Reborn As A Ghost: Time To Build My Undead Army!

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"Oh wow, the three big ones were taken down instantly?!"

Emily ran across the crimson blood forest, completely covered by her thunderous armor. Her gauntlets grew larger and covered with spikes as lightning surged from her blows.

"{Thunderous Barrage}!"

With the ferocious roar of a mighty and athletic tomboy, the girl charged forward, punching her way through dozens of Nightmaresaurs, demolishing them one after another.

BAAM! BAAM! BAAM! BAAM!

Each of her blows carried explosions of lightning, blowing away the Nightmaresaurs after crushing their bones and innards, making them vomit blood and bleed from their eyes, noses, and ears.

Their bodies dropped one after another throughout the forest, burned by her electric attacks. Back then, Emily was never this proficient at using her element, as she could barely produce small shocks by accumulating a lot of damage.

But now? Her armor had not only evolved, but she had too. She learned how to better use her Dream Weapon's abilities through this last week, discovering just how strong she truly was in the process.

SPLAAASH!

"Huh?"

An explosion of flowing water surprised her. She looked to her left, finding a slightly panicking Alma conjuring a giant tsunami of water, drowning the Nightmaresaurs and pushing them back.

"{Freezing Tsunami}!!!"

With a slightly timid cry, the pink-haired girl conjured a powerful Spell, unleashing a tsunami of cold water that rapidly froze, leaving dozens of Nightmaresaurs and the Nightmare Demons riding them frozen solid.

"Now! Break!"

With all her physical strength, which was rather high, Alma struck the giant frozen wave, spreading cracks through it until the entire thing shattered!

Crack, crack!

CRAAASH!

The dismembered bodies of the Nightmaresaurs, Plant Nightmares, and the Lesser Nightmare Demons inside fell into pieces. The bodies of the demons dissipated into black soot.

"Wow! Not bad, Alma! You've gotten stronger!"

"Y-Yes… I think so! You too, Emy!"

"Heh, well, there's those two over there too…"

The two glanced at Sofia, who was flying with golden mechanical wings attached to her back, wearing a golden Valkyrie armor.

The evolution of her Dream Spirit had given her an even more advanced transformation. The equipment she carried and the spear she had all combined into a single set, a Golden Mechanical Valkyrie of Hope Armor.

"SHYAAAGH!"

"Kill her!"

The roars of Nightmaresaurs, Plant Nightmare Monsters, and Nightmare Demons reverberated through the ground as she was quickly surrounded and attacked from all angles.

And yet, Sofia's spear suddenly transformed, becoming a giant instrument.

A golden contrabass trumpet, of enormous size!

"{Resplendent Cacophony}!"

TRUUUUMMMM!!!

An incredibly loud sound generated a massive shockwave, engulfing her foes and immediately crushing them with a resplendent light and the pressure of the soundwaves themselves.

"Gryyaaarrrggh!"

The Lesser Nightmare Demons exploded into black smoke one after another, while the beasts were crushed and flattened like pancakes.

Among Sofia's new abilities, the power to transform her weapon into instruments was one. It was strange and rather bizarre, but she discovered it tied to her past, as she had learned how to play trumpets, flutes, and more from her parents when she was a child.

After all, Sofia was never an active fighter herself, nor had she ever wanted to fight at all. She was a girl who enjoyed art, music, and picnics with her parents in the middle of beautiful flower gardens.

Although such a past was no longer possible after everything that had happened to her, this new power swelling within her had taken those memories, turning them into her new strength.

This new ability, Sofia called it…

"What do you think of my {Grand Orchestra}? Amazing, isn't it? And I'll show you all of my talents, come at me!"

Sofia became slightly overconfident as she continued transforming her weapon into new instruments. Her wings also turned into trumpets, flutes, saxophones, and even pianos.

The powerful soundwaves, accompanied by radiant golden light, constantly crushed her foes around her until she suddenly felt slightly tired.

"Ugh…"

In her tiredness, her equipment and weapon turned back to normal, giving an opening to gigantic Plant Monsters coming behind her.

Resembling Thorn in shape and form, these gigantic monstrosities were both deadly and stealthy!

RUMBLE!

"SHYAAAGGGH!"

When they reached her, it was already too late. Sofia's eyes widened as she readied herself for a strong strike.

And yet…

"I won't let you hurt Sof!"

A voice echoed, and then the countless thorny vines impacted something else, not Sofia.

CRAAASH!

At the same time, a giant hammer was swung, crushing the vine monster into pieces, leaving behind a massive hole through it with a single blow.

"A-Ah! Martina…"

Sofia smiled, noticing Martina coming in clutch, saving her just in time.

While she used her Illusory Clouds to move through the air and create barriers of Solidified Illusion, her Dream Weapon, formerly a puppet and now a female jester addressed as "Cursed Puppet Jester Princess: Egolatra," acted.

Her hammer was produced by her unique ability [Hammerspace], which allowed her to pull out convenient weapons, most of the time oversized hammers, to crush her foes.

"Thank you for helping out, Egolatra!" Martina said, taking a selfie with her.

"Don't take a selfie!" Egolatra said angrily. "I'm going to crush you like a pancake again!"

"W-Wait, no! Don't do that again! I hate it!" Martina cried.

"Heheheh…" Egolatra laughed creepily.

After her jester puppet evolved into this bizarre Dream Weapon, Martina had been struggling to make amends with her.

But surprisingly, she did cooperate when fighting. Although she was still weird and creepy, she was much stronger compared to her previous form.

"Alright everyone, let's keep this up. We're cleaning this area!"

As they heard Maria's command, the girls nodded, regrouping with her and charging forward as a team, moving across the crimson blood forest while battling the Nightmare Demon Barbarians trying to protect it, and failing every time.

It seemed that none of these Nightmare Demons had Authorities, so they couldn't unleash absurd attacks, making the progress smooth.

Until finally, although slightly exhausted, the group left behind that bloody forest, and a desert of gray ash greeted them.

"We're here, the Third Layer."

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