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

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

Payasa laughed while a giant black box suddenly manifested around all of them, with sharp teeth coming down, attempting to eat them.

"{Clown Circus Nightmare Arts}: {Cage of Anxiety}!"

The giant cage's sharp fangs rushed down, constantly closing and opening, aiming at the girls. Whatever powers that Nightmare Demon could unleash, she could create entities out of thin air, be it objects, spirits, or things of that caliber, and she even had various other strange powers.

CLANK! CLANK! CLANK!

The sharp metallic fangs rushed down as Emily and Sofia moved upwards, clashing against the steel fangs. Emily's thunderous fists punched through them, rapidly pulverizing them, while Sofia's spear pierced them and shattered them apart.

BOOOM!

The cage exploded into pieces as the girls walked out of it. The Nightmare Demon greeted them with more of her tricks. Giant toys resembling clowns, cars, and circus animals rushed towards them, hundreds at a time.

"Overwhelm them."

Payasa didn't let them rest as the girls constantly fought the beasts, unleashing their techniques, spells, and abilities, desperately attempting to break through. At the same time, the effects of her Trolling Virus remained, making the girls "prank" each other, sometimes hitting one another without wanting to.

"This is not getting us anywhere, Egolatra, what are you even doing?!"

Martina glared at her Dream Weapon, who was just standing there watching with a creepy smile. It seemed to enjoy seeing her master and her friends suffer and struggle.

"Please help!"

"…"

"Damn it!"

Martina slammed the floor with her leg as her Aura of Pink and Purple clouds spread around her, rapidly reaching her friends as she conjured an even stronger spell.

"{Illusory Veil: Emotional Boost}!"

FLAAASH!

The pink and purple clouds made the girls snap back to reality. The Troll Virus suddenly disappeared as Egolatra's eyebrows rose.

"We're back!" Alma said.

"I don't feel so weird anymore?" Sofia wondered.

"Damn it, that clown plays so many nasty tricks on us! I'm pissed off!" Emily roared.

"Let's go, charge together and use your strongest spells at once! She seems unable to move quickly and is rather stationary!" Martina said.

"Yeah, I can tell, come here bitch!" Emily rushed towards Payasa, her armor transforming, growing four more arms made entirely of its thunderous metal.

"Tch! You won't be able to even harm me, pathetic humans!"

Payasa roared angrily, manifesting a wall of clown spirits, oversized toys, and circus animals, protecting herself from Emily's incoming assault.

"{Thunderous Dragon's Fangs}!"

However, Emily smiled, her power erupting at full strength as her six arms unleashed a barrage of destructive, explosive attacks, lightning coursing through her entire body.

"Don't underestimate humans!"

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

"W-WHA…?!"

Payasa's eyes widened in disbelief. The entire wall she manifested exploded into pieces, disappearing a second before Emily's thunderous fists reached her spectral body, punching her all over!

"AAAGGGHH! YOU…!"

However, she furiously manifested giant white gloves from her aura, catching Emily's punches and then overwhelming her, pushing her down into the floor.

CRAAASH!

As that happened, Sofia and Alma sneaked behind her. Sofia fully combined her mechanical heart spirit's powers, transforming her Valkyrie armor into mechanized armor while summoning golden chains from her own magical circles conjured a moment earlier.

"{Holy Metal Chains}!"

The chains wrapped around the Nightmare Demon's limbs, stopping her from running away, while her spear rapidly struck her entire body, leaving holes in her nightmarish, spectral form.

CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!

"Nngggh!"

Payasa gritted her teeth as the white gloves slammed her foes with tremendous strength, crushing them into the floor and shattering it apart! However, the chains around her body glistened, sealing her nightmarish powers.

"Uuuggh?! W-What is this power?! Where is it coming from?!"

She glared at Sofia, noticing her spiritual powers. They were unlike any other Dream Warrior she had ever fought. That was no mere Dream Weapon but something far beyond, an evolution, a Spiritual Being!

"Now, Alma!!!"

Emily and Sofia pushed Payasa down as they grabbed the chains and slammed her onto the floor while Martina's illusions solidified into many wooden hands.

"{Oceanic Catastrophe}!!!"

In that moment, Alma's powers manifested fully. Her appearance changed slightly once more as she gained gills, slightly blue hair at the tip of her pink hair, blue scales on her hands and around her neck, and blue eyes.

F L A S H!

A massive blue magic circle appeared above Payasa's body, unleashing a downpour of oceanic water, splashing her entire body with immense force.

SPLAAASH!

"Uuuaaaeeegghhhh!"

Payasa screamed, all her techniques becoming futile against an endless downpour of powerful, highly pressurized water capable of easily destroying walls!

And yet…

"No…! NOT… YET!!!"

Her small and cute body started growing monstrous and warped, sprouting long arms and legs, and her cute face turned into a horrendous clown face, crying tears of blood.

She stood up, fighting against the water. Her nightmarish aura grew enormously strong as her domain expanded even further.

"I CANNOT LET MERE HUMANS DEFEAT ME! THIS NEVER HAS HAPPENED!"

Across all the loops, Payasa and her siblings were always undefeated. No otherworldly hero could defeat them. Every soul moved to this world to replace those that died could not do a dent against them.

Even those who inherited the knowledge of a "game" or a "novel" similar to this world could not do it all, unable to prepare to fight back in time in just seven days!

Until now, when Maria and her family arrived, powerful beings from the get-go, and they didn't just do it all alone. Maria took these girls and turned them into complete monsters, defying the original story and the fate of this world.

"Don't think it'll be that easy!" Alma roared angrily.

She raised her hands into the sky as the ground trembled. The water became even more intense, constantly flowing down through the many cracks across the castle, flooding countless Room Realms in the process.

T R U U U M!

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