WeTried Translations
Translator/Editor: Irevi
Discord: https://dsc.gg/wetried
◈ I Unleashed a Gossip Gallery in Another World ◈
Chapter 9: A New Challenger
──────
The Gossip Gallery Duel had been introduced because of the conflict between the Red Mage Tower and the Blue Mage Tower.
Once the new feature was fully implemented, the culture of the Gossip Gallery began to change.
----------
[Title: But honestly, isn't the White Mage Tower the most ridiculously privileged one?]
Author: Anonymous
Holy Church priests are hard to hire, so white mages are used as substitutes, yet their egos are fucking sky-high lol.
They don't even have any offensive options and leech off their party members, but they act like they're the bosses lmao.
----------
A post that had just been uploaded to the International Mage Gossip Gallery was a perfect example.
Anonymous1: Why wouldn't white mages have offensive options? Didn't you learn Holy Arrow at the academy?
ㄴ(Author): So if you stick "Holy" in front of a skill, it becomes white magic? Then I guess there's Holy Punch, Holy Kick, and Holy Death Beam too? lol
ㄴAnonymous1: There's also Holy Yo Mama. Its effect is sending your mother straight to heaven.
Fights like this usually didn't end unless one side gave up.
Normally, they would have kept tearing into each other in the comments and waging war without end, but things were different now.
ㄴ(Author): If you're so confident, why don't we duel? lol
ㄴAnonymous1: Sure. I'll put up the post, so don't you dare bail halfway through. Make sure you log in, okay?
They could now settle disputes fairly by challenging each other to duels.
No matter how much of an idiot both sides were, the idiot who won was still a little better than the idiot who lost.
By taking advantage of that and making people settle every minor dispute through duels, managing the gallery had certainly become easier.
[✪I've got a 24-hour ban from Noble Ladies Gossip Gallery, but I'll appeal it through a duel^^]
[✪You bitch who went fucking wild at the duke's ball last time. We all know you lurk in the Gossip Gallery, so hurry up and accept my duel request.]
[✪It feels so damn good beating the shit out of bitches who talk nonsense without losing face or getting scarred hehe]
Unexpectedly, the Gossip Gallery Duel was also a massive hit in the Noble Ladies Gossip Gallery.
In reality, noble ladies had never even dreamed of dueling, worried about losing face in high society or getting scars on the bodies they had carefully maintained.
For them, the duel system was the perfect feature they had only ever dreamed of.
----------
[Title: Noble Lady Gallery Eraser <<< Don't duel this bitch!]
Author: Anonymous (Lady Violetta, a marquis's daughter)
Why the hell is a noble lady using black magic?
Is she even really a noble lady???
And when that crazy bitch lost the duel, she banned me, then said I could get unbanned if I became a deputy mod!!!
What kind of gallery recruits moderators through duels!?
----------
Lady Yurian apparently even picked fights on purpose before challenging people to duels, using them to recruit deputy mods.
As expected of the Empire's worst villainess, the truly terrifying thing was that not a single noble lady had beaten her yet.
‘They're all having a great time.’
Anyway, it was a relief that everyone seemed to be enjoying the new content exactly as I had planned.
>Mage Gallery Eraser: You fucking bastard.
>Mage Gallery Eraser: Are you seriously keeping this open twenty-four hours a day?
>Mage Gallery Eraser: Are you taking responsibility when I run out of Mana Stones?
There was one exception, though. The Witch of the West alone had to manage all the duel Magic Circles operating across the Empire.
>Gossip Gallery Eraser: Beat me in a duel and I'll let you close it lol
>Mage Gallery Eraser: Go fuck yourself.
But slaves weren't entitled to human rights.
After silencing her with a duel request, I began browsing the best posts with a satisfied smile.
[✪Gossip Gallery Duel <<< Why are you only letting mages have all the fun???]
[✪This swordbro just challenged a mage to a duel, but I didn't have any cards and got completely stomped ffs lol]
[✪Gossip Gallery Eraser <<< Upvote if you think the Eraser is a mage shill lol]
[✪Why do nonhuman races get a connection error with Gossip Gallery Duel?]
Just as expected, various complaints about the Gossip Gallery Duel were beginning to appear in the Empire Village Gossip Gallery.
‘Should I throw out the bait now?’
Since I had planned for even that, I quietly smirked and uploaded a notice.
----------
[Notice: Regarding complaints about using the Gossip Gallery Duel.]
Author: Gossip Gallery Eraser
The Gossip Gallery Duel is currently available only in the International Mage Gossip Gallery and the Noble Ladies Gossip Gallery.
The fact that non-mages and nonhuman races cannot use it is intentional.
Why, you ask? Why should I look after users who don't even belong to a Gossip Gallery and just want to farm duel rewards for real money?
If you don't like it, step up and open a new gallery yourself.
----------
Once I posted the notice, the Empire Village Gossip Gallery, which had been filled with complaint posts, quickly fell silent.
Still, I knew perfectly well that it was the calm before the storm.
‘The bait has been thrown. Now I just have to wait for someone to bite.’
To be honest, I hadn't developed this content just so Gossip Gallery users could have fun playing with it.
The Gossip Gallery Duel was one enormous lure meant to encourage the opening of new Gossip Galleries.
Those powerful enough to lead a Gossip Gallery wouldn't be able to see a feature like this and just sit still.
[🔒Anonymous: I challenge you to a duel.]
Sure enough, a secret post appeared in the Empire Village Gossip Gallery a short while later.
----------
[Title: I challenge you to a duel.]
Author: Anonymous
My reason for challenging you is simple.
Guarantee swordsmen the right to gossip and the right to duel.
----------
“Ha ha...”
After reading the secret post, I let out a satisfied laugh at the sight of the big fish I had finally caught.
‘Just as I thought. There's no way swordsmen would stay quiet.’
The second piece I absolutely had to secure if the Gossip Gallery was to spread beyond the Empire and across the entire world.
The third potential slave, who would personally assemble that piece for me, had just thrown down the gauntlet.
>Gossip Gallery Eraser: Mage Gallery Eraser.
>Gossip Gallery Eraser: Let's update the Magic Circle.
Delighted enough to whistle, I sent the Witch of the West the updated version of the Gossip Gallery Duel Magic Circle that I had prepared in advance.
>Mage Gallery Eraser: You fucking asshole!!!!!!
Gossip Gallery Duel Ver.1 received a major update, including real-time reactive combat, the heart of swordsmanship.
At last, the time had come to test it.
* * *
About thirty minutes after the duel challenge targeting Gossip Gallery Eraser was uploaded as a secret post in the Empire Village Gallery.
[Anonymous: Who’s the duel challenge in that new secret post aimed at?]
[Anonymous: It's a secret post, so probably one of the three Erasers?]
[Anonymous: Are we about to get the third arena event?]
As always, the Gossip Gallery users hunting for dopamine began gathering one after another for the new event that had finally begun.
----------
[Notice: Third Arena]
Author: Gossip Gallery Eraser
Event: Gossip Gallery Duel Ver.1
Referee: Noble Lady Gallery Eraser (Claims to know a thing or two about swordsmanship)
Participants: Gossip Gallery Eraser/Slave Candidate 2 (A temporary fixed username assigned)
If I lose, I will open the International Swordsman Gossip Gallery and manage everything permanently.
If Slave Candidate 1 loses, the punishment will be becoming the Swordsman Gossip Gallery Eraser.
The event begins once both participants log in.
----------
The true nature of the Third Arena had finally been revealed.
Only then did people realize that the writer of the secret post had challenged the Master Administrator to a duel, with the opening of a Swordsman Gossip Gallery as the condition.
Anonymous1: Hmm... No dogeza verification this time...?
ㄴ(Author): I never made anyone provide dogeza verification in the first place...
Anonymous2: Damn lol we're finally getting a Swordsman Gallery
Anonymous3: Mage-shill bastards, taste my massive greatsword lmao
Anonymous4: Yeah, it was kind of weird that a duel didn't have swordsmanship lol
As a result, the Third Arena began receiving an enthusiastic response from most users, including swordsmen throughout the Empire.
Swordsmen were nearly as popular as mages, and since anyone with a healthy body could take up the profession, they were one of the most populous classes.
On top of that, people who couldn't live without duels now had both the right to duel and the right to gossip on the line. Of course they were excited.
It was a little disappointing that there was no dogeza verification wager at stake, but most people still watched the situation with interest.
Anonymous5: But who the hell is this challenger?
Anonymous6: No idea, but they must be strong, right?
Anonymous7: Yeah lol if they saw the last Magic Circle challenge incident and still issued the challenge, they have to be at least a Swordmaster, don't they?
Naturally, everyone was curious about the anonymous challenger's identity this time as well.
“Did you all hear the news?”
One notable point was that such discussions were no longer limited to the Gossip Gallery itself.
“You mean that thing?”
“Don't even mention it. It's completely blown up.”
The Imperial Knights were an order reserved for only the Empire's strongest elite knights.
Surprisingly, even inside the barracks where they lived, people could be heard discussing the incident.
“Aren't we knights the ones with the most stuff bottled up inside?”
“You don't even have to limit it to knights. Magic is something only rich people or talented bastards get to learn, isn't it?”
The knights conversing in hushed voices in the barracks had built immense trust by surviving countless brushes with death together.
“Right. Anyone can call themselves a swordsman once they hold a sword, so there must be that many more of them.”
“...”
“...Um, it's just us here, right?”
Even so, they repeatedly glanced around, worried someone might overhear. The Gossip Gallery was still clearly an underground community.
“Vice Commander.”
“Hm?”
“Who do you think sent the challenge?”
The knights continued their secret conversation, putting their heads together and making guesses.
“I don't know, but they must be skilled enough to think they can win.”
“That's probably right?”
“Yeah. No matter how many crazy people there are among swordsmen, none of them would want to become an unpaid slave...”
Then, at that very moment.
“...Gasp.”
The knights all fell silent and froze at the cold chill they felt from behind them.
“Quiet, all of you.”
Sure enough, an icy voice rang out behind them.
“His Majesty the Emperor has strictly forbidden talk of unauthorized galleries.”
“...”
“Be grateful I have not cut off the heads of all three of you here and now.”
The person who entered the barracks while tying back her hair, her body drenched in sweat, was none other than Ciel, Commander of the Imperial Knights.
“So uptight...”
“We almost got added to the commander's kill list...”
“Damn, that bloodlust...”
Having risen to the position of Commander of the Imperial Knights and the Empire's Finest Sword before even reaching thirty, she was the Imperial Knights' main target of gossip and fear.
“I wasn't finished.”
“...”
“Gather at the training grounds within ten minutes and run one hundred laps.”
As she passed them with a cold look in her eyes, the knights, who had been quietly hanging their heads, began grumbling in voices full of discontent.
“The commander's so small. I really don't understand how she's that strong.”
“It's amazing that someone as tiny as a child is nearly thirty...”
“Shh. Post things like that in that gallery.”
Since the Swordsman Gossip Gallery had not been opened yet, the knights left their gossip at that.
None of them wanted to get on the bad side of the woman who had endured insults like the Emperor's dog and lowborn trash, then ultimately came to command the Imperial Knights.
“...The commander doesn't use that gallery, does she?”
Just as everyone was grumbling and about to gather at the training grounds, someone quietly muttered.
“That's a joke, right?”
“The commander might be the only person in the Empire who doesn't use it.”
Most of the knights could only burst out laughing at those words.
“Ha ha ha! True.”
Even the vice commander who had brought it up laughed, apparently finding the thought ridiculous.
“...”
Yet one person in that situation was not laughing.
“Magic may be another matter, but when it comes to swordsmanship...”
That person was none other than Ciel, who silently locked the door the moment she entered the commander's office inside the barracks.
-Slash...
With a light swing of her sword, the Emperor's surveillance devices installed in the office were all cut in half and toppled to the side.
“...There's no way I can lose.”
She quietly took parchment and a Mana Stone from the drawer, a sinister smile on her lips.
* * *
Slave Candidate 2: Hey, can I add one condition?
ㄴGossip Gallery Eraser: ?
Having opened the Third Arena and waited for the challenger to enter, I couldn't hide my bewilderment upon seeing Slave Candidate 2's sudden comment.
Slave Candidate 2: Set a restriction that only swordsmanship can be used in this duel.
ㄴGossip Gallery Eraser: Why would I?
Slave Candidate 2 had suddenly requested a restriction that was clearly advantageous to her.
Naturally, knowing her identity very well, I had no intention of accepting such a restriction...
Slave Candidate 2: Then I'll add a humiliating dogeza as a condition.
ㄴGossip Gallery Eraser: Excuse me?
ㄴNoble Lady Gallery Eraser: Confirmed
ㄴMage Gallery Eraser: Yep, confirmed
Before I could say anything about the condition she presented, Lady Yurian and the Witch of the West had already replied.
ㄴMage Gallery Eraser: Two mods agreed, so the rules have changed lol
ㄴGossip Gallery Eraser: You fucking bitches, have you lost your minds?
ㄴNoble Lady Gallery Eraser: We can't be the only ones getting publicly roasted lol
ㄴMage Gallery Eraser: If you don't like it, run the Magic Circle at your own house lol
Shocked, I hurriedly tried to reassert discipline, but neither slave looked willing to let this opportunity slip away.
Slave Candidate 2: Then I look forward to it lol
And so, entirely regardless of my own wishes, a duel with an anonymous swordsman had suddenly been confirmed, with a humiliating dogeza wager on the line.
“Haah...”
Clutching my throbbing head, I sighed as I looked at Slave Candidate 2's comments, already brimming with arrogance.
(Author: Commander Ciel)
I had never expected the famously rigid Commander of the Imperial Knights to do something like this.
Honestly, it irritated me a little, too.
‘...How dare she challenge a Hero with swordsmanship?’
It was time to sincerely test just how strong the Empire's Finest Sword of this era was, as the Hero of the previous generation.
Footnotes:
Join our discord at https://dsc.gg/wetried
