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

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Finally, in the very last loop, as her existence faded and the temporal warping abilities of her Dream Weapon waned, new visitors emerged, replacing those who had vanished through the loops or been forgotten. Unlike their predecessors, these newcomers were not weak, hailing from a magical world where they had already grown immensely powerful.

With their strength, they consistently thwarted the Nightmare Demon King's plans, culminating in this battle, where he was slain by the one who replaced the loop's creator, defeating the Nightmare Demon faction once and for all.

However.

Not entirely.

After all, they were merely an extension of the Original Nightmare Curse, enraged by the interruption of its birth. Consumed by wrath, the monstrous, yet incomplete Outer God chose to act alone, emerging to confront Maria and her allies. Its mere presence warped reality itself, the source of all supernatural elements in this world, the progenitor of Nightmares and Nightmare Demons, and the force behind Humanity's Extinction.

"YOU'VE DONE WELL, OTHERWORLDLERS."

Its commanding voice pierced everyone's hearts and souls, causing agony and forcing them to their knees. Only Maria, her allies, and her family could barely withstand its overwhelming presence.

"NOT ONLY WERE YOU ABLE TO STEAL A FRAGMENT OF MY OWN POWER, BUT YOU WERE EVEN ABLE TO DEFEAT MY PAWNS. YOU'VE DONE WELL! AMAZINGLY WELL!"

It was furious, its cynical praise directed at Maria, the one it hated most. Its countless crimson eyes glared with utter loathing, their radiant light yearning for her demise.

Its resolve was firm. If it was to be stopped even in the final loop, it would act independently. By its hand, humanity would perish, and it would hatch from its egg. Consuming humanity's essence was essential!

"THIS ENDLESS LOOP ENDS TODAY. THIS WORLD, MY EGG, SHALL HATCH. AND ALL OF HUMANITY WILL PERISH WITH MY BIRTH!"

Its voice echoed not only before Maria and her companions but across the entire world. Every person, creature, even animals and bacteria, heard its proclamation, recoiling in terror as the embodiment of their primal fears spoke!

"And you think we're letting you do that?" Maria asked, crossing her arms and smiling at it.

Despite the odds, her confidence surprised everyone. Then, those who had come with her from Yggdrasil nodded, smiling back. As they unleashed their Divine Auras, their Divinity Embers flared, manifesting flames of myriad colors across their bodies, embodying their burgeoning divinities—the only force capable of challenging a deity of this magnitude.

"Defeating my pawn doesn't mean you're suddenly stronger than I am... The Nightmare Demon King was nothing but a fragment of my true power... FACE MY TRUE POWER!"

R U M B L E!

The Nightmare Void Dimension trembled violently. The seas surged, rushing toward the castle, engulfing it, shaking its foundations, and tearing it apart. Surviving Nightmare Demons screamed, swallowed by the ocean and vanishing one by one.

S P L A A A S H!

"{Infernal Nightmare Legion Transformation}!"

Maria raised her hand, and the Nightmare Demons she had tamed—mostly Fire Nightmare Demons—merged. They formed a colossal entity of over a hundred Nightmare Demons, blazing with immense power, with Magnus at its core, serving as the "brains."

Though individually weak, when fused through Maria's powers, her system's skills, and their ability to form a single "legion," these Nightmare Demons wielded extraordinary strength.

"{Blazing Nightmare Claw}!"

Their monstrous form coalesced into a titanic claw, striking the Original Nightmare Curse's presence, which twisted space into spiraling black clouds. Purple lightning and deadly, poisonous miasma rained down amid the clash!

B O O O M M M!!!

An explosion of corrupt energies and elements erupted, nightmare essence shattering the remnants of the Nightmare Demon King's castle as the remaining Demons met their swift demise. Maria regretted not acting quickly enough to recruit them.

"HMPH! What is this power?! You're wielding my own creations against me?!"

"Yeah, and they seem pretty happy! Don't you guys?"

"We are not happy at all!" Magnus complained angrily. Though he wished to stop, he could not, clashing with his creator and unleashing explosions of nightmare flames in black, purple, and red hues.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Each blast repelled the ethereal form of the Original Nightmare Curse, its countless crimson eyes glowing fiercely, weeping blood that fell as deadly rain, corroding all matter.

"PERISH! ALL OF YOU WILL PERISH!"

Alma and the students Maria had befriended that week watched in disbelief as the others swiftly prepared to fight. Emeraldine led the charge, unleashing her full power as before, firing a massive arrow of fused elements that blasted a small hole through the Original Nightmare Curse.

Partner combined both spears into a gigantic, spiraling crimson and black spear, launching it at the Original Nightmare Curse, piercing it multiple times. She controlled the spear to weave around it, striking repeatedly.

Nyx transformed fully into her dragon form, releasing a powerful dragon breath while her axe unleashed long-range slicing attacks, imbued with destruction and death energies.

Jonathan channeled all his holy light and sunlight power into his divine blade, unleashing pillars of light that pierced and slashed through the Original Nightmare Curse's form.

Arachne gathered Demonic Power into all eight of her legs—her Dream Weapons—creating vast spiderwebs that spread everywhere. These webs conjured darkness to sap the Original Nightmare Curse's power further, while massive Demonic Fireballs bombarded it.

Celes swung his trident forward, summoning a dozen spiraling waterspouts that exploded upon contact with the Original Nightmare Curse's "body," generating divine spirit frost to freeze it. His mother, Nia, unleashed her Windstorms and Thunderstorms, conjuring a cataclysmic assault in her best effort to harm the Nightmare Deity.

Arthur, Maria's brother, on the other hand, focused his Yin and Yang Energies into his spear and swung it forward, unleashing a series of piercing blows. These were manifestations of his pure, combined energies, penetrating the monstrosity.

Through the combined assault of everyone's divine techniques, the Original Nightmare Curse started being actually hurt, something he didn't expect. His eyes widened as he started sweating nightmare miasma.

"UUUGGH…?!"

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