Throne of Magical Arcana

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 because of the characteristics of undead creatures, they are extremely strong against knives, sword stabs, punches, etc. Therefore, when normal people encounter water ghosts, unless they are extremely lucky, they have no hope of defeating them at all. Even warriors with the strength of formal knight servants will fail and die in one-on-one battles with water ghosts.

However, since water ghosts are very afraid of flames and positive energy, they are completely restrained, so as long as they are arranged properly, they can be burned to death with torches.

Of course, this is the case of encountering water ghosts on the ground or by the river. If they encounter water ghosts in the water, their strength, speed, and agility will be greatly improved. They can also use the environment to resist flames. Only positive energy such as holy light Strikes still have their effects unnerved.

"I'm not ready to look for it yet, and it came to the 'door' by itself. However, in the informal magic, there is no magic of fire and positive energy attack! And this water ghost doesn't look like an ordinary water ghost. Ghosts, at least the power is far superior!" Seeing the water ghosts with two pale flames beating in their eyes, this bitter thought appeared in Lucien's 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 ring of magic is only the level of informal magic, and there are only auxiliary magic such as light in informal magic.

In elemental magic, flame is the most violent and difficult to control, and has high requirements for magicians. Therefore, before formal magic, there is almost no flame magic. The only flame magic is "Maris's Little Flame". , is to help those magic apprentices who forgot to bring flint and steel, so that they cannot light a fire for warmth and eat hot food in the wild.

In order to deal with the water ghosts, the witch is collecting materials and preparing to cook a kind of alchemy item called "blazing glue". At that time, even in water, the "blazing glue" will burn for a long time, enough to deal with several monsters. Ordinary water ghost.

And Lucien has just started learning magic for only one day. He intends to quickly become proficient in magic, slowly collect materials, and wait for the "blazing glue" to be successfully brewed before looking for an opportunity to go to the Belem River. But right now, there is no While getting ready, Lucien met a "mutated" water ghost.

According to what Lucien has heard in the past, this is "plans are not as fast as changes!"

"escape?"

This was the thought that immediately appeared in Lucien's mind, but at this moment, after the mutated water ghost ate the gangster's brains, he threw away the body and jumped, almost leaving an afterimage. On to the cultist.

Although the cultist was originally a beggar, his body was not strong, he had joined the cult for a few days, and he had not yet received the gift of the "god" he believed in, but when the water ghost grabbed it with both hands, he didn't even have a hand. Before he could reach out to block, the water ghost directly grabbed the skull and broke his neck.

What an amazing speed! What a terrifying force!

As soon as Lucien saw this scene, the thought of escaping in his mind cooled down: "If you don't do anything, just run away, you may not have escaped very far before being thrown down from behind by this mutated water ghost." .”

"Ah!" The screams of the cult beggars sounded in pain, and then stopped abruptly.

It wasn't the first time he encountered such a dangerous situation. With the experience of this period of time, Lucien actually suppressed his fear and fear, kept his focus on casting spells, and calmly denied the idea of ​​running away.

"Water ghosts are afraid of flames and positive energy, but it's only past the early morning, and it's still a long time before dawn."

"And use a 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!"

"In the informal magic, there is only the fire spell 'Maris's Little Flame', but it just produces a five-centimeter-long ordinary flame on the finger, and it also requires melee combat to hit the water ghost, and I haven't yet Start analyzing and learning this magic."

Lucien was like a bystander, watching the scene of the water ghost licking his brains and then rushing towards Scar, calmly and quickly thinking of various methods, and then ruthlessly vetoing them one by one.

This is a must-have quality for an excellent magician!

When Ska saw the skull of the cult beggar being grabbed, he seemed to have finally woken up from a nightmare. The extreme fear made him feel as if there was something extra in his body. After getting rid of the influence of the mutated water ghost's natural "fear halo", he regained his strength, and ran forward from the paralyzed ground with his hands and feet.

It's a pity that the speed of the water ghost was too fast, Scar had only taken two steps before the water ghost swooped over and grabbed his feet.

"The only magic I know now is: 'Ring of Out of Control', 'Starry Eye', 'Hand of the Mage', 'Forbidden Light', 'Acid Splash', 'Ray of Frost'."

"The effect of the 'Ring of Out of Control' is still there, and it doesn't help much against water ghosts whose speed and strength are much higher than normal people."

"Water ghosts are immune to hypnosis, have dark vision, and cannot use 'starry eyes' and 'forbidden light'."

Lucien quickly analyzed his own strength.

The water ghost lifted Ska up, and with both hands, there was a palpitating cracking sound. Ska was torn in two, and 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.

"'Hand of the Mage' combined with the 'Ring of Out of Control' may be useful against ordinary water ghosts, but this water ghost is too powerful."

"'Acid Splash' and 'Frost Ray' are acid and ice magics, and water ghosts have a strong ability to resist them. Now, after a short recovery, I can use at most two more informal magics."

"Wait, the casting material of 'Acid Splash' is sulfur, which is an easily combustible substance that is a component of black powder, and 'Acid Splash' creates acid by igniting sulfur and compressing nearby water elements of."

Lucien's brain was spinning rapidly, and he calmly watched the water ghost lift the half of Scar's head in front of him, and with a claw that was free from throwing away the other half, Scar's skull was dug out. Tongue stretched out, licking the white, quivering brain.

Within a distance of nearly 20 meters, Lucien had already felt the influence of the water ghost's "aura of fear", his heart was beating fast, and he couldn't help but feel panic rising.

However, Lucien forcibly maintained the state of concentration in casting spells, continued to analyze the "acid splash" magic he had mastered, and grabbed a cloud of sulfur with his right hand:

"Can you interrupt the magic just after it is ignited, and send it out directly with spiritual power?"

"Direct interruption, according to the witch's description, will be impacted by the backlash of magic failure. It is so light that it will completely consume mental power, and it is so severe that it will slightly hurt the soul. In addition, it is necessary to maintain stability and send the magic out. The trauma to the soul It's going to get worse, and there's a certain possibility of being an idiot."

Lucien quickly analyzed the magic structure, and wanted to skip the middle part and connect to the front with the last one sent out, his head was running quickly.

Analyzing, reconstructing, combining, reanalyzing, refactoring, and recombining, even if this is an apprentice-level magic with a very simple structure, it is very difficult for Lucien to forcefully combine it in a short time.

"This works barely, but it has not been tried, and it is likely to have great flaws."

The water ghost nearly twenty meters away had already eaten Scar's brains, threw his body aside, and ran towards Lucien. That terrifying face full of carrion, that foul smell, that frightening The feeling of rising, all flashed like a slow motion in front of Lucien, very clear.

Lucien continued to calmly watch the water ghost rushing like a bystander, restraining the panic and fear in his heart, the sulfur powder like fine sand in his hand slipped down little by little, shining faintly under the fluorescent light.

At the same time, a short, hasty, and weird syllable came from Lucien's mouth, making the surroundings seem strange and quiet.

The speed of the water ghost was very fast. In just one second, that is, the time when the mantra was finished, it started from a standstill and ran to a distance in front of Lucien.

At this time, Lucien had just changed the part of the runes in front of "Acid Splash", and flames appeared.

As a result, Lucien 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 became hot, and two streams of blood flowed out quickly.

I can no longer continue the part where the spiritual power sends out the flames!

However, the water ghost's claws were already approaching Lucien's head!

Lucien understood that this was a critical moment. Seeing that he could not gather the mental power to send out the flame, he simply let go of the mental power control and let the flame expand by itself.

In a calmness like slow motion, Lucien saw a light blue wall of fire leaping up in front of him, which burned the water ghost that jumped in front of him, and also burned his hands.

The pain from the flames made Lucien barely get rid of the dizziness. He manipulated the change of the "Ring of Loss of Control" that had not yet lost its effect, causing the pale water ghost's hand to fall ahead of time, while his body lightened and he rolled back sideways .

There was a piercing sound, and a gap was torn in Lucien's clothes, avoiding the water ghost's grasp very dangerously.

Lucien rolled on the ground and stood up hastily when he was almost approaching the dark river, while looking at the water ghost.

The light blue wall of fire disappeared without the support of Lucien's mental power, but the water ghost seemed to be covered in corpse oil and cadaverine, and it had already turned into a human-shaped, burning stick. Torch with pale green flame.

It waved its hands, and instead of chasing Lucien, it stumbled towards the dark 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 didn't flinch at all. He picked up the dagger full of adventure and desperate spirit, and rushed towards the water ghost. If he didn't take advantage of its state to kill it, would it be better to wait for it to recover? ? !

Flame is worthy of being the nemesis of water ghosts. It seemed that even his strength was being burned. He walked very slowly, and was chased by Lucien. He picked up the dagger and stabbed it in the eye socket.

Those two pale flames left a deep impression on Lucien!

As soon as he was stabbed, the arm of the water ghost hit him, but Lucien had already prepared for it, and his speed was much slower, so he barely dodged and stabbed the dagger again.

Once, twice...five times, when the water ghost walked to the side of the corridor, less than 50 centimeters away from the dark river, the pale flames in its eyes finally went out, and its body was burned by the flames. It fell apart and collapsed to the ground, and there was no further movement.

Only then did Lucien relax after fear, panting heavily, and picked out the water ghost's bone head with a dagger, and stuck it into the dark river to prevent the brain tissue from being burned by the flames.

Soon, the flames on the corridor went out, and the water ghost turned into a mass of ashes.

But inside this cloud of dust, there is a shiny thing reflecting fluorescence.