Path of light

Chapter 176 177. Water Ghost

Seeing the two crew members lying asleep on the deck under the main mast, Roy and Claire immediately rushed to the crew members and poured the remaining water with the power of the Holy Light into the faces of the two crew members.

Before Roy could wake up the sleeping crew members lying on the deck, he heard Claire standing aside and saying in a strange voice:

"Roy, look what that is?"

Claire stared straight in the direction of the bow.

A gauzy black mist filled the ship...

Roy followed Claire's gaze and happened to see a dark figure lying on the deck. The dark figure was lying on the body of a sailor, and his body was shaking constantly...

He bravely took two steps toward the black shadow. The black shadow suddenly raised his head as if he felt something.

It was a wet water ghost, its mouth was full of blood, its head was full of rotten flesh, its clothes were in tatters, some white bones were exposed in its arms and thighs, and its tattered clothes were covered with seaweed.

The face was in tatters, but the mouth was full of blood. When he found Roy, Claire and the elf waiter, he immediately gave up on the crew members who had been chewed to pieces by it.

Without hesitation, it crawled towards Roy, its face was ferocious, and there was a trace of sticky blood hanging from the corner of its mouth.

It had no eyes at all, and the soul fire in the eye sockets could not be seen. Roy flipped through some books in the library of the Temple of Liberty and saw a book about introducing alien creatures.

The priests in the Temple of Liberty believe that this kind of water ghost often appears in some rivers and is considered the lowest form of living corpse, not even an undead creature.

The elf waiter cried out in horror and despair. The moment he saw the water ghost, he collapsed.

The crew members who were sleeping against the main mast woke up from time to time...

Claire has already pulled out the long dagger from his waist. This dagger is not the unedged dagger he used to spar with Roy on the training ground, but a sharp silver-plated long dagger with an phoenix flower engraved on it. The pattern, when held in the hand, a faint wind element surrounds the edge of the dagger.

The Nautilus' current location is considered to be in the open sea, and Roy can't figure out how a water ghost could appear here.

"Water ghost, be careful of the corpse poison in his teeth and nails. This guy has no mind and relies entirely on the instinct of a living corpse. If you want to kill it, you have to cut off its head. In addition, this guy has no vision. They rely on identifying the surroundings. Temperature and taste, sensing opponents around you." Roy said quickly.

This time he directly took out the scepter that exuded a sacred aura from the magic pocket, turned to look at the elf waiter who was paralyzed with fear, and looked at Claire. The two rushed from the left and right sides in perfect agreement. To the water ghost.

The water ghost covered in blood stood up from the deck. After drinking the blood of a crew member, its body seemed to be re-infused with strength...

The wet body became very powerful, probably smelling the dangerous smell in the air, and the water ghost rushed towards Roy's direction.

A ball of sacred light floated on the deck, illuminating the water ghost's movements clearly.

Roy was not prepared to tangle with a water ghost without any mind. He rushed in front of the water ghost with a shield, and hit the water ghost's head with the sacred scepter in his hand.

The water ghost blocked Roy's smashed scepter with an arm covered with rotten flesh, grabbed Roy's shield with his other hand, and threw himself at Roy with his smelly body.

The sacred scepter hit the water ghost's arm, and a surge of holy light power surged out, immediately burning a large piece of the water ghost's ragged arm, and the rest of the rotten flesh continued to emit green smoke.

The water ghost hit Roy's shield, and the huge force knocked Roy back a few steps.

A bone-white hand covered with rotten flesh clung to the edge of Roy's shield. Roy took a few steps back, and the water ghost was dragged behind him...

The rotten face that was soaked in water and turned green and white also opened its mouth wide, as if it wanted to bite Roy.

Before it could stretch out its neck, Claire emerged from the water ghost's back, holding a long dagger in his hand and inserting it almost into the water ghost's throat.

Then, Claire pulled the dagger into her arms and cut off the water ghost's head.

The stinking head "Gulu" rolled down on the deck. The headless water ghost instantly turned into a pile of foul-smelling mud. All the rotten meat was separated from the bones, and some bones were sticking out. It looked disgusting. .

After killing a water ghost that climbed onto the Nautilus, Roy and Claire quickly ran to the crew member who was covered in blood after being eaten by the water ghost.

Blood flowed to the deck. The crew members' throats were bitten open by water ghosts, their pupils were dilated, and they were dead.

Claire reached out and covered the crewman's wide eyes, telling him to close them.

The two sailors lying next to the main mast had already woken up, and their faces turned pale with fright when they saw the surprise on the ship...

Claire held the long dagger stained with corpse blood and ordered the two sailors:

"Do you two still have the strength to wake the others on the ship?"

The two crew members were obviously much stronger than the elf waiter. They quickly helped each other stand up and answered:

"We can do it..."

"Then hurry up and wake up the captain and other elves on the ship!"

Claire ordered the two crew members with a serious expression.

The two crew members immediately stood up straight and replied: "Yes!"

After saying that, he ran towards the ship building. Roy, who was standing aside, poured holy light into the kettle and shouted to the two crew members:

"Wait, take this! Pour this water on their faces, they should wake up..."

Roy handed over the kettle.

A crew member quickly held the kettle tightly in his hand and ran towards the ship building with empty steps. Of course, the first elves they needed to wake up were the captain and the guards on the ship.

Roy walked quickly towards the other two sleeping crew members. A big hand with white bones exposed was placed on the side of the ship, and then a water ghost showed its head. The face looked like a melted candle, with an eye hanging in the socket. outside.

Seeing the water ghost climbing onto the boat, Claire rushed up quickly, turned to the water ghost's side with great flexibility, and wanted to cut off the water ghost's head with a long dagger.

The water ghost accurately blocked Claire's long dagger with one arm, and the other took the opportunity to grab Claire's wrist.

Claire turned the dagger in her hand and cut off one of the water ghost's arms.

But Claire's arm was also grabbed by the water ghost. Roy also pulled out a dagger in his left hand and quickly smeared it on the water ghost's neck.

The head of the second water ghost fell down in response, and the water ghost that was just like steel and iron bones fell down like a pile of mud.

Claire turned around proudly and gestured to Roy...

Roy pointed to Claire's side.

And he condensed a ball of holy light and sent it into the body of the crew member who was trapped in a nightmare. Sure enough, the power of the holy light could wake them up from the nightmare.

Claire looked at the water ghost heads protruding from the edge of the ship's side, and then understood Roy's gesture...

More than a dozen water ghosts rolled over the side of the boat and staggered towards Claire.

There was no light on the ship, so Roy let the sacred light float a little higher, and used this faint light to observe the situation around the Nautilus.

No one knows how many water ghosts gathered around. These water ghosts climbed onto the deck and quickly found the target of attack.

When Claire deals with a water ghost, she can kill it steadily with her speed and agility.

But once she encounters two water ghosts close together, Claire doesn't know how to deal with them.

Several sneak attacks almost injured Claire herself.

A large number of water ghosts also appeared on the side of the ship on the other side of the Nautilus. It was not clear for a while how many water ghosts climbed onto the Nautilus...

Roy encountered this situation for the first time.

Looking at the approaching water ghost, he hesitated between fighting the water ghost and saving people.

Shrouded in a faint black mist, Claire was forced into danger by three water ghosts.

Roy immediately raised his shield and rushed over, blocking in front of Claire. The scepter emitting holy light in his hand hit a water ghost. The weak holy light burned a large area of ​​the water ghost's body.

The water ghost let out a low roar. Claire, who had just escaped from the pursuit of three water ghosts, rushed over. While the water ghost screamed in front of Roy, he cut off its head again with a long dagger.

The two often sparred together in the martial arts class at the Elf Academy, so Claire and Roy had a good understanding...

Roy held his shield in front, while Claire hid behind and attacked.

The heads of six water ghosts were quickly cut off, but what made the two people feel a little desperate was that the number of water ghosts climbing on the boat had increased to dozens.

Roy and Claire were unable to take care of the crew members who were sleeping on the deck at the moment.

There were several screams in succession, accompanied by the roar of evil spirits. You could tell without even looking that the elf on the ship must have been killed.

Roy and Claire were forced to retreat by a group of water ghosts.

The two of them didn't dare to be surrounded by water ghosts, fearing that they wouldn't even be able to escape...

They could only retreat while fighting, until they retreated to the door of the ship building.

The elf waiter didn't know where he had gone, and he could no longer see his shadow at this time.

As long as their heads are not cut off, the water ghosts will not die at all, and they are not afraid of being injured.

Roy was wearing thick leather armor and was in better condition.

Claire is wearing a light leather armor. Although her body is light and her movements are flexible, once she is caught by a water ghost, Claire will be in pain for a long time.

"Where did these water ghosts come from?" Claire couldn't help complaining.

Roy used his shield to block the attack of a water ghost, then began to chant some prayers, and then a divine pattern lit up on Roy's chest.

Perhaps the holy light was too dazzling. Some water ghosts who had squeezed to the front saw the divine pattern appearing, and their bodies began to emit green smoke...

As Roy completed this divine pattern.

In the sound of prayers, the divine patterns dissipated.

A beam of holy light fell straight from the sky above Roy's head, and the rich holy aura almost transformed into pieces of feathers of light flying randomly in the air.

The beam of light falls among the water ghosts...

'purify'

As long as the water ghost is illuminated by the beam of holy light, it will be quickly melted by this holy light.

Within the scope of the light beam, several water ghosts quickly melted away.

What surprised Roy was that these water ghosts were purified by Roy, and a faint trace of soul power flew out of the water ghost's body, and was actually absorbed into the body by the tentacles of the Holy Light Seedling...

Although the soul power of each water ghost was negligible, Roy and Claire had already eliminated more than a dozen water ghosts in just a short time.

A trace of soul power poured into his body, and Roy felt a little extra excited.

More water ghosts were crowded on the deck of the Nautilus, and it looked like they could not be killed...

A water ghost suddenly jumped on Roy's shield and dragged Roy with his body. Claire on the side used a dagger to cut a huge wound on the evil ghost's neck. Unfortunately, the head did not fall to the deck, and the cervical vertebrae were still connected. With.

This evil ghost did not turn into a pile of mud immediately, and the evil ghosts crowded behind rushed over without any explanation...

Roy and Claire couldn't stop these water ghosts at all.

Among the water ghosts rushing up from behind, some were holding rusty weapons.

Two big smelly hands pressed on Roy's square iron shield almost at the same time, and Roy was pushed against the wall panel of the ship building with a huge force.

Claire was also entangled by two other water ghosts. For a moment, the water ghost behind had stretched its head over and bit Roy's wrist...

Roy can't avoid it!

He couldn't retreat into the corridor alone and leave Claire outside.

He wanted to use the sacred scepter to push the head of the water ghost away. Unfortunately, although the head of the water ghost was smoking, it still approached Roy's wrist step by step...

Just inside the ship building door behind Roy and Claire, an elf sword suddenly stretched out. The sharp and smooth sword penetrated directly into the water ghost's mouth and emerged from the back of its head.

With a strong twist of the elf's sword, the water ghost's head split open like a water bag, and then his body immediately turned into a puddle of soft mud.

Edith's figure appeared from the door of the ship building. She was a little embarrassed, wearing only a piece of leather armor and holding an elf sword, but she was full of murderous aura.

When she spotted the gathered water ghosts, she swung out her long sword, and the heads of three water ghosts were immediately chopped off and flew away.

An elf warrior holding a buckler appeared next to Edith. He squeezed out first, blocked Roy's position, and replaced Roy...

Roy released 'Purge' again without hesitation.

A ray of holy light fell, and several more water ghosts were purified by Roy.

Edith glanced at Roy in surprise, and several young elves wearing leather armor rushed out of the ship building.

The young elves stood close together and killed the water ghost who rushed to the door of the ship building in one fell swoop.

As more crew members woke up and joined the battle, Edith led the young elves to regain their footing on the deck, but there were still a large number of water ghosts climbing onto the ship.

When the captain of the Nautilus came out of the ship building with more than a dozen fully armed crew members, he immediately stabilized the situation.

Although these water ghosts were numerous in number, they were extremely weak. Soon the elves on the Nautilus cleared the water ghosts out of the ship.

Roy and Claire leaned against the main mast and could finally take a break.

Roy only felt that the weak soul power floating in the sky was quickly absorbed by the Holy Light seedlings, and the power of Holy Light consumed in his body was also quickly restored...