Recaps

Gauss welcomed Albenna to the team, and the group set out for the Brennan Great Mine to begin scouting for their commission. As Shadow explored the tunnels, the chapter revealed an organized Kobold settlement whose inhabitants revered a mysterious master.

• Gauss welcomed Albenna to the team, and she accidentally crushed his hand while clasping it.
• At a welcome dinner, Gauss and Albenna ate so much that Gauss eventually conceded, while Alya watched in amazement.
• The next day, Alya loaded the team's cart with provisions, and Gauss's group departed Gold Silver Town for the Brennan Great Mine.
• Gauss ordered Shadow to scout and map the mine while Raven Ike's crows watched for monsters; the team buffed Shadow before she slipped into the shadows and headed uphill.
• Deep beneath the mine, Kobold warriors drilled while other Kobolds mined and smelted ore, all showing reverence for their master.

Gauss and his companions infiltrated Brennan Great Mine, cleared kobold scout posts, and used a miniature Clay Spider to investigate the lair. The spider bypassed the kobolds’ barrier and revealed a crowded underground town, leaving Gauss poised to explore deeper.

• Gauss and Alya discussed the kobolds’ unusual silence and strong equipment while Shadow mapped their tunnels.
• Gauss’s squad planned to enter through Tunnel Three and use a miniature Clay Spider to scout beyond the lair’s alarm barrier.
• The group entered the mine under cover of Alya’s butterfly powder and silently eliminated several kobold scout posts and dealt with traps.
• Gauss sent his Clay Spider into the cavern, where a patrolling kobold soldier tried to stomp it but failed.
• Gauss guided the spider through the mysterious barrier and saw the kobold town and its many inhabitants.

Gauss used a clay spider to scout a well-organized kobold lair, uncovering its food stores, smithies, and stockpiled weapons before following a shaman to the lair’s center. There, he saw the kobolds offer a magic crystal to a powerful red-scaled creature and realized it was a draconic beast, not a red dragon.

• Gauss watched kobolds cultivate food and raise small creatures, and inferred that carts bringing in supplies used a hidden passage outside.
• He saw kobold craftsmen smelt ore and make weapons, then wondered whether the lair was preparing to attack Goldsilver Town.
• Gauss followed a kobold shaman carrying a fire-attributed magic crystal into the lair’s brightly lit central area.
• The kobold shaman placed the crystal atop a treasure pile, and a red-scaled beast emerged to seize it.
• Gauss recognized the creature’s dragonlike appearance but concluded that it was a draconic beast rather than a red dragon.

Gauss identified the lair’s ruler as a juvenile Red Dragon Beast and decided to continue the commission with his companions. He and Shadow infiltrated the Kobold lair, where Gauss began casting a Fireball on its smelting area as the detection barrier shuddered.

• Gauss concluded that the creature in the lair was likely a Wyrmling-stage Red Dragon Beast, and told Alya and the others what he had found.
• After weighing the danger, Gauss and his companions agreed to continue the commission and planned to weaken the Kobold forces with a Fireball.
• Gauss and Shadow entered the lair while Alya, Theron, and Albenna waited outside, ready to support their escape.
• Gauss used his mental map to target the smelting area and gathered magic to cast Fireball near the trembling detection barrier.
• The Kobold craftsmen and guards saw a blazing point of light appear inside the lair as the barrier twisted violently.

Gauss and his companions devastated the kobold nest with a Fireball, then fought off kobold scouts and forced the tribe to respond. The kobolds awakened a murderous Dragonborn Kobold and brought it toward Gauss, leaving the groups poised to fight.

• Gauss's Fireball engulfed the kobold nest, killing hundreds and drawing the Red Dragon Beast's furious attention.
• Shadow rescued Gauss from the blast, and he recovered his strength while checking the many kills the spell had caused.
• Gauss and his companions ambushed and killed kobold squads in the mine tunnel, while kobold spellcasters identified their presence and planned a response.
• Gauss led Alya and the others back to the surface, where they prepared to fight the kobolds pursuing them.
• The kobold spellcasters brought a coffin outside and awakened Red Dog, a violent Dragonborn Kobold who killed one of his kin and fixed his hungry gaze on Gauss.
• Gauss ordered his companions to prepare for battle as Red Dog advanced.

Gauss and his companions fought the Dragonborn Kobold, and Gauss’s True Dragon Might disrupted its power and helped them defeat it. As they prepared to finish off the remaining Kobolds, the ground began to quake and split.

• The Dragonborn Kobold charged Albenna, who blocked its attack while Gauss struck it with seven Magic Missiles.
• Gauss roared with True Dragon Might, weakening the Dragonborn Kobold and interrupting its attempt to enter a stronger state.
• Albenna wounded the Kobold, and Gauss followed with seven enhanced Magic Missiles that tore through its wounds.
• Gauss roared again, and the dying Dragonborn Kobold peacefully succumbed; Gauss collected its spirituality.
• Albenna asked about Gauss’s roar, and he explained that it was a bloodline ability.
• As the group prepared to attack the remaining Kobolds, the ground shook and enormous cracks appeared.

Gauss faced the Red Dragon Beast after it emerged with its kobold forces, and awakened a powerful fusion of his dragon bloodline and Ghost Form. He left the beast wounded and prepared to demonstrate his strength while clinging to its back in the sky.

• The Red Dragon Beast erupted from underground with the ankhegs and kobolds, then attacked Gauss's group with magma breath, which Albenna blocked with her barrier.
• Gauss recovered his mana while Theron and Alya supported him, then sent them and Albenna to handle the kobolds as he challenged the Red Dragon Beast alone.
• Gauss's Tough Scale Bloodline awakened, spreading deep-blue energy scales across his body and revealing a draconic aura that enraged the Red Dragon Beast.
• Gauss dodged the beast's plunging attack, leaped onto its back, and clung to it as it flew high into the sky.
• Gauss activated Ghost Form, merging it with his Tough Scale Bloodline to gain immense power, then bit through the Red Dragon Beast's scales and tore away a chunk of flesh.

Gauss used a transformed Magic Missile to pierce the Red Dragon Beast and bring it crashing down. He then kept the badly wounded beast subdued by eating its flesh to restore his strength and pummeling it whenever it resisted.

• Gauss dodged the Red Dragon Beast's tail, formed a powerful composite Magic Missile, and flew alongside the beast.
• Gauss fired the Dragon Roar Bullet through the Red Dragon Beast's wings and body, sending it crashing into the sand as the kobolds watched in shock.
• Gauss landed on the wounded beast, ignored its apparent plea for mercy, and tore out dragon flesh to replenish his energy.
• When the Red Dragon Beast began gathering fire in its throat, Gauss struck its head and interrupted the attack.
• Gauss repeatedly punched the Red Dragon Beast and bit off pieces of its flesh while Alya and the others continued fighting the kobolds nearby.

Gauss subdued the Red Dragon Beast with the White Egg’s mysterious power and led Gauss Squad to victory over the Kobolds. After ending his transformation, he collapsed from severe injuries, though the White Egg’s energy began healing him.

• Gauss accepted the White Egg’s suggestion and used its golden chains to seal the Red Dragon Beast’s strength, forming a connection that left the creature under his control.
• Gauss joined the battle against the Kobolds, and his arrival broke their resistance and sent the survivors fleeing.
• Gauss told Alya to hide the subdued Red Dragon Beast and asked Albenna to look after the party before ending his Ghost Dragon Fusion State and Tough Scale Bloodline.
• Gauss collapsed from the transformation’s aftereffects, and Theron examined him and found that the White Egg’s energy was protecting and healing him.
• Theron unfolded the Foldable House and stayed with Gauss to treat him while Alya searched the spoils.

After waking from a seven-day recovery, Gauss learned that his companions had hidden the Red Dragon Beast and protected the secrets of their Kobold expedition. Once Theron confirmed he could leave bed, Gauss set out with his companions, eager to see the beast and continue recovering near Gold Silver Town.

• Alya told Gauss he had slept for seven days and fed him porridge while explaining that the Red Dragon Beast was safely resting in the Creature Bag.
• Alya said Gauss Squad had concealed the Red Dragon Beast and the Dragonborn Kobold from the Adventurer's Guild report and cleared evidence from the battlefield and lair.
• Albenna visited Gauss, thanked him for protecting the party, and promised him a surprise after he recovered.
• Theron examined Gauss and confirmed he could get out of bed, despite Alya's objections that he should rest longer.
• Gauss left with Alya, Albenna, Theron, and Shadow, eager to see the Red Dragon Beast as townspeople watched and repeated rumors about the Kobold victory.

Gauss accepted the Red Dragon Beast as a mount, tested its flight with Albenna’s saddle, and returned to training after the expedition. He stood on the verge of advancing to level 5, while his companions prepared for his breakthrough and waited outside a cottage as he began.

• Alya released the recovered Red Dragon Beast, and Gauss examined it before declaring that it would join Gauss Squad.
• Albenna gave Gauss a magic dragon saddle, which he fitted to the Red Dragon Beast before riding it through the sky.
• Gauss returned to the clearing with the Red Dragon Beast, and his companions celebrated their new mount and asked about the ride.
• Gauss sensed that his magic cup was full and prepared for a possible level-up with materials supplied by Alya and the others.
• Gauss entered a small cottage to begin his breakthrough as his teammates waited outside, and Albenna struggled to believe he had advanced so quickly.

Gauss completed his breakthrough to Level 5, and his increased Intelligence let him project his spirit and use a powerful soul attack. After reuniting with his worried teammates, he explained that the mysterious disturbance had come from testing his new ability.

• Gauss absorbed energy from a magic crystal for two days and successfully advanced to Level 5, doubling his Mana Cup's capacity.
• Gauss gained Intelligence, Agility, Perception, and Charisma, and discovered that his mental power could leave his body while remaining connected by an unseen link.
• Gauss explored the area as a spiritual body, found he could travel about a hundred meters aboveground, and killed a sparrow with an invisible soul attack.
• Alya and the others noticed the sparrow's unexplained death and guarded the hut, while Shadow briefly sensed a presence watching her.
• Gauss returned to his body, emerged from the hut, reassured his teammates, and explained that the strange disturbance had come from testing his new ability.

After reaching Level 5, Gauss tested his improved spells and invited Albenna to join the party, which she accepted. He then worked to make the Red Dragon Beast coexist with Ulfhen and the other animals, leaving the beast humbled and surrounded by its new companions.

• Gauss tested his Level 5 abilities and found that Fly and Fireball were easier to cast, while Shadow went off alone to attempt a breakthrough.
• Gauss asked Albenna to join the party, and she accepted after explaining that she was selling her Blacksmith Shop stock and would forge equipment for the group.
• Gauss confirmed that the Red Dragon Beast would stay with the party and set out to help it live peacefully with Ulfhen and the other animals.
• Gauss brought Ulfhen and the animals to meet the Red Dragon Beast, then punched the beast when it tried to intimidate Ulfhen.
• Ulfhen and the other animals grew bolder around the humbled Red Dragon Beast, and Raven Ike even climbed onto its head.

Gauss trained Alya to withstand casting interruptions while practicing [Spell Counter], and he continued guiding Hefis’s growth during their nightly patrols. After Gauss stirred Hefis’s anger toward its Dragon Mother and siblings, Hefis attacked a goblin camp and unleashed its Dragon Breath.

• Gauss used [Spell Counter] on Alya during practice, interrupting her spells until she improved her casting with [Will-o'-the-wisp].
• Albenna watched the Spellcasters train but could not join them as a Warrior.
• Gauss rode Hefis on a nighttime patrol and encouraged the dragon beast to work harder by invoking its Dragon Mother and siblings.
• Hefis’s memories of being driven out by the Dragon Mother resurfaced, and Gauss urged it to grow strong enough to surpass its family.
• Hefis swooped down on a goblin camp and burned it with Dragon Breath while Gauss reminded it to eat the charred goblins.

Gauss and his companions left Gold Silver Town with Albenna and traveled north to the beautiful Blue Lake. There, they encountered rookie adventurers struggling against water demons, and Gauss intervened only when one of the monsters threatened a young Mage.

• Gauss found no more monsters near Gold Silver Town, checked Hefis's developing horns, and reflected that Shadow had not yet returned from seclusion.
• Albenna finished packing her blacksmithing tools and rare metals, then left Gold Silver Town with Gauss, Alya, and Theron.
• The group traveled north for two days and reached Blue Lake, where they heard cries from a nearby riverbank.
• Gauss and his companions watched four inexperienced adventurers struggle against water demons, then Gauss killed a larger demon as it lunged at Perron.
• The rookie adventurers regrouped and defeated the remaining water demons while Gauss let them claim the victory.

Gauss rescued and advised Mila’s rookie team after their first dangerous adventure, then traveled with them to Lakeside Town. He arrived during the Five Towns United Lake Grand Prix and was led toward an inn, where Mila’s young admirers greeted her.

• Gauss killed a water ghoul that had remained hidden after the battle and warned the rookies not to lower their guard or put away their weapons too soon.
• Mila and her teammates thanked Gauss, invited him to their town, and listened as he pointed out their combat mistakes on the way.
• The group reached Lakeside Town and learned that the Five Towns United Lake Grand Prix was underway, with recreational events open to visitors but barred to Level 6 and above Professionals.
• Mila and her teammates offered to find Gauss’s group an inn, but local children stopped them and enthusiastically praised Mila’s adventuring prowess.

Gauss joined the Blue Lake Hunt and began hunting monsters with Red Dragon Beast Hefis, quickly raising his kill count and learning that he needed only three more common monster types for another Talent draw. After accepting a commission to clear an Iron Claw Giant Crab tribe, he and his companions flew toward Shattered Shell Shoal on Hefis, who reluctantly carried the heavy group.

• Gauss learned about the Five Towns United Lake Grand Prix and registered for its Blue Lake Hunt using a point-recording crystal.
• Gauss released Hefis and hunted Little Mermen, then continued killing monsters around Blue Lake until his total reached 7,823 and his common monster types reached 47.
• Gauss synchronized his 212 hunting points at the Adventurer's Guild, where Herbert led the leaderboard, and accepted a commission to clear an Iron Claw Giant Crab tribe at Shattered Shell Shoal.
• Gauss, Alya, Albenna, and Theron boarded Hefis and set off for the commission site after Gauss promised the dragon beast different food.

Gauss and his squad reached Shattered Shell Shoal to hunt a large colony of Iron Claw Giant Crabs, using goblins and wild boars as bait to draw them from the water. After the crabs gathered to feed, Hefis descended and set the reeds ablaze, trapping them as the hunt began.

• Gauss surveyed Shattered Shell Shoal and spotted more than a hundred Iron Claw Giant Crabs, including a scarred leader nearly two meters wide.
• Gauss's squad caught goblins and wild boars, then agreed on a plan to lure the crabs ashore and prevent them from escaping.
• The baited goblins and boars fell motionless on the riverbank, and the giant crabs swarmed out to feed on them.
• Hefis eyed the boars hungrily but backed away when Gauss caught it trying to sneak a bite.
• Gauss ordered Hefis to attack, and the dragon descended in a blaze, setting the reeds alight and blocking the crabs' escape.

Gauss and Hefis led Gauss Squad in wiping out the Iron Claw Giant Crab tribe on Shattered Shell Shoal, earning 558 points and bringing their monster-kill total to 7,978. After the battle, the squad began preparing the roasted crab leader for a meal.

• Hefis charged into the crab swarm while Gauss Squad and the Clay Creatures blocked its escape routes.
• The crab leader attacked Hefis with black, corrosive energy, but Hefis broke its joints and burned it to death with dragonfire.
• Gauss Squad finished killing the remaining crabs, and Gauss recorded 558 points from the battle.
• Gauss and the others discussed their possible leaderboard ranking and the competition's rewards.
• Albenna cut apart the cooked crab leader, and the squad gathered around its steaming meat and roe.

After reaching 8,000 monster kills, Gauss received Breath Casting and tested the new spellcasting method with several spells. He returned to his companions after discovering its strengths and limits, while Hefis struggled to understand how Gauss could imitate a dragon’s breath.

• After feasting on a Level 5 Iron Claw Giant Crab Leader, Gauss left Alya and the others to rest while he and Hefis searched for monsters.
• Gauss killed the final monsters needed to reach 8,000 kills and received the special spellcasting method Breath Casting.
• Gauss learned to cast Fire Bolt and Magic Missile through his mouth, while Hefis watched in astonishment and tried unsuccessfully to imitate him.
• Gauss found that Breath Casting was fast and discreet but strained his mouth, and he eventually managed to cast the 2nd Circle spell Dagger Cloud.
• Gauss told Hefis he could not teach it to cast spells, encouraged it to keep trying, and headed back to his companions.

Gauss returned to Lakeside Town, turned in his quest, and climbed to tenth place before setting out on another hunt. In Fisherman's Song Town, his score suddenly rose to 907 and put him in first place, leaving Herbert stunned and scrambling to respond.

• Gauss returned to Lakeside Town with his party, turned in their quest, and saw his score reach 582, placing him tenth across the Five Towns.
• Gauss Squad accepted another monster-hunting quest and left town on Dragon Wing.
• Herbert learned that Gauss had reached tenth place in a single day and checked the leaderboard in Fisherman's Song Town.
• The leaderboard updated again, showing Gauss in first place with 907 points, one point ahead of Herbert's registered score.
• Herbert ordered his party to register their unrecorded scores immediately and suspected that Gauss's results were suspicious.

Gauss reclaimed the lead in the monster-hunting competition only briefly before Herbert’s score pushed him back to second, and Gauss chose to rest and enjoy the town’s festivities. The next day, he took an urgent commission to clear an Itk nest in Qingxi Marsh, where he and his companions began searching for a missing villager as Maggie was caught in a monster’s web.

• Herbert raised his score to 1117, taking the top ranking from Gauss, who decided not to hunt again that night.
• Gauss and his companions watched a nighttime sailboat race at Blue Lake, where the silver barracuda boat overtook Alya’s favored maple-leaf boat near the finish.
• After checking that he had recorded 49 common monsters in his Codex, Gauss chose an urgent commission to clear an Itk nest in Qingxi Marsh.
• Gauss sent Clay Creatures to scout the marsh, and when one’s connection went dead, he led his companions toward the spot.
• Maggie searched the foggy marsh for help after becoming separated from her family, while a monster stalked her and eventually caught her in a net.

Gauss rescued Maggie from an Itk and destroyed the monster and its slave spiders in the swamp. After reaching 50 entries in the Common Monster Codex, he extracted the Kobold racial Talent Lesser Dragon Language, whose effects began changing his throat.

• Gauss arrived in time to cut Maggie free from the Itk’s web and then killed the Itk with a Magic Missile.
• Gauss burned the Itk’s slave spiders, killing 121 ordinary monsters and one elite monster in total.
• Albenna and the others arrived, and Gauss handed the rescued Maggie to Theron for treatment.
• Gauss reached 50 Common Monster Codex entries and triggered a random Talent extraction.
• Gauss received the White Quality, advanceable Talent Lesser Dragon Language, and felt information flood his mind as his throat began to change.

After gaining Lesser Dragon Language, Gauss discovered that his voice could channel magic and charm listeners, then led his companions toward the Itk nest to search for Maggie’s missing family. The party found her father and uncle dead and entered the nest to fight the remaining Itk and their slave spiders, where Maggie joined the battle with her father’s bow.

• Gauss gained Lesser Dragon Language, increased his Charisma, and learned that the Talent had strengthened his voice and made spellcasting easier.
• Albenna reacted strongly to Gauss’s magically enhanced voice, and Gauss controlled its charm before asking Maggie about her missing family.
• Gauss used information from his clay creatures to lead the group through the swamp, where they found Uncle Martin’s skeleton and more belongings from Maggie’s family.
• The group reached the Itk nest, and Gauss ordered Albenna and the others to restrain the two Itk while he and his clay creatures killed the slave spiders.
• Gauss unleashed Dagger Cloud against the It't slave spiders, while Maggie found her father’s bow and joined the fight.

After Gauss and his companions defeated the Itk and their slave spiders, he gave the grieving Maggie a Rapid Shot skill book and used his Draconic-enhanced Comprehend Languages to help her learn it. He returned her to her village and left to turn in the quest and develop his new talent further.

• Gauss repeatedly cast spells to kill the Itk and It't slave spiders while Alya, Albenna, and Theron helped subdue the enemies and check the nest.
• Gauss gathered the valuable remains, tallied the party's points and his Monster Kill Count, and decided not to feed the poisonous corpses to Hefis.
• Gauss gave Maggie a Rapid Shot skill book and urged her to practice before becoming an adventurer; she accepted it and resolved to grow strong enough to fight monsters.
• Gauss used his Draconic-enhanced Comprehend Languages spell to help Maggie understand most of the skill book during the journey home.
• Gauss returned Maggie to her village, then left with his companions to turn in the quest and further develop his Draconic Talent.