"Burp—"
The Red Dragon Beast had eaten a little too much. It lay where it was and rested for a while.
Gauss took the opportunity to wander around the area a few times.
"Monster Kill Count: 7545"
As he went "hunting" around Gold Silver Town, both he and his Red Dragon Beast, Hefis, had gained something.
Any monsters who crossed paths with this man-and-dragon duo were left with nothing but the fate of being eaten clean. Gauss harvested their essence, while Hefis made a meal of their flesh. They left hardly a trace behind in this world.
Sometimes Gauss wondered whether, from a monster's perspective, he was no different from one himself.
But that was often how the world worked. There was no right or wrong, only differing sides: their enemy was our hero.
Gauss wandered through the woods a few times but found no signs of any other monsters. He couldn't help shaking his head.
There might be a lot of monsters, but even so, he and Hefis couldn't search every inch of the area forever.
Whether beasts or monsters, every region had a limit to how many it could support.
He had already cleared out most of the sizable monster tribes near Gold Silver Town. Of course, some had surely slipped through the net. If a handful of monsters hid in a mountain hollow or the woods, it would be incredibly difficult to flush them out unless he happened to stumble across them.
Perhaps after he left, monsters would pour in from farther away to fill this "low-lying basin."
He casually put a few decent-looking iron items into his Storage Bag, then walked over to Hefis, who was lying down to rest.
He raised a hand and patted its head.
Perhaps because it hadn't reached adulthood yet, Hefis's