Chapter 8: The Forest of the Four Seasons (3)

The Continental Unification Gallery can be used from anywhere as long as certain conditions are met.

The first is that the mana in the environment must be stable.

If the atmospheric mana is unstable, connecting to the gallery becomes difficult.

The second condition is being able to use mana at will.

This is directly related to the next one.

The last condition is knowing the connection ritual.

The calculation is so simple that even a child can do it.

Therefore, if the mana is unstable, you do not know how to use mana, and you do not even know the connection method, it is impossible to use the gallery.

Title) What if all of this were a dream?

WildGrills

What if I am actually dreaming?

Maybe the gallery and you are nothing more than part of my dream, right?

I should wake up already haha

ㄴHe finally lost his mind haha

ㄴStay strong, brother

ㄴStarlightLady) Stay strong

ㄴEven she is telling him to stay strong;;;

ㄴStart again from survival day 1, bro haha

ㄴPrincessChangu) Is it really the Forest of the Four Seasons? I do not believe it

ㄴYou have to believe it. A place like that can only be that forest

ㄴPrincessChangu) But you are using the gallery like crazy, right?

ㄴThat is also what has us confused haha

ㄴLiterally the common sense of the world is breaking

ㄴAllFather) May I use this as research material?

ㄴWildGrills) What would you use it for?

ㄴAllFather) To write an academic paper

ㄴWildGrills) Do whatever you want……

ㄴHe already gave up haha

However, someone who ignored all those conditions appeared in the gallery.

At first he seemed like just another fixed user, but as time passed he began to draw the attention of the entire gallery.

He found New Moon Spiritual Herb out of nowhere, fought a Mad Dog and won, fell asleep and was bitten by a Mad Dog, all the compasses stopped working, and now he had even proven that he was in the Forest of the Four Seasons.

Most of the evidence was too overwhelming to deny.

Title) The snake that Grills uploaded is strange, right?

Isn’t that a steel-scale snake?

Aside from being absurdly large, does it not fit perfectly?

ㄴWhat is a steel-scale snake?

ㄴLiterally a snake whose scales are as hard as steel. A Swordmaster could barely kill it

ㄴIs it expensive?

ㄴIf processed well, it is excellent. Think of fabric with the resistance of iron

ㄴWhy is that thing so big? It is the size of an anaconda;;

ㄴWhat is its normal size?

ㄴThe size of a common snake. That is why it is usually easy to hunt, but that one I do not know what it is

ㄴAnd the price?

ㄴThe minimum must be around 100 gold

The snake that Grills uploaded to the auction house also caused a great stir.

Unlike direct trade, the auction had a much broader audience.

While trade was limited to fixed users, the auction allowed anyone to register objects and bid.

Then, would it not be possible to trade drugs or dangerous items?

That doubt could arise.

Fortunately, even just because of the murderous commission, that type of exchange almost never happened.

And even if it did, the moderator applied a permanent ban immediately and cut the problem at the root.

ㄴHey! It already passed 500 gold!

ㄴWhat if it turns out to be a scam?

ㄴGrills uploaded it for 5 gold, so he has no responsibility

ㄴBesides, it was bought at auction, who is going to take responsibility? Haha

ㄴWith that commission, it is a giveaway

While Grills sank into dark thoughts, the fervor of the auction did not decrease.

It was not direct purchase but bidding, so it was natural that many users rushed toward it.

And considering the commission, the competition could only intensify.

ㄴDamn! It passed 1000 gold!

ㄴA sucker appeared haha

ㄴBut even so it is cheap. Of course, only if it is authentic

ㄴWill it be authentic?

ㄴIf it turns out to be fake, they will want to hunt Grills haha

ㄴBut Grills is in the Forest of the Four Seasons. How are they going to hunt him?
ㄴTrue haha

ㄴPleasure without responsibility

ㄴIs it not rather without responsibility and without pleasure?

ㄴTrue haha

ㄴWildGrills) Huh? Why did it become so expensive?;;

ㄴThe author appeared!

ㄴGrills, is that really a steel-scale snake?

ㄴWildGrills) I do not know. I uploaded it quickly because it seemed like someone was going to eat it

ㄴIs it not “freshly hunted and sent”?

ㄴWildGrills) Right before uploading it was still writhing ha

ㄴAaaaaah!!!

ㄴGyaaaah!!!

From Grills’ point of view, he had only uploaded it to get rid of it quickly, so he was completely confused.

And even more so right now, he did not give a damn about the steel-scale snake.

He did not know how he was going to survive, how was he supposed to calmly watch the auction?

He felt like crying.

Title) If you are Grills and want to commit suicide, give a like haha

I start haha

ㄴWildGrills) Like

ㄴ?????

ㄴWhy is the author participating? Haha

ㄴI did not think he would really appear;;

ㄴIt seems Grills completely lost his mind haha

It was normal for him to break mentally.

All hope of escaping had vanished.

Even an ordinary forest is deadly if you get lost, and this was the Forest of the Four Seasons, called a hell beyond human.

Compasses useless, space distorted.

The probability of survival was extremely low.

Title) But then, where is Grills from?

Now that I think about it, I am curious about his origin.

What did he do to end up in the Forest of the Four Seasons?

ㄴWildGrills) I am from Earth. I got drunk, opened my eyes and was here

ㄴWhere is Earth? I have never heard that

ㄴWildGrills) It is another world

ㄴ……?

ㄴDid he not go crazy and enter the forest?

ㄴAnother world haha

ㄴIs there also a gallery there?

ㄴWildGrills) Yes, but it is more segmented

ㄴOh! Do you want to be a sub-moderator?

ㄴWildGrills) What is that? Is it like the moderator?

ㄴYes, but with fewer permissions and no pay haha

ㄴWildGrills) No, not a chance

ㄴHeroDontThrowAway) I can handle the difficult tasks by myself!

Even though he was mentally shattered, Grills responded completely seriously (?) to every question.

From the fact that he came from another world to what that world was like.

Of course, the gallery users did not seem to believe him.

They simply treated him like a madman.

ㄴSwordTasteMaster) I see, so that was the concept

ㄴWildGrills) It is not a concept!;;

ㄴSwordTasteMaster) You say that with a bomb you can destroy a city, who is going to believe that?

ㄴWildGrills) It is harder for me to believe that someone can split a mountain with their body

ㄴHeavenly Demon) I can

ㄴPrincessChangu) I can too

ㄴAllFather) I can too

ㄴHeroDontThrowAway) If I try hard, I can too!

ㄴWildGrills) Is everyone here a monster or what?;;;

ㄴDwarfPassingBy) What you said is interesting. Do you know how to manufacture it?

ㄴWildGrills) How would I know that?

ㄴDwarfPassingBy) Then, what do you know how to do?

ㄴWildGrills) Eat, shit, and play

ㄴDwarfPassingBy) Then die and become fertilizer

ㄴWildGrills) Yes… I guess……

ㄴDwarfPassingBy) Ah, shit, sorry. Do not really die. I will send you alcohol later

ㄴHahaha

ㄴLook how they got scared because they thought he was really going to commit suicide haha

Or they thought it was just roleplay.

From their point of view, it was the most normal thing.

That Grills was in the Forest of the Four Seasons and that he came from another world were separate matters.

It was not even that important.

Right now, the most important thing was the steel-scale snake in the auction.

ㄴHow did you kill it? You said you were a civilian

ㄴWildGrills) It would not cut with the sword, so I tore it apart

ㄴDoes that sound like a civilian to you?

ㄴAre you saying you ripped steel apart with your hands? Haha

ㄴWildGrills) Not that much. There was a part already cut by the sword, I aimed there. Even though it was big, the neck could be grabbed with one hand

ㄴAnd you tore it apart like that?

ㄴWildGrills) Yes

ㄴDamn, that still makes no sense

ㄴAre the civilians in your world all like that?

No matter how much they thought about it, it did not sound like an ordinary civilian.

But it was not completely impossible either.

When life is in danger, people sometimes bring out several times their normal strength.

That explanation could be accepted.

ㄴIt stopped at 1100 gold. They are about to award it

ㄴHow much time is left?

ㄴTen minutes

ㄴGrills set the limit at six hours because he wanted to sell it quickly

ㄴWildGrills) Huh? You could set a time limit?

ㄴHe did not know haha

ㄴYou can tell he was desperate haha

ㄴEven so, for Grills it is best that it sells quickly

Like last time, it could end with a “Gulp!” again haha.

The Steel-Scale Snake that had caused such a stir was auctioned for approximately 1100 gold.

It was quite a high price.

Even considering the murderous commission of the auction house, he had earned a large sum in an instant.

Title) Damn it, damn it, damn it. I should not have bought it

(Video of the snake’s body writhing like crazy)

ㄴ First of all, yes it is a Steel-Scale Snake. Is it real that it was sent directly from the place of capture? Shit.

ㄴ Ugh… they should put a sensitive content warning.

ㄴ It is writhing… it is even adorable haha.

ㄴ ?

ㄴ Professor?

ㄴ If it does not have a head, then it was not sent alive from the place, haha.

ㄴ True haha.

ㄴ It is just fresh haha.

ㄴ Besides, if it had been alive, it could not even have been registered in the auction haha.

It was confirmed that the object was authentic.

At the same time, Grills’ credibility increased.

He might seem to have something wrong in his head, but he was a sincere person.

That was the general opinion about Grills.

Title) Is there any survival expert here?

WildGrills

If there is one, give me advice. I want to live.

ㄴ There used to be many, but lately there are not anymore.

ㄴ Why?

ㄴ They all died haha.

ㄴ …

ㄴ The famous users also entered the Forest of the Four Seasons and then contact was lost, right?

ㄴ Yes.

ㄴ Grills started directly from there haha.

ㄴ Hardcore mode start haha

ㄴ Useless bastards.

While Grills lamented with tears in his eyes, elsewhere the situation was also becoming chaotic.

***

The demonic sect.

The existence that once turned the central continent upside down.

The refuge of the Heavenly Demon and the paradise of the rejected.

Even the imperial family closely watched its movements.

“Oh, Heaven! She must not enter the Forest of the Four Seasons!”

“This venerable one will rescue her benefactor. Why do you dare to stop me? Do you wish to die?”

The Heavenly Demon, Yoo Sowol, intimidated the man in front of her with an icy expression.

Her gaze alone seemed capable of tearing someone apart.

That pressure was not figurative.

The man felt his insides twisting.

“It is not that. It is just that the Forest of the Four Seasons is a demonic domain from which not even Heaven could exit easily.”

“Marnoi. You know well what level I am at.”

“Of course. You have transcended the martial laws and obtained the qualification to ascend.”

Before, you were like the sun suspended high in the sky.

Now you seem to have become the sky itself.

You had already stormed the imperial palace alone and beheaded the emperor.

Now you have reached an even higher level.

“However, the Forest of the Four Seasons is nature itself, something that surpasses even the heavens.”

“Speak clearly.”

“It can be considered that the entire region is a formation. Even if it is destroyed, the powerful natural force restores it immediately, adopting another form.”

The entire forest was a living barrier.

Breaking it only made it reappear.

No matter how strong Yoo Sowol was, crossing it would be impossible.

She withdrew her pressure.

“Investigate the Forest of the Four Seasons. My benefactor is trapped there.”

“I will obey.”

When she was alone, Yoo Sowol was about to ask whether Marnoi used the gallery but stopped.

She remembered the embarrassing messages she had written.

As Heavenly Demon, she felt no shame.

As a human, she did.

In the end she said.

“If there is anything that can help in survival, advise him.”

“The first thing is to tell him not to lose hope. To survive, the will to live is the most important.”

Meanwhile, Marnoi sighed.

“I almost died. This is a disaster.”

He wiped the blood that had come out of his mouth and took medicine.

‘There is no longer anyone capable of stopping the Heavenly Demon.’

But it was not the time yet.

There were too many things to organize within the sect.

He looked into the void.

The gallery window appeared.

‘The benefactor must be WildGrills.’

Marnoi knew that Yoo Sowol used the gallery.

He even knew that her account was Heavenly Demon.

And even so, he kept the secret.

In the gallery.

ㄴ If the situation becomes complicated, this venerable one will go rescue you.

ㄴ Really? Are you not busy?

ㄴ They told me that I should give you hope.

ㄴ Master?

ㄴ Is there a problem?

ㄴ That is what we call torture with hope.

ㄴ The Heavenly Demon is a bit foolish haha.

ㄴ It seems she does not understand the common world.

ㄴ It is not that, she just thinks differently.

Marnoi sighed.

If it became known that the feared Heavenly Demon spent her time in the gallery, the entire world would collapse.

***

Later.

(Title) Take me home

WildGrills

I miss my mom.

“……”

Marnoi hesitated.

ㄴ Stay strong is your mother well at home?

ㄴ I am an orphan.

ㄴ ???

ㄴ ;;;

ㄴ But I think I will see her soon. I should hug her haha.

ㄴ …

ㄴ …

ㄴ …

ㄴ Why are you reacting like that?

It was truly pitiful.