You rip open one of the barrels, tossing the lid at the creature.
It screams as a little liquid splashes on to it's skin, dissolving it.
You quickly light the liquid with a match and watch in facination as a fine, clear smoke rises from the barrel.
The smoke ignores you, focussing around the poltergeist.
With in seconds, the smoke has eaten away at its skin and it disappears with a soft pop.
You head north, your leg twinging.
As you pause, your shoulder cries out from a blow it took from that creature and the thing lodged in your leg falls out, sending up a burst of blood.

better heal that