Chapter Summaries

Gauss returned from the snowy mountains, reported the coming monster increase, and continued toward Lakeside Town as he saw how his journey had changed the places he passed. He unexpectedly reunited with Mila and her fledgling adventuring party after they mistook his dragon for a threat.

• The Snow Mountain Dragon carried Gauss and his companions out of the mountains, then flew away after setting them down in the wilderness.
• Gauss headed for Lakeside Town, passed through Flute Castle, and reported to Guildmaster Ferguson that monsters in the Tarna River Basin would increase, earning an Information Reward of one hundred gold coins.
• Gauss visited Abby's school without disturbing her, met privately with Plaeos, and left Flute Castle the next day to begin his journey home.
• Gauss passed through a wilderness cleared of gnolls by the Golden Eagle Family and killed a goblin tribe he encountered on the way.
• Gauss found Herbal Medicine Village fortified under David's leadership, with its former village chief and elders awaiting trial in Sena City.
• Mila and her companions encountered a red dragon, froze in fear, and were relieved when Gauss stepped down from its back and greeted Mila.

Gauss returned to Lakeside Town and awakened Lake God Methera, delivering news about the danger facing her sister, Snow Mountain Spirit Eisvel. Methera baptized him at the heart of Blue Lake, and Gauss emerged with greater power and a transformed sword before walking across the lake toward town.

• Gauss returned openly to Lakeside Town, where residents welcomed him and rumors spread about his wealth, dragon mounts, and supposed sweetheart.
• Gauss went to Blue Lake and used the Water Sword to awaken Methera, who appeared before the gathered townspeople.
• Gauss told Methera what Eisvel had revealed about malice beneath the earth, and Methera thanked him before carrying him underwater for the promised baptism.
• Methera's baptism enhanced Gauss's body, senses, and water affinity, while she reflected on the danger threatening nature spirits and the world.
• Gauss awoke at the lake's surface with increased Constitution and a transformed weapon he named Methera's Sword, then demonstrated his ability to command Blue Lake's waters.
• Fishermen saw Gauss walking across the lake toward Lakeside Town and mistook the sight for another divine descent.

Gauss returned to Goat Village to check on his first disciple, Rhine, but learned that her family had been taken away by a noble-looking convoy. A golden claw on the convoy’s flags gave him a lead, and he received a letter Rhine had left for him.

• Gauss returned to Lakeside Town after spending five days beneath the lake and prepared to travel with his companions to Goat Village.
• Gauss and his companions flew to Goat Village on Hefis, then continued toward the village on Land Birds.
• Robert welcomed Gauss and his companions and reported that the villagers had cleared nearby monsters and kept training since Gauss left.
• A villager told Gauss that Rhine and her family had been taken away by people from her mother’s side in a convoy bearing golden claw flags.
• The villagers gave Gauss the sealed letter Rhine had left for him.

Gauss returned to Grayrock Town with his companions after learning that Rhine had been taken to the Kingdom of Roland, and reunited with Sophia at her expanding inn. As he settled back into town, he noticed its stronger defenses and wondered whether the Green Dragon Queen’s stirring would threaten the peace along the Emerald Forest border.

• Gauss read Rhine’s letter and learned that she and her family had left for the Kingdom of Roland, while he resolved to seek news of her when he was strong enough.
• Gauss and his companions left Goat Village, and Hefis complained of being tired until Gauss promised him a large meal.
• Gauss, Alya, Albenna, Theron, and Shadow arrived in Grayrock Town and headed to Gauss’s old home, Sophia’s Inn.
• Gauss introduced Shadow and Albenna to Sophia, who welcomed the group and went to prepare their lunch herself.
• Gauss noticed Grayrock Town’s stronger defenses and recalled reports that the Green Dragon Queen seemed to be waking in the Emerald Forest.

Gauss returned to Grayrock Town, reunited with Sophia and former Night Owl Squad members, and met with Guild President Eberhard. After learning that an ogre tribe was preparing a possible raid on the surrounding towns, Gauss agreed to remain nearby for a while.

• Gauss shared stories of his travels with Sophia and learned that her shop and inn were thriving.
• A guild messenger invited Gauss and his teammates to meet President Eberhard, and Gauss returned to his old home before heading to the guild.
• Gauss encountered Leven, Meva, and Oliver at the guild and agreed to have dinner with them later.
• Eberhard warned Gauss that an ogre tribe under the Green Dragon Queen was operating near the Emerald Forest and might be planning a siege or raid.
• Gauss agreed to stay near Grayrock Town for a while and considered using the coming monster attack to increase his kill count and build a logistics team.

Gauss brought his family from Stone Creek Village to Grayrock Town for safety, then joined Shadow on a patrol through the Emerald Forest. There, they discovered an ogre-led logging party preparing weapons for war, and Gauss began wiping out its forces.

• Leven read the Guild’s weekly report about Gauss’s return and border tensions, then set out to look for work with his companions.
• Gauss flew to Stone Creek Village on Hefis, persuaded his family to move to Grayrock Town, and warned the village chief to prepare for danger.
• Gauss left Cicero in Albenna’s care and took Shadow into the Emerald Forest to patrol and investigate monster activity.
• Gauss and Shadow found a vast logging site and identified the timber operation as likely work by an ogre tribe preparing for war.
• Gauss killed three trolls with his water sword while Shadow attacked the other monsters.
• Gauss rose above the monster army and unleashed a storm of Magic Missiles.

Gauss and Shadow discovered a vast monster army manufacturing weapons and siege equipment in a valley, then brought evidence of its plans to Grayrock Town. Grayrock Town prepared to defend itself as Gauss left to ready himself for the coming war.

• Gauss and Shadow defeated a lumber-gathering party of more than two hundred monsters and followed its tracks toward its base.
• They secretly scouted a valley where tens of thousands of monsters worked in furnaces and workshops, forging weapons and building siege equipment.
• Gauss recorded the monster factory, identified three likely invasion routes, and found that one led toward Grayrock Town.
• Gauss showed the recording and his map to Guildmaster Eberhard, who reported the threat and said Anvil Castle's garrison would likely send reinforcements.
• Gauss left Eberhard to meet with the town's leaders and planned to prepare for the invasion and master Water Manipulation.

Gauss mastered the fourth-circle spell Water Manipulation and created Thousand Silk World Sever as Grayrock Town prepared for the approaching Beast Tide. The monster army reached the town’s outskirts, and Gauss promised to defend the walls against airborne enemies.

• Gauss practiced Water Manipulation and reassured his family while Grayrock Town prepared defenses and held its Winterveil festival.
• Gauss mastered Water Manipulation, developed the Thousand Silk World Sever technique, and learned that the town leaders had announced the coming monster attack.
• Gauss confirmed the danger to worried townsfolk and promised his family that he would protect them or have Hefis lead them to safety.
• Gauss and his companions joined the defenders on the city wall and saw tens of thousands of monsters advancing with siege engines.
• Eberhard and Sir Bellock assessed the defenders’ numbers and warned that flying monsters posed a particular threat, and Gauss agreed to bring them down.

Grayrock Town prepared for a monster siege as Gauss waited for the battle to begin before attacking the advancing army. After his Fireball devastated the monsters, a Wyvern struck at him, but Gauss shot an arrow through its mouth and neck.

• Gauss sent his family, including Cicero, into the reinforced underground shelter and climbed onto the town wall as Grayrock prepared its defenses.
• The monster army advanced under dark clouds, and both sides began their battle with catapult volleys; Gauss used Water Manipulation to break apart a boulder before it struck the wall.
• As arrows flew and the fighting intensified, Gauss waited until the armies were fully engaged, then cast Fireball into the monster ranks and killed dozens of Goblins and Gnolls.
• A Wyvern swooped down on Gauss's watchtower, but he evaded its attack with Haste and shot a blue arrow through its open mouth and neck.

Gauss helped defend Grayrock Town by killing two wyverns and blasting a swath through the monster army with repeated Fireballs. As the battle spread through breaches in the wall, he joined Eberhard and the others in a raid on the monster command post.

• Theron healed wounded soldiers while Albenna and Shadow pinned a wyvern, allowing Gauss to kill it with a charged water arrow.
• Gauss and Hefis wounded and killed a second wyvern, while the third withdrew from the battle.
• Elite monsters reached the battlements, but Gauss used Fireballs and Magic Missiles to devastate the army and turn the fighting in his section’s favor.
• Eberhard told Gauss that light cavalry would draw the monsters’ attention while they raided the command post, whose magical horns coordinated the enemy army.
• Gauss mounted Hefis with his cloaked squad and flew toward the monster command post as Sir Bellock kept pressure on the front line.

Gauss and his companions fought through the monster legion after a no-fly formation forced them to land, then reached the main tent and faced its ogre commander. Gauss recognized the commander as Shadow, whose ancient bloodline matched his own, and prepared to fight him despite his exhaustion.

• Hefis, Gauss, and Eberhard’s griffin were forced to land by the monster legion’s no-fly formation, leaving Gauss’s squad to fight its way toward the main tent.
• Gauss protected the squad with Methera’s Holy Water and led them through the monsters, while coordinated poison spells and the ogres’ fear-inducing formation slowed their advance.
• As the monsters surrounded them, Albenna, Alya, Hefis, Shadow, and Eberhard fought to keep the squad moving, and Eberhard used Army Breaker to cut through the shield wall.
• The ogre commander emerged from the tent and overpowered Eberhard in their first clash, though Eberhard judged that it had not reached the Transcendent level.
• Gauss recognized the commander as Shadow and sensed that they shared an ancient bloodline that urged them to kill each other, then chose to face him himself.

Gauss fought the ogre chieftain while using his Ghost Form, Dragon Person state, and Giant Slayer title to exploit its weaknesses. He left the battle victorious after piercing the chieftain’s energy source, causing the monster army’s momentum to collapse.

• The ogre chieftain charged Gauss with its black chopper, but Gauss dodged and used his Giant Slayer title to identify the chieftain’s weak points.
• Gauss cut the chieftain with Holy Water threads, while the chieftain’s bloodline-driven rage pushed it into a series of destructive attacks.
• The chieftain sent Gauss flying, but Gauss used the apparent retreat to lure it into exposing the weakness beneath its shoulder blade.
• Gauss pierced the chieftain’s energy source with a concentrated Holy Water attack, draining its strength and killing it.
• The monsters saw their leader fall, and the monster army’s momentum collapsed.

Gauss killed the ogre chief and helped the defenders win the battle for Grayrock Town, though the victory came with heavy casualties. After reuniting with his family, he reviewed the rewards and skills he had gained from the battle.

• Gauss defeated and burned the ogre chief, then helped rout the monster army with more Fireballs.
• Sir Bellock led the cavalry in a charge that crushed the fleeing monsters, while Theron healed Gauss.
• Sir Bellock thanked Gauss for saving Grayrock Town, and the surviving defenders returned at dawn as residents learned of the victory and mourned the dead.
• Gauss left the procession to reunite with his family, reassured Cicero that he was safe, and went home to bathe.
• Gauss reviewed his battle rewards, including the Ice Storm spell, new skills, and a total of 65 Commander Points.

Gauss used 45 Commander Points to advance Ghost Form into the purple-quality Second Order Ghost Transformation, gaining a more stable and powerful transformation. The next day, he and his companions visited the Adventurer's Guild, where Eberhard offered Gauss his spoils from the battle and a list of rewards for the squad.

• Gauss chose to invest Commander Points in Ghost Form and advanced it into Second Order Ghost Transformation after spending 45 points.
• Gauss tested his new transformation, found that it consumed less energy and greatly improved his strength, agility, speed, and magic, then spent his remaining 20 points on Tough Scale Bloodline without advancing it.
• Gauss and his companions rested after the battle, while Theron and Albenna neared their next levels.
• Gauss and his teammates walked through Grayrock Town, where grateful residents welcomed them, and then visited the Adventurer's Guild at Eberhard's invitation.
• Gauss learned that Oliver had lost his right hand and planned to retire, leave Grayrock Town, and start a family and business elsewhere.
• Eberhard told Gauss to collect the corpses of two wyverns and the ogre chief and offered him a list of rewards for his squad's contribution.

Gauss chose Beast Tracking and tested Body Doubling, Second Order Ghost Transformation, and Ice Storm outside Grayrock Town. He then rescued a group of refugees by freezing the Direwolf riders pursuing them, leaving them safe but exhausted in the snow.

• Gauss selected Beast Tracking from the Adventurer's Guild reward list and returned to his lodgings to consider his choices.
• Gauss tested Body Doubling and Second Order Ghost Transformation, discovering that Ghost Qi formed protective armor and that enlarging himself increased the reach of his attacks.
• Gauss tested Ice Storm and found that it could devastate a wide area, though stacking too many enhancements placed dangerous strain on his body.
• Gauss spotted refugees heading toward Grayrock Town with Direwolf riders closing in behind them, then flew toward the pursuers on Hefis.
• Gauss cast Ice Storm and froze the pursuing force of over a hundred creatures, allowing the refugees to continue toward Grayrock Town.

Gauss rescued more than two thousand refugees fleeing Blackwater Town and helped Grayrock Town begin settling them. After learning [Beast Tracking], he detected faint goblin traces inside the town, suggesting goblins had reached its livestock.

• Gauss brought refugees from Blackwater Town into Grayrock Town, where Sir Bellock arranged shelter and food for them.
• Gauss flew east on Hefis and rescued several more refugee groups, including a column of eight hundred people, while learning that Blackwater Town had fallen after murlocs breached its sewers.
• Gauss returned with more than two thousand refugees and asked Eberhard to have the Adventurer's Guild help register and support them.
• Gauss redeemed [Beast Tracking] and [Confusion], and Albenna told him that changing runes could keep his clothes intact when he transformed.
• Gauss mastered [Beast Tracking] and detected faint goblin auras in Grayrock Town, which he suspected came from goblins that had reached the livestock.

Gauss used Beast Tracking to hunt monsters around Grayrock Town while Alya shared the magical olives growing in her dream. After the town recovered from the war, Gauss sought a commission to kill an Elite Grade monster and complete his goal of recording twenty in his Monster Codex.

• Gauss and Alya searched the Emerald Forest's outskirts, where Gauss raised his monster kill count and Beast Tracking proficiency while Alya found a pouch of coins.
• Alya gave Gauss and Shadow magical olives grown in her dream, and they found the fruit delicious and rich in energy.
• Gauss and Shadow discussed how Alya's dream could serve as a garden for Magic Plants, though she could transfer only certain varieties and could not move many plants quickly.
• Sir Bellock prepared to return to Anvil Castle, while Gauss's victory in the Battle of Grayrock earned him the title Guardian of Grayrock and wider recognition.
• Gauss asked Eberhard for a combat commission involving an Elite Grade monster, hoping to reach twenty Elite Grade entries in his Monster Codex, and declined a commission involving goblins.

Gauss returned to the Ense River docks to hunt the Demon Ghost that had once forced his squad to flee, and quickly killed it. The resulting Elite Monster Codex reward gave him the Rider Talent, which he planned to use to bind himself to Hefis.

• Gauss chose the Demon Ghost commission after recognizing the docks as the place where it had driven his old squad into retreat.
• Gauss, Alya, and Shadow tracked the Demon Ghost to an underground cave and entered through a hidden passage beneath the river.
• Gauss recognized the Demon Ghost, ignored its Ghoul minions, and killed it with Methera's sword.
• Gauss completed Path of the Elite, Stage 3, and gained the Blue Quality racial Talent Rider.
• Gauss decided to use Rider on Hefis, hoping their bond would improve their teamwork and strengthen them both.

Gauss bonded with Hefis through the [Rider] Talent, tested their newfound strength, and collected two new spells. Over dinner with Shirley, he asked about the crest connected to Rhine’s disappearance and learned how to establish an adventuring company, leaving him considering a move to a major city to register one and settle his family.

• Gauss formed a mental contract with Hefis through [Rider], then rode the dragon with Alya and Shadow to kill around twenty goblins before returning to Grayrock Town.
• Shirley gave Gauss the spells Confusion and changing-clothes magic, and agreed to meet him, Alya, and Shadow for dinner.
• At Firefly Private Kitchen, Gauss asked Shirley to identify the crest linked to the convoy that took Rhine; she could not recognize it but offered to inquire through the guild’s channels.
• Gauss learned that Shirley had belonged to Thornheart, whose leader was her mother, and asked her about the rules for forming an adventuring party or company.
• Shirley explained that Grayrock Town’s guild could not register adventuring companies, so Gauss considered applying in a larger city and moving his family somewhere safer.

Gauss and his team traveled from Grayrock Town to Falim so he could establish an adventure group and settle his family. After entering the provincial capital, they explored its orderly streets and rode a Magic-Powered Railcar to the South District Adventurer's Guild, Gate of Order.

• Gauss asked Shirley about the requirements for establishing an adventure group, then took more commissions near Grayrock Town while waiting for Theron and Albenna to return from their tier advancements.
• Gauss told the reunited team he planned to establish an adventure group, and they chose Falim as their destination.
• Gauss said goodbye to Sophia and flew north with his teammates while his family traveled separately by caravan.
• Gauss and his team flew past goblin settlements and other monsters on their way to Falim, then landed outside the city because its restricted airspace prevented them from continuing by dragon.
• Guards escorted Gauss and his teammates through a side entrance after checking their adventurer badges, and a magistrate let the high-tier adventurers enter Falim.
• Gauss and his companions rode a Magic-Powered Railcar to the South District Adventurer's Guild, Gate of Order, where Gauss ignored a peddler's supposed dragon-tooth dagger.