Chapter 159: Cleaning Up The Orcs And Going Home (2/2)

That last detail was interesting, as orcs in an area didn't often fight other orcs unless it was for gaining authority Which led Merlin to assume that the warlord had actually collected orcs of various tribes and ruled the was usually only ever seen through territory battles, but they still retained their allegiance to the tribe when the warlord was killed Whereas this was h the use of a fiend's power, a power granted through corruption

The group began searching the area, looking for the rehts They found a couple of corpses, which was unfortunate, but there were several others ere just wounded and were quickly healed by Merlin

The group beganthe forest that they encountered

As they stepped out of the treeline, they saw a field of orc corpses surrounding the toalls And there were severaltheir wounds roup continued into the town, and while they were getting close to the barracks, she turned to the group and gave theht, everyone ," Callisto ordered the rangers ere following her, "We'll be setting off in half an hour, so don't be late"

After that roup and slipped down a side street that see transparent eyeball and began talking to his strea this strea trip back," Merlin said to his stream "The next stream will be on Saturday next week I hope to see you all there"

With that, he waved goodbye to his strea the eyeball and chat box to disappear

Merlin quickly made his way over to that construction site he saw at the start, and although it seeain, the pale man couldn't be seen anywhere

He walked around that area for a while, but eventually, he had to leave He couldn't find a single trace of the uess I'll find hiht to hier be a threat by then, I hope'

Then a thought ran through his mind

'What would happen if I killed it here?' He wondered 'Would that entire event just not happen? Hoould that change future events after that?'

Merlin was experiencing a strange feeling of worry and excitement His actions now could potentially ruin an event several years in the future, but that ive birth to an entirely new story, at the expense of his advantage

He decided that ruining his advantage for the chance of a new story would be stupid His goal was to uncover the opportunity that had been robbed froe

'Beco if I didn't have all this knowledge already' He realised, 'And if I did that, I'd losethe Quetzalcoatl quest impossible'

With this realisation inthe future any more than he had to This meant that the snake had to live, for now

He quickly made his way back to the et on the wagons and leave

They had a long uneventful journey back to Parrhasia, where they let the horses rest for a while, beforethe ride back to the city, Merlin received the regular alert box telling hions drove through the gate, Merlin received a notification telling him his quest had been complete

「You have completed the quest, "The Orcs Attack", rewards have been delivered」

'That should have put er soul's experience bar a little over halfway,' He thought to hie it, it'd be nice having soon and saying goodbye to Callisto, the other rangers and Tuli asto see the old man once more But unfortunately, the oldhiout, then accepted the confirs to quickly fade to black, dropping him back into the dark void oncethe capsule had been co roos besides sitting in front of thehis strea the strea the back to co data

After a brief conversation, and a shower of praise due to his sudden explosive growth in co put on display for the world to see, the rest of the group had entered the rooun

It was rather quick as usual, with the longest part being the leaderboard reading at the end, but everyone already knehat the top three were going to be And it seeh the fourth slot had ce as well, so everyone realised that only the fifth spot was actually being contested

The briefing came to an end and everyone made their way outside of the facility on their way horoups he passed by, and then he remembered that it was the first day of school tomorrow, his final year