Chapter 7
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 7
Chapter Title: Job Change Quest
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The spar between Black Sky and Anger Control Expert had finally come to an end.
And the result was...
Title: Anger Control Expert VS Black Sky - Is This Fight Level For Real???
Writer: Dragon Money
This is a real clash between the world's strongest... Is that really the same Anger Control Expert who burned like a total loser, and Black Sky who was always bitching? Ice soul is legit legendary...
Ultimate Sword Alliance! Ultimate Sword Alliance! Ultimate Sword Alliance! Ultimate Sword Alliance! Ultimate Sword Alliance! Ultimate Sword Alliance! Ultimate Sword Alliance! Ultimate Sword Alliance! Ultimate Sword Alliance! Ultimate Sword Alliance! Ultimate Sword Alliance! Ultimate Sword Alliance! Ultimate Sword Alliance! Ultimate Sword Alliance! Ultimate Sword Alliance! Ultimate Sword Alliance! Ultimate Sword Alliance! Ultimate Sword Alliance! Ultimate Sword Alliance! Ultimate Sword Alliance!
The big deal is the Way! The big deal is the Way! The big deal is the Way! The big deal is the Way! The big deal is the Way! The big deal is the Way! The big deal is the Way! The big deal is the Way! The big deal is the Way! The big deal is the Way! The big deal is the Way!
LOL sword bros and saber bros going collectively insane
Season N express once again blew up the gallery into oblivion.
Title: Sword Noobs <- No Matter How You Think About It, They Seem Like the Ultimate Cancer Faction, Upvote If You Agree LOL
Writer: Sickle Low High Birth End Ugly
For starters, me LOL
Honestly, as a weapon arts user, it pisses me off a bit...
For real. They always go on about who births what and who ends what, and watching it just pisses you off.
Ah... the concept...
Prostitute... so sad...
Fuck, implement weapon arts quotas
The sword and saber gallery users were ecstatic.
The other weapon arts gallery users were seething with envy.
The fight between those two galleries had been that explosive.
Is that for real LOL
Suddenly feeling existential dread. Are we all really at the same Position Manifestation realm? Good thing the spar zone protected us, or it felt like a star exploding and mass extinction incoming.
Reason why the super dragons went extinct...
Still, in the end, the entire gallery showered praise on the two fighters without reservation.
And along with the acclaim they received, another gallery user was getting flooded with upvotes.
Title: Slowly, Our Newbie Mod Starting to Look Kinda Buff, Upvote If You Agree LOL
Writer: Colorless Bird
Our newbie mod's footwork ain't normal
Setting aside how he even got into Martial God Gallery without knowing a single martial art,
Right away he stirs shit up, becomes gallery lord,
Then actually becomes mod and even opens a spar zone LOL
Look at the gallery users flocking right now to open another spar zone,
Newbie Mod <------- Real all-time genius monster, right?!!
New Mod!! I love you!!
The last line hits the core...
Can see the ulterior motives shining through, but actually not wrong
It's true. He already had an opponent he was beating up, and now he's starting to shine LOL
LOL you talking about me?
^^ I'll turn you into fertilizer~
That was me.
"Phew... my popularity, huh."
Newbie / Gallery Lord / Moderator.
Was it fate that these three could overlap at once?
But I pulled it off spectacularly.
Naturally, all the gallery's spotlight was focused on me.
Even the users who first called me a troll seemed to be warming up to my existence itself.
And right in the center of all that attention pouring in, I made up my mind.
Tap tap.
Title: [Announcement] A Word from Your Mod
Writer: *Unyielding Magic Sword
Please teach me some martial arts.
I, too, would learn martial arts.
And the reactions to this post were—
?????????????
This guy's trying to troll again.
New mod!! Want me to teach you?!
Read the room
(Shocked Demon King emoticon)
Title: As Expected, Swordcels Are Swordcels
Writer: Goblin Hater
I forgot.
I forgot because of all the goblin haters, but
The fact that swordcels are second only to goblins in hater power.
Absurd how they always pick on us, but yeah, human average is kinda like that.
(Nodding Demon King emoticon)
"As expected, not exactly friendly."
Just looking at their posts, these gallery users seemed like total noobs,
but in truth, they were sages who had reached the pinnacle in their respective realms.
Their knowledge was literally divine oracles and revelations— no way I could just freeload off it.
'Even Earth's sage Warren Buffett burned through 60k for a single lunch, right?'
For reference, that's 60 million, not thousand.
Their teachings would be worth at least that much.
"Mm, yeah yeah. This level of backlash was expected."
This much was all anticipated anyway.
And that meant I had planned countermeasures for this too.
I immediately posted an additional announcement in the gallery.
Title: [Important/Announcement/Must Read] Reasons Why Gallery Users Must Teach Me Martial Arts
Writer: *Unyielding Magic Sword
[Image of empty food storage]
[Image of snowy landscape outside]
[Blurry image of mutants from afar]
Heh heh, didn't say it, but I'm actually on the verge of death.
If this keeps up... the spar zone... [Service Terminated]...
Won't teach me martial arts?
"Yeah~ I'll just die then~"
My response to the first mod execution threat was simple.
Just show them my dire reality where execution no longer mattered.
?????????????
What... the hell is this?
No way, you live in the same world as Black Sky?
The gallery, on the verge of exploding, went quiet for a moment.
But that was like the calm before the storm.
Soon, the gallery user most passionate about spar content stepped up.
Title: What the Fuck Is This Bullshit?
Writer: Anger Control Expert
Spar zone terminating?
What bullshit is that, you fuck.
Newbie mod newbie, explain yourself right now
The inaugural spar participant, Anger Control Expert, who had delivered an epic showdown with Black Sky.
True to her name, she sparked the fire first.
Heh heh, that's how it is~
So why are you dying, mod?
Food's all gone. Explored everywhere I could walk to. Now the remaining spots are camped by mutants and raiders.
Mutants? Raiders you mentioned before too, but what are those?
Black Sky, who had clashed spectacularly with Anger Control Expert, also tilted her head.
To those two gallery users, I gave a brief summary of my situation.
Current situation summary.
1. World war breaks out.
2. Nuclear war, volcanic eruptions, ice age hit one after another.
3. Amid that, mystery virus spreads, wiping out human civilization.
What...
A destroyed world?
Is this Otherworld Martial God Gallery or Otherworld Apocalypse Gallery?
No, that can't be...!
The gallery users who heard the rundown clicked their tongues.
New mod. A question.
Yes?
Has your world really completely perished?
Well, up until 4 years ago there were pirate broadcasts from survivor groups on emergency frequencies, but they've been silent for ages, and past 2 years I've seen more mutants than raiders.
Mutants? What are those?
Hmm... mutants as the name says. Humans infected by the virus mutate. Honestly not even sure if it's a virus. Early on they spread like wildfire, but unclear if bite or bodily fluids transmit it, and suddenly they became rulers of the world. The ones in the image come in all varieties.
Some keep a vaguely human shape, others melt down so much you can't call them living things.
Common point: all have superhuman strength beyond human limits. Honestly, looking back, I have no idea how I survived 5 years among those things.
...Truly dire.
Fuck, they look like fresh Flesh Tempering entrants, in our world I'd slice them all up.
That's why he can't...
The gallery mood, which had been razor-sharp, mended in an instant.
The only problem was my reality still wasn't mended.
"Gallery sob, gallery sob..."
Even as I shed tears over my pathetic reality, debates raged in the gallery.
Still, we have to save the guy, right?
Saving him is fine, but how can we sell martial arts for one spar zone with Martial God pride?
Pride over a person dying? Are you a Martial God or Evil God?
Shut up, half of you were human butchers slaughtering people while preaching supremacy, now playing hypocrite?
Sharply pointed arguments like that flew back and forth.
For me, every word they said was life or death, so I could only watch with bated breath.
And so, after an eternity—
-[Agreed. Then, we'll settle it like this.]
A conclusion was reached.
New mod.
Yes.
We will accept you as our joint disciple.
!!!!!!!!
By taking me as their disciple!!
Mom, I did it!!
I flying-kicked through the Martial God exam gates!
But,
However, there is a condition.
Yes?
We don't know who you are. Though the gallery permitted entry, our only means to interfere with each other is the gallery itself. Whatever actions you take in that world with the martial arts we teach, we can't intervene.
Ah.
I got it.
Why, it's a classic wuxia trope.
Take in a disciple thinking he's got promise from his sprouts, then he turns dark lord and unleashes a bloodbath.
So,
We will give you a task.
Of course, since survival is priority now, we'll teach you arts for survival.
But to receive proper martial arts, you must prove your worth yourself.
That you truly deserve to walk the path of martial arts.
I had received a job change quest from the Martial Gods.