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Chapter 270 : Statue
Chapter 270: Statue
Gauss encountered more Goblins than anything else in a single day.
He didn’t feel any particular weariness from this.
To him, Goblins not only had the usual well-known traits, but were also relatively effortless to slay.
During this period, as the number of Goblins he killed increased,
Е̄ nû ḿа̇
the second effect of the title "Goblin Butcher": Bloodthirst — killing Goblins and related advanced species,
although still seemingly insignificant, began to show its worth considering their numbers, especially when combined with the bonus effect from "Nemesis".
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One effect diminished while the other grew, making this task increasingly effortless.
"Total Monsters Slain: 5,837"
Another day, another two hundred monsters fell.
He had basically cleared out all the monster groups near the village.
Еń u m̂ а̃
If he wanted to find more monsters, he'd have to go farther.
But that would come later.
Gauss looked at the sun slanting westward and led the team back to the village.
He casually hunted a few more creatures along the way.
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As night fell,
orange firelight gradually rose, pushing away the darkness.
W еbń о̀ v̊èl̊ Е nů m а
Today was a special day.
This afternoon, the final segment of the village’s defensive palisade was completed, marking the completion of the entire village.
To celebrate this special occasion, Village Chief Bruno decided to hold a simple festival.
In the village square, large and small bonfires gave this otherwise ordinary night a festive air.
The villagers, weary from days of intense labor, now wore freshly washed clothes and bright smiles.
Entire families gathered, wives and children by their sides, gazing proudly at the transformed village.
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Several modest stalls had even been set up in the square, selling homemade food.
Besides the villagers and Gauss’ team, there were a few passing merchants in the square.
They had stumbled upon the newly built village from afar and were drawn in by its liveliness.
The air was filled with the aroma of roasting meat and wine.
The wine, bought from traveling merchants, was a sweet fermented fruit liquor.
Children chased and laughed between the bonfires, their voices clear and bright.
Еn̈ ũ m а̂. і̌ d̈
They might not understand the melancholy and emotion on the adults’ faces, but they could feel the joy of the festival.
Bruno stood beside Gauss, his face flushed by firelight.
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Whether from excitement or drink, it wasn’t clear.
Once most of the villagers had arrived, he stepped forward and drew everyone’s attention.
"Everyone! Today, we stand here, on the land of the home we built with our own hands! Just days ago, this place was nothing but rundown thatched huts and constant fear. We didn’t know whether monsters or bandits would come first."
"And now, look around us."
Ŵ е̌b̆ n о v е̃ l̆ Еn̊ u m̃_a
He spread his arms, gesturing toward the solid houses, towering watchtowers, and reassuring palisade.
"None of this could have been achieved without everyone’s sweat, and even more so, without the efforts of Lord Gauss, Lady Shadow, Lord Serandur, and Lady Arya."
He turned toward Gauss’ team and bowed deeply.
"It was you who drove away the bandits, cleared the nearby monsters, and gave us a chance at new life, and hope to survive on this barren land. All of us villagers will never forget this kindness."
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The villagers spontaneously applauded, their eyes turning toward Gauss and the others, full of gratitude and respect.
Especially those who had been rescued from the mountain by Gauss and now lived as part of the village — their eyes turned red, wiping away tears in secret.
Wе b̀ ň о̂ v е l̈ Е́n̈ u̇m а́_
The arrival of Gauss and his team truly had changed many lives.
Arya, overwhelmed by the attention, lowered her head shyly, though her lips curled into a small smile.
Shadow stood quietly in the darkness, though her tense expression softened slightly.
Serandur turned to Gauss, signaling that as the team leader, it was time for him to speak.
Gauss hesitated briefly before stepping forward.
To be honest, he wasn’t very good at handling these kinds of situations.
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But the mood was already set, and as one of the key figures, it would be inappropriate to say nothing.
He cleared his throat.
"Village Chief Bruno is too kind. We merely made a small, insignificant contribution. We are glad to see the village grow to this scale. Tonight’s celebration isn’t the end — I hope you all will always remember the courage of that first day when you picked up your weapons.
In the future, help each other, protect the village with your own strength, and turn this place into a thriving home."
"May these bonfires forever light your path." He accepted the wine cup from Bruno and raised it to the crowd.
"To the village — cheers!"
Ẇе b.n̆ оv е̇ l E nu m̀ а
Cheers quickly rang out from the crowd.
After the short speech, the celebration began in earnest.
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Some villagers sang and danced around the bonfires.
Bruno led Gauss and the others to the village center.
Gauss had already noticed
the object covered by black cloth.
Е ṅ ǔ mа
Without dragging it out, Bruno and a few villagers pulled off the cloth.
The rough fabric fell, revealing a wooden statue before everyone.
The sculpture wasn’t particularly refined,
but the base clearly depicted the four of them, with lifelike proportions.
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Gauss stood slightly ahead, wand pointing forward, expression focused and calm, as if casting a spell.
Shadow stood in the shadows beside him, eyes sharp and alert.
Е n um̃ ã . ìd
Arya stood on Gauss’ other side, holding her wooden staff and striking the ground with a beaming smile.
Serandur was behind them, palm raised upward in a healing gesture.
"Lord Gauss, I hope you and your companions will like this gift," Bruno said after everyone had taken a look. "We originally wanted to make a stone statue, but time was tight, so we made a temporary wooden one to place at the village center."
"Next time you return, you should see your proper statues."
"We don’t have anything valuable to repay you, so we hope placing your statues here will let future generations remember who gave us this brand-new home."
"Thank you. I like it very much." Gauss gazed at the statue for a long time, at a loss for words.
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The once-cold wood, under the orange glow of the fire, seemed warmer.
It was the first time someone had made a statue for him and his companions.
To take time out of the busy construction schedule to create such a large sculpture — it truly came from the heart. Not just him — Arya, Serandur, even Shadow seemed a bit dazed.
Looking repeatedly at their own carved likenesses, the feeling was both familiar and strange.
This was probably the best gift they had ever received.
"Lord Gauss, may I ask one more thing?"
Е̃n̂ ûm̂ ӓ
"Please go ahead."
"Would you name the village for us?"
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Gauss looked at the singing and dancing village, pondered for a long while, then said, "Let it be Bonfire Village."
It wasn’t an especially unique name, but it felt fitting now. Bonfires symbolized warmth and hope, and he sincerely hoped this village would continue to grow.
Someday, if he returned, may it have flourished even more.
"Then our village shall be Bonfire Village from now on." Bruno and the nearby villagers repeated the name to themselves.
Е nû m̆ ӓ
Bruno had originally wanted to name the village after Gauss, but since Gauss had chosen Bonfire Village, he didn’t mind.
Gauss stayed in Bonfire Village one more day.
"Total Monsters Slain: 5,915"
Seeing the number on his interface, he was certain the surrounding area had been cleared of monsters — at least for now.
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At the village entrance,
all the villagers came to see Gauss off.
Ё n̄ ũ ḿа
"Let’s part here."
Gauss mounted his Chocobo.
Beyond the crowd, he saw the statue at the village center — the one of him and his teammates.
"Safe travels, Lord Gauss!"
"Come back and visit Bonfire Village sometime!"
Retracting his gaze, Gauss waved to the villagers.
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The two villages he had experienced gave him completely different feelings.
But each brought its own share of emotion.
Sometimes, though he helped villages as part of his commission, he felt he gained just as much in return.
Gauss set out on a new journey.
With the total kills nearing 6,000, once a certain distance from Bonfire Village, he cast 【Fly】 and soared skyward again.
His body shimmered with the glow of 【Blessing Spell】 and 【Enhance Attribute】.
Ŵе̊b̂n̄ о v̌е̂l̄ Ёnů m̊а̄
Equipping the 【Eagle Eye Monocle】, the world became crystal clear before him.
As long as he focused, even the trembling wings of a cicada on a distant tree or the patterns on a bug’s body were perfectly visible.
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Though not the first time he experienced this, he still found it magical.
This was the power of the magical relic, 【Eagle Eye Monocle】 — an effect far beyond any normal telescope.
Moreover, the monocle compiled even more information and transmitted it to his brain.
That data constantly updated the map in his mind.
Еn̆um̀ а̌
Soon, a two-kilometer radius around Gauss was completely "scanned" and mapped.
He quickly spotted several potential monster nests.
Bonfire remains, stone piles, caves, crude tools — all were signs of monster activity. Even without seeing them directly, he could infer their nearby presence.
He slowly descended.
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"Found a monster nest?"
Arya stretched lazily.
E n ù m̊ a
She was no longer surprised by Gauss’s habit of deciding to hunt some Small Monsters before setting off.
She didn’t even bother to ask for a reason.
Killing monsters, for Gauss, seemed as commonplace as eating or sleeping.
Would a normal person be surprised that others sleep every day? The abnormality would be if one day they didn’t sleep.
It was the same with Gauss and monster hunting.
“Yes.”
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“Let’s head out first.” Gauss swung onto his horse. “I think I saw something ahead—looks like a traveler is surrounded.”
Upon hearing this, Arya and the others quickly shook off their relaxed expressions and wasted no time catching up with Gauss.
On a narrow path through a sparse forest clearing—
Several carriages had been forced to form a crude defensive circle.
Around seven or eight guards were relying on the carriage bodies to fend off an attack from over fifty Goblins.
The Goblins howled, waving rust-stained spiked clubs and Wooden Spears, launching wave after wave of assaults on the caravan’s defenses.
Еnû mа̄
A strange magical energy surged through these Goblins, making them noticeably faster and stronger than ordinary ones.
Two guards stood atop the carriages, drawing bows and letting arrows fly toward the Goblins.
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Two Goblins collapsed in response.
But as soon as they released the arrows, the guards quickly ducked down again.
“Whoosh!”
An arrow brushed past their scalps.
W̊ě b̂ ñ ó v̌e l Е̊ n umа
There were archers among the Goblins too.
The guards were well-trained and coordinated. Even though they were clearly outnumbered, they managed to hold their own using their makeshift defenses.
At the center of the defensive circle stood a well-dressed elderly man exuding the presence of a Professional.
Standing beside him was a young man who bore some resemblance to him.
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“Grandfather, maybe… maybe I should go fight.”
The young man gripped his sword, his expression tense, but he still voiced the suggestion.
Ӗṅ ũ m̆ ӓ . іd
“No rush. There are Elite individuals among those Goblins,” the old man muttered as he shook his head, watching his eager grandson with a sigh—still too young.
He had already observed that these Goblins were clearly out of the ordinary—not the harmless roadside creatures one might expect.
Once outside the defensive circle and completely surrounded, escape would be impossible.
Besides, there was no need for him to fight to the bitter end.
If things really went south, he could simply take his grandson and flee on a good horse. Wasn’t that why he hired these guards in the first place?
Sometimes, you don’t need to outrun the monsters—just your companions.
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The Goblins kept slamming into the carriages.
The guards took the opportunity to kill several more.
But just as the fight reached a fever pitch, suddenly, a few Goblins glowing with strange red light flipped over a carriage.
“Boom!”
The carriage toppled.
What was once a stable defense was now breached.
Ё n̆ ũ m̌_а. i̇d
The Goblins’ eyes gleamed a ghostly green at the sight of exposed humans—like starving refugees seeing a feast.
Thick drool dribbled from their mouths onto the ground.
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“Hold the line!”
The Head Guard shouted.
Shield in hand, he rushed to the front.
There was no time to think—he had to act now.
W̆ ĕbn̄ о̀v̀е l Е̊ n u ḿ_á
If the Goblins flooded in, the team would be swallowed by the tide. That would be the end.
They would claw and bite at limbs, organs—every vulnerable spot.
“Swish!”
He swung his blade.
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A Goblin before him was cleaved in two at the waist.
Blood sprayed, splattering across his shield and the nearby Goblins.
Еn ú m̌ а̊.і d̃
But the others showed little fear. On the contrary, the scent of blood seemed to ignite their frenzy.
The green glow in their eyes burned even brighter.
The Head Guard kept slashing, and the others fought desperately too.
But the Goblins were too many. Soon, some clambered over the carriages from other angles, broke into the circle, and quickly overwhelmed a guard, sinking their teeth deep into his neck.
“AHHH!!”
These magically empowered Goblins moved even faster.
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The Head Guard heard the pained scream of his comrade.
“Lord Sico, please assist us!”
No reply.
“Lord Sico?!”
He raised his shield and glanced back in the momentary lull.
To his despair, the old man and his grandson—who should have been calmly standing there—had vanished.
Еnùmã
“Captain! That old man ran off!”
Another guard shouted in despair.
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All hope was gone.
They never expected that the so-called Professional mage—who had asked them to hold off the enemy while he prepared his spell—had no intention of fighting and had simply abandoned them.
Until now, they had fought bravely, believing they had a mage among them.
Once his spell was ready, he would turn the tide.
E n u m̆а̇
But instead… this.
The breath left their bodies, and the will to fight vanished like a retreating tide.
Another man was pulled to the ground.
It’s over! All over!
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The Head Guard swallowed hard, slashing faster.
But one man alone wasn’t enough. Goblins poured in through the breach.
Ẅѐ ḃ n̂ӧ v еl Еn u ḿа
He couldn’t kill them all—not alone!
“Crack!”
Suddenly, the Goblin before him froze mid-motion.
Time itself seemed to pause.
Even the air stilled in that instant.
And then—
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Several streaks of white light, swift as swallows, burst into the battlefield.
“Whoosh!!”
“Whoosh!!”
The Goblins holding people down, weapons mid-swing, never got the chance to strike.
The white light had already kissed the tense arteries of their necks.
“Count!”
Еn̄ù m̊ а
Blood blossomed.
And as it ended, time resumed its course.
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“Thump, thump, thump, thump!”
Heads hit the ground one after another.
The guards, who had been struggling under Goblin restraints, suddenly found the pressure gone.
Looking up, they saw the ferocious Goblins had become headless corpses.
Еn umӓ. id̀
Dead?
Perhaps it happened too fast—many didn’t even understand what had occurred.
Only the Head Guard vaguely caught the direction the white light came from.
All the Goblins seemed frozen, standing dazed where they were.
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Taking advantage of the moment, he looked up.
There, a tall man in a plain black robe hovered in the sky.
Е n̈ u mа̇ . і̌d̀
A savior!
He finally exhaled.
Before he could say a word—
The figure vanished.
In the next instant—
A wave of pitiful howls erupted from the Goblin horde.
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The Head Guard looked down at the battlefield.
His pupils shrank.
Too fast!
Just in the time he had raised and lowered his head—the man had vanished from view and already beheaded who knows how many Goblins.
It didn’t even seem like he was killing Goblins, more like the Goblins were flinging themselves onto his blade.
And he was simply dancing.
W̆е b̀ n ov̆е́l̊ Еñ ûm а
Not a single Goblin lasted even a second against his beautiful, deadly footwork.
So strong—The Head Guard kept gulping.
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The scene before him left him dazed, as if the monsters that had moments ago felt like wild beasts now lay helpless, slaughtered like lambs.
Some time passed.
When the shortest Goblin at the back of the horde was finally run through the heart by the man, he calmly walked forward, stepping over bodies streaked with gray-green and dark red.
“Congratulations.”
E ń u m а̇ .іd
Congratulate me?
The Head Guard was stunned.
Then suddenly, he felt a surge of fresh energy welling up inside him.
It was the power he had longed for over so many years.
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I’ve broken through?
The barrier he had chased for so long but never surpassed—now shattered at the moment he had abandoned all obsession and fought only to survive.
É n̂um а̇
Fate, truly unpredictable.
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