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

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"You're finally back. Come on, let's eat something together before leaving." Lucifer said with a welcoming smile.

"Mama!" Nyx flew to my side and hugged my head with her tiny arms.

"Nyx, did you got rewards too?" I wondered.

"Nom nom!" She said.

"Ah… I guess you ate them? Were they even edible?" I sighed.

"She seems to be alright." Brunhild said. "I think she's okay."

She quickly offered me a plate with a big piece of fish. This meat was that of nobody else than the Ruler of the Swamp. Once detoxified, it turned pure white once grilled, with some sea salt and a bit of garlic and butter, it ended tasting delicious.

"Hmmm! So soft! And it is rather sweet as well! I can't believe this meat belonged to the ugly fish I beat down…" I sighed in relief.

"Hey! Give me some of that as well!" Tyr complained, appearing at my side.

"Eeeh? No! This is mine!" I quickly tried to drive him off.

"Here's some for you as well Tyr." Brunhild served Tyr his own plate, as he opened his strange jaws and began munching on the fish.

"UOOOHHH! This taste… I am actually tasting things!" He cried in happiness.

"You couldn't before?" I asked.

"Of course not! One of the strange things that happened to my body once Loki corrupted it with his Chaos was that I couldn't have any sense of taste, everything tasted like sludge to me…" He sighed. "Somehow, being in this spirit form really makes food taste incredible…"

"Interesting…" I nodded, while eating the fish with some baked potatoes they handed to me.

"So we just conquered the dungeon…" Helga sighed. "This is bound to make waves around the entire country… Maybe we should keep this a secret."

"Although I would love to just make everyone envy us, it is better to just not cause a fuss." Blackard agreed.

"Eeeh? But that's boring!" I said angrily. "We're telling everyone! The more they know how strong we are, the better our guild will be respected. You guys can't think about that?"

"Yeah but it will also make everything a fuss, and we'll get annoyed all the time…" Helga sighed.

"R-Right…" I realized. "But is there another way then?"

"A newbie guild doing all of that… It is bound to not fare well with the rest. They'll be suspicious and people may even try to target us." Blackard said.

"That much!?" I asked in surprise. "Okay, let's keep it a secret then… what a drag."

We talked about various things while having lunch in this bonfire, we got to rest for a while, until I decided to drop the bombshell.

"Hey so I just got a key to go to a hidden boss, is anyone up for the challenge?" I wondered.

Everyone looked at me with eyes wide open.

"H-Hidden Boss?!" Helga asked.

"We've never heard of that!" Blackard added.

"Maria, is this true?" Lucifer wondered.

"Yeah, it's true! I think the monster might be pretty strong, the key is A Grade." I said with a nod. "How about we go for it after we're done eating?"

"Hmm… Maybe, we didn't really do much aside from beating those weak monsters." Lucifer seemed up for the challenge.

"Uuuh, I don't know if I want to, but I guess there's not much option if you really want to do it." Sighed Emeraldine.

"Sure! Let's go beat that thing right away!" Partner was excited.

"Nice! I want to try fighting a hidden boss!" Takeshi agreed.

"Me too, we'll keep our distance." Laura said.

"Mama!" Nyx wanted to fight as well, but I don't know if I can let a baby do it.

Then again, she'll definitely end up going with us for tomorrow's dungeon, I doubt anybody can really contain her… Well, I'll use a Phantom Clone to keep her in the back.

"And about you guys?" I asked.

"Nope, we can't do this." Helga sighed. "I have children and… I am not up for the risk.

"Y-Yeah, we better stay out of it." Blackard said.

"No doubt about it."

"There's no way we can do it."

"We are better off waiting outside if you don't mind."

"Well that's okay, I don't want you to risk your lives in vain. For now let's finish eating and then we go beat a hidden boss really quick, this time no holding back! Let's see how truly strong we've all grown! Root, you're also fighting!" I said.

"Let's fight a big monster, gyugyuh!" Root was celebrating while flying around in his Spirit Embodiment form.

Like that, when we finished having a feast, we were all prepared and ready. The only one that was feeling slightly unwilling was Emeraldine.

"You don't really have to do this if you don't want to." I told her. "Relax."

"Eeehh… But if I don't go, then I'll miss all the fun." She sighed. "Don't worry, I'll be going, but let's finish this quickly, okay? I want to go rest, take a warm bath and get all this swamp smell away from my body…"

"Ah, I understand that perfectly well." Brunhild agreed. "Alright everyone! Let's get this done quickly."

FLAAASH!

Her small humanoid form quickly changed, as an enormously tall and beautiful red scaled dragoness emerged, her wings stretched further, as blazing flames emerged from them.

"Yeah, let's do this for real now, no holding back!" Lucifer smiled maliciously.

FLAAASH!

His humanoid form quickly changed, a gloriously evil-looking three-eyed death dragon emerged from the black lightning, just as tall as his big sister, with enormous black wings and a third red-colored eye.

"Gyuh!"

FLAAASH!

And even Root joined the fray, his small Spirit Embodiment Form changing into that of a gigantic Walking Tree. I used my Phantasmal Aura to help him levitate off the ground, his gigantic form truly made him resemble a guardian.

"Alright then, we're ready, let's do this!"

I quickly took out the key I acquired from my Inventory, using it right away, as an enormous portal in the middle of the empty air opened. And from within, a gigantic being emerged, reaching the swamp.

SPLAAAAASH!

Its enormous body was so big its legs reached the bottom of the swamp easily. The enormous beast was as tall as Lucifer and Brunhild, but it had five enormous and long snake-like heads, and a scale-covered wingless dragon-like body.

"That's… A Hydra!"

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