The guard captain remained dazed for a long while.
When he finally came to, he noticed Gauss watching him.
"Thank you for saving us! My name is Jimmy. How should I address you, our benefactor?"
Thinking that he and his companions might already be lying on the ground if not for the man before him, relief flickered in his eyes.
"Just call me Gauss."
Gauss felt the aura of a professional rising from the man and blinked.
This was the first time he had witnessed someone advance to become a professional with his own eyes.
Judging by the man's age, he wasn't especially young. He probably wasn't among those with particularly good Talent.
It seemed the pressure from the Goblins had been intense indeed. Under that crushing pressure, the man had broken through in the middle of the fight.
"Gauss, there are still a few over here."
Alya and the others caught up from behind him.
They had rounded up a few Goblins that had escaped in the chaos.
Gauss swung his sword a few times, beheading the Goblins.
As the saying went, one should never neglect a good deed just because it was small.
The guard captain watched this with a puzzled expression.
He didn't seem to understand why Gauss's teammates had gone out of their way to drive the Goblins back for him to deal with.
Wasn't that completely unnecessary?
With the strength of the elite squad before him, any one of its members could have taken care of them at any moment, couldn't they?
But he didn't ask. He simply assumed it was a coincidence.
Theron quietly walked around the group and began treating the injured guards behind them.
"What brings you all out here?"
Gauss looked at their attire and asked curiously.
It was obvious that