According to the witch's records, the power of water ghosts is only equivalent to that of normal people, but they are fast and agile, unlike ordinary undead creatures, and due to the characteristics of undead creatures, they have strong resistance to knives, sword stabbings, punches, etc., so when normal people encounter water ghosts, unless they are extremely lucky, there is no hope of victory at all.
However, since water ghosts are very afraid of flames 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 a situation where you encounter a water ghost on the ground or by the river, if you encounter it in the water, the water ghost will greatly improve its strength, speed, and agility, and it can also use the environment to resist the flames.
"I wasn't ready to look for it, it actually sent the 'door' on its own, but in informal magic, there is no magic of fire and positive energy attack! And this water ghost doesn't look like an ordinary water ghost, at least his strength is far superior!" As soon as he saw the water ghost with two pale flames beating in his eyes, this bitter thought appeared in Lucian's mind.
In the study of positive energy, magicians have always been inferior to priests, and the positive energy attack magic "Holy Light Ray" in the first ring of magic is only at the level of informal divine magic, and there are only auxiliary magic such as light magic in informal magic.
Among elemental magic, flames are the most violent and difficult to control, and the requirements for magicians are very high, so before formal magic, there is almost no flame magic, and the only flame magic is the "Little Flame of Maris", which appears to help magic apprentices who forget to bring flint and are unable to light a fire and eat hot food in the wild.
In order to deal with water ghosts, the witch is collecting materials and preparing to boil an alchemical item called "fire glue".
And Lucian had only started learning magic for a day, and his plan was to quickly become proficient in magic, slowly collect materials, and wait for the "fiery glue" to be successfully boiled before looking for an opportunity to go to the Belen River, but now, without any preparation, Lucian met a "mutated" water ghost.
According to what Lucian has heard in the past, this is "planning is not as fast as change!"
"Run?"
This was the thought that appeared in Lucian's mind immediately, but at this time, after the mutated water ghost ate the gangster's brain, he threw the body and jumped violently, almost leaving an afterimage and pounced on the cultist.
Although this cultist was originally a beggar, his body was not strong, and he had not been able to get the gift of the "god" he believed in within a few days of joining the cult, but when the water ghost grabbed it with both hands, he didn't even have time to stretch out his hand to block it, and the water ghost directly grabbed his skull and pinched his neck.
What an amazing speed! What a terrifying power!
As soon as Lucian saw this scene, the idea of escaping in his mind cooled: "If I don't do anything, just running away, I may not have escaped far before I was knocked down from behind by this mutated water ghost."
"Ah!" The screams of pain from the cult beggars sounded and came to an abrupt end.
It was not the first time he had encountered such a dangerous situation, and with the experience of this time, Lucian actually held back his fear and fear, maintained his concentration on casting spells, and calmly denied the idea of escaping.
"Water ghosts are afraid of flames and positive energy, but it's just past dawn, and it's still a long time before dawn."
"And use flint to ignite a torch attack, with the speed and agility of this water ghost, I can't hit it at all!"
"In informal magic, there is only the fire spell 'Mares' Little Flame', but it only emits ordinary flames five centimeters long on the fingers, and it also requires close combat to hit the water ghost, and I haven't started to analyze and learn this magic yet."
Lucian was like a bystander, looking at the picture of the water ghost licking his brain and rushing towards Ska, calmly and quickly thinking about various methods, and then coldly vetoing them one by one.
This is a quality that a great magician must have!
When Scar saw the cult beggar being grabbed open in his skull, he seemed to have finally woken up from his nightmare, and the extreme fear made him feel as if there was something more in his body, his heart beat extremely fast, and he got rid of the influence caused by the mutant water ghost's natural "fear aura", regained his strength, and ran forward from his limb limb on the ground.
Unfortunately, the water ghost was too fast, and Scar only ran two steps before the water ghost pounced on him and grabbed his feet.
"The only magic I know now is: 'Ring of Runaway', 'Starry Eye', 'Mage's Hand', 'Forbidden Light', 'Acid Sputter', 'Frost Ray'."
"The 'Ring of Runaway' effect is still there, and it is not very helpful against water ghosts whose speed and strength exceed normal people."
"Water ghosts are immune to hypnosis and have dark vision, so 'Starry Eye' and 'Light Forbidden Technique' are not useful."
Lucian was quick to analyze his strength.
The water ghost lifted Scar up, his hands were forced, and the palpitating cracking sound suddenly sounded, Ska was directly torn in half, and his heart, intestines, liver, etc., along with the blood, fell to the ground one after another, and his mournful and painful screams echoed in the sewer for a long time.
"The 'Mage's Hand' combined with the 'Ring of Runaway' may be useful against ordinary water ghosts, but this water ghost is too powerful."
"'Acid Sputter' and 'Frost Ray' are acid and ice magic, and water ghosts have strong resistance, and now that I have recovered for a short time, I can use at most two more informal magics."
"Wait, the casting material of 'acid sputtering' is sulfur, sulfur is an easily flammable substance, a component of black powder, and 'acid sputtering' is made by igniting sulfur and compressing nearby water elements."
Lucian's brain turned quickly, and he calmly watched as the water ghost raised the half of Scar's head in front of him, and with a forceful claw of his free hand because he threw away the other half, he dug off Scar's skull, stretched out his tongue, and licked up the white, shaking brain pulp.
At this distance of nearly twenty meters, Lucian had already felt the impact of the water ghost's "fear aura", his heart was beating fast, and his fear couldn't help but rise.
However, Lucian forcibly maintained a state of concentration on casting, and continued to analyze the "acid sputtering" magic he had mastered, and grabbed a cloud of sulfur with his right hand:
"Can you interrupt the magic when it is just lit and send it directly with your mental power?"
"Interrupting directly, according to the witch's description, will be affected by the backlash of magic failure, which will completely consume mental power, and will slightly damage the soul.
Lucian quickly analyzed the magic structure, wanting to skip the middle part and connect with the front, and his head was running fast.
Analyze, reconstruct, combine, re-analyze, reconstruct, re-combine, even if this is a very simple structure of apprentice-level magic, it is very difficult for Lucian to barely combine in a short period of time.
"This can barely work, but I haven't tried it, and it is likely to have great flaws."
The water ghost nearly twenty meters away had already eaten Scar's brain, threw his body aside, and ran towards Lucian, the terrifying face full of carrion, the foul smell, and the feeling of fear rising, all flashed as if they were in slow motion in front of Lucian, very clearly.
Lucian continued to look at the water ghost as calm as a bystander, restraining the panic and fear in his heart, and the sand-like sulfur powder in his hand slid down little by little, shimmering faintly under the fluorescent light.
At the same time, a short, rapid, and strange syllable came out of Lucian's mouth, making the surroundings seem eerie and quiet.
The water ghost's speed was very fast, just one second, that is, the time when the spell was recited, it started from stillness and ran to a meter in front of Lucian.
At this time, Lucian had just transformed the runes in front of "Acid Sputter", and flames appeared.
So, Lucian immediately forcibly interrupted the spellcasting, and then felt as if his brain and soul had been hit hard with a hammer, he was dizzy, his nostrils were hot, and two streams of blood flowed out quickly.
I can no longer continue the part where the spiritual power sends out the flames behind!
However, the water ghost's hands and claws were almost close to Lucian's head!
Lucian understood that this was a critical moment, and seeing that he could not gather his spiritual power to send out the flames, he simply let go of his mental power control and let the flames expand on their own.
In a slow-motion calm, Lucian saw a light blue wall of fire appear in front of him, burning the water ghost who pounced in front of him, and also burning his hands.
The burning pain of the flames allowed Lucian to barely get rid of the dizziness, manipulating the "out-of-control ring" change that had not yet lost its effect, causing the pale water ghost's hand to fall in advance, and his body lightened, rolling sideways and backwards.
A stabbing sound sounded, and Lucian's clothes were torn open through a gap, which was very dangerous to avoid the water ghost's catch.
Lucian rolled on the ground, getting close to the dark river before he hurriedly stood up, looking at the water ghost at the same time.
The light blue wall of fire had disappeared without the maintenance of Lucian's spiritual power, but the water ghost was like corpse oil and corpse amine all over his body, and at this time it had turned into a humanoid torch burning with pale green flames.
It waved its hands, and instead of chasing Lucian again, it stumbled and ran towards the dark river, intending to return to the water.
Lucian's mental power was depleted at this time, and he could no longer cast magic, but he did not flinch at all, and picked up the dagger and rushed towards the water ghost full of adventure and desperation.
The flame was worthy of being the water ghost's nemesis, it seemed that even his power was burning, he walked very slowly, and was chased by Lucian, picked up the dagger and stabbed it into its eyes.
Those two pale flames left a deep impression on Lucian!
As soon as he was stabbed, the water ghost's arm hit him, but Lucian had already been prepared, and his speed was much slower, so he barely dodged and stabbed the dagger again.
Once, twice...... After five full strokes, when the water ghost walked to the edge of the corridor, less than fifty centimeters away from the dark river, the pale flame in its eyes finally went out, and its body was burned out by the flames, fell apart, and collapsed to the ground, without the slightest movement.
Lucian was frightened and relaxed, panting heavily, and used a dagger to pick out the water ghost's bone head and stretch it out into the dark river, so as not to burn the brain tissue by the flames.
Soon, the flames on the corridor went out, and the water ghost turned into a cloud of ashes.
But inside this mass of ash, there was a shiny thing reflecting fluorescence.
(End of this chapter)