Chapter 38

The Founding of the Knight Kingdom (3)

The Founding of the Knight Kingdom (3) - Otherworld Destruction Gallery - Penguin Squad

Chapter 38

The Founding of the Knight Kingdom (3)

Monsters had spread across all of Kellyerton.

We managed to drive the monsters out by raiding the empty royal castle, but we had to prepare for the wave that was coming soon.

“We’re short on food and military equipment.”

“They say the monsters will reach the royal castle in two days!”

The problem was that Kellyerton had been carved out of Adrian, which had practically exploded into pieces in the first place.

The army was competent enough, but everything else was either lacking or nonexistent.

There was barely enough food for a month, and there were almost no materials with which to rebuild the ruins.

Feeling countless eyes upon her, Evelyn stared blankly up at the sky.

“Does the mod actually hate me...?”

Every day of Evelyn’s life had become a survival game.

Was it just her imagination that the only difference was that the scale of the crisis had grown unimaginably larger?

And unlike before, when she could just die and be done with it, how many lives were now hanging on her?

“I want to go home...”

It was at that moment that she began to desperately miss the days when she ate canned tuna.

[A new feature has been added to the Gallery!]

[The ‘Otherworld Coin’ tab has been added.]

A new wind blew through the Gallery.

“Is this the end?”

I straightened my back with a deep sigh.

After working without rest for several days, I had finally finished organizing the warehouse.

I bought a replacement for the broken door from the Shop and hung it up as a stopgap, then threw the rubble into the rift.

After cleaning up the mess inside, I stood the masterwork sword the dwarf had given me beside the door.

“That takes care of security too...”

Last time, I had relied too heavily on the K2 and kept the swords far away. That had been my mistake.

With a single masterwork sword standing guard, I had never felt safer.

That left one holy sword.

“Let’s see... you...”

Vwoooong.

As if filled with anticipation, the holy sword’s light repeatedly grew brighter and dimmed again.

After thinking it over, I picked up the holy sword and placed it on the very top of the shelf, where it could shine its light more effectively.

“You can keep serving as a light.”

...Vwoong.

Once I placed the shotgun and grenades in suitable positions, I was done for the moment.

“It would be nice if there were something that could reinforce this space on its own.”

But this still wasn’t enough.

It would be even better if the warehouse itself were as impervious to outside impacts as a bunker...

“Huh?”

A thought suddenly flashed through my mind.

Could they possibly sell bunkers in the Shop too?

When I searched through the Shop’s categories with that question in mind, a bunker category actually appeared!

“This is insane! Amazing!”

With this, wouldn’t it be able to withstand practically any attack?

But the moment I saw the prices, my expression hardened.

[Basic Bunker] - 50,000 points

[Advanced Bunker] - 100,000 points

[Premium Bunker] - 300,000 points

[Nuclear War Apocalypse Bunker] - 10,000,000 points

“Whoa.”

It had already been several months since I had possessed this body in another world.

I had roughly 20,000 points to my name.

For reference, 20,000 points was an enormous amount when you considered that I had accumulated it while handing out all sorts of things.

It was just that those prices were... incredibly strange.

“Is the Shop affected by inflation on Earth too?”

The prices looked seriously out of hand.

[Nuclear War Apocalypse Bunker] - 10,000,000 points

- The world’s most expensive bunker, capable of surviving even if humanity is wiped out by nuclear war!

- Its performance has been proven in practice!

That nuclear war bunker in particular.

The phrase saying that its performance had been proven was even more frightening.

“Did a nuclear war break out on Earth after I possessed this body?”

Since there was no way to return, I had no idea how Earth had changed.

Perhaps a rift had formed there too, and they were also playing a survival game.

“Then let’s set our sights on the basic bunker for now.”

I set a goal for myself first.

Advanced? Premium? Not a chance.

[Basic Bunker] - 50,000 points

- Effective against impact magic!

- Absolutely impossible to break into with ordinary blades!

Even this would be perfect.

To achieve that, I first needed points and level-ups, which naturally meant ensuring the survival of the Gallery users.

My gaze naturally shifted to the golden apple the World Tree had given me.

[Golden Apple of the World Tree]

It’s delicious. The texture is good too.

Every item the Gallery users had given me so far possessed some extraordinary effect.

The Rabbit Hole ticket, the masterwork sword, the holy sword, the golden carrot, and so on.

But I had never seen an item with so little explanation before.

“What if it doesn’t have any effect at all?”

I was briefly worried before taking a bite, but...

“Anyway, they say it’s delicious, so that’s good enough for now!!”

If the fruit tasted good, that was all that mattered.

I took a big bite of the apple.

Crunch!

[Level Up! 4→5]

[A new feature has been added to the Gallery!]

[The ‘Otherworld Coin’ feature has been unlocked.]

“Otherworld Coin?”

It was like pouring an entire barrel of oil onto a dying flame.

Announcement) New Gallery Feature: ‘Otherworld Coin’

Author: Mod☆

The investment feature is now open.

Anyone can upload an item or an idea and receive investments.

So invest, everyone.

Pray for it to moon, and check the charts every day.

Kellyerton to the moon!!!!!

- Let’s go!!!!!

- What are we going to?

ㄴ Anyway, let’s go!!!

ㄴ Kellyerton Coin is going to the heavens!!

ㄴ Heave

ㄴ Ho

ㄴ Damn, it’s the mod again... I have to invest...

ㄴ Lord Mod’s on another level!!

- But what is a coin?

ㄴ No idea. Isn’t it the name of some new beer?

ㄴ It’s always hard to keep up with trends...

- Humans, what on earth is that coin?

ㄴ We don’t know either.

ㄴ ?

ㄴ Yeah, everyone’s just yelling, so we’re yelling too.

ㄴ Then what does ‘to the moon’ mean?

ㄴ Doesn’t it just mean ‘it’ll do well, it’ll go up’?

ㄴ Just yell. Don’t think about it.

ㄴ You dark elves really don’t know how to follow trends, huh;

ㄴ Full-HP Elf★: Let’s send it to the moon!!!!

ㄴ LOL, as expected, Full-HP is the youth-claimer.

As soon as the feature was unlocked, countless comments poured in, and the Gallery showed tremendous interest.

And Kellyerton jumped straight into the investment tab before anyone could ask questions or raise objections.

1. Kellyerton Newborn Kingdom

Investment method: We accept absolutely anything

Title: Investing in the Kingdom of Kellyerton.

Author: Lloyd

We accept investments of any kind, including egg desserts, rice or wheat, scrap metal, and materials.

Our Fallen Noble Miss... no, our Queen has promised generous rewards if we succeed.

You may move to the Kingdom of Kellyerton, receive several times the value of your investment in return, and so on.

(Queen meme pointing straight ahead)

Life is one shot!

Join right now!

“Good thinking.”

I entered the investment tab and clicked the only listing there, Kellyerton.

Normally, they would probably have accepted mana dumplings, the currency of the other world, but Kellyerton was in such urgent need that it accepted investments without discriminating between goods.

- Oh, this sounds fun?

- Do you accept straw mats?

ㄴ Lloyd) We accept absolutely anything ^^

- Do you accept bladed weapons too?

ㄴ Lloyd) Oh, please come right in, sir ^^

ㄴ Look at this bastard suddenly talking politely lol

ㄴ Oh, looks like they really accept anything?

ㄴ Should I invest some eggs from my house?

ㄴ Kellyerton to the moon!!!!!

- Do you accept what I have left after shaving my beard?

ㄴ Lloyd) Fuck off.

ㄴ ㅠㅠ

ㄴ LOL, this bastard’s mood swings are insane

ㄴ He’s officially the queen’s knight now, but look at the way he talks lol

ㄴ Sometimes his old forum speech comes out, lmao

Title: Did the Otherworld Coin moon!

Author: Mod☆

(Image of a massive amount of food being invested in Kellyerton)

Posting it because it’s up lol

I started things off, so follow me.

- To the moooooooooon

- Let’s turn our lives around!!!

- If the mod’s doing it, we have to follow for now, ah lol

- I’m living in hiding, but I’m investing so I can definitely get citizenship, yeah;

“Good, good. It’s going smoothly.”

When Kellyerton first posted its investment request, the Gallery had been indifferent.

But once the Gallery’s official system came into play, and I massively increased the possibilities by dumping in a huge amount of food, interest skyrocketed.

Besides, I didn’t have to simply spend points, and I could get something back through the investments, so it was killing two birds with one stone.

- Investing 50 eggs.

- Investing 100 kg of firewood.

- Fuck, my clothing business went under, so I’m selling all my fabric, clothes, and dresses. Please, let’s send it to the moon!!!!

ㄴ Hold tight, it’s going down!! lol

ㄴ You fucker, don’t jinx it.

“I feel like just a little more here and we’ll make it...”

But I had a strange feeling of regret.

Just a tiny bit more, and I felt like I could hit the jackpot.

I left a chat message for the Fallen Noble Lady.

Mod☆: Hey, you.

Fallen Noble Lady (Thinking of a Username^^): Kyaaaak!

Mod☆: Sorry;; Take it easy;

Fallen Noble Lady (Thinking of a Username^^): ...Phew, so why did you call me?

Mod☆: I was wondering if you needed anything.

Mod☆: With the monsters invading, is there anything else you need besides food?

Food would be good. Cloth wouldn’t be bad either.

But what Kellyerton needed right now wasn’t anything like that.

Because rumors were circulating in the Gallery that monsters were gathering all across Kellyerton.

Fallen Noble Lady (Thinking of a Username^^): We need plenty, but we’re especially short on armor and weapons...

Fallen Noble Lady (Thinking of a Username^^): We’re basically fighting almost naked right now ㅇ︿ㅇ

Fallen Noble Lady (Thinking of a Username^^): (Image of soldiers holding torn cloth, crude wooden shields, and the like)

Mod☆: Ah, okay. Got it.

“If that’s what you need, we have plenty.”

[Steel] Market rate of 8.25~14 points per kg applied

The Shop is God, and I am invincible.

I decided to release steel into the other world.

Without knowing what kind of result it would bring...

[New item stocked in ‘Mod’s Market’!]

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Monsters had spread across all of Kellyerton.

We managed to drive the monsters out by raiding the empty royal castle, but we had to prepare for the wave that was coming soon.

“We’re short on food and military equipment.”

“They say the monsters will reach the royal castle in two days!”

The problem was that Kellyerton had been carved out of Adrian, which had practically exploded into pieces in the first place.

The army was competent enough, but everything else was either lacking or nonexistent.

There was barely enough food for a month, and there were almost no materials with which to rebuild the ruins.

Feeling countless eyes upon her, Evelyn stared blankly up at the sky.

“Does the mod actually hate me...?”

Every day of Evelyn’s life had become a survival game.

Was it just her imagination that the only difference was that the scale of the crisis had grown unimaginably larger?

And unlike before, when she could just die and be done with it, how many lives were now hanging on her?

“I want to go home...”

It was at that moment that she began to desperately miss the days when she ate canned tuna.

[A new feature has been added to the Gallery!]

[The ‘Otherworld Coin’ tab has been added.]

A new wind blew through the Gallery.

“Is this the end?”

I straightened my back with a deep sigh.

After working without rest for several days, I had finally finished organizing the warehouse.

I bought a replacement for the broken door from the Shop and hung it up as a stopgap, then threw the rubble into the rift.

After cleaning up the mess inside, I stood the masterwork sword the dwarf had given me beside the door.

“That takes care of security too...”

Last time, I had relied too heavily on the K2 and kept the swords far away. That had been my mistake.

With a single masterwork sword standing guard, I had never felt safer.

That left one holy sword.

“Let’s see... you...”

Vwoooong.

As if filled with anticipation, the holy sword’s light repeatedly grew brighter and dimmed again.

After thinking it over, I picked up the holy sword and placed it on the very top of the shelf, where it could shine its light more effectively.

“You can keep serving as a light.”

...Vwoong.

Once I placed the shotgun and grenades in suitable positions, I was done for the moment.

“It would be nice if there were something that could reinforce this space on its own.”

But this still wasn’t enough.

It would be even better if the warehouse itself were as impervious to outside impacts as a bunker...

“Huh?”

A thought suddenly flashed through my mind.

Could they possibly sell bunkers in the Shop too?

When I searched through the Shop’s categories with that question in mind, a bunker category actually appeared!

“This is insane! Amazing!”

With this, wouldn’t it be able to withstand practically any attack?

But the moment I saw the prices, my expression hardened.

[Basic Bunker] - 50,000 points

[Advanced Bunker] - 100,000 points

[Premium Bunker] - 300,000 points

[Nuclear War Apocalypse Bunker] - 10,000,000 points

“Whoa.”

It had already been several months since I had possessed this body in another world.

I had roughly 20,000 points to my name.

For reference, 20,000 points was an enormous amount when you considered that I had accumulated it while handing out all sorts of things.

It was just that those prices were... incredibly strange.

“Is the Shop affected by inflation on Earth too?”

The prices looked seriously out of hand.

[Nuclear War Apocalypse Bunker] - 10,000,000 points

- The world’s most expensive bunker, capable of surviving even if humanity is wiped out by nuclear war!

- Its performance has been proven in practice!

That nuclear war bunker in particular.

The phrase saying that its performance had been proven was even more frightening.

“Did a nuclear war break out on Earth after I possessed this body?”

Since there was no way to return, I had no idea how Earth had changed.

Perhaps a rift had formed there too, and they were also playing a survival game.

“Then let’s set our sights on the basic bunker for now.”

I set a goal for myself first.

Advanced? Premium? Not a chance.

[Basic Bunker] - 50,000 points

- Effective against impact magic!

- Absolutely impossible to break into with ordinary blades!

Even this would be perfect.

To achieve that, I first needed points and level-ups, which naturally meant ensuring the survival of the Gallery users.

My gaze naturally shifted to the golden apple the World Tree had given me.

[Golden Apple of the World Tree]

It’s delicious. The texture is good too.

Every item the Gallery users had given me so far possessed some extraordinary effect.

The Rabbit Hole ticket, the masterwork sword, the holy sword, the golden carrot, and so on.

But I had never seen an item with so little explanation before.

“What if it doesn’t have any effect at all?”

I was briefly worried before taking a bite, but...

“Anyway, they say it’s delicious, so that’s good enough for now!!”

If the fruit tasted good, that was all that mattered.

I took a big bite of the apple.

Crunch!

[Level Up! 4→5]

[A new feature has been added to the Gallery!]

[The ‘Otherworld Coin’ feature has been unlocked.]

“Otherworld Coin?”

It was like pouring an entire barrel of oil onto a dying flame.

Announcement) New Gallery Feature: ‘Otherworld Coin’

Author: Mod☆

The investment feature is now open.

Anyone can upload an item or an idea and receive investments.

So invest, everyone.

Pray for it to moon, and check the charts every day.

Kellyerton to the moon!!!!!

- Let’s go!!!!!

- What are we going to?

ㄴ Anyway, let’s go!!!

ㄴ Kellyerton Coin is going to the heavens!!

ㄴ Heave

ㄴ Ho

ㄴ Damn, it’s the mod again... I have to invest...

ㄴ Lord Mod’s on another level!!

- But what is a coin?

ㄴ No idea. Isn’t it the name of some new beer?

ㄴ It’s always hard to keep up with trends...

- Humans, what on earth is that coin?

ㄴ We don’t know either.

ㄴ ?

ㄴ Yeah, everyone’s just yelling, so we’re yelling too.

ㄴ Then what does ‘to the moon’ mean?

ㄴ Doesn’t it just mean ‘it’ll do well, it’ll go up’?

ㄴ Just yell. Don’t think about it.

ㄴ You dark elves really don’t know how to follow trends, huh;

ㄴ Full-HP Elf★: Let’s send it to the moon!!!!

ㄴ LOL, as expected, Full-HP is the youth-claimer.

As soon as the feature was unlocked, countless comments poured in, and the Gallery showed tremendous interest.

And Kellyerton jumped straight into the investment tab before anyone could ask questions or raise objections.

1. Kellyerton Newborn Kingdom

Investment method: We accept absolutely anything

Title: Investing in the Kingdom of Kellyerton.

Author: Lloyd

We accept investments of any kind, including egg desserts, rice or wheat, scrap metal, and materials.

Our Fallen Noble Miss... no, our Queen has promised generous rewards if we succeed.

You may move to the Kingdom of Kellyerton, receive several times the value of your investment in return, and so on.

(Queen meme pointing straight ahead)

Life is one shot!

Join right now!

“Good thinking.”

I entered the investment tab and clicked the only listing there, Kellyerton.

Normally, they would probably have accepted mana dumplings, the currency of the other world, but Kellyerton was in such urgent need that it accepted investments without discriminating between goods.

- Oh, this sounds fun?

- Do you accept straw mats?

ㄴ Lloyd) We accept absolutely anything ^^

- Do you accept bladed weapons too?

ㄴ Lloyd) Oh, please come right in, sir ^^

ㄴ Look at this bastard suddenly talking politely lol

ㄴ Oh, looks like they really accept anything?

ㄴ Should I invest some eggs from my house?

ㄴ Kellyerton to the moon!!!!!

- Do you accept what I have left after shaving my beard?

ㄴ Lloyd) Fuck off.

ㄴ ㅠㅠ

ㄴ LOL, this bastard’s mood swings are insane

ㄴ He’s officially the queen’s knight now, but look at the way he talks lol

ㄴ Sometimes his old forum speech comes out, lmao

Title: Did the Otherworld Coin moon!

Author: Mod☆

(Image of a massive amount of food being invested in Kellyerton)

Posting it because it’s up lol

I started things off, so follow me.

- To the moooooooooon

- Let’s turn our lives around!!!

- If the mod’s doing it, we have to follow for now, ah lol

- I’m living in hiding, but I’m investing so I can definitely get citizenship, yeah;

“Good, good. It’s going smoothly.”

When Kellyerton first posted its investment request, the Gallery had been indifferent.

But once the Gallery’s official system came into play, and I massively increased the possibilities by dumping in a huge amount of food, interest skyrocketed.

Besides, I didn’t have to simply spend points, and I could get something back through the investments, so it was killing two birds with one stone.

- Investing 50 eggs.

- Investing 100 kg of firewood.

- Fuck, my clothing business went under, so I’m selling all my fabric, clothes, and dresses. Please, let’s send it to the moon!!!!

ㄴ Hold tight, it’s going down!! lol

ㄴ You fucker, don’t jinx it.

“I feel like just a little more here and we’ll make it...”

But I had a strange feeling of regret.

Just a tiny bit more, and I felt like I could hit the jackpot.

I left a chat message for the Fallen Noble Lady.

Mod☆: Hey, you.

Fallen Noble Lady (Thinking of a Username^^): Kyaaaak!

Mod☆: Sorry;; Take it easy;

Fallen Noble Lady (Thinking of a Username^^): ...Phew, so why did you call me?

Mod☆: I was wondering if you needed anything.

Mod☆: With the monsters invading, is there anything else you need besides food?

Food would be good. Cloth wouldn’t be bad either.

But what Kellyerton needed right now wasn’t anything like that.

Because rumors were circulating in the Gallery that monsters were gathering all across Kellyerton.

Fallen Noble Lady (Thinking of a Username^^): We need plenty, but we’re especially short on armor and weapons...

Fallen Noble Lady (Thinking of a Username^^): We’re basically fighting almost naked right now ㅇ︿ㅇ

Fallen Noble Lady (Thinking of a Username^^): (Image of soldiers holding torn cloth, crude wooden shields, and the like)

Mod☆: Ah, okay. Got it.

“If that’s what you need, we have plenty.”

[Steel] Market rate of 8.25~14 points per kg applied

The Shop is God, and I am invincible.

I decided to release steel into the other world.

Without knowing what kind of result it would bring...

[New item stocked in ‘Mod’s Market’!]