Chapter 358: The Rider
Soon, one carefully selected commission after another was presented to Gauss.
Although they had filtered out the most numerous commissions involving goblins, the vast majority of the remaining ones involved creatures Gauss had already killed.
"Oh?"
Gauss, who was reading through the commissions, suddenly let out a surprised sound.
"What a coincidence."
A Demon Ghost (Elite Grade) had been spotted near the Ense River docks.
The place had quite a bit of history with Gauss.
Back when he was still with the Night Owl Squad, he had accepted a routine commission to hunt water ghouls. The location had been right there.
That night, he had also suffered the first humiliating retreat of his adventuring career.
After they had killed the water ghoul targeted by the commission, a Ghoul had climbed ashore from the riverbank. With no other choice, the squad had fled the scene.
Fortunately, the Ghoul had been distracted by the many water ghoul corpses on the riverbank and hadn't paid them any attention.
Otherwise, the squad might have suffered heavy losses that night—or even been wiped out completely.
Afterward, when they returned to Grayrock Town, they reported the information to the Adventurer's Guild. Unfortunately, they made some inquiries later and heard that the Ghoul had never appeared again.
Demon Ghosts were essentially Ghouls with greater intelligence. Unlike their bestial Ghoul kin, Demon Ghosts were more cunning and could command hordes of Ghouls.
Gauss narrowed his eyes, his mind drifting back to that terrifying night.
If he remembered correctly, that "Ghoul" had seemed unusually calm that night. It had even seemed to deliberately let them escape.
Perhaps it had recognized their outfits and worried that they might attract more humans later, so it had decided not to cause trouble?
If it had been an ordinary