I Became a Gallery Newbie Beloved by Transcendents
Chapter 2
Gallery (2)
There were too many comments. It seemed better to write another post containing the curious content in the main text rather than continuing the communication in this post.
Title: What’s a Climb Gallery? A Climber’s Gallery? From the posts, it seems like a Transcender’s Gallery… It seems like I normally can’t come here.
Writer: Anonymous
-Suddenly lost consciousness and when I woke up, I was just here.
Making posts with the device I found in the NPC’s pocket.
Comments were immediately posted as soon as the post was uploaded.
ã„´ Judak) The Climb Gallery is indeed a Climber’s Gallery. There was a gallery terminal in the NPC’s pocket? REALLY, I’ve never heard of such a thing before.
It was Judak.
ã„´ Judak) I’ll explain more about the Climb Gallery later. For now, this Transcender’s Gallery can only be entered by those who have reached the top of the tower and returned to their respective return points. Your entry can be considered an extremely abnormal situation.
ã„´ Judak) The tower’s difficulty levels are Easy, Normal, Hard, and Pandemonium. In any case, to escape the tower, you must kill various monsters and clear up to the 100th floor.
ã„´ Judak) Now that you’ve come to your senses, you said you were there, right? To know which difficulty level tower you’re in, you must first clear the 1st floor.
Tower.
A place where you must climb the stairs while killing monsters.
After facing the number ‘1’ and the giant ant monster, I expected this as someone who had been living with subculture, but that didn’t make me feel indifferent just because my expectation was correct.
ã„´ Judak) You’re an alien existence because Climbers are originally not allowed to enter the Transcender’s Gallery. It’s a place where only tower conquerors are permitted to enter.
I see. So it’s not a gallery of veteran players. It’s a gallery of people who have reached the top of the tower and escaped, and here I am, a complete newbie, who has entered.
ã„´ Judak) The Climb Gallery is a Climber’s Gallery. It’s a community where people from the four towers can talk. You also need to reach the 30th floor to get a Climb Gallery terminal. Surely you can’t enter the Climb Gallery already?
I quickly replied.
ã„´ Anonymous) No. Only the Transcender Gallery seems possible.
ã„´ Judak) …It’s even more surprising that you can enter the Transcender Gallery. Anyway, most of the Transcender Gallery will be favorable to you. Including me.
After Judak’s last comment, comments from other entities started pouring in again.
ã„´ Looks like Judak has expanded his territory after a long time. It’s been a while since I’ve been blocked from commenting.
ã„´ It makes sense. This is a historic moment! How can a 1st floor Climber enter the Transcender Gallery Haha.
ã„´ Mudeo) As expected, Judak. It’s the power of authority.
I wondered why Judak was the only one posting consecutive comments, and it seemed he was exercising his power as the gallery’s administrator.
ã„´ How can we not be favorable to him? Unlike the Climb Gallery where Transcenders were only allowed to lurk, direct guidance is now possible. My mouth is watering.
ã„´ What difference does guidance make? If he dies, it’s over.
ã„´ Oh~~ Easy mode ham!! Stop negative thinking! Stop critical thinking!
ã„´ Light’s Sword) Although the probability of dying on the 1st floor is low, it can’t be said that the probability is zero depending on the difficulty level. Be careful. Check if there are any risk factors.
ã„´ The light sword is making the correct statement. I should worship this newbie king god.
On reading the comment of the Light’s sword which I had already acknowledged as the Sword Musae(Sword Freak), I quickly looked around the gallery. Fortunately, no monsters were approaching, and nothing unusual was happening.
I wrote another post.
Title: By the way, where are you guys from? Do you know about South Korea?
Writer: Anonymous*
-Looking at the nicknames, they seem quite far from modern times.
But when I posted the text, I noticed a ‘*’ had been added next to my nickname.
ã„´ Judak) Since you’ll be getting attention for a while… no, continuously, I’ve added a star so you might as well get proper attention.
ã„´ Mudeo) Oooh, you wouldn’t even add a star for me when I begged!
ã„´ Heavenly Demon) When I, the main seat, asked to attach the symbol of the new religion behind my name, you didn’t even listen. How cheeky, Judak.
ã„´ While using a fixed nickname that only Hard Mode conquerors can use, you’re being quite snarky. Want to get beaten up by numerous Anons? The star is a bit tempting though… ã„´ HAHAHA Really, now that you have a star attached, you look a bit more established.
Having a fixed nickname means you’re a Hard Mode conqueror.
It’s quite unexpected that this strange-talking Mudeo is such a remarkable person.
From the comments alone, information about the Transcender Gallery was gradually coming in.
More comments were added related to the topic of my post.
Replies to the question about South Korea.
ã„´ South Korea? Oh, you’re from the same world as those guys who suddenly started entering the Climb Gallery recently.
ã„´ Seems like Anonymous is from 21st century Earth.
ã„´ Light’s Sword) Korea, United States, Japan, United Kingdom, China… This Earth has so many countries but very few talented people.
Hmm, my hometown.
It seems the hometown’s rating is low.
The evaluation is disgustingly harsh.
I immediately posted a comment with my question.
ã„´ Anonymous*) What do you mean by “recently entered”? Were they not here at all originally?
ã„´ Archmage) They appeared a year ago. Self-proclaimed 21st-century Earthlings. And that’s only Easy or Normal Mode climbers starting to be active in the Climb Gallery.
I see. Then the tower I was summoned to might be an Easy or Normal Mode tower.
ã„´ Anonymous*) Is there any criteria for summoning? Why did I suddenly come here?
ã„´ Sewer Sword Sage) Something may or may not have happened in the world you’re from, 21st-century Earth. Just think you’re unlucky.
I already know I’m unlucky without it being emphasized. But just as I was about to ask why only Hardcore difficulty tower conquerors get fixed nicknames-
KIRYUK.
An extremely filthy crying sound was heard.
“….”
Damn it.
I first closed the Transcender Gallery.
I put the Transcender Gallery terminal, which looked exactly like a mobile phone, into my pocket and picked up the window with both hands.
Holding my breath, I pressed my body against the right wall.
My heart was beating rapidly.
My body was in an extreme state of tension.
It felt familiar.
This pressure was exactly what I felt every time I was a pitcher in high school baseball two years ago.
The reason I quit baseball when I had just turned nineteen was due to a shoulder injury and my parents’ divorce happening simultaneously.
The shoulder injury improved somewhat after half a year, but I didn’t return to baseball. It just felt too distant.
Back then, I ran away. Using just a half-year gap and family destruction as an excuse.
But now, unlike then, there’s nowhere to run.
They said the probability of dying on the 1st floor is low.
I must stab and kill whatever appears in front of me with this spear.
Just as my frantically beating heart was barely calming down, a black shadow covered the grey floor.
I extended the spear forward and moved my feet.
PUUUK!
An unpleasant sensation flowed through both hands.
KIRYAAAK!!
The body was definitely the same as the giant ant I had just killed. But the head was different.
It was a grotesque shape with three human heads intertwined.
I pulled out the spear I had stabbed into the upper body and thrust it again.
PUUUK!
KIEAAAK!!
Fresh red blood stained both my hands. But I only felt impatience.
‘Will the wound heal?’
The wound from my previous stab was rapidly recovering.
If the body has this level of regeneration, do I need to crush the heads to kill it?
I made my decision.
I aimed the spear at the central head with long hair among the three heads.
At that moment, the ant’s right leg moved and cut across my shoulder blade.
“KRAAAAAAK!”
─Damn!
It hurts like hell.
It was a burning pain as if my entire body was on fire. Low probability of dying, my ass.
I’m certain. If I allow two or three more attacks, I’ll die. Not the three-headed ant, but me.
KKADRUK!
I gritted my teeth and moved my body.
KWAJIK!
I crushed the woman’s head first, then consecutively smashed the bald man’s head on the left.
This time, I saw the ant’s left leg about to move.
I quickly thrust the spear to collide with it.
SSAAK!
But it still grazed my side.
It was a pain like my flesh was being torn off whole. The pain invaded my brain again, but I had to move.
I struck down the ant’s right leg charging at me with the window and then immediately stabbed the blade into the remaining head.
The giant ant with human heads slowly toppled to its side.
Finally killed it.
[Experience points have increased.]
[Current experience 70%]
[Pain Suppression Lv.1 – Skill acquired.]
[Composure Lv.1 – Skill acquired.]
[Cover Lv.1 – Skill acquired.]
Relief or a sense of accomplishment could not even be felt as the wounds on my side and shoulder blade prominently revealed their presence.
Hot blood.
I needed to stop the bleeding first.
Mound.
This is a baseball mound.
I held onto my consciousness and muttered this to myself.
When baseball was everything in my life, I would have endured and stood there no matter what happened.
My steps were directed behind me.
Where I had discovered the terminal that could open the Transcender Gallery.
Towards the corpse of the [Fleeing Citizen].
I picked up the pocket next to the corpse.
I took out the terminal, but there was clearly something else remaining.
Trembling in my hand was a round potion bottle.
Inside was a red liquid.
Just like the text that had appeared holographically above the corpse, a description of the potion bottle emerged.
[Item: Grade 3 Recovery Potion]
[Effect: When poured on wound areas, the wound will be partially healed.]
It seemed I was not meant to die.
With both hands shaking, I opened the potion’s cap.
