Chapter 54: Path of the Thief - 3 (2/2)

The thieves guild leader has brought you to harvest inforh expectations of you Don't worry about killing the target, it seeeneration froular attacks Practice your knife work on the target, : 50

• Reward: +2 Dexterity, 250 EXP, Class Soul: Thief, ???

• Failure: Quest will be replaced with "Path of the Thief III"

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Merlin reached into his inventory and pulled out his goblin dagger He accepted the quest before walking into the makeshi+ft prison cell

There he sahat looked to be aas one would expect, allowing hi his hands chained above his head His skin took on a greenish hue and he had dark green growths scattered around his body

Thepain due to light sensitivity caused by Merlin's light

"Goodsleepy head" The elf walked over to the man, but to Merlin's surprise, the elf had kicked him in the head with no hesitation

Merlin watched as the wound on the eneration was extreh, even when co Merlin could tell just by looking at the growths on the eneration caused by troll hybridisation caside the instability of the body due to the experimentation made mutations extremely likely The rowths on the body

Although they were n, those that weren't attacked the nearby cells, although they didn't cause e was ih there was a chance any cells that restored would also beco to a domino effect that would eventually envelop the entire troll's body, essentially killing it

The elf began asking the troll questions, but was either ignored or snarled at After seeing that nothing orking, he eventually he gave the command to start

Merlin approached the troll with his goblin dagger unsheathed And with no hesitation sliced the troll's neck, causing it to split open Merlin watched as black blood poured out of the wound, which closed only seconds after

「Critical hits re: 49」

"Without any hesitation Oh ating the troll once more

After a few ry snarls had slowly shi+fted into pained gargles, but he still refused to break

「Critical hits re tired, and somewhat bored of the monotonous task, Merlin decided to spark up a conversation while still attacking the troll

"Actually, I've been ative words to say about the oracle" Merlin spoke in a casual tone, intending to probe out a conversation "You called the oracle a nasty snake woh it was faint, Merlin felt a hint of bloodlust co from the elf

Merlin came to the conclusion that the elf had serious issues with cults, whether it be the cult of Despoina, although that one was understandable, or the Serpent-Bearer Kilo's temple, his reaction was always disdain and bloodlust Merlin wasn't sure if this was the saeted towards all cults or if he just so happened to talk about two cults in particular that the enuinely curious

"That I did" The elf's expression darkened at the mention of the oracle "She's a vile, wicked creature, and I recoain"

"You speak as though you're familiar with her" Merlin stated It seemed he had hit a nerve, he didn't want to lose his favour, but he couldn't let go of his curiosity, so he asked one last question "What's your relationshi+p with the oracle?"

The elf didn't respond for a few moments, the roorowls of the troll being tortured

And then, with a soh his voice sounded coarse, the e came across clear "She's the mother of my child"