Even if Eden hadn't warned him, Gauss wouldn't have been careless. He did have a massive advantage when facing goblins, but there was a full six-level gap between him and the Goblin Lord. The overwhelming advantage brought by such a level difference could easily offset many of the buffs on his body. Besides, one should never underestimate creatures like goblins.
Indeed, low-level goblins were weak. Compared to other monsters, they had no real advantages of their own. Their few racial merits lay in their powerful reproductive and survival capabilities, neither of which offered much help in head-on combat. However, it was precisely because of how feeble this race was that the strong individuals born from it were even more worthy of vigilance.
