it?
└ [SwordTasteMaster]: It must be difficult to attach a prosthetic immediately after an amputation. Didn't he seem to be in pain?
└ [Wild Grylls]: No. He kicked with it, then collapsed.
└ [SwordTasteMaster]: That doesn't exactly sound normal either;;
└ [Passing Dwarf]: What? Is that really a Mithril prosthetic?
└ [Wild Grylls]: Yeah. First time you've seen one too, right? Same here.
└ [Passing Dwarf]: Mithril itself is fucking rare to begin with, but that's a solid piece;; That guy should never go outside.
└ [Wild Grylls]: Why?
└ [Passing Dwarf]: Someone might cut off his ankle and steal it.
└ [Wild Grylls]: Are there really insane bastards like that in the world?
└ [AllHailTheSun]: There are? One guy from my race once had diamonds embedded in his forehead. He walked around the slums like that, and someone forcibly ripped them out lol
└ I know that incident lmao
└ That was fucking legendary. Why did that Dark Elf even go to the slums?
└ Probably for charity work? I heard they were rich even without the diamonds.
└ [Wild Grylls]: What the hell;;
└ [DontAbandonTheHero]: Ah! He got a new foot! That's a relief! It will take time to adjust, but he'll be okay!
└ [Wild Grylls]: We'll have to see. He's still limping.
└ [DontAbandonTheHero]: He'll still be stronger than you, Grylls, so it'll be fine!
└ [Wild Grylls]: Me? Someone who can't even use mana and only has one foot is stronger than me?
└ [DontAbandonTheHero]: Yes! You'll see when you fight him later!
└ [Wild Grylls]: I'll think about it once he's fully recovered.
└ Isn't Ludwig pretty strong too?
└ Yeah, he's incredibly strong, even if he's not Ash or the Hero.
└ Honestly, he'd probably beat Grylls even if he lost an arm instead of a foot lol
└ [Allfather]: I had something urgent to deal with, so I was only watching, but I cannot overlook this. What exactly happened?
└ [Wild Grylls]: I don't know either. Do you have any theories?
└ [Allfather]: Hmm. You said that Mithril vein was a living creature before, correct? Perhaps it was drawn to the mana leaking from the severed area.
└ [Wild Grylls]: You mean it stuck to him like a magnet?
└ [Allfather]: It is only a hypothesis. I have never seen anything like that myself.
└ Just accept it and move on. You're better off giving up on trying to understand it.
└ There are talking gorillas, so what's strange about this? lmao
└ You've been in the Forest of Four Seasons for a month. How have you not gotten used to it?
└ It's only been a month? It feels like half a year has passed;;
└ Wild Grylls has suffered so much that it feels longer, but the actual time is fucking short lol
└ Things that happened in one month. The truth about the Undying King. Massive protests in El Dorado. The Messiah Empire's succession ceremony. The return of the Blood Cult and Heavenly Demon's appearance. What else was there?
└ [PrincessChaenggu]: Chaeyu's on a four-game winning streak!
└ Lmao do we need to include that too?
└ It's so absurd that it's funny lmao
└ Hey. I'll cut off my leg too, so give me one of those.
└ Then you'd just become a cripple?
└ It looks cool though lol
The Gallery went nuts when I posted it.
A few people said they wanted one too, but I ignored them.
What bothered me most was the Head Mod's not-quite-provocation.
No matter how much weaker Ludwig had become, someone like me wouldn't even be a match for him.
It seemed a little ridiculous, but after thinking about it, I could see why.
‘That guy practically survived with his bare hands, didn't he?’
He had a Mithrilcon sword, but aside from that, nothing.
Even without mana, his basic fighting ability had to be formidable.
“Grrr……”
“……”
Though right now, he was sleeping like a baby.
Maybe because he had unleashed mana so freely earlier, he was even snoring.
Part of me wanted to wake him, but he was sleeping too soundly, so I let him be.
‘Either way, he'll have to stay at the shelter for a while.’
Humans had better endurance than other animals.
They also had bodies specialized for survival. There was a reason people called them animals of adaptation.
But because they were so focused on survival, it was more like they borrowed power from their other functions.
In other words, Ludwig would need a long time to regain his original strength.
He would need time to adjust to the prosthetic too, so it would take at least a week.
‘And I need to see whether he can handle the food here.’
I'd been eating it steadily, so I was fine, but even the fish here were anything but ordinary.
Not only did they regularly produce Inner Cores, the fish themselves were packed with energy.
Hadn't I groaned in pain for a while when I first ate them too?
Ludwig had a body trained through regular exercise, so he would probably be fine, but you never knew.
‘Come to think of it, what's the giraffe doing?’
The giraffe Ludwig had ridden here. The last time I saw it, it was sleeping soundly.
It had probably suffered alongside Ludwig, so I wondered what it was doing now.
‘Do I need to build it a new house too?’
I'd seen it in photos and videos, but the giraffe I met in person was bigger than I'd imagined.
Even lying on the ground asleep, its torso was far larger than mine.
And its neck. That long thing looked unreal no matter how many times I saw it.
‘It sleeps in such a weird way.’
It was fascinating how it slept with its neck coiled up like a snake.
The problem was where I was going to let it sleep.
Leaving it outside like this would be extremely dangerous if it got attacked.
Ludwig seemed attached to it, so shouldn't I protect it as much as possible?
‘Like Kkobong, I should build these guys their own house.’
It was about time for a large-scale construction project. I looked around.
I needed to build somewhere Kkobong and the giraffe could live, so a proper plot of land was essential.
I wanted to build it along the path the Chief Gorilla had cleared before, but that was a passageway.
‘In the end, I'll have to cut down some trees.’
I would need a very large structure just for the giraffe.
After finding a plot backed by dense trees, I designed the building.
It needed height, but it didn't need to be very wide. It was only a place to sleep.
They could come outside and roam freely whenever they wanted.
‘Something like this should work……’
Using the bricks I had prepared beforehand, I began building from the ground up.
There would probably be plenty of trial and error before it was finished.
I'd built ovens and furnaces, but this was my first time building an actual structure, so it would take a while.
‘Come to think of it, I need to prepare for winter too?’
Kkobong was one thing, but there was a good chance this would be the giraffe's first winter.
The grasslands I knew weren't exactly known for brutal cold.
‘Then I'll need to build a fireplace too…… I'm basically making a whole house?’
I could let Kkobong into the cave, but not the giraffe.
Its neck was far too long. Its head would hit the ceiling.
There was a phrase about a beast being sad because its neck was long.[1] It fit perfectly.
‘Of all the animals, it had to be a giraffe……’
Still, what could I do? That giraffe seemed to have helped Ludwig survive a great deal.
It was hard to just kick it out.
And considering the giraffe's fighting ability, it might be able to help us quite a bit.
“Keeng?”
I was steadily laying bricks from the ground up when it happened.
Maybe it had heard the commotion, or maybe it had simply come to visit, but Dad Raccoon showed up.
Dad Raccoon looked at the giraffe sleeping with its neck coiled up, then turned to me.
Its expression clearly asked what that thing was. I snickered when I saw it.
“Say hello. It's a giraffe that'll be staying at our place from now on.”
“Keeng?”
“I don't know either. I'm going to build it a house for now. Did you bring something?”
Dad Raccoon handed me something it was holding.
At a glance, it looked like an ordinary yellow flower. Kind of like a four-leaf clover.
Assuming it was probably a good medicinal herb, I gladly accepted it.
Then I gave it one Fasting Pill from my pocket. It smiled brightly and trotted away.
It was probably going to give it to the baby raccoon. Smiling contentedly, I continued building.
‘I'm only measuring the space anyway, so let's keep it rough.’
Normally, I should have applied cement between the bricks as I went.
But evening was coming soon, and I had to prepare dinner too.
There were not one, but two additional mouths to feed, so my role was important.
‘They better make this worth my while.’
If they had any conscience, they would repay me for what I did for them.
After roughly checking and planning the site, I immediately went into the cave.
About an hour had passed, and Ludwig, who had enjoyed a deep sleep in the meantime, was awake.
After asking if he had slept well, I figured this was a good opportunity and picked up my sword and shield.
“Excuse me. I heard you're the teacher of the holy knights? That's what the Head Mod and everyone else said.”
“#$%%^^?”
Hmm. As expected, he couldn't understand me.
Still, it felt like he had roughly figured out what I wanted.
I usually practiced swordsmanship inside, so I could just do what I normally did.
“Here. I'll show you how I do it.”
“……”
Ludwig didn't answer. His expression said, Go on, entertain me.
When it came to martial skill alone, he was several levels above me.
So, tense as hell, I showed him the training I usually did.
‘I've practiced steadily all this time, so it should be okay, right?’
That was the foolish thought I had.
* * *
Ludwig was an instructor and teacher who had trained countless holy knights.
His eye for talent was beyond question. His greatest success was the Hero.
That was why, watching Grylls's little performance(?), he could understand what Wild Grylls wanted.
Wild Grylls must be showing Ludwig the martial arts Wild Grylls had practiced because Wild Grylls wanted advice.
Not just advice. Ludwig was willing to put his whole heart into passing on everything he had learned throughout his life.
Wild Grylls had not only saved Ludwig's life, but had even given Ludwig a new foot. How could he do any less?
‘Wow……’
Then Ludwig was impressed. Grylls's little performance was no mere performance.
The textbook-like movements were not bad. But that was all.
‘How did Wild Grylls survive? Because of the shield?’
To Ludwig's eyes, it looked unbelievably idiotic.
Grylls was clearly doing well, yet Wild Grylls was somehow strangely strong.
In martial arts, what people called a well-rounded skill set was important.
Only by filling out every part of it could someone respond properly.
But Grylls was different. Only Grylls's offense and defense were filled to the brim.
Grylls's footwork was not bad either, but it was just…… just strange.
Shaaaaa!
“How was that?”
“……”
To make things worse, there was the sheer size of Grylls's aura, something that could only be called abnormal.
Well-rounded skill set, my ass. Ludwig was thoroughly bewildered.
‘Does living in the Forest of Four Seasons make people grow abnormally too?’
Ludwig came to a great realization.
At the same time, he understood something else.
‘So the three-eyed one was here.’
He finally understood how a two-eyed person would feel after falling into a world of three-eyed people.
At least the “Hero,” Asella, was a two-eyed person. Her eyesight was just absurdly good.
Grylls was different. Wild Grylls wasn't just three-eyed. It felt like Wild Grylls had an extra pair of arms and legs too.
‘……How am I supposed to teach Wild Grylls?’
Ludwig was at a complete loss.
Footnotes:
[1] A reference to No Cheon-myeong's poem “The Deer,” which describes a beast as sad because its neck is long.
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