Ghosts

"That's a ghost! A Bronze-level ghost!"

Edith gulped. Her face was very unsightly, and her voice was trembling, indicating the fear in her heart.

"A ghost?"

It was quite a simple description, but this was the first time for Parr to hear and see it. He did not understand why a Bronze-level ghost would come out of Massey's head.

The words of the old ghost answered the question in Parr's mind.

"Hehehe, you two little ones, you're terrific! You actually destroyed the body that I'm most satisfied with!"

A sharp whistle accompanied the ghost's old and angry voice. Parr's brain buzzed, but Edith was fine. However, the brilliant light on the surface of her body began to shake as if a strong wind blew it.

Parr and Edith saw the ghost wave his arm before he could finish his angry laughter. Gray fog rose within a radius of ten meters around him, and the Stamina value on Parr's data panel began to decrease slowly. However, it did not drop as fast as when the black-robed man used the gray fog on him last time.

"Oh no! It's the Death Barrier!"

The Brilliant Light on Edith's body began to boil. The gray fog could not get close to her because of the Brilliant Light, but it was only a matter of time before it broke through. Because of the existence of the gray fog, the Brilliant Light's consumption of energy suddenly increased. With her current strength, she would not be able to hold on for more than a few minutes.

"Edith, what should we do now?"

Parr withdrew his gaze from the data panel and turned to Edith, who was the only one who could give him an answer.

"There's no other way!"

There was despair in Edith's voice, but she still reached out and grabbed Parr's arm. The dazzling light from her body spread to Parr and temporarily stopped Parr's energy loss.

After doing this, Edith pulled Parr and retreated to a corner, but the two could not get out of the barrier formed by the gray fog. Moreover, because of the gray fog's concealment, the two of them also lost sight of the old ghost.

The old ghost did not kill Parr and Edith immediately because he needed a new body. Otherwise, after tonight, it would die when the sun came out. The old ghost was now sizing up Parr and Edith. 

Gender was not a hindrance. The old ghost did not care about these things. What he cared about was the quality of the body. In this short period, Edith, who had retreated to the wall, briefly introduced ghosts.

Ghosts, like zombies, were a specialty of the Evil God cult. The Bronze-level cultists used death magic to extract the souls of living creatures in forming ghosts. However, the success rate was quite low. Only living creatures who were obsessed with death could become ghosts. 

However, even if they became ghosts, they also lost their reason for living and ended up as puppets that cultists controlled. It was rare to see a Bronze-level ghost like the old ghost attacking them now. It was probably created using a second method. Through various arrangements, Bronze-level cultists could become ghosts with intelligence after death. 

Ghosts could only appear at night. If they could not find a body to hide in, or perhaps a special item, before the sun rose, they would be finished. Ordinary ghosts without reason could use the two methods to hide, but ghosts with intelligence could not, especially in the city. The aura of death emitted by the intelligent ghosts was the Church's guiding light. When intelligent ghosts enter a living person's body, they could hide the aura of death and continue to enjoy the life of a living person.

In that case, wouldn't becoming a ghost mean that one would never die? No! The intelligent ghost would lose its rationality and slowly die over time. This was inevitable.

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"Edith!"

At this moment, the dazzling light on Parr and Edith's bodies was fragile. Due to the exhaustion of her physical strength, Edith's body began to sway. She was about to collapse. Thus Parr hurriedly reached out to help her sit down against the wall.

During this process, Edith did not let go of Parr's hand. The faint dazzling light continued to spread to Parr's body, preventing him from being harmed by the gray fog.

Parr lowered his head and looked at Edith's hand that was tightly holding his arm. Then, he looked up at Edith's eyes and asked with a hint of doubt in his voice, "Edith, you should stop doing this. If you stop, you can hold on for a while longer. You might even make it until our reinforcements arrive!"

"I can't stop!"

Edith clenched her hands and looked at Parr stubbornly.

"I know how much damage this gray fog can do to the human body, so I can't just watch you be killed by it. It's my duty as a member of the Church."

"Is that so?"

Parr suddenly smiled, and then a dazzling light rose from his body too.

"You..."

Edith widened her eyes. She was too surprised. She really didn't expect Parr to be able to use Brilliant Light. Wasn't this a skill exclusive to the Church?

"Don't ask, Edith. Tell me, is there any way to kill that ghost?"

Paar raised his hand and held Edith's head, staring confidently at her eyes.

"No matter how difficult the method is, just tell me. I'll do it!"

Edith was stunned, and then a layer of tears appeared in her eyes. She felt the warmth of family again. At this moment, Parr was just like Bolen. His thin body looked so majestic in Edith's eyes.

However…

"It's impossible!"

Edith shook her head and said with a hint of despair in her voice, "Only by training Brilliant Light to the peak can we kill the ghosts."

"Why?"

Parr opened his data panel and looked at his Life Energy Points. He thought that it was not difficult to do so!

"Because only in that way can Brilliant Light have the ability to attack. The damage to ghosts will increase exponentially. At the maximum level, It only takes one strike to kill a Bronze-level ghost."

Edith closed her eyes in despair and muttered the reason. She did not think that anyone could raise Brilliant Light to its peak in such a short time. She could not, and neither could Parr.

"It's very simple then!"

Parr's words entered Edith's ears. She could not help but open her eyes and then saw Parr beside her had turned into an extremely bright light. 

"You..."

Edith was at a loss for words. This was the pinnacle of Brilliant Light! She stared at Parr in disbelief.

"Edith, observe. Watch how I kill that ghost!"

As if taking revenge, Parr took the opportunity to rub Edith's head, then turned to face the ghost.

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"Beep, would you like to use 10 HP to level up Brilliant Light to LVL 2?"

"Yes!"

"Beep, 10 HP has been consumed, level up completed!"

"Beep, would you like to use 10 HP to level up Brilliant Light to LVL 3?"

"Yes!"

"Beep.."

"Beep, would you like to use 100 HP to level up Brilliant Light to MAX LVL?"

'This is twice as much as when my other two skills reached the maximum level. It seems that Brilliant Light is much more powerful than those two skills!'

Parr was stunned. Then, he looked at his HP again. It was just enough. What else was there to say?

"Yes!"

"Beep, 100 hp has been consumed. Level up completed!"

Brilliant Light MAX LVL (also known as the Light of Life, the most basic and fundamental skill of the Church of Neutral Light. When used, it forms a white light on the body's surface, which can shock and burn evil creatures. Usage Cost: 1 HP per 30 seconds of usage. Maximum level special effect: Attack conversion. During the activation of Brilliant Light, attacks can be converted into radiant attacks, dealing ten times the damage to evil creatures.)

Life Energy Points: 22

Spiritual Energy Points: 11

"I see!"

After reading the maximum level Brilliant Light's introduction, Parr finally understood why Edith said that it could be used to kill a Bronze-level cultist in one hit alone.

Patting Edith's head, Parr had just turned around when his Danger Foresight was triggered. He turned his body sideways, and a ball of cold air smashed onto his previous position. Edith, who was very close to him, frowned because of the cold. She barely managed to move to the side.

"I can't see the enemy!"

Only then did Parr realize that he couldn't see where the old ghost was because of the gray fog. However, he didn't panic and directly activated Bright Eyes.

"Bright Eyes: Low-level Elemental Vision!"

In an instant, the old ghost, whose body was emitting dense death energy fluctuations, was discovered by Parr. However, the ghost didn't make a sound and instead rushed toward the cold air that had attacked.

The old ghost was brilliant. Parr's rapid breakthrough shocked him, but he did not panic at all. Although Parr now could kill him, it was useless if he could not even find him! Meanwhile, he could slowly exhaust Parr to death. After all, Parr was not a Bronze-level knight. As long as he hit Parr a few times, Parr would fall to the ground and die, freezing into ice cubes.

Therefore, the old ghost fired a shot at a different place and used his advantage to play Parr in circles. However, this was only what he thought. He did not know that Parr had already discovered him.

Parr began to show his weakness again deliberately. If there were anyone who looked at the overall situation, they would be able to notice that Parr was slowly closing the distance between him and the old ghost while dodging time and time again. Parr has already picked up his black sword.

"Come out, you coward! Why are you hiding?"

Parr waved his black sword carelessly, and an impatient expression slowly appeared on his face. He roared and shouted like a naughty child, making the old ghost laugh.

"Hehehe, boy, you want me to reveal myself? Do you take me for a fool?"

"You coward!"

Parr stood on the spot and panted after dodging another attack of the cold current. Then he shouted, "Fine, don't come out if you don't have the guts. My reinforcements will be here soon, anyway. Let us see who will die first!"

"You're right!"

The old ghost nodded and said in a sinister voice,

"In that case, I won't play with you anymore. I have to find a body and leave this place. That little girl is very good. I'll take her. Meanwhile, you just hang around here, boy!"

After saying that, the old ghost released two cold currents in other directions and floated towards Edith, whose Brilliant Light was about to be extinguished. Meanwhile, Parr seems to have lost his direction and only pounced toward the direction where the cold currents were coming from.

"Fight me!"

"Hehehe, do you think I will entertain you?"

The old ghost let down his guard. He even floated past Parr, feeling a little complacent. He thought that Parr could not see or sense him. However, this was the opportunity that Parr had been waiting for a long time!

Parr sheathed his sword in an instant. Then, he drew the sword at the old ghost's back.

Slash!

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