Path of light

Chapter 177 178. Melee

Edith was carrying an elven long sword full of patterns, with a faint cyan light emitting from the blade.

She stood on the high platform at the bow of the ship, her face stern, observing the situation around the Nautilus.

There are countless water ghosts floating on the sea, extending into the darkness that cannot be reached by sight.

The water ghosts around the Nautilus continued to climb up from the sea along the outside of the hull. The crew of the Nautilus and the elf warriors arranged a battle formation on the deck, beheading the water ghosts that kept climbing up from both sides of the hull. , put it back into the sea.

It's just that a large number of water ghosts are constantly climbing up from the sea, and they can't be killed no matter what.

The captain of the Nautilus is an experienced captain of the Ellington family. This time he was also embarrassed by these water ghosts. The captain had a scar on his left cheek.

This is rare among elves, because even if you are injured, drinking the sap of the tree of life regularly can not only heal the wound, but also eliminate the scar.

However, the scars on the captain's face seemed to have been scratched by sharp claws, showing a unique dark red color.

With a calm look in his eyes, and a scimitar hanging on his waist, he walked across the deck and came directly behind Edith.

"Why are there so many water ghosts here?"

Edith frowned and turned to the captain and asked.

This time she went to sea to hold a sea dance, not to explore the sea, so why did she make it so thrilling...

The captain looked around, held the hilt of the knife in his hand, and chopped off the head of a water ghost that climbed up from the bow of the ship. The water ghost fell into the sea.

The captain said to Edith:

"I brought the boat here with the intention of letting everyone watch the sunrise here. There is a nearby reef that can only be seen at low tide. The sunrise scenery here is the most beautiful every morning. The Nautilus would stop here several times before it went out to sea. We have never encountered such a situation here.”

Edith and the captain stood side by side, wielding the elf sword, and killed a water ghost. The head of the water ghost rolled down on the bow of the ship, and Edith kicked the body into the sea.

The water ghost was covered in rotten flesh and had an extremely strong odor.

"Are there any casualties?"

Edith asked.

The captain said: "Six crew members died. They were all bitten to death in their sleep by water ghosts that climbed up secretly."

"Well, what are we going to do now, can we get out of here?"

Edith asked the captain, enduring the stench and intense dizziness.

The captain frowned, holding the side of the ship and looking at the sea below the ship. The densely packed water ghosts stacked on top of each other to form a mountain of corpses, constantly climbing up the Nautilus.

"The sea below the ship is full of water ghosts. I'm afraid it won't be able to sail!" said the captain.

There was a hint of worry in Edith's eyes.

The captain quickly comforted Edith and said:

"But... Miss Edith, don't worry. I have encountered this kind of water ghost before when I went to sea, but there were not so many in the past few times. These water ghosts are afraid of the sun. As long as we stay on the boat, after dawn, these water ghosts will The ghosts will all return to the bottom of the sea. I will lead all the crew to stay on the deck..."

There was some hope in Edith's eyes, she nodded slightly and said to the captain:

"I will also organize all the elf warriors who can fight together and take turns guarding the deck, trying to hold on until dawn..."

…

After Edith finished speaking, she walked towards the young elves who were fighting. She needed to mobilize them one by one.

She came to Roy and Claire first.

Roy stood guard in the narrow passage between the ship building and the ship's side, holding a scepter in his hand, and kept smashing the heads of some water ghosts who climbed up from below, and the bodies of these water ghosts would fall back into the sea.

There are too many water ghosts, and Roy looks very tired...

Claire stood aside. Every time Roy used his shield to block the water ghost, he would finish it off. The sharp long dagger in his hand was stained with the stench of rotting corpses. Claire's face turned livid, and there were obvious signs of poisoning.

There is a sacred glimmer of light floating above Roy's head. Every water ghost emerging from the side of the ship will be illuminated by this glimmer of light...

Roy and Claire took the opportunity to rest against the wall of the ship building. Claire took out a horn-shaped container from the magic waist bag, pulled out the cork on it, poured the tree of life sap inside into the cup, and handed it to Roy.

At this time, Roy stopped delaying and drank the sap of life directly.

Claire poured the remaining half of the tree of life sap into her stomach.

"I heard that you were the first to discover these water ghosts boarding the ship?" Edith came over and asked Roy and Claire.

"Roy woke me up."

Claire said to Edith while wiping the dagger with silk silk.

Roy shook his sore right arm and explained:

"I was a little light sleeper and I woke up somehow. Maybe it was the holy light in my body that woke me up."

Rotten arms stretched out from under the side of the ship. Edith swung her sword and cut off these arms like leeks.

"No matter what, I have to thank you two."

Edith said to Clerk and Roy.

At this time, more water ghosts climbed up from below. Edith, Claire, and Roy killed more than a dozen water ghosts that climbed up from below.

"Why are there so many water ghosts here?"

Roy saw countless water ghosts floating in the water below the boat, and asked Edith.

Edith answered simply: "I don't know yet, but I will give everyone an explanation."

Phyllis's loud shout came from above the ship:

"All elves on the left side of the ship take two steps back and pay attention to defense."

The sound was not loud, and the crew and elf warriors on the deck could hear it clearly. The elves' execution was still very high, and everyone took two steps back almost at the same time.

Some water ghosts took the opportunity to cross the side of the ship and stood directly on the deck.

At this moment, an ice gun flew out from the top of the ship building and exploded on the side of the ship. A large amount of ice shards splashed, and an extremely cold air spread around. All the water ghosts were covered in a layer of frost.

Then ice bombs flew out from the top of the ship building and landed on the water ghost on the left side of the ship.

The ice bombs continued to explode, and the water ghosts were covered with frost. Some water ghosts were blown to pieces by the ice bombs...

When the wave of ice bombs ended, the elf warriors waiting on the side rushed forward, chopped off the heads of these ice-covered water ghosts, and threw them into the sea.

A bitter battle aboard the Nautilus.

…

Roy held up a water ghost with his shield and hit it on the head with the sacred scepter...

But what Roy didn't expect was that two water ghosts appeared from behind the water ghost at the same time, and four arms grabbed Roy at the same time.

Claire quickly came over and took the opportunity to cut off the head of a water ghost.

The other water ghost's big hand grabbed Roy's shoulder, and his body suddenly jumped up, opening his big mouth to bite Roy...

An arrow shot from the top of the head and accurately penetrated into the head of the water ghost. The head of the water ghost exploded, and the foul-smelling liquid stained Roy's face.

Roy took the opportunity to push the soft water ghost under the boat, and looked up just in time to see Bertha holding a battle longbow, holding on to the railing with one hand, and making all careful gestures to him...

He took off the water bag from his waist and poured the water on his face to wash away the stinky corpse liquid.

On the deck of the Nautilus, some Silver Moon elves had already withdrawn and were sitting on the deck to rest.

But the water ghosts are still climbing up one after another, and the battle is still going on...

…

Roy and Claire walked along the corridor of the ship. As the number of elves participating in the war gradually increased, the two of them moved to the stern of the ship little by little.

Due to the structure of the hull, there is a huge rudder underneath.

There are much fewer water ghosts climbing up from the sea here, so the pressure is naturally much less.

Roy leaned against the back wall of the ship's building. His shield and body were covered with stinking corpse liquid. He took out a water bag from his magic waist bag and poured water on his body.

Claire was not as embarrassed as Roy. He wore a spiked crystal lion leather armor, and with his flexible steps, he completely avoided the splashing corpse liquid...

The number of water ghosts here is relatively small, and the two of them can even take a rest after fighting back a wave.

Just as Roy held up his shield and knocked the body of a water ghost into the sea, he glanced at the sea surface with some awareness.

There was a light mist floating around the sea, making visibility very poor.

But in the darkness, a black figure emerged from the turbulent sea water. The black dagger stirred in the sea, and the water ghosts around him sank into the sea one after another.

The figure of Naga Killer Xiu suddenly emerged from the sea, with his upper body exposed from the sea...

Roy happened to see Xiu.

Naga Killer Xiu used his strong arms to crawl over the water ghost, swaying his powerful tail fin, and climbed over the water ghost like a sea snake and climbed onto the Nautilus.

Seeing a Naga warrior rushing up from the sea, the elf warrior next to him was startled.

"Why are you here?"

Roy quickly stopped Claire who was about to take action and asked Xiu.

Xiu and Roy bumped their fists, then pointed toward the dark sea and said to Roy in jerky Elvish:

"Roy...help!"

He knew a little bit of Elvish, but couldn't explain clearly what was going on.

There was a look of pleading in his eyes, and he made a fighting gesture to Roy. Without waiting for the elf warrior next to him to come over, he turned around and jumped into the sea...

Roy was a little dumbfounded. The sea below was crowded with water ghosts.

If he followed Xiu and jumped into the sea, he would just be giving food to these water ghosts.

Xiu came out of the sea and immediately began to strangle the water ghosts around him, and signaled Roy to jump down...

Claire on the side was a little dumbfounded.

Roy thought that Xiu must be in trouble. He believed that Xiu would not harm him, so he made up his mind and said quickly to Claire beside him:

"Claire, you're not good at water, just wait for me on the boat. If a friend calls me, I'll go see what's going on down there!"

After saying that, at Claire's call, he jumped into the sea.

Roy jumped into the sea, and a large amount of seawater poured into the thick leather armor. His movements became extremely slow. Only then did he realize that it was difficult to swim in the sea wearing thick leather armor...

As his body sank into the sea, Roy quickly struggled to surface.

Even if he saw the water ghosts crowding around him, Roy couldn't fight in the sea at the moment.

Just when he didn't know what to do, Xiu, who was swinging a huge fish tail like a flexible sea snake, suddenly appeared from behind him, grabbed Roy's armpits with both arms, and pushed Roy quickly out of the sea. Sneaking and swimming past countless water ghosts...

In fact, Xiu didn't swim very far with Roy.

Just when Roy needed to breathe, Xiu quickly lifted Roy out of the sea. Roy breathed in the fresh air, and a dark sea rock appeared in front of him.

The surroundings were filled with foul-smelling corpses of water ghosts.

Roy looked behind him. In the dark night, he could only see a few lights on the ship...