Chapter 43: A Trip to the Bathhouse (2/2)

As Merlin entered his private room, an intense scent of roses flooded his senses And varioushis body to suddenly tense up uncohost had run that deep, sure it was scary looking, but he was used to fighting giant dragons, grotesque dehost look adorable in co off his fear, he stepped further into the roo the door behind hi the equip on hi in his birthday suit

On one side of the s to floor mirror, and as he walked up to it, his attention was irown up to his shoulder, but his gaze slowly shi+fted over to the various scars that currently covered his pale body

The players of New Genesis weren't considered huarded to as travellers or otherworlders by NPCs, they possessed abilities that the human inhabitants of this world typically did not have, such as the ability to heal over tirow limbs The one downside to this ability was that it left marks and scars on the users body until they received soic or potions, or by bathing in a healing spring or hly the size of a small hot tub, it was ee stone tiles, and the bathwater itself had an entire rose worth of petals floating on the water's surface Merlin lowered himself into the bath, and enjoyed the sensation of hot water e his head, so that every part of his body was now soaking in the bathwater And as he came up for air he found that sohtly annoyed

As Merlin soaked in the bath, he began thinking of his future plans, there was a lot he needed to do, especially now that people were going to be hunting hi he took note of was that he needed to learn soic, such as cleanse, so that he had ahimself in the event he was covered in filth oncethe cleanse skill would either require a job soul with the ability, or for hie within New Genesis was a strange concept to grasp at first, but it was one of the ame There were an infinite amount of abilities within New Genesis, and the list was constantly expanding alongside the world

Most people believe at first that the best h souls, and while yes, souls do typically have the strongest selection of skills for their particular task, whether that be a form of combat or a job, they were also rather limited in their application

If you were in a cave and your last torch died, unless you had a soul that could cast soic, you'd be out of luck Or if you were in a foreign land and didn't have a soul related to the land's inhabitants, you would most likely be unable to coe caave players the ability to acquire skills and languages outside of souls Although et, especially the e that could be easily bought, such as utility ue collection of lower tier spells that helped out with everyday life, such as the cleanse spell, as well asfires They were easy spells that could be acquired for cheap and were ultimately worth the purchase due to the convenience

There was also the rare chance of acquiring a skill through titles, but knowledge and souls were the best intentional methods

Merlin planned to find a library or store that sold utility skill books after he bought soear, there were a couple skills he wanted, but cleanse was the main one

Eventually he left the bath, as he did, he peeked at theon his body was now gone The blight on his arm seemed to have retreated back down his ar the centre of his upper arm rather than his shoulder

He dried himself off with the towel provided and equipped his clothes oncedifference between having dirt re your body washed As he left the building, the receptionist gave him a smile as she bid hi, although it felt somearan walking back towards the centre of toherestores in toere

Now that he was clean, there was no reason for him to be the centre of attention wherever he went