"Buzz!!!!"
It swung its head, and the wailing kobolds below immediately stopped rolling and fell silent.
After a brief outburst, it regained its calm, continued flapping its wings, and patrolled over the nest.
It wanted to catch the unknown intruder.
After it left, the kobold shamans arrived from afar, commanding the other kobolds to conduct a large-scale search of the area.
For them, the top priority now was to find the enemy and appease the king’s wrath.
As for the wounded kin, they were utterly unimportant.
Perhaps because the "Giant Dragon" was circling overhead, the fear in the kobolds’ eyes was quickly replaced by ferocity toward the enemy, even though their "king" had recently incinerated many kobolds with fire.
Yet, it still didn’t create any wavering emotions among the surviving kobolds.
They quickly gathered their weapons.
Like an angered swarm of bees, they split into teams and dispersed in all directions.
The whole peaceful nest instantly became an erupting volcano.
...
A shadow quickly swept across the ground.
It came to an abrupt stop by Aaliyah and the others.
Then, the shadow rose from the ground and condensed into two figures.
Ying and Gauss returned to Aaliyah and the others.
"Phew—"
Gauss exhaled deeply.
To cause enough damage, he had gone all out when he cast the Fireball Technique.
Moreover, the characteristics of [Sword Soul] also added more power to the Fireball Technique.
Of course, the powerful Fireball Technique consumed a lot of his magic power and physical energy.
Fortunately, Ying was by his side and led him away from the scene the moment the explosion erupted.
Now his talent [Special Stomach] was releasing energy from the second blue bar to replenish himself.
At the same time, Gauss also consumed the special powder he had prepared in advance.
After this process, he could quickly restore his magic power, and the consumed demon crystal powder could also quickly refill the second blue bar, restoring his body to its peak state.
Gauss let out a long breath.
The slowly replenishing energy within him calmed his mind.
Only now did he have time to check the damage caused by the Fireball Technique just now.
"Dog-headed Warrior kills: 265"
By the time he checked, he had already killed more than two hundred kobolds.
Moreover, kill notifications kept popping up in his vision.
Evidently, many kobolds he had struck down had just taken their last breaths.
He anticipated that this number should eventually reach over three hundred.
He had to admit, this kill count exceeded his expectations.
In a confined space, the damage from the Fireball Technique was terrifying.
Not only was the Fireball Technique itself a threat, but also the subsequent terrain damage it caused.
"Total monster kills: 6271"
After a brief check, Gauss gathered his thoughts.
The commission was just beginning.
"What do we do next?"
Aaliyah had also heard the explosion earlier and knew that Gauss had successfully cast the Fireball Technique.
Even though she hadn’t witnessed it firsthand, she could already imagine the scene in her mind.
"Let’s watch and see what happens first."
Gauss said softly.
Ying, who was beside him, needed time to recover stamina.
Now, she was consuming the Magic Power Berries Aaliyah had prepared for her.
And currently, it’s the most vigilant time for the kobolds inside the nest, combined with the alarm being raised among the Dragon Beast; even though he’s not afraid, he doesn’t want to face it directly for the moment.
The group stayed in the mineshaft.
Not long after, a small squad of weapon-wielding kobolds cautiously poked their heads out from the front.
The next moment, as they stepped over a certain spot, a sharp blade sliced across their necks.
A few heads thudded to the ground.
"The disappearance of this squad will alert the kobolds in the nest to our presence here, won’t it?" Aaliyah asked.
"It doesn’t matter." Gauss shook his head. "Even if we let them continue forward, they would notice the disappearance of those kobolds originally in the mineshaft."
It would be better to add them to his tally of kills in his compendium.
Moreover, even if they find out, so what.
He was eager for the kobolds to come out through the mineshaft and fight him.
After a while, perhaps having noticed something.
A team of heavily armored kobolds appeared in front again.
The leading kobold wore iron armor and was taller than a regular kobold.
It held two slightly curved short blades in its hands.
It seemed to smell the metallic scent in the air.
A hint of caution flashed in its eyes.
It kicked a kobold warrior next to it to the front, indicating it to lead the way.
At the back of the team, a kobold shaman was waving its wooden staff, chanting weird incantations, and mystical energy drifted from its body like a ghost, attaching itself to every kobold present.
The kobold warrior at the front held a candle in one hand and a short blade in the other.
With the light from the candle, it gazed into the darkened mineshaft.
It felt as if the once-familiar mineshaft had become eerie and terrifying, as if some unknown, horrific creature awaited ahead.
"Ooo~"
A chill wind blew through.
It instinctively shivered its neck.
Wanting to stop in its tracks.
But the fierce gaze of the captain from behind felt like thorns in its back.
Trembling all over, it moved forward.
One step, two steps...
It took dozens of steps.
Until the squad reached the area reeking of blood, the anticipated attack never came.