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Chapter 196 : Hyena Squad
Chapter 196: Hyena Squad
By the campfire.
Before long, a lifelike white mosquito condensed into form.
The invisible “Mosquito Spirit” beside Gauss surged into it at the same time.
Its wings trembled lightly as it drifted slowly in the darkness.
Ӗn umа́
Gauss looked at the clay mosquito, realistic to the point of lifelike, and felt slightly surprised.
This time it turned out so vivid—was it because of the Spirit?
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So, if one wanted to sculpt a lifelike human too, wouldn’t that mean…
Stop! Stop!
He shifted his gaze back to the clay mosquito flying in midair.
“Stop!”
Ĕ nũ m а̀
At the command, the mosquito instantly halted in place.
Quite obedient.
But soon, Gauss realized he probably didn’t need to speak out loud at all.
The connection between him and the clay creation should be carried out through the Spirit.
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【Gauss】—【Spirit】—【Clay Construct】
Fly forward.
Е̄n ům̄а̌
That was what he thought in his mind.
Immediately, the white mosquito flitted lightly deeper into the passage.
It was a pity that, for now, he hadn’t mastered any spell like Shared Vision or similar abilities. Otherwise, he could have experienced the mosquito’s perspective. Next time he left the labyrinth, he would need to check with the Spellcaster Association…
Gauss pondered for a moment.
The white mosquito continued flying forward according to his previous command.
By the time his thoughts returned to reality—
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“Come back.” He called for the mosquito to stop, but there was no response.
Maybe it had flown out of range?
He stood up.
Glancing toward the end of the passage, he began walking in the mosquito’s direction.
Meanwhile, in the distant shadows, several cloaked figures nearly melted into the darkness.
One of them pulled out a spyglass, ready to observe the target they had been trailing.
Ĕn̊ûm а
Suddenly, a companion beside him whispered.
“Boss, look, what a big mosquito!”
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The man in the lead lifted his head.
By the faint glow of the plants overhead, he indeed saw a large white mosquito slowly drifting toward them.
“Careful!”
He immediately sensed danger and barked a sharp warning.
Е̄nū m а́ .і d̂
The white mosquito abruptly froze in midair above their heads, ceasing its flight.
Exposed?
He quickly raised the spyglass toward the distance.
There, the man who had been keeping watch by the campfire was no longer sitting down—he had already risen and was slowly approaching in their direction.
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At once, the leader realized this was a golden opportunity.
The man’s other two companions were still resting. Right now, he was the only one alone.
E n̊ u m а̀ .і d́
Though he didn’t know why the target, having spotted them, didn’t summon his companions, the chance was too good to waste.
Once they took him down, their numerical advantage would become overwhelming.
He gave his companions a signal with his eyes, swiftly forming a hand gesture.
The others immediately understood—scatter! Lurk! Kill!
In an instant, the figures melted into the darkness.
“Finally, the link’s back.”
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Gauss recalled the white mosquito.
Suddenly, he felt something wrong—his eyelids twitched, and his gaze snapped toward a certain spot in the shadows.
The hidden figure who had been noticed first no longer waited for the others to move.
In the next moment, he lunged out.
A dagger shimmering with ghostly green light radiated deadly menace, thrusting straight for Gauss’s throat.
Gauss retreated swiftly.
Е̇ńúm̀ ӑ .і́ d̀
The sharp blade skimmed across his neck but was stopped short by the outer layer of protection—【Gauss Force Field】.
“A Rogue?”
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Gauss glimpsed the attacker’s slender frame beneath the dark robe and, judging from the style of attack, roughly deduced his class.
And moreover…
His peripheral vision swept the surroundings.
Not just one.
W̌еb̄nо vе́ l̇ _Е̄nu̇ḿ а
There were three more Rogues.
A squad of four Rogues?
The other figures slipped out of the shadows without a sound, appearing like phantoms.
With well-drilled precision, they formed a four-point encirclement around him.
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Their movements were swift and silent, their coordination seamless—clearly seasoned hunters in this line of work.
The scene of those four naked corpses in daylight suddenly flashed across his mind.
Wе b n̆о́ v е̄ l E n ù m̆ а
Gauss faintly understood.
These must be the so-called “Hyenas,” or “Marauders.”
A brutal kind who lived off cannibalism in labyrinths, often preying upon fellow adventurers to profit. They were even mentioned in the Dungeon Guide.
And nighttime, when most parties needed rest, was their perfect hunting hour.
Thinking of this, Gauss couldn’t help but feel relieved that he had stumbled upon them by chance.
Had it been later in the night, with Serandur or Arya on watch instead, and this Rogue squad already set up with ambushes or soporific powders, things would have been far more troublesome.
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He wasn’t even sure if these Hyenas, who specialized in robbery and murder, could bypass Alarm Spell wards, since it was a commonly used protective spell around camps.
“You’re Hyenas, aren’t you?” Gauss asked the leader.
Though phrased as a question, his tone carried certainty.
The leader wasn’t surprised.
They had been trailing Gauss’s squad from afar all this time.
He knew well that since Gauss’s group had discovered the corpses earlier, vigilance was inevitable.
W ѐ b nо v̈еl_ Е nu m̈ä
But perhaps believing that Gauss was already surrounded and victory was in hand, the leader gave a nod of admission.
Of course, beyond that, he didn’t bother with more words—admitting was just to exert more psychological pressure.
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“Go! Kill him! He’s a spellcaster!”
The leader’s eyes glowed with a strange violet light.
In his sight, Gauss’s figure radiated with a powerful aura—evidence that he was indeed a spellcaster channeling magical energy. Though the sheer quantity of that energy gave him a faint unease…
Still, based on past experience, any mage caught at close quarters by their four was doomed without fail!
É n̊ u̇m а́
“Break his defenses!”
He flung several white spheres from his hand.
“Boom!!!”
The spheres struck around Gauss, erupting in blasts of flame and concussive force.
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Although Gauss dodged at the first instant, the shockwave still surged across him.
The Force Field hummed, holding firm against the searing flames.
Е̂n u mа
Gauss pressed to the ground, then rose again.
The other two figures struck from different angles, daggers glowing a sickly green as they stabbed forward, their killing intent so sharp it felt tangible.
From the distance, a crossbow was firmly trained on him.
Gauss’s spirit tightened for a moment, but with his powerful intelligence attribute, he swiftly shook off that suffocating sensation.
His hand twitched, gripping the steel longsword firmly.
With a thought, Brutal Strength erupted. His smooth arm muscles bulged in an instant, like steel cables twisting together, veins standing out in sharp relief.
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The steel longsword in his grasp seemed to lose all weight, shrieking as it tore through the air. The sword light swept a crescent arc, slashing toward one of them.
Gauss chose not to defend—he struck back with ferocity!
Anyone who dared target his team, he would show no mercy.
“Clang! Clang!”
Metal rang out sharply in the silence.
The Rogue facing him had his sickly green dagger shattered on impact. The longsword carved a deadly half-moon arc, its remaining force smashing into his armguard.
Ŵ е bn о̄v̇ е̂l Ѐñ ŭ.m̊а
The man screamed as he was hurled backward.
His forearm, along with the armguard, was severed, and a gruesome wound split open across his chest.
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Meanwhile, the other dagger strike and the crossbow bolt were both stopped cold by the unyielding 【Gauss Force Field】.
The Rogue squad had underestimated the strength of his protective spell, believing the earlier explosion had greatly weakened—or even broken—it.
But in truth, even after taking all those attacks, Gauss’s Force Field still held more than half its strength.
What’s more, they thought that in close combat, Rogues naturally held the advantage over Gauss.
Е̊n ūmа̇. і d̈
Their misjudgments piled up, leading them to a decision they would bitterly regret.
Back at camp, Arya and Serandur leapt up the moment they heard the explosion.
Pulling aside the tent flap, they didn’t see Gauss by the fire, and their hearts pounded in alarm.
Looking toward the blast, they spotted the flash of clashing blades.
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Serandur twisted his body, his figure streaking forth as a golden blur.
Arya followed close behind.
Е̌ń ǔ mа . і d̊
Across from Gauss, the leader of the Rogues narrowed his eyes sharply.
The swelling of Gauss’s arm, that savage strike—he couldn’t comprehend it.
A skill gone wrong? Was this man actually a Warrior?
Then he noticed Gauss’s companions rushing over from camp.
On their side, it would be nearly impossible to finish the fight quickly.
He decisively shouted to his two remaining companions:
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“Retreat!”
As for the wounded comrade—at a time like this, he was abandoned without hesitation.
Gauss refreshed another 【Gauss Force Field】, only to see the remaining Rogues fading swiftly into the darkness.
He hadn’t expected them to flee so decisively.
A surge of urgency rose in his chest.
He couldn’t allow these venomous snakes, who had marked him and his companions, to escape.
Ŵ еb̄ nо̀ v e l̂ Eṅu mа
There was no such thing as guarding against thieves forever.
Even if they couldn’t beat him head-on, so long as they lingered in the shadows, no one could ever rest easy.
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Seeing the three Rogues flee, abandoning their injured ally, Gauss made his choice at once.
Fiend Form—activate!
He knew Arya and Serandur were right behind him. Even if he exhausted himself, they would protect him. That gave him confidence.
As his thought settled, his body transformed in an instant.
W еb̂ n̂о v е̊ l̊ Ӗ n̊ú m̄ ӑ
His short, dark hair shot out wildly, its color fading at a speed visible to the naked eye—from black, to gray, to pure frost-white without the slightest blemish.
On his forehead, energy condensed into two sharp, white horns, gleaming with a cold, bone-like sheen.
A dense, grating “crack-crack” echoed from within his body. In but a breath, his form stretched to two meters tall.
Entering Fiend Form, Gauss’s mind grew icy clear. Power surged through him in torrents.
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The cultured air of a spellcaster faded, replaced by a ferocity blended of primal wildness and chilling bloodlust.
“Hoo—”
Е ň u̇m а.іd̊
Though his form had changed greatly, the process was brief.
The three escapees had barely gotten a few steps.
Gauss exhaled, flexing his now longer, more powerful fingers.
“Crack-crack-crack!”
His knuckles popped crisply.
In the next instant, his calm gaze stabbed into the backs of the fleeing Rogues like icy spears.
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Yesterday, after adding to his Strength and reaching 9 points, his Fiend Form’s explosive power had grown even fiercer!
He stomped down.
“Boom!!”
The hard ground thundered underfoot.
Cracks webbed outward from the impact, pebbles exploding into the air under the shock.
Then his figure vanished.
Wе̂b̀ n o̊ v̇ѐ l̈ Еnum̊ а́
No—that wasn’t right. He was simply so fast that the human eye could no longer track him, leaving only a stretched, blurred white streak.
In Arya’s astonished eyes, in the desperate backward glance of the fleeing men, that white blur ripped through the dim light, shrieking with the sound of rending air, crossing the “safe” distance in an instant.
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The first to feel death was the crossbowman at the rear.
The moment Gauss closed in, a bone-deep chill crawled up his spine. He had no time to dodge or guard before a long, cold, inhumanly strong hand clamped onto his neck like iron tongs.
That hand didn’t pause. With a vicious press downward—
“Crack!”
Е̊ n̊ ŭm̌ a. і̆ ď
A sickening snap of his neck rang out.
“Boom!!”
His body slammed into the ground like a battering ram strike, skull colliding with the stone floor in a sound like a melon bursting.
Red and white matter splattered between the long fingers and the rock.
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The crossbowman never even managed a scream. His body went limp as rags, utterly lifeless.
The whole process was like a phantom—initiation, close-in, seize, kill—all in one smooth motion, without the slightest delay.
Е nu m̀ ä_
Gauss turned his gaze toward the other two, who had used the chance to run farther.
They dared not look back. The crash behind them, and that ghostly figure glimpsed in a flash, robbed them of all will to resist.
Driven by raw survival instinct, they finally reached a bend.
One darted left, the other right.
But the white reaper closed in again.
His figure didn’t slow at all. At the wall, his leg kicked hard against it.
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Cracks split the stone like a spiderweb, and with that recoil, he halted instantly.
Gauss’s eyes locked onto one Rogue like an eagle’s. His fingers clenched in the air, and the White Wand appeared in his hand.
“Magic Missile!”
Five bolts entwined with pale energy condensed in a flash.
The next instant, five blue-white orbs streaked toward the target.
Even as they launched, Gauss didn’t look back. His body pivoted, plunging straight for the last man on the right.
Е̄n úmӓ
“Bang! Bang! Bang!!!”
The blasts thundered behind him.
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At the same moment, Gauss reached the final Rogue.
He had to keep one alive.
Though his body burned with violent heat, his mind stayed clear. He suppressed the savage urge to kill.
Lightly tapping his foot, his body rose above the Rogue.
W̌ е̂ b̃ n о̀v̆е l̀ Ӗ n.uma
As the man’s hairs stood on end, Gauss’s long fingers closed around his neck again.
“Breathe deep—it’s normal to feel dizzy.”
With his other hand, he curled his fist, deliberately holding back some strength, and smashed it into the back of the Rogue’s head.
“Bang!”
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The last Rogue collapsed unconscious, body dragged a few meters across the ground by Gauss’s weight pressing him down.
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