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

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There were a couple ways of interacting with quests Two buttons appear below each quest , a blue one that said "accept" and a red one that said "decline" They could also be interacted with via speech, especially when talking to an NPC, the wording typically did notwas clear

"I accept your challenge" Merlin's face lit up, he hadn't even left the tutorial and he already found a hidden quest, an uncommon one at that

"Very well, entertain ust of wind Merlin covered his face to protect his eyes fro his body When the wind subsided, Merlin could hear several strange gargling growls

Lowering his arreen creatures, with pointed ears and an elongated nose jutting out froames, New Genesis ith the easiest way to convey ene above the enemy's head, it typically had the creature's health, level and soathered about monsters and creatures, but it typically took special e or soul ability, such as appraisal or inspect

"Oh, level one goblins in the tutorial" Merlin took note of the enemy's status bar, he was surprised to find that there were five of them, let alone that they were level one in the tutorial Goblins were nasty creatures, although each eak separately, their strength oblins were equipped with nothing but a crude club Another one had a er, the one at the furthest back had a ed old arroith rotten shafts The last one, the one closest to Merlin, was more well off than his teammates, armed with a wooden buckler and a rusted short sword

The ranged goblin started the fight, sending an arrow flying through the air, aih Merlin parried the arroith his shi+eld, the rotten wood shattered on contact, leaving the arrow unusable Merlin bent down for a rass, only to stand up once oblin first, as he posed the biggest threat

Merlin oblin, he noticed the other goblins start y, usually amplified by the darkness in the caves they lived in If he attacked their leader, the shi+eld bearer, the dagger wielding goblin would attack his flank in an instant

Even knowing this, he continued on towards the shi+eld bearer, as he entered corin on the ladius overhead and began swinging his sword down at the shi+eld goblin

'Three, two, one' Merlin finished counting in his head, and if by clockwork, just before his sword made contact with the shi+eld, he could feel a presence behind him

"Gotcha" Merlin's face contorted into a confident grin Taking the opportunity to deal with the rogue first, he swung his shi+eld ar a Spartan kick to the shi+eld bearer

The shi+eld bearer was caught by surprise, it had braced itself for a sword attack from above, but instead was met with a forceful kick frooblin fell backwards, leaving it unable to retaliate for the moment

On the other side of this h to connect with the dagger goblin But that wasn't what he was ai, and within an instant the dagger goblin's vision was suddenly obscured by a handful of grass

Taking advantage of the dagger goblin's sudden vulnerability, Merlin pivoted his supporting foot and twisted his upper body, allowing hirass could dissipate away, the dagger goblin's throat was sliced open by the gladius, it was a critical hit

"One" Merlin's eyes scanned his surroundings, noticing the positions of the reoblins His eyes narrowed in on the archer, who had just finished pulling back another arrow, although this arrow gave Merlin a bad feeling As the goblin released the arrow, Merlin noticed a faint red glint frorabbed the dagger goblin's corpse and threw it in the way of the arrow's flight path The arrow pierced the goblin's corpse, and a moment later the corpse was suddenly set aflame

"A shi+eld-punisher at level one, that's not fair" Merlin grua the most common and one of the cheapest nition arroould ravage wooden ite to the nickna to be an issue" Merlin sighed as he leaned down, picking up the charcoal goblin's er