The noisy battlefield suddenly became incredibly quiet, as if someone had pressed the mute button.
Only the burning lawn not far away and the lingering scent of blood in the air proved that the fierce battle had indeed occurred.
Gauss approached Ying and the others.
Aside from Ying, Aaliyah and Serdur’s conditions weren’t particularly good.
Several of Gauss’s clay creatures had been shattered.
This was the unavoidable "sacrifice" in the battle, but fortunately it wasn’t truly a loss.
With Clay Magic, they could "revive."
In the enemy’s view, the Clay Magic spell indeed seemed a bit unfair; clearly fighting a life-and-death enemy, but any injury to oneself was genuine, while the clay creatures, even when blasted to bits, could reform as long as they received magic power.
"It’s over."
Aaliyah looked at the chaotic battlefield, sighed with hands on her hips.
She had originally been lying in the tent, ready to sleep.
Now after this commotion, her drowsiness completely vanished.
Yet, feeling the strange growth of Profession Tier experience within her, she could not utter any insincere words.
This night raid was not entirely without benefits.
She felt she might not be far from leveling up.
Was it happening too quickly?
She scratched her head.
Although the process was dangerous, it wasn’t to the point of life-threatening.
Was it because Gauss was there, combined with the large scale of this demon raid?
Looking around the battlefield, countless ordinary goblins remained, and many had fled during the chaos.
There were also over a dozen Elite Goblins, along with that goblin bat knight whose destructive power was somewhat excessive.
Had it been another bronze-level adventure team, they would have died ten times over.
Thinking from this perspective, the increase in experience seems understandable.
Opportunity and danger always coexist.
Thinking of this, she looked at Gauss with a hint of gratitude and relief.
Thank you, Captain.
"Let’s clean up the battlefield first."
Gauss looked around and spoke.
After the battle ended, there was still much work for the team.
Cleaning up the battlefield, picking up useful spoils.
Stripping valuable organs and tissues, then piling up enemies’ corpses for concentrated burning, preventing the outbreak of diseases.
Extinguishing fires.
Gauss had additional tasks to perform.
Recovering goblin spirituality.
He roamed the battlefield, constantly absorbing the spirituality in the air that had not completely dissipated.
As he walked, the corners of his mouth slightly lifted.
It was hard to suppress; he couldn’t help but reveal a smile akin to a harvest farmer.
Can you imagine how much goblin spirituality he could harvest this time?
Aside from those ordinary goblins, more importantly, were the Elite Goblins.
Each pool would make the goblin spirituality he possessed grow more robust.
Unfortunately...
The strength of clay goblins is influenced by various factors.
Clay material quality, quantity, magic power input, magic power quality, spirituality abundance, quality...
However, more and stronger goblin spirituality is beneficial.
In single form, clay goblins become stronger, and he can also split these spiritualities to create more clay goblins.
Perhaps one day, he could command a goblin squad; as long as the magic power was ample, he’d have an undying, immortal monster army.
"Total Monsters Killed: 4253"
Just after surpassing the new stage of 4000, the kill count had swiftly increased by over two hundred.
Unfortunately, the battlefield was too chaotic earlier, and he had to focus on dealing with the Elite Goblins, inevitably missing some deserters.
Still, gaining three hundred kills more, he was quite satisfied.
These were mostly contributed by his clay creatures.
Slow and steady, you can’t become proficient overnight.
Gauss looked toward the next stage goal.
The unlock condition for the next milestone reward for accumulated monster kills is 10,000 kills.
But between four thousand and ten thousand progress bars, there are the smaller points at six thousand and eight thousand.
Gauss speculated that reaching these points might yield rewards, though slightly less impressive?
Beside the kill count, he also amassed a considerable amount of Profession Tier experience this time.
The cup-shaped Profession Tier formation within was becoming lively and glowing once again.
Recently, he pushed the experience forward significantly, and this battle contributed a new wave of experience.
Level 4 was not far from him now.
Next is Level 5, progression to Master.
Watching oneself grow stronger with each step provided Gauss a sense of reassurance.
In most towns, the status of a Level 5 Professional is exceptional; once promoted to the Master stage, it’s another entirely different new world.
If elite professionals are village-level, then Master professionals are already city-level powerhouses.
It’s no exaggeration to say that ordinary people, especially those living in villages for generations, might never see a Master-level professional in their lifetime, existing in a separate dimension as the strong.
Still need practice...
After handling the scene, it was already late night.
Gauss guessed it must be early morning.
Some time later, the sun would rise.
The four-member team was all stinky, and had no intention of camping in place further.
Found a small lake.
Split into two groups to cleanse their bodies.
Gauss splashed the clear, cold lake water onto himself, watching the dried blood slowly dissolve.
He didn’t feel the water was cold.