Inside the bluish flames, yellow-green viscous blood sprayed from the charred wounds. The moment it touched fire, it ignited into a thick, choking green smoke.
Cracks in the shattered chitin spread rapidly under the heat, making brittle cra...
The mantisfolk was without question the strongest enemy this party had ever faced in a dungeon—maybe even in their entire adventuring career.
The last few days had gone way too smoothly. Everyone had gotten a little too relaxed, even Lawr...
The night sky was clear and full of stars. With no clouds in sight, the silver moonlight spilled freely across the land.
In the clearing, orange flames roared in the fire pit. The burning wood cracked and popped with sharp snaps.
The...
BANG!
The Myconid’s body splattered across the ground.
With the last of the adult Myconids defeated, the metal gate behind them groaned and lifted back up.
At the same time, the purple mushroom mats growing across all six wa...
In Lawrence’s mind, spellcasters—especially apprentices—had one golden rule: never rush into the front lines.
You were supposed to keep at least 20 feet between you and anything with a sword.
Getting up close and personal? That...
Lawrence hadn’t just found out about the micro-dungeon in the past couple of days.
In fact, it had been more than a week since he first learned about it.
He’d been preparing ever since—gathering supplies and gear for the expedi...
Gauss continued browsing a few more similar stalls and shops, and overall, he could only describe the offerings as a mixed bag.
Some vendors were a bit more "honest," selling cantrip scrolls for just 1 or 2 silver coins—some even for a fe...
Gauss looked at the crowd blocking the doorway, then turned to Lawrence with a puzzled expression.
He was pretty sure Lawrence had gone to help him find a few apprentices to train with, right?
Why were there so many people all of a s...
"So, Gauss, you’re here to train your defensive magic, right?" Lawrence asked with visible excitement.
"Yes."
That was exactly why Gauss had come—to train through mutual practice with other members. Originally, he'd planned to pa...
"You can take a look first," the child said, sensibly handing Gauss a sample booklet.
Gauss took it and flipped through it. Although he couldn’t confirm the accuracy of all the contents, it was well-organized and full of illustrations—i...
The entire caravan, counting all personnel, had about fifty people, including fifteen guards.
In Gauss's opinion, a group of goblin “bandits” numbering in the dozens shouldn’t be that hard to deal with.
But after listening in f...
"Something bothering you lately? You've locked yourself in your room the past couple of days."
Sophia’s curiosity had been piqued by Gauss’s unusual behavior.
Gauss shook his head.
"Just reading and thinking about training...
"Just as I suspected—Gauss, your magic is truly special!"
"This phenomenon, according to recorded cases in magical literature, is extremely rare, and only occurs in individuals with particularly unique mana."
"To put it simply: you...
Gauss browsed through the general goods store and ended up buying quite a few things.
A few sets of spare linen shirts and trousers.
A black cloak, neat and functional—good for sun and rain, and in a pinch, it could double as a bla...
Name: Gauss
Strength: 6
Agility: 6
Constitution: 6
Intelligence: 7
Perception: 5
Charisma: 6
Skills:
Cantrip: Mage Hand lv3 (3/50)
Level 1 Spell: Magic Missile lv2 (17/20)
Level 1 Spell: Mage Armor...
After wandering through the forest for most of the day...
Gauss finally found signs left behind by goblins in the afternoon.
On a gray stone were several dried-up small footprints.
“Total Monsters Killed: 94.”
After...
In the depths of twilight...
Under the old pagoda tree outside the village fence, several villagers waited with torches in hand.
"Why haven’t they come back yet?"
"Maybe the guy didn’t save him and ended up getting himself...
“Come on! Bring it on!” Randall rasped hoarsely, shouting threats.
Suddenly, one of the goblins on the far left—slightly larger than the others—let out a piercing shriek, then lunged at him like a bolt of lightning, brandishing a he...
Gauss obtained the signed quest completion document from the village chief.
The chief originally thought he would leave quickly like most adventurers, but when he heard Gauss say he intended to stay in the village for a while longer to clea...
Opening the Adventurer’s Manual, Gauss realized it was his goblin-related title that had upgraded.
[You have slain 50 goblins. The title ‘Goblin Hunter’ has been upgraded to ‘Goblin Slayer’.]
With the title upgrade, the per...
The goblin stood over a stone pot, stirring it continuously with a wooden stick.
Inside the pot simmered a thick, unidentifiable concoction—visible ingredients included wheat grains, berries, grass seeds, beetles, fat green worms, and mor...
Among the five party members, Rogue apprentice Meva and Cleric apprentice Daphne were least affected by him, simply because of the type of skills they practiced.
But for Laevin, Doyle, and Oliver, it was a different story. Gauss's efficient...
Two hours after nightfall was the busiest golden hour of the town.
Inside a two-story stone tavern with smoke curling from its chimney, the place was packed. The wooden door constantly creaked open and slammed shut as people came and went, ...
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
After the first goblin summoned the courage to rush out, the others finally realized the enemy wasn’t going to enter the cave. They started organizing to fight back.
A flurry of wooden arrows shot from th...
Noon. Forest.
The cicadas were in full chorus. A gentle breeze stirred the trees, rustling the leaves with a soft whisper.
“Looks like they’re all napping in the cave.”
“Watch out for goblin scouts,” Gauss added.
...
Gauss didn’t know what the kids around him were thinking—if he did, he might’ve laughed.
The truth was, being able to train under a proper swordsmanship instructor already put these kids far ahead of most lower-tier adventurers. With ...
At a resale shop near the Adventurers' Guild, the Night Owl party offloaded all the miscellaneous loot from their kobold extermination quest.
Most lower-tier adventurers sold their spoils at these nearby shops—the pricing was generally fa...
“No, no—definitely not,” Laevin chuckled. “If that had been a challenge-rated kobold, even just Level 1, there’s no way we would’ve dodged that fireball.”
Gauss felt a twinge of disappointment.
He’d really thought he ...
The old kobold died so quickly—no one in the party even fully registered what had happened before it blew itself up.
But thinking it through, most of them figured it was probably Gauss's doing.
They didn’t understand how exactly,...
BOOM!!
The brilliant blue magic missile smashed straight through the first kobold’s chest the instant it fired—clean, brutal. Its momentum carried forward, slamming into the second, thinner kobold standing behind it.
BAM!!