Chapter 198
Chapter 198
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 198
Chapter Title: The Ill-Fated Genius
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The ill-fated genius.
They were only reevaluated for their achievements and recognized for their worth after death.
It was because they were too far ahead of their time, misunderstood by those around them.
"But what if you completely transcend it?"
Surpassing the uncomfortable valley that people can't comprehend,
Going beyond the Great Pleasant Mountain,
And finally reaching the "What the Fuck Is This" Mountain Range?
[Title: I'm Scared]
(A video taken through a curtain gap)
(A screencap of knights frozen standing upright)
Not a still image, fuck.
Judak Judak, what the hell did you spray...?
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- They died standing up?
- What the hell is happening inside?
ㄴ I saw someone going in with a cassette at least.
ㄴ It's elves! Aaaah!
ㄴ It's humans! Aaaaah!
Pianos didn't exist in the Middle Ages.
There were similar instruments, but they were far from the piano's melody.
Above all, there was no room for music to develop here.
"Instruments are luxuries."
The organs in cathedrals?
They were long since destroyed.
What if you played Beethoven's Moonlight in such a world?
"It might have an effect."
- How long have they been like that?
ㄴ Poster: Since 3 hours ago, yeah.
ㄴ Poster: Fuck, it's dinnertime and I'm starving.
The problem was that the effect was too much.
Play, and play again.
No one could stand up first.
The 15-minute piece repeated endlessly.
Of course, someone approached the tent to say something, but...
[Title: Ah lol]
(A screencap of the sky at dusk)
(A screencap of soldiers wandering like zombies near the tent)
The guy who lost rock-paper-scissors and went to talk is doing the same over there, ah lol.
Even the soldiers who approached became one of them.
"If we leave them be, it won't end until tomorrow?"
It's like a broken player just hitting replay.
There was even a hint of madness in that behavior.
Still, one thing was certain: the overheated atmosphere had definitely been quelled.
*Static crackle*
In the end, the cassette battery ran out.
Only after the cassette stopped did the gallery members snap out of their trance.
- Ah. Ah. Ah.
- IwanttohearitagainIwanttohearitagain
- Why are these guys suddenly like this?
Of course, the mental damage was unavoidable.
Even after the music stopped, no one left their spot for a while.
Some even shed tears.
Balt, the one who had been trolling, was a prime example.
- BeastSlayer: Aren't you going to punish him?
Trying to anonymously stir up trouble was wrong.
But it was hard to call it his fault.
"This can't be helped."
Since it was now clear it was something from the outside.
- Judak*: Yeah.
ㄴ BeastSlayer: Even though I framed him?
ㄴ Judak*: Doesn't bother me at all.
The modern gallery was full of warm hate memes and pad-lips.
Compared to that, what Balt did was cute as hell.
More than that, wasn't the bigger issue that the entire army was going to starve for dinner?
ㄴ Judak*: I'm really fine, so go prepare dinner for the soldiers already;
It was dinnertime now.
For the military, the workday was over.
But no dinner?
Nothing was more infuriating.
So I left a comment, and suddenly Balt knelt down.
"Khuhuk..."
"?
Where's the感動 point here?
"I won't forget this grace!"
Leaving behind Balt, who looked like he'd been saved,
I exited the post.
In conclusion, it worked out well. We succeeded in erasing the outside influence, somehow.
"No, we didn't erase it."
More precisely, we redirected it.
Even if we didn't know the cause, irrational anger lingered in the Gallery Army.
It clouded rational judgment.
And drove them to reckless acts they wouldn't normally do.
"We couldn't eliminate that."
Of course, it looked like the classical music made the anger vanish.
But the piece was Moonlight Sonata.
"Not exactly a warm and hopeful song, is it?"
It was composed as Beethoven was losing his hearing.
A dedication, but the love was never realized.
Rather, I thought it was infused with complex emotions like rage, torment, and sorrow.
So I played it.
"No need to calm the anger."
If I'd really wanted to suppress the rage, I might have used a different piece.
But I didn't.
In this apocalyptic medieval world, tragic pasts and stories were all too common.
Nothing special about them.
People buried their memories to survive the immediate reality.
"They forgot their painful memories."
Maybe that's why the gallery was so cheerfully detached from reality.
But then the outside dumped that anger emotion into reality?
[Title: Fuck, I Just Smashed the Table to Pieces]
(A screencap of a shattered table)
(A certification shot of a hand bleeding from wounds)
(A picture of a soldier cat howling at the sky)
I don't know why I'm like this today, fuck.
I'm usually a calm guy.
But I can't hold back the anger anymore.
Even my parents' faces, which I'd forgotten, appeared so vividly in my dream.
I want to rip apart all those beast bastards for real.
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- Fuck, I dreamed about it too today.
- Whoa, the recommendation ratio is historic lol.
- For real? I saw it in a nap today, it was fucking blood-boiling.
Forgotten memories were forcibly dragged back vividly from the other side.
"Better this way."
It actually worked out.
Best not to recall them at all.
But if they're being pulled up forcibly, I could just use the emotions in reverse.
Rage isn't purely irrational or just hype.
"In fact, it could become a driving force."
Perfect timing too—it was dawn.
The best time for emotional posts to explode.
I immediately added a new item to the market.
[A new item has been listed on the Market!]
[Cassette Player] - 30p
[Cassette Tape - Piano Sonata No. 14, Winter Wanderer, etc...] - 2p
*
Plunder.
It was a total cheat method for food supply.
You have a mighty army, but lack ways to procure food?
"Then just plunder."
A medieval cheat key of sorts.
"Of course, if regular supply routes are short, you could buy from local merchants..."
Purchase?
Takes too long.
100% chance of price negotiation disputes.
Lose the argument, and my world crumbles.
"Yeah? Then die."
Plunder solves all that.
Quick, simple.
No need for prior knowledge on negotiations.
That's why even crusades with some meaning sometimes chose plunder.
"But not here."
However, not with beasts around.
One-dimensionally, all life except beasts could be seen as allies.
Plunder them?
Great.
It'd be perfect for world destruction.
"Actually, I was most worried the Gallery Army would go that route."
From the Black Death to hygiene to history.
Not much different from modern times.
So I'd been a bit concerned, but now no need.
[Title: Just Saw the Most Arrogant Little Brat...jpg]
(A screencap of siblings curled up begging)
Saw some kids coming to the Gal Army camp to beg lol.
Seems like from a nearby village, but so fucking arrogant.
No food around, sure, but come to steal army rations? Lol.
Got so pissed.
(A screencap of stroking their heads wildly)
(A screencap of burly knights and soldiers offering food from all sides)
Gave them all the food and drink they wanted.
Can't act up anymore lol.
Reminded me of my childhood.
Plus, that song from yesterday got me all sentimental.
We're on break anyway since the expedition's wrapping up.
Rest a few more weeks, then head safely back to the city lol.
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- Arrogant good boy, thanks for everything.
ㄴ Poster: Saying that makes me even more grateful, you know?
- What a kind bastard, receive tons of good karma or whatever.
ㄴ Poster: Thanks fuck, you get tons too or whatever.
- What is this now?
- The comments are going nuts lololol
- (Dazed elf cone)
Thanks to the market, no need to procure or haul heavy supplies.
Above all, the anger unleashed on the gallery was redirected toward the beasts via the music.
Use the exp balls from stripping the beasts to buy from the market.
Reverse plunder started, solving the food issue big time.
"Now only one forest left, right?"
Adrian had lost huge swaths of territory to the beasts pathetically.
Especially the east, clustered right up to the capital as the front line.
Not completely, but they'd recaptured many old Adrian territories.
Now only Zion Forest remained.
- But isn't that place dangerous?
- Thought they left it alone because no troops to block waves.
- But can't imagine the Gallery Army losing lol.
The issue was it being the most dangerous spot on Adrian's eastern border.
The whole forest was basically treated as a demon realm.
"Better prepare just in case."
Doesn't seem like the Gallery Army with Darian would lose, but prep for if.
I got up to rummage the warehouse, then realized.
"Right, we did a big move once."
Ran out of storage space at home, so built a front yard bunker in Adrian.
The space where Penny absorbed Envy before.
[System Function Enhancement]
Among the enhancements from previous level-ups, there was delivery.
Unlike just sending before, items once in the warehouse could now be retrieved.
"The stuff should be fine, right?"
The moment I turned on the pre-installed CCTV to check.
"Eeek... So annoying!"
"What."
Inside the 2-story house built atop the bunker.
Some girl was trembling and throwing a tantrum in my house.