Chapter 36: The Bandit Leader Subjugation - I (1/2)
"It's fine, he'll live" The bartender acted as if this was a norh Merlin could understand, lower level a out at anybody who annoyed theeneral behaviour in taverns sters or bandits This is why rade or replace their old furniture, it would only be destroyed in an altercation at so quality mercenaries had however was that they lovedfor it, soh that was a thin line between mercenary and criminal that few dared to cross
Merlin took a seat at the counter once ave him a cheeky sone back to drinking, although a couple of people ere previously drinking with the guy Merlin destroyed walked over to check on his condition
Looking around the room, he saw that there wasn't a job board or any loose quest forms, so the reasonable assumption would be that the barkeeper was the one who distributed the quests This was probably why even the mercenaries kept in line, for the ot on his bad side they'd be out of a job, or at the very least forced to do the low paying garbage jobs to
"So, do you have any jobs for me?" Merlin asked the barkeep
"Would you prefer a lower payout for an easier job, or high payout and an extrelint of curiosity in his eye
Merlin put a little bit of thought into it before responding "So a little above what you'd assuation quests typically paid the highest, and killing things at his current level was rather easy for hiet more difficult later on as levels and stats started tohe probably wouldn't be able to finish a combat encounter with a critical hit or two like he had up until this point
Not to mention the various types of creatures that would appear at later levels, humanoid creatures were abundant, but there were creatures of all shapes and sizes, even giant h they were usually considered bosses of some sort
"Well, you've shown yourself to be co for you" The barkeep rustled through a stack of paper, pulling out a crumpled sheet that looked like it had been handled a few toofor a little while, but it had started becoer problem as of late"
As the barkeeper passed the sheet to Merlin, a questappeared before him
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[Coation
Reports have co people who attempted to travel between Lycoa and Orchomenus They seem to have made camp somewhere within the forest, somewhere north from the forest trail
Kill off a few bandits and force them to retreat so the path can be safely used, a bounty of one silver per bandit has been posted
Bandits re: 20
• Reward: 20 Silver, 200 EXP
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"Think you're up for the task?" The barkeep asked
"Yeah, I'll take it, thanks" Merlin rolled up the quest for that overlaps with the quest, anything more to do with the bandits?"
"Oh? You want more" The barkeeper's expression sharpened, it alh he was soree of ability, but it's not good to be overconfident In this line of work that will get you killed"
"Ah, I see" Merlin realised where the bartender was coentle smile formed on his face Ironically, the man who all the mercenaries in Orchomenus respected was the kindest person in the roo is, I was ambushed by bandits on o I've already dispatched three bandits with ease, this isn't a case of overconfidence caused by inexperience"
Hearing this, the barkeeper's eyes widened He inspected Merlin's facial expression in atte or not, but ulti the truth
"I just figured that if I go deal with therab all of the related jobs at once and get it over with in one go" Merlin explained his side of the story, his tone signified that he considered eli rin formed on the barkeeper's face, it seemed he was convinced "Very well, the only other job we've received for those particular bandits is a formal request from the head of the Lychesters" He pulled out another piece of paper, not from the pile of job requests, but instead from a wax sealed envelope
He handed the job request to Merlin, along with the envelope it was stored in, a questappeared before him