Got a Gallery in the Wild

Chapter 100: Firewood (3) 3
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Chapter 100: Firewood (3)
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Holy Kingdom of Eldorado: This is the truth.

Eldorado had already discovered the Immortal King’s plans long ago.

The Immortal King instantly transformed his citizens into undead, and that was merely the culmination of his preparations.

We believed that, at the very least, they should die as humans in order to preserve a minimum amount of dignity, so we had no choice but to carry out the massacre.

Because of that, many people still suffer psychological aftereffects.

And all these lies originate from the gallery.

Therefore, from now on we will declare the gallery to be evil.

Do not doubt divine will.

We are also doing everything we can.

└That’s more or less what they said.

└These bastards trying to declare the gallery evil again hahaha.

└Well, the Holy Kingdom has always been like that hahaha.

└If they at least hadn’t mentioned the gallery, everything would’ve been fine, but they always end up making things worse hahaha.

└Though it doesn’t seem like people are really believing them.

└Yeah. The atmosphere was more like “what the hell are they talking about?” I guess it’s because the Holy Kingdom’s image is already completely shattered.

└They’re the ones throwing more firewood into the flames hahaha.

└If it were really true, they would’ve said it a long time ago.

└Who the hell is going to believe that? hahaha.

└They kept going on about “divine will this, divine will that,” so this fits them perfectly hahaha.

└Breaking news. Kadir released a statement. The previous Hero chose suicide.

└??? What the hell does that mean now?

└Didn’t the previous Hero die together with the Immortal King?

└Yeah, they died together, but apparently it was actually suicide.

└Wow;; I always thought the previous Hero was an incredible person.

└So the Holy Kingdom pressured him? Lately everyone says the priests no longer have any faith at all.

└If that’s true, a revolt is going to explode.

└Not really. What are people going to do if they keep denying it until the very end?

└If testimonies start appearing one after another, the story will be different.

└I don’t need anything else. Upvote if you’re happy the Holy Kingdom is screwed hahaha.

└I’ll start hahaha.

└Honestly this feels way too satisfying. Those bastards never stopped talking about divine will for every little thing hahaha.

└And the funniest part is that they always said “the doors are open to all believers,” but if you weren’t originally from the Holy Kingdom you couldn’t even become a bishop hahaha.

└Especially the discrimination against demons was brutal. They literally treated them like terrorists.

The bait I threw out by accident.

The bait I thought would disappear the next day.

Ended up becoming a massive wildfire even in the real world.

Most of the posts were insults directed at the Holy Kingdom.

There was not a single positive opinion.

Come on, tell me, what exactly did Eldorado do wrong, huh?

Did they pressure neighboring countries while claiming it was divine will?

Did they falsely accuse innocent people of heresy and then torture them to death?

Did priests enter poor districts to murder people?

Did they openly confess that they were too busy to pray?

Did they double the taxes of a region because its residents did not make donations?

Did they declare sports to be drugs and then throw molotov cocktails at the fans?

Did they keep attacking the gallery while they themselves were caught looking at pornographic images?

Did they create rules preventing foreigners from reaching ranks higher than archbishop?

Did they insult the population by calling them human cattle while saying “they’ll forget about it soon anyway”?

Did they try to forcibly create a federation to defeat the Demon King only to end up getting insulted by the Empire?

And on top of that, did they destroy the Valkhan Kingdom?

Did they reject refugees during the Immortal King incident by claiming they were infected?

Did they experiment on people when epidemics caused by the undead appeared?

Then what the hell did Eldorado do to deserve so much mockery?

I truly don’t understand.

“Wow.”

So they really were completely rotten bastards.

They say stagnant water rots, but this had already gone beyond that level.

It was practically petroleum.

No, petroleum is at least useful for something.

This was simply garbage.

‘All countries have a dark side, but this is too much.’

I immediately understood why the Holy Kingdom’s image was so terrible.

Especially that part where foreigners could never rise beyond archbishop.

They were practically openly saying they only wanted to divide everything among themselves.

It was absurdly unfair.

‘Can a religion really rot that much?’

I hated the gods, but I did not hate religions or their believers.

Though I avoided extremists, the person who helped me when I was suffering the most was also religious.

But this…

Rather than religious people, they looked like corrupt politicians.

Unless time passed and all of them died, or a rebellion happened like someone mentioned, that would never change.

‘No matter the world, people are the same everywhere.’

Even if the world was different, humans were still the same.

I looked at the gallery, now completely filled with memes and mockery, before silently closing it.

It seemed it would still take a long time before the information I actually wanted appeared.

And if not, I would simply ask AllFather.

‘Though declaring the gallery evil what stupidity.’

Not even the military handled things like that.

What the hell were they doing?

At least it seemed they still had brains, because they were not trying to pursue me.

Even if they wanted to catch me, it was impossible.

After all, I was in the Forest of the Four Seasons.

I only had to keep doing my own thing.

“Cough! Cough! Ah…”

I let out several coughs because of the thick smoke.

The fire was too weak, so I added more firewood.

But I had clearly overdone it.

And since it was already burning, I could not easily remove it either.

‘I guess it’s about time to think about other cooking methods.’

Roasting directly over the fire.

Or cooking food on an iron plate.

That was enough to survive, but there was a problem.

The fish I caught were too large.

Even after removing their heads, flipping them over was a headache.

Because of that, some parts sometimes burned while others stayed raw.

‘Maybe an oven would be better for this.’

If I had an oven, I could greatly reduce the burnt or undercooked parts.

Besides, while the food was cooking, I could do other things.

Since I had already decided to live here for a long time, an oven was practically mandatory.

‘I should try building one.’

I did not want to ask the gallery.

But I happened to know the perfect user for this.

And coincidentally, I could also obtain materials thanks to him.

[WildGrills: Hey. Are you there?]

[DwarfPassingBy: I’m here. What’s up?]

[WildGrills: Weird seeing you awake this early. I thought you’d be passed out after drinking.]

[DwarfPassingBy: I didn’t drink that much yesterday. But why did you call me?]

[WildGrills: It’s nothing important. I want to build an oven. I’m going to buy the bricks from the auction, but I wanted to ask you for some advice.]

[DwarfPassingBy: Just because I’m a dwarf doesn’t mean I know how to make everything;; I specialize in metallurgy, idiot.]

[WildGrills: Weren’t all dwarves supposed to be good with their hands?]

[DwarfPassingBy: That has nothing to do with it. I’m telling you it’s not my specialty. Though I can get you a plate to use in the oven, so tell me what you need.]

[WildGrills: Make it large enough so the fish fit without problems. You know the size, right?]

[DwarfPassingBy: Ok. I’ll make it.]

[DwarfPassingBy: Then give me a piece of whatever you cook in the oven.]

[WildGrills: Ok. Ah, right.]

[WildGrills: Also give me the barricades.]

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[DwarfPassingBy: Ah, right. I forgot.]

[DwarfPassingBy: I’ll give them to you together with the iron plate.]

Then I’ll start preparing everything before the dwarf delivers them.

Today I woke up at six in the morning.

I spent thirty minutes in the gallery.

I normally eat breakfast at seven or seven thirty, so building the oven before that should be enough.

And if it turns out too difficult, I’ll just eat breakfast using the iron plate.

There was no problem.

Splash! Splash!

Today there were three fish caught in the trap.

Every time I slept, three fish appeared.

Aside from that, I usually caught two.

‘I hope there isn’t another octopus.’

Even if it was not an octopus, if I saw any other creature I planned to become alert immediately.

Fortunately, aside from the fish there was nothing else inside.

Humming cheerfully, I carried the trap full of fish down.

Rustle!

Then I heard the sound of bushes moving beside me.

The instant I heard it, I immediately readjusted my weapon and took a defensive stance.

After everything that had happened to me so far, that had already become a natural reflex.

“…….”

But the only thing that continued was the sound of foliage moving.

Little by little I relaxed my guard while looking toward the direction the noise came from.

‘It’s not coming from below, but a little higher up…… Is it a bird?’

But even if it was a bird, there was no sound of wings flapping.

With that doubt in mind, I returned to the cave.

And nothing strange happened until I got back.

Splash! Splash!

The situation was beginning to tilt toward having more supply than demand.

I think I’ll need to buy a much larger iron container.

Unless it rains again, if I do not have a container to keep them alive, they will all end up rotting.

‘This is becoming a problem too.’

The fish were too large.

At first, when food was scarce, that was a huge advantage.

But now that I already had enough food, the disadvantages were slowly beginning to show.

Even so, being able to eat until I was full every meal was far too great an advantage to give up.

‘But I can’t stop stockpiling food either.’

I never knew when supplies might start becoming scarce.

So just in case, the best thing was to continue constantly storing provisions.

I watched the fish swimming inside the iron container before moving elsewhere.

It was almost breakfast time, so it would probably be best to make at least some progress with building the oven.

‘Though where should I install the oven?’

Suddenly I ran into an unexpected problem.

Where would it be best to install it?

Inside the cave the space was too small and the smoke would be a problem.

But if I installed it outside, then the weather would become the issue.

After thinking about it for quite a while, I decided to install it right next to the entrance of the cave.

That said, without forgetting to design it while taking rain into account.

‘When I finish the oven, I’ll put a waterproof tarp above it. I’ll tilt it so the water drains toward a gutter.’

Since I wanted to place whole fish inside, the oven would need to be fairly large.

I entered the auction to search for bricks of an appropriate size.

Since bricks had been used since ancient times, there were many different kinds.

‘First I need to level the ground properly.’

It turned out building an oven required quite a lot of preparation beforehand.

Looks like I’ll have to eat the usual breakfast.

‘I’ll just prepare the materials.’

Piles of bricks.

Waterproof tarps.

Poles to secure the tarp.

And other things.

I left all the materials piled up near the entrance of the cave and prepared breakfast.

Right at that moment Wonmo had also just woken up.

‘I’ll also be able to place this iron plate inside the oven.’

I finished breakfast with fish and immediately started building the oven.

First I leveled the ground as much as possible and then stacked the bricks while taking the size of the fish into account.

The most important thing was the chimney where the smoke would escape.

I was not trying to smoke food, so I needed a proper outlet for the smoke.

But at the same time I had to prevent rain from getting inside as much as possible.

‘And besides, what exactly was the structure of an oven again?’

From time to time I entered the gallery to check what ovens looked like.

There were also ovens in the auction, but they were expensive and I did not even know if they would have the size I needed.

Besides, a square, angular shape was much better than a round one.

It was also easier to build.

‘Since I have to consider the size of the fish, I should make it somewhat long.’

The height did not matter too much.

The important thing was the depth.

Taking all of that into account, I even ended up building the chimney on the upper part.

‘Perfect.’

The stone slab I installed was also bought from the auction, so there was no issue.

But this still was not finished.

I still needed the thing I had asked the dwarf for.

He said he would make it himself, but he would probably need to measure the size personally.

(Photo of the oven as a whole)

(Photo measuring the entrance of the oven with a measuring tape)

[WildGrills: Is this enough?]

[DwarfPassingBy: It turned out pretty clean.]

[DwarfPassingBy: Put mud between the gaps in the bricks.]

[DwarfPassingBy: That way the heat won’t escape and it’ll rise better.]

Thanks for the advice.

I followed the dwarf’s advice and gathered dirt from around the area to turn it into mud.

Though it felt somewhat unpleasant, if it was for the oven I was willing to endure it.

“Kyuu?”

“Dad is working.”

Wonmo came over beside me, but I remained completely focused on building the oven.

It seemed Wonmo was also curious about what I was doing, because he sat nearby watching me.

I almost ended up hugging him because he was so adorable, but somehow I managed to restrain myself.

After applying all the mud, I finally finished.

Though technically I still had to install the waterproof tarp.

But I could do that later.

‘Perfect. Absolutely perfect.’

Seeing the completed oven automatically made me smile.

Now all that remained was to show it off in the gallery.

And just when I entered the gallery.

Title) Eldorado: They declared they’ll catch the person who spread false information hahaha

A sentence impossible to ignore caught my attention.

And on top of that, it was a featured post.

I immediately entered while wondering what kind of idiots had said something like that.

It could simply be bait or false rumors, so I had to confirm it.

Title) Eldorado: They declared they’ll catch the person who spread false information hahaha

└When they were asked how they planned to catch him, they answered that they would do it through a friendly conversation with the moderators.

└But the funniest part is that even after finding out he’s in the Forest of the Four Seasons, they said it didn’t matter hahaha.

└And the most shocking thing is that they even organized a search group to catch Grills hahaha.

What the hell?

Are they gathering survivors in the Forest of the Four Seasons specifically for me?

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