Chapter 111

“Head of the Gallery?”

A shabby-looking boy gazed up at me and spoke.

At that moment, I froze.

‘How did he know?’

Should I pretend not to know even now?

Or should I ask how he found out?

If he said it knowingly, this was a crisis.

Just then, I pondered if I should pull out my shotgun to be on guard.

“Ah… thank you…”

The boy, as if nothing had happened, started to energetically crack open a tuna can.

In the meantime, I quickly wrapped my mind around it and asked back.

“What do you mean by calling me Head of the Gallery?”

Let’s cautiously test the waters.

Upon hearing that, the boy blinked and stared at me blankly.

An uncomfortable silence lingered for a moment.

“Ah.”

The boy soon nodded as if he understood.

“No, I was just so hungry that I might have said something silly.”

He quickly gathered the coat I handed him and stood up.

Then, he bent down halfway and expressed his deep gratitude to me.

“Really, thank you.”

“No, well…”

In shops, items are mostly sold according to their exchange rate, but tuna cans were an exception.

One point each.

Given that my level had increased significantly now, points stacked up just by breathing.

A few tuna cans were nothing I couldn’t remember.

[You purchased 5 Tuna Cans!]

“Here, please take this as well.”

“Ah!”

I handed him a tuna can as if I had pulled it from my pocket.

The boy received it with both hands, looking genuinely overwhelmed, as if his forehead might touch the floor.

“Nobody has treated me like this before…”

“Well, aren’t we all just living and sharing together?”

Honestly, I didn’t consider this charity for a poor soul.

My points came from the Gallums.

If this boy starts doing Gallum work, he will bring in points by multiple folds.

Saying there was really nothing to be grateful for made the boy look at me with an intensity that was slightly uncomfortable.

“I’m Darian Jallot.”

“Um, I’m Malfight.”

“Malfight…”

He chewed on my name momentarily, then based on his determined expression, he told me,

“I won’t forget.”

With that, he began walking off, swaying a bit.

As I watched the back of the boy who introduced himself as Darian, an unknown unease washed over me.

*

[Title: The Sound is Freaking Awesome!!!]

(Meme of the marketplace reopening)

))) ((( )) ((

(Meme of Elf’s butt flipped horizontally)

Kiaaat-hoo!!!

– ㅋㅋㅋㅋ The ear-people are so excited

– Well, they have every reason to be

ㄴ Finally, freedom!!!

ㄴ From today, it’s beer time ㅋㅋㅋ

[Title: Head of the Gallery Brother, Good Times]

Posted by: Taldru

(Meme taken with Adrian castle walls in the background)

Perfect timing.

Let’s have a drink!

– ㅋㅋ The dwarves are excited too

– ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Look at those bright expressions

– So cute, but why are they wearing armor?

ㄴ Isn’t that the Adrian castle walls?

ㄴ Huh?

ㄴ (Colin the Knight with eyes wide open)

The marketplace has reopened.

The verdict for everyone involved, including Archbishop Louis, was the same.

[Title: Must-Read for the Powers of Adrian…jpg]

(Meme of the sharp guillotine)

Think carefully

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– Crazy guy ㅋㅋ

– But this is right

– A mandatory field trip to the execution grounds before sitting in public office?

ㄴ What? ㅋㅋ Is that practice?

Adrian was the first place where the revolution broke out, yet nothing changed.

If they didn’t clean the insides, only the name of the power holder would change.

Perhaps this is why they reacted very sensitively to this incident within Adrian.

– ㅅㅂ It can’t happen three times

– Even rock-paper-scissors can only go up to three rounds ㅇㅇ

– If we get stabbed again this time, it’ll truly be the end of the nation

They started to reform from the roots.

They changed deeply embedded perceptions and executed a large organizational restructuring.

As a result, the cathedral was practically completely overhauled.

It even led to the cathedral allowing belief in other religions.

“That’s good, right?”

The more united people were, the better it was.

Yeah, up until this point, it was good.

[Title: What the heck is this?]

(Meme of the inside of a prayer room featuring a statue of a saint)

I attend my own cathedral, yet what is this? ㅋㅋ

I happened to look at it and seriously, it was breathtaking

The quality is one thing, but the aura was just wow… ㅋㅋ

So I asked a nearby nun,

(Meme of the Head of the Gallery Saint holding a Tuna Can in one hand and a guidebook in the other)

ㅋㅋ ㅅㅂ It’s said to be an imagined depiction of the Head of the Gallery Saint.

– ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

– The Head of the Gallery is wailing

– Wow, but super pretty ㅋㅋㅋ

– Yet it’s really holy, what is this?

ㄴ I heard it’s a collaboration with sculptors and high-level magicians?

ㄴ The magicians implanted golden effects, they say

ㄴ ㅋㅋㅋㅋ ㅅㅂ

“What?”

This is a sign that the cathedral no longer wishes to be authoritative.

As a token of that, a statue of me was erected inside the cathedral.

No, they fabricated a saint in robes and insisted it was me.

– Head of the Gallery*) ㅅㅂ

ㄴ ㅋㅋㅋㅋ It’s here

ㄴ What? Was this done without permission?

ㄴ ㅋㅋㅋㅋ It’s so funny

They placed that statue in the center of the cathedral to remind everyone not to forget this incident whenever they see it.

The meaning is good, but why me?

“Should I complain?”

I immediately left a message to Colin, the representative of the cathedral.

Well, I wanted to.

But before I could address the statue issue, something more serious caught my eye.

– Ah ㅅㅂ The monsters are coming back? [11]

– Hello, I am a monster [2]

– Expecting the Nemesis incident a day later…jpg [5]

“Hmm?”

It was the plot twist that the monsters would be returning.

*

The lost monsters are coming back.

“What does this mean?”

At that moment, a thought crossed my mind.

It was the nuclear access incident.

“Wait, don’t tell me?”

Monsters that fled in fear due to the nuclear access would be returning to the continent.

In that case, there was only one thing to do.

– Shouldn’t we block them from coming in?

– Honestly, it’s frustrating seeing them lying around as if it’s their world

– Ah ㅋㅋ The good days are over

– Monsters: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

“We must stop them…!”

The direct exchange between races had also ceased because of the monsters.

The ongoing hunger was also due to the monsters lurking outside the walls.

In that sense, now that the monsters had fled, this was the perfect opportunity.

“If we block them from entering, that would be good, but…”

The problem was that there weren’t any military forces to stop them.

The condition of the races was abnormal.

They were barely hitting the walls or hiding, that was the current situation.

Even if they suddenly went out to hunt the monsters, their reactions would clearly be lackluster.

“Could we make the people voluntarily go out to hunt the monsters?”

At that moment, a few thoughts flashed through my mind.

How to make monster hunting popular.

Simply put, if monster hunting became advantageous, it would work.

Why had people been avoiding monster hunting until now?

[Title: Call me ‘Hero’…]

(Meme of a 3m pig monster with an axe lodged in its head)

Because I had hunted a troublesome pig monster in the woods near the village…

So please, call me ‘Monster Hunter, the Great Hero’…

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– Ah… of course, “Elf”

– “Hey, Elf Love Group”

– Great Hero ㅋㅋㅋ Pathetic Hero Level ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

– So, what did you gain?

ㄴ Author) What did I gain?

ㄴ No, what did you gain?

ㄴ Author) So, what did I gain?

ㄴ ㅅㅂ What did you gain, huh?

Of course, it was because there were no rewards.

If by chance I barely caught a monster?

– Wow, that’s amazing~

ㄴ Is that it?

ㄴ ㅇㅇ

Amazing? That was all there was to it.

At most, it was just monster meat?

Monster meat was fishy and bloody, and depending on the type of monster, it could be fatty.

It got somewhat edible thanks to the marketplace’s message system, but that was still insufficient.

– ㅅㅂ There was no reason to catch one

– It’s so hard and there’s nothing in it, ㅋㅋ;

– For the greater good, ← that’s just a one-liner

ㄴ The mana pill efficiency isn’t that great either…

There was nothing to do with the byproducts, and there weren’t any buyers for them.

It was often only the monsters with high mana pill efficiency, like the Merfolk, that were captured frequently.

“Well then, let’s create some rewards!”

That was a simple task for me.

[Creating a new category in the Gallery.]

[The ‘Bounty’ category has been established.]

– ?

– Oh, a new update has dropped!!!

– Bounty? What’s this about?

*

Each region was home to monsters suitable for their environment.

Among them, those that had been long neglected or had beneficial environmental synergy mutated into Variant Monsters.

That’s why I created the new category.

[Notice: Guide to Using the Bounty Category]

Posted by: Head of the Gallery*

It’s me

Now was the best time to hunt monsters since they had fled

But due to a low participation rate, I created this.

[Guide]

1. How to write comments about discovering/witnessing Variant Monsters

2. How to authenticate monster hunting

3. Guidelines for measuring rewards for monsters/variant monsters.

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Thank you for your support

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– I’m not sure, but I give it a huge thumbs up

ㄴ Whoa

ㄴ (This post is recommended by an Elf! Colin)

– Is it like this for the southwest swamp in Adrian/Variant Monster/One-Eyed Frog? Is this how to write?

ㄴ Ah, you know the One-Eyed Frog?

ㄴ ㅅㅂ That guy’s the reason I can’t visit the forest

ㄴ Head of the Gallery*) (You have been awarded 5 Tuna Cans)

ㄴ Head of the Gallery*) Thank you for your participation

ㄴ Whoa ㅅㅂ

ㄴ So jealous, I’m going to go down immediately

“First, I’ll take this as the starting point.”

I decided to take the notoriously chatty One-Eyed Frog Variant Monster as the starting point.

I quickly modified the notice to include the frog.

[1. One-Eyed Frog (Variant)]

(Meme of the One-Eyed Frog sighting)

Location – Southwest swamp in Adrian

Reward – 5 Spicy Tuna

ㄴ Whoa ㅅㅂ

ㄴ Spicy Tuna? Spicy Tuna?????

ㄴ Spicy Tuna is a great catch

ㄴ Spicy

ㄴ Don’t abbreviate it, you crazy!!

“Wow, the response is good.”

However, there was a problem here.

It meant that only my money would be spent.

Even if I considered it an investment for the gallery, if numerous Gallums hunted the monsters, losses would inevitably occur.

– But the reward is a bit stingy

– But only Spicy Tuna?

ㄴ You have to take back that statement…

ㄴ Take it back!

Moreover, there were also Gallums who didn’t appreciate the rewards.

In such cases, there was another method.

“Well, what hasn’t been released in the marketplace, but is practical, cheap, and everyone would like…”

As I said it, I began to wonder if such a thing actually existed.

(Revision) Monthly Bounty Hunting 1st Place Reward

1st place – AK47 (7-day limited edition)

2nd place – Chef Refrigerator

3rd place – Chuseok Tuna Can Gift Set

What the heck?

– ???

– Head of the Gallery, are you crazy?

– (An Elf Colin holding his head in both hands)

– ??? I’m heading out right now to go catch them

I updated the notice again and started a fresh wave of comments across the gallery.