"My god's benediction." He flashes her a quick smile before turning his gaze back to the encroaching ghosts. "With her gift I can grant you resistance to poison or miasma these ghosts might have. I don't expect ghosts to be able to poison someone but it would still be best to stay close. I would like to try to send them on first before resorting to arms."

There are quite a number of ghosts however and William cannot hope to take care of them all at once. Sending off the dead is not a quick process.