Chapter 66: The Ghost (1/2)

「You have couild to receive your rewards」

As soon as the talisman was stored away, Merlin received a notification that he had completed the quest, and at thathunted was no longer weighing him down, and only now did he realise that his cursed purple ar to the pale skin he had chosen during his character creation

His sword began flickering, andMerlin in the middle of the forest without any fore light of what he could only assume were lanterns in the distance, but those too were slowlyaway fro to re out the light skill once ht⟫ Activated」

Instead of touching his blade like before, Merlin allowed the light to forht slowly coalesced into a shly the size of a billiards ball, before it left Merlin's hand and began floating around hih he still had his weapon drawn and his guard up A murderous undead wasn't the only threat in the forest after all, wolves were also present And there was always a threat of bandits, even if the last group was exterroup would fill in where they left off after clai their territory

Eventually Merlin haduneventful There were a few ate than usual, and Merlin saw a pair of fauards he had interacted with on multiple occasions at this point were both there, uninjured Merlin was relieved that neither of theht attacked, because he are of what happened to the guards ere

Not even the chattier of the two spoke up as Merlin passed, all of the guards held a sombre expression, and as Merlin entered the town, he felt that the usual lively nightlife the town had was replaced with a dreary atuild, passing by all of the people ere huddled around whiletheir losses

Merlin eventually uild, but from outside the door, he couldn't hear any noise The usual rowdy at he heard before leaving, wasn't there, it was just silent As Merlin entered the building, like always, all the eyes in the room fell on hiust, hatred or envy, but were instead just curious gazes

Merlin ignored the gazes as usual, and walked towards the counter, greeting the bartender as he sat down

"I see that arm of yours has cleared up, looks like it really was a curse" The bartender spoke while pouring himself a drink "I also heard that you took the led to h it with ease"

The bartender downed the glass in a single gulp before continuing "You helped her pass on Thank you"

Upon hearing those words, he received a notification, and when he checked his character profile, he noticed that a large chunk of his experience bar had filled up

「You have earned +20 reputation within the Orchomenus Mercenary Guild」

"Thank you And sorry" The bartender lowered his head "Even though you were sent on a task by us to subjugate bandits, you were suddenly treated like abut rumour, andthat isn't the case"

"I know this wont ise" The bartender raised his glass, "This is a little late, and not the best at overdue"

"Welcome our brother in arms" The bartender pausednow that he didn't know Merlin's name, but before he could aardly ask, his speech was overshadowed by the collective chant of everyone else in the room

"Ghost!" In a siuild, the nickna about it appealed to large groups of drunkards And it seemed his reputation, even if it was slander, had been spread using the side a description of his appearance

"What did I say about giving e nickna--" Merlin's complaints were cut short when he received another notification

「You've been granted the title, "The Ghost"」

The notification left hireatest fear had come to pass, the nised by the system