As the mother page, it possesses a special power that can spontaneously attract all the child pages. With its help, in the moment he saw the fragment in the Shield Master’s hand, he realized it was a part of the map.
Knowing the significance, when he saw the Shield Master showing extreme interest in the contents, his heart tightened. From the start, he never intended to let them live.
Even the companions by his side, he wouldn’t spare them.
As long as he collected and completed the map, he would gain unimaginable treasure and wealth, and by then, his life’s fate would be entirely transformed.
And just as he couldn’t help but fall into reverie, dreaming of that wonderful future, he didn’t notice a strange Magic Power inside the mother page beginning to slowly operate.
...
"No, I should first find those people."
Although Levin said there’s no need to disrupt the original arrangements and plans of the Red Dragon Team for them, Gauss still decided to deal with those hidden Wanderers first.
On one hand, it was to stand up for his former companion Levin. If Gauss hadn’t coincidentally arrived here, they might have already ended up in the stomachs of the Marsh Beastmen. On the other hand, "settle internal matters before external conflicts." Before making a heavy blow against the Demons, he thought he should deal with those villains who used Demons to harm their kin first.
A thousand miles of dike can be destroyed by an ant’s nest, and sometimes seemingly insignificant small figures can wreak unimaginable harm with their cunning tricks.
They could attempt to kill Levin and his companions over a small conflict, clearly with extremely vicious and brutal dispositions, unable to be viewed with normal human thinking. Now that they’ve saved Levin, they might hold a grudge against the Red Dragon Team, and what if they strike again when the team leaves?
Gauss always stood up for his own.
Moreover, there’s another reason, he couldn’t explain why, but he just wanted to deal with those Wanderers first.
At his level, sometimes his intuition and instinctive thoughts are very important. He generally follows a sudden idea unless it’s utterly unreliable.
Anyway, finding a few Wanderers in the vast wilderness might be difficult for ordinary Adventurers, but for him, it’s not as troublesome.
He cast the Flying Skill, quickly ascending into the air, reaching a sufficient height.
He donned the artifact [Eagle Eye Monocle], and instantly, the world before him became clearer.
His attributes were already at an inhuman level, and with the effect of the artifact, the surrounding scenes immediately presented themselves.
Unless one could fly like him throughout, even the elusive Wanderers would leave traces of their movements.
"That’s the hoofprint of a beast, there are traces from our Red Dragon Team’s arrival, hmm?"
"Found you!"
Gauss’s eyes suddenly brightened, and in the next instant, his figure flickered.
He appeared over several clear footprints on the ground. Comparing the size and depth, they were obviously footprints left by four rather lanky adult men.
He locked his gaze tightly in the direction of the footprints, flying rapidly, stealthily entering the forest.
Meanwhile, in the forest.
Wanderer leader Felix looked around excitedly, his face full of excitement.
His three subordinates wore puzzled expressions, not understanding why he suddenly became so agitated.
Only he knew it was because the mother page map had "warmed up" again, indicating that another new child map page was nearby.
Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but want to howl to the sky.
The heavens have not forsaken him.
Who could imagine that in such a remote wilderness, there would be a wild map fragment waiting for him to uncover?
"Haha!"
Thinking of being one step closer to completing the Treasure Map and obtaining the clan treasure, he couldn’t help but laugh out loud.
Indeed, he is the child of revival, the heaven-favored one!
"What are you laughing at?"
A sudden unfamiliar voice from overhead instantly caused the once-excited Felix to break out in a cold sweat.
"Who?"
He looked up to see an extremely handsome face, floating quietly above, arms crossed, looking at him curiously.
"You! You!"
His pupils widened, his eye corners twitching, and soon he recognized this as the figure who had just saved Levin and the others.
Moreover, being relatively close this time, he also recognized the identity of the man in front of him.
"You’re Gauss!"
Felix subconsciously swallowed, his mind in chaos.
"Hello."
Observing the frightened expressions of the people below, Gauss’s expression remained unchanged.