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

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The Nightmare Demon was overwhelmed by Nyx's Breath of Demise at point blank, as he was sent flying away, burning and almost dying…

And yet not dying.

His body had been burned and malformed, as if the Demise burned but one of his appearances, the Nightmare of Childhood being much more bizarre in appearance.

No longer looking like a child at all, the Nightmare Demon took upon a lanky, overly long and stretchy appearance.

Long arms and legs, even longer fingers and claws.

Huge red eyes, and a long jaw with an even creepier toothless mouth.

A huge bald head, making it resemble some kind of ugly alien…

His burned skin, for some reason, turned from its original pale color to completely dark blue, making it look even more strange and bizarre.

It was completely naked, lacking any sexual parts, Nightmare Demons didn't have any of them, and yet it looked disgusting even without any.

"GRAAAHHH…!"

The thing groaned, grasping for air as he breathed down green corrosion flames, Nyx stepped back, realizing the thing was alive even after that.

"He survived that?!"

Nyx's eyes widened, noticing the Nightmare Demon's disfigured body over the ground, slowly standing up, glaring at her with crazed anger.

She tried to ready another breath, but felt an intense pain in her throat, which had become completely sore and painful to even swallow saliva.

She was also bleeding from it, tasting her own blood in her mouth.

Anymore of that, and she would risk destroying her own throat and becoming unable to speak…

And then.

"KILL…! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU! KILL! KILL! KILL!

Like a rabid monkey, the Nightmare Demon roared angrily, and then he leaped towards Nyx while covered with green corrosion flames. This time it wielded them as if they were part of its own body.

"I should do the same!"

She merged the Phantom Dragons with her Flames of Demise and then her Shadows and magic, encompassing herself with an armor of spectral Demise flames.

Although not as strong as a breath attack, she could still conjure the power of Demise by combining it with Phantasmal Flames.

"DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIEEEE!"

Nyx clashed against the crazed Nightmare Demon, swinging her claws and tail against it as she resisted its blows by using Demise as a shield.

CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!

The flames of Demise and of Corrosion seemed to destroy one another, countering their destructive power and allowing Nyx to hold her own ground.

However, it wouldn't be for too long, as unlike the Nightmare Demon, she wasn't able to unleash the power of Demise endlessly.

RUMBLE!

Amidst the darkness of Nyx's Little Shadow Realm, Fran, Emily, and Alma could hear the explosions and commotion going on outside.

The massive battle between two giants continued, their fight making the girls feel worried and afraid.

Things had finally gotten to this point, the final battle.

And yet, they couldn't do anything…

"W-What can we do? Can we do anything at all?!" Fran asked. "Snowdad! Are you there?! Where are you?"

She quickly stepped out of the barrier, walking into the darkness until she bumped into her Snowdad, who was just around the corner.

"There you are! Please go help Nyx!"

"Fran! Come back here! It's dangerous!"

Alma ran towards the girl after she saw her walk out of the bubble barrier, only to be surprised when she began talking with the snowman.

"You can't?!"

The Snowman shrugged while waving its head, it became quite clear it couldn't step out of the Little Shadow Realm.

"B-But… We have to do something! Nyx is struggling! I don't know if she can take on that thing!"

"…"

The Snowman didn't say anything anymore, not a single word.

"Fran…"

Alma walked to her side, sighing, as she patted her shoulders.

"I'm sorry, but we can't… really do much now."

"But we should! Nyx said you were strong too! Don't you remember? She said you had a staff and could shoot water and ice magic! But why can't you now?"

"I-I don't know! I don't remember that! I don't… remember it well at least, I can't… it's confusing."

"But we have to help! We have to help somehow! Come on! Nyx needs us! She saved us all!"

Fran started making a tantrum, she wasn't going to give up until they somehow helped Nyx.

"Hey…"

Emily walked to their side, walking out of the bubble as well.

"Looks like Nyx's Snow Dragon is also here, look."

The Snow Dragon was also close by, staring at the dark skies with a worried expression on her face.

For some reason it seemed worried…

"Maybe they can fly us up there!" Fran said.

"Wait! No! We'll just go die there! Stop it Fran!" Alma grabbed the girl and stopped her from going.

"But Nyx needs us! I don't want to be useless anymore!" Fran cried tears of regret and frustration. "Don't you understand Alma?!"

As she cried at Alma, Alma stepped back, looking at little Fran while sighing.

"I-I understand the feeling really well but…!" Alma muttered. "What can we-"

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"Huh?"

"What?"

The two girls suddenly heard a melody coming from a few meters away.

They noticed Emily playing the guitar, humming to the melody.

"Emily?"

"…"

Emily didn't look at them, as she continued playing the guitar.

The girls didn't understand why she was doing this.

Perhaps it was a way for her to cope with reality.

Maybe to feel better with herself.

To remember her family, or her aunt.

Or maybe…

"Maybe this is her own way of helping…" Muttered Fran, feeling better after hearing the melody. "It's helping me feel better too!"

"Yeah…" Alma nodded. "Then what can we realistically do to help her? What can we… Wait a second."

Alma looked at the distance, the black cocoon hosting two girls inside…

Then she remembered how Nyx said the Nightmare Demon was eating at Emily's energy when she saw her in that cocoon.

"Maybe that Nightmare Demon is strong because they're still sealed in the cocoon! We have to free them!" Alma said.

"R-Right! Yeah! Let's do that!" Fran agreed.

Both girls started moving.

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