"The Path of the Elite is unlocking."
"Currently at Stage 1."
"Acquired special skill: [Monster Strength Transformation]"
"[Monster Strength Transformation]: When activated, this skill increases the user's strength and grants greater destructive power, but causes stamina to drain several times faster. Prolonged use risks bodily injury."
"Stage 2 unlock condition: Kill 5 kinds of Elite Monsters (2/5). Reward: Randomly draw one racial talent from an Elite Monster."
"Acquired title [Giant Hunter]. This title will level up as your kill count increases."
"Current effect: Weak Point Strike. When fighting Half-Ogres, Ogres, and related advanced Giant Race creatures, you can more easily spot their weak points. Striking a weak point deals additional damage."
Text flashed rapidly before Gauss's eyes.
Fortunately, Gray Wolf Ulfhen was guarding him nearby, and Gauss Field had maintained a defensive layer around him. Attacks from the other small monsters around them hadn't managed to hurt him yet.
Monster Strength? Stage 2 needed five kinds of Elite Monsters... The title's effect was Weak Point Strike...
Gauss quickly processed the information.
This wasn't the time to think it through further.
He turned his attention back to the battlefield before him.
The Half-Ogre leader's sudden death had left the low-level monsters around it reacting in different ways. Many seemed at a loss.
After all, Elite Monsters held deep-rooted authority over low-level monsters, who saw them as beings beyond challenge. The Half-Ogre might have been short-tempered, and might occasionally have eaten one of its own, but among this monster army gathered by the Ogre Shaman, not a single mook dared challenge its authority.
The simple minds of many low-level monsters seemed unable to understand why the being they considered untouchable had suddenly died.
As a result, after a brief moment of confusion, the low-level monsters' morale took a heavy blow.
The naturally