I Unleashed a Gossip Gallery in Another World - Chapter 46

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◈ I Unleashed a Gossip Gallery in Another World ◈

Chapter 46: The Continental Rulers' Meeting

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[✪(Breaking) Gossip Gallery Eraser is fucking furious lololololol]

The moment I returned to the Durgel estate, I drew the blade I had been honing for so long.

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[Title: Noble Lady Gallery Eraser and Swordsman Gallery Eraser. Assemble.]

Author: Gossip Gallery Eraser

Both of you get your asses into a Gossip Gallery Duel within five minutes.

For every moment you’re late, you’ll get hit even more.

[Comments: 3]

Mage Gallery Eraser: What the hell happened? lol

Other Races Gallery Eraser: Big Brother, don’t be mad! You’re scary!

Troll Eraser: (Orc emote nervously reading the room)

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It was time to teach those insane Erasers, who used the Gossip Gallery as their personal playground, some discipline.

[✪Swordsman Gallery Eraser <<< getting the shit beat out of her lol]

[✪How the hell do you beat a Swordmaster with basic sword forms???]

[✪Noble Lady Gallery Eraser <<< how is her black magic getting nullified right now?]

[✪Noble Lady Gallery Eraser kneeling as punishment live lol]

[✪Upvote if watching the Erasers get caned in a line is fucking hilarious lol]

[✪Getting the Erasers back in line really does call for God Gossip Gallery lololololol]

“Phew...”

After about an hour of physical dialogue in the Room of Truth, I finally managed to vent my resentment.

Gossip Gallery Eraser: If you Erasers pull this kind of bullshit involving real life again, I’ll make sure you can never use the Gallery again.

ㄴSwordsman Gallery Eraser: Please take me on as your disciple.

ㄴGossip Gallery Eraser: Fuck off, bitch.

Since I could use the Hero avatar from my days as the supreme administrator, engraved into my soul, even Awakened Ciel was no match for me.

Ciel had gleefully rushed in, thinking she would win this time, only to learn deep in her bones that there was always someone better. She returned to being an Eraser slave.

Gossip Gallery Eraser: Especially you, Noble Lady Gallery Eraser, you fucking bitch. Try making it obvious one more time.

ㄴNoble Lady Gallery Eraser: sry

ㄴGossip Gallery Eraser: You know what happens if you make it obvious again, right?

ㄴGossip Gallery Eraser: Answer if you don’t want to end up like that fake Demon King.

And Lady Yurian was no exception.

Maybe things were different in real life, but in the Gallery, I was above her.

After a long session of discipline, she paid dearly for toying with me ever since the Imperial Ball.

Noble Lady Gallery Eraser: Sis, let’s get along well hehe

ㄴSwordsman Gallery Eraser: Sure^^

ㄴChurch Gallery Eraser: Get along with me too hehe

ㄴChurch Gallery Eraser: Make sure to visit the Holy Sanctuary sometime~

‘She’ll keep her mouth shut for a while now.’

Only after finishing the discipline for my personal Erasers did I regain my peace of mind. Exhausted, I collapsed onto the bed.

“Ugh.”

The plan to let Ciel throw her weight around under my name had ended in failure, but I had still gained something from it.

‘Strengthening the body with life energy...’

Back when I was the Hero, with a healthy body, I had never considered applying life energy that way.

But with the ridiculously frail body I had now, using life energy to strengthen myself like Ciel did seemed like a very plausible solution.

It would only be temporary, of course, but at least I could protect myself from threats.

‘Now I really need to sleep...’

Having found that answer, I was finally about to close my eyes and recover from the fatigue built up in my body.

>Church Gallery Eraser: Is Gossip Gallery Eraser here?

>Gossip Gallery Eraser: ?

>Church Gallery Eraser: Ah, um! It’s just that!

The Saintess of the Holy Church suddenly contacted me in secret through the Gallery Log.

“...”

I had been considering revising the Gallery Log rules because of Lady Yurian’s abuse of them, so I initially frowned and put my hand over the block button.

>Church Gallery Eraser: The Goddess says she wants to see you!

“Bullshit.”

But the next moment, I had no choice but to close my eyes and curse.

>Gossip Gallery Eraser: Tell her to fuck off lol

>Church Gallery Eraser: But according to my interpretation, she says it’s really, really urgent!

Still, the Saintess seemed quite desperate.

>Church Gallery Eraser: She says the world will be fucked if you don’t come!

>Church Gallery Eraser: But what does “fucked” mean?

“Hmm...”

As I considered it for a moment, she sent me a Duel Magic Circle with a VPN applied.

>Church Gallery Eraser: (Attached an image.)

>Church Gallery Eraser: She says that if you wait inside this, she’ll possess me soon!

After examining it closely, I realized there was no trap and changed my mind.

‘...If she’s borrowing the Saintess’s body inside a Gossip Gallery Duel, it should at least be safe.’

The Goddess was definitely insane, but she was still someone who tried to benefit the world.

If there was something she needed to tell me badly enough to spend her divinity, I could not simply ignore it.

“Eirin, I’m taking some Mana Stones.”

“Uh, huh?”

“You can spare this much for your brother, right?”

I got out of bed and grabbed several Mana Stones from the lair of the monster living next door.

“You fucking bastard!!!”

The pink-haired monster let out a terrible shriek behind me, but I immediately entered my room, locked the door, and blocked her from following me. It would be fine.

‘Even dog shit has its uses.’

Anyway, I laid out the Mana Stones, copied the Duel Magic Circle the Saintess had attached, and entered it.

‘You have to treat Gallery developers well.’

I had no intention whatsoever of using Duel Magic Circles for cliquing, but considering the circumstances, I intended to let it slide just this once.

“...”

How much time passed?

Once the virtual space created by the Duel Magic Circle spread out before me, I cleared my throat and spoke.

“Church Gallery Eraser.”

“...”

“Or... has she already possessed you?”

The Saintess, hidden beneath a black silhouette, slowly turned her head.

“...!”

Her body jolted, then she immediately began running toward me.

“If you try hugging me without permission, I’m leaving.”

Certain that the thing inside the Saintess’s body was the Goddess, I stepped back and warned her coldly.

“Get to the point, quickly.”

“...”

“I’ll leave the instant you say anything stupid.”

The Goddess froze in place for a moment, unsure of what to do.

Flail, flail...

She busily moved her hands, then pointed at her throat and let her shoulders droop.

‘She still can’t speak...’

Well, if she could not even use text while browsing the Gallery, making a sound would naturally be difficult.

>(Goddess): (Orc emote shedding tears of joy)

>(Goddess): (Orc emote worshipping)

>(Goddess): (Orc emote hugging a Hero body pillow)

Instead, she began spamming Orc emotes through my Gallery Log as usual.

“Get to the point.”

Just as I looked at her pathetic display and warned her again...

Scratch, scratch...

The Goddess suddenly extended her nails, grabbed my hand, and began writing something on it.

And as far as I understood, that was the message the Goddess wanted to convey.

“Don’t talk shit.”

“...?”

“What kind of fucking Gallery has text emotes, bitch?”

Naturally, I shook my head with an incredulous expression.

Text emotes in the sacred Gallery? Emotes containing specific words were one thing, but could an emote made by combining letters even be called an emote?

<No, fuck, they were released in the world you originally lived in!>

But the trembling Goddess wrote an unbelievable lie on my palm again.

“Quit lying.”

And right after that...

Thump! Thump! Thump!

As if frustrated, the Goddess began pounding the Saintess’s chest with all her strength.

‘She really is insane.’

I watched her in disgust when...

Bzzzt...

The black silhouette before me suddenly shook as though it were full of static, then collapsed to the floor.

‘Writing two sentences on my palm took that much out of her. So she can only use DC emotes.’

Beings with divinity like the Goddess could not casually interfere with the real world.

Even taking that into account, though, her divinity seemed pitifully weak compared with the old days, when she could make it pour rain.

“If you’re done talking, I’m leaving.”

“Mmph! Mmph!”

“What now?”

Of course, that was that. Just as I was about to end my connection to the Duel Magic Circle because I did not want to waste any more time...

Wave, wave...

The Goddess suddenly beckoned me with her hand.

“You want me to come closer?”

“...”

“If you try anything strange again, then...”

Still looking at her warily, I took a step forward.

Whoosh...

The Goddess stretched out her hand and covered my head.

“...!”

And from that moment on, astonishing information began flowing into my mind.

‘The rulers of the continents... are gathered in one place?’

Apparently, the Goddess had called me to show me this scene.

* * *

Normally, meetings of the Gallery’s ruling class were held by Emperor Rudric, with all the head mods around the world in attendance.

“Good. Is everyone here?”

But at this moment, a secret meeting was about to begin in a dark conference room, one that nobody knew about except the people gathered here. There had not even been an announcement.

“Can’t you see for yourself?”

“I’m getting sick of this nonsense too.”

“Indeed. I have personally graced you with my presence today as well.”

There were three people before the Emperor.

The Elf Queen of the Southern Continent, the Dragon Lord of the Northern Continent, and, surprisingly, the Eastern Continent Emperor were attending the meeting.

“It is time to begin the real rulers’ meeting.”

The regular mod meetings held by Emperor Rudric were, in truth, merely a show for appearances.

This secret meeting, where the supreme rulers governing the four continents gathered, was the true mod meeting that decided the world’s fate and direction.

“Ha...”

“Tch...”

“Hmm...”

Yet today, everyone but Emperor Rudric had their heads lowered with clear irritation on their faces.

“I did not call you here to browse the Gallery.”

Emperor Rudric frowned as he watched them and took his seat.

“But what choice do I have?”

The Elf Queen was the first to raise her head with a cold expression.

[International Other Races Gossip Gallery]

[✪Elf Queen <<< how long are you gonna pretend to be vegan? lol]

[✪Is it true the Great Forest has been withering lately because the Elf Queen eats meat?]

[✪But isn’t the Great Forest withering a serious problem? Why does the Queen keep saying it’s fine and just stand by?]

[✪Upvote if Sigria needs to quit being an elder and return as Queen ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ]

The posts from the Other Races Gossip Gallery, where she had just been ego-searching, remained clearly visible in her eyes.

“Fake news like this is going around every single day. How could I not be concerned?”

Then Dragon Lord Belkaros raised his head.

“My situation is no different.”

Dragon Lord Belkaros had disguised themself not as the Dragon Lord, but as the Azure Dragon of the Eastern Continent in order to bring the Eastern Continent Emperor here. The Dragon Lord’s expression was also full of irritation.

[✪Dragon Lord <<< dumbass lizard who has not set foot near the snowy plains since Azrakan dumped him, physically lol]

[✪Belkaros <<< should have been born a woman when his sex was decided in the egg, you creepy bastard lolololol]

[✪What good is being the strongest dragon when you cannot even find one Gossip Gallery Eraser and keep panicking lolololol]

“Those insignificant inferior races dare...”

The Dragon Lord, too, could not properly contain their feelings after hearing criticisms unlike any they had heard over countless ages.

“Emperor Rudric, I demand an explanation from you.”

But the one with the most furious expression was none other than the Eastern Continent Emperor.

“I clearly made a massive investment in the Golden Shield.”

“That is...”

“Our makeshift Golden Shield is still blocking it on our end, but because of that thing called VPN, it will soon become useless.”

Having blocked the Gallery itself throughout the Eastern Continent through a secret pact with the Magnesia Empire and the Holy Church, she could not overlook what was happening.

(Author: Tang Soyul, Young Lord of the Sichuan Tang Clan)

[✪Holy fuck, were we the only ones who did not get to enjoy this until now!?!?]

(Author: Lingling of an Eastern Continent Beastfolk Village)

[✪VPN <<< doggy(?) upvote if we need to spread this across the Eastern Continent ASAP lol]

(Author: Ruler of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains)

[✪Martial Arts Gossip Gallery <<< is there anyone who wants to apply to create this? hehe]

Even at this moment, Eastern Continent residents who had lived for ages without knowing about the Gallery were gradually becoming immersed in it.

“Look, Emperor of the Magnesia Empire.”

“...”

“Are there not already Eastern Continent residents accessing the Gallery through that bizarre sorcery?”

A heavy silence fell over the meeting room for a moment.

“I understand all of your complaints very well.”

In that silence, Emperor Rudric raised his head. He, too, was no longer hiding his irritation.

[✪(Breaking) Emperor finally took off his wig lololololol]

[✪Crown Prince <<< is it true over one hundred exposés from baron to viscount daughters have piled up, so he’s on the verge of being deposed?]

[✪Princess Ruabel <<< considering she is the former Empress’s only child, she is at least fit to be the next Emperor yeah]

[✪Emperor <<< should he not just shave off his eyebrows too? hehe]

“I am a victim as well.”

Honestly, he was the person suffering the most severe damage among the rulers gathered here.

“But remember this nevertheless.”

Emperor Rudric quietly ground his teeth, disconnected from the Gossip Gallery, and spoke with a solemn expression.

“Once we bring about the descent of the Demon God, the Gallery will fall completely into our hands.”

The taboo word Demon God came from his mouth, but nobody gathered there looked surprised.

“When that happens... the absurd restrictions placed by that foolish previous Hero will disappear as well.”

Instead, everyone’s irritated expressions relaxed, and they quietly smiled.

“As the Elf Queen requested, the new Gallery will introduce a points system. A dimensional shop system that allows items to be transferred will be introduced as well.”

The Elf Queen nodded with a satisfied expression upon hearing that.

“Of course, we Elves will monopolize the points system and shop system.”

It was a statement that would have made someone in a certain count’s estate in the Empire have a fit.

“Furthermore, as the Dragon Lord desires, the new Gallery will introduce a monthly subscription system.”

But statements that would make Elrod have a fit were only just beginning.

“Thirty percent of the monthly subscription payments must be supplied to the dragons’ nests.”

The Dragon Lord nodded, crossed his arms, and made that statement without the slightest hesitation.

“Finally, taking the Eastern Continent Emperor’s recommendation into account, I promise that the new Gallery will also introduce private messages and private chat systems.”

The benefit guaranteed to the Eastern Continent Emperor was what finally completed the set.

“The Eastern Continent Imperial Family will monopolize the private message and private chat systems.”

“Hoho, so be it.”

“If we can censor and wiretap private conversations across every continent, the Imperial Family’s power will endure forever...”

When that chilling statement ended, the continental rulers were once more united as they wore cold smiles.

“However, there is something we must remember.”

Right after that, Emperor Rudric broke the atmosphere with a grave expression.

“At this rate, we cannot achieve our shared objective, rulers of the continents.”

The other rulers had already roughly guessed the reason.

“Since the Unauthorized Gallery appeared, the world’s karma has been steadily becoming purer.”

“...”

“I even received a report yesterday that a considerable amount of the Empire’s karma has recovered.”

The Emperor paused there, then muttered with a cold expression.

“...It seems an unintended strongest person has emerged in my Empire.”

Of course, he was talking about Ciel, who had grasped the Hero’s swordsmanship at Lady Yurian’s tea party.

Fortunately for her, Emperor Rudric still did not know the truth.

“At this rate, not only will we fail to bring about the Demon God’s descent... even our power will soon be in danger.”

Still, through some means, the Emperor had realized that the continent’s course was moving toward order rather than chaos.

“Dragon Lord, have you found a way to counter that bizarre forbidden grimoire?”

At his question, the Dragon Lord, who had been sitting with his arms crossed, shrugged.

“It was somewhat difficult, but I found a countermeasure regardless.”

“Oh!”

“That disgusting sorcery, which hammers the most horrific images a viewer can imagine into their brain while changing them hundreds of times a second... need no longer be feared so much.”

Emperor Rudric finally relaxed. He stroked his beard with a satisfied smile.

“Then this becomes much easier.”

An ominous smile, one most Imperial citizens had likely never seen, appeared on his lips.

“It is time to create chaos across the continents and lower the karma that has been recovering.”

The next moment, Emperor Rudric slowly looked over the three continental rulers in turn.

“Is anyone willing to volunteer for this glorious cause?”

The moment he asked as though the answer were obvious...

“...It is about time for our Southern Continent’s turn.”

The Elf Queen quietly rose and walked to the center of the meeting room.

“Do you have a good method?”

“Your enthusiasm is admirable, but the Southern Continent is such a peaceful place that I cannot expect much.”

“Would it not be better to burn books and bury scholars once again?”

As the other three reacted lukewarmly, she curled her lips into a faint smile.

“What do you think is the Southern Continent’s greatest resource?”

“...Dungeons?”

“Yes, that is correct.”

The next moment, the Elf Queen’s lips, which had held a gentle expression, twisted grotesquely.

“But what if... the dungeons, practically the workplace of Southern Continent residents, became Demon Realms overnight?”

“...!”

“Then karma across the entire continent would naturally rise, would it not?”

A silence followed.

“Minerva, can you do that?”

“I will show you now.”

A short while later, Emperor Rudric’s eyes widened as he asked. The Elf Queen confidently waved her hand through the air.

“Everyone, please look at the screen.”

The next moment, a screen appeared in the middle of the table, displaying a location somewhere in the Southern Continent.

“Oh, this is...”

“Ha, are you serious?”

“A relic of the Hero’s era... You had it.”

The other rulers gathered around her and finally understood what the Elf Queen had been planning.

“World Tree Administrators, listen.”

The Elf Queen’s solemn command began to flow from her lips.

“By the name of the Elf Queen, ruler of the Great Forest, I command you.”

The High Elves visible on the screen smiled and rose from their seats.

“From this moment on, change the dungeon’s structure and difficulty to their highest settings.”

When they bowed and turned toward the World Tree, the static-filled screen shut off.

“...As you all know, this is a secret.”

At the same time, the Elf Queen turned to the others and placed a finger over her lips.

“That the dungeon core which has encroached upon the Southern Continent... is actually disguised as the World Tree of our Great Forest.”

Emperor Rudric listened blankly before asking her in a low voice.

“Then... what of the Dungeon Master?”

“Yes?”

“Was it not the Dungeon Master, one of the Four Calamities, who encroached upon the entirety of the Southern Continent with dungeons?”

The Elf Queen’s eyes curved into narrow crescents.

“Ah, that one...”

She sat back down, wearing an odd smile for some time.

“...That one is actually the real World Tree.”

At her words, the other rulers began to laugh hollowly.

“Though it will disappear forever once this is over...”

The Elf Queen watched them and smiled even more ominously as she made her declaration.

“If the World Tree disappears, we will certainly be able to summon the Demon God this time, my friends.”

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“Ugh...”

Once the recording of the continental rulers’ secret meeting playing in my mind finally ended, I collapsed onto my bed with a fierce headache.

“Ugh, my head...”

When I came to my senses, my connection to the Duel Magic Circle had already ended.

Seeing that all the Mana Stones had been consumed, quite some time must have passed outside the Duel Magic Circle.

“Ha...”

After pressing my head for some time, I began muttering with a cold expression.

“...As expected, that cannot be the real World Tree.”

The World Tree extending through the Great Forest of this era was not the World Tree I knew.

I had mentioned that fact myself when I infiltrated the last mod meeting, but actually seeing and hearing it left me unable to hide my complicated feelings.

‘The Gossip Gallery must be in an uproar.’

And if what I saw was true, the Southern Continent must already be in complete chaos.

[✪(Breaking) Adventurers in emergency!!! Dungeons are closing!!!!!!!!]

Sure enough, the first thing I saw when I opened the Gossip Gallery was the outcry of Southern Continent adventurers.

[Anonymous: What the fuck? Why are the dungeons suddenly closing???]

[Anonymous: Adven-bro is fucked live!!! I’m trapped in the deep levels!!!]

[Anonymous: Adventurer’s Guild emergency assembly ffs lol what kind of bullshit is this first thing in the morning lol]

[Anonymous: Adventurer’s Guild <<< they say they will make a major announcement in ten minutes, does any adven-bro know anything???]

“...”

A short while later, posts that were practically death sentences for Southern Continent adventurers began appearing among the featured posts.

[Fun Times Empire Village Gossip Gallery]

[✪(Breaking) Adventurer’s Guild guide personnel hit with mass layoffs, holy shit]

[✪Wait, you now need an Adventurer’s Guild Elf accompanying you whenever you enter a dungeon???]

[✪The Adventurer’s Guild and Great Forest being in bed together was not just a conspiracy theory? lol]

Of course, there were also many adventurers in the Magnesia Empire on the Western Continent, so the latest information was being shared in real time with almost no delay.

[✪(Repost) Adventurer Gallery global notice]

What caught my eye amid all that was a global notice posted on the Adventurer Gallery, an official Gallery.

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[Notice) Starting today, dungeon entry requires accompaniment by Adventurer’s Guild-approved Elves.]

Author: Adventurer’s Guildmaster Allen

As of this moment, we have confirmed large-scale anomalies occurring throughout Southern Continent dungeons.

All dungeon structures have changed, as have the types of traps and magical beasts within.

We have confirmed that only Elves empowered by the World Tree understand the changed structures and altered magical beasts.

Your life will be at risk if you do not travel with an Elf. If you see this notice, please come to the Adventurer’s Guild and receive an assigned place in line for an Elf guide.

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Naturally, perhaps because it was mindful of public opinion, the notice’s comment function was closed.

Anonymous1: I’m a beastfolk guide, and my party just kicked me out lol How am I supposed to live now???

Anonymous2: My friend is trapped in a dungeon... This has to be a dream...

Anonymous3: We need to pay and wait if we want to rescue friends trapped in dungeons? Elves <<< have they all gone insane together?

But reactions to the announcement were already flooding the reposted Gossip Gallery post instead.

[✪Elves <<< these bastards are already forming cartels with big parties lololololol]

[✪(Breaking) Big parties and top-ranked adventurers <<< already took up Elf guide appointments into the triple digits lol]

[✪It was already hard because big parties had a monopoly, but does this not mean ordinary adventurers are truly finished?]

[✪I could never become a top adventurer, but I barely made a living through dungeons since childhood. What is adven-bro supposed to do now?]

[✪Dungeons are finished now lol From now on, dungeons are playgrounds for knife-ears and big parties lolololol]

Naturally, the featured posts were filled not just with posts by Imperial adventurers, but with Southern Continent adventurers who had come to write as well.

[Anonymous: There are people on the twenty-first deep level... Please save us ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ]

[Anonymous: Multiple injured on the fifth aboveground level... When is everyone coming?]

[Anonymous: Adven-bro lost too much blood, so I’m cold... lol]

But the most serious thing was that rescue requests from adventurers trapped in the sealed dungeons, facing an indefinite wait, were being posted in real time.

[Anonymous: Dungeon Master <<< did this bastard finally lose it?]

[Anonymous: It is about time... to subjugate them, right? hehe]

[Anonymous: The lowest spot among the Four Calamities will change soon lol]

“Ha ha...”

As I saw posts criticizing the Dungeon Master, known to be the one behind the dungeon encroachment, begin to appear, I smiled bitterly again.

‘That cannot be true.’

Because in this era, only I knew the identity of the Dungeon Master, who had become one of the Four Calamities.

‘There is no way the World Tree system I programmed myself would do something this insane.’

As I reminisced for a while, lost in memories of the past, I suddenly noticed posts on the Gossip Gallery and clenched my teeth.

(Author: Dungeon Master)

[Anonymous: How dare they defile my master’s legacy...]

The dear being I had just been remembering also seemed to be reminiscing about the past while writing posts.