[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-am-not-a-goblin-slayer":3,"chapter-i-am-not-a-goblin-slayer-i-am-not-a-goblin-slayer-chapter-624":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I Am Not A Goblin Slayer",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1311276,1741,"Chapter 624 - 336_2","i-am-not-a-goblin-slayer-chapter-624",624,"\u003Cp>Gauss withdrew his gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is also the power that comes with breaking through to master; his soul power has become stronger, now able to transmit emotions to ordinary beings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fawn sensed the genuine peace in his soul, and thus ceased its escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gauss continued to walk through the forest, not long before he heard the sound of gurgling water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the stream, amidst several massive ancient trees, vines extended out, enclosing a floating \"wooden cocoon\" in the center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This human-sized cocoon glowed with gentle, clear moonlight, even in the midday sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gauss knew that Aaliyah was inside there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this how Druids break through?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gauss did not approach, but stood at a distance to observe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, with his strong vision and observation ability, he examined the surrounding environment to ensure there was nothing that could harm Aaliyah or interrupt her breakthrough, before he decided to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he turned around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The already bright moonlight enveloping the wooden cocoon quietly reached a zenith.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above it, the space rippled like a water body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then more Moonlight Power poured down like a waterfall, continuously flowing into the cocoon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is it...?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be successful?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gauss hadn’t expected his timing to be so fortuitous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He decided not to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Planning to witness Aaliyah’s entire breakthrough ceremony, as he wouldn’t disturb her from afar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the forest, the sunlight gradually thinned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gauss noticed this detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sunlight was retreating nearby, and within moments, the midday forest plunged into darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Replaced by stronger moonlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This moonlight radiated a power of love, purity, and sacredness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gauss blinked; he faintly seemed to see a blurred feminine phantom appear behind the cocoon, opening her arms as if cradling an infant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wow—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon touching the cocoon, the feminine phantom slowly dissipated or perhaps merged into its interior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For some reason, Gauss understood that the breakthrough ceremony had concluded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the embrace, the moonlight gradually dispersed, and sunlight once again poured into the forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything returned to its original state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crack, crack, crack!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The green wooden cocoon, woven from vines, quickly crumbled, with fragments and leaves falling, while a naked figure, covered in silvery moonlight, gently descended from the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, like a slender feather, she drifted onto the grass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That figure was indeed Aaliyah.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moonlight surrounding her also began to retract into her body as the ceremony ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding woodland, bushes, and grass lightly swayed in the breeze, seemingly waving congratulations for her completed ceremony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gauss hesitated for a moment from afar, ultimately approaching her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He retrieved a clean robe from the Storage Pouch and draped it over her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he quietly sat beside her, waiting for her to awaken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, after successfully breaking through in her transformation, Aaliyah also had some changes in appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gauss wondered if it was just his illusion, as he felt her ears had become slender and pointy, and her beauty had enhanced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least, the skin on her cheeks showed no blemishes, akin to perfect white jade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He harbored some suspicions, but refrained from guessing further. He would ask Aaliyah directly upon waking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After about half an hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Gauss contemplated taking her to another place for rest, Aaliyah’s eyelids twitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she gently opened her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pair of blue eyes, transparent like lake water, met Gauss’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gauss...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where am I?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was dazed for a moment, perhaps having slept too long; the freshly awakened brain hadn’t fully revived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking down at the robe draped over her body and the unfamiliar woodland surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Put on the clothes first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gauss tapped the adjacent women’s apparel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He actually always kept several sets of portable clothes for everyone in the Storage Pouch, but thought it inappropriate to dress her earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that she finally regained consciousness, he left it to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gauss turned around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind Gauss’s back, the previously pretending-to-be-ignorant Aaliyah’s face turned beet red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her elf-like ears tinged with a hint of pink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She bit her lip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no other people present, only her and Gauss, and the robe covering her body must have been draped by Gauss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Does that mean... Gauss has already seen...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aaliyah covered her cheeks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Took a few deep breaths to calm herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She told herself it wasn’t a big deal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t like an outsider saw...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After consoling herself a few times, her wildly beating heart finally calmed down a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feigning composure, she dressed, before telling Gauss to turn around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though her slightly awkward movements revealed her internal unrest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Congratulations.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gauss blinked, offering his congratulations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the saying goes, good things take time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his perception, the current Aaliyah was like a transformed butterfly, completely different from before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or, this change was not something a mere transformation can explain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aaliyah, what’s with your ears?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both being old teammates, Gauss didn’t hesitate over his doubts, straightforwardly questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of her own changes, Aaliyah finally emerged from her recent shy demeanor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Actually related to my family.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aaliyah hesitated for a moment; she had not often spoken about her family background.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not that she didn’t trust Gauss, it was just a bit hard to talk about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My family has elven blood, or perhaps held it long ago.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gauss didn’t interrupt her, gesturing for her to continue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The elf civilization once ruled this land; at that time, elves’ reproductive ability was not strong, but far from today’s precarious state.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My family was one branch among the elves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But somehow, elves contracted a strange illness; reproductive capability declined rapidly, and quite a few pure-blood elven bloodlines began to degrade.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My family was such, feared of polluting the bloodline, the elves expelled them from their clan land.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Among our family, I hold the thinnest elven blood, nearly non-existent, thus sent away at a young age for others to raise.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Talking about it now rendered Aaliyah somewhat relieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She once fretted over her origins, even feeling inferior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet through numerous adventures, she accepted her inadequacies and defects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unexpectedly, now she experiences an ancestral revival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Signs of Elf Transformation revived again in her body, the bloodline power she once dreamed of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She felt that her bloodline hasn’t fully awakened yet; it will deepen as her strength enhances, eventually becoming a true pure-blood elf, perhaps different from most elves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I embraced the guidance of the Moon Goddess, transformed into a Moon-phase Walker, thus activating the dormant elven lineage within me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gauss had suspected this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Aaliyah’s transformation caught him slightly off-guard, it wasn’t entirely without signs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strange dreams from before, the background Aaliyah deliberately ignored...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just didn’t expect her to have connections with pure-blood elves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Very few pure-blood elves roam this land now; they usually reside within their clan lands, living an untroubled existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even half-elves, Gauss seldom encounters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, half-elves and pure-blood elves are vastly different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half-elves retain pointy ears and beauty characteristic of elves, but their elven blood is rather thin.\u003C\u002Fp>",1146,"2026-06-05T18:36:49.748Z",1,"novelbin.me","f75ad7c924c7d9fe03f984cced69e06f4ce81a2ae32f4ceaa574bcce87a049d2","i-am-not-a-goblin-slayer-chapter-625","i-am-not-a-goblin-slayer-chapter-623",640,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-am-not-a-goblin-slayer-cover.jpg"]