Taking advantage of the moment, Gauss let his gaze wander around the Adventurer Hall.
He could tell there had been a slight increase in the number of people at the Adventurer Hall recently. There were many unfamiliar faces.
The change among low-level adventurers wasn't the most noticeable, either. The most obvious difference was that there were a few more adventurers of the professional rank who could enter the second floor.
Had the surge in quests around Grayrock Town drawn adventurers from other places?
Grayrock Town bordered the Emerald Forest, after all, and calling the forest a kingdom of monsters wouldn't have been an exaggeration.
Gauss had often heard people in town talking about the Emerald Forest. Apparently, it served as a barrier between the Kingdom of Carlos and the territories ruled by nonhuman races to the south.
Deep in the Emerald Forest lived a wide variety of monster clans. Green dragons, Lizardmen, gargoyles, ogres, minotaurs, wyverns, hydras, and countless others were all fearsome creatures.
Grayrock Town had originally been established as an outpost on the edge of the Emerald Forest. It had gradually grown into a town over time.
However, the Emerald Forest seemed to have been relatively stable for many years.
At least, Gauss couldn't remember hearing about any large-scale wars.
He turned his gaze away. His teammates had already chosen a quest.
"I think this one looks good. What do you think?"
"Clear out the kobold clan occupying an abandoned mine. The population is estimated at around twenty."
Compared with goblins, Gauss's old acquaintances, kobolds were even weaker in a fight.
They were subterranean, reptilian humanoids that laid eggs. They instinctively worshiped dragons and took pride in serving as their minions.
The scaly kobolds also often claimed to possess an exceedingly diluted strain of dragon blood.
Besides serving