Chapter 37: The Bandit Leader Subjugation - II (2/2)

The player preemptively attempted to block Merlin's blade Unfortunately for the player, Merlin's attack was surprisinglythehis blade at Merlin, however it was obvious that the combat assistance had taken over, and Merlin was already familiar with all its moves

With little effort, Merlin knocked the player's blade aith his shi+eld before stabbing the player in the chest, piercing his heart In one quickthe player's throat, then delivering one more attack to finish him off

At this point the stun on the player LordKyle had run out, he tried scra towards hi with the blood of LordKyle's friends

"Get back! Don't you knohoto his sword, thinking it would help hi to start throwing faa his identity, although it was kind of obvious already "Kinda pathetic, honestly"

Merlin knocked the sword out of his hands, sending it sliding across the forest floor His nexthinored up until this point, just to ask the, or can I finish this?"

The two bandits had been looking on in awe as someone unrelated to theh turned to the if they'd like to rob them What an odd situation

"Why did you help us?" One of the bandits couldn't help but ask

"Truthfully, because they hit me first" Merlin was pretty blunt with his answer, but he had an idea and amended it to the sentence, "But also, I'd like to join your ranks"

This surprised both the bandits and LordKyle, as still writhing around in pain A questappeared before Merlin, which was somewhat unexpected

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[Uncommon Quest]

Infiltrate the bandits

Befriend or otherwise convince the bandits that you would like to join them and have them lead you to their headquarters

Find the bandit camp with the help of the bandits

• Reward: 1 Charisma

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"I'll deal with this, and then we can talk" Merlin gave the back to the layer, his friendly s to the demonic expression he wore previously

"Now, lets have sohter sent shi+vers down the player's spine

"My father could sink your fa off empty threats, it seemed he didn't have any power or at least confidence in any power outside of his father's grasp Merlin honestly thought the guy was too pathetic to mock, but he had to set an exa so into his ear "This is what happens when you parade around like a fool without realising who you're talking to"

"You really don't want to cole phone call" Merlin sighed, the player continued being a pain, so Merlin decided to kill him, at least after one quip "Here's a tip, spend your weekday googling h he kept a reasonable low profile, as the chairman's son, his life was already available on the internet for all to see, they had also attempted to acquire information on those he spent time with due to some pressure from his father Merlin only dealt with the occasional stalker, better known as paparazzi, while his friends were safe

Merlin ripped his sword out of hi it down on hione, yet unfortunately for Merlin, the bow hadn't dropped