I Became a Gallery Newbie Beloved by Transcendents-Chapter 55: Scaldmagra Subjugation (1)

Han Yuseong entered the tent Resellin had assigned him and laid down inside a sleeping bag.

He pulled out his Gallery terminal.

Title: By the way, why don’t you guys post pictures on the gallery?

Author: ㅇㅇ*

— I know videos aren’t allowed.

Oh, and I met Resellin again.

But according to her, a year and a half has passed since we fought the orc shamans together.

Is that normal?

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(A frontal photo of Resellin’s face)

ㄴ To be precise, you can record videos... you just currently can't.

ㄴ The Climber Gallery terminals can record videos, but you need to buy a video-capture rune from the Coin Shop, and people are too lazy to bother.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ:* Oh, so for the Transcendent Gallery, since the Tower Enders can't get the runes, they can’t post videos either? They can't even check if it’s possible?

ㄴ That’s exactly it.

ㄴ Admin: Yep, the video capture rune appears in the Coin Shop starting at Floor 30.

You’ll be able to check if you can upload videos to the Transcendent Gallery then.

ㄴ Admin: Since people in the Transcendent Gallery have no way to buy the rune, they can’t upload videos even if they want to.

Han Yuseong realized anew just how many events awaited him once he hit Floor 30.

ㄴ Shrine Maiden: Hawawa, the reason we don't post our photos is simple! Guess what the very first thing we did after gathering in the Transcendent Gallery was?

Ah.

Han Yuseong already knew where this was going.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ:* Everyone spammed too many photos right at the beginning, huh?

ㄴ Correct.

ㄴ Everyone posted pics of their hometowns and went crazy. Got sick of it real fast.

ㄴ Pioneer: Right, and then the climber showed up and saved the day.

ㄴ Shrine Maiden: Hawawa, I posted all sorts of terrible messy landscape photos too.

ㄴ Ice Queen: Frozen! If you want to see where I live, I can post a picture anytime! Although... everything looks the same anyway.

ㄴ Dragon King: Beltui—finally someone curious about my lair after all this time.

ㄴ Sword of Light: Hmm, maybe it’s time I take another photo of the Empire's scenery.

Han Yuseong realized he had accidentally awakened a very dangerous trigger in the Transcendent Gallery.

There were also plenty of comments reacting to his reunion with Resellin.

ㄴ Sword of Light: Time always flows strangely from a climber’s perspective.

ㄴ Pioneer: Once, ten whole years passed in an instant for me. That was rough.

ㄴ Sigh... I still can’t believe Delisa married Helion.

ㄴ​​​​​​​ Gutter Swordsman: Fuck, stop bringing that up already.

ㄴ Spear King: Damn it, I finally forgot, and you had to remind me again. Aaargh!

There were still people who hadn't gotten over the whole Delisa incident.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ:* 10th floor is quest-type.

This time the objective is super simple: kill Scaldmagra.

Anyone know anything about it?

ㄴ Umm... that monster never even appeared in Easy Mode.

ㄴ Not in Normal Mode either.

ㄴ Elf Guy: It’s a nasty one.

It attacks with various elemental properties, makes it a real headache.

ㄴ Pioneer: Wait, you’ve still got that thing from the Shrine Maiden, right?

The Binding Scroll?

ㄴ Shrine Maiden: Hawawa, correct! That should block most attacks.

But if you get bombarded from too many angles, you won’t be able to block everything.

ㄴ Shrine Maiden: Hawawawa! Think of it as an opportunity to build resistance to elemental attacks by taking a few hits~ free𝑤ebnovel.com

Eh?

ㄴ Sword of Light: Actually, that’s very realistic and good advice.

Two bouts of “realistic advice” and he’d be a corpse at this rate.

ㄴ Archmage: The most annoying thing about Scaldmagra is that it absorbs sound.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ:* What do you mean, absorbs sound?

ㄴ Sage: Literally devours the sounds around it. Footsteps, presence, everything.

You won't hear anything.

It sounded like something he would have to experience firsthand to truly understand.

Han Yuseong was about to shut down the Gallery and put away his terminal—

When he noticed something strange on the screen.

"Huh?"

A message was scrolling across the top of his device.

—You have pending updates. Update date: April 4th, 08:31:53

Considering he had entered the 10th floor stage around 8:30, it must’ve updated right after he stepped inside.

What the hell?

At the bottom of the screen, near the camera lens icon, a flashing yellow arrow indicated there was another page.

Following the prompt, he swiped—and a new icon appeared. It looked like a play button.

Could it be?

Video recording?

He pressed the button, and a window popped up.

[Video Recording – ‘Visographica’ feature has been updated.]

[To commemorate the update, you have been given video recording without rune charge requirements.]

[You have 6 recording opportunities.]

[Each recording can capture up to 15 minutes of footage.]

[Note: Even if you stop early, any unused time from that recording will still be consumed.]

Meaning, each time he recorded, he could make up to 15 minutes of video — but if he stopped early, he couldn’t reuse the leftover time.

I tapped into the Transcendent Gallery again.

Title: Video Capture Feature 'Visographica' Update

Author: ㅇㅇ*

Looks like we can shoot videos with this terminal too?

Seems like you can record six times before hitting Floor 30 and needing a Video Rune.

Update bonus: six free recordings.

ㄴ ??????

ㄴ Eh?

ㄴ No fucking way??

ㄴ Holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit

ㄴ ??? What's happening??

ㄴ I'm actually crying. I'm not even kidding 😭😭😭😭😭

ㄴ Shoot one now shoot one now shoot one now shoot one now!!

ㄴ Is this like a reward for reaching Floor 10??

ㄴ The Tower's going crazy, man 👍👍👍

ㄴ​​​​​​​ Elf Guy: Oh my heart is pounding😭😭😭 thump thump😭😭😭

ㄴ This damn elf is losing it now.

ㄴ Let’s do a test run right now 🚀🚀🚀🚀

ㄴ Don’t just shoot randomly, dumbass 😆😆😆😆

Wait until right before a serious battle — it's obvious there’ll be a time limit.

ㄴ Just record during the Scaldmagra fight!

ㄴ Gutter Swordsman: ? Oh nice, we'll get to see you fight.

ㄴ Suwang: IT’S HERE!!!!!!!!!! VISOGRAPHICAAAAACK!!!! WOOOOOOOO!!!!

ㄴ Archmage: Nah, as much as I wanna see it immediately, better save it for when it really counts.

ㄴ Sword of Light: Yeah, it’s smarter that way.

ㄴ ?? LMAO these guys have achieved true enlightenment.

ㄴ Gutter Swordsman: Whatever, the climber’s gonna want to test it out at least once soon anyway.

Ohho.

Gutter Swordsman-sunbae really saw right through me.

Yeah, I'd probably give it a test run sometime soon.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ:* But wait... I don’t have to hold the terminal like a selfie stick while filming, right?

That'd be impossible during combat.

ㄴ Admin: Nah. Once you start Visographica, a floating orb will pop up from your terminal.

It records the situation smartly, like {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} a 3rd-person drone.

Oh.

No need for a separate drone then.

ㄴ Admin: Like Sword of Light and Archmage said, save it for moments that’ll really matter.

With six shots, each having a time limit, it’s valuable.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ:* Yeah, 15 minutes per use. But if you stop early, you can't save the leftover time.

Each activation burns a full use.

ㄴ That’s normal for Climber Gallery video recordings too 👍👍

ㄴ Fucking stupid system though.

ㄴ​​​​​​​ Shrine Maiden: Hawawa, at least we can finally see a lively moving climber!

ㄴ Ice Queen: Frozen! Seeing the climber dashing around with my own two eyes...!!

ㄴ Please just don’t die.

Otherwise it'll become "RIP, the magnificent last footage.mkv."

ㄴ LMAO but seriously, if you die, we can't even upload it.

ㄴ Archmage: Scaldmagra’s a monster that usually appears around Hard Mode Floor 17...

But hey, you've been through worse.

Let’s do our best.

ㄴ Let’s 😆​​​​​​​😆​​​​​​​😆 do 😆​​​​​​​😆​​​​​​​😆​​​​​​​ our best 😆😆😆

ㄴ Shrine Maiden: Hawawa, the Binding Scroll I gave you will help, I’m sure.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ:* Sss... Right. Time to give it my all.

Yeah, the real problem was that these insane experiences were becoming normal.

ㄴ Archmage: Tomorrow morning, the cooldown for interdimensional trade ends.

I'll send you the magic book I finished proofreading.

I was definitely looking forward to that.

ㄴ Archmage: It's designed to be a secondary support system using your Aura Circuits.

Structured for gradual progress.

ㄴ Sage: As expected, Caelum is wise.

It’s still way too early for magic to be your main fighting style anyway.

Honestly, even I couldn’t imagine myself using magic as my primary weapon.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ:* Guess I’ll see for myself.

Right after I posted that comment—the outside of the tent grew noisy.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ:* Brb.

I tucked the terminal into my inventory, got up, and stepped outside.

There were several people gathered around.

All of them looked like tough guys who wouldn’t hesitate to throw a punch.

"Who’s in charge of this mercenary subjugation force?!"

A booming voice rang out.

I turned my head toward the source of the voice.

[NPC – 5th Rank Mercenary Hover]

He was a hulking, muscular brute.

Flick—

Resellin stepped out of the tent behind me.

The big man with the thick eyebrows looked down at her.

"Scaldmagra is a powerful beast that should be fought by gathering Fourth and Fifth Rank mercenaries. The leader must be someone capable of commanding such strength!"

Resellin wrinkled her forehead.

"...Ugh, spit."

"Huh? Spit?"

Hover, confused, wiped his mouth with his hand.

Hundred-Man Captain Krevan stepped out and stood behind Resellin.

"The mercenary commander is Resellin, standing before you. Regardless of rank, she’s the one who spent the last two months preparing for this subjugation. I believe her qualifications are unquestionable."

Hearing Krevan’s explanation, Hover stared holes into Resellin.

"You can’t ignore ranks! The troops need someone they can believe in!"

Krevan calmly asked Hover a question.

"And what is your Rank?"

Hover finally turned his eyes toward Krevan.

"Fifth Rank."

"Impressive. Enough strength to covet the command position. But isn't rank just a number until proven otherwise?"

"...What did you just say?"

Hover’s voice trembled with rage.

Krevan suddenly turned to look at me.

"If you can prove it—say, by dueling the man standing back there — we’ll acknowledge you as the mercenary commander."

Krevan. That guy just threw me under the bus, didn’t he.

After thinking for a moment, I realized the reason immediately. Since Resellin trusted me, Krevan must have gotten curious about my actual combat ability.

You sly bastard.

Still, personally, I found the idea of dueling Hover pretty exciting.

Hover’s gaze now shifted toward me. I stared back.

"Old man, you wanna prove yourself?"

Looks like I’d get a good warm-up before the real battle.