Chapter 68: Learning the Ropes (1/2)

A telepathic link with the seedlings that are growing inside his body, and the ability to manipulate them as if they were his own limbs That hat the flavour text of the skill stated, he previously thought it was an active ability that replicated other passive abilities just fro happened when he chanted the skill na the ability was actually passive

He thought back to how the rose wight fought, and how it typically had the tentacles co from its back, and how the vines could be freely retracted and extended at will Perhaps it was athe vine as if it were chains or rope wrapped around a spool, but in this case the spool would have been the rose wight's spine

The envisioning part didn't really h In the case of tails, it didn'tas they functioned the same way But tails that didn't move in a similar way or had other functions, such as a fish or scorpion's tail, probably wouldn't work

He held his arm out in front of him and focused all his attention on the pal out of his palht was to specifically focus on the vine running under his skin, escaping through his pals or a tail, where he had a proper reference of how they worked, the idea of vines capable ofat will just didn't click Chains, rope or vines weren't capable of slithering through the air, they were subject to gravity and didn't even have their own method oftheht was, like tentacles, or even as serpents

Then it clicked, but before he could test his new theory, he heard footsteps co from the forest area in front of hi noise, followed by the sound of soh the air Merlin quickly leapt from his rock and rolled into the forest dirt as a shoddy arrow shattered upon i on

Two goblins ran out fro a rusty hatchet, neither of which were carrying a bohich ht

Merlin drew his sword and began swinging as the hatchet goblin ran towards him with its weapon raised above its head Before the hatchet and Merlin's sword made contact, an arro directly towards Merlin's face, which iftly blocked by his shi+eld

The club goblin see Merlin's blind spot as the hatchet and gladius oblin to be staggered back a step And as Merlin was preparing hioblintowards him with its club raised, but Merlin oblin to et so at the club goblin Yet another arro past, but Merlinit with his shi+eld, he didn't want to waste its durability

Merlin held his shi+eld hand out in front of hiined a snake crawling out of his palm instead And much to his surprise, a small rose bud formed in the palm of his hand He couldn't feel it pierce his skin, and there wasn't any feeling of movement under his skin, it didn't even feel like it was attached to his body, but he could still tell that it was there It was a strange sensation that he couldn't really describe properly, but it was sort of like ers while your arm was nu the club goblin, he iined that a snake slithered out of his hand and struck the goblin It didn't ed at the goblin and sunk its fangs into it He instead tried thinking of the snake constricting around the goblin's neck, to which the bud suddenly lunged at the goblin, a long rope of thorn-covered vines following it, which then wrapped around the club goblin's neck

"You're really picky, huh" Merlin ainst the vine He decided thatof it more like a tentacle and less of a snake would be easier for hi on the vine caused Merlin's ar out Merlin found this interesting, even though it was extendable and retractable at will, only Merlin could adjust its length Not only that, even though it ically appeared somewhere on his body, he was still considered attached to it, so stronger enemies would be able to whip him around

Another arroas notched and fired froing this one, Merlin ioblin into its line of fire The vine viciously whipped around, causing the goblin to frantically stumble in the direction the vine pulled it in A second later, the goblin let out a pained scream as an arrow pierced its back Merlin retracted the vine back into its body before turning his attention back to the hatchet goblin

Merlin lifted his shi+eld in the way of the hatchet goblin's next strike and then thrust his sword into its exposed chest The oily black blood began sticking to his blade, two oblin's neck was all it took for the creature to fall to the ground