Chapter 28: Lycoa Goblin Raid - I (1/2)

Merlin turned around,him as he showcased his power He did this in hopes that it would inspire him to turn off the combat assistance earlier This was Typhoeus' major complaint in the previous timeline, that he was so reliant on the combat assistance that it was hard for him to break away from it later in the beta

Merlin considered this to be his way of paying back what Typhoeus had originally done for hirown to where he was Merlin turned towards the cave and walked in A notificationappeared before him

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You have entered the "Lycoa Goblin Nest"

• Clear Condition: Kill the boss

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Merlin stared into the cave, however he couldn't see very far in as the light from outside quickly fades away to complete darkness

"Open inventory" Merlin chanted, and an inventoryopened before hi hiht with the tinderbox before throwing the tinderbox back in his inventory He took twohis inventory, one oil flask and the dagger that dropped froer on his belt

Merlin held the torch with his shi+eld hand and unsheathed his sword before ht steps, even though the torch announced his position froave away his position through sound it would be another disadvantage stacked onto an already precarious situation

It didn't take long for a lone goblin to notice Merlin approach It let out a gargling screech before charging at hiht in the cave, the hideous ly obvious as they foroblin, slicing its head off cleanly from the rest of its body Merlin made sure to wipe the blood from his blade while he had the chance, if he had to deal withhis weapon unusable

Merlin continued further into the cave,sure to pay close attention to his flank Goblin nests were notorious for having hidden areas behind blind corners where a goblin could hide and aed attackers and healers, players who typically stood at the back of the party

As he turned a corner and travelled a few steps further, he ca into the ground that had various bones tied to it hat looked like strips of he of their victiy, a few ht pitter-patter sound that quickly got louder, the sound was cooblins were running towards him Merlin dashed towards one and slath to send the goblin flying into a cave wall

The other goblin slashed towards Merlin hat looked to be a chipped shortsword, but the blade was parried out of the goblin's hand Instead of slashi+ng the goblin, he decided to punch the goblin with his shi+eld, sending it back in a stagger, before rushi+ng forward and beating the goblin with the shi+eld again A layer of black blood started fore as Merlin continued puoblin died

The other goblin that was knocked to the wall stood up onceto stab hih poorly taken care of

Merlin knocked the knife goblin back once more, the kitchen knife eoblin Merlin spent the next couple seconds beating this goblin to death with his shi+eld too

Wanting to , Merlin loaded up the information for the useless title The small informationappeared before him

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