Monster Kill Count: 1022
After clearing out the last few minor monsters nearby, the kill count stopped at that number.
Watching the two other Level 1 Class Rank professionals deal with the dozen or so monsters remaining on their side, Gauss had no intention of intervening.
Reaching the next milestone of 2,000 total kills was still a long way off.
His next objective was to kill twenty types of ordinary monsters, and there were no new faces among the monsters they were fighting.
He might as well leave some sense of participation to the others.
His gaze shifted farther away.
There, the Iron Arm team's battle with the ogre was raging fiercely.
Every clash of attacks made the earth tremble faintly.
Overall, however, it was clear that the situation had already become obvious: Quek's Iron Arm team had the upper hand.
The ogre's advantage lay in its astonishingly tough hide. Ordinary attacks could barely shake its resilient skin, and with its terrifying brute strength, even a Level 2 or Level 3 Class Rank professional could be in mortal danger if struck by its heavy blows.
However, Quek and the others were far more mobile than it, while the elite subordinates that could originally have restrained the enemy and created opportunities for it to attack had already died long ago.
Only the more numerous, but ultimately not very helpful, low-level vassals remained around it.
"Roar!!!"
The ogre's huge studded wooden club slammed into the ground again. Under the force of the impact, it instantly blasted out a deep crater, sending broken stones and dust flying as smoke and dust billowed everywhere.
The attack looked imposing, but it was mostly just impotent rage, needlessly draining its strength.
Gauss withdrew his gaze and breathed a sigh of relief.
The outcome was