Chapter 142: Ghost vs Ghostsaw - II (1/2)

'What can I do if I can't parry hiht to hi towards the humidifier in the middle of the room "Ah, so that's how you did it No matter, I don't need stealth to kill you all"

Ghostsaw grabbed his blade and charged towards Merlin, as still lost in thought, but quickly snapped out of it

Merlin swung his daggers at the blade while avoiding the next strike And as he observed the blade, it went through both of his, barelyhis arms

'Surely the blade has limitations, it wouldn't o through anything, it would fall through the world any time he sets it down, sheaths it, or drops it'

'If I can't parry the blade, perhaps I could parry the handle' Merlin thought, readying his blade oncethethetowards the handle of Ghostsaw's blade

His enemy moved his hand out of the way and twisted his body around Merlin's strikes before counterattacking Merlin also avoided thehim once more

It see either, as Ghostsaw made sure not to defend with it, so it eventually beca to kill each other in a governet seeht idea and escaped out the side roo Merlin to deal with the assassin without any distractions or people to protect while he fought

Eventually Merlin ed to strike the blade's handle, and to his surprise the blade went right through it, barely scraping Ghostsaw's finger But in retaliation the dagger was plunged into Merlin's are logs thatfair" Merlin grued another slash aimed for his throat

"Why would an assassin have to play fair" Ghostsaw replied in an arrogant tone

"Fair point" Merlin retorted

The yew poison didn't seeh it was just a s some of the effects by now

'Well, if skill won't help uess all I can rely on is overpowering hian chanting out a skill nahostsaw to back away quickly

「Skill ⟪Heavy Strike⟫ Activated, your next attack will do an extra 35 daer effect」

'He's surprisingly cautious' Merlin noted as he watched the thief stare at him with inquisitive eyes

"Well, I hope you don't e this up a bit" Merlin rehts Even if you do pose a challenge, this is incredibly boring"

"I was about to say the sa his blade once more

'Does heavy strike ith ht crossed Merlin's mind, and as he pondered the question a smirk formed on his face that was hidden behind histhat he was going to strike with his blade once more

He ht side, forcing hie left as he readied hih Ghostsaas suspicious at thewith Merlin's plan And as the assassin was standing at Merlin's side, just about to deal Merlin a crippling blow, several vines flew out fro themselves towards the assassin

"What the--" The assassin was startled as several vines appeared in his vision

The assassinit to retract back into Merlin's body, but the other two uard and puncture his skin

Merlin received a notification sound notifying hiside another notification that his passive had also triggered

「Passive skill ⟪Rose Blight⟫ has triggered, target's stats have been reduced」

"Surprise!" Merlin said in a playful tone "But how interesting Does that blade pick what h, or does it just not cut through non-living h plants? Are those considered living materials? What about undead? Can you only slice rew Fortunately one of the quest rewards was the dagger, so he'd be able to satisfy his curiosity once the assassin was dead

Merlin pulled the vines back before the assassin tried slashi+ng at them

Ghostsaw he seemed to have noticed that his body beca towards the door

"Oh don't you even think about running" Merlin taunted, charging towards the assassin once more

He sent out his vines to attack first, both of which were cut doith ease and retracted back into Merlin's body before he could even close the distance

The assassin then attempted to attack Merlin, but as his speed had lowered, Merlin was able to dodge the blade and leave a deep gash on the assassin's ar Ghostsaw to drop his blade

Merlin's attention snapped to the blade, and he watched as the blade fell He wanted to reach for it, but his body didn't react in time To Merlin's surprise, the blade had hit the floor instead of phasing through it