Merlin could feel his heart almost beating out of his chest, all his senses were telling him that the worst had happened. He wasn't sure when, or even if it was going to strike again, but he thought he was at least safe in a well-lit environment. The cold air that rushed into the tent stung his face and forced him to shield his eyes.

Jackson unsheathed his blade and dashed out of the camp without saying a word, leaving Merlin alone in the tent. The inside of the tent was still lit because of the hooded lantern that was hooked onto a chain and hanging from the ceiling.

Merlin looked around the tent's interior, trying to find anything he could use to fight the undead creature, but the tent was just full of documents and loose parchment, no weapons or utility items of any sort. He unhooked the lantern, taking it with him as he dashed out of the tent.

More notifications started appearing in his peripheral vision, quickly getting replaced with the same notification but with updated information.

Bandits remaining: 13

There were many ways to approach most quests in New Genesis, with the freedom of full dive it was only natural that the system would try to be as nonrestrictive as possible. With elimination quests, there were many ways to complete them. While some had further restrictions in place, most were generally open to the player's imagination.

The most obvious solution would be to physically engage the enemies in combat and slay them yourself. However another solution would perhaps be to use the environment to kill a creature, such as dropping a tree on a monster to crush it, or causing a landslide to bury a goblin encampment. There were many other solutions, the most relevant in the current situation however would be causing monsters to fight each other.

Areas within the world weren't merely spawn locations for monsters, they were their own living eco