Gauss opened his eyes.
The glaring sunlight made him dizzy.
He instinctively raised a hand to shield his eyes, his mind a complete muddle.
"What am I—"
His memories were like those of someone who'd drunk himself unconscious: there was a brief blank.
He looked around in confusion.
But as he quickly tried to recall what had happened,
his memories gradually returned.
Right, he'd been exploring the maze. When he reached its edge, he'd encountered that terrifyingly powerful Pale Guard.
Then it chased him all the way into its lair.
After that, he'd activated the Teleportation Scroll.
Gauss's last memory was of the blade-like legs rushing toward him, drawing closer and closer.
He felt his head and body.
They were both completely unharmed. It looked like he'd managed to teleport away in time and escaped that terrifying downward slash!
Thinking of the Pale Guard and how he'd fled in such a sorry state, he clenched his teeth.
Once he was stronger, he'd have to go back and get even!
But how had he ended up here?
The surroundings were clearly a carefully arranged hotel room, with warm-toned wooden floors and a soft bed.
The light blue curtains swayed gently in the breeze.
A shaft of sunlight streamed through the window.
He could faintly hear the lively chatter of people on the street.
Was he back in town?
But soon, he remembered something that mattered even more.
The reward for killing his fifth type of Elite Monster!
He immediately opened the Adventurer's Handbook.
While he'd been unconscious, the information that had accumulated came rushing in all at once, like a rising tide.
``` "Elite Monsters of 5 types killed (5/5)"
"Path of the Elite Stage 2 successfully unlocked!"
"Reward received: Randomly draw one racial Talent from an Elite Monster."
"Current Monster