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Chapter 221 : Kin
Chapter 221: Kin
Time passed swiftly.
In these past few days, Gauss and the others first bid farewell to Andini.
Watching her figure disappear at the end of the road, realizing that he did not know when they would meet again, Gauss felt a faint sense of melancholy from parting.
On the fourth day, Gauss finally received the departure notice from the dwarf, Soren.
En̊ ŭ mа̀
The two teams merged together, left Canopy Town, and officially set off toward the direction of the ruins along the predetermined route.
The mounts of Soren’s trio were quite common—standard northern sturdy ponies, no more than four feet at the shoulder, but with thick limbs and broad hooves, especially suited for carrying loads across forests and rugged terrain.
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What was unusual was that beside Soren’s saddle hung several small wine pouches, lightly clinking with each step of the horse, giving off dull thuds along the road.
This red-skinned dwarf would lift one up from time to time to take a few sips of liquor.
He even tried to “recommend” it to Gauss, but the moment Gauss caught a whiff of that pungent scent that shot straight up to his skull, he politely declined.
At most, Gauss only drank fruit wine of extremely low alcohol content. Strictly speaking, it was closer to a beverage than real liquor.
Е̂ṅum̀а . і̆ d̈
And even then, whenever he left town for adventures, he abstained from alcohol entirely in order to keep his mind as clear as possible.
The ruins were a good distance away from Canopy Town. This temporary party had to follow the border of the Emerald Forest for two to three days before entering the Emerald Forest through its proper entrance.
Thus, none of the group members were in much of a rush.
Around noon.
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A hot gust of wind swept across the wilderness trail. Wild grasses and shrubs bent low, waves of late-spring green surging.
A bristled wild boar snorted and squeezed out from the underbrush.
Ӗ n̄ūm а.і̇d
Its muscles were taut, tusks thick and short, and it was fiercely rooting around the soil with its snout, digging up large plant tubers. From time to time it would suddenly lift its head, looking around warily to guard against potential hunters lurking nearby.
After confirming nothing was amiss, it lowered its head again, resuming its foraging.
「Whizz!!!」
Suddenly, the air turned scorching hot.
A streak of scarlet tore through the air.
The boar barely sensed something when—「Puchi」—a flaming arrow pierced straight through both its ears, transfixing its head. The heat drained its life in an instant.
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「Not bad, Gauss.」 Soren strolled over from a distance, eyes lighting up when he reached the boar.
He grabbed the loose skin at the boar’s neck, ignoring its bristly mane, and easily hefted it up from the ground.
「About 150 pounds, enough for two days. But why didn’t you go for that bigger one? That one had to be at least 400 pounds.」
「Forget it. As long as it’s enough, it’ll do.」 Gauss shook his head. The big one would be hard to preserve, and they would grow sick of it. Wasting food would be worse.
「That’s true.」 Soren nodded, lifting the boar—nearly as large as himself—onto his shoulder with one hand.
Dwarves were naturally strong, even without becoming Professionals. And Soren was a Tier 5 Warrior. Though it looked a bit incongruous, this weight was nothing to him.
Ĕ.ǹù m̃ ӓ
Even ten times this would not faze him; he would remain composed.
「Let’s go find a stream, clean out the innards, make a fire, and cook. I’m hungry.」
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Above them, Ike spread his wings and soared freely, quickly leading the party to the nearest creek.
They cleared out a patch of open ground.
Gauss was just about to take over the task of preparing the prey—he had not yet drawn his skinning knife—when Soren had already gotten to work.
He laid the boar on the ground, pulled out a knife, and moved with swift precision: bleeding, skinning, gutting, removing inedible parts—all in one smooth sequence.
W̌ е̇ bnоv е̊ l̊ Е̄n u mа̄
As he worked, Soren glanced at the knife in Gauss’s hand.
The two exchanged looks of mutual recognition—kindred spirits in their shared skill.
Usually, a party had one dedicated cook.
On the surface, being a cook seemed like a mere lifestyle role, irrelevant to adventuring, but thinking that way would be a grave mistake.
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As the saying went, one needed a full stomach to adventure.
A good cook could prepare delicious meals, raising the quality of life in the wilderness, greatly boosting morale.
Еṅu m̌ӓ . і̀ d
Humans were creatures of emotion, inevitably swayed by such things.
That was why, in Gauss’s team, although cooking rotated, more often than not he took the initiative to handle it or help out.
Among the three of them, his cooking was the best.
And Soren was clearly the cook of his group, and an expert at that.
His handling of the boar was highly professional. Soon, he had the meat divided neatly.
Then he pulled several small pouches from his pack, filled with ground spices, and shook them with pride.
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「We dwarves don’t just forge iron—we also know how to enjoy food and drink.」
Very soon, with everyone helping, they fetched water, set up a pot, started the fire, and picked herbs.
The wild feast began quickly.
Even Gauss, who usually took pride in his cooking, had to admit that this dwarf warrior surpassed him in culinary skill.
Compared to Soren, Gauss was nothing more than a self-taught amateur fumbling about.
The aromas drifting out were irresistible.
E n û ṁ а..i̊d_
Gauss swallowed hard.
But the food was not ready yet, so he had to restrain his hunger and continue assisting Soren.
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「Well? Didn’t I say so?」 Soren, having finished, boasted to Gauss.
「With skills like this, you could run a tavern and have endless business.」 Gauss gave him a thumbs-up.
「That’s right.」
The ingredients were ordinary, yet under Soren’s craft they became extraordinary: meat stew, roast pork skewers, peppered pork skin. His spice blends and preparation methods perfectly drew out the natural flavors of the meat while removing the boar’s heavy gamey stench, leaving only savory fragrance.
E n̊u m а . і̆ d
Soren pulled out his large mug, downing strong liquor with greasy mouthfuls, reveling in bliss. The others also ate heartily.
But none ate more than Gauss.
「Didn’t expect you could eat this much, lad. You’re a real man.」 Soren lay on the ground, patting his distended belly, watching Gauss still eating nonstop in amazement.
He truly hadn’t expected it. Gauss looked refined and delicate, but when it came to eating, he held nothing back.
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Soren had thought his own appetite unmatched, but here was someone even more voracious— and a spellcaster of lower level at that.
It was too strange.
Е́ṅ ǔmǎ. id
Even the usually composed Nancy and Elton couldn’t help but glance at Gauss a few more times.
Their impression of him grew more vivid—
A mysterious male spellcaster, one who could transform into Dragonman form when necessary, powerful in battle yet equally powerful in eating.
Once full and satisfied, they set out again.
Food was indeed the best social catalyst. After this meal, the once-unfamiliar temporary companions felt their bonds drawn closer.
Soren even occasionally chatted with Serandur and Arya, with whom he had barely spoken before, discussing trivial topics—professions, hometowns, and how their teams were formed.
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The party continued along the Emerald Forest’s edge, their shadows stretched long by the afternoon sun.
「Da-da-da」
The crisp, scattered sound of hooves came from afar, gradually approaching.
The sun was setting, night soon to fall.
A six-person team approached from the afterglow.
「Finally reached the village before dark.」 Nancy tugged her reins, slowing her horse as they neared the settlement.
Wѐ b ñov е ĺ Е̊ nú m_ã
「Let’s ask the Village Chief if there are any spare houses. We’ll pay to rent one for the night.」 Gauss glanced at the dilapidated village ahead.
It was doubtful such a small place had an inn.
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「Alright.」 No one in the party objected.
They followed the dirt road toward the village.
Hooves struck the cracked earth, raising thin dust.
On both sides of the road lay desolate fields overrun with weeds. The few surviving crops drooped weakly, clearly neglected.
Ėnu ḿ а̀.i d̄
Broken farm tools lay discarded by the ridges, their wooden parts already rotting.
The nearer they drew to the village, the stronger the sense of decay.
Low adobe houses leaned crookedly together, walls scarred with cracks. A warped wooden sign by the village entrance bore faded, illegible writing.
The village was eerily silent.
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No chickens clucking, no dogs barking, no children laughing—only the howling wind swept through, chilling to the bone.
The arrival of Gauss’s group shattered the village’s silence.
Wеb ṅo v̇ е.l Е̃n̄úm̆ а
On either side of the road, filthy rags serving as curtains were lifted, faint figures shifting behind them, pairs of wary eyes peeking out at the well-armed, road-worn outsiders.
No villager came forward.
They only watched silently, from afar.
「Something’s... off.」 Soren rubbed the back of his head and lowered his voice. His other hand instinctively tightened on his warhammer’s haft.
Even his pony snorted uneasily, pawing at the ground.
Of course, that was stating the obvious.
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Even before entering, the village’s strangeness was apparent—abandoned fields, rotting tools—none of it normal, especially for a place that didn’t look wealthy.
Elton quietly traced a prayer sign across his chest, then furrowed his brows.
He shook his head subtly at the others.
「Nothing unusual for now.」
As the six stood silently in the village center, observing—
A door creaked open with a 「Zii-yaa」.
Ẃ ėbn о̊vѐl̊ En ūm̈_а̊
From one of the slightly less ruined houses—likely the Village Chief’s—an elder staggered out.
Bent and gaunt, clad in patched burlap, his face carved deep with wrinkles, eyes clouded.
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Leaning on a cane, he slowly shuffled toward Gauss and the others.
The elder lifted his head, scrutinizing every person in the party and every mount. His gaze lingered for a moment on Soren’s gleaming armor, Nancy’s staff, Elton’s holy emblem, and the weapons Gauss and the others carried. Finally, in a hoarse, withered voice, like the rasp of a broken bellows, he asked:
「Outsiders... where did you come from? Why have you come to our Rolling Stone Village... what business do you have here?」
His tone was far from friendly—carrying even a faint, almost imperceptible... resistance.
Е̂ ñ úm̂ а
「Good evening, elder. We are adventurers from Canopy Town. It’s getting late, so we wanted to ask if your village has any empty houses where we might stay for the night. We can pay.」
Though the man’s attitude was unpleasant, he was the first villager to approach, so Gauss stepped forward after some thought to speak with him.
In any case, gathering some information first was always the right move.
As for whether they should actually spend the night in this village that already seemed off... that was something the party would have to deliberate carefully.
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But it was true—night was falling fast. Out here in the wilderness, there were few good places to lodge.
「Forgive us. Our Rolling Stone Village... does not welcome outsiders. We have no spare houses for you to rest in. You should... continue on your way.」
Е̌ nu mа . i̇d
His refusal was blunt and hard, so cold it bordered on inhuman.
Darkness was nearly upon them, yet he insisted travelers move on.
Hearing this, Soren immediately scowled.
With his booming, gruff voice he retorted:
「Hey! Old man! We’re not asking to stay for free! We said we’d pay! Out here in the wilds—where do you expect us to find lodging? You want us to sleep outside and feed the wolves?!」
The elder flinched at the dwarf’s loud voice and fierce expression, instinctively retreating half a step, but still stubbornly shook his head.
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「No... absolutely not! Money... money is useless. Leave quickly, before night falls completely...」
By the end, his tone even carried a trace of pleading.
At that moment—
Elton’s voice rang out, cutting off the elder’s increasingly desperate attempts to drive them away.
His gray eyes did not look at the elder, but instead turned toward the other ruined houses of the village.
「There are sick people here, aren’t there?」 His tone was not a question but a statement of certainty. 「More than one?」
Е ṅum̃å . ĭḋ
When they had first entered, he had not noticed anything. But after some time, he finally perceived it.
The elder’s body jolted violently. Fear and vigilance filled his murky eyes as he clutched his cane tight.
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「Don’t... don’t speak nonsense!」
Elton stepped forward, raising his holy emblem with gentle firmness. Soft white light flowed around him, radiating a serene aura of comfort.
「Elder, do not be afraid. I am a priest, a servant of the Light. Perhaps... I can see the sick? Even if I cannot heal them, at least the Holy Light can ease their pain.」
The elder stared at Elton’s glow, then at his kind and earnest face. His resistance softened slightly—but when his gaze shifted to a certain direction, his expression instantly hardened again.
E n uḿа̌
「Please leave Rolling Stone Village at once.」
Gauss and the others exchanged looks.
Soren rubbed the back of his head, then glanced at the rest of the group, giving a nod.
「Let’s leave for now.」
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Under the watchful, wary eyes of the villagers, they continued along the path through the settlement.
But before they had gone far, Soren brought the group to a halt.
Ѐ ńu mа̃
「He seemed awfully afraid of us,」 Gauss recalled the elder’s demeanor.
「Was it monsters? Or people influenced by monsters?」 Soren asked, looking to Nancy.
Nancy shook her head. 「Just ordinary people.」
But Serandur had been frowning deeply, as though lost in thought.
Gauss turned to him.
「Any clues?」
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「The atmosphere here feels... familiar. Let me think...」 Serandur muttered.
Meanwhile, Soren leapt down from his horse, hands on his hips.
「We’ll make camp here.」
「Here? Wouldn’t it be better farther away?」 Gauss asked, seeking confirmation.
This was still close to the edge of Rolling Stone Village.
Soren absentmindedly rubbed the back of his head again. 「We’ll camp right here. There are no wolves or big cats nearby. We can sleep easy.」
Е̊ n̊u m а
Easy, huh...
Gauss silently complained in his heart.
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But since Soren made the call—and he was the organizer of this ruins expedition—it wasn’t Gauss’s place to override his authority. He swallowed his words.
He didn’t believe Soren had missed the abnormalities in the village. Since Soren knew and still chose to stay, he must have reasons he couldn’t share.
Soon, they had cleared a flat patch outside the village, built a fire, and pitched their tents.
As Soren began preparing dinner again, smoke and cooking aromas soon drifted into the night air.
Ёṅům a
The dishes were much the same as at midday, only with more vegetables added.
Gauss ate heartily, even thinking that if their team ever recruited another member, he should consider culinary skill as a priority.
Just as the group was focused on eating—
A slender figure suddenly flickered into view from the shadows beyond the firelight.
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It was a woman who looked about twenty, wearing a patched, washed-out burlap dress. So frail she seemed a gust of wind might topple her.
Her face was pale, lips bloodless, though her eyes were wide, fixed hungrily on the food by the fire.
W̆ е̄ b̆ nóvel̄ Ė n̈ ū m̌а
Her sudden appearance startled Soren so badly he nearly spat out his drink.
But Nancy seemed to notice first, stepping a bit closer toward Gauss’s side.
「Can you spare me some?」
She stuck out her tongue and licked her lips.
That tongue was long and thin—unnaturally so. Looking closer, her skin was peeling, rotting away.
Gauss studied her silently, then reached out, taking a skewer of meat from the rack, slowly extending it.
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Suddenly, just before his hand reached her—
「Bang!!」
Her skin split apart as if shredded from within by countless claws.
A gray-black, furred claw shot forward like lightning, swiping at Gauss.
「Clang!!!」
A steel longsword instantly appeared in Gauss’s hand.
Ӗ ñů m a. їd̃
Sparks flew as blade met claw.
The woman, failing to strike him, leapt back.
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Her body twisted unnaturally, limbs bending into grotesque shapes. She dropped to all fours, spine arching with a sickening crackle.
The others quickly surrounded her.
Her transformation was not yet done.
Her face grew more hideous—mouth tearing to the ears, exposing pink flesh, spewing torrents of black sludge.
Е n̂ũ m̄а̂
Her once-large eyes turned pitch black, glowing with needlepoint red malice.
「A demon’s kin!」 Nancy warned.
Even as she spoke, the woman had fully mutated.
Her human disguise ripped apart, she became a two-man-tall abomination, covered in writhing vermin and rotted fur.
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Her torso remained vaguely humanoid, but her limbs elongated into hooked rat-claws.
A tail of interwoven, barbed rat tails smashed against the ground.
Е ǹuḿ а
Her giant rat snout gaped, exhaling green mist, within which rows of endless teeth gleamed.
Gauss felt his scalp tingle, his body recoiling with instinctive disgust.
He couldn’t help but recall last year, when he and Arya had first taken on a mission—a ratman extermination commission.
Back then, in the abandoned chapel cellar, he had encountered the first bizarre event of his life here.
If he remembered correctly, that ratman elder—who cast himself into the poison pool—had mentioned a name: 「Vispetilia.」 Three days later, he had even suffered a rare nightmare.
Could this all be connected?
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Was this why they had now ‘come looking for me’ ?
Meanwhile, Soren, Nancy, and Elton exchanged silent glances.
They transmitted thoughts rapidly:
【As expected... once purification begins, trouble will never cease.】
【End it quickly.】
【Gauss and the others must be quite confused.】
Е n̆ u m а̇. і̆_d̆
The exchange ended in an instant.
Soren already had shield in one hand, warhammer in the other, striding boldly toward the rat-fiend.
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Each heavy step left deep prints in the earth.
「Roar!!」
Soren bellowed a thunderous battle cry. From his stout frame erupted a ferocity at odds with his size, like a cannonball unleashed at the monster.
His warhammer swung a half-circle through the moonlight, shrieking as it tore the air, and crashed toward the rat-fiend’s head.
W e b́n̄ о̀ v e̊ l̀ Ӗñ ûm̃ а́
The beast, freshly transformed, instinctively raised its hooked claw to block.
Soren’s full-force strike was so immense it compressed the very air. The hammer, carrying crushing pressure, smashed into the rat-fiend’s skull.
Bang!!
The heavy warhammer slammed into its arm with a thud.
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The limb shattered instantly. The reduced force still carried through, crashing into its head.
Crack-crack-crack!!
W ѐ b̃ ṅ ov̀ĕ ĺ Е̂ǹum̆ а̂
Teeth-grinding sounds rang out.
The skull caved, splattering green pus and bone fragments.
Its head collapsed inward, hammered deep into its torso.
But shockingly, even under such a mortal wound... it still did not die.
The entire body of the Rat Fiend shrieked in agony and rage, and its other foreclaw swiped viciously at Soren’s head.
But Soren’s movements were swift. His massive tower shield was already raised in response.
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Clang!!!
The Rat Fiend’s sharp claws scraped across the heavy tower shield, bursting sparks into the air. A golden, weighty radiance flared across the shield’s surface, blocking the strike without ever allowing it to break through the defense that stood as immovable as a mountain.
From another direction, Gauss seized the moment and rushed forward, joining in like a wheel battle formation to take over the assault.
The sheer weight of Soren’s earlier strike had startled him; for a moment, he nearly thought Soren had smashed the Rat Fiend to pieces in a single blow.
As Gauss activated the Hardened Scales Bloodline, each step he took forward layered more scales of energy over his body. At one instant, his right hand clenched into the air, and a dragon claw—shaped through his racial talent fused with special magic—suddenly took form.
The others, especially Soren, Nancy, and “Light Healer” Elton, all widened their eyes instinctively, watching Gauss’s movements.
Ẅеb̀_n̂о v̊еl̆ Е̌n̂ū mа
This Demon’s Kin in the shape of a Rat Fiend wasn’t beyond their ability to handle. Soren himself could easily defeat it single-handedly. But right now, using it to observe Gauss’s true power was most fitting. With several of them watching from the sidelines, they could provide support at any time.
Gauss, however, was unaware of what the three in the distance were thinking.
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His thoughts were simple—while Soren had already beaten the Rat Fiend half to death, now was the time for him to finish the kill.
And he had every justification.
Soren had just been knocked back, “sent flying,” and now it was his turn.
Within the team, apart from Soren, the only other frontliner was himself. Stepping forward to take the monster’s blows was perfectly reasonable.
E n̈ ǔ m̀ а
Gauss’s speed was explosive.
With Brutal Strength and Enhanced Jump bursting forth at the same time, along with his activated Hardened Scales Bloodline strengthening his physique, and backed by his already outstanding strength, agility, and constitution—and without the burden of heavy armor or weapons—he unleashed terrifying speed in a short burst.
His figure left behind a trail of shadow in the air, streaked with faint azure amid the darkness.
Because his build was far larger than Soren’s, the impact of him charging forward was even more imposing.
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Closing in on the Rat Fiend, his energy-draconic scales glistened while the muscles of his claw-shaped right arm bulged with magical power.
As he reached the Rat Fiend, his right arm swung high, brimming with power, and then came crashing down with ten points of strength combined with Brutal Strength in an explosive burst!
Е nŭ m а
Boom!
The massive dragon claw slammed into the Rat Fiend’s chest.
A deafening internal explosion, even heavier and more terrifying than Soren’s hammer strike earlier, erupted!
The Rat Fiend’s body burst from within as if stuffed with explosives.
Bone fragments, rotting fluids, pus, and countless mouse-like lumps of flesh sprayed in every direction.
The sheer force of impact even knocked the Rat Fiend staggering backward several steps, its body on the verge of collapse. But then, shrouded in a haze of black mist, its collapsing form steadied once more.
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In the distance, the trio continued silently observing, conversing through the Mental Channel.
【“Soren, his strength seems stronger than yours, doesn’t it?”】 Nancy’s tone sounded livelier within the channel than in reality.
【“Ha… haha, you can’t be serious? I am a proud dwarven warrior, you know!”】 Soren’s mental voice carried slight embarrassment.
【“But he’s barehanded, while you wield your people’s finest elite equipment—and yet, the effect he produces is even more astonishing.”】 Nancy added.
Soren felt as though two sharp arrows had pierced his pride.
Though he admired Gauss greatly, hearing Nancy “slander” him as weaker than Gauss left him bristling in frustration, his beard puffing as he fumed.
Ẁ е b̈ńоv̂ е l̂ E ňu m̀ а
【“I wasn’t using my full strength just now.”】
【“Hehe.”】 Nancy, of course, knew Soren had held back, but that didn’t stop her from pretending otherwise.
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Still, she too had been shaken by Gauss. It was hard to imagine that the one fighting so fiercely before them was only a Tier 3 Spellcaster.
If Gauss closed in on her, she doubted she could fare well against him.
Just as Soren lifted his warhammer, preparing to re-enter the battlefield to prove himself in one decisive blow—
On the battlefield, Gauss had already entered the final stage of his assault.
Ẃ е b n̂õv ѐl Ёn úmа̌
Sensing that the Rat Fiend’s life force was almost inhuman in resilience, he decided to unleash everything at once.
Another dragon claw strike, like a massive pile-driver, slammed into the Rat Fiend, blasting open a deep cavity in its body. His left hand tightened around the White Wand.
At the same time, in the space between the five fingers of his clawed right hand, a brilliant azure light compressed and expanded in an instant!
Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!
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Five Magic Missiles burst forth from the dragon claw and drilled into the wound, detonating inside.
The hole torn open by his earlier strike had no chance to heal before the explosive barrage widened it further.
Eǹuḿа̃
Though the shockwaves weakened after being absorbed by the Rat Fiend’s body, they were still blocked by Gauss’s now immensely solid defenses.
“Squeeeek!!!”
The Rat Fiend let out a piercing scream. Its body, as though realizing something, was once again shrouded in black mist particles.
But Gauss wouldn’t give it another chance.
His claw clenched again, condensing into an even denser form.
The second punch crashed down with crushing might! Then the third! The fourth!
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Each blow thundered like a storm, detonating the Rat Fiend’s body further.
Finally, on the fourth strike, a resounding Bang!—a cataclysmic explosion erupted.
The Rat Fiend’s body could no longer maintain its form, bursting from within into chunks of rancid flesh and splattering pus, leaving the battlefield a foul mess.
The air filled with a nauseating stench.
The chunks on the ground quickly dissolved into black smoke, dispersing into the air.
Gauss stood firm, his chest heaving slightly under the cover of shimmering scales.
Ѐ n̈ u m̆ а
His magic was not so easily digested.
After a brief pause, words flashed before his eyes.
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“Elite Monster Demon’s Kin – Plague Rat slain ×1.”
“Title: Ratman Hunter. Effect: …”
“Earned 10 Elite Points…”
The title was the same as when he slew the Giant Rats and Ratmen earlier. It seemed this so-called Demon’s Kin Plague Rat was part of the same lineage as those creatures.
Wěb n о̂ v̀е l̂ Ѐ ń üm а̃
So, was its assault on him now a consequence of that earlier commission?
He fell into thought.
At that moment, a strange energy silently slipped into his body from beneath his feet, unnoticed.
Feeling the mysterious Giant Egg within him quiver, Gauss was jolted from his contemplation.
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“What is this egg up to again?”
Meanwhile, silence fell briefly over the camp, broken only by the crackling of the bonfire.
Е́n u m ӑ
Soren, who had been preparing to step in and prove himself, halted bitterly. Gauss had ended the battle far more swiftly and decisively than expected.
Or perhaps this was simply how battles were—brief. From the Rat Fiend’s sudden charge, to Soren’s hammer strike, to Gauss’s relentless barrage—it had all lasted fewer than ten breaths.
For the first time, Soren wondered if having teammates this strong might not always be a blessing.
Nancy tilted her head. Her once-distant eyes now reappraised Gauss, widening despite herself.
She wasn’t shocked that he had defeated the Demon’s Kin—that much was expected.
What stunned her was his effortless melding of magic and brute strength.
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Seamlessly switching between melee and spellcasting, enduring magical shockwaves head-on, wielding magic as obediently as if it were a lamb in his palm—
What kind of monster was this man!
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