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



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From within the depths of the Miasmic Dungeon, a powerful presence woke up. It had been slumbering for eons upon the mountains splitting. However, it hasn't been simply sleeping. Over time, it slowly absorbed the mountains nutrients, anything, from ores, bodies, to bones. It slowly developed a carnivorous appetite, automatically generating more and more monsters as it drove itself into a hunt.

It continued infecting the mountain, hunting monsters from the outside by luring them inside of its deadly maws. It devoured them all, while it keep eating away at the mountain, even the bodies of the dead buried in the mountain itself could not rest, as it was all devoured and absorbed.

Only a few years ago, it was provoked, invaders came rushing down, attempting to get at the being's riches. But their efforts were worthless. At the end, the dungeon devoured them all and set free its beast. Once it finally woke up, the Miasmic Power of the Fragment of the Evil God within its own soul continued asking for more sacrifices, endlessly, incapable of satiating itself.

Although it couldn't quite recall what it truly was, the memories of this fragment, only fragments of memories, flowed into its mind, fusing its personality with this entity… And this entity was obviously the dungeon core. Parasitized by the fragment, it merged with it and shared its emotions and resentment.

The utter anger and fury it held against the gods and the world for having wronged him, and having turned him into an aberrant monster, split into pieces gruesomely… It couldn't contain its fury. Yet even as it fought to destroy everything within its vicinity, its gates were closed, and the deadly Miasmic Dungeon, infected with miasma in every corner… was sealed.

Until now.

It sensed the seal being broken. The gates opened. After many years of waiting, patience has finally paid off. It rejoiced itself as it began producing more and more monsters, readying itself to invade the outside world with an endless army of Miasmic aberrations.

However, its plans were easily stopped by a team of raiders. The first floor was completely cleansed of monsters, and to make things worse they filled it up with life and nature essence, purifying the deadly miasma! The monsters were gone, and the Dungeon Core raged in fury and surprise.

And now the Raiders were on their way through Floor 2 out of 3, the army of Treants and Deadly Crow Birds were completely obliterated, and to make things worse, the one that destroyed them was a Necromancer, the dungeon's monsters were raised from their death and became her loyal servants.

"Unacceptable…! This fury… This resentment…! I cannot let them trample over it…! I must… I must fill the world with my resentment, with my Miasma!"

The Dungeon Core, as if repeating the same mistakes as the other half, took Maria and everyone else with her as foes, and decided to fight against them instead of welcoming them like the Swamp Dungeon did. Fury gushing through its entire Dungeon body, the souls of thousands of fallen monsters and other living beings that were absorbed by the Dungeon long ago roared, sharing the dungeon's fury.

In an instant, the Dungeon Core summoned a powerful Boss Monster, corrupted by Miasma, the beautiful Phoenix became an Abyssal Phoenix, with black feathers and red eyes, it emerged before Maria and company, blocking their way. And as if that couldn't be enough, many other monsters emerged across Floor 2, while a terrifying surprise awaited in Floor 3…

"Stop them…! Kill them so I can devour them!"

The Dungeon Core's commands were heard.

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(Maria's POV)

"C R A A A A A H!"

"C R A A A A A H!"

In front of us an enormous bird got in the way. It was dead set on stopping us from advancing further through the Dungeon! It was gigantic, perhaps around thirty meters of height, with black feathers decorating its beautiful and graceful appearance, it wasn't at all like the Crows birds we beat earlier at all.

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[Abyssal Black Flame Phoenix: Lv88] [Rank: A+] [Status: Furious, Berserk]

A powerful corrupted variant of the Blazing Phoenix monsters that possess deadly new elemental magic, a product of mutation through Miasma. Their sharp beaks can easily pierce through their foes, and their hard as metal claws can pierce and slice through skin, muscle, and bone. They have sharp fangs within their beaks as well as devastating kicking techniques. They are proficient in Darkness and Shadow manipulation but can often control Black Flames of Curse or Blue Flames of Phantom to fight at long distance.

They're prideful monsters with great capabilities for battle and long-ranged attacks. Their flames can both damage souls and inflict deadly curses, and due to this, they're thought to be stronger than normal Phoenixes, while being even more devastatingly ferocious.

Skills: [Devastating Piercing Claws] [Deadly Spear Beak Attack] [Eyes of Malice] [Miasmic Aura of Empowerment] [Shadow Bullets] [Darkness Beam] [Miasmic Kicking Attack] [Shadow Sneak] [Rapid Flight] [Phantasmal Flames] [Cursed Flames] [Metallic Feather Armor] [Deadly And Undying Tenacity] [Miasmic Meteors] [Abyssal Blazing Flames] [Dark Sun]

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This thing looked quite stronger than the previous Phoenix we fought back then, and it was loaded with Miasma, grossly boosting its stats even more. The thing was so strong it generated some sort of domain around itself, transforming its surroundings into pitch black for a few seconds… Ah, kind of reminds me of my Domain Skill.

"C R A A A A A H H H H!!!"

The Abyssal Phoenix's feathers suddenly began blazing with black and blue flames, and then it started rushing down, falling towards us like a meteor! Wait, is this thing trying to kill itself or something?!

No, if it's charging so boldly, it probably thinks it can just kill us in one single blow like this, right? Damn chicken, I'm going to have you for dinner, you know?! I'll eat you up to make up for not being able to eat that Phoenix!

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