According to the witch's records, the power of water ghosts is only equivalent to that of normal people, but it is very fast and agile, unlike ordinary undead creatures. Moreover, due to the characteristics of undead creatures, it is extremely powerful against knife cuts, sword stabs, punches, etc.
Therefore, when a normal person encounters a water ghost, unless he is extremely lucky, there is no hope of defeating him. Even a warrior with the strength of a formal knight and squire will fail in a one-on-one battle with a water ghost, and most of them will die.
However, since water ghosts are very afraid of fire and positive energy and are completely restrained, they can be burned to death with torches as long as they are properly arranged.
Of course, this is the case when you encounter a water ghost on the ground or by a river. If you encounter it in the water, the water ghost's strength, speed, and agility will be greatly improved. It can also resist flames with the help of the environment. Only positive energy such as holy light
The strike can still produce effects without being weakened.
"I wasn't ready to find it, and it came to the 'door' by itself. However, there is no magic of fire and positive energy attack in informal magic! And this water ghost doesn't look like ordinary water.
Ghost, at least the power is far superior!" As soon as he saw the water ghost with two pale flames dancing in his eyes, Lucien had this bitter thought in his mind.
In the study of positive energy, magicians have always been inferior to priests. The positive energy attack magic "holy light ray" in the first-circle magic is only an informal magic. Among informal magic, there are only auxiliary magic such as light magic.
Among elemental magics, fire is the most violent and difficult to control, and it places high demands on magicians. Therefore, before formal magic, there is almost no fire magic. The only fire magic is "Maris's Little Flame", and its purpose is to
, is to help those magic apprentices who forgot to bring flints and were unable to light a fire for warmth or eat hot food in the wild.
In order to deal with water ghosts, the witch is collecting materials and preparing to brew an alchemical item called "Fire Glue". By then, even in water, the "Fire Glue" can burn for a long time, which is enough to deal with several monsters.
Just an ordinary water ghost.
Lucien had just started learning magic for just one day. His plan was to become proficient in magic quickly, collect materials slowly, and wait until the "Fire Glue" was successfully brewed before finding a chance to go to the Belem River. But now, there is no
While preparing, Lucien met a "mutated" water ghost.
According to what Lucien has heard in the past, this is "Plans don't change as fast as they do!"
"escape?"
This was the next thought that appeared in Lucien's mind, but at this time, after the mutated water ghost had eaten the brains of the gangster, he threw the body away and jumped so fast that it almost left an afterimage.
Come to that cultist.
Although this cultist was originally a beggar and was not physically strong. He had only joined the cult for a few days and had not yet received the gift from the "god" he believed in. But when the water ghost grabbed him with both hands, he didn't even have the strength to move his hands.
He had time to reach out to block, but the water ghost directly grabbed his skull and broke his neck.
What an amazing speed! What a terrifying power!
As soon as Lucien saw this scene, the idea of escape in his mind cooled down: "If you don't do something, just run away, you may not have escaped very far before you were knocked down by this mutated water ghost from behind.
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"Ah!" The painful scream of the cult beggar rang out and then stopped suddenly.
This was not the first time he encountered such a dangerous situation, and with his experiences during this period, Lucien actually suppressed his fear and fear, maintained his focus on casting spells, and calmly denied the idea of escape.
"Water ghosts are afraid of flames and positive energy, but it's just past midnight and it's still a long time before dawn."
"And using flint and steel to light a torch to attack, with the speed and agility of this water ghost, I can't hit it at all!"
"Among the unofficial magics, there is only the fire spell 'Maris' Little Flame', but it only emits a five-centimetre-long ordinary flame on the finger. It also requires close combat to hit the water ghost. Moreover, I haven't yet
Start analyzing and learning this magic."
Lucien was like a bystander, indifferently watching the scene in front of him of the water ghost licking his brains and jumping towards Scar. He calmly and quickly thought of various methods, and then coldly rejected them one by one.
This is a quality that an outstanding magician must possess!
When Scar saw the cult beggar's skull being scratched, he seemed to have finally woken up from a nightmare. The extreme fear made him feel like there was something more in his body. His heart was beating very fast, dong dong dong dong, all at once.
After getting rid of the influence of the mutated water ghost's natural "fear aura", he regained his strength and ran forward on his hands and feet from being paralyzed.
Unfortunately, the water ghost was too fast. Scar had only taken two steps when the water ghost pounced on him and grabbed his feet.
"The only magic I know now is: 'Ring of Out of Control', 'Eye of the Stars', 'Hand of the Mage', 'Light Forbidden', 'Acid Splash', and 'Frost Ray'."
"The effect of the 'Ring of Out of Control' is still there, and it won't be of much help against water ghosts whose speed and strength are much higher than normal people."
"The water ghost is immune to hypnosis and has dark vision. The 'Eye of Stars' and 'Light Forbidden Technique' cannot be used."
Lucien quickly analyzed his own strength.
The water ghost lifted Ska and used both hands to exert force. A heart-stopping sound of shattering suddenly sounded. Ska was torn into two halves. The heart, intestines, liver, etc., together with the blood, fell to the ground one after another.
The shrill and painful screams echoed in the sewer for a long time.
"The 'Hand of the Mage' combined with the 'Ring of Out of Control' may be useful in dealing with ordinary water ghosts, but this water ghost is too powerful."
"'Acid Splash' and 'Frost Ray' are acid and ice magics. Water ghosts have strong resistance. Now, after a short recovery, I can only use two more informal magics."
"Wait a minute, the casting material of 'Acid Splash' is sulfur. Sulfur is an easily flammable substance and is a component of black gunpowder. And 'Acid Splash' creates acid by igniting sulfur and compressing nearby water elements.
of."
Lucien's brain was spinning rapidly, and he calmly watched as the water ghost lifted the half of Ska's body in front of him where his head was, and dug out Ska's skull with a powerful claw of his free hand due to throwing away the other half.
His tongue stretched out and licked up the white, trembling brain matter.
At a distance of nearly twenty meters, Lucien had already felt the influence of the water ghost's "aura of fear", his heartbeat was racing, and he couldn't help but feel panic.
However, Lucien forcibly maintained his concentration on spell casting, continued to analyze the "Acid Splash" magic he had mastered, and grabbed a ball of sulfur with his right hand:
"Can you interrupt the magic when it's just ignited and send it out directly with your mental power?"
"Direct interruption. According to the description of the witch, you will be hit by the backlash of magic failure. It can be light enough to completely consume your mental energy, and heavy enough to slightly damage the soul. In addition, you have to maintain stability to send out magic, which is a trauma to the soul.
It will become more serious, and it is possible to become an idiot."
Lucien quickly analyzed the magic structure, trying to send the last one out, skipping the middle part and connecting it to the front, while his head was running rapidly.
Analyze, reconstruct, combine, analyze again, reconstruct again, combine again, even if this is an apprentice-level magic with a very simple structure, it is very difficult for Lucien to combine it in a short time.
"It's barely possible, but I haven't tried it, and it's likely to have huge flaws."
The water ghost nearly twenty meters away had already eaten Scar's brains, threw his body aside, and ran towards Lucien. The terrifying face covered with carrion, the stench, and the terrifying smell.
All the rising feelings flashed by in slow motion in front of Lucien, very clearly.
Lucien continued to watch the approaching water ghost calmly like a bystander, restraining the panic and fear in his heart. The fine sand-like sulfur powder in his hand fell bit by bit, flickering faintly under the fluorescent light.
At the same time, a short, rapid, and strange syllable came out of Lucien's mouth, making the surroundings seem strange and quiet.
The water ghost was very fast. In just one second, which was the time it took for the mantra to be recited, he started from a standstill and ran to a place one meter in front of Lucien.
At this time, Lucien had just changed the runes in front of "Acid Splash", and flames appeared.
Therefore, Lucien immediately forcibly interrupted the spellcasting, and then felt as if his brain and soul had been hit hard with a hammer. He became dizzy, his nostrils felt hot, and two streams of blood flowed out quickly.
I can no longer continue the part where my mental power sends out flames!
However, the water ghost's claws were almost close to Lucien's head!
Lucien understood that this was a critical moment. Seeing that he could not gather his mental power to send out the flames, he simply let go of his mental control and let the flames expand on their own.
In a slow-motion calm, Lucien saw a light blue wall of fire appear in front of him, burning the water ghost that jumped in front of him, and also burned his own hands.
The burning pain of the flames forced Lucien to barely get rid of his dizziness, and he manipulated the changes in the "Ring of Out of Control" that had not lost its effect, causing the pale water ghost's hand to fall in advance, while his body was light and rolled sideways and backwards.
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There was a stabbing sound, and Lucien's clothes were torn open, and he dangerously avoided the water ghost's grasp.
Lucien rolled on the ground and was almost close to the underground river before he hurriedly stood up and looked at the water ghost.
The light blue wall of fire disappeared without Lucien's mental power to maintain it, but the water ghost seemed to be covered in corpse oil and cadaverine. At this time, it had turned into a human-shaped stick, burning
Torch with pale green flame.
It waved its hands and did not pursue Lucien anymore. Instead, it stumbled towards the underground river, intending to return to the water.
At this time, Lucien's mental power was exhausted and he could no longer cast magic, but he did not flinch at all. Full of adventure and desperate spirit, he picked up the dagger and rushed towards the water ghost. If he didn't kill it while it was in this state, why should he wait for it to recover?
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The flame was indeed the nemesis of the water ghost. It seemed that even his strength was being burned. He walked very slowly. Lucien chased him, picked up a dagger and stabbed it in the eye socket.
Those two pale flames left such a deep impression on Lucien!
Just as he was stabbed, the water ghost's arm hit him, but Lucien had been prepared for it, and his speed was much slower, so he barely dodged it and stabbed out the dagger again.
Once, twice... after five times, when the water ghost walked to the edge of the corridor and was less than fifty centimeters away from the underground river, the pale flames in its eyes finally went out, and its body was burned by the flames.
It fell apart and fell to the ground, never moving again.
Lucien then became frightened and relaxed, gasping for air, and used a dagger to pick out the water ghost's skeletal head and put it into the underground river to prevent the brain tissue from being burned by the flames.
Soon, the flames on the corridor extinguished and the water ghost turned into a ball of ashes.
But inside this mass of ash, there was something shiny reflecting fluorescence.