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

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"Here, serve yourselves, you must be hungry." Lucifer and Jonathan worked together, unexpectedly, and served all of us with an immense feast!

Emeraldine placed some wooden tables and chairs around a stable area with no wet mud and we sat down to devour our meal.

The boss was the greatest delicacy though, its fish meat was delicious and very tasty, with a strong fishy flavor like not many things I've tasted.

But aside from the fish flavor, it also had the big meaty claws, which once boiled and broken, revealed a bountiful treasure of tender white meat inside.

And that wasn't all, the tentacles were also cut down and grilled, some others were made into little cubes and added to a pasta sauce with the ink, which had a spicy flavor once purified.

So we ended having a lot of variety out of a single, gigantic creature that provided three times of meat in one.

"Hmmm~ This is too good, the fish, then the crab, and the squid meat all from a single monster!" Partner was delighted.

"Indeed, this pasta though… Hmm, the little cubes of squid meat mixed with the black ink sauce make for a rather unique combination of flavors." Emeraldine was happily eating.

"I like the fish the most!" Nyx was sitting on Lucifer's lap this time. "Papa, can I get more fried fish croquets?"

"Sure, sure." Lucifer nodded, giving the little spoiled dragon princess a few more.

"Thank you!" She quickly continued biting on them.

Despite having eaten a giant fish herself just like an hour ago, she was already hungry for more food…

Superpowered children sure get hungry quickly. Their bodies spend a lot of calories using all their amazing strength and magic I suppose.

I don't spend a single calory or something, I'm not even a live!

But I love eating and sometimes I do feel like some sort of "hunger" which can be satisfied by eating.

My special stomach absorbs everything without leaving waste and transforms it into Mana and other energies for my phantasmal body to keep on working.

"It's crazy how much we eat now…" Fabian sighed. "I remember feeling lucky whenever I caught a rat. But now I've eaten so much just this day alone, and I always get hungrier when I use my abilities too."

"Yeah, even I feel hungrier too." Said Spectra. "I guess it is all thanks to Lady Maria and her kindness."

"Back then I don't remember ever experiencing what it felt like to have a full stomach!" Silva said with a gentle and adorable smile.

"Well, even when Maria leaves one day, you don't have to worry about that, you'll eat every day and fill your stomach." Catarina smiled, patting the girl's head. "I'll make sure of it."

"Big sis…" Silva felt moved by Catarina's kindness.

"Woof!" Meanwhile, their zombie wolf, Blackie, was munching on a huge mudskipper on his own.

"You were pretty awesome there, sis." Takeshi praised Laura.

"Well you weren't too bad either Takeshi." Laura smiled. "You've gotten better at manipulating the fishing rod, but it still feels like a slightly inconvenient ability."ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ ɴovᴇl(ꜰ)ir(e).nᴇt

"Yeah, I know…" Takeshi nodded. "Yours is also quite inconvenient, the explosiveness of your magic could backfire, you have to be careful."

"I know, I know." Laura nodded. "Though, I was wondering if you could try shaping the metallic thread into more forms?"

"The snake is not the only form I've thought about! I have thought about a hydra too, oh and of course, a big dragon head! There's also the kraken form I had thought about… My fishing rod has been evolving as I grow, so it is becoming more versatile too!" Takeshi said proudly.

"Ohhh, oh well, I guess I was slightly wrong there then." Laura giggled. "I was thinking about something though. We make a really good team, you and me. So I wanted to further learn new techniques by combining our magic and unique skills…"

"I know what you mean! Mom's always worrying about our safety, even when we should be able to take down S Rank monsters together…" Takeshi nodded. "Getting better at using our abilities wouldn't hurt anybody."

"Very true." Laura nodded. "So, how about this… and that?"

The two of them continued talking with one another… It seemed they were slightly worried about my own worries about them!

So maybe they want to show off they are strong enough for me to stop worrying… Oh well! I wish them good luck.

This mother that has adopted them will not stop worrying!

"Guhh…"

It flew into my food and began snacking on the food.

"Nom, nom, nom…! Hmmm~!"

She got really happy with the meals and happily munched at them… I guess this dress can eat too? Now that's crazy…

"How many S Rank Magic Crystals are you missing?" Wondered Lucifer.

"I think I'm missing two more." I said. "Do you know your evolution requirements yet though?"

"I do know mine." Lucifer nodded. "I also need S Rank Magic Crystals, but not ten like you, only three."

"I also need some!" Partner sighed.

"Me too…" Emeraldine nodded. "Also this Concept thingy is rather complicated, my Divine Concept is only around 70% done, what a pain…"

"70%?!"

We all reacted in shock at Emeraldine's amazing progress…

"E-Eh? Is it too low?" She wondered.

"No, it's way too high! What the hell Emeraldine?! Did you had to flex on us like that!" Partner was left perplexed. "Mine's barely at like 36% or something!"

"Mine is at 40%..." Lucifer said with a smug expression.

"I have yet to check my requirements…" Said Jonathan. "Oh, it says I'm 60%?"

"Eh?! You too? Not fair!" Partner and Lucifer said almost at the same time.

"Wait, hold up, what about Maria?" Wondered Emeraldine. "Is your Divine Concept higher?"

"Mine? Ah, well…"

I checked on the requirements again.

[Absorb the Essence of the Void: 10/10]

[Absorb the Essence of the Spirits: 5/5]

[Devour S Rank Monster Cores: 0/10]

[Devour a Dimensional Artifact: 1/1]

[Devour a Divinity: 0/1]

[Comprehend a Divine Concept: 0/1] [Progress: 53% -> 75%]

"Wait, it was only 53% before but now it went all the way up to 75%!" I was surprised.

"EH?!"

Everyone was even more jealous now…

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