Chapter 100: Kidnapping Case Solved (1/2)
"Are you guys heading back to Orchomenus?" Merlin asked Zankoku, to which he received a nod in return "Do you roup of people back to town?"
"We ht as well" Zankoku answered "When do you think we'll be leaving?"
Merlin and Zankoku both looked over to the wo, then Merlin scanned the faces of everyone nearby until his eyes fell on an older looking woman with a sympathetic look on her face
The woaze and understood his intentions She gave hi, she began consoling her After a few minutes, the woman calmed down, and Merlin took the opportunity to speak up
"We'll start roup" Merlin announced, "We'll protect you from any threats on the way For those of you ish to travel to Caphyae instead, I'd advise against it We don't knohat sort of condition your bodies are in and we don't have any torches to spare, plus it wouldn't be safe to travel alone at night"
He received a nod of approval fro away froh quite a few of the NPCs could cast light
Before the group left, Merlin scanned around and located the envoy of the oracle, he approached the envoy to explain the situation to hi him back to Macedonia, but he would have to follow hiot the rest of the people to safety
The group started slowlythe road It didn't take long to traverse through the forest following Merlin's guidance, even theto carry the corpse at first, but a friendly looking er build offered to take his place
Eventually the group hadeveryone feel considerably safer The group began their travels along the road on their way to Orchorab the paper?" Alvira asked Merlin in a hushed voice "I thought you read those already"
"Couldn't helpmanner at first, but he decided to hu I can get someone to translate the rest for me"
"What else is there to understand?" She asked
"There's a large pile of records involving tests, they're full of jargon and words I don't understand Quite a few of these seem to involve some kind of alchemy, and there were the vials we found on the same desk" Merlin explained, "Since the vas in this world the nor poisons that can create ghouls and vaht into this" Alvira stared at Merlin like he said soe "Wait, but you killed the vampire already, so the rest of this is pointless, isn't it?"
"Probably, but I ed "At the very least there's a chance I'll get uarantee for anything else, no power ups?" She asked, "What's the point then?"
"What? It'sthan just an extra stat point" Merlin asked "Don't you read any of the books you find in gaue?"
"Nope, I just skip it all I only click on books if they give me bonuses, but I never read theet back into killing stuff"
"What is the fun in just fighting endlessly?" Merlin shook his head "A lot of ti those worlds and stories, usually a Merlin to aardly cough
"An old man" Merlin felt her words stab at his pride, "Really, you don't feel any sense of mystery and excite around the forest and dungeons But I don't want to spend " She explained before running off, it seemed Merlin had bored her
"And old roup continued down the road, the light froate could be seen in the distance Fortunately it didn't see such a large group