I Am Not A Goblin Slayer-Chapter 208 - 183: Prototype of the Pale Ghost

Just because of his identity, he was backstabbed several times, leaving a persistent thorn in his heart, preventing him from taking that step for a long time.

Right now, taking advantage of the impulsive moment earlier, breaking through the invisible wall within his heart isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

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Gauss arrived at the training room.

Swiped his card to enter inside.

The space inside was bigger than he expected.

The smooth walls showed no signs of the construction material, with faint magical protective patterns visible on them, clearly these walls had stronger protective abilities compared to ordinary ones.

There might even be more features.

But it makes sense since they are designed for casters.

If the strength isn’t sufficient, the training room would be destroyed in no time.

According to the simple introduction by the staff earlier, besides the fixed targets, there are many movable targets simulating various creatures in the training room.

Gauss picked up the instructions for using the training room from the rack at the entrance.

After reading it, he quickly understood how to summon appropriate protective targets.

Currently, with his three monthly sessions, he can only summon simulation targets with a maximum challenge level of 2.

As for higher-level tests, he either needs to improve his personal permissions or spend contribution points.

Gauss chose to summon a level 2 target.

Soon, countless white sand began to surge from the ground in the distance, condensing into shape in the air.

A white construct, resembling a 2-3 meter long rock-goer, appeared before Gauss, roaring and quickly crawling on the ground far away with fierce motions.

"Such powerful features." Gauss marveled inwardly.

Coming to the Caster Association, he sure had broadened his horizons.

It turns out everyone’s training is so advanced.

The significance of this training room in practicing and mastering skills is immense.

Sadly, he only has three opportunities each month, and each session is limited to just one hour.

Moreover, this is the most basic training room; higher-level training rooms in upper floors have even more advanced capabilities.

"I need to make the most of the time." With this thought, Gauss didn’t delay further.

He took out his White Bone Staff to warm up.

"Magic Missile!"

A jet blue missile shot out from his hand.

It hit the white construct with precision. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

The white construct merely simulated the protective strength of a level 2 demon, but fell far short in other aspects like mobility and combat strategy, remaining very rigid.

It couldn’t truly be considered a level 2 demon.

"Bang!!"

The Magic Missile exploded.

White sand splashed everywhere.

The Magic Missile caused armor-piercing effects on its protection but couldn’t achieve a one-hit kill.

This aligned with the experience from previous battles against statuettes.

At this stage, Magic Missile can kill a level 2 demon, but not in one hit; it requires hitting a weak point in the opponent’s defense, expending a bit of effort to take it down.

Of course, for many level 2 casters, this is quite incredible.

This is pretty much how things are currently. Gauss thought.

However, upon reaching higher profession levels, there ought to be several ways to enhance the power of the Magic Missile.

The Magic Missile’s otherworldly integrated move is very useful; as long as its power can be continuously increased, it can always be employed.

After briefly testing several other skills,

Gauss officially entered today’s main feature—Racial Talent: [Ghost Form]

This racial talent is the first blue-quality talent Gauss acquired.

Additionally, it appeared particularly deep blue in Gauss’s sight.

Even though it’s unclear whether the depth of color directly correlates with the strength of the talent, it still made him feel extremely delighted.

Gauss took a deep breath.

Mobilized a mysterious ancient power within his physique.

"Buzz!!"

Just like the scene Gauss had seen earlier in the spider ghost lair in the second level of the maze.

A pale mysterious energy started to surge outward from Gauss’s body.

He felt his whole body beginning to turn cold.

His thoughts became exceptionally clear, as though his entire mind had become transparent.

The pale energy rapidly transformed his entire body.

As it saturated his hair, the originally pitch-black short hair quickly turned snowy white and continued to grow longer, eventually hanging to the height of his chest.

Meanwhile, two milk-white sharp curved small horns slowly formed on his forehead.

His skin began losing color, turning entirely pale.

However, the skin tissues visibly became much tougher.

Gauss clenched his fist, and the next moment, his joints emitted a thunderous crackling sound.

A surge of extremely abundant power flowed within his body.

"Have I grown taller again?"

He quickly noticed the change in the height of his viewpoint.

Originally over 1.8 meters tall, upon activating [Ghost Form], he seemed to have shot up to just over 2 meters.

But he remained in a slim physique, even slimmer than his normal form.

Fortunately, the strength and other physical attributes only increased rather than decreased.

Next, the scenery seen through his vision also changed; colors had faded significantly.

However, key colors of some items were highlighted instead.

For example, the magical patterns on the walls and the emulation target far away appeared exceptionally distinct in his sight, even with a slow-motion effect.

Gauss moved his feet lightly, and in an instant, his body appeared in a flash not far away.

"My movement speed is faster!"

Although it was enhanced by [Enhanced Jump], the speed was still much faster than before.

Despite a temporary increase in strength and constitution, does [Ghost Form] primarily enhance speed burst traits physically?