Chapter 36: The Bandit Leader Subjugation - I (2/2)

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[Uncommon Quest]

assassinate the Lycoa bandit leader

The Lychesters seereat deal of resent within the Lycoa forest

They have placed a bounty of ten silver pieces on the leader's head

Eliminate the bandit leader

• Reward: 10 Silver, 200 EXP

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"I'll accept this one as well, thank you" Merlin took the quest and shoved it in his pocket alongside the other one

He felt a sharp pain in his palht purple spots had now darkened Merlin's thoughts began racing, more so with curiosity than fear, it seemed to be some kind of poison, but he wasn't sure what it was, at the very least it wasn't your regular poison

So with an undead, so it was possible it could be the case It still didn't make sense, curses shouldn't have been seen until ht outside of the tutorial village

He was straining histo find a solution, and then he remembered how it started, a rose The wounds appeared on his hand as if he had squeezed the rose sterave covered in blood, this was a clue

"You should probably get that checked out The priestess is supposed to come back in a few days" The bartender noticed the dark purple spots and gave his coe look Merlin assuious or not, the bartender's next question sort of confiret it anyway?"

"Got attacked by a ghost on the way here, it's a long story" Merlin laughed it off, "It's spreading rather quickly, so uess is that it's a curse or poison rather than a disease, you probably don't need to worry about it being contagious"

The bartender nodded, he seemed to be a little surprised that his true intentions were noticed "It's a little concerning you don't see cursed or poisoned, and I' to ask about it, but just take care of yourself out there"

"Alright, thank you and uh, sorry for the table" Merlin scratched his head aardly as he stood up and walked out, all he could hear was the bartender's laughter as he closed the door behind him

Merlin walked around town for a little while, looking at the various stores around town and generallythe place out He came across a fa like he needed to stock up, although his current funds were limited, Merlin entered the store

Much like the store run by Zoey Lychester, this store was also packed with various goods, but even more so, it was as if he had walked into the lair of a hoarder An older looking ot closer, Merlin noticed the name that appeared above his head, "Arwell Lychester"

"hello, how can I help you? Arwell asked, he began looking Merlin over, but couldn't get a good read on hih the cloak itself looked to be relatively cheap in his eyes His immediate opinion was that Merlin was a cheap custo Arwell's suspicions, Merlin only spent four copper, leaving hile silver piece

Merlin left the store and begun walking to the eastern gate, where he entered the town froh the town, he opened his inventory, throwing three of the four torches inside He also took out his shi+eld and gladius and equipped theladius sheathed while he was in town

He finally uard called out to hie uy, he felt it kind of ironic considering his intentional ghost-like appearance, but he knew this wasn't why he got the nicknauard and pulled the quest foruard started reading the for out his tinderbox and lighting the torch The guard returned the for with the tinderbox

"I guess you're going out to uard facepaluard's flippant attitude to taking lives

The other guard spoke up, but his words were brief "Stay safe and good luck"