Fortunately, the egg did not continue devouring mana for very long.
After conveying a satisfied thought, it fell silent again, as if it had fallen asleep.
Gauss breathed a sigh of relief and stopped feeding it mana.
He felt the active state of the mana within his body.
Rubbing his chin, he sank into thought.
Actually, expending some mana in moderation was not necessarily a bad thing. The process was beneficial for accumulating Class Rank experience.
To expend mana effectively, he could usually only rely on casting spells. However, casting spells required concentration, and even with sufficient mana, he could not release spells without limit.
Did this mean he had gained another simple method of training?
"Next..."
Gauss looked at the unfamiliar forest around him.
Alya and Theron should have come out too.
But he had no idea where in the forest they were for the time being.
To prevent them from worrying and taking other measures to rescue him, he decided to return to Outpost 11 and meet up with them as soon as possible. He could submit the quest while he was at it.
The quest could be considered complete. He had already investigated the monster groups in the forest and identified the locations of their habitats. Once he returned, he only needed to submit the report.
After glancing at the map and determining the direction of Outpost 11, Gauss did not continue resting. He rose and resumed his journey.
Since he was traveling on foot, and the place he was in was some distance from the outpost, it was already past noon by the time Gauss returned to Outpost 11.
"Clop-clop—"
With hurried footsteps, Gauss headed toward the camp and saw groups of cavalrymen, fully armed, repeatedly setting out along the road.
A trace of confusion flashed