Chapter 31
Chapter 31
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 31
Chapter Title: Disaster Strikes the Gallery
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A disaster struck the gallery.
And it was a problem related to food, no less.
- Fuck, you rift bastard!!!
- I even named it Pet Lava and everything... feels like a total backstab...
- Gave it a proper name and all...
ㄴ What's the name?
ㄴ The name is...
ㄴ ?
ㄴ Fuck you
The land around the rift had been cursed, turning completely black.
This all happened before the mess with Adrian was even sorted out.
Title: The Land is Rotting
(Meme of soil turning black)
Our family's farmland has been famous for generations for its fertility—what the hell is this lightning bolt out of nowhere?
All the veggies we were growing, wheat, rice, everything just withered up, twisted, or turned into magic beasts.
(Meme of a pumpkin magic beast plant with teeth sprouting everywhere)
Fuck, gotta go beat some ass, can't take questions right now
- Plants vs. Humans
ㄴ Looks like a matchup where positioning matters lol
ㄴ Whoa, check out that creepy-ass thing
- Fuck, my pet flower turned into a magic beast;
ㄴ What happened?
ㄴ Cat went full claw-punch and shredded all the leaves
ㄴ Ah lmao cats don't play
- Isn't that Ronan territory over there?
ㄴ Looks like it from the building in the back;
ㄴ Isn't that the Empire's breadbasket? Is this really okay?
ㄴ Nope, it's fucking not
ㄴ Total catastrophic crash, couldn't even escape...
Title: So what do we do now?
Author: Lloyd
(Meme of the Empire's grain warehouse all burned down)
(Meme of the Crown Prince all beaten up and tied with ropes)
We were already short on food, and that twenty-something idiot's fuckup wiped out what little we had left
How the hell do we survive the coming winter?
- Just don't survive
ㄴ Reincarnate or something lol
ㄴ Let's get the guillotine running first?
ㄴ How does the Empire's Crown Prince turn into a twenty-something idiot overnight... heart goes out
- Gotta make the big decision
ㄴ There's someone who won't give up even in this situation...
ㄴ What?
ㄴ ??
ㄴ (Meme of holding up soap and thumbs-up)
ㄴ Ah, not "big decision," but the BIG decision...
ㄴ Isn't that soap made from animal fat?
ㄴ Could surprisingly taste good lol!
ㄴ Everyone's gone crazy from hunger huh
“J-J-Judak! The fields!”
“Whoa, insane.”
And the aftermath reached even the Bunny Tribe's underground village.
Rustle.
The massive crops grown thanks to the Bunny Tribe's farming skills were drained of life and dying.
“Grrr!”
A few even started turning into magic beasts and bared their teeth.
“Everyone gather!”
“Hurry and dig! Myo.”
Thud thud thud!
“Grrr...”
They dug up the surrounding earth at an insane speed, killing the magic beast crops in seconds.
They managed to save half, but that was a problem too.
“The Bunnies rushed in and nursed them, and still half died.”
They sucked at fighting, but the Bunnies were gods of agriculture.
And even they lost half.
No way other races fared better.
I posted on the gallery asking about other races' situations.
- Judak☆) How are the other races holding up?
ㄴ HealthyAndPure) Hungry... ㅠㅅㅠ
ㄴ HealthyAndPure) Gotta be full to feel desire or whatever, but everyone's starving so now I'm starving too... uㅁu..
ㄴ Taldrude) All died but meat's our staple so we're good
ㄴ Nah no plants means no animals
ㄴ Taldrude) Why assume we only eat animals?
ㄴ ?
ㄴ Magic beast crops are chewy and tasty apparently
ㄴ ??
ㄴ Just some booze-crazed fuck...
ㄴ Texture got tough but perfect as drinking snacks, crazy bastard loves it...
ㄴ PureElf★) We're fine
ㄴ PureElf★) World Tree's struggling a bit but...
ㄴ Wait, you're totally fine?
ㄴ PureElf★) Ellad where the World Tree took root is untouched
ㄴ Judak☆) Admin's cheat map spooky
ㄴ World Tree envy max
ㄴ But it can't last forever right? Been wilting since the Great War
ㄴ Like Paradak, turning into a total pushover and fluctuating?
ㄴ PureElf★) Shut up
Dwarves solved it with brute force, Elves with the admin's cheat map.
The affinity grinder could probably patch things up by cranking out memes again.
In short, they could hold out for now.
- Fuuuuck!!!!!
- Save us! Save us!
Humans, of course, could not.
Rifts popped up similarly across all races, and rift-free areas were business as usual.
But humans, already starving and trolled by the Crown Prince, were in a league of their own.
- Selling
Will trade for one day's rations
ㄴ Selling what?
ㄴ Selling myself
ㄴ Wat?
ㄴ Ragequit
They were one step from death.
The market, which used to restock twice a day, was refilled three times before evening, but it wasn't enough.
And the crisis turned straight into a problem.
Title: Gore Warning) Someone died
(Emaciated corpse)
One of the imperial faction knights we had locked up suddenly collapsed—turns out he's dead;
- A knight starved to death...?
ㄴ How starved do you gotta be for a knight to look like that?
ㄴ Whoa... bones all showing
ㄴ Kinda looks like me lol
ㄴ Gallery bro...
ㄴ Eat something please
ㄴ I want food too fuck fuck fuck...
Starvation deaths had finally appeared.
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- Info) Southern Front Reality.jpg
(Photo of Adrian capital walls)
- ? This is the capital tho
ㄴ South (not anymore)
ㄴ Author) Well the south all got wiped by magic beasts anyway lol
ㄴ ?
ㄴ Nah totally pushed back?
ㄴ Capital's the front line now;
Title: But it's not weird at all
(Meme of chugging cola and flipping off against dark background)
Magic beasts crossed over after the Great War
Stayed here for years polluting the environment and beastifying shit
Then rifts appeared
Know what that is?
- Fuck what is it
ㄴ Author) Terraforming you dumbass
ㄴ Author) We're just fucked
- Kinda feels like it's turning more like the "outside" bit by bit...
ㄴ Been there?
ㄴ Nah
ㄴ ?
- We don't even know how many magic beasts there are
ㄴ Fr Great War was just one big clash and we got wrecked
ㄴ No guarantee no second wave
ㄴ Each race is doomed, total extinction
Everyone started losing hope.
No matter how you sliced it, the future was pitch black.
Magic beasts multiplying, land polluted.
Rifts popping nonstop, but too hungry for strength or motivation to move.
Right on track for Kelton Kingdom's downfall route.
I added the bulk-purchased items to the market.
Notice) Market Items Added
Author: Judak☆
(Meme of 3-pack ramen)
New ramen in stock, grab some
- Ramen... ramen good...
ㄴ Gotta have money to buy tho... shit
ㄴ Food's up but all I can do is look lol
ㄴ So fucking pathetic
ㄴ I got 10 mana dumplings total
The response was underwhelming.
Not like the old days clamoring for listings and cheering at anything new.
Instead, self-loathing and despair filled the comments with gloom.
Gotta hunt magic beasts for dumplings, but no strength to hunt.
Obviously, since you needed dumplings for food.
- Judak☆) lol go check it out first y'all
Only one reason I restocked the market knowing the mood.
- What?
ㄴ What what?
ㄴ Market ramen price is weird
ㄴ Judak lost his mind!!!
ㄴ Crazy bastard stone bastard you motherfucking toothed bastard!!!!!
ㄴ Just admit you wanted to curse lol!
[Ramen 3-pack meal] - 1 mana dumpling
Think this is some cheapo ramen?
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Title: Judak Nickname Compilation (Save for Later)
Judak☆: Term for the gallery admin
KingGodTak: For when you're praising Judak hard
Orange: Color nature made inspired by Judak. Used to describe his influence.
Resident: Living being that wants to live under Judak's influence
Monarch: Judak who rules problems with brilliant solutions
Shareholders' Meeting: Meeting with guns made by Judak. I.e., term for Judak with near one-man army power
JudakWorldPeaceKingTak: Judak leading world peace
Judak, my love.
Judak, my light.
Judak, my darkness.
Judak, my life.
Judak, me.
- What a load of bullshit lmao
- Orange nickname is peak twenty-idiot lol
- Monarch really hits the chest lol
- Shareholders' Meeting makes me wanna plant one on ya lol
ㄴ Judak☆) nooooo;
- Feeds us, saves us, lets us sleep, gets shit on...
ㄴ What the hell does Judak even do...
ㄴ Judak does good = wanna kiss you sexual harassment
ㄴ Judak posts crap = kiss you to punish sexual harassment
ㄴ Judak☆) TLqkf
Title: Gallery Bros' Brutally Honest Taste Test...jpg
(Meme of perfectly cooked red ramen)
(Meme of blowing on it and eating heartily)
(Meme of感動 face with empty bowl proof)
lol nah no downsides
Fucking delicious!!!!!
- Ah lol came to kill you thinking it was real review lol
- Okay lol
- Stop stop friendly!
- I'd be Judak's slave for life if he just says the word lol;
ㄴ Then I'll be the dancer to keep him from getting bored
ㄴ I'll be the blanket to keep Lord Judak warm //^^//
ㄴ O
ㄴ You a girl?
ㄴ Guy *^^*
ㄴ Fuck you
The market's biggest issue was price.
Most stuff was dirt cheap at 1 mana dumpling.
But Adrian had no funds left after Frederick's legendary troll show.
In that mess, ultra-cheap ramen was a revolution.
“Truly amazing. How can something containing wheat in water taste this deep... Myo.”
And Myoran, the talking bunny, was devouring the ramen daintily with her cute paws.
Wait, but can bunnies even eat this?
“Good thing it suits your taste...”
“See? Even the Bunny Tribe loves it. It's a huge hit. Myo.”
“Whew, whew. Spicy but tasty. Spicy but sweet!”
“Tongue hurts but it's addictive flavor...”
“Sounds good.”
“Why say it looking at me?”
Of course, some Bunnies sneaked in subtle sexual harassment, but I'd gotten used to it.
I was finally enjoying some ultra-cheap ramen myself after self-isolating in my jail cell, peeking at Myoran and the gallery.
“This method works great, but the downside is obvious...”
Self-sufficiency—standing on their own feet—was impossible.
In modern times, the ramen recipe would've leaked instantly and copycats flooded the market, but MSG was still unknown territory.
Fundamentally, we had to solve the root problem.
Not give them fish, but teach them to fish.
“But Lord Judak, the humans' breadbasket is rotting away. And their incompetent leaders too.”
“Hmm.”
“How can they stand on their own? Myo.”
When I brought it up to Myoran, she just stroked her ears with a troubled look.
I knew what she meant.
Rift in the breadbasket of all places, Frederick's sabotage, society rotten from way back.
But there was a way to fix it all.
“Wanna believe in magic that turns air into bread?”
Admin's cheat map, the cheat key.
Time to show them modern science.