Benjamin could see it more clearly. These ghosts may have been humans or animals before they were alive... After death, their spiritual power was absorbed by the specific environment here, and finally formed this special and stable spiritual creature.
Most of the time, they just follow their own instincts and may retain some personality factors from their lifetimes, but that's about it.
When Benjamin controls the puck, continues to rise, and then thaws again. The bird fell into an illusion again, but the dozen or so ghosts immediately regained their energy, and without much doubt, they pounced on the bird again.
In the process, they also gradually moved away from the ghost's main activity range.
In this way, the water vapor carries the bird rising continuously, the soundproof ice ball appears and disappears, and the bird also comes and goes in the hallucination. These poor ghosts were guided away from the bottom of the abyss by Benjamin.
Obviously, their ability to adapt to unfamiliar environments is not very strong. During the chase, ghosts would sometimes break away from the team and fly towards their homes. In the end, only one particularly persistent guy was left, who was led to the abyss near the exit.
"They seem to be afraid of light." The system has been observing the movements of the ghosts and said curiously, "Or... light elements? They are obviously just pure spirits, why do they react with fear to elements? Maybe you should try it Light magic might be able to trap it."
Benjamin shook his head.
"Would that kill it directly?"
At this moment, the surrounding light is still very dark, and the intensity of dark elements is far beyond normal levels. However, the ghost that finally chased after it could no longer bear it. Its body trembled in the dim light, and its speed in chasing the bird also slowed down a lot.
Benjamin couldn't help but wonder, if it was taken out of the abyss, would it dissipate directly even at night
He had no choice but to stop the water vapor holding the bird, and let the last ghost pounce on it, turning into a "capsule" and completely wrapping the bird.
—Let this guy eat as well. Maybe after it is full, its resistance to light will be much stronger than it is now.
Wrapped in the ghost, the bird's body keeps aging. Seeing this, Benjamin controlled the water vapor again, holding the bird and continuing to fly upward, and the ghost was also lifted up. In the process of eating, the ghost seemed to become less sensitive to the gradually increasing light.
Finally, they flew out of the abyss.
It was almost evening, and although the sun was not strong, it was still very bright. After about ten seconds, the bird completely turned into a withered skeleton, and the ghost left its body. Then, its translucent body trembled violently under the afterglow of the setting sun, and... seemed to become more and more transparent.
"Quick! Give it food, the light element has begun to disintegrate its body structure!" the system suddenly shouted.
Benjamin nodded, and immediately separated a bird from the big ice ball and threw it towards the ghost.
At that moment, the ghost stopped trembling, and like a hungry beast, it suddenly rushed towards the bird.
However, this time, its eating process seemed to be a little different. The thin dark elements around it seemed to be unable to provide an environment for it to maintain its body. Therefore, it failed to form a "capsule" around the bird. Instead, after swooping, it directly penetrated into the bird's body.
Benjamin was also stunned for a moment.
Is this... possession
The translucent ghost disappeared before their eyes, and they didn't know whether it completely dissipated at that moment or whether it really entered the bird's body. However, the bird still closed its eyes, shrank its wings, and remained motionless, as if it was still addicted to the illusion created by the ghost.
And it also had similar reactions to the bird that was "eaten" just now - hair loss, shrinkage, loss of vitality... except that this reaction seemed to be dozens of times slower.
"That ghost isn't dead yet, right?" Seeing this, Benjamin took a deep breath and asked in his heart.
"Well, it's not dead." The system replied with great interest, "It... How should I say? Parasitized on this bird? A wonderful elemental reaction occurred. The surrounding dark elements were slowly flowing in. In the bird's body, the light element is squeezed out bit by bit."
Benjamin couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
interesting…
He still didn't understand the nature of ghosts, but now it seemed that in addition to spiritual power, the elements of light and darkness also played a vital role in it. It can trigger some elemental reactions that are difficult for other creatures to complete, even if it is just out of survival instinct, it also shows that this kind of low-minded undead body contains unlimited potential.
And now, he seems to have found a way to carry this thing
"Check the condition of this bird." Thinking this, Benjamin asked in his heart.
"Am I your servant? You have to ask me to do anything..." The system muttered, but quickly started to report, "This bird is not dead yet. In fact, its life activities can still be barely maintained. . That weak mental power should have been completely trapped by the ghost and unable to move. However, I think there is no possibility that the ghost can control this body. In the current environment, it is really too weak."
"But... this bird is absorbing dark elements bit by bit." Benjamin asked, "If this body has not been sucked dry, will one day it be completely transformed into an environment like the bottom of the abyss? And By then, will this ghost become more and more powerful?"
"Hmm... This is not impossible." The system thought for a while and said, "It's just that although the ghost has slowed down its eating pace, the bird's vitality is very weak, and I'm afraid it won't even survive tomorrow morning."
Benjamin smiled slightly.
"So, what about this?"
He once again used Elemental Command and Healing, and as tiny water droplets gathered around the bird, its lifeless body suddenly became alive again.
The system could only remain speechless for a long time before slowly speaking:
"Do you know that what you are doing now is actually very dangerous, and you may cultivate a monster in the future?"
"Magics are all monsters." Benjamin shrugged and replied, "Millions of years ago, when humans first summoned fire from their hands, they may have thought that this thing would destroy the world in the future, but we still got there. Today. Any unknown exploration may get out of control and even cause huge disasters, but should we stay where we are forever because of this?"
The system was stunned for a moment and said: "...You really have a lot of fallacies?"
"Thank you for the compliment." Benjamin smiled and said, "What can I do? Morality and truth are inherently contrary to each other. If you want to get out of jail, how can you not take risks?"