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◈ I Unleashed a Gossip Gallery in Another World ◈
Chapter 49: The Battle to Subjugate the Fake World Tree (2)
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Through the Duel Magic Circle modified to hack the Great Forest, I had just infiltrated the fake World Tree’s database.
“...”
I frowned and quietly watched the situation unfold before me.
“Ahem!”
The one eagerly wagging her tail as she examined me from every angle was none other than Troll Eraser.
In other words, Black Dragon Azrakan, the strongest being on the Northern Continent.
“So you are... Gossip Gallery Eraser?”
“...Yeah.”
“From the looks of you, you really are human...”
Of course, no matter how closely she observed me, she could never uncover my identity.
In this space, only I, with supreme administrator privileges, could see through everyone’s silhouettes.
“Tch. You’ve hidden your appearance well.”
“Anonymity has to be protected.”
“I was going to come find you the second I figured out who you were...”
Our voices were being modulated in real time as well.
Slide...
Otherwise, I would become prey for the Witch of the West quietly standing beside me and Azrakan, who was tilting her head in front of me.
“Gossip, can you handle this?”
“...?”
“You keep working them like this. They might run into trouble, you know?”
After Azrakan, the Witch of the West warned me in an icy voice. Smiling with her eyes, she reached to stroke my chin.
“Are you sure you can handle it?”
But when I whispered that while shooting her a glare, she lowered her hand.
“If you’re a slave, act like one.”
“What?”
“If you use that disrespectful tone one more time, I’ll make sure the photo attached to your private post gets spread all over the world.”
At my words, the Witch of the West, who had been blankly staring at me, trembled all over and bit her lip.
“Come stand beside me, Slave Number Two.”
“...”
“You’re my slave for now, so I’ll protect you.”
I smiled with my eyes and beckoned her over. She glared at me with eyes full of humiliation and rage.
“Answer.”
“Yes...”
But unable to defy my command, she gritted her teeth, answered through clenched jaws, and came to stand beside me.
“Good girl.”
“Urgh...”
“As expected of Slave Number Two, you listen so well.”
When I patted her head, the Witch of the West looked absolutely thrilled.
‘I’m going to use you for the rest of your life, bitch.’
Back when I was a rookie Hero, before I had reached my prime, I had no idea how much this bitch put me through.
“Slave Number Two. Sit.”
“Seriously, enough...”
“...I said sit.”
At last, the chance to repay that humiliation had come. I would give back everything I had suffered all day.
“Good. Paw.”
“...”
“Aww, good girl.”
After taming the Witch of the West like a puppy for quite a while, I even scratched under her chin.
“Fucking bastard...”
Even while suffering such humiliation, she followed my commands without fail, her face full of shame. The corners of my mouth naturally rose.
“Pfft. You look absolutely pathetic.”
Then Azrakan, who had been peeking at us from the side, covered her mouth and muttered.
“For someone of human origin... I’ve never liked how she dared act as though she were my equal.”
Crunch...
“Pathetic bitch. She is unfit to be one of the Four Calamities...”
It seemed this one needed some discipline too.
“Hey. Who said you could break anonymity?”
“Ow!?”
I immediately turned to Azrakan, struck her head with the pommel of my sword, and gave an order.
“You go lie down next to her with your belly up too.”
“...W-what did you say?”
“We don’t have time, so hurry up.”
Azrakan stared at me with a stunned expression, then began giving off a chilling aura.
“For an inferior species to dare...”
But she should not forget that she, too, was currently no more than one of my personal slaves.
“Do you want to spend forever posting in a dead gallery?”
“N-no!”
“Then lie next to her with your belly up.”
About ten seconds later.
“I-is this right?”
“...”
“...Is this right?”
Azrakan scampered over beside the Witch of the West and lay on her back with her belly exposed. Wearing a crumpled expression, she anxiously watched my face as she asked.
‘My pet slaves listen so well.’
Satisfied by the sight, I turned my head to the side.
“I-I didn’t say anything.”
“M-me neither!”
Ciel and the Saintess, who had blankly watched the scene from behind, hurriedly offered excuses for no reason.
‘That should establish discipline well enough.’
Since I had gathered only people who were difficult to control, I needed to establish discipline like this before we began the subjugation in earnest.
And after making two Calamities into examples, the group certainly seemed properly disciplined, which was quite a pleasant sight...
“Hello, Miss Knight!”
“Huh? Ah, y-yeah...”
...Or at least, I had been about to think so, when the Saintess started going around shaking hands with the party members.
“Hello to you too, Miss Mage!”
“...”
“Nice to meet you, Miss Dragon!”
Once she had shaken hands with everyone, she began hopping in place and muttering excitedly.
“Hehe... I have so many friends now!”
“What are you doing?”
“Shaking hands! Doing it with girls is a sign of friendship!”
Then she suddenly backed away and hid her hands behind her back.
“Ah, not with you, Gossip Gallery Eraser...”
“...”
“I-I already have a husband...”
For a moment, I was dumbfounded. I asked in a low voice.
“Did you forget the sex education lesson you got last time?”
“Oh, right.”
“You really had forgotten?”
The Saintess scratched her head with a vacant expression, then her face started turning red.
“It was... too stimulating...”
“...”
“It’s too dangerous to keep thinking about it...”
It was around then that Ciel, who had silently stood there the entire time, shook her head and muttered.
“There are nothing but crazy bitches here.”
“...?”
“Am I really the only normal one...?”
At that shameless statement, I nearly let out a curse.
‘Don’t give me that bullshit, Master.’
I was already full of regrets, but it could not be helped.
To make my plan for conquering the fake World Tree succeed, I absolutely needed these crazy bitches’ help.
“...Everyone, listen up.”
So, suppressing the anger welling up inside me, I spoke in a serious tone.
“Our target is the fake World Tree in the deep layer of this dimension.”
“...”
“Under the fundamental rule of anonymity, techniques that only you can use are prohibited.”
The personal Erasers began blankly listening from their respective places.
“Also prohibited are techniques that are too advanced or powerful.”
“Huh? Why?”
“...They could strain the dimension and cause errors.”
After giving the Saintess, who had asked with an innocent expression, a rough explanation, I began walking forward.
“The moment we leave this area, the Elf Queen will begin monitoring us and responding in real time. Be cautious.”
Countless monitors covered in static already floated throughout the virtual dimension.
Avoiding that surveillance was impossible.
Before long, the Elf Queen would notice our intrusion and desperately try to stop us.
“That concludes the briefing.”
But it would not matter.
“As of this moment, we begin the assault on the fake World Tree.”
Before the overwhelming firepower of a party assembled from only the strongest figures in the world, any countermeasure would be powerless.
* * *
Meanwhile, around that time.
[✪(Breaking) Five Gossip Gallery Erasers Declare Their Assault on the Dungeon Master]
Gossip Gallery Eraser’s declaration that they would assault the Dungeon Master had, naturally, become a hot topic in the Adventurer Gossip Gallery.
[Adventurer Gossip Gallery]
[✪Gossip Gallery Eraser <<< Have they finally gone insane? lol]
[✪Upvote if you’re the Dungeon Master and think you’re fucked lol]
[✪Holy shit, look at that party lineup. It’s packed with heavy hitters lol]
[✪But how are they even going to assault it? Are they sending their souls in?]
[✪What the hell is happening inside the dungeon???]
[✪Upvote if they need to livestream this for Gossip Gallery users’ right to know lol]
“Pfft...”
However, the Elf Queen was still watching the situation with a relaxed attitude.
“Hmm, though...”
Her eyes suddenly narrowed into crescents.
‘No one will know anyway, so should I have a little fun?’
Tap, tap...
Immediately afterward, a shocking post appeared in the Adventurer Gossip Gallery, which it would not have been an exaggeration to say was being watched by more than half the adventurers on the Southern Continent.
(Author: Queen Minerva of the Elves)
[✪I’ll now begin a live broadcast of the Eraser expedition ^^]
An anonymous user’s declaration that they would livestream the Eraser expedition.
Anonymous1: What the fuck?
Anonymous2: How are they even broadcasting this?
Anonymous3: This bastard is the Dungeon Master lol
Anonymous4: Dungeon Master <<< Is this guy a psychopath?
Anonymous5: Since they’re already a public enemy of the continent, they’re going to flaunt it openly now? lol
Naturally, most Gossip Gallery users assumed the user was the Dungeon Master, the cause of this whole incident, teabagging them, and ground their teeth.
“Your Majesty?”
“Shh, quiet.”
“Y-yes, understood.”
But that user’s true identity was Queen Minerva of the Elves, livestreaming footage from the control room using the Gallery’s functions.
‘Watch your moderators get slaughtered miserably and cry your hearts out...’
Using the Gossip Gallery’s anonymity to impersonate the Dungeon Master, she smiled wickedly, thinking this would drive her karma down as far as possible.
“But, Your Majesty... Will this be all right?”
“Hm?”
“W-well, you see...”
But there was one thing Minerva did not know.
“Have you never seen an Unauthorized Gallery duel or Arena?”
It was when Minerva tilted her head at a high elf’s pointed remark.
“Fireball.”
A voice that remained endlessly cold even through voice modulation echoed from the Great Forest Dungeon control room’s monitors.
“Pfft!”
The next moment, unable to hold back her laughter, the Elf Queen excitedly wrote comments on the Gossip Gallery livestream post.
(Author): Fireball, my ass lolllllllll
(Author): How does she plan to take down Ancient Guardian Golems with beginner magic even goblins can use? lolllllllll
But just as she was writing those utterly contemptuous comments.
Rumble, boom!!!
The control room was suddenly bathed in red light along with a deafening roar.
“Huh?”
Queen Minerva of the Elves lifted her head and doubted her own eyes.
The Ancient Guardian Golems, which did not even get scratched by ordinary attacks, were already blackened and burning.
Anonymous12: Ah, excuse me????????????
Anonymous13: Is that really the Fireball I know?
Anonymous14: What the fuck kind of Fireball is cast without chanting, triple-stacked, and fired twelve times in a row???????
Anonymous15: Fireball, my ass, that’s just Dragon Breath, fuck
Tap, tap...
The Elf Queen stared blankly at the screen. Seeing Mage Gallery Eraser, whose expression clearly showed her annoyance, lower her staff, Minerva forced a smile and moved her fingers again.
(Author): There’s one decent mage, at least lol
ㄴAnonymous17: Starting to get scared now? lol
ㄴAnonymous18: Do you think the Mage Gossip Gallery head mod is a joke?
ㄴAnonymous19: Upvote if you’re the Dungeon Master and want to stop the broadcast now lol
But she still retained her composure.
(Author): Still, sorry to disappoint you hehe
(Author): There are ones immune to magic too, you know ^^
There were still more than enough golems to send into the virtual dimension corrupted by her fake World Tree.
Rumble, boom!!!
However, around a minute later, all composure finally vanished from the Elf Queen’s face.
“G-golems designed to fight archmages have sustained severe damage!”
“The magic resistance barriers aren’t working!”
“It appears to be physical damage!”
The magic-resistant golems she had confidently deployed were rolling around in worse condition than tin cans.
“Is that all?”
The Elf Queen watched Swordsman Gallery Eraser, wearing an even more dazed expression, slide her sword into its sheath. Then Minerva lowered her head.
(Author): There are ones immune to magic too, you know ^^
ㄴAnonymous20: Dungeon Master <<< Did you seriously not know Swordsman Gallery Eraser is a Swordmaster? lolllllllll
ㄴAnonymous21: Turn off the main gallery and actually spend some time in the Gossip Gallery lol
ㄴAnonymous22: Idiot lol. A Swordmaster is standing right there, so what did you expect to happen by sending out magic-resistant monsters?
Users from the Swordsman Gossip Gallery, having heard the news, were already mocking her beneath the comments she had written.
Crunch...
The Elf Queen had completely lost her composure. At that moment, she kicked back her chair and stood.
“...Overwhelm them with numbers.”
At her cold command, the high elves in the control room answered at once.
“We will mass-produce undead!”
“First wave, approximately 10,023 units generated!”
“Infinite respawn module is operating!”
From that moment, every undead in the dungeon began bursting out from the ground in the space occupied by the Eraser expedition.
‘No matter how strong you are, you will not be able to keep cutting if enemies spawn infinitely...’
The Elf Queen took in that terrifying scale at a glance, wiped the cold sweat from her forehead with her sleeve, and smiled again.
“Take this!”
But that smile disappeared before long as well.
“I purified them all!”
An unidentified girl suddenly leaped forward, struck the ground hard with her fist, and made that declaration.
“Undead generation module disabled...”
“There is an individual among the enemies who uses divine power.”
“T-the corruption rate is dropping as well!”
At that single unbearably cute action, the Great Forest control room began panicking as one.
Anonymous1: Church Gallery Eraser <<< What the hell is her identity????????
Anonymous2: What kind of move purifies undead by punching the ground? lol
Anonymous3: Her eyes go >< when she punches the ground. So fucking cute lol
Meanwhile, the Elf Queen gritted her teeth, her body trembling as she moved her fingers.
(Author): Could she be the Saintess? lol
ㄴAnonymous4: I’m a nun of the Church, and the Saintess is sleeping right now
ㄴAnonymous5: How would the Saintess, who’s sleeping soundly on Sky Island, show up in a Southern Continent dungeon, dumbass?
“...Tch.”
At last, she took a deep breath, and her eyes turned a vivid green.
‘If that is how you wish to play it, I have my own methods.’
The Elf Queen strode toward the monitor.
“Everyone, move aside.”
“Yes?”
“I need to determine their exact location...”
Keeping her gaze fixed on the girl displayed on the monitor, the girl who had purified the undead in one blow, she assumed the posture of drawing a bowstring.
Whooo...
The next moment, green magical power gathered in the empty air, and a massive bow appeared.
“Arrow that pierces all things.”
The Elf Queen pulled the bowstring with all her strength, keeping her eyes fixed on the girl hopping about excitedly.
“Deliver doom to the invaders of the Great Forest.”
Without concealing her killing intent, she released the hand drawing the string.
“...Pierce her heart.”
Right afterward, an arrow filled with immense magical power left the massive bowstring and vanished somewhere.
Boom...!
How much time had passed?
The arrow reached the girl in the blink of an eye and exploded with enough force to shake the control room monitor. The Elf Queen turned away with a cold smile.
“Your attempt was admirable.”
But immediately afterward, the Elf Queen, who had been heading back to her chair, froze in place.
“Huh...?”
The final black silhouette, who had stood silently watching the situation from the rear until then, had moved a massive tail slightly to the side, wrapping it around the girl.
“But you see.”
Then the black silhouette leaned close to the screen, its eyes suddenly turning yellow as it whispered in a chilling tone.
“Did you think I would not see you?”
The Elf Queen felt a chill spread throughout her body and began trembling.
“...!”
Only then did she realize that the being who had casually blocked her ultimate weapon with a slight movement of its tail was a superior existence that could make an elf seem insignificant.
Rumble...!
And around ten seconds later, the control room monitors showed nothing but enormous flames.
“Sector C’s monster respawn module cannot be restored...”
“I-it has been completely scorched.”
“I-is that Dragon Breath...?”
The Elf Queen had been transfixed by that horrifying sight. Then, suddenly realizing something, she lowered her head.
[✪Troll Eraser <<< Upvote if that was fucking badass lolllllllll]
[✪I knew she was a dragon, but she really operates on another level lol]
[✪Why the hell does someone like that spend twenty-four hours a day in the Gossip Gallery just hunting fixed handles...?]
[✪Erasers <<< Upvote if they’re starting to scare you ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ]
[✪Troll Eraser <<< A moderator you should never mess with]
“...”
Then the Elf Queen quietly reached forward.
[The post has been deleted!]
With that, her live broadcast, which had even impersonated the Dungeon Master, quietly came to an end.
[✪(Breaking) Dungeon Master deleted the post and ran lolllllllll]
[✪Seriously fucking pathetic lol. If you’re a man, cut your dick off lol]
[✪???: The level of these underground-gallery mods lol (hands trembling)]
[✪Never disrespect the Gossip Gallery again]
Of course, it was impossible to erase from the Gossip Gallery users’ minds the sight of her being utterly humiliated.
‘Even so... They will not be able to stop the corruption...’
The Elf Queen gritted her teeth and bit her lip, forcing herself to remain calm as she took solace in that thought.
Anonymous1: But where did Gossip Gallery Eraser go?
ㄴAnonymous2: Dunno?
ㄴAnonymous3: They’re the only one we haven’t seen since earlier.
ㄴAnonymous4: Did they give us a balance patch?
ㄴAnonymous5: A balance patch, my ass lolllllllll
“...!”
A moment too late, the Elf Queen realized one important fact.
“O-one person is missing!”
“Yes?”
“Use every control room monitor and find them!”
She let out a sound almost like a scream and began searching for the one person who had not been there.
“Y-Your Majesty! One person is acting alone!”
“They’re heading into the deep layer by themselves!?”
“A-at this rate, the core will be destroyed within five minutes!”
Just as expected, news from the control elves left her grinding her teeth.
“Urgh...”
This had all merely been a distraction.
A grand show intended to hide the movements of Gossip Gallery Eraser, who was likely incomparably stronger than the rest of them.
‘If it has come to this... I have no choice.’
The Elf Queen stood still for a long while, then finally decided to use the last resort she had wanted to conceal until the end.
“...Your Majesty? Not that!”
“A-are you serious?”
“T-there will be no turning back!”
The high elves were horrified upon realizing what the Elf Queen intended to do, but their words no longer reached her ears.
“This is not the time... to weigh such matters.”
The Elf Queen pushed aside the high elves trying to stop her, entered the Queen’s Sanctuary, and placed her hand on the floor.
“Maleficus Arbor.”
Then she spoke a name mentioned only a few times in myths from the ancient era of the Hero and the Demon King.
“Ancient Calamity sealed beneath the earth by the World Tree.”
At the same time, the skies of the Great Forest on the Southern Continent began to darken.
“I offer you half my lifespan and half the Great Forest’s life force!”
From that moment, Minerva’s skin, which had always maintained its beauty, slowly began to wrinkle.
“In return, become my servant and destroy the invaders!”
Yet Minerva still wore a chilling smile as she committed an act no elf should ever commit.
Rumble...
The moment she completed the summoning, the entire Great Forest began shaking as though an earthquake had struck.
“Your Majesty...”
“To go this far...”
“Was this truly necessary...?”
The high elves stared blankly at the source of it all.
“H-haha...”
But Minerva ignored every word around her and merely let out a chilling laugh.
“Ahahahahahahaha!!!”
The guardian of the Great Forest, who should have protected the World Tree and prevented the ancient calamity’s return, had fallen into becoming an apostle of calamity.
* * *
Meanwhile, at that moment, in the deep layer of the virtual dimension.
“Meow...”
A beastkin girl, wandering with an exhausted body, found a nest that seemed relatively safe and headed toward it.
‘No matter how many I cut down, they never end, meow...’
She squeezed into a corner thick with trees, went inside, hugged her knees, and slumped down.
‘They will start coming again soon, meow...’
Her field of vision was already filled with mountains of golems she had risked her life to defeat.
‘My eyes are getting heavier, meow...’
She had somehow made it deep inside while searching for the core, but even an agile beastkin could not evade every attack.
Nienie’s body had already broken down long ago. She no longer had the strength to fight those terrible beings.
‘I miss my friends, meow...’
Realizing that her end was slowly approaching, Nienie lowered her head and shed tears with a pitiful expression.
Rumble...!
Immediately afterward, not only the tree nest where she sat but the entire surrounding area began shaking madly.
“Meow!?”
Nienie jerked her head up in shock. Her eyes widened with horror.
“W-what is that, meow!?”
Since entering this strange space, Nienie had constantly encountered terrifying creatures that should never have existed in the world.
Creeeak...
But the enormous thing beginning to emerge before her possessed an incomparably more grotesque appearance than any of them.
“T-that cannot be, meow...”
As a veteran adventurer familiar with countless monster records, Nienie could easily infer its identity.
‘Why is an ancient demon here, meow!?’
Ever since the concept of continental calamities equal to the First Demon King emerged, the Four Calamities had always changed, with the sole exception of Black Dragon Azrakan.
And what stood before her now was one of the great calamities that had existed in the age of myths.
It was unmistakably the ancient demon Maleficus Arbor, which had corrupted the entire Southern Continent and brought horrific disasters before the Hero planted the World Tree and fell asleep.
“...”
Unable to believe her own eyes, Nienie stared ahead blankly for a long time.
“Eek!”
Unfortunately, she ended up making direct eye contact with the ancient calamity, which had fully manifested.
Fwoosh...
The next moment, branches like the tentacles of an ancient being began reaching for Nienie from every direction.
“N-no, meow!”
Nienie watched in horror, urgently pulled a dagger from her clothes, and began swinging it.
“D-don’t, meow!”
But at that moment, a tentacle shot out from directly behind her, seized her wrist, and twisted it.
“Ahh!?”
Overwhelmed by terrible pain, she dropped the dagger.
“A-ah...”
Her face filled with despair, she began trembling all over.
Countless branches were already reaching toward her.
“Anyone, please...”
Nienie helplessly watched them, tears flowing from her eyes as she gathered her last bit of strength and muttered.
“Help me, meow...”
Even so, just as the branches that had reached right before her were about to turn her into fresh nourishment.
Slash...
With the exceedingly simple sound of a sword being swung, the branches dropped limply to the ground.
“...!?”
Nienie had squeezed her eyes shut as she awaited her end. She opened them slightly to confirm what had happened, then looked around in confusion.
“There you are.”
At the sudden voice from in front of her, Nienie flinched and covered her face with both arms.
“D-don’t come closer, meow!”
“...”
“N-no, meow!!!”
Then, once again, an exceptionally gentle voice rang clearly in her ears.
“Calm down and look at me.”
Only then did Nienie realize that what she had heard was not the ancient demon’s voice. Slowly, she lowered her arms.
What entered her eyes was a sight that was unbelievable in a different way from before.
Slide...
The man in the black silhouette, now standing before Nienie, brought his hand to the hilt of the sword at his waist.
Shing...
What happened next was difficult even for Nienie, whose dynamic vision was unsurpassed, to comprehend.
“...?”
She had definitely heard the sword being drawn, yet the man’s sword was still sheathed.
“Skreeeeeeeeech!!!!!”
Nienie, wearing a vacant expression, only realized what had happened after turning her gaze behind the man.
“Beastkin Warrior Nienie.”
The man in the black silhouette reached out a hand and whispered in a low voice.
“Join the Gossip Gallery party.”
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