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

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"Alma, you're strong on your own already. I believe you can do it. Little Celes could do it on his own too, but you too got that potential." I said.

"Really?" She wondered.

"Of course, Alma, you got me, I evolved. We can do this together without any help."

Undine talked to her as well, her staff.

"Undine…! Right… okay!" She nodded. "Fine!"

As she prepared, we glanced at Magnus, he seemed nervous, pretending they didn't have an ambush prepared. He was sweating fireballs, which made him look hilarious.

Don't think I can't read your mind buddy; I know the moment we take a single step forward you're going to rain us with fire arrows.

"Ready?" I noticed Alma's aura growing stronger, her eyes turning completely blue.

"Yes…! I can feel it…!" She continued channeling her power. "Wow… I-I had this much energy? I didn't know…!"

"Now, Alma!"

With Undine's words echoing through her, Alma's pink hair waved by the wind, seemingly growing longer out of nowhere, the tips of her pink hair turning clear blue in color.

At the same time, I noticed her ears turning into sharp blue gills, with iridescent blue scales.

Oh wow, is this a transformation provoked by channeling Undine's power even more?!

Amazing!

It's like she's becoming a Mermaid from the World of Atlantis in the Tower…

"{Great Spiritual Glacial Tsunami}!"

SPLAAAASH!

A giant amount of water splashed the entire fortress in an instant, nobody ever saw that coming, the cold waters encompassing their blazing bodies. Those too weak to withstand this power died instantly, while the lucky ones that survived, all thrown around their wet city, were overwhelmed by my Aura.

"{Spirit Contract}! Add them to Legion."

FLUOSH!

The darkness connected to their souls instantly, combining their entire auras into a single "being", these volcanic nightmare demons that survived quickly blazed once more, looking around with a new light.

"W-What's happening?"

"Ugh…"

"My head…"

"I'm fully back to normal?!"

"Aaaggh! I want to eat… no? I'm not hungry!"

They had all sorts of reactions, Magnus glanced at the scene in disbelief. Nightmare Demons were entities born from hatred, fears, and negative emotions; their greatest desire was eating humans.

They need this to feed themselves and continue their lives as entities born from negative energies and emotions, but what if they get fed energy, unable to feel hunger anymore?

Well, they can change a little, I've already seen that through Beatriz.

"You added them to your Legion too?! You're a monster…" Beatriz glared at me with shock, appearing in her cat form, jumping over the Bone Terrace on top of the Turtle Nightmare Kaiju Zombie.

"Monster? Me? You're praising me too much, dear," I laughed. "I am hardly a monster, if anything, I am a benevolent benefactor. I've chosen these Nightmare Demons, the strongest among their kind to become my contracted spirits, they should be grateful, if anything."

"Oooh… it worked!" Alma said, looking down at the scene. "You made them into your friends?"

"Yep, all done!" I said with a thumbs up. "Also love the new look."

"New look? Uwaaahahah?!" Alma gasped and screamed as she saw her own hands, which had gained a few blue scales, and then her hair, which became longer and clear blue at the tips, and then she felt her ears, the scales over there, and the gills. "W-What the hell happened to me?! I turned into some sort of fish?!"

"Calm down, Alma. This is merely the effect of Channeling your True Power. I am a Dream Weapon that embodies the Dreams of the Sea, Mermaid Tales, and the Water Fairies of ancient mythology. Naturally, as you channel this power, your body will change, temporarily. Congratulations, you've reached the Advanced Stage of Dream Weapon Mastery."

"E-Eh? I did?!" Alma asked, gasping in disbelief. "Oh wow… oh wow that's amazing then! Yaaaay! I did… it? Wait, wait, how do I even return back to normal?! Help me Maria!"

"C-Calm down, you look so cute like this anyway," I laughed, patting her head. "But calm down and then keep your Aura inside your body."

"O-Okay… okay…" She nodded, slowly closing her eyes, as she meditated, I heard my family and friends noticing what happened.

"Eh?! Wait a second it's over already? I wanted to go play with them…" Partner sighed.

"Was that Alma? That was amazing!" Sofia nodded.

"Yeah! It was great, that amount of water flooded the entire place…" Emily said. "I'm honestly shocked."

"Well done, Alma," Martina said.

As her friends went to congratulate her, Alma grew nervous and couldn't de-transform yet, asking them to please leave her alone, but they didn't.

"Oh wow what with that look?" Sofia asked.

"Blue hair? It looks nice on you," Emily said.

"Is this a transformation?" Martina wondered.

"Uwaah! Don't look!" Alma covered her face, and then…

POOF!

She returned back to normal.

"Eh? I'm back to normal! Oh wow…" She sighed in relief. "Nice, I didn't want to be a fish anymore."

"What are you talking about? Hahaha!"

As I saw them laughing, I smiled, looking at the notifications appearing in front of me.

Ding!

[You have added 102 new Lesser Volcanic Nightmare Demons into the [Volcanic Nightmare Demon Army: Legion (Affection: 70/100)]!]

[All the Lesser Nightmare Demons merged into the name "Legion" feel their Auras and Soul connected, it seems there's a new ability they have awakened.]

[Your Contracted Spirit Familiar: [Volcanic Nightmare Demon Army: Legion (Affection: 70/100)] has developed the Ability: [Infernal Nightmare Legion Transformation]!]

"Interesting…"

After adding over a hundred more souls into this single name, which all count as a single entity, the system seems to have reacted, giving them a new ability.

One that seems really interesting and strong, a Transformation…

Could they use this to combine into a giant infernal being that truly embodies what Legion is?

That would be kind of awesome.

"Y-You…! How dare you- Master…! Master how could you?!"

Magnus kept complaining as I walked to his side, flying using my ghostly form.

"What's wrong? I just did what I had to, they were going to ambush us anyway," I shrugged. "Alma's pretty strong, right?"

"She… She is… I never imagined… that a human with such a power could be born, we are… completely at her mercy! Water… our worst enemy!"

I almost felt bad for the big guy.

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