Although this guy is a good person, but...
Sigh, she could only guarantee that she would definitely not betray Gauss, but the presence of a third person in the team made her a little uneasy.
Serdur noticed Aaliyah’s gaze.
He also sighed in his heart.
In fact, he had wanted to casually interrupt ever since Aaliyah asked Gauss to "borrow" the White Magic Wand.
After all, this result was something he and Gauss had tested out before. In his mind, such potentially dangerous information is better known by as few people as possible, even if she is Gauss’s old teammate, they haven’t really been together that long.
People’s hearts are unpredictable. He had seen too much intrigue among human adventurers.
Many times, even blood brothers would have conflicts over treasure.
Their eyes met from across the distance.
This guy...
This guy...
"Alright, let’s start harvesting the loot! You’re not really going to just let your captain do all the work, are you?"
Not far away, Gauss, who had already squatted down, waved at the two of them.
His voice interrupted their thoughts.
"Coming."
"This is all money." Gauss said, looking at the goblin corpses strewn all over the ground.
It was different from the first time they entered the dungeon.
This time, Barry’s Adventurer’s Guild had placed bounties on all the monsters in the dungeon.
Each type of monster had its own collectible parts.
The purchase price was the market price. For example, goblins were priced at 50 Copper Coins. Although the price wasn’t as high as specific extermination tasks, the advantage lay in the large quantity, allowing small amounts to accumulate into a significant income.
After harvesting the loot, the three continued on their way.
Under the cover of the Gauss Force Field, Raven Aik continuously explored the first level.
Occasionally adventurers mistook it for a dungeon monster and attacked, but the Gauss Force Field quickly repelled them. During this time, the clever Aik would fly away in the next moment.
Apart from Gauss getting familiar with the White Magic Wand.
Aaliyah, who had advanced to Level 2, was also testing an important new ability she had just acquired—Wild Shape.
Wild Shape, also known as Beast Shape, is a special transformation ability of a Level 2 Druid.
Using the power of nature, she could transform into animal forms she had previously seen, maintaining the form for several hours.
For example, she could become a wolf, dog, horse, bird, fish, or burrowing worm.
For now, Aaliyah could only transform into basic animals, but as she became more familiar with her abilities and advanced in her profession, the animals she could transform into would become increasingly powerful.
Just like now, Aaliyah had transformed into a wolf about 1 meter long.
Her fur was smooth and shiny; it was a beautiful silver wolf.
Since the wolf was the animal she was most familiar with, the transformation was the easiest.
Unfortunately, when it came to combat power, the wolf form she transformed into wasn’t as strong as Ulfen.
In fact, considering she could still cast spells in her human form, she temporarily lost her casting ability when transformed into a beast, resulting in decreased combat power.
But the importance of Wild Shape to a Druid lies not in combat power, but in adaptation.
With Wild Shape, a Druid can transform into corresponding creatures according to different situations, gaining abilities such as flying, burrowing, long-distance running, swimming, diving, and climbing.
These are where the value of Beast Shape lies.
"Ew ew!" The silver wolf bit through the slime’s core and kept spitting out saliva to the side.
As she spat, she gradually stopped moving.
"It seems... it doesn’t taste as bad as I thought." The silver wolf spoke with a human voice.
Then, as if realizing something, she muttered to herself.
"Oh right, this is just a virtual body transformed by the power of nature..."
The silver wolf trotted to Gauss’s side, raising her head to look at him.
"Gauss, you seem really tall now."
Gauss glanced down at her, smiling without saying anything.
What could he say? Seeing a familiar companion transformed into an animal was quite odd.
Especially when the animal could speak human language, it felt even more out of place.
"Forget it, next time I’ll just turn into a raven." Aaliyah, in silver wolf form, felt it was too much effort to keep looking up at Gauss.
This feeling of staring upwards at someone was not pleasant.
Perhaps transforming into a raven would be a good experience, enjoying the feeling of flying, looking down upon the earth from a height.
The three-person team tested their abilities while clearing dungeon monsters.
The kill count in Gauss’s compendium steadily climbed.
"Total Monster Kills: 1970"
"Total Monster Kills: 1985"
...
"Total Monster Kills: 1999"
"Total Monster Kills: 2000"
With the death of the last Gray Mud Monster under Gauss’s sword.
The numbers in the compendium finally reached the long-awaited milestone of 2000 for Gauss.
After swiftly clearing the remaining Gray Mud Monsters.
Gauss finally had time to look at the swiftly scrolling text in front of him.
"Total Monster Kills: 2000/2000, Achievement of 2000 Kills Milestone."
"Reward Acquired: 2nd-level Spell [Shaping Magic: Clay]"
"Reward Acquired: Strength +1"
"Next Stage: Accumulate a total of 4000 monster kills."
"Current Strength: 9"
A familiar warmth surged through Gauss’s body.
Closing his eyes for two seconds.
In a very short time, his muscles further strengthened.
Although the external appearance did not change much, if someone could see the muscles under his skin, they would find that the muscle fibers had become denser and interwoven, becoming more elongated and resilient.
Simultaneously, muscles started to form in areas that are usually impossible for them to grow.
The changes in his bones were not small either.
The heat flowed into the bones, making them sturdier and harder, with a hardness close to steel.
...
Once everything was completed, Gauss had received the physical attribute enhancements.
However, what captured his attention more was the other reward.
That was, the 2nd-level Spell!
Almost the moment he saw it, his heart began to race.
The reason was simple; due to his current profession level of being still at 2nd level, the highest tier of spells he could currently master was the 1st Ring.
On one hand, mastering a 2nd-level Spell for a 2nd-level caster is exceedingly difficult, almost impossible. On the other hand, he did not have enough money to buy a 2nd-level Spell without selling his precious gear.
Yet now, the compendium generously awarded him a 2nd-level Spell.
It was undoubtedly a timely aid.
One should know, spells rewarded by the system could be mastered unconditionally.
This means that once rewarded, regardless of circumstances, through sufficient practice afterward, he could use it.