Chapter 78: The Wolves Den - V (2/2)

"Well, it looks like the wolf's enraged, hit hi towards the wolf

The boss wolf noticed Merlin and began the motions of a slash attack, but a poor quality net that looked to have been stolen fro around its claw and face The net distracted it enough to cancel the attack, but it easily tore under the wolf's strength, not a uselessly wrapped around the wolf, siht around a turtle's neck

This wasn't bad, all Merlin really needed was for it to stay on long enough to do dalement was just a bonus He ran forward and touched part of the net while chanting a skill nanite⟫ Activated」

A s flame that quickly spread up the net Merlin backed away as the net was coulfed in the flame, followed by the wolf's fur

"And noe hit it until it dies" Merlin said as he sliced his hand on his sword oncehis blood to coat his blade He didn't enjoy the unco the exposed h times that he could will himself past it The worst part was the itchy sensation that followed as it healed, but it was such a powerful ability that he couldn't simply not abuse it

The ability was most likely balanced with the intent that humans wouldn't intentionally cut themselves for a five percent stat reduction with a measly ten percent chance, which was also probably why the ability had a chance to trigger on the vines But unfortunately for Gaia, Merlin was a lot stranger than expected, and had already experienced enough of the ga to win at times

sobnny slapped the boss with the last pinch of spice powder, her face contorted into disappoint but a few leftovers she'd barely be able to use for food Unfortunately, spices were expensive in general, but especially this early in the ga like that probably cost her about asof blessed salt, probablyherin a similar way to the other tolves Now that the as partially distracted by the multiple sources of pain, Merlin rushed in onceat its neck Due to the wolf's fur still s in places, he couldn't use his vines to entrap it yet, although he wasn't sure how effective they would be, seeing as the net was torn like paper

The wolf barely dodged out of the way of Merlin's strike, but a scythe swing followed it, leaving a large gash in its right side, while sobnny punctured its burning flesh several tiht⟫ has triggered, target's stats have been reduced」

He wasn't sure which attack caused the notification, but he deter flesh on the wolf's right side had begun showing patches of purple

"It's been poisoned, it should slo" Merlin yelled, while slashi+ng the wolf once ash on the wolf's snout

The wolf, see its fangs at Merlin moments before it slashed at him with so much speed that he could barely react in ti back into the cave wall behind him, and his shi+eld had finally shattered into pieces, leaving hi but splinters and shards of his for in his ear, and a notification that made his blood boil

「Your "Tutorial shi+eld" has been destroyed」

Merlin waved the notification away as he stood back up, he stared at the ith an angered expression, and with his now shi+eldless left hand, he reached into his inventory and pulled out his goblin dagger

"Merlin, are you okay?" His friends yelled out while still trying to deal with the wolf

"It just changed phases, be careful" Merlin warned as he walked back to the fight "It seems it'll perform a heavy slash at certain intervals, so back away fro at you"

Merlin cracked his neck before breaking out into a sprint directly towards the wolf The boss, which had just turned its attention to sobnny, suddenly snapped its attention back to Merlin and began growling with its teeth bared once more