Chapter 17: The Tutorial - I (1/2)

Merlin scanned his environht slie, each sli they would not pose a threat to Merlin at all

"Open cos" As Merlin spoke these words, he received a le, and aappeared in front of his → Co assistance - ON

• Pain Synchronisation - 20

• Dae Received Notification - Information Box

• NeuroControl - Further Synchronisation Required

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Merlinassistance off It was an unpleasant feature that gave so, the closest thing to auto-attack you could get in New Genesis It was good for casual players but only those who broke away from it could rise up to becoes, that he personally contributed to, floating nue notifications and the NeuroControl system, unfortunately it seemed he couldn't utilise the NeuroControl systes , causing it to fade away

Merlin brought his attention back to the sli Nevertheless, he took a cautioned fighting stance He held his shi+eld out in front of his torso and kept his gladius by his side, extended out slightly past the shi+eld

Merlin slowly approached the nearest slime As he entered within its detection radius, about twothat it was about to pounce As Merlin took a step closer, the slime pounced into the air towards hi his shi+eld at the slime to slap it away, much to his surprise the slime exploded into a splash of blue viscous liquid Merlin couldn't help but laugh, histhe first slimes were harder to kill than that

In the previous tiled with the sli that they didn't take dae if you just slash the jelly You had to specifically dae

Aof it as video gaames where you could just spam an attack key to kill creatures, you have to physically do the work yourself, soh this broughtbutton rind that other MMORPGs tend to fall into There was still a lot of grind within the gah that unfortunately just cas, returning to his cautioned stance, he located the next nearest slian wobbling, but before it could pounce, Merlin rushed forward, stabbing it with his sword

The first attack had pierced the sli the creature to melt as if a stationary water balloon had just been popped with a knife

Continuing on with his current pace, Merlin rushed through the next six slile hit "This didn't feel likethe last slih to shatter its core, the viscous liquid now covering his shoe

"Ohoho, confident are we?" Gaia's voice resounded once more, however this time her voice contained a hint of htly, he never expected Gaia to respond to his e within the tutorial stage He responded with confidence "Sure, got anything stronger?"

Suddenly a questappeared before Merlin

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Entertain Gaia, Survive her onslaught