Chapter 88: Cleaning the Slums (2/2)
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[19:26:51] Merlin: I've pulled a few strings and figured out a way to get you both into the thieves guild without having to deal with a bunch of annoyances Messageto have to escort you in
[19:27:30] sobnny: We're actually on our way over to the city now Yeah, I'll tell you e get there
[19:27:57] Merlin: Sounds good!
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The conversation ended pretty quickly, Merlin waved theHe walked out of the alleyway and back onto the filthy street, he began wandering around the sluuard
The squalid buildings around him seemed to be devoid of any life, but it was likely that the residents just hid very well When someone stood out in a place like this, they was usually chosen as a target for criuard or an attack by souild, someone who decided it would be a suild's territory
Several minutes later, as he turned down another alleyway, Merlin started hearing loud thud noises Merlin turned another corner only to see a young girl earing nothing but rags be brutally kicked around and beaten by a fa lare, the sa the woe bruises on the wouard's na it was safe to kill hiht to see" Merlin uard abusing a helpless woman I wonder how many of you share the sauard yelled out as he frantically looked around, searching for the source of the voice
"I guess you could say I' his vines out "Because lately all I've been doing is cleaning up trash"
Before the guard could respond, he felt so into his flesh before his legs were pulled out fro him to fall face first into the paveged down an alleyhile screa road rash, and a trail of blood began forging eventually stopped, and the guard struggled to turn around and face the man who captured hinised Merlin's appearance
"What are you looking at?" Merlin repeated the words the guard spoke to hi on the uy's shoulder
While using the one dagger for stability, Merlin punched the guard in the face before pulling his fist back and punching hi much in the way of defence, Merlin wasn't sure if he was just left incompetent due to his inebriation, or if his strikes had sent the man into shock
He felt a wave of satisfaction wash over him after every punch, it was almost therapeutic Merlin realised that the ry earlier, and that what he was doing was excessive He could have been done with this in only a few slashes, but for some reason he felt like this was necessary
Perhaps he just needed to vent his frustrations from yesterday He had bottled up his emotions for an entire day, and while his adult mind had the experience to just take the trauma and comparte body buckling under the stress He knew he had to let it all out before he began developing stress related illnesses, and there was no better place to vent than in a virtual reality game
There was also the fact that he just didn't like the idea of scu their positions to harht away, it wasn't harardless He figured that his own petty revenge would inadvertently fulfil the vengeful wishes of souard's pleas had devolved into nothing but pained groans, and Merlin's blood coated hand had started hurting, he decided that it was time to finish this Merlin made sure there was nobody around, and once the area see his dagger into the guard's neck, the guard immediately succumbed to his injuries, and a notification appeared before Merlin
「You have co the Sluuild to receive your rewards」
"Well that was a bit anticli out the cleanse skill The blood that caked his hand and ar "Drunks offer no challenge"
As previously instructed, Merlin left the corpse alone, although he made a small attempt to conceal it He stood up, pulled his hood up and uild He entered the tavern and made his way downstairs once more
"You're back already?" The elf asked him with a surprised expression
"Yeah, I found hi to put hi where he left the body "You ht have a few issues with identification, but some of his features are still there So what's next?"