Fortunately, when preparing the Cultivation Chamber’s various arrangements, Ivan considered the characteristics of his team’s captain, the great glutton, so there was an extraordinary amount of food placed here.
Gauss kept eating.
Even though the [Feast] talent seemed to allow him to extract energy from food more efficiently, this first meal after advancing seemed a little different.
It was as if this body wanted to take in everything it had previously lacked all at once.
Gauss didn’t know how long he had been eating before he slowly stopped his actions.
"Burp—"
After a full belch, he finally rid himself of that terrifying hunger.
Appetite, or rather the desire for physiological survival, is forever the most basic instinctual desire for any living being.
After eating his fill, Gauss felt exceptionally satisfied, and the Power of Feast was loaded to two paths.
"Comfortable."
Gauss felt a sense of fullness, a feeling that was quite delicate.
He wondered if the emergence of [Feast] had made the pleasure brought by appetite stronger.
Moreover, his body seemed to become more "complete."
Before acquiring [Feast], if you compared him to a car, the car’s exterior was already maxed out on cost-performance ratio, impeccable even compared to those in the same or several higher price ranges. But that didn’t mean Gauss didn’t have shortcomings.
His shortcoming was endurance; now, [Feast] finally filled this gap.
Perhaps with this body now, he could maintain dual forms a bit longer?
Previously, when he activated both [Ghost Form] and [Sturdy Scale Bloodline], it was very difficult to sustain for long.
But after careful consideration, he shook his head.
Hard to say.
After all, though [Special Stomach] indeed advanced to a higher version [Feast], didn’t [Ghost Form] and [Sturdy Scale Bloodline] also advance to [Tier Two Ghost Transformation] and [Dragon Kind]?
But he felt that now, activating just one form was already strong enough.
An awareness told him, as different bloodlines grow stronger, their hostility towards each other also strengthens, but their combined explosiveness becomes greater too.
Many things in the world are like this; the more extraordinary, the more dangerous.
...
"You weren’t there, so you don’t understand how spectacular it was at the time."
"The captain and I faced thousands of Jackal-Wolf People without fear, swiftly slaughtering them..."
Dwarf Bruno’s face flushed, and when he got excited, he couldn’t help but take a few sips of strong liquor.
Beside him, Toga was repairing his armor, hearing her fiancé bragging to the apprentice, she rolled her eyes at him without good humor.
"Where was I?" Bruno was clearly a bit drunk.
"Slaughtering."
A calm voice suddenly sounded from behind.
"Yes! Slaughtering! As fast as lightning, I swung this axe..."
"Cough cough, how come Captain Gauss is here?" Toga quickly interjected.
Captain?
Though somewhat drunk, Bruno was not yet out of his senses, or rather, he got drunk to enjoy the feeling, so he didn’t resist the effect of the alcohol within.
But these two words were like a safety word, instantly clearing his mind.
He turned around stiffly.
Sure enough, he saw a smiling Gauss, causing him to panic immediately.
Climbing up from the chair, he almost fell in embarrassment, but luckily Gauss steadied him, saving him from disgracing himself in front of the apprentice.
"Captain... hehe..."
Knowing full well that all his bragging was heard by Gauss, Bruno’s cheeks, already red from strong liquor, turned even more fiery.
After all, the truth was, he hardly had any role in that battle.
Gauss noticed his discomfort, but of course, he had no interest in exposing Bruno’s "boast" in front of the apprentice.
"I’m here to see Albena."
"Oh, the big sister is inside." Bruno seemed relieved and quickly pointed inside the workshop.
It indeed was fate; the Red Dragon Team had quite good relations despite having one with Giant bloodline and several with Dwarf bloodline, theoretically supposed to be adversaries.
After all, from ancient times till now, Giants have always been the deeply established enemies of the Dwarfs; Giants attack Dwarf kingdoms, seize wealth, and capture and enslave Dwarfs. The Dwarfs see battling Giants as an important way to earn honor.
But... Dwarfs despise Giants, which is different from humans with Giant bloodlines.
Clearly, the Dwarfs understood this distinction well.
Maybe some credit belonged to Gauss, as it all started with Gauss and his companions rescuing the captured Toga, leading to their encounter.
Moreover, in this adventure group, Albena and a few smith-loving Dwarfs spend the most time together, having common topics of interest, often exchanging forging insights, and Albena also enjoys drinking.
With this kind of interaction, their relationships naturally grew rapidly.
Guided by Bruno, Gauss found the busy Albena.
She was forging the second set of mithril chainmail, intended for Ying’s use.
"Clang!"
With a swing of her large hammer, it landed precisely on the steel ingot before her, sparks exploded like fireworks instantly.
Gauss patiently observed for a while.
Until she temporarily completed a small part of the task in front of her.
Albena turned around, seeing the handsome Gauss, her mood naturally brightened.