Chapter 63: The Ghost Hunt - II (2/2)
Merlin read through the quest, his eyes locked on to the quest requireht」
The monster that he had been attacked by finally had a na like it in the previous timeline He expected it would be some forht
Wights were a type of undead which usually reses They had an weakness to sunlight and sources of holy ht and fire, with sost other things Wights were generally very hostile creatures, having been originally reani that didn't add up if what the bartender said about Evaline's nature was true
Merlin guessed that the wight would have instead been a et revenge against her husband But the hostile behaviour seen today and the day of the bandit exterht ran through Merlin's ht wasn't reanih a third party's use of black ic and necroe behaviour of the creature, as well as allowed the bartender's view of Evaline to stay true
Merlin accepted the quest, he had no reason not to Plus one of the rewards pro forward to it
He grabbed the lantern he stole fro He travelled towards the eastern gate, where the crowd had beco in It see a speech of some kind, and Merlin fortunately arrived at the end of it
A few , the crowd started rushi+ng out of the town and quickly spread out within the forest The hundreds of torches and lanterns lit up the forest, and everyone had souard were all equipped with either a spear or a standard iron short-sword and wooden shi+eld coe variety of weapons; hatchets, swords of varying sizes and styles, chain weapons, far scythe
It was only at this point did he realise that Typhoeus and sobnny were also participating in the ghost hunt He hadn't seen or heard froht between LordKyle and Arwell Lychester
Merlin approached his friends, and he was just about to surprise the out from within the forest, followed by a series of inco, it seemed contact had been made only a fewtowards the noise, Merlin's friends included From a distance all Merlin could see was hundreds of sle point
The wind began picking up once h the forest, extinguishi+ng a large portion of the fireballs that Merlin could see What remained were mostly just lanterns, but there were some people who protected their torches
Merlin started running towards the position of the noise with his blade drawn The forest was sparse this close to the town, but it grew denser as he traversed further in Eventually he reached a large group and could now clearly hear the sounds of battle nearby
Slipping through a section of dense foliage, Merlin saw a s away at a pair of thorn covered tentacles that eaving between the trees and lunging at their blind spots The ood condition, a few scratches but nothing serious
Tracing the origin of the tentacle, Merlin found that the rose wight was a little further into the forest, and was currently holding several groups back with just a few tentacles utilising hit-and-run tactics
Merlin made his way to the main body, which turned to face hile vial of holy water out of his inventory and poured a s it to barely coat his blade
"Unfortunately I cant have you destroying the expedition force while I purify your re to have to deal with this body first" Merlin pointed his blade towards the rose wight A few re droplets formed near the tip of the blade "I'd appreciate it if you just stood still and let ht shrieked at the taunts, and one of its two unoccupied tentacles lunged towards Merlin When he dodged it with relative ease, the tentacle wrapped around a tree and lunged at hiain, this ti like this froainst the mercenaries, he would have probably received a fatal injury, but fortunately he reacted in ti the tentacle to fly past hiladius into the tentacle Where he previously encountered resistance, like trying to cut through a rock with a steak knife, his blade now slid in with ease, it see his blade in holy water was extre thisadditional force was all it took for Merlin's blade to cleave right through the tentacle The rest of the tentacle dropped to the forest floor, and the tentacle itself gushed out a tar-like black liquid, it appeared to be the creature's blood or perhaps some kind of sap