The way to release the ghost is actually very simple. The bird has been delayed for so long and has already run out of gas. Once there is no magic to sustain life, as long as you wait patiently for half an hour, it will be completely sucked dry.
Then, the ghost will run out on its own.
"Can't we just kill the bird?" Suddenly, a mage next to him asked.
Benjamin shook his head.
"Killing prey while eating will anger the ghost." He explained, "Although we are well prepared, who knows whether the glass cover that blocks mental power can block the ghost? Besides, the ghost is very weak now. What if it kills its prey, it doesn’t store enough energy, and the dark element environment here isn’t good enough, so it dies all of a sudden?”
Ghosts are not like other undead creatures, so they'd better be careful.
Hearing this, the other mages beside him also nodded, and no one had any objections.
There are about ten people standing in the laboratory at this moment, all of them are mages who are currently specializing in studying the undead. They were still there cutting up the remains of the undead and studying the residue extracted by the old man, but when they heard that Benjamin was going to release the ghosts, they put down their work one by one and hurried over.
And this laboratory also looked very strange due to the gathering of dark elements, with black shadows everywhere. A group of people stood among the black shadows, staring at a bird in the glass cover, their eyes burning, and they really felt like they were seeing evil magic.
As time went by, the bird's skinny body became even shakier. The hair on its body has long since fallen out, and its bare skin has become wrinkled and sunken, making it look very ugly.
The mages couldn't help but frowned when they saw this.
"The ghost hidden in the body has begun to revive because of this dark element environment." Benjamin said without changing his expression, "The flow of vitality is accelerating. Be careful, it is coming out!"
Out of caution, he opened the water element field and summoned a dozen soundproof ice balls to protect all the mages inside.
After he completed this move, a weak wave suddenly emerged from the glass cover.
"The poor little bird, after being tortured by you for so many days, finally died a free death." The system said, "It died magnificently, died great, died... hmm? Wait. "
It originally used a sarcastic tone to condemn Benjamin's inhumane behavior. But just in the middle of speaking, he suddenly stopped. The words were astonished, as if he had seen something incredible.
At this moment, Benjamin had no time to pay attention to the system.
Everyone's eyes are focused on the glass cover. What they saw was that the bird that had been lying on the ground like a mummy suddenly started to move.
"It, it's alive!" someone exclaimed in surprise.
But Benjamin took a deep breath, shook his head, and said, "No... it's dead."
In the glass cover, the bare wings fluttered, like a baby trying to find balance. The tip of the closed beak also began to tremble, and between opening and closing, there was no breathing in or out. The two paws moved slowly at first, and finally... kicked hard until it could really stand up from the ground.
After a series of unskilled struggles, the bird stood up.
Then it opened its eyes. Crimson light lit up from its eyes, making Benjamin involuntarily think of the "no entry" red color found on various warning signs.
This is... This is...
"It turned this bird into an undead!" the system exclaimed, "After all this time, I thought the ghost didn't have the ability to bend over a living thing like in the movie, but I didn't expect... it actually did it. arrive."
At that moment, Benjamin suddenly said in his heart: "It only takes one second to activate the state of nothingness. I need to confirm whether I have fallen into an illusion."
The system was startled by his tone, but executed it immediately. Taking advantage of that second of nothingness, Benjamin stared at everything around him with wide eyes... Fortunately, all of this was real, and he did not fall into an illusion.
He immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
The sudden change in the ghost's appearance surprised him, which was why he was so nervous. If things get out of control, it's no joke, and the entire academy may even be eaten up by it.
But now, knowing that they were not hallucinating, there was nothing to worry about.
"Master Dean... Is this what ghosts really look like?"
A mage next to him turned his head and asked doubtfully.
"Of course not." Benjamin shook his head quickly and said, "I don't know what happened, but that ghost has completely controlled the bird's body. We may have just witnessed the birth of a new undead."
When everyone heard this, they also showed shocked expressions.
At this time, the "ghost bird" in the glass cover seemed to have become accustomed to this body, waving its wings and wanting to fly. However, the feathers on its wings had long since fallen out, and this ugly creature could not fly. Therefore, it started to hit the glass cover in front.
The mages were all startled by its actions, but after it hit the glass cover and was completely bounced back, everyone felt relieved.
This thing... seems a bit weak
The undead obviously have no sense of pain. After the ugly bird was bounced back, it immediately adjusted its balance and hit the glass cover for the second time. No one knew what drove it to break through crazily, but when it hit the glass cover again and again and failed, the entire laboratory fell silent, and the atmosphere was inexplicably awkward.
That ghost seemed very powerful in the description, but it turned out to be just like this
"... Anyway, we now have a living undead to study." The old man coughed a few times and said, "You don't need to make that trip again."
Benjamin scratched his head, a little confused.
Could it be that...the undead in the world of the undead are all derived from ghosts through this process
Something feels wrong.
However, at this moment, something changed suddenly. After hitting the glass cover countless times without success, the ugly bird stopped. The dark elements inside the glass cover suddenly surged, and black shadows flew up and down. Immediately afterwards, the ugly bird spoke and sprayed out a black energy ball.
With a crisp sound, the glass cover that trapped the bird broke.
The bird possessed by the ghost...or rather the two merged into one, took another step at this moment and jumped out from the gap in the glass cover.
Subsequently, the dark elements in the entire laboratory seemed to be inspired by something and converged towards the bird.
At that moment, under the bare wings, a shadow of feathers condensed from dark elements suddenly appeared. The ugly bird flapped its wings and actually flew at the moment of its leap.
Under everyone's stunned gaze, it flew straight in the direction of Benjamin.