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

429 The Sorrowful Survivor Of Ancient Times

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The figure of a young woman covered in black robes, barefoot and only wearing just the bare minimum over her scale-covered body looked into the distance, as a group of flying golems, dragoons, carried away a recently formed guild. Her eyes, sharp red and reptilian in shape, seemed filled with a bit of light, a light that had been not there for many years now. She seemed happy, after many years of being gloomy and emotionless.

The wind swept through the mountains, as her black robe waved furiously before the strong winds. The sunlight covered her figure, as the sky atop the mountains usually was cloudless, mostly due to being so high the clouds were below them.

"I can't believe you're alive…"

She whispered with a small voice, while lightly smiling.

"I was surprised when I saw you… But it seems a lot has changed…"

She slowly walked over the rocky surface of the mountains, while feeling soothed by the warm winds sweeping through her almost nude body.

"It seems you have a new family with you… New friends… A new purpose, even…"

The girl's black robes suddenly flew away, as her body, covered in old red scales, which were slowly losing their color was revealed. Atop her head, there was a pair of black horns, the left one was cracked and only half of it remained, while the other seemed chipped down, and very old. Her long silvery white hair was beautiful and shiny, but it lacked color, which was lost as she aged over many years. Her tail, missing the tip of it, waved carefreely, as her feet, covered on scales seemed to be hiding many scars.

"I'm sorry for being shy… I couldn't bring myself to speak with you, Lucifer… It has been so long. I didn't knew what to say to you… Everything is over now, but I'm glad to see that you're still alive even now, when everybody else… is gone."

She looked into the mountain with a bit of impatience.

"I wish to see you live your daily life for a bit more, before I make my decision… I don't know if you would be willing to take such a big responsibility… What lies in the depths of this mountain might be not… something you would be willing to slay."

FLASH!

Suddenly, her entire body shone brightly, covering itself completely in red light. As nobody was watching other than some wild wyverns flying around, her majestic draconic body, towering over 50 meters, was completely ignored by those that could have potentially seen such an incredible and colossal being. Her body, however, slowly began to shrink down in size, as if she was saving her energies, until she was no bigger than a wyvern.

"Being too big would bring too much attention… A smaller size is better." She said, quickly taking off into the skies, as she saw, with her hawk-like vision, as those of the Valiant Dragon Guild already have arrived at the "Second Mountain" as they called it.

"I want to see… How are these new people with you… I want to know them better; I want to see… how you're doing… My dear Lucifer." She thought, flying through the skies as she covered herself with a veil of anti-detection magic.

She suddenly recalled many memories within her pained and hurt mind. She recalled the things she went through, the warmth of family, and the coldness of solitude and loneliness. This entire time, for eons now, she had been alone, waiting for something, someone… to bring her the warmth she was missing, the warmth of family.

"I don't know why I've been waiting so long… Always hoping someone would someday come to my life… But to think that dreams can come true…" She sighed internally, as her eyes began to cry tears of happiness and sorrow combined together.

Memories flashed one after another within her mind, the happiness she shared with her family, the happiness she shared with Lucifer, the many memories.

The children playing around the caves, the parents and grandparents bringing hunts to enjoy together.

The occasional trips to nearby tribes of smaller people, the long trips across the skies, as they traveled through the continent in the skies.

The words, the love, the memories…

And then, the pain.

The suffering.

The sorrow.

The regret.

The hopelessness.

The horror.

The fear…

"So much has happened… I don't know if I am even the one I used to be myself, dear Lucifer…" She sighed. "Maybe… this is also why I couldn't bring myself to speak with you when we met. Maybe… I simply couldn't bring myself to see you in the face after everything that has happened since then." She thought, looking into the blue skies, and flying around the mountain.

A group of cranes flew atop her, peacefully and soothingly soaring the skies at her side. A smile emerged in her dragon lips, as she somehow felt her heart being reborn once more the moment she set eyes into him. His human-like transformation appearance was immediately recognizable to her.

"I wonder… if you could ever remember me as well… Although, I don't want to bother you." She thought, quickly landing into the mountain, and slowly walking over its rocky surface, lurking around, and hearing the words of those that accompanied Lucifer.

"Woah! This place's BIG! Let's go mine now! Mine! Mine!"

A childish girl with a phantasmal aura spoke, she was too bright in nature for what she identified as some sort of living calamity.

"But where are you going to mine without a pickaxe, dummy?!"

Lucifer, however, quickly reprimanded her back, without fearing her truest powers.

"Ah… Right…"

The girl seemed to act childishly and gently, without a hint of hostility. It was rather clear they had a special connection.

She smiled a bit as she heard him speak so carefreely and happily. Despite his grumpy expression, it was obvious he was very happy with… her.

"You're so happy… It has been a long time since I saw you being so happy…" She sighed, looking more and more, as the group went around the mountain, preparing to go mine for ores and explore its depths.

It looked… strangely fun.

…To have friends.

"I'm glad you're so happy… The smile of my little brother… I would never forget it."

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