Chapter 114: Killing Kobolds and Gnoll Gangs - I (1/2)

The opening of the cave was fairly quiet There didn't seens of monsters within the entrance of the cave, which was usual for kobolds but that ilant in his search for traps

Merlin kept his eyes peeled as he walked into the cave, he quickly suht could barely illuminate the area He followed the only path available to him, which lead him into a small room with another tunnel that led further into the cave

The rooe shadows that formed on the floor on the other side of the room

Merlin slowly approached the shadows, only to find that it was actually a pit As kobolds loved to burrow, pitfall traps were one of their favourites

Within this pit, Merlin noticed a bipedal figure, he couldn't make out many details as the creature was several meters deep in a dark pit, face down and punctured with spikes

Merlin reached over and cupped the ball of light, slowly dragging it towards the pit to give hiht as he inspected the creature Upon further inspection, the creature sees, sinolls have already tried raiding this place" Merlin mumbled to himself as he backed away from the pit and continued further into the cave

The cave alan walking down the left path, he began hearing very faint sounds It see down had , and what sounded like laughter

Merlin began hiding his presence as he continued into the cave There he sao gnolls clawing at a snolls noticed the light source, as they quickly turned around to see Merlin creeping up on thee huoblins or kobolds They were bipedal dog people with a hyena-like head

Without any warning one of the gnolls charged at Merlin with a spear, the creature was quite fast As as it got intoattack that Merlin barely ducked under in tiers and pounced on the creature, driving both blades into the hyena-like monster's thick neck Merlin found hian its counterattack, and the other gnoll had also just charged at him

Merlin was unfortunately stabbed a few ti their attacks, but he was able to kick off of the wall and leap over another wide sweep He leapt towards the gnoll he attacked previously, and as he landed beside the gnoll that was just getting ready to stab hiers once more

「Gnolls Killed: 1/15」

Before he could celebrate his first kill, he was forced to roll away as another spear was slammed down on the area he was just at

Merlin retaliated by charging at thea spear strike with both of his blades as he approached The gnoll leaned in for a bite attack but Merlin thrust his dagger through the creature's jaw, pinning it shut as he began slicing at the creature's throat

The gnoll resorted to primitive attacks once he couldn't attack Merlin with its spear, but its claws didn't do as er And within a few strikes, the gnoll fell to the ground as a corpse

「Gnolls Killed: 2/15」

Merlin was surprised when the quest infornolls had been pushed out of the northern part of the forest by the goblins, based on their nature of being needlessly violent and always hungry But when he thought about it, and considered how oblins he had just gone through, it eventuallyan individual was, superior nue, with the one exception being superior power, such as large area of effect spells But gnolls typically didn't kno to use nolls had dropped loot, which left Merlin a little disappointed He quickly looked around the room he found himself in, and besides the small hole in the wall that he wouldn't even be able to crawl through, there was another pit with yet another dead gnoll inside