Otherworld Destruction Gallery

A single chat appeared like a lifeline in the midst of a crisis.

Head Moderator☆: Still alive? You okay?

That deflating chat had never felt so reassuring.

Eliana quickly typed back while lying down to dodge the Mana Breath of the Bone Dragon.

Full Elf: I’m on the verge of dying here.

Full Elf: Anything’s fine, can you help me?

Head Moderator☆: Yeah, I actually contacted you because of that.

To Head Moderator, Full Elf was an enthusiastic new recruit.

Even after being forcibly granted the unpaid rank of Assistant Moderator, she fulfilled her duties like a slave—no, a worker—while watching over tactical nukes.

Knowing Full Elf was, well, an elf, he naturally assumed she’d be caught in the wave of Elad.

[Head Moderator☆ offers ‘High-Explosive Grenades’ x10.]

Head Moderator☆: I can only give them through barter. Just put up anything; I’ll accept the trade immediately.

Full Elf: Got it. But wait a sec. The situation here is kinda aaaaaahhh!!!

Head Moderator☆: ?

“Graaaah!”

“Ahhh!”

The Bone Dragon’s tail swung around.

Where did all that strength come from in that skeletal body?

The sweeping tail sliced through a tree like it was nothing.

Eliana’s eyes darted quickly.

“Something to trade, anything! Just register it!”

But the surroundings were reduced to ashes by blue flames, leaving nothing but embers.

“Graaaa!”

At that moment, the Bone Dragon’s gaping maw spewed fire again.

“!”

She narrowly evaded it by a hair’s breadth, but her long hair didn’t survive—it was burned.

The scorched hair fell in clumps onto Eliana’s hands.

At the same time, something crossed her mind.

“No, no way!”

The method that suddenly came to mind was tempting, but she immediately shook her head.

She thought of sending her clothes instead, but there was nothing sharp enough to cut the fabric.

Sending jewelry wasn’t an option either—she didn’t have any.

In the end, she gathered the burned hair, tied it together, and braided it into a bracelet.

[Full Elf offers ‘Braided Token of an Elf’.]

Full Elf: Here it is!!!

Head Moderator☆: Alright, trade complete.

[Trade has been completed.]

“It worked!”

Full Elf felt like raising her hands in celebration.

She knew Head Moderator’s items better than anyone else.

As an Assistant Moderator, she understood just how absurdly overpowered his capabilities and items were.

‘Head Moderator was the one who single-handedly solved the continent’s food crisis.’

Whatever arrived would undoubtedly exceed her expectations.

But what materialized with a flash were ten hard, lumpy cylinders.

“What, what?”

At most, they were about the size of a hand.

A size perfect for gripping.

While Full Elf stood in confusion, a new message arrived.

Head Moderator☆: Grab it.

Head Moderator☆: Pull the pin with your other hand.

Head Moderator☆: Then throw it, got it?

Full Elf: Are you kidding me?!

So I’m supposed to throw rocks?

For a moment, Full Elf felt a surge of emotion.

“I thought we were close!”

She had been drawn in by the strange demeanor and speech of someone who seemed to come from another world, believing they were friends.

She even felt a bit of affection.

But was it all just her imagination?

Her vision blurred, tears welling up, but Eliana bit her lip tightly.

“Ugh, fine! Whatever!”

If she didn’t trust him now, there was no other way.

At that moment, claws slashed out from Eliana’s blind spot as she hid.

“Aaagh!”

Her shoulder was slashed brutally.

Her pupils widened as excruciating pain coursed through her.

At least the wound wasn’t deep—that was the only solace.

Click!

With her innate elven understanding, Eliana swiftly pulled the pin and glared at the Bone Dragon.

“Don’t you dare die to this.”

“Graaah?!”

Using all her strength, she hurled the high-explosive grenade, putting even a desperate “don’t you dare” into it.

The grenade left her hand, tracing a beautiful arc before heading straight for the Bone Dragon’s skull!

Thunk.

“W-what?”

The grenade made a crisp sound, bounced off the skull, and rolled down to the Bone Dragon’s feet.

“Graaa.”

Even the Bone Dragon seemed puzzled as it stared down at the object.

Eliana’s fleeting hope turned to despair in an instant.

Could it be that Head Moderator was messing with her?

Was she just a worthless slave, Assistant Moderator #1?

If she was going to die like this, she should’ve at least eaten fried chicken.

[Typing in chat…]

Message: Head Moderator, you jerk!!!

Countless thoughts raced through her mind.

She was typing her dying words into the chat when it happened.

BOOOOOM!!!

“Ahhh?!”

An overwhelming, futuristic force of destruction shattered the silence.

*

The massive explosion shook the heavens and the earth.

There was no warning, no mana buildup.

It simply erupted from nothing into something.

“Ugh, ugh… how is this…”

Eliana, knocked backward but outside the blast radius, finally raised her head.

What she saw were the bones of the Bone Dragon, now looking like a well-brewed soup stock.

And the elven army that had arrived as reinforcements, utterly stunned by what they had just witnessed.

“Haha…”

Eliana let out a hollow laugh.

So Head Moderator’s recent post about non-mana, no-casting attack methods wasn’t just some crazy delusion?

“Head Moderator, are you a high-level mage?”

No, this isn’t something a high-level mage could achieve.

Completely reproducing magic and storing it intact in a physical object is pure madness—something only an archmage could dream of.

No, even archmages haven’t been able to develop such a thing.

Amid the shock of the explosion, an elf, mixed among the army and trembling as their hair stood on end, muttered while glancing at the system.

“Wow, this is a legendary post.”

At the very least, that combat video was destined to remain a classic for a year or more.

Title: Typical Head Moderator Power…jpg

(GIF of Eliana fumbling with a grenade)

(GIF of the grenade rolling pathetically on the ground)

(GIF of the camera shaking violently from an explosion with no warning)

(GIF of the Bone Dragon’s shattered remains after the smoke clears)

Ah, so this is the elegance of the Head Moderator?

I believe in you… Head Moderator…

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[Comments]

– What the… wow…

– I swear my heart almost dropped watching that.

– I’m a 5-circle mage myself, and I couldn’t sense any mana or casting. How did he do it?

– My heart is racing. What even was the magic I’ve been practicing until now?

– The pinnacle of magic.

– Nope lol, it’s just a mana-distortion fabrication, right?

ㄴ Get out of here, conspiracy theorist.

ㄴ These guys don’t even believe the Great War happened lol.

– Is this the moment we’ve surpassed the limits of circles?

– Who is the Head Moderator anyway? We don’t even know what race he is.

– And he just gave away ten of those? The Head Moderator is the absolute boss.

ㄴ Head Moderator is an elf.

ㄴ Stop your elf supremacy nonsense!!!

Title: What the heck am I supposed to do

I used to always mock the Head Moderator as a fool, but after seeing this, I’m breaking out in a cold sweat.

Could he track my location and just blow me up like that?

Head Moderator, I’m really sorry. Please spare me just this once…

ㄴ Even when feeling a threat to your life, you can’t drop the informal speech?

ㄴ Just insane…

Legendary Post) Is the Head Moderator an Archmage?

(GIF of someone shoving their face into the camera in terror)

Head Moderator, have you been deceiving us?

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[Comments]

– For real, this can’t be explained unless he’s an archmage.

ㄴ Even an archmage couldn’t explain this.

ㄴ Exactly. If it were possible, someone would’ve developed it already.

ㄴ Instant, mana-less, no-cast magic? This is revolutionary.

– One thing’s for sure: the “Outside” will be normalized now.

– The normalization of the demon beasts…

– He solved the food crisis. He stopped the Wave. Damn it! He did it all! Just all of it!

“So this is how it’s going to be, huh?”

The gallery never has a dull day.

Once because of the Wave, and now because of modern civilization, it was completely upended.

While there are many explosive spells, the idea of using one without casting or any trace of mana seemed utterly absurd.

As a result, the chaos of calls for explanations, demonstrations, and pledges of loyalty became constant.

I even tried to respond to calm things down, but…

ㄴ Head Moderator☆) I don’t know anything about magic. These are just weapons commonly seen where I’m from.

ㄴ Where the hell are you from?

ㄴ At least make your lies believable if you want us to pretend we’re fooled.

ㄴ Head Moderator, please accept me as your disciple. I’ll do anything you ask, even if it means living like a dog.

ㄴ LOL, pathetic.

ㄴ For real, haha, trying to cut in line when I said it first?

ㄴ ?

Nothing worked. Not a single thing.

In the end, I gave up trying to suppress the atmosphere.

This is just how the gallery is anyway. Between suppressing the chaos and handling the occasional rogue tactical nuke, I glanced at the bracelet on my wrist.

“I’m using it for now, but…”

I wasn’t sure what kind of effect it had.

It seemed simple, just braided hair, but its name—”Braided Token of an Elf”—suggested there was more to it.

Maybe it had some kind of effect?

And so, I kept wearing it.

[Administrator Chatroom]

Head Moderator☆: Full Elf, what is this thing?

Head Moderator☆: (Picture of the bracelet on my wrist)

Full Elf: !!! That! Uh, it’s nothing at all.

Head Moderator☆: Suspicious.

Head Moderator☆: Is it some cursed item that binds when equipped?

Full Elf: Well, uh… it *is* bound, but it’s not cursed. Anyway, just don’t! Be curious about it.

Full Elf: And take it off immediately!

Full Elf: No, wait! Don’t take it off!

Head Moderator☆: ???

It seemed like Full Elf hadn’t fully recovered from nearly dying during the Wave. Her mind was a mess.

But when someone says “absolutely not,” it’s practically begging for investigation.

Title: Guys, I got this. What is it?

(Picture of the bracelet made from elven hair)

An Assistant Moderator gave it to me, but I don’t know what it does.

It’s bound, but they told me not to take it off. What’s that supposed to mean?

Does it have any special effects?

[Post Submitted.]

When you’re curious, the gallery is the best.

The view count began climbing rapidly, just moments after I uploaded the post.

“Once again, the power of the Head Moderator.”

I thought I’d get answers soon, but within seconds, a new message appeared.

[Post Deleted.]

[Reason: Inappropriate Content.]

“What the hell?”

[Administrator Who Deleted Post: Full Elf]

Full Elf herself had been monitoring and deleted it.

But to cite inappropriate content as the reason?

Out of curiosity, I tried posting it a couple more times, but each time it was deleted almost immediately.

“To react this seriously?”

It made me want to poke at it even more…

I decided to bring up the bracelet’s hidden effects the next time I had the chance.

Just then, a post by someone I’d never seen before appeared in the gallery.

Title: Head Moderator, I’m the Rabbit Beastfolk Representative. Please, just hear me out. Meow.

“What’s this now?”

It was bait from a representative of the Beastfolk, specifically a Rabbit Beastfolk who had been lurking silently in the gallery.