Demon Lord Gallery

My admiration for the truly Demon Lord-like gallery users didn’t last long.
After all, I had seen more than enough of these Demon Lords’ eccentricities over the past two weeks.
Such behaviors were natural for Demon Lords.

Pure malice, unreasonable hostility towards others, hatred for other races, extreme wariness of goodness, etc.

Just by looking at the posts in the gallery, it was clear that most Demon Lords possessed these traits as a baseline.

“Sigh.”

Are there almost no Demon Lords in a similar situation as me? It would have been nice if there were at least a few more sensible Demon Lords like Wolf Viscount.

While the Demon Lord Gallery was better than anything else for killing time, it couldn’t be called my sanctuary. After all, the distance caused by the differences between these real Demon Lords and myself couldn’t be narrowed at all.

No, am I being stupid for entering this Demon Lord Gallery, which is like a pseudo-mental ward, and looking for normal people in the first place?

As I was self-deprecatingly clicking through the board posts one by one, an interesting title caught my eye.

[Title: Only those who know science and technology come in]
[Author: EMPEROR]

[Only gallery members who can implement Manmajeon magic-5th rank phenomena or higher with pure science and technology should enter.

It’s nothing else, but I feel like my military power has weakened a bit recently, so I’m trying to invest a bit, can you recommend any good giant weapons?

I’m definitely not looking for something like ultra-dimensional weapons. Just recommend some giant weapons that can project star system-level power in seconds and are somewhat usable even on a galactic scale.

The resources and manpower I can use as a budget are about the equivalent of 2000 star systems?]

“What is this?”

At first, when I saw the title, I thought ‘Isn’t our world’s science and technology relatively advanced?’, but the content of the post far exceeded the scope of technology I had in mind.

Star system-level output? Usable on a galactic scale? Grinding up 2000 star systems as resources?

Surely, according to my knowledge, a star system was a unit like the solar system that includes Earth, the planet I’m standing on right now, wasn’t it?

The humanity in our dimension is barely attempting travel on a stellar scale at best, so it was terrifying to think about how one could treat star systems as insignificant units.

And the comment section was even more surprising.

[Comments][48]
[NeverWarAgain: It’s been a while since we’ve seen you, who hasn’t been doing gallery activities lately because you’re busy suppressing hero rebellions?]
ㄴ[EMPEROR: I’m currently increasing the giant weapons and military budget because of that rebellion]
ㄴ[Wolf Viscount*: Excessive fraternization is prohibited]
[ㅇㅇ(400.001): If you want something on a stellar scale, couldn’t you use black hole weapons or supernova-class weapons? There’s also gamma-ray]
ㄴ[EMPEROR: Can you upload the data? I’ll definitely return the favor later. The Empire only has gamma-ray weapons right now]
ㄴ[ㅇㅇ(400.001): Sure. Let me ask Faust first]
ㄴ[ㅇㅇ(400.001): But even with just gamma-ray weapons, you could blow away a planet or two in seconds, right?]
[Bookworm: Among the materials I’ve seen, there was an artificial planet weapon called Dark Star or Death Star]
ㄴ[Bookworm: I’ll give you the dimension data link via message, take a look]

Black holes, supernovas, it was truly a conversation from a world on a different level from this one.
And that thing in the middle of the comments.
“Death Star?!”
No, why is Star Wars appearing here?
It was an incredibly old classic movie so I didn’t know all the details, but I clearly knew that a planetary weapon called the Death Star appeared.
‘Could this dimension and the dimension of that fixed nickname ‘Bookworm’ be connected somehow?’
Given that not just the name and purpose, but even the form was almost identical, I wondered if it might be connected to this dimension in some way.
Also, there was one more question that came to mind while reading these comments─
‘Isn’t this a chance to receive overwhelming technology from the gallery?’
It was both a question and an idea that could solve the current difficulties and problems.

According to Wolf Viscount’s explanation, the dimension I’m currently living in has distorted magic laws, so except for a very small number of people, most can’t use or even recognize magic, but wouldn’t it be different with technology?
If I could succeed in receiving this technological knowledge, even if I only got a few pieces of technical data from the world of the fixed nickname ‘EMPEROR’, there would be no need to desperately cling to Earth for humanity’s survival.
If that happened, there would be no need to even bother with gates.
I immediately put this idea into action.

[Title: Anyone able to transfer science and technology?]
[Author: ㅇㅇ(111.432)]

[After seeing the hot post by the fixed nickname, I’ve come to see the scientific and technological development of the gallery members here in a new light.

So, is there anyone who can transfer science and technology?
My dimension has only just surpassed planetary travel by about a century in terms of scientific technology, so I’d be grateful for anything you could throw my way.

If you could give me interstellar navigation technology or terraforming technology, I’d serve you for life…..]

The reaction of the gallery members was immediate.
Since this Demon Lord Gallery had been burning with topics derived from me for almost 3 days, starting from the day I first wrote a post two weeks ago, I had become quite a celebrity.

[Comments][29]
[EMPEROR: Interstellar navigation technology is something even low-level imperial officials know, though?]
ㄴ[EMPEROR: I could just throw this level of tech your way]
[Spider Lord*: Serve for life…? This looks… This looks like an angle]
ㄴ[ㅇㅇ(468.921): Ahㅋㅋ]
ㄴ[ㅇㅇ(666.237): Have you heard of unpaid life slavery, newbie?]
ㄴ[One-eyed Grandpa: But is the technology compatible with the newbie’s dimension?]
ㄴ[Feathered Serpent*: Unfortunately, it seems new slave recruitment won’t be possible]
[Feathered Serpent*: Newbie running happiness circuits, I’m sorry but it’s impossible..]
ㄴ[Feathered Serpent*: I’ll post a detailed explanation, so check it out]

Among the reactions of the gallery members, there was a response I hadn’t expected at all.

I had anticipated rejection or responses like ‘Why should I?’, but I didn’t expect to get responses saying it was impossible.
It’s just transferring simple technology, so why are they saying it’s impossible?
Full of questions, I kept refreshing the gallery, waiting for the post from the fixed nickname and armband wearer ‘Feathered Serpent’.

And finally, Feathered Serpent’s post came up.

[Title: Newbie, look here]
[Author: Feathered Serpent*]

[I’m sorry for your mental state, newbie, but it’s impossible to receive scientific knowledge in your dimension.

First of all, in the case of other gallery members, most are located in dimension depths 400999, and thanks to that, most physical laws and constituent elements are almost identical.
Especially the demon bro in the hot post is in the 700 range of dimension depth, so he can receive data without any hesitation from gallery members in the 400600 range. But newbie, your dimension is in the 100 range, which is unique in the Demon Lord Gallery as far as I know.

Lower places (700 range) can receive technology using physical laws applicable in higher places (600 range), but it’s impossible for higher places (100 range) to receive technology using physical laws applicable in lower places (400 range).

Whether it’s knowledge files or whatever, even if you receive them and try to make something, it won’t work.

I’m telling you in advance so you don’t struggle later and get disappointed]

[Comments][11]
[One-eyed Grandpa: This was something I was confused about too. My knowledge has increased]
ㄴ[Feathered Serpent*: I wouldn’t have known either if it weren’t for *Main Manager]
(*Main Manager: One of the names used to refer to the gallery’s chief manager)
[ㅇㅇ(666.237): Newbie miserably destroyed ㅋㅋ]
ㄴ[ㅇㅇ(666.194): Newbie, your awesome science and technology!]
ㄴ[ㅇㅇ(468.921): Your happy Demon Lord life!]
ㄴ[ㅇㅇ(666.87): There’s no such thing, gayㅋㅋ]
ㄴ[ㅇㅇ(666.495): No matter what happens!!!]
ㄴ[ㅇㅇ(444.741): Absolutely!!!]
ㄴ[ㅇㅇ(492.685): Not possibleㅋㅋㅋ]

“…….”

The gallery members teaming up to mock me in the comments didn’t even register.
That’s how shocking the content of the post was.

To think that none of the scientific technologies would work even if received, if this isn’t God’s prank, then what is it?
In a world where science and technology are low compared to other dimensions and magic only exists in novels,
why on earth give such a trial like these damn gates?

If I could just meet this being called God once, I felt like I wanted to spew curses right to their face.

[Title: Then what the hell can I get?]
[Author: ㅇㅇ(111.432)]

[Magic doesn’t work, technology transfer doesn’t work.
Why is it only my dimension that’s like this?

Am I the only one with bad luck? Am I the only one who has to live like this, eating dirt?]

It was a post written with a mix of half lamentation and half indignation and anger, and my post containing raw emotions as they were led to explosive reactions from some gallery members.

[Comments][15]
[ㅇㅇ(666.921): Ah, if you’re upset, come to Manmajeonㅋㅋ]
[ㅇㅇ(666.649): There’s a Demon Lord with poor technology who can’t use magic?]
ㄴ[Eternal Virgin: Come to think of it, how did this guy even become a Demon Lord?]

Naturally, most of the reactions were mockery.
Well, that’s how Demon Lords are.
Especially those Demon Lords from Manmajeon, maybe because most of them are of demonic origin, there were many truly demon-like bastards.

[Bookworm: There are a few things I can give]
ㄴ[ㅇㅇ(111.432): Whether it’s magic or science and technology, I’ll gratefully accept anything, please…]

A seemingly kind fixed nickname gave me hope, but─

ㄴ[Bookworm: I can send you plenty of reading material, including fantasy novels that have been bestsellers in our dimension for 500 years]
ㄴ[ㅇㅇ(111.432): …..]
ㄴ[ㅇㅇ(111.432): No, don’t you have something like those grimoire scans that were uploaded to the gallery before? The ones that have an effect just by looking at them]
ㄴ[Bookworm: We have them, but you wouldn’t be able to use them anyway, right?]
ㄴ[Feathered Serpent*: That’s right. Even things like grimoires are ultimately items from around the 400 range of dimension depth, so they would have no effect even if you took them, newbie..]

It was all just false hope.

“Hah…”

In conclusion, there really was nothing I could gain from the gallery at present.

To think I’d envy the Demon Lords who fight in the arena, exchange information, and deal with heroes.

“Of all dimensions, to end up in one like this.”

I don’t think there’s been a day where I’ve gone back and forth between heaven and hell as much as today.

It’s quite a rare experience to think you’ve grasped hope only to immediately fall into the abyss.