Instinctively, he extended the torch, only to see ripples suddenly spreading across the water surface.
In the water!
Lance suddenly realized and had no time to think before leaping out of the way.
The next second, something fell into the water, and Lance only saw half a chain shooting out of the water once he was steady. If he had been a bit slower, he would have been caught.
Before Lance could react further, a sudden urgent bell sound erupted from the ship, as if it were a signal, causing the whole ship to seemingly come alive instantly.
Instinctively, Lance raised the torch high and shone it over. Beneath the clanking sound of iron chains colliding, a grotesquely shaped undead climbed out of the water through a breach from the sunken ship.
The attire on its body was already in ruins, but its body was so gaunt and bluish-black, looking like just a layer of skin over a skeleton. Its lower half was submerged in water, probably standing on the sunken ship.
