Chapter 106

The dragon could distinguish life through colors.

Like a black-and-white logic, if it were an evil being, it would be a Black Line Sage, if a good one, then a White Color.

If thoughts were humble, it would be Blue Color; if stained with lust, then Red Color.

“This is…!”

And the Dragon Queen, Felici, had the most exceptional color perception among all dragons.

As she peered into the Head of the Gallery’s colors…

“…Rainbow?”

It couldn’t be defined by anything.

Various colors and forms drifted like whispers in Felici’s mind.

Colors that should not exist, colors forbidden to exist.

Even the colors of other Great Beings, akin to herself, did not seem this way.

“Ah.”

She was jolted from her thoughts, playing with the fabric she’d brought to her nose, her face flushing slightly as she dropped it.

Yet it remained on her lap, still in her hands.

“What a wonderful color and scent.”

Joy, sadness, anger, enjoyment, desire, and more.

Those diverse colors asserted themselves vividly, creating harmony.

So Felici concluded.

Dragon Dragon X: “You are a being that has crossed over from another world.”

Felici accepted this thought, as it made sense that she could not understand even herself as the owner of the Gallery.

While she couldn’t ascertain where or why the Head of the Gallery had come,

“Now I understand.”

It was precisely because of this that they wielded power capable of conjuring catastrophic scenes.

Enjoying the act of trolling the Gallery or writing provocative posts.

Dragon Dragon X: “From you, I sense…”

Head of the Gallery*: “Hmm?”

Dragon Dragon X: “A warmth.”

Dragons transcended cognitive abilities.

Felici instinctively felt hostility towards the Head of the Gallery when she first witnessed the scene.

For she couldn’t possibly survive the devastation herself.

But now it was different.

The Head of the Gallery felt as if he had lived in a space disconnected from the world.

Dragon Dragon X: “It’s as if you’ve lived your whole life in a small room.”

Instead of wariness, curiosity bloomed.

Felici felt an inexplicable closeness in her psychological distance with the Head of the Gallery.

*

“How did you know?”

Before I became the Head of the Gallery.

Back when I was an internet specter, lost among countless galleries in the “Secrets of Doors and Ghosts.”

I hadn’t stepped out of my little room.

Cocooned in a blanket, sitting in front of the monitor, just indulging in trolling.

Did he truly know that?

Head of the Gallery*: “Are you perhaps from Seoul?”

So I asked, just in case.

If he knew I had crossed over from another world.

After all, there was even a slight chance he might know about Earth.

Dragon Dragon X: (Deep in thought as a dragon)

Dragon Dragon X: “What is Seoul?”

“What, you don’t know Seoul?”

But he was totally in the dark.

Head of the Gallery*: “Have you seen kimchi?”

Dragon Dragon X: “Kimchi? Is that a food from your world?”

It seemed that he only knew of the fact that I had crossed over.

In that moment, my curiosity, which had surged up, began to subside.

“Well, I wasn’t really nostalgic about it anyway.”

I didn’t have any sentimental feelings about my past life.

Of course, if there hadn’t been a Gallery here, I would have desperately tried to go back, but as you can see…

[Welcome to the Gallery of World Destruction!]

[※Top of the Great Gallery 1]

– What the hell, how is it ranked first when there’s only one?

– If there was even just one more Gallery, that would truly be the end, lol.

– Don’t the monsters have galleries too?

ㄴ Outside Gallery?

ㄴ Lol, what a stupid name.

“Whether here or in my past life, galleries are all the same.”

Thanks to the shop, I didn’t find it particularly inconvenient.

Of course, there were monsters wishing for the world’s demise…

But it wasn’t particularly difficult to fend them off.

[Shop/Category/Nuclear]

I only hoped I wouldn’t have to purchase this.

“Then was it just Felici who was affected?”

[Specific target has been affected.]

[Shop/Category/Nuclear is now accessible.]

I recalled the warning message that had appeared when I first tried to access the nuclear category.

It mentioned that a specific target would be affected.

But until now, only Felici had reacted.

So was that specific target only Felici?

Returning to the gallery after temporarily closing the shop, I was soon to find the answer.

[Concept Post: “Fear It.”]

(A still image of monsters frozen mid-battle)

(A GIF of creatures panicking and running away)

Did they finally realize the disparity in power?

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– ?? Where did they go?

– This is the first time I’ve seen monsters retreating.

– I saw that too!

ㄴ 1 point

ㄴ (GIF of frozen monsters fleeing)

ㄴ What’s going on here?

“Eh?”

At the moment I accessed the nuclear category.

The monsters began to flee en masse.

*

[Title: What is this phenomenon??]

I live by the sea.

It’s not the rural area you think.

I’m just a random person living near a sea that doesn’t belong to any land.

Literally a merchant village in the Gallery shop.

(A GIF showing a red-eyed monster in the middle of a hit)

A few days ago, monsters invaded our village too, damn it.

Most of our village is elderly citizens, and after a few days of fighting, I genuinely thought it was the end.

But what is happening here?

(GIF of monsters scattering in panic)

(GIF of jumping into the sea)

(IMAGE of creatures banging their heads against a closed rift)

They suddenly froze for about a minute, then, like in a GIF, began to rampage.

Thanks to that, I narrowly escaped death at the last possible moment…what the hell is going on?

The monsters suddenly became strange.

In other words, the monsters that had once aimed to kill humans with high violence began to flee.

Most seemed to be constantly banging their heads against the closed rift.

Some even leaped off cliffs or into the sea while running away.

– Analysis of why the monsters are fleeing…jpg

– They’re even self-destructing while trying to escape?

– ??? What kind of phenomenon is this?

“Um…”

I couldn’t speak the truth.

Understandably, I couldn’t say it seemed like they were reacting to a weapon capable of destroying an entire city.

The moment I said that, it was evident that people would panic, just like Felici.

“No, rather, it’s fortunate if it’s only that.”

Just like the situation in Adrian before, they might try to kill me or abduct me.

Thus, my chosen response was inaction.

Head of the Gallery*: (Not sure expression)

I hadn’t expected that even monsters would be affected, but it turned out for the best.

Given the frequent wave phenomena lately, various races were suffering.

There were others like the Dark Elves, who hid away.

“Seems like this worked out well.”

Thinking it was a good thing that the monsters were fleeing or self-destructing.

However, whenever the monsters quieted down, internal issues always cropped up.

– Isn’t this the work of the Head of the Gallery?

– Honestly, if you’re suspicious of the Head of the Gallery, upvote lol.

– Ah, this time it was too blatant.

Strange conspiracy theories began to surface.

[Title: Reasons Why This Incident is Quite Suspect]

(Images from the Great War period)

(Images showing various rifts)

There had always been suspicions.

Why hadn’t the Head of the Gallery appeared before the Great War?

Why did he show up only during the cataclysm, along with the Gallery?

Why couldn’t he break the rifts?

Think about it, he always appears to resolve incidents every time they occur.

So why didn’t he show up during the Great War, and why couldn’t he erase the fundamental issue of the rifts?

So I thought, the answer is that he ‘deliberately neglects’ them.

Then why?

Simply to increase dependency on the Gallery.

After all, he blocked it once during the Great War, so he probably wanted to ensure no one could resist.

What happens if the Great War erupts while relying on the Gallery?

If the Head of the Gallery disappears then, the races would lose their focal point and easily perish.

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– Nonsense.

– Why are all these posts from loosely named accounts?

– For God’s sake, just say the Earth is flat, lol.

Though these posts initially received a downvote bombardment and dwindled.

This is typical troll bait, nothing more, nothing less.

But the success of trolls lies in persistence.

Constantly, continuously raising issues.

– Don’t trust the gallery too much, okay?

– Gallery ← This guy is the most suspicious.

– Do you still not get it? Are you still blindly following the Head of the Gallery, thinking it’s all good?

[Title: Ah, you fools, lol.]

The very existence of the Gallery is suspicious.

There are myriad suspicious pieces of evidence and yet you still enjoy the Gallery?

Are you going to wait until you get blindsided really?

(Images of cola, chicken, bathtub)

Of course, the shop items are nice.

I wouldn’t have been confident to live normally without those.

(Picture of a dreamy imagination of the Head of the Gallery)

Of course, the Head of the Gallery is lovely.

How could I not love the half-elf, cute Great Magician Head of the Gallery?

But now it’s time to really wake up.

Once blindsided, it’s too late for regret, for real.

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– Huh, is that true…?

– The more I listen, the more it seems that way.

– Thinking back, it’s indeed suspicious how all the shop items come from somewhere.

ㄴ Author) (Eyes wide open, Priest expression)

ㄴ Author) What if all those things are brought in from the outside, just bluntly?

The Gallery was essentially a dopamine bundle.

Overflowing with issues and bait one couldn’t lose in a day, making it hard to break free from its irresistible allure.

But because of that, significant drawbacks also existed.

“It’s fake news.”

Heard somewhere or got some intel, etc.

This was a kind of annual tradition I’d experienced countless times in my past life.

It was precisely cyber witch hunts, fake news.

There were endless numbers of trolls who became targets of this or broke down psychologically.

Naturally, I could foresee that I would face such situations too.

“That came later than I expected.”

Thus, rather than being surprised or flustered, I could respond with indifference.

The later-than-expected arrival caught me even a bit off guard.

However, what the trolls didn’t know was that I had dedicated half of my life to the Gallery as a mad troll.

I’d experienced countless instances of such attacks and knew all too well how to cope with them.

[Notice: Personal Appearance]

Author: Head of the Gallery*

Hello.

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– Hello, you just sound the same, lol.

– Head of the Gallery, seriously clarify.

– I didn’t see it that way, but I’m really disappointed.

– Damn, I could have seen this coming, sigh.

– Really, really want to believe it, but please say something, Head of the Gallery, please!

Letting things slide for a few days, surprisingly, a considerable number of people became swayed by the manipulation.

The ratio of negative comments notably increased.

And I quietly reached for the system.

[Are you sure you wish to close ‘Head of the Gallery’s Marketplace’?]

“It’s time to normalize things, right?”

It was then that I executed the first among the countermeasures against the Head of the Gallery Hunt.