Path of Light.

Chapter 176 177. The Water Ghost
Seeing the two crew members lying unconscious on the deck under the main mast, Roy and Claire rushed to the crew members and poured the little water with the power of the Holy Light on 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, saying in a strange voice:

"Roy, look what that is?"

Claire stared straight at the bow of the ship.

A veil-like black mist filled the boat...

Roy followed Claire's gaze, just in time to see a black shadow lying on the deck. The black shadow was lying on a seaman's body, and his body was shaking constantly...

He boldly took two steps towards the black shadow, and the black image suddenly raised his head when he sensed something.

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

The face was tattered, but it was full of blood. He found Roy, Claire and the elf waiter, and immediately gave up the crew members who were gnawed to pieces by it.

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

It has no eyes at all, and can't see the soul fire in the eye sockets. Roy flipped through some books in the library of the Statue of Liberty and saw a book about alien creatures.

The priests in the Temple of Liberty believe that this kind of water ghost often appears in some rivers, and it can be regarded as the lowest level of living corpses, not even undead creatures.

The elf waiter let out a terrified and desperate cry. The moment he saw this water ghost, he had already collapsed.

The sleepy crew members leaning on the mainmast wake up from time to time...

Claire has already pulled out the long dagger at his waist. This dagger is not the unsharpened dagger that he practiced with Roy on the training ground, but a long, sharp silver-plated dagger with a phoenix flower engraved on it. When holding it in the hand, a faint wind element surrounds the blade of the dagger.

The current location of the Nautilus is considered to be in the open sea. Roy couldn't figure out how there could be water ghosts 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 living corpses. If he wants to kill it, he has to cut off his head. In addition, this guy has no vision. They rely on identifying the surroundings. Temperature and taste, sensing the opponents around." Roy said quickly.

This time, he directly took out the sacred scepter from his magic pocket, turned his head and glanced at the elf waiter who was already paralyzed from fright, and exchanged glances with Claire. To the water ghost.

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

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

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

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

The water ghost blocked Roy's scepter with an arm full of rotten flesh, and grabbed Roy's shield with the other hand, and threw himself at Roy with a smelly body.

The sacred scepter hit the water ghost's arm, and a wave of holy light surged out, immediately burning a large piece of the water ghost's tattered arm, and the rest of the rotten flesh was constantly emitting green smoke.

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

A bone hand full of rotten flesh was firmly grasping the edge of Roy's shield. Roy took a few steps back, but the water ghost was dragged to follow...

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

Before it stretched out its neck, Claire emerged from the water ghost's back, with a long dagger in his hand, almost sticking into the water ghost's throat.

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

The foul-smelling head 'Gulu' rolled down on the deck, and the water ghost that lost its head instantly turned into a pile of foul-smelling mud. All the rotten flesh was separated from the bones, and some bones sprang out, making it look disgusting .

After killing a water ghost that climbed onto the Nautilus, Roy and Claire hurried to the crew member who was bitten by the water ghost and was covered in blood.

Blood flowed onto the deck, the crew members' throats were bitten open by the water ghost, their pupils were dilated, and they were utterly dead.

Claire put her hand over the crewman's wide-open eyes and told him to close them.

The two sailors lying next to the mainmast had come to their senses, and their faces were pale with fright when they saw the shock on the ship...

Claire held the long dagger stained with corpse blood, and said to the two sailors:
"Do you two still have the strength to wake up the rest of the ship?"

The two crew members were obviously much stronger than the elf waiter, and quickly supported each other to stand up, and replied:

"We can do it..."

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

Claire gave instructions to the two crew members with a serious expression.

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

After speaking, 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, hold this! Splash this water on their faces, and they should wake up..."

Roy passed the kettle over.

A crew member hurriedly held the kettle tightly in his hand, and ran towards the ship building in a nonchalant manner. The elves they needed to wake up immediately were of course the captain and the guards on board.

Roy walked quickly towards the other two sleepy crew members. A big hand with bones exposed rested on the side of the ship, and then a water ghost appeared. outside.

Seeing the water ghost climbed onto the boat, Claire rushed up quickly, turned to the water ghost's side very flexibly, 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 flipped 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, and Roy also took out a dagger in his left hand, and quickly wiped it on the water ghost's neck.

The head of the second water ghost fell down, and the water ghost, which was still like a steel frame just now, fell down like a pile of mud.

Claire turned around triumphantly and gestured to Roy...

Roy pointed to Claire's side.

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

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

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

There was no light on the ship, Roy let the holy twilight float a little higher, and with this weak light, he observed the situation around the Nautilus.

I don't know how many water ghosts gathered around. These water ghosts climbed onto the deck and quickly found their attack target.

When Claire deals with a water ghost, he can kill the water ghost steadily with his speed and agility.

But once meeting two water ghosts close together, Claire didn't know how to deal with these two water ghosts.

Several sneak attacks almost injured Claire herself.

A large number of water ghosts also appeared on the other side of the Nautilus, and it was hard to see how many water ghosts climbed onto the Nautilus...

Roy encountered this situation for the first time.

Seeing 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 to block Claire. The scepter emitting holy light in his hand hit a water ghost, and the weak holy light burned a large part of the water ghost's body.

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

The two often practice together in the martial arts class of the Elf Academy, so Claire and Roy have a good understanding...

Roy raised his shield to the front, and Claire hid behind and attacked.

Soon the heads of six water ghosts were cut off, but to their desperation, the number of water ghosts climbing onto the boat had increased to dozens.

Roy and Claire couldn't take care of the comatose crew members on the deck at the moment.

There were several screams in succession, accompanied by the howling of the evil spirits, one didn't need to look to know that the elves on the boat must have been killed.

Roy and Claire are driven back by a group of water ghosts.

The two of them didn't dare to be surrounded by water ghosts, they were worried that they wouldn't even be able to run away...

He could only retreat while fighting, until he reached the gate of the ship building.

The elf waiter didn't know where he went, and he couldn't see the shadow at this time.

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

Roy was wearing thick leather armor, and his condition was not bad.

Claire was wearing light leather armor. Although her body was light and her movements were flexible, once she was caught by a water ghost, it would hurt Claire for a long time.

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

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

Maybe it was because the holy light was too dazzling. Some water ghosts who squeezed forward saw the appearance of the divine pattern, and their bodies began to emit green smoke...

Following Roy, the divine pattern was completed.

In the sound of prayer, the divine pattern dissipated.

A beam of holy light fell straight down from the sky above Roy's head, and the rich sacred aura almost transformed into feathers of light dancing 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 range of the beam of light, several water ghosts quickly melted away.

To Roy's surprise, these water ghosts were purified by Roy, and a faint soul power flew out of the water ghost's body, which was absorbed into the body by the tentacles of the holy light seedling...

Although the soul power of each water ghost is negligible, Roy and Claire have already dealt with more than a dozen water ghosts in a short time.

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

More water ghosts crowded the deck of the Nautilus, looking like they could kill them all...

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

This evil spirit didn't immediately turn into a pile of mud, and the evil spirits crowded behind rushed over without any explanation...

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

The water ghosts who rushed up from behind even held rusty weapons.

Two big smelly hands pressed on Roy's square iron shield almost simultaneously, and Roy was pushed against the wall of the ship building by a huge force.

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

Roy is inevitable!

He couldn't withdraw into the corridor alone, leaving Claire outside.

He wanted to use the sacred scepter to push away the water ghost's head, but unfortunately, although the water ghost's head was emitting green smoke, it still approached Roy's wrist step by step...

Just behind Roy and Claire in the gate of the ship building, an elf sword suddenly protruded. The sharp and clean sword directly pierced the water ghost's mouth and emerged from the back of its head.

With a twist of the elf's long sword, the water ghost's head split open like a water bag, and its 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 leather armor and holding an elf sword, but she was full of murderous looks.

When she spotted the water ghosts that had gathered, she swung the long sword in her hand, and the heads of the three water ghosts were cut off and flew out.

An elf warrior holding a round shield appeared beside Edith. He squeezed out first, stood in Roy's position, and replaced Roy...

Roy released 'purification' again without hesitation.

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

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

The young elves leaned close together and killed the water ghost rushing to the gate of the boat building in one fell swoop.

As more crew members woke up and continued to join the battle, Edith led the young elves to stand on the deck again, but a large number of water ghosts still climbed onto the ship.

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

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

Roy and Claire leaned against the mainmast, finally able to take a little rest.

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

(End of this chapter)