After killing the last two goblins that met the requirements, Gauss bounded away, quickly putting some distance between himself and the goblins.
He drew his wand, then lightly vaulted over the wall and leaped out of the goblin village. Using the low wall as a simple defensive barrier, he disappeared from the goblins' sight for the moment.
The goblins left in the square, who had just been working up the courage to shout and charge, stared in confusion at their enemy's sudden "retreat." At a loss, they looked to the leader among them, the Red Cap Goblin.
The Red Cap was puzzled, too.
Among the non-elite goblins, it was one of the few with high intelligence.
It could sense that the enemy had come with hostile intent and had killed more than a dozen of its kind in a very short time.
The archers in particular had been hard-won elites of the tribe. Now every one of them had been killed.
Though it was still filled with anger, its fear and unease at facing an unknown and powerful enemy were stronger. So it didn't order its already trembling kin to pursue him.
Perhaps, given the choice between continuing to fight that powerful male human and watching him leave after killing more than a dozen of its kind, it much preferred the latter.
After temporarily leaving the goblin village, Gauss looked at the Adventurer's Handbook.
"Total Monster Kill Count reached 200."
"Reward received: Strength +1"
"Reward received: Sub Core Skill Slot *1"
"Next stage: Total Monster Kill Count reaches 500."
The words flickered briefly before his eyes.
A familiar warmth flowed through Gauss's body.
He knew it was the effect of Strength +1. After all, this wasn't the first time he had experienced an increase in his Strength stat.
Still, this