Chapter 118: To Catch a Predator (2/2)
The wildcat stepped out of the shadow, the ht lit its shi+ny black fur as it stealthily closed the distance Merlin could see the creature in full detail now, it was a panther
The panther finally pounced on one of the deer, cla its jaws on the deer's neck Merlin took this opportunity to quickly draw his arrow back, ai the arrow
The boas quite hard to pull back, and itsnapped back into position The arro incredibly fast, piercing the panther's neck before it had time to react to the sudden noise
The panther, who currently had a deer hanging in its jaw, began sprinting aith the deer Merlin quickly chased after it, he noticed that after about two minutes the panther was forced to drop the deer And after another three ht up with it
The panther addling around as if it were drunk It seeave Merlin the chance to catch up to it But the biggest factor in it slowing doas because it kept running into shrubs and trees
Merlin loaded another arrow into his longbow and ai the panther down
「You have co the wildcat's corpse back to Tuli to receive your rewards」
And it see to a panther
Merlin pulled his arrows out of the panther's corpse gently,sure not to break the arrows Fortunately both arroere in good shape, so after casting cleanse, he put them back into his quiver
Merlin threw the bow and quiver into his inventory before picking the panther's body up and throwing it over his shoulder He su the panther's corpse back to the gate
The guards gave Merlin an ie beast's corpse towards the rangers guild building
He entered the building and found the same man who replaced Tuli at the front desk was still there He looked up fro him to recoil somewhat
"Hey there, Do you knohere I could find Tuli?" Merlin asked him
"Oh, yeah, she should be in the h the building, parading his kill around to all the rangers ere going about their day He knocked on the medicine room door and Tuli opened it a few moments later
"OhThat was fast" Tuli said as she immediately spotted Merlin under the panther's corpse "Please, followroom"
Tuli lead Merlin to a room down the hallway, it featured several racks and various skinning tools, alongside a large table in the centre of the room
"Please place the corpse on the table" Tuli asked as she walked to one of the racks and grabbed a pair of gloves
Merlin did as he was told, and once the panther's corpse was safely resting on the table, Tuli approached and began inspecting the body
"A total of two puncture wounds, no other lacerations" She uess that they're frobow?"
"Correct" Merlin responded
"I see So you utilised poison" She said as she poked around at the corpse "Congratulations, you pass!"
「You have no eer (Level 1)" has been sent to your soul receptacle」
Unlike the souls acquired through killing, where you could store theh quests were automatically bound to you and sent to your soul bank if your slots were full or if you refused to absorb it
"Now, the next step after killing a creature is to make sure you don't waste it I'll now teach you the basics of ani who she was talking to She asked another question instead of continuing "Unless you already kno to?"
"Unfortunately I don't kno to harvest ani a quest notification to appear
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[Common Quest]
A bountiful harvest
Once you've hunted, the next step is to harvest your kill to make the most of the lost life Tuli has offered to teach you the basics of harvesting, follow along with her instructions to successfully harvest the wildcat
Harvest the wildcat
• Reward: 60 EXP, Life Skill: Aniinner)
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