The next instant, a one-meter-tall spatial crack opened before Neil, followed by a loud moaning sound from the other side. A second later, a female figure with bloody hands walked out of the void-like spatial crack, leaped towards Neil, and hugged him while sealing her lips with Neil's.
Upon seeing that scene, Abium couldn't help but feel nauseous. It was because of that girl. No! That Ghoul looked more like a creepy old woman.
Her eyes were plucked out while leaving only empty reddish sockets and her face was full of wrinkles. Blood was gushing out from her mouth, nose, and ears, and she looked bizarre. Instead of a beautiful maiden, she looked more like a cursed witch. She wore a white linen gown that almost covered her bloody toes and held a white staff made of bones in her hand.
'He is done for. That Ghoul had already enslaved his soul, kid. Find a way to kill him and capture his soul quickly.' Azolla's words caused Abium's face to stiffen up.
Before Neil could understand what was happening, she separated her black lips from his own and was about to do something but suddenly stopped.
At that moment, the brown-haired necromancer controlled the [Death's Guard] shield spell and pushed her away from Neil.
Only then did Neil realize that something had gone wrong and became pale.
"I feel sick for some odd reasons!"
At that moment, he also felt a dark thread attached to his soul.
'Eternal slave thread! Did I end up summoning a hybrid ghoul?' He trembled involuntarily and cursed at his rotten luck for summoning a hybrid Ghoul.
'From when did my luck become so rotten?' Cold sweat started to appear on his forehead.
While Neil was panicking, Abium also noticed that the purple mist had already begun to disappear and revealed his location to everyone, including the newly arrived creepy Ghoul Lady.
"Ho! What do we have here? Another delicious meal!"
Ghoul Lady's black lips curled upwards, forming a hideous smile as she saw Abium. Although she wanted to take Neil's soul, she felt repulsive when looking at the strange death shield spell and decided to focus on the newly arrived guest.
A moment later, she raised her bone staff and started to chant while aiming it at the sky.
'Should I have to use one second-tier spell scroll here?' Abium frowned as he sensed malice from the Ghost Lady.
'Be careful; she is casting a divine spell. Borrowing power from the gods needs time and chanting, so think of a way to defeat her she cast the divine spell.' Azolla said in his mind.
Abium nodded and thought of what to do with the current situation.
'Ha, I already used more than half of my mana. One single mistake, I will be forced to retreat or end up dead here.' He thought for a moment and took a thumb-sized green amulet from his spatial ring.
It was the artifact his teacher had given him earlier!
Afterward, he teleported behind her and pointed the green amulet toward the Ghoul's head.
At that moment, the Ghoul Lady also finished chanting and placed the bone staff's tip on her head.
But Abium's attack went faster. A thin black ray appeared from his green amulet and directly entered Ghoul Lady's head.
It was a First-tier darkness spell, Disintegrate!
A second later, her whole body trembled violently.
Then, she screamed in pain and was reduced to a pile of fine grey dust.
'Success!'
But before Abium could rejoice from the victory, the gray dust gathered together and formed into an old wrinkled female figure with a pale face.
Meanwhile, Abium got shocked by that strange scene and quickly blinked away three times before appearing 50 meters away from her.
'What the hell was that? How did she revive back from the ashes?' He stared at her with bewildered eyes and asked.
'Azolla, did you done scanning her?' Abium's heart raced. He had already noticed some mystic divine energy appear around her body earlier and got worried.
'Wait for a while; something is blocking me from scanning her attribute.' Azolla said solemnly and went silent
Meanwhile, the Ghoul Lady sharply turned her head in his direction and spoke icily.
"Queen of Decay."
Instantly, dense nether energy gathered around her body and began to suck all the life forces from the nearby plants and trees. Following that, she turned into a ghost-like form, entered the [Death's Guard] shield spell like it was nothing, and touched the brown-haired necromancer's head.
A second later, the brown-haired necromancer felt dizzy and noticed his body's strength was weakening. After that, wrinkles appeared all over his body, and his brown hair color faded slowly and was replaced with white. Before he could understand what was happening, he began to lose consciousness.
At the same time, the Ghoul Lady completely sucked his flesh and blood and squeezed his body dry, leaving decayed bones behind. She even sucked his soul and began to regain some of her youthfulness.
Deep wrinkles on her aged face began to lessen a bit in seconds. As she saw the change on her pale face, a creepy smile appeared on her bloody face.
But that scene made Abium and Neil shiver involuntarily. She didn't mind their reaction, though.
With a joyous smile, the Ghoul Lady began to hover in the air with her ghostly form, touched the nearby trees and plants, and started sucking all the life force in the surrounding region. Within a few seconds, all the trees and plants in the surroundings began to wither, and the whole hundred-meter surrounding woods turned barren land.
Within a few seconds, she regained her youthful face and looked like a normal young lady. The only defect was that she couldn't reattach her eyes back into the sockets and appeared more like a wounded lady.
'Damn it; I didn't expect this kind of anomaly.'
Abium muttered solemnly and was about to back away but stopped.
At that moment, a blue box appeared in front of his eyes.
...
[Name: Unknown
Age: Unknown
Race: Undead
Class: Level 1 Ghoul Queen
Sex: Female
Title: Messenger of Death
Attributes
Strength: 4.9
Agility: 4.9
Vitality: 4.9
Mana: 223.0
Spirit: 111.5
Necromancy spells: Life Suction, Soul Control, Summon undead, Create undead, Curse of Sickness.
Divine Spells (Death): Ghost Form (Unsealed), Blessing of the Death (Sealed), Antilife Shell (Sealed).
Unique Ability: Death Evasion.
Law comprehension: Death Law- 0.12%.]
'What the f*ck? Isn't this ghost too powerful? Damn, she must have used the 'Death Evasion' divine spell on her earlier.' Abium nodded thoughtfully and soon frowned as he saw the sealed spells.
'Why two of her necromancy spells are in a sealed state?'
'She has similar power to a priestess of the Death God. After getting a blessing from a random God in the Underworld, she must have inherited those divine spells. But due to the planar restriction, her divine abilities are sealed. Unless she met the requirement by improving her spirit power, she wouldn't be able to cast those sealed spells.' As he heard Azolla's explanation, Abium couldn't help but get more fearful of this Ghoul.