He glanced sideways at Gauss furtively, feeling his entire body covered in goosebumps from excitement.
Is this what it means to be a Professional?
Without any effort, and without even seeing him, the goblins were completely eradicated.
So swiftly.
The wailing gradually diminished.
Aside from a few scattered arrows shooting through the flames outside, and a few charred goblins staggering at the entrance of the cave, there was no other movement.
The flames slowly died down.
Once the dust settled, a large number of goblins lay fallen in the passageway before the cave.
Between being burned to death and poisoned, the vast majority of the goblins chose the latter.
At least they didn’t have to endure the intense pain of fiery flames, instead dying silently in the toxic gas.
To ensure nothing was left to chance, and to prevent any exceptionally vigorous goblin from resisting the poison, Gauss released the Clay Spider.
A white and three brown large spiders swiftly swarmed into the cave.
As their knife-like pincers rapidly pierced the goblins’ chest and heart, they returned with severed left ears.
The commission was finally successfully completed!
Gauss looked at his screen.
"Goblins killed *41"
Adding the initial three goblin scouts, it totaled 44.
A somewhat ominous number.
But....
Gauss looked at the lines of prompt text, a hint of delight appearing on his face.
"You have cumulatively killed 1000 goblins, the title [Goblin Slayer] upgraded to [Goblin Slaughterer]."
"Detected the race [Goblins] as the first monster race to break a thousand kills, would you like to set this race as the main extermination target? Note: There can only be one main extermination target, and it cannot be altered later, please make your choice carefully!!!"
Having cumulatively killed a thousand goblins, the title upgrade was completed.
This was something Gauss had anticipated long ago.
But the following prompt that popped up surprised Gauss somewhat.
Main extermination target, what is that? What impact does it have?
Killing over a thousand achieves the standard.
There can only be one?
Does it mean that once he chooses now, even if other monsters surpass a thousand kills later, they can’t be set as the main target?
Gauss hesitated slightly for a moment.
The choice before him felt crucial in his intuition.
Like some of the video games he played in a previous life, some choices are insignificant, but certain important ones directly affect the outcome and storyline.
He vaguely had this feeling now.
Even Aaliyah and the others’ voices around him were slowing down and drifting away.
Time seemed to freeze, the entire world pausing at this moment, awaiting his decision.
What was there to hesitate about?
Gauss shook his head with a wry smile.
As far as he was concerned, there was nothing more suitable than goblins to be the extermination target now!
His gaze gradually firmed up.
"Yes!"
He decided to completely eradicate the goblins from this land, leaving none behind!
"Buzz!"
In the moment he made his decision.
The world resumed moving, while above, an unknowable force seemed to disperse the clouds, sunlight streaming down from behind, shining on Gauss.
Gauss felt an intangible majesty watching over him.
Not a demon, not a deity, but a higher-dimensional noble will.
"The race [Goblins] has become the main extermination target!"
"You have received a reward, acknowledgment from the Sublime."
"Main extermination target, achievement of Goblin Slaughterer reward: Intelligence +1, Strength +1, Constitution +1"
Golden text flickered before Gauss’s eyes.
Then, a surge of mysterious energy flooded into Gauss’s body from above.
The fiery warm current rapidly coursed through his limbs, bones, and brain, continuously releasing warm energy, a comfort that was utterly overwhelming.
It was magnificent.
A one-time increase of three attribute points, and virtually the three most important to Gauss at the moment.
Such an amplification was undeniably substantial!
Gauss felt like a thin membrane had been pierced in his brain, and the entire world was renewed once more.
At the same time, his muscles and organs appeared as if transformed by innumerable invisible surgical blades, presenting a new and robust posture.
Intelligence: 12
Strength: 10
Constitution: 9