After acquiring the "Dragon Tongue" talent, Gauss discovered that the cooldown time for breath spell casting was greatly reduced, and the usage became simpler.
Considering proficiency, he decided to use breath casting frequently.
Dagger Storm, Azure Magic Bullet, and Crimson Flames swept across the Eit Monster nest enveloped within the web.
The other two Eit Monsters were quickly restrained by Gauss’s teammates.
After Aaliyah temporarily bound them with control spells, Albena rushed forward, hastily swung a giant axe, and severed their limbs and lower abdomen.
A remaining upper torso wriggled and wailed in place.
Their painful cries made it impossible for the Eit Slave Spider to entertain thoughts of escape.
Gauss stood like a spell turret in the sky, precisely picking off the numerous spiders.
...
"Magic Missile!"
Gauss spat out two blue round bullets.
As the magic power blossomed into splendid brilliance, the Eit Monster, which had been barely surviving, finally met its curtain call amid a magic firework.
"It’s over."
Gauss’s figure slowly descended from the sky.
His breath slightly disordered.
Long-term high-frequency magic release, even if most were the simplest tricks, still exerted a certain burden on mental and physical strength.
Or rather, even higher-level casters may not necessarily achieve such combat effects as he did.
Higher-level casters might only master stronger or more special magic, but in terms of fluency in low-level spells, they might not be as good as Gauss now.
As the saying goes, every profession has its specialization, and Gauss is professional in killing small monsters.
After all, his proficient casting was built upon piles of monster corpses.
How to kill demons with the least effort, minimal magic, and fastest speed is also an art.
It’s not about brute force.
Truly, casting a magic spell to melt all the monsters here without leaving a trace of corpse would result in no loot, and how would the points be registered?
Therefore, you have to kill with rhythm and clear out strategically.
"Next..."
Gauss looked at Maggie, who sat in a daze on Ulfen’s back.
In his view, her physical qualities were already excellent among ordinary people.
Hunters compared to peasants, craftsmen, and other professions often have better physical foundations because they have to frequently hunt and set traps in the wild. Traits like courage, attentiveness, and exploratory spirit are more outstanding, causing many hunters to eventually embark on the path of adventurers.
Speaking of which, Gauss was originally a half-baked hunter.
At least his original foundation was certainly not as good as this female Hunter Maggie.
Gauss hesitated for a moment and chose not to engage her in conversation.
Instead, he left the time for her to quietly process the immense grief.
Life and death separations, dear ones suffering, any language seems pale, but time will soothe everything.
"Serdur, please check this area and pay attention to any remaining insect eggs."
...
After assigning work to his teammates, Gauss also began the post-battle collection work.
Actually, there wasn’t much worth collecting, mostly concentrated on those two Eit Monsters.
Their silk glands have certain value.
Besides that are some main organs.
When everything was finished.
Gauss’s collected points had reached 1372.
In this commission, the three Eit Monsters each provided 50 points, totaling 150 points.
Plus the Eit Slave Spider provided 315 points, a total of 465 points earned.
His personal total of monster kills also reached: 8615
Additionally, he acquired the new racial talent Dragon Tongue, overall a fruitful harvest.
Gauss used magic tricks to clean his partners, then surveyed the mess of corpses on the ground, eventually shaking his head to dismiss the thought that had just arisen.
"Gauss, what are you thinking?" Aaliyah noticed Gauss’s gaze and asked curiously.
"I was thinking it’s a waste to leave them here, maybe Hephaestus would eat them."
"But they are poisonous..."
"So I dismissed that thought."
The toxin in Eit Monsters and Eit Slave Spiders is significant, it’s their primary attack method for survival.
If one wished to eat the flesh of these spiders, it would take a lot of time to remove their toxic organs and clean the contaminated meat, followed by thorough cleaning and cooking.
It’s truly too troublesome.
Although the Giant Dragon’s body is notably better than ordinary creatures’, normally creatures like goblins and kobolds, unsuitable for human consumption, are mildly flavored food for them, there’s no need to test with toxic substances.
After all, Hephaestus is his mount right now.
If it suffers from any issues, it’s ultimately Gauss who would have to deal with it.
"Let’s first bring Maggie back home?"
Gauss approached Maggie, who had temporarily calmed her emotions.
She borrowed cloth from Aaliyah to pack the remains and belongings of her fellow villagers and sat blankly on the ground.
Until Gauss stood before her and spoke, she seemed to awaken from her world and respond to Gauss.
The village where Maggie lived wasn’t very close to here.
Before departing, Gauss didn’t forget the matter of teaching her skills.
"Maggie, can you read?"
"Yes, a little."
Seeing her still dazed appearance, Gauss did not keep her in suspense.
He took out a basic archery skill, "Rapid Shot," from his Storage Pouch.