Otherworld Destruction Gallery

Life in another world wasn’t so bad.

Even though I was hiding in an abandoned warehouse, not knowing if it was day or night.

[Top-grade bed/Brand Random] – 10,000 points

“…Tsk, that’s way too expensive.”

But I couldn’t help wanting it.

My goal was to get a better bed for gallery browsing, but 10,000 points was a lot.

It represented 10,000 cans of tuna, enough to eat one every day for nine years straight and still have some left.

[Buying. Selling.]

[Marketplace feature has been added!]

[Bartering is now possible.]

“Oh!”

The barter feature I found at that moment was like light and salt to me.

I quickly entered the bartering tab, and as the new feature opened, a crowd of gallery members gathered.

– What kind of place is this now?

– Just came by because they said it was new ㅇㅇ

Haha, I can’t resist checking it out even if I have nothing to sell.

“Well, a bed is what I need right now.”

[Item Needed: Bed]

[Requirements: Been sleeping poorly lately, so my back hurts; I’d like it to be as soft as possible.]

“Is this good enough?”

[Please register the item for trade.]

As I thought about what I could offer, my eyes landed on a certain item.

“Tuna can?”

It was my most frequently used meal.

A highly nutritious, 1-point food that kept me full enough to browse the gallery without interruptions!

Of course, I wasn’t planning to trade it for a bed, but I registered it as a test.

[Tuna can registered.]

[Waiting for trade partner…]

“Oh, so this is how the trading works.”

Just as I understood the trading screen and was about to close it, something happened.

[A trade request has been received!]

[A trade request has been received!]

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[There are 56 trade requests in total.]

[User ‘PleaseTradeWithMe’ offers a violet canopy bed.]

[User ‘Once the Kingdom’s Best Merchant’ offers a custom-made, unused canopy bed with the royal emblem.]

“Huh?”

Tuna is righteous, and tuna cans are divine.

“Still, it doesn’t seem right to trade with this.”

As the Head Moderator, I had enough conscience to know the approximate value of a single can of tuna.

There was no way I’d go after a noble canopy bed, no matter how many I got.

So, I canceled the trade.

– Head Mod!!! Can’t you put up another trade?!!

– Why did you reject it?

– Instead of picking someone, he’s just deleted the post and ran off;

– Is he saying he has plenty of tuna cans for himself?

– I want a tuna can~

Ten chat windows popped up in the gallery.

“Hmm, was it really that important…”

I rubbed my chin, but I couldn’t figure it out.

At this rate, with so many comments, it would be hard to keep up even if I seriously started deleting posts.

Before the gallery descended into utter chaos, I posted a new message.

Title: It’s me. I’m here.

Hi, fellow gallery members.

Everyone, just calm down a bit.

I’m sorry for posting and then canceling the trade, but is this really something to get so upset about? (seriously asking)

Likes: 35 Dislikes: 86

ㄴ Haha, calm down, he says

ㄴ Are you saying you’re handling my…waste right now?

ㄴ Damn, why would Head Mod handle your waste;

ㄴ Upvote if you feel like giving Head Mod to the Elf as a present lol

ㄴ Upvote if you feel like giving Head Mod a rubber bullet blast lol

ㄴ Head Mod only gives tuna cans to the dwarves and then dangles it like bait, am I crazy, or am I crazy?

But the members’ anger didn’t calm down, even with my genuine apology.

Of course, I already knew.

How explosive the reaction to tuna cans was within the gallery.

It all started with the dwarves’ taunts.

Popular Post: Do you know this thing called a tuna can? [999+]

(Photo of an open tuna can)

(Close-up of tuna meat)

This mysterious thin iron container stores the tuna, a creature from the sea.

Of course, for those who’ve tasted it, you’ll already know how convenient it is, but its shelf life is also very long.

According to the Head Moderator, it lasts over five years, haha.

Too bad I can’t share it, though.

(Dwarves smugly giving thumbs up in photos)

Likes: 624 Dislikes: 999+

ㄴ Haha, these dwarfs can’t write. No flow, no theme. You can tell just by reading that it’s a mockery fail.

ㄴ Seems like the author achieved their goal.

ㄴ Rubbing the wound deep enough to leave a scar.

ㄴ Don’t cry, just say it slowly into the camera.

ㄴ Why the camera, damn it?

Popular Post: Head Mod, are you discriminating against races now?

Why did you only side with the dwarves since the Antares Restoration Battle?

Why do they get glossy, oily tuna while we’re given bread and water?

I know how to eat tuna too!

I mean, I don’t actually, since only nobles enjoy it, but I want to know!

Why!!! Just me!!!

Why won’t you give it to me too?!!!

ㄴ Fact: You should be grateful for bread and water.

ㄴ It’s not just you. I’ve never tasted it either.

ㄴ Elves, go graze on some grass.

ㄴ Different from the old elves.

ㄴ Don’t cry! We’re not jealous of those dwarf brags at all!

ㄴ (Author) But what can I do? I don’t want just bread; I want premium food like tuna…

ㄴ Hoeng… Honestly, even the Elder Elf wants it too…

ㄴ An elf offering sympathy?

ㄴ How much did the dwarves have to taunt us?

“Aren’t they just joking?”

When I first fell into this world, the gallery was mostly filled with posts about wanting to eat bread.

So I’d only put up an ordinary baguette in the marketplace.

With tuna cans, I figured they wouldn’t know how to open them, and they could even hurt themselves trying.

But the atmosphere turned as if they’d thrown me on the guillotine.

– So why didn’t you give it to us?

ㄴ Head Mod☆: I didn’t know you liked tuna;;

ㄴ ??

ㄴ I thought you all liked bread since you kept talking about it.

ㄴ What is this now…

ㄴ If there’s no tuna, then let them eat bread.

– Head Mod, give us the tuna cans too!

– Head Mod, I want a tuna can…ㅠㅠ

– Head Mod, stop discriminating against the races!!

In the end, I reentered the marketplace barter section.

And as soon as I registered the tuna can again, the crowd exploded with requests.

[There are 172 trade requests in total.]

I clicked on the post that caught my attention the most.

[You have entered the chat with ‘BuyTheElfUsedBed’]

BuyTheElfUsedBed: !!! Nice to meet you!!

Head Mod☆: Hi.

BuyTheElfUsedBed: (Photo of bed) It’s a 100% Ellad solid wood bed. Also, it’s super eco-friendly, so it’s good for your body!

Head Mod☆: Oh, how many tuna cans. Make an offer.

BuyTheElfUsedBed: Umm… About…ten…? I think that’d be fair.

Wait, is tuna really that valuable?

The longer I stayed here, the more my basic economic sense seemed to crumble.

Though, there isn’t much of an economy here anyway.

Head Mod☆: Okay, I’ll send you about five hundred.

BuyTheElfUsedBed: Heeeek!

Then I noticed something strange.

If elves use this bed, isn’t it old?

Now that I looked closely, the condition didn’t look great.

Head Mod☆: Hmm, but doesn’t the bed look a bit old?

BuyTheElfUsedBed: (Selfie) (Photo with wet, tousled hair) (Photo looking up desperately)

Head Mod☆: But the older the furniture, the better the quality, I heard. ㅇㅇ Seems good.

BuyTheElfUsedBed: Kyaaa! Overwhelming thanks. Please, complete the trade quickly…

I quietly saved the photo, and just as I was about to click the button to confirm the trade…

“What’s that? Is that a spider?”

I noticed something odd near the bed’s wooden edges.

No, spiders would have been the least of my worries.

There were swarms of ants, and strange bugs I’d never seen before, crawling all over the bed.

Could it be that the so-called ‘eco-friendly’ part meant…

Head Mod☆: Ah, ahh!

BuyTheElfUsedBed: ?! What’s wrong, Head Mod?!

Head Mod☆: Oh right, the gas stove!!!

BuyTheElfUsedBed: ??

[Head Mod canceled the trade.]

I canceled the trade and returned to the main marketplace.

[There are 252 trade requests in total.]

The requests had exploded in number again.

But I didn’t feel too thrilled.

What if, like with the elf, I got defective items if I didn’t inspect closely?

“What’s with all this in the Otherworld Destruction Gallery…”

Maybe I was hoping for too much in a world that had already fallen apart.

Thinking I’d just check a few more before wrapping up, a new post caught my eye.

[User ‘FallenNobleDaughter’ offers Ophelia Duchy’s three-piece canopy bed set.]

“Hmm.”

One post caught my eye.

*

The world had ended.

For Evelyn, it was no different from being abandoned.

“No one’s here. Everyone’s gone.”

At the far edge of the vast estate stood the Ophelia Duchy’s grand mansion.

Inside that vast place, Evelyn, who had been a noble lady, huddled up in her third-floor room.

When the Great War broke out, everyone was conscripted.

The Duke, who was her father, and her younger brothers, the second and third sons.

“Where did everyone go?”

Of course, they were all missing.

When the Demon Beasts breached the kingdom’s walls, all the servants fled.

Now, it was nothing more than an empty haunted mansion.

Only an occasional lost demon beast wandered about.

Grrr.

“…I’m hungry.”

She’d sneak food from the dining room to avoid the demon beasts within the mansion, but now that was all gone.

Evelyn’s once-bright dress was stained black, and dust collected in the room, making it filthy.

She hadn’t eaten in almost a week.

She no longer had the strength to sneak to the dining room.

Only two choices remained.

Starve to death here.

Or leave the estate and somehow find a group of survivors.

‘But, how would I know where to find them?’

With even her high-ranking family missing, did Evelyn have a one percent chance of survival?

But unlike other nobles who preserved their honor, she had no courage to take her own life.

She only thought she’d have to keep starving like this day by day.

[Buying! Selling!]

[New feature added to Marketplace.]

“…?”

Until Head Mod presented a fourth option.