The Last Alchemist

“Puff~Puff~Puff~”

A strange sound of footsteps came from the front, which was similar to the sound of a duck with webbed feet hitting the ground. The footsteps were very frequent and brisk. It can be imagined that the owner of this sound has good physical strength.

In about 3 seconds, the monster ran nearly 70 meters and arrived 20 meters in front of Rosen.

As the monster approached, Rosen clearly felt a stream of air coming at him. The air smelled very disgusting, fishy, ​​salty, and rancid. It had the smell of sewage in the sewer and the choking smell of rotten dead fish.

‘The feet are like duck feet and the body smell is like dead fish. It should be a water ghost! ’ This thought flashed through Rosen’s mind.

The monster was close, and he didn’t have time to think about it. He quickly pulled out the pull ring of the flash bomb, estimated the position slightly, and threw it out decisively. At the same time, he closed his eyes and judged the opponent’s position only by the direction of the air flow in the sewer and the sound of footsteps.

With a muffled sound of "bang~", the flash bomb exploded, and the aluminum and magnesium metals began to burn violently, releasing dazzling white light, which immediately illuminated the sewer. Even if Rosen closed his eyes, he could still clearly feel it through a layer of eyelids.

"Ah~~" Lilith screamed behind him. She was frightened by the sudden strong light.

"Squeak~~~"

A sharp scream like glass friction, the monster was also frightened by the sudden burst of light. He has lived in the dark environment underground for many years, and now he can't adapt to such a strong light in a short time.

There was a white mist in front of him, and he couldn't see anything. The instinct of self-protection made him stop his forward steps.

But he stopped, but Rosen didn't stop. He picked up the silver powder bomb that he had prepared long ago, pulled out the pull ring, and threw it at the monster's feet.

"Gululu~~Boom~"

Another dull explosion, the sound was not loud, and the explosion power was not strong, but a group of shining silver powder filled the monster's body.

In this world, metallic silver is considered a sacred metal because it has a good poisoning effect on most monsters. Even the undead are very afraid of silver.

Coincidentally, the water ghost is also very sensitive to silver. As soon as the silver powder falls on the surface of the water ghost's body, its skin begins to emit white smoke and begins to fester at a speed visible to the naked eye. It looks like it was splashed with concentrated sulfuric acid.

"Squeak~Squeak~~~" The water ghost covered his eyes and screamed sharply.

After being blinded by the strong light, he was poisoned by the silver powder. Under the continuous attack, he was almost stunned.

But Rosen would not show mercy.

Raise the spiral spray gun, hold it level, activate the alchemical power to form a high-pressure air circle at the muzzle to shield the sound of the gun, and then shoot!

Although this series of fighting movements was very smooth, Rosen's speed was still not fast enough. At this moment, the water ghost came to his senses. Before Rosen fired, he suddenly took a step to the side, and with a "plop", his whole body fell into the sewage channel in the inner room.

The sewage channel in the middle of the corridor was about three meters wide. The water in the waterway was dark, and there were a lot of indescribable things and foam floating on the surface. It was impossible to tell the depth, let alone the things in the pool.

After the water ghost fell in, it was like a stone sinking to the bottom. On the water surface, except for some residual ripples, nothing could be seen.

The reason why the water ghost is called a water ghost is that the water is his home ground. In the water, its speed is much faster than on land, and its strength is also outrageous. If Rosen is on the shore, there is still a glimmer of life. If he accidentally falls into the water, it is basically equivalent to delivering food to the water ghost.

"Damn it!"

Rosen cursed inwardly, quickly took out a high-explosive grenade, pulled off the pull ring, and threw it towards the place where the monster fell into the water.

When throwing the grenade, in order to avoid being accidentally injured by the shrapnel shooting everywhere, he immediately leaned over and stretched out his hands to cover Lilith's ears behind him.

Half a second later, a flash of fire appeared in the sewage more than ten meters away, and with a loud 'boom', sewage splashed and fire rose. The tunnel was shaken and dust fell from the wall.

The shocking explosion sounded back and forth on the wall and spread all the way to the depths of the tunnel. After about a few seconds, there were a few faint roars from deep underground.

"Fuck, this is bad!" Rosen felt a headache.

Of course, compared with the monster in the distance, the water ghost in front of him was the most urgent threat.

After the explosion, with the residual light of the flash bomb, Rosen immediately looked at the place where the water ghost fell into the water, hoping to see the body of the water ghost floating up.

After waiting for about 3 seconds, the water waves in the sewer were almost calm, and the light of the flash bomb became quite dim, but the body of the water ghost still did not appear on the water surface.

It was unknown whether this monster had escaped or was lurking in the water to attack them.

But no matter what the opponent planned, Rosen had to be prepared for the worst.

He stood up, holding a flashlight in his left hand and a flat spiral spray gun in his right hand, protecting Lilith behind him, and being fully alert to deal with the possible sneak attack of the water ghost.

The sound of the explosion had faded away, and the dark underground sewer had returned to silence, but unlike before, there was a water ghost lurking in the darkness. Once he relaxed his vigilance, this guy might rush out and hit him hard.

"Alchemist, the noise just now was too loud, and it has alarmed many monsters nearby. We can't stay here for long." Lilith reminded.

This makes sense.

Rosen took a deep breath, activated his alchemical magic, and maintained awareness of the 2 meters around his body to prevent himself from being caught off guard by the sudden appearance of the water ghost.

Alchemical magic is very strange, but it is not omnipotent. Its way of exploring the surrounding environment is similar to vision, with two modes: fuzzy perception and fine perception.

The advantage of the fuzzy perception mode is that it is very labor-saving, and Rosen can maintain it all the time. The disadvantage is that in this mode, he can only feel a rough outline.

If you want to know more, you have to focus your attention and use fine-grained perception mode. In this case, he can even accurately perceive the existence of molecules and atoms, but the disadvantage is that it consumes extremely much energy, and it also involves most of Rosen's attention, allowing him to ignore changes in elements in other directions of the body.

At this time, in order to prevent being attacked by surprise, Rosen naturally used the fuzzy perception mode.

‘The distance of 2 meters, at the speed of the water ghost, leaves me with very limited reaction time. I have to improve my flexibility as much as possible. ’

After thinking about it, he untied the package on his back and took out a long rope. Then he turned around, carried Lilith behind his back, and fixed her with the rope.

This was done to free up his hands. If he kept holding Lilith, he would only have one hand for fighting at most. Faced with a sneak attack by a water ghost, doing this is simply asking for death.

After the fixation was completed, Rosen tied the package containing various equipment to his chest with a rope. Although this would affect his movement, it also helped him to access various equipment from the package at any time.

After quickly completing these preparations, Rosen stood up, sprayed a large spiral in his right hand, held a flashlight in his left hand, and began to trot along the previous path.

Fortunately, although Lilith is tall, she only weighs about 100 kilograms. After possessing the undead physique, his strength and endurance have greatly increased. Although he is carrying a person and a heavy package on his back, his steps are still heavy. Still quite flexible.

After walking a few steps, he ordered: "Miss Linde, if you are not injured, don't make any sound. So as not to affect my judgment, do you understand?"

In the pitch-black underground space, there are water ghosts hiding in the water who may attack at any time. Any unexpected influence may cause Rosen to make mistakes in judgment during the battle, resulting in failure and death.

"Yes, I understand." Lilith responded in a low voice. In such a dangerous situation, her weakness was a completely useless burden. It was a great kindness that the other party still insisted on taking her to escape with him. The only thing she can do now is to make every effort to reduce the drag on the other party's actions.

After running forward for about 50 meters, Rosen suddenly felt an abnormality in the sewage in the waterway around him. His attention immediately shifted to the abnormality, and the muzzle of the large spiral spray gun in his hand also turned around immediately. .

However, when he wanted to feel it carefully, this abnormality disappeared without a trace.

‘This water ghost is near me, he must have been testing me just now! ’ Rosen was awestruck.

If Rosen had just arrived in this world, he would have definitely shot into the water without hesitation when faced with such a temptation. But now, he has killed many monsters and has quite a lot of experience in battle.

As the saying goes, if the enemy cannot move, I cannot move. Any temptation, as long as it does not threaten his safety, he will never waste a bullet on it.

Just as he nervously walked forward for more than ten meters, Rosen suddenly felt something in his heart. He silently put away the flashlight, took out the meat grinder and musket, and held it with his left hand.

The terrain of the underground tunnel is very simple, and detection with alchemical magic is enough. With this change, he has one more attack method.