Survivors: 1, Deaths: Hundreds.
Monsters were unleashed from the rift.
Ten villages were slaughtered, and the only news that spread to the gallery was through the letters of the surviving ones, who barely survived due to the previous bear traps.
– Why does it look like that?
– Was there such a monster?
– Yeah, there was. It really looks like crap, seeing it after so long.
– What’s its name?
– Wendigo.
A deer-faced creature with a split body like animal carcasses, standing over 2 meters tall.
After the Great War, the monsters spewed forth from the rift took on forms never seen before—variant monsters.
With an abnormally fast speed and hands that were chillingly long.
There was a reason people died before any information reached the gallery.
And it was just as the Wendigo had just arrived at the eleventh village.
– Kkikigik?
There’s nobody here.
Neither smoke from chimneys nor the smell of people.
Only an eerily empty village welcomed the Wendigo like a movie set.
One of them entered a vacant house to check inside.
The interior was so dark that nothing was visible, but an unmistakable smell of oil pierced the air.
– Kkikigik.
The Wendigo grinned chillingly.
A game of tag with humans was quite the amusement.
Just as it was exploring the dark interior in anticipation of a terrified face,
“Hmm, hmm.”
Something was sitting on a kitchen chair.
But it wasn’t a human.
Dressed in a black flame-retardant suit, with a skull-like breathing apparatus.
“Shall I turn on the light?”
Just as the Wendigo tilted its head, not understanding human words, the man comfortably pulled the trigger.
– Hwaak!
Flames spewed forth from the end of the flamethrower.
[Title: How to Easily Eat a Wendigo Like Cake]
First, pull the trigger.
Second, the Wendigo dies.
(A perfectly cooked Wendigo meme)
(A thumbs up from Laborer Kon)
– W-What is this?
– It was a Wendigo (formerly).
– The troublesome Wendigo has turned nice~
– (Elf Con holding its head with both hands)
The variant monster that froze the entire Northern Territory finally made its appearance from the rift.
And was cut down in just two days.
“It’s easier than I thought?”
Delivering the flamethrower to catch the Wendigo was none other than me.
I had tried the method because fire was its weakness, but I never expected it to be this easy.
– No, explain yourself, Juddak.
– Juddak, how did you know? Explain!
– What’s this? Is there a controversy?
– Explain yourself! (Unaware of what it is)
– Be careful!
– No bad words allowed.
Thanks to that, Gallums started demanding reasons from me.
It’s understandable since the Wendigo was a variant monster that hadn’t appeared since the Great War.
What its weakness was had yet to be revealed, and I even named it myself.
But there was really nothing to explain.
[Fantasy Monster Encyclopedia] – Page 10
A setting book of monsters appearing in various games and novels!
Just ten thousand won!
You too can become a fantasy master!
Available in the shop.
“Why is this actually working?”
This book was something I stumbled upon in the system’s book category.
It was a guidebook organizing various things like a game setting book.
I had seen that fire was its weakness in there.
Of course, I also provided a couple of grenades just in case, but why is it really working?
– Juddak) Wtf, I don’t know;
– If you don’t know, who does?
– Haha, you did it and now claim you don’t know.
– (Aah, I’m sorry! Knight Kon)
Thinking back to how I had been shivering from the cold, it ended up wrapping up surprisingly blandly.
Just when I was thinking that good things are good, a barter exchange had finally come in.
[‘Fire Punch’ has entered the chatroom.]
Fire Punch: Oh, Juddak comrade!
Juddak: I’m not your comrade though, wut’s up?
Fire Punch: We bravely caught the trash from the rift and boldly claimed the insignia, so I came to show it to you, Juddak comrade.
Juddak: Summarize it in one line.
Fire Punch: (Mysterious something meme)
Fire Punch: I got an item, you can have it lol.
(Fire Punch has delivered ‘Ice Essence’!)
“Ice Essence?”
What is that, you nerd?
Before I could say that, a delivery box appeared in one corner of the room.
When I opened the package and looked inside, a small ice crystal the size of a tennis ball was contained.
“Whoa…”
I didn’t know what it was, but it radiated an aura that screamed I was really amazing.
I utilized the system to bring up detailed information.
[Ice Essence]
An ice crystal that has been infused with supreme mana since long ago.
A dessert that dragons go crazy for.
Anyway, it’s amazing.
“A dragon? No way, there are dragons here too.”
The system won’t show information if it doesn’t know, but it means that there must actually be dragons somewhere around here.
I initially thought the dragon rumors circulating in the gallery were just some ordinary disruption, but it wasn’t!
But my surprise didn’t last long.
“There’s a virgin succubus, a beautiful devil, so why not a dragon… Actually, that’s rather ordinary.”
Recalling previous cases, what came out now seemed bizarre.
I took the Ice Essence to the storage room.
The storage room was so packed with items that, despite being categorized into drawers, it was still overwhelmed.
There were various items like a hair-braided bracelet made from Elf hair and clumps of fur from Rabbitfolk, and so on.
I buried the Ice Essence deep somewhere in there.
“Someday, it’ll come in handy.”
I wonder why they hunt and give it to me.
Juddak: I don’t know what it is, but thanks and using it ㄱㅅ.
Fire Punch: Then Juddak comrade, should I understand that we’ve proven ourselves?
Juddak: Proof?
“What proof?”
I thought for a moment and remembered how hideous the Wendigo looked.
Did they want me to acknowledge that since they voluntarily caught it?
Juddak: Okay, okay, I acknowledge.
So without giving it much thought, I replied.
Fire Punch:!
Fire Punch: Thank you, Juddak comrade! The Fron Republic shall live forever!
[Fire Punch has exited the chatroom.]
I threw myself onto the bed and looked around the gallery with a much more relaxed mind.
“It seems like all the immediate issues have been handled?”
I had caught the variant that was threatening Fron, and the cold had mostly subsided.
Furthermore, I had gathered the troublemakers causing disruptions in the gallery and cracked down on them…
So, there were no places that would face a major invasion from monsters among all races for now.
“Time to read some concept posts.”
With that, I enjoyed a brief moment of leisure.
I re-entered the concepts section, wondering if there might be something I missed.
And just as I was flipping through the last page and trying to read slowly,
“Oh, wait, something feels fishy?”
I could feel a strange, rising discomfort creeping down my back.
It was an instinct gained through being a Juddak of the Gallery of Annihilation.
Whenever I felt this way, something must’ve happened in the gallery.
But, in a way, it was only natural.
With the invasion of monsters momentarily halted, and basic human desires met due to the marketplace.
The next event to take place in the medieval world was simple.
[Concept Post: Ah, lol, is there a witch?]
(Meme of a crowd hunting a witch)
(A meme of a tied-up girl screaming for her life)
(A meme of a religious trial with torches and pitchforks raised)
Haha, since it’s here, I might as well post it!
Alright~ Let’s dive into Witch Hunt Season 512421~
– Wait, is it already Witch Hunt season?
– I can’t stand witches.
– (Witch? Die. Bishop Con)
“Damn it.”
That’s right, an age-old medieval tradition.
It was time for the witch hunt to begin.
The crowd had long suffered.
They were dominated by a few rulers, and flesh was torn from them by monsters creeping in from ‘outside.’
There were no escape routes on either the left or the right.
Because of this, the only option the crowd chose was one.
– Haha, let’s rise up, shall we?
– “People’s uprising” is tempting, isn’t it?
– I endured 99 times and now is the 100th.
It was to rise up.
To brutally kill the rulers as much as they had suffered, to release the pent-up fury within them.
Not just rulers, but even criminals became targets.
Binding people tightly to pillars with ropes, setting them ablaze and burning them alive.
“Die!”
“You trash! You deserve to die!”
People felt catharsis watching that final moment, gaining a little comfort.
But as it kept happening, they became addicted.
[Title: Isn’t there a criminal who’s done something bad around?]
(A frog meme scratching its belly)
I feel like executing someone.
– For real, when’s the next event?
– It’s about time for the season to kick off…
Most aristocrats had died since the Great War.
Among those survivors, the ones causing trouble were all dead in the Adrian Crown Prince’s expulsion incident long ago.
In other words, there were no suitable people to punish.
The one feeling anxious about this was surprisingly the church.
– Oh no, this isn’t good.
– Aren’t we next in line?
– We need to start giving the commoners some events soon…
The church, riding on the support of the common folks, had been enjoying a mafia game.
But thanks to the bullets named the Great War and the Adrian Crown Prince incident, the mafia had all been wiped out.
Thus it would naturally be time for the church, which had been secretly living in luxury, to take responsibility.
[Title: If the church is mad, downvote! Haha.]
Every time they forcibly collected donations,
While they provided nothing in return, but their own bellies grew fat.
Downvote! Haha.
(Farmer Frog smiling and giving a thumbs up)
I’ll be the first to do it! Haha.
[Votes: 1523] [Disvotes: 523]
– Downvote! Haha.
– Huh? This is totally…
– Oh, it seems an event is about to start?
– What was it… It’s time for events, here comes the events!
Gradually, a hostile atmosphere toward the church began to form.
In that strange atmosphere, the church began to consider.
If there are no mafias in the mafia game, why not just shoot the citizens?
[Title: It’s a witch! Capture the witch and burn her!]
(A meme of a village maiden crying for help)
(A meme of tying someone to a pillar)
Daring to summon wicked thoughts in the minds of the innocent village youths!
It must clearly be the work of an evil monster!
Let’s burn the witch!
Event details: Execution, burning, witch hunt, fireworks…etc
Date: October 2nd, 10:00 AM
Location: Execution ground in front of the cathedral
Your attention is appreciated.
[Votes: 5121] [Disvotes: 3412]
– Wow~ It’s a thrill~ Haha.
– Damn, I believed in you!!
– (Killing all disruptions… Con)
– But how do we know if they are a witch or not?
– If the church catches them, aren’t they a witch?
– They claim to be able to find out through divine power, or something…
– Hmm, is that so?
– Humans are truly disgusting.
– Both the level of the inciting post and the level of those incited.
– (Elf Con throwing up a rainbow)
What began as a festival-like witch hunt.
People who were unaware of what was truly wrong had grown accustomed to the witch hunts they had known since birth.
Just as I saw the concept post that had just come up.
– Juddak) Do you want to get hit?
– Huh?
– Juddak) Do you want to get hit? Do you want to get hit?
I lost my rationality.
