Chapter Thirty-One: The Bad Change

  The old missionary ran a few steps and finally broke out of the area affected by the "Forbidden Light Technique", but stepping from the darkness where there was not even a single ray of light into the radiant corridor, even though the fluorescent light was not strong, made his eyes involuntarily close for a moment.

  The action of closing his eyes was swift, but by the time the old preacher saw clearly what was in front of him, a dark green mass emitting a pungent odor had already rushed forward, and there was no way to dodge.

  "Ah!" The old preacher's shrill cry echoed through the enclosed sewer, reverberating back and forth, startling Jackson and another black-garbed thug who was rushing towards Lucien to instinctively look over.

  The old missionary covered his eyes, the skin on his face quickly turned black and charred, in agony he rolled back and forth on the ground, a few seconds later, with a splash, he fell into the dark river.

  Jackson and the gangster were stimulated by this miserable cry, and their bodies shook violently.

  However, the two of them had done so many inhumane things that they were already filled with ferocity. In this extremely dangerous situation, they suppressed their fear and charged at Lucien fiercely.

  Retreating is a dead end, advancing is the only way out!

  They were only twenty or so meters away from Lucien's place, and with the hesitation and delay just now, they had only run two steps when the strange, twisted voice that echoed in the underpass started again, as if it had never disappeared.

  "Run! We have to get next to that guy! That's the only way we can avoid the evil magic!" Jackson and the black-clad thug had this one thought in mind, having never dealt with a magician before, they completely forgot to throw away the daggers in their hands. If they had thrown them, even if they didn't hit, it would have startled the untrained magician, causing him to lose control of his spiritual energy or mess up his incantation.

  As they ran a few steps and saw the mysterious person's appearance clearly, their movements suddenly slowed down.

  It's actually Lucien!

  Mysterious disappearance, malicious surge, Jackson and the gangster gritted their teeth, about to rush through the last two or three meters, stabbing this bastard full of holes.

  But at this moment, Jackson saw Lucien's right hand push out a crystal clear ray of light that was emitting cold air, which quickly shot out and seemed to be aiming for it, hitting the gangster's face in an unavoidable manner.

  A thin layer of ice quickly formed, freezing the eyes, nose and mouth of this gangster behind it.

  The chill invaded his brain, slowing down the thinking of a mafia thug. By the time he realized he was suffocating and wanted to break through the ice on his face, he had lost almost all his strength.

  The suffocating feeling grew stronger and stronger, and the gangster's henchman couldn't help but fall to the ground, banging his head against the floor.

  Jackson only then reacted, the Lucien in front of him was no longer a poor boy who could be bullied at will, but a wizard with mysterious and terrifying magical powers!

  Wicked sorcerer!

  But he wasn't a fool, on the contrary, very clever and sharp, under the ordinary face that smiled was a fierce heart, knowing Lucien would not let himself go, so he strongly held back the urge to beg for mercy, took two steps forward, and stabbed at Lucien with his dagger.

  Jackson had just run to within a few dozen centimeters of Lucien when he suddenly felt his body go heavy, and his forward-leaning body lost its balance as he ran, falling forward.

  "Oh no!" At the critical moment, Jackson lost his balance and was terrified, realizing that he was in extreme danger. He waved his hands hard to try to maintain his balance, but as a normal person, he was caught off guard and couldn't make any effective moves, only being enveloped by despair.

  If there was a predicted fall, Jackson could at least try to throw the dagger out and roll down himself to dodge.

  "Ring of Uncontrol", Lucien has set up a defensive magic around himself before casting "Acid Splash", which can last for two minutes.

  Because he was so familiar with this magic, a slight pronunciation simulated the vibration, so after casting "Forbidden Light", Lucien took advantage of the opportunity when the enemy was confused and disoriented by the darkness to cast it out very smoothly, without making too much noise.

  Lucien sidestepped, avoiding the falling Jackson, and with a cold gaze at his wildly flailing hands trying to regain balance, he accurately and calmly sent his own dagger into his neck and twisted it.

  The blood that spurted out was very little and light, the change affected by gravity was obvious, and it quickly fell to the ground like a scattering of red petals. Because he had noticed the direction and controlled it, Lucien's body didn't get stained.

  Jackson's unwilling dying wail was stuck in his throat and couldn't come out, he could only fall to the ground and twitch in agony, making a gurgling sound, and soon ended his sinful life.

  At this time, the gangster had just shattered the ice on his face, but his frozen eyes, nostrils and mouth made him extremely slow to react to his surroundings, allowing Lucien to easily kill him with a dagger.

  The old preacher struggled in the dark river for a while, finally stopped moving, and was washed by the water to crash into the iron wire mesh.

  Seeing his death, Lucien let out a long sigh of relief in his heart. Among these nine people, he was most worried about the old preacher, who was involved with evil gods and might have burst out some strange abilities.

  At this time, only more than 20 seconds had passed, and the dark area caused by the ban on light had not yet dissipated, covering the corridor, the dark river, and even the iron wire mesh.

  Two beggars who were stabbed by their companions were writhing in agony on the ground and had not yet lost their lives.

  Beggars in the dark river, gangsters were scared by this mysterious and sinister magician, desperately trying to find a wire mesh, escaping into the Beren River, but they fell down, already lost direction in the darkness, rushing left and right, unable to find the entrance to the water for the time being.

  Lucien took action and thought that since there were too many people on the other side, he might not be able to kill them all. He could only force the remaining people to leave from the entrance of the water, but outside was the Water Ghost!

  Of course, pinning his hopes on the Water Ghost was also Lucien's last resort. After all, he could only cast a limited number of spells in succession, and among informal magic, the only range attack spell "Hormazd's Cough" had not been learned by him yet.

  However, Lucien also tried to get rid of everything, so the "Forbidden Light" was covering that section of dark river and the entrance together.

  As they found two people in the Dark River who couldn't find their way into the water, Lucien began to think that things were going in the best direction.

  Of course, there was also a problem that Lucien himself couldn't see the specific location of those four people in the dark area of the forbidden light technique, and could only barely sense it with his spiritual power, unable to use magic to attack.

  While waiting for the dark area to disperse, Lucien took the opportunity to recover his spiritual power. With one "Ring of Uncontrol" and another half of informal magic, plus "Seal of Light", "Acid Splash" and "Frost Ray", Lucien could barely use the least spiritually consuming "Acid Splash" or "Frost Ray".

  Time passed second by second. After Skar crashed into the wall, he anxiously changed direction and ran forward. Suddenly, a bright light appeared in front of him, forcing him to close his eyes involuntarily.

  As soon as he opened his eyes, he was so frightened that his legs went limp and he knelt down on the ground, praying in a low voice: "Lord, forgive my sins, spare me, spare me."

  It was because he saw, twenty or so meters away, the eerie and evil sorcerer illuminated by the fluorescent light, who seemed to have a young and delicate face.

  When faced with danger, some people choose to fight back desperately and make a last-ditch effort, while others will choose to kneel down and beg for mercy, giving up resistance.

  Lucien saw that Scatha's mental state was close to collapse, and he was about to cast "Stellaluna", an informal magic spell that had two effects: inducing sleep and causing dizziness. The spell was very fast to cast, but the time it took for each effect to take hold was different. The latter only required eye contact to be effective, making it very helpful in battle. However, the former required nearly ten seconds of direct eye contact to successfully induce sleep, and if used to force someone to do something they were extremely unwilling to do, the person could easily wake up and break free, far inferior to the "Enthrallment" spell in formal magic.

  Now, with Skah's mental breakdown, if he were to be put to sleep by "Stardust" again, the combined effect would be enough to have half of the "Charm Spell", and at that time, Skah could easily kill those who wanted to escape.

  Just as Lucien was about to recite the incantation, a shrill cry suddenly echoed from the disappearing dark area, filled with inexplicable fear.

  The cry was brief and urgent, stopping just as soon as it started, leaving Lucien feeling inexplicably uneasy.

  Soon, in the darkness, the cries of extreme fear and pain rang out again, just like before, stopping after one sound.

  Lucien halted the preparations for "Stellaluna", stepped back, and fully entered the defensive stance of "Ring of Uncontrol", then prepared "Frost Ray" to be launched.

  Things seem to be taking a turn for the worse and undergoing a strange and ominous change!

  Er Si Ka was frightened and looked back like a wooden carving.

  The duration of the Shadow Weave ended and the darkness vanished without warning, revealing to Lucien and Skarr a gruesome and terrifying scene in the Dark River.

  That gangster was pinched on the neck by a pale hand, his skull was lifted, revealing white brain matter, and a black tongue was heavily licking it.

  The owner of this tongue is a humanoid monster, it has the size of a normal person, its skin is swollen and white, with rotten flesh exposed everywhere, the muscles on its face are falling off, as if they will fall off at any moment, and you can vaguely see the white bones inside.

  Its green algae-like hair dragged to the shoulders, and the two eye sockets had no eyeballs. In the dark holes, there seemed to be two tiny, invisible pale flames jumping and burning.

  It pinched the pale hand of the gangster's thug, fully demonstrating that his strength was absolutely far greater than that of a normal person.

  And in the dark river, that beggar had already been eaten clean of his brains and was floating up and down in the dark river, rushing towards the iron net.

  Another beggar, who was hiding against the wall in the nearby corridor, also couldn't help but kneel down when he saw this scene, reciting: "Great Silver-White Master, eternal silence, your servant requests your protection..."

  Ska collapsed after seeing the monster, as if it had a natural aura of fear that even Lucien, who was dozens of meters away, felt his heart racing.

  Lucien recognized it at once when he saw the monster because he had been thinking about it all along.

  Water ghost! Undead water ghost! Water ghost in the River Beren!

  The witch had always wanted to capture it, so she translated "Illustrations" in her notes and recorded its characteristics.

  As an undead creature, the Water Ghost is immune to sleep, charm, mind-affecting illusions and morale effects; poison, sleep, paralysis, stunning and disease. It will not fatigue, exhaust, need to breathe or feel cold. It has a strong resistance to ice and acid but is extremely vulnerable to fire and positive energy.

  What made Lucien feel strange and inexplicably terrified was that the water ghost recorded by the witch had no pale flames in its eyes, although the two flames of this water ghost were only the size of a needle tip.