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

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I spent almost a whole hour of intense fabric creation to get everything done for my super noble lady dress. I wanted to make it slightly similar to the first one I had, well, the one I was wearing when I died.

However, I wanted to add many new features, better colors, more decorations, and an overall very fancy and slightly exaggerated vibe to it. I think remembering my mom awakened within me the love for these dresses she loved so much.

I'm also planning on making a new pair of heels, also color changing ones, which should be black at the base color, but that could change color to red, purple, and gray if possible.

I had thought about a witch hat as well, the more stats the better, right?

But I don't want a witch hat to be honest, I want something fancier, a noble lady's hat, the fancy hats with flowers they wear sometimes, yeah, those!

Also a pair of semi-transparent gloves wouldn't be so bad either!

So, I've got way more than that to make, this fabric I've made will not only go for my dress, but the hat and the gloves.

I'll make the heels out of a combination of several leathers, metal, and the fabric too, for both comfort and strength.

"But first, let's begin with the dress!"

As I rapidly sewed things together, I saw a bit of my surroundings. Our entire group had already reached the end of the Salt Crystal Mines

We fought and confronted a few Salt Crystal Golems on the way, but there were no bigger threats, until we arrived at the underground's Miasmic Swamp.

This Swamp was different than the Swamp Dungeon back in the Dwarven Country, as that one was purified and filled with life, this one was imbued with miasma, bubbling and boiling.

There were plants and mushrooms too, but they looked black and red, mutated by the Miasma. And above all, there was Demonite Growing all around the ceiling and walls.

It felt like someone had been mining this place too, there were some mining tools here and there, and pieces of Demonite crystals spread around.

The whole swamp was immense and led even deeper into the caves, thankfully there was a big enough passage for us to go through as we surrounded the entire underground swamp.

As we moved near the swamp, our large group of people and army of Undead swiftly attracted the attention of monsters.

SPLAAASH!

A dozen creatures surged from the swamp, in the shape of enormous, black-colored crabs, and giant walking catfishes. Each beast was at least ten meters tall.

"B- Rank Black Miasmic Swamp Crabs and Abyssal Mudskippers." I said. "You guys can handle them just fine. My army, make sure to weaken foes and use yourselves as bait to bring more if possible."

As I gave my command, several of my phantasmal hands reached the depths of the lake and started attracting more monsters.

The best way to get EXP was by killing as many monsters as possible! So, I decided to call and bait as many as we could while we were at it.

"Eep! Even more monsters are coming!" Celes cried, looking afar to see more crabs, mudskippers, and also weird looking mushroom things with tentacles.

"I guess this is another challenge, we did come here to gain EXP, so we might as well work hard!" Fabian roared, swinging the thunderous spear and releasing several attacks with it.

CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!

He blasted several holes through the hard carapace of a giant crab, which swiftly dropped dead on the ground, then risen as an Undead automatically.

I could now leave my Death Creation Skill on automatically, so any dead monster would immediately join my army.

"I-It rose up automatically?!" Asked Fabian.

"That must be the power of Auntie Maria." Said Spectra, floating in midair. "Don't worry, these are our friends once they die!"

"O-Okay!" Fabian was still a bit surprised but continued fighting.

"Heheh, I'm getting hungry again with all these appetizers!"

Nyx flew into the air and then descended into the swamp rapidly, immune to chaos and even growing stronger by absorbing miasma, she had no fear of the swamp.

SPLAAASH!

She emerged a couple of seconds later, bringing out a gigantic walking catfish, named Abyssal Mudskipper King, an A+ Rank Monster hiding under the swamp's mud.

"GLUOOP!"

The beast struggled, but she held it tightly with her sharp fangs, and then quickly tore its head apart as she transformed into her dragon form.

CRAASH!

"Nom, nom…! Gulp."

She immediately began to devour it as she killed it, I couldn't rise that as an Undead, it was my girl's meal after all…

Fabian's group started fighting head on, while Celes and his mother accompanied them. Celes was using his Water Spirit Magic much better now, while manipulating spears of water and healing magic.

His mother released storming attacks combining her winds with the thunderous spear, working perfectly well together!

Silva had joined them with Catarina at her side too, while Takeshi, Laura, and Tear helped them from the side.

Everyone else was watching over the fight, so things seemed safe enough.

Seeing how things were going well, I continued working on my dress, imbuing it with Runic Inscriptions and using my Shadow Sculping Arts to strengthen and reshape the fabrics.

Ultimately, I imbued several souls into the entire dress, and then started to rapidly decorate it, manipulating the threads quickly.

Lastly, I imbued them with more of my Magic and Mana, using the dust of Moon Crystals and Void Crystals as the primary ingredient for this enchantment.

"And…!"

I poured the whole dress into the alchemy cauldron and added several ores, crystals, and hard materials into the mix, synthetizing them into the dress.

"[Synthesis]!"

FLAAASH!

The dress absorbed all materials and strengthened its composition, finally emerging out of the cauldron, floating in midair and exuding a powerful Aura.

Naturally, because I had imbued it with many willing souls…

"It's alive… IT'S ALIVE!"

I laughed maniacally; my beautiful dress was done!

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