Chapter 87: The Second Wave (2/2)
Merlin killed one more wolf, and at this point his karer considered an evil player, and his na white He still needed to kill forty-nine ain, but he figured it could wait He didn't receive any penalties for it not being exactly a hundred, the only thing thata break froh rock and took the diary he had been putting off reading until this point, the diary he took from the Reds" Merlin started grinding his teeth together as he read the diary, it sees he and his associates had done "The guy kept receipts to use as leverage against his peers, just in case they turned on hi"
The diary contained years of records of political cri piece of information he found was that there was clear evidence that several nobles based in and around the town of Orcho with the Despoina cult
"That explains the necromancy I suppose" Merlin
There was a section in the book that talked about what had happened to Evaline Redht on to the Reds and cri a risk to their operations, the Despoina cult had her killed while giving the Redmond's head an alibi for her murder
There were a bunch ofabout a curse, the devil and his wife in the few pages that followed, it seemed that the man had been afflicted with the curse for at least a ht of a specific individual who could use this information better than he could, so he threw it back into his inventory with the intent of handing it over
Without entering Orchomenus, Merlinoff to Macedonia He was certain that news of Arwell Lychester's death had spread all over town already, so he didn't want to be seen in the sahly unlikely that he would be suspected, especially because of his planning and assigning a scapegoat beforehand, but it didn't hurt to be cautious
It took quite a while to travel froh there weren't any bandits that chose to retake the road yet, so Merlin o, he didn't bother with any detours and startedhis way directly towards the slums
"She knohat you did" Merlin felt sooosebumps rose on his skin, but when he turned around, nobody was there
Beco somewhat perturbed by what had just happened, Merlin scauild as fast as he could
It see the same hideout, which was fortunate as he really couldn't be bothered checking the run down tavern andat the counter
"Password?" A fahtly pointed ears and fair blonde hair asked with a smile on her face
"Apple botto that ca around But when she looked at him with a confused expression, he shook his head and briefly explained hi, don't worry about it"
The receptionist looked at Merlin with confusion for a few seconds longer, but she snapped out of it and lead hi at the gas Merlin waved back while he searched around for someone in particular, his eyes quickly locked onto a fa at the bar, Merlin slipped between the various tables and reeted the elf as he took a seat beside him
"I heard that you made a bit of a mess in Orchomenus, several lass of liquor "I take it you're done with your obligations now?"
"Yeah, all done Thanks" Merlin pulled the diary out of his inventory and placed it on the counter in front of the elf "And I even ift"