Chapter 46: Road to Macedonia - II (2/2)
The bandit rushed forward, his blade recklessly thrust towards Merlin's chest, who knocked it aside with ease See such an event to occur, the bandit was already prepared with Merlin's dagger in the other hand, already atte the dagger with his shi+eld, Merlin shoved the bandit back and thrust his blade into the bandit's side si him to cry out in pain The whistle of yet another bolt reached Merlin's ears, although this time the bolt was behind him, as he turned his back to the shooter
He ripped his blade from the bandit's body and dove to the side, a bolt flew past his upper thigh, hitting the bandit in the lower stoo" Merlin retorted as a notification appeared before hi: 2」
The bandit who Merlin had set alight was still frantically trying to put out the flames, and had only just successfully ripped his sleeve off, now throwing it to the ground His forearm appeared to be severely blistered
The bandit turned to face Merlin oncebullets pelting his face, followed by a blade thrust through his heart, a quick execution before he could even react
「Highway Bandits re: 1」
Merlin heard a rustle in the bushes, followed by the faint footfall that grew ever quiet, indicating that the crossboas fleeing
"You've been a real pain, and now you're running away" Merlinthe sound of the last bandit, "Corew ed leg, he could still catch up,injury after falling froht of a ht filled Merlin's view, but all he could see was an easy target, the le strike, Merlin's blade pierced through the bandit's chest, pinning him to the forest floor
It was only now that Merlin realised he didn't have his dagger to deal the finishi+ng blow, he left it on the bandit's corpse Now resorting to strikes with his fist once ainst the helpless man's skull repeatedly Blood splattered all over him but he paid no mind to it, until eventually the man was dead
「You have completed the quest, "Clear the route to Macedonia", visit the uild to receive your rewards」
Merlin ripped his blade from the bandit's corpse and then checked the area near the corpse for any loot drops, to which he found nothing Disappointed, he now made his way back towards the road, unsure of how far into the forest he ran
It wasn't long until he breached the forest path, his mercenary companions seemed terrified as he appeared before theer, sending it back into his inventory, before searching the area for loot Out of the six highway bandits, only one had dropped loot, which was just a single silver coin
The envoy, with assistance froon back onto the road and aiting for the fight to end so that they could continue Merlin cast cleanse on hion, the various sources of blood were
As the wagon continued on its journey, the scenery opened up from a forest to yet another open plains, albeit with various rivers and streae walled city clearly visible in the distance
The large walls grew larger as the distance between the party and Macedonia shrunk, until eventually the wagon was stopped at a large portcullis gate, standing on either side of the gate hat looked to be two heavily are snake sy with him respectfully, and mere moments later they were all led inside with a s Victorian era city, the architecture had no Greek or Roe Frohtly-packed brick buildings with fancy wrought iron fencing and the streets were clean and nicely paved, illu an eerie spectral flame
"Welcome to Macedonia, it'll take us a few more minutes to reach our destination" The envoy announced, but nobody in the cart see his surroundings and the twothe quest would end faster
Eventually the wagon stopped in front of a walled off area, the gate of which sported the fao