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

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The sound of the water in the environment freezing was heard loudly, as the sound of ice crystals constantly growing over dozens if not almost a hundred birds at once reverberated across the forest, half of this landscape quickly turned into a land of pure ice, as the birds were all frozen into statues. The Rainbow-Crowned Brawler Bird barely managed to evade by using its various Fire Attribute Skills and unleashing Blazing Kicks everywhere, but its minions were long dead.

"Phew, that was a strong Spell." I sighed in relief, I had spent 60% of my MP in a single attack in there, but this surely created a better situation. Now that a lot of them were taken down in a second, the rest of the birds began to get intimidated by our presence.

The wall of ice formed by my attack also worked as a great obstacle for any non-flying birds, although the big ones still broke through them and charged forwards, even more furious than before.

"Let's absorb some of the Mana of the environment to recover…" I said with a smile, as I began to slowly drain Mana and recover it.

Meanwhile, the rest of my party used the opportunity I gave them to fight back and push forward, finally acquiring an advantage as we were not being completely overwhelmed any more. Lucifer took care of the skies, protecting us from anything that might be a surprise attack, while Partner was right behind me, working as the bodyguard of Emeraldine, the twins, and me. She used her abilities to take down any of the monsters that got near us.

Meanwhile, Emeraldine and the twins were also relentlessly fighting from a long distance. Emeraldine had been channeling the power of her Spirits almost nonstop, as the Spirit of Light and Nature floated around her, granting her new power. She suddenly enchanted the magic arrows she had made specifically for herself back then and covered them on Spiritual Essence and Mana, pointing ten arrows at the same time using her bow at the approaching Metallic Feather Birds, which were vicious and the hardest to kill, their leader was a robust, steel-plate covered monster with a metallic beak and sharp as blade wings.

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[Giant Metallic Steel Feathered Bird King: Lv57] [Rank: B++] [Status: Enraged]

The king of the impossibly resistant and powerful Steel Feathered Birds, its size surpassing over ten meters, its wings shaped as deadly blades, and its metallic armor covering its entire body makes it a deadly foe capable of slicing anything and easily resist most magic and physical attacks.

Incredibly tough to take down, they're often considered impossible to defeat by Adventurers, who run at the time they spot them. Vicious by nature and incredibly bloodthirsty, it seeks to slice and devour its prey, and is incredibly enraged by almost any sort of provocation. They will chase down their prey to the end of the world.

Skills: [Metallic Defense] [Steel Feather Armor] [Harden Body] [Metallic Cry] [Slicing Blade Wings] [Swordsmanship Arts] [Metallic Kick] [Kicking Technique] [Metallic Beak] [Flesh Shredder] [Merciless] [Intimidating Aura of the King]

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This bastard was definitely min-maxing defense and physical attack, he's deadly strong! I never thought birds could even look like this. It seems I have yet to even visit all the dungeons in this world, or even continents. By just seeing this fantastical monster, I can already imagine what sort of others monstrous beasts I could find in my journey…!

"CRAAAAAH!"

The monstrous bird moved forward, its entire body covered on metallic scales or feathers which created metallic wounds over the grass and ice. The gigantic monster had taken my freezing spell directly and was unscathed, seemingly resistant to magic and the ice element.

However, Emeraldine readied her Light Arrows, imbuing them with the elemental power of her spirits, as they shone brightly like stars.

"Light Spirit Bow Arts: Starlight Arrow Shower!"

FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH!

Emeraldine suddenly fired all her arrows not directly towards the bird, but into the skies! The arrows reached the skies and then shone brightly as if they were all a beautiful group of stars in a night sky. The bird seemed confused only for a few seconds before each arrow began falling from the skies, even bigger and stronger than before, resembling stars that were falling from space itself!

"C-CRAAAH?!"

The bird quickly enhanced its body defense and tried to evade the blows while running towards Emeraldine, but suddenly, it tripped over the floor!

BAAAM!

"CRAAAH?!"

The bird once more was shocked by finding its legs entangled on an incredibly hard metallic thread with a hook that emerged out of the ground below itself! Takeshi was standing behind Emeraldine while looking at the bird, using his [Fisher] Unique Skill amazing Fishing Rod, and capturing the bird from moving.

CRASH!

However, the bird managed to break out of the thread, only for more to catch the monster and push it down once more. Takeshi was infusing Mana into his Fishing Rod constantly, making it possible for the thread to constantly regenerate and grow stronger and more resistant. It was not indestructible, but it was incredibly tough!

And to boot, the arrows were already reaching the bird from above, clashing over its entire body and bombarding the bird with explosions of burning light constantly, it couldn't evade a single attack!

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

"CRAAAAAAHHHH…!"

The bird gave out agonizing cries as its hard feathers and scales were destroyed one by one, wounds emerged over its soft and tender flesh below them, splattering blood constantly and generating a pool of it below it… However, it was still somehow alive, and furious!

"CRAAAH!"

The bird slowly attempted to stand back up again, only for Laura to smile, touching the Fishing Rod of Takeshi.

"Boom." She said with a smile.

BOOOOOOMMM!!!

The entire fishing rod exploded, as the threads turned red and then blew up, destroying the bird's legs and the rest of its body was roasted alive. Even the delicious smell of roasted chicken could be smelled from afar…

That was utterly brutal!

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