Chapter 55: The Shattered Sky (1/2)
Merlin was shocked to the point he found himself unable to respond, so he continued to stab the troll in silence
「Critical hits re: 22」
"Wait, seriously?" Merlin snapped out of his daze "You and Kilo, I don't see it"
"Her narily remarked "Her nae alias"
Merlin was taken aback by the snappy response, but his curiosity grew
"Oracle, she's no oracle She's a deed his fist on a nearby table, sending various torture imple through Merlin'sto answer any further, and his mood took a turn for the worst Merlin didn't want to risk falling out of favour with the NPC, he still had to interact with hiood impression would : 3」
The last three attacks ended al a notification to appear before him
「You have completed the quest, "The Thief Lord's expectation", visit the leader of the thieves guild to receive your rewards」
He was hunched over while attacking the troll, which caused his back to stiffen up So he spent a fewas he stood up He walked over to the elf, each step being followed by slight resistance as he traversed the pool of sticky black blood that surrounded the troll
"You pass" The elf spoke up He seemed soeted towards him or not
「You have empty soul slots, would you like to absorb, "Class Soul: Thief (Level 1)"?」
Merlin accepted the notification, and another notification appeared, infor him that he absorbed the soul successfully
「"Class Soul: Thief (Level 1)" has been successfully absorbed」
An infor him the stats of his new soul
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Class Soul: Thief • Level 1
Bonus Stats: +2 Dexterity, +5 Stealth
Abilities: ⟪Sneak⟫
Origin Soul Bonuses: +2 Agility, +1 Dexterity, ⟪Ambush⟫
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Merlin waved the information ay He was satisfied, the three quests had boosted his dexterity by four and an extra two fro it only three points lower than his strength stat, but high enough that using a dagger wouldn't be disadvantageous
The elf walked over and kicked the troll around a fewvoice, but the troll remained silent
"Just tell ive you a painless death" The elf lashed out in frustration while sinking the heel of his boot into the troll's face "I'm sick of this, they never talk"
A few minutes passed, and the two eventually left the makeshi+ft prison The thief lord appeared to be dejected, Merlin just walked beside hi that any further inquiry would result in the elf redirecting his anger towards him
A few moments passed before the elf spoke up, a barely audible, yet soe phenoo?"
Merlin's ears perked up when the words escaped the elf's lips He had heard similar conversation starters before, and more often than not they typically led to quests, this was an opportunity to get back the NPC's respect, but he was also just generally very curious
"No, would you tell me about it?" He asked in a sympathetic tone
The elf looked at Merlin for a moment, and then turned back towards the dark tunnel they came from "Sure, this probably involves you too, so you should learn about it"