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



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A bright slash of sunlight was unleashed from Jonathan's sword, piercing through Mercury's body. Unlike Julio's attack, Jonathan's blow made Mercury scream in agony, as his body started evaporating slowly. However, due to his sheer size and total health points, he wasn't going to go down with that mere attack.

"G-GUUUHHH!"

Mercury grew angered, as hundreds of magic circles emerged around him. Fireballs, Arrows Made of Ice, Lightning Strikes, and more magical attacks started falling everywhere. Mercury was no mere metal slime, as he was made using the corpses and cores of hundreds of other elemental slimes, granting him insane defenses, regeneration, and powerful all-rounding elemental magic coverage.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM BOOOM!

The magical attacks were easily reflected by the Heroes, but they also reached the Frost Monster army cooperating with them, blasting them into pieces one by one. Mercury had simply not attacked because he was saving his strength, but he was quickly moved into a corner.

"That dam slime is much stronger than I thought." Jonathan said.

"You're lying, that thing would go down easily if you did as I said! Why are you holding back?!" Julio furiously said. "You fucking bastard, do you want me to kill you or something?!"

"Julio, I…!" Jonathan tried to negotiate, but Julio was very irritable today.

"Shut the fuck up and do as I said!" Julio roared. "You're no longer our leader, I AM! If you don't do as I say…" Julio's eyes suddenly began glowing with a red light, as a strange power surged from his chest. "I'm going to fucking crush you."

"Julio…" Jonathan felt something strange. "(Was Julio always like this? I don't ever remember him speaking like this to me… He used to be such a cooperative and cheerful young man.)"

While he had been imprisoned for many years after Maria's death, he had not seen his former comrades in a long time. Something had surely changed in that time. The heroes have become unrecognizable for Jonathan.

From Julio becoming a furious berserk that hated him and constantly insulted him, to Anastasia, who used to be such a nice and gentle priest becoming a mischievous woman that tried to seduce him and control him with her magic out of nowhere… He had never taught them to be this way.

The church itself must have somehow twisted them into this.

But why?

RUMBLE!

Suddenly, behind them, phantasmal energy fused with countless skeletons they had defeated, transforming into a massive skeletal chimeric monster. At the distance, they noticed some specialized Skeleton Wizards utilizing their magic to combine the skeletons and create stronger ones.

"GRUOOOOOOHHHHH!"

More and more began appearing everywhere, as Julio smiled, his eyes glowing redder with bloodlust.

"Good! I'll kill these bastards, so you make sure to crush the slime now, Jonathan…" Julio said. "If you dare hesitate again… I'm going to kill you. I swear it."

"…" Jonathan remained in silence as Julio flew off into the skies, encompassed on shadows and that strange power Jonathan felt before, he moved across the skies like a blur of black color, slashing and crushing the giant skeletons into pieces one after the other.

CRAASH! CRAAASH! CRAAAASH!

Jonathan sighed, looking into the giant metal slime, Mercury. Imbuing light into his sword and preparing an even stronger attack as countless magic projectiles constantly fell over him, which dealt no damage.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOOM!

"Forgive me, Maria…"

Jonathan sighed, his eyes feeling the guilt more than ever. His light shone the brightest, channeling the power of the divine protection of the gods into his own body.

"[Heaven's Fall]"

FLAAAAAAASSSHHHH!!!

His sword swung only once, as a gigantic slash made of pure, heavenly light was unleashed. The light covered the skies and fell over Mercury like the judgement of the gods themselves.

TRUUUUUUUMMMMMM…!

"GUUUUUUHHHH…!"

Mercury cried in agony as he slowly started to dissipate, evaporating quickly, his entire body reduced in size constantly until he could no longer protect the city, blazing flames and light impacting him, making him fall in the middle of the town.

BAAAAAAAMMMM!!!

Jonathan saw the scene, sighing. The God-given powers he possessed, his levels, his high stats, his skills. Once he used them to fight true evil, to lead a cause. Until he realized such cause was fake. Until he realized these things were led by manipulative people that wanted the world to be their way. When he learned that they used Maria's family as a scapegoat, blaming them of sins they did not commit to steal their riches.

If it wasn't because his very family was within their territory, if it wasn't because they had threatened him to take his family down, to kill them if he didn't commit to the cause… If only he wasn't constrained by these shackles…

"Hahahaha! I knew you could do it! You're not the leader of our group for nothing, Jonny~" Laughed Julio from afar, slowly making his way towards the city. "Now leave the rest to me! I know it is painful, so stay here. I'll finish things quickly for you~"

"W-Wait!" Jonathan tried to stop Julio, but he ignored him and continued rushing into the city.

Anastasia, who had been dealing with the other third of the Undead army stepped in, caressing his head gently with a smile.

"Jonathan, let it go already." She sighed. "Why do you feel this guilt? You were not like this. Don't you remember how you led us to our cause? How you always heroically showed us your resolve?"

"Anastasia, this is different, this…" Jonathan muttered. Anastasia giggled, touching his chin once more as her red eyes shone brightly, dazzlingly.

"Calm down and let us do the rest… Your job here is to just slay undead, something you always did. What's so wrong about it, huh?" Anastasia giggled, her enamored eyes slowly trying to charm him.

However, Jonathan moved her aside once more.

"No, Anastasia… I cannot see you this way." Jonathan sighed. "You were my young disciple. I'm sorry."

Anastasia gritted her teeth angrily.

"Tch… Why do you still love a dead woman, Jonathan?!" She cried, her aura beginning to surge rapidly.

The same strange and dark power that Julio now held was also within her heart.

"They promised me you would become mine…" She muttered.

Jonathan ignored her, walking towards the city to stop Julio's rampage.

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