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

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Alma's grandmother and her parents humiliated her and hit her where it hurt the most.

Sofia's father's voice echoed through her mind and soul, ordering her to obey him while her mother cried that she was left behind.

Emily's father screamed angrily at her with his furious outbursts of anger, while the rest of her family was disappointed in her.

And Martina saw the bullies from the past, laughing at her even more as she tried to change her look and be a new person.

The girls knew these were mere illusions, but even then, the damage they felt emotionally was stronger than any physical wound.

Especially when they were literally the same in appearance, voice, and everything.

"N-No…! I didn't kill mom!" Sofia suddenly started falling for it, crying.

"Dad stop screaming at me!" Emily roared angrily, losing her patience. "I am so tired of you!"

"G-Grandma…! Dad…! I-I'm sorry…! I'm sorry for being fat…" Alma started crying as she fell to her knees.

"Hahahaha! Yes, keep crying, keep falling for it, this is the humiliation of your existences, learn how pathetic you truly are!"

Payasa laughed, as her form continued growing larger as she fed from their despair born from their humiliation.

In human society, things such as "saving face", "pride", "social status", and "appearance" were perhaps more valuable than anything else in the world.

Hence, as society continued developing, and as the new digital era began, as social accounts were created and much more, the concept of things such as these intensified to an almost sickly degree.

What could humans fear more than humiliation? Only a few weirdos would like to be humiliated, but the majority would cry, scream, and run away, the entire life they've been building up suddenly shattering before them as everything they thought they were falls apart.

This was the terrifying power of the Nightmare of Humiliation, the chackles of society themselves making of this a lethal power!

However…

"It seems your power doesn't affect me as much."

Martina smiled; the laughter of her bullies were not hurting her at all.

In fact, aside from them, nothing else came…

She was an orphan, and grew up without parents, and barely any attachments.

Her entire life she had lived a hollow life, and even the concept of things such as "pride", "saving face" or even "appearance" were never that important to her.

She was humiliated long ago as well, breaking to almost the point of killing herself over it…

But she overcame that, confronted her fears, and then amended with them, becoming friends with someone she admired her entire life.

"Y-You're not…?!"

The clown gasped, realizing that there was one of them which wasn't being affected by her noxious powers at all.

"Snap out of it, you three!"

Martina roared angrily, as her Egolatra jumped towards Payasa, while Martina slapped all three of them at the same time, infusing her hands with her Illusion Clouds of Pink or Purple color.

"{Mind-Awakening Illusory Slap}!"

SLAP! SLAP! SLAP!

The girls' eyes widened, realizing that they were doing something unlike them out of nowhere… Alma stood back up, and Sofia and Emily noticed they had completely fallen for it even when they knew it was fake…

"Martina! T-That hurt like hell!" Emily cried. "But thanks…"

"I-I can't believe I fell for it…" Alma sighed. "Thank you Martina!"

"We owe you one," Sofia smiled. "But our power… it was being drained; did she get stronger with that?!"

"Indeed, this is the power of Humiliation Ritual! I humiliate you pitiful humans until you cry like babies and your power becomes mine! Usually it should kill most ordinary humans, drying them up like mummies as they fall into the despair of their deepest humiliation fears… but you're different, just how strong are you?!"

"Plenty!"

Emily leaped forward, her aura erupting from her body, as her lightning fused with her dream energy, manifesting two coiling, lightning dragons around her body!

"{Twin Thunder Dragon Soul Fists}!"

"ROOOAARRR!"

RUMBLE!

Her two punches came accompanied by overwhelmingly powerful thunder dragons, reaching Payasa with an explosive, destructive explosion of deadly lightning and thunder.

BOOOM! BOOOM!

"Nnnggh…?! Tch!"

Payasa survived that easily though, but she was bothered, her domain warping and breaking apart, the illusions disappear.

"It doesn't matter if you were freed, I have more where that came from!"

The clown swung her hands, manifesting giant toys, circus balls, and even clowns out of thin air, similar to the power Egolatra had.

"{Clown Circus Nightmare Arts}: {The Circus Is Here}!"

The army of toys, giant bouncing balls, circus animals and clowns rushed towards the girls, as they began mowing their way through them with their techniques, magic, and powerful punches.

"Come here you coward!" Emily punched away a giant circus elephant, which exploded into colorful confetti upon dying, the same happened with the laughing clowns and the weird, giant toys.

"You think you can exhaust us like this?! We're far different than the usual Dream Warriors, you know?!" Sofia asked, her spirit suddenly began to grow much larger. "Go!"

"{Heavenly Guardian Mechanical Heart}!"

The mechanical heart grew in size, becoming enormous, and attacking Payasa who was above the "skies" of her distorted domain, throwing her down with a powerful slap of their metallic hands!

CLAAASH!

"Ugh?! You dare?!"

The clown girl angrily roared, as she honked her nose and then, spread a strange green gas everywhere across her surroundings!

"{Clown Circus Nightmare Arts}: {Trolling Virus}!"

In that moment, as the girls ended inhaling it, a strange virus began taking ahold of them! Alma couldn't believe it, as she kicked Sofia's leg and made her fall onto the floor!

"Ouch! W-What was that for?!"

"Heheh… Aaah?! Why am I laughing! I'm so sorry!"

Emily ended up doing the same thing, pushing Martina down and then making her makeup all messed up, ending up looking terrible.

"Hahahah- Huh?! The hell did I do?! Sorry!"

"Ugh, this is the worst, that bitch is playing with us!"

Martina stood back up again, as she noticed something once more… well, all four of them did.

"Now time for the big show! Can you survive this, girls?!"

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