32 Aquatic Zombie (2/2)

The zombie opened Skar’s head, in which the white brain tissue was still slightly shaking like a bowl of jelly.

Lucien could feel the effects of its Dread Aura. His heart was racing and he felt breathless.

He knew he couldn’t lose his mind. Thus, he started analyzing the magic structure of Acid Splash, while his right hand reached into his pocket and grabbed a handful of sulphur.

“I gotta stop the magic reaction halfway when the sulphur is lit.

“The notes mentioned that it would backfire. The consequence going from exhausting spiritual power to severe damage in soul, or even worse.”

Analyzing the structure of the magic, Lucien tried to break it down into several parts to skip the acid-reaction part during the casting process and only keep the fire from the sulphur.

The process of deconstruction and reconstruction needed to be repeated several times. Even if Acid Splash was only a very simple apprentice-level spell, it was still very challenging for Lucien.

Honestly, he was not sure if he wouldn’t kill himself by doing this. But he had no other choice.

The zombie devoured the brain and threw Skar’s body away. Slowly it turned to Lucien and suddenly started running towards its last target. In Lucien’s eyes all of these was like a slow motion, he could smell the stink of death and feel the overwhelming horror.

No one could tell Lucien’s fear from his face. Lucien didn’t move at all. He was just standing there with the sulphur slowly falling through his fingers.

The zombie was even faster than Lucien thought. In a second, the horrible creature was only a meter away from him.

In the meantime Lucien started casting the spell and then forced himself to stop before it was completely finished. As if he was hammered in the head, dizziness seized him and his nose started to bleed, but instantly a trail of fire showed up in front of Lucien.

The claw of the zombie was just a few inches away from Lucien’s head.

Lucien’s power was completely exhausted and he could not sustain the fire and let it grow anymore. In the last moment he released the fire and fell onto the ground.

He had tried his best.

The zombie’s claw got his clothes and left a long tear on them.

Suddenly a fire wall exploded between Lucien and the zombie. He raised his injured hands instinctively to protect his head, and then rolled away from the blue fire.

The fire wall did not last long. However, after a whoosh the zombie was covered in flames like a human-shaped torch.

Swinging its claws, the zombie stopped attacking Lucien and started stumbling towards the water, but the monster became much slower now.

Of course, Lucien wouldn’t let it go back into the river.

Grabbing the dagger, he stood up and caught up with the zombie. Lucien fiercely kicked the zombie down and stabbed the dagger into the holes where the two white flames were flickering. Lucien felt the burning pain caused by the heat.

Once, twice… Lucien was too afraid to stop himself from stabbing the monster, as if the zombie would seize the chance and tear him in half if he lost the momentum for even a second.

Even though, the zombie was still crawling towards the river with flame on its back. But few meters away from the river, the white flames in its eyes were finally extinguished and its bones collapsed.

Gasping with great effort, Lucien took out the zombie’s brain with his dagger. He still remember that he needed it.

After its brain had been taken away, soon the zombie turned completely into ashes, in which something small was shining there.