Even loaded with four riders, Hephaestus’ speed was still blistering.
In short order they were above Shattered Shell Shoals. Gauss looked over the flat shallows and smiled. If he wan...
2025-11-06 09:54:09 +0000 UTC View PostWith a local leading the way, Gauss and company quickly found an inn near the docks.
The rooms had a fine view—one glance took in the whole sweep of the lake.
Perhaps be...
2025-11-06 09:52:30 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the fight ended—
the rookie party collapsed like deflated bladders, dropped their weapons, and plopped onto the ground.
“Whew—”
Once their bodie...
2025-11-03 09:24:43 +0000 UTC View PostBurp—
The red drake was a little overstuffed and flopped down to rest.
Gauss used the time to make a circuit of the area.
“Total Monster Kills: 7,545.”<...
2025-11-03 09:23:54 +0000 UTC View PostTurns out it isn’t just people—dragons are plenty malleable, too.
With Gauss playing matchmaker, the red drake quickly made peace with the animal companions.
“Look o...
2025-11-01 06:16:10 +0000 UTC View PostAfter Gauss’s level-up to 5, he spent the next day testing what had changed.
First up: his Level 3 spells. A round of drills showed Fly and Fireball both came much easier. He’d lea...
2025-11-01 06:15:42 +0000 UTC View PostGauss had lost track of how many days it had been since they fled the mine-pit nest.
He hadn’t kept count—or rather, had no way to. Down here there was no day or night, and without...
2025-11-01 06:15:04 +0000 UTC View PostWhile his teammates whispered outside, Gauss was already deep in meditation inside.
He sat in a simply appointed room. Special pigments ground from mana crystal were painted on the flo...
2025-10-30 11:14:59 +0000 UTC View PostUnder a chorus of curious stares, Gauss and company left Gold & Silver Town.
They found a secluded spot in the wild.
“I’m going to let it out now, okay?” Alia as...
2025-10-30 11:14:14 +0000 UTC View Post“You’re awake?”
Alia pushed the door open, surprised and delighted to see Gauss sitting up in bed with a book in his hands. “You’re awake!”
“Sorry to worry y...
2025-10-28 12:33:41 +0000 UTC View PostA true dragon’s bodily gifts really are unmatched.
Gauss’s iron fists, wrapped in draconic force, pounded the drake’s tough skull like a blacksmith hammering iron. And yet, despi...
2025-10-28 12:32:48 +0000 UTC View PostThe drake had no idea what exactly had happened.
All it knew was that a searing agony had exploded across its back, as if a chunk of flesh had been carved out—some alien energy cling...
2025-10-26 09:05:30 +0000 UTC View Post“Careful—something underground is coming up!”
No sooner had Gauss spoken than the shaking underfoot turned violent. Cracks raced across the ground, widening visibly, as if someth...
2025-10-26 09:03:55 +0000 UTC View PostThe words were barely out of his mouth when, in the distance, the dragonborn kobold—like a steel tower given legs—slammed a foot into the ground. From beneath its heel, cracks spiderwebbed out....
2025-10-24 09:17:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe point of light appeared so abruptly that every kobold who saw it froze in confusion. A prickle of dread told them they ought to do something—but they hesitated.
In that heartbeat...
2025-10-24 09:16:17 +0000 UTC View PostAfter making that call, Gauss unconsciously let out a breath.
A “true dragon” and a “drake” differ by a single word, both born of dragon mothers—yet they’re practically two...
2025-10-22 09:08:30 +0000 UTC View PostTo be honest, Gauss had seen many monster lairs by now.
But setting numbers aside, this kobold town was the most “properly” laid out he’d seen—rough and chaotic, yet maintainin...
2025-10-22 09:07:56 +0000 UTC View PostDay one of the contract started calmer than Gauss expected.
It was basically Shadow’s show. They called it “keeping watch,” but the surface stayed eerily quiet. Not a single mons...
2025-10-20 10:48:22 +0000 UTC View PostPass?
What kind of question is that?
When Gauss heard Albena ask, he couldn’t help feeling a little awkward. Maybe she could have a bit more confidence?
In ...
2025-10-20 10:47:45 +0000 UTC View PostThe smith pressed her lips together; the cheeks already ruddy from years at the forge flushed even redder. The anger on her face vanished in an instant.
In that brief moment, it felt t...
2025-10-18 13:27:03 +0000 UTC View PostWorried about alerting the enemy, she didn’t dare go deeper.
She had the unmistakable sense that if she got any closer she’d be discovered; something strange hung in the air, like ...
2025-10-18 13:24:31 +0000 UTC View PostWhen the city walls came into view, Gauss felt a flicker of emotion he hadn’t felt in a while.
It wasn’t that life in the villages was bad—just that, objectively, a village could...
2025-10-16 11:55:41 +0000 UTC View PostThe guard captain drifted for a long moment.
When he came back to himself, he realized Gauss was looking right at him.
“Thank you for saving us! My name’s Jimmy—how ...
2025-10-16 11:54:29 +0000 UTC View PostGauss ran into goblins more than anything else that day.
He didn’t mind. Beyond all the familiar “advantages” they offered, goblins were relatively easy for him to kill.
2025-10-14 13:19:31 +0000 UTC View Post
As soon as the molten pit cooled a little, Gauss and the others moved in.
The charred ground still smoked; the once white-hot, flowing metal had congealed into hard, dark lumps.
“Petrification?”
To be honest, when they heard that, a dozen suspects popped into everyone’s minds. Plenty of monsters can turn things to stone.
But when Gauss notic...
2025-10-12 13:10:02 +0000 UTC View PostDawn.
Through the thin mist, the village woke beneath the climbing warm sun.
Gauss was up early.
Since returning last night, the clay constructs hadn’t stop...
2025-10-12 13:09:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe scar-faced man hauled on the reins, his greedy gaze sweeping over the trembling villagers.
“Today’s the day you pay protection. My boys should’ve told you last time. The grai...
2025-10-10 14:46:00 +0000 UTC View PostRhein’s home was no different from any other in the village: thatched roof, log walls, a long, barn-like rectangle.
Outside, a small yard was enclosed by a low wall—easy for Gauss...
2025-10-10 14:44:14 +0000 UTC View Post