Chapter 19: The Tutorial - III (1/2)

The wolves continued to circle Merlin, waiting for an opportunity to strike Merlinof a way to break the encircle two at once wouldn't be iladius to his offhand and held the goblin's shi+eld in his e, and one of thee of the situation broke away fro towards Merlin's blind spot

Merlin adjusted his footing and twisted his body, building up as much momentum within his arm as he could within a short span of ti it like a discus at the rogue wolf

Having little rooe, the buckler e and causing the wolf to lose its footing The wolf had tripped but its rassy field, the wolf's white fur being stained green by the chlorophyll in the grass

Eventually the wolf cahly aforward, realising so to happen

Merlin took the opportunity given to hi on its side, stunned As he drew near, he raised the gladius above his head and thrust it down into the wolf's neck, the creature was not yet dead, although he had dealt it a critical hit Before the other tolves could pounce on hi off the wolf

As Merlin dealt the wolf a killing blow, one of the wolves pounced hi Merlin kicked it off and entered a defensive stance, but as he did so the wolf that had circled behind hiood leg and twisted his torso, the wolf's toothycloser by the second Merlin wouldn't have had enough ti his blade, so instead he decided to forcibly shove his fist, or more specifically the shi+eld strapped to his arm, into the wolf's mouth

The wolf cla Merlin fro The other wolf pounced Merlin frole, he couldn't co held by the other wolf

Merlin thrust his sword into the neck of the wolf holding his shi+eld are to rip his shi+eld froed to free his shi+eld fro the wolf's teeth in the process

Barelyhi it away His sas still inside the ith the shattered teeth, who took its chance to li the wolf's tea its prey was left without a weapon, the unhar at Merlin once more Merlin raised his shi+eld to block it, but the wolf dug its claws into the wooden shi+eld and climbed over it The wolf attempted to sink its teeth into Merlin's neck, but to its surprise it was er

Merlin sunk the dagger into the wolf's eye socket and tackled it to the ground, pinning to the floor with his shi+eld He ripped the dagger out and began repeatedly stabbing the creature, the dagger didn't deal as ladius, so it took several attacks to finish the beast

When the wolf had died, he stood up onceto escape, liht up with the creature, finishi+ng it off and reclai his sword

"You've a very resourceful one I see, merciless as well" Gaia's voice appeared onceMerlin for his actions, "This is the last wave, good luck"

Not even giving Merlin a chance to heal, the third wave had begun Or so Merlin thought, but for the next fewhad happened

It was only when Merlin had let down his guard that he could hear faint clinking sounds echoing throughout the wind As he turned to face the direction the sound was co thee was a skeletal creature, not the bestweapons, especially so up until now

Undead creatures couldn't feel pain, so trying to stun or stagger thee it was inefficient to try and cut bone with bladed weapons Not tothe trend the previous waves followed, this her than hi, it turned out to be a level three skeleton, an undead huh soic This skeleton in particular was equipped with exact replicas of Merlin's equipladius