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

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The Nightmare Demon laughed as he saw Nyx struggle, how she had to cut her own tail to survive as the green flames of corrosion created by the Nightmare Monster born from that old manor were strong enough to melt her flesh and skin.

However, the worst thing for Nyx was that the monster held captive her friends! Alma, Emily, Fran, and even Sofia, Martina, and perhaps even her mother could be inside of it.

She was struggling to deal proper damage to the thing before she could get burned and melted into nothing by the green flames the monster could release.

This was yet another challenge, one that required more than brute force to solve, and one where Nyx was struggling a lot.

"Hahahaha! Yes! That's more like it! You can't even bring yourself to destroy it with your full power right?! Your friends are inside after all! HAHAHAHAHA!"

The Nightmare Demon of Childhood laughed, his childish appearance and small body made him look even more ridiculous as he floated around and giggled, clapping his little hands.

"Heheheh! Hehehehe! I am going to win! I am going to win~!"

He was already celebrating his victory; he had already seen Nyx had no other options now and imagined that she likely would be unable to destroy the manor before she were to die against it.

"See?! This is what your stupid emotions cause! The very reason why we Nightmares exist is because you damn humans cannot control yourselves! We are created by your own stupidity! KAHAHAHA! Get what you deserve! Die! Die! Die! Die right now! Damn brat! DIE!"

As the Nightmare Demon laughed while controlling the beast, Nyx was thrown away by a powerful charge attack, her draconic body rolling over the ground.

"Ugh…! It's strong!"

She quickly stood back up, only to see a sea of green flames reaching her within a mere instant! She grew desperate, despair emerging in the girl's eyes as she unleashed a breath attack of her own.

"RAAAAHHH!"

With a mighty roar, a powerful breath attack was unleashed, clashing against the green flames and stopping them barely in time for Nyx to fly away, escaping them and reaching the skies.

"Haahh… Those flames are annoying!"

She gasped for air while looking down, creating several barriers around her using Shadows and Phantom Energy.

At the same time, she summoned dozens of Phantom Dragons, which she rapidly started to combine together into a Phantasmal Dragon Construction.

"I'll crush its legs and then its surrounding area…!"

FLUOSH!

Suddenly, she materialized two huge, spectral spears that looked as if they were made of bones and ghosts, constantly overflowing with great power within them.

And then, she infused the power of her Divine Concept of Demise into them…

"Prepare yourself!"

"GRAAAAHHH!"

The monster greeted her once more with a beam of green flames, her barriers shattered one after another as they received the blows, until ultimately, the attack reached her.

BOOOMMM!!!

The Nightmare Demon laughed it off, as he saw Nyx being consumed by the green flames, and melting away, her agonizing death was delightful for his evil eyes.

"GYAHAHAHA! SHE'S FINALLY DEAD! YIPEEE! I CAN DO WHATEVER I WANT NOW!"

He began laughing and leaping around, completely ignoring what had truly happened, as two powerful, black- and purple-colored spectral spears flew down towards the wooden monster.

CRAAASH!

One of them pierced three of its legs at once, destroying them and making the monster lose the ability to move altogether.

"G-GRAAH?!"

It glared at the flying spears, shooting green fireballs at them! However, the spears moved rapidly and dexterously, as if they were being possessed.

And they were!

"Huh?! Why are they…! What's going on?!"

The Nightmare Demon noticed a bit too late that there was something weird going on over here! The strange spears were moving on their own even when their master was presumably dead.

And then…

"Wait a second!"

The Nightmare Demon's eyes widened as he noticed that the thing the green flames were burning wasn't a corpse, but the shed skin of the dragon girl herself.

It was so huge, and it resembled a giant body suit of a black scaled dragon, it even had the wings and claws and everything.

But it wasn't Nyx herself!

"I-It was… her skin?!"

The Nightmare Demon realized too late what was happening, the second spear pierced through the other legs of the monster, and then both of them began to carefully grind its wooden body apart.

CRASH! CRASH! CRASH! CRASH!

"RUUUAARRGH!"

The monster grew desperate, firing green fireballs everywhere, the two spears moved around much more easily, evading them.

"It can't be! Is she inside those spears or something?! How is this possible?!"

He still didn't know of the powers of a ghost. Although Nightmares and Nightmare Demons were commonplace in this world, the supernatural beings from Yggdrasil could quite easily surpass them a bit in terms of both power, magic, and insane abilities.

Nyx's presence was indeed within both spears. The moment she was attacked by the green flames, she shed her scales out, which was an innate ability of dragons, allowing her to regenerate her tail and then, turned herself into a ghost, dividing her ghostly form into two and fusing with her own spears.

CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!

As she merged with her spears through an experiment, not only was she able to avoid certain death, but she was even able to control both weapons dexterously and easily!

"I sometimes forget I have ghostly powers!" She thought. "This really saved me, and it's working!"

As she thought that, both spears evaded the green flames, until finally…

Crack, crack…!

CRAAASH!

The wooden manor exploded into pieces, its exterior being shaved off by Nyx's rapid and cautious attacks, as she finally found who were inside, within her barrier, barely holding up, Fran, Alma, and Emily.

"Everyone!" She cried happily.

"N-Nyx!" Fran cried.

"We saw two girls over there! Please be careful!" Emily said.

"They're unconscious and inside some weird black cocoon!" Alma said.

"W-Where?!" Nyx asked, her two spear forms fusing back into her ghostly dragon form. "Ah! Over there!"

She quickly noticed a huge lump of black color, grabbing it.

And then…

"STOOOP!"

RUMBLE!

The voice of the Nightmare Demon echoed above her, as the skies broke open.

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