Chapter 52: Path of the Thief - I (2/2)

• Reward: +1 Dexterity

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"You can spend so traps before you start, we've got plenty of spare lockpicks laying around" Pelear gave Merlin time to prepare "Don't worry, you can atteive it a shot" Merlin accepted the quest

Merlin received a set of lockpicks fro doors It was just a locked door within a door fraht in the middle of a field of dirt It didn't take ure out that it was supported from underneath the dirt layer

There were various locks in this world, souarded with ame, were old fashi+oned warded locks that could be easily opened with a paperclip or other thin strand of metal, such as a wire

Within a couple seconds, Merlin had successfully unlocked the door with little effort Merlin felt soelaborate puzzles and disar

"Well, that was fast" Pelear gave light applause as he watched froh"

Merlin aardly accepted the comple around, there were a couple that had weak locks, but Merlin's eyes locked onto a fancy-looking chest that he knew had asystem

The chest used a standard pin tumbler lock, one of theit contained pins of varying length that prevented anything but the correct key fro it, but it was also one of the easiest locks to pick open

By spending a fewtension to the lock, it eventually clicked open, revealing an empty chest

Merlin seemed satisfied now, he was happy that even without his stats and his old body, he retained the ability and muscle memory that allowed him to perform more difficult dexterous tasks

"Ienuinely i stars a challenge"

Merlin smiled, he seemed satisfied with his perfore the obstacle course He briefly scanned over it as he walked towards the starting line, there didn't seem to be any major issues, but he couldn't see the later portions of the course due to it being elevated well above eye level

The course area was raised periodically, hat seeh Fortunately the ground was loosely packed dirt, so there wouldn't be any serious injuries if you fell, in ht, when you're ready" Pelear started yelling, giving Merlin tio!"

Merlin dashed forward the second Pelear finished his countdown, the first task was knee high hurdles, followed shortly after by rotating unstable platforh ithout any textures that'd help hi at it directly, kicking up the wall and using the th to vault over it

The obstacle course was ultimately based around expected environ, ju tasks were thrown in for good measure, one of which forced Merlin to unlock and use a zip-line to reach the opposite side

The last task before the finish line was a ruthless one, it appeared to be a straight run to the finish, but one of the floor panels contained a hidden pressure plate that released the levers that were holding up so on the unsecured platfor out fro the them back to the start

Fortunately Merlin knew about the trap, so he threw hi the few seconds it would have taken hi that he wasn't dropped into the dirt, Merlin quickly scrambled towards the finish line As soon as he passed the finishi+ng line, he was bombarded with notifications

「You have completed the quest, "Path of the Thief I", visit Pelear Ladrona to receive your rewards」

「You have achieved a record time of two minutes and forty-six seconds on the Macedonia Thieves Guild obstacle course」

「You have earned +5 reputation within the Thieves Guild」

Merlin began panting heavily as he sluy to climb back down