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

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The mysterious ruins greeted us with their mysterious appearance, auras of spiritual essence surging from within them. This entire desert must be full of lost treasure from past times, these ruins already look much different than the pyramids we've found before.

"Let's take a look then. They're pretty wide around this area…" I said, as the rest of my huge party walked by my side.

We had to walk down the dunes in front of us, which led to some sort of crater-like formation in the end, where all the runes were scattered.

By expanding my phantasmal senses, I was able to see a few things of interest, small spots with larger quantities of spiritual energy, and then, at the very end where we were, a large spot of corrupted spiritual energy, overflowing with a dark essence.

And…

"Leave…"

A voice echoing from within that place, overflowing with the presence and will of a Soul, no less.

"Leave… this place…"

It kept telling me to leave. Nobody else could hear it other than myself, I suppose this is because I'm a ghost and have a sixth sense sort of?

"This place… my resting… place… leave…"

It seemed to be a resentful soul. I'll get to it eventually. For now, I want to check the spots of Spiritual Energy and see if I can find any compatible Spirit to tame- I mean, to make a contract with.

"Mama, I can feel something odd!" Nyx had noticed it too. "Over there!"

"I know, we'll check it later, dear." I smiled at her. "More importantly, look over here."

While Fabian's group was exploring the ruins with a few others, Nyx, Lucifer, and Partner walked by my side and followed me where I was going.

The spot of spiritual essence was a glowing, rainbow-colored crystal buried beneath the sand, surrounded by four walls of ruins.

The ruins were covered on strange runes and a language I couldn't understand. None here understood it, not even the Pharaoh.

"I don't understand this language, but I do recognize it. I've seen ruins like these before…" The Lich spoke with a slow and dry voice. "This is the Language of the Gods… These ruins must have something to do with them, or perhaps, with people that lived in the Ancient Times when the Gods were active in the surface of Yggdrasil."

"When they clashed against the Titans?!" Partner asked in shock.

"Perhaps…" The Lich sighed. "I am not sure, unfortunately. I apologize. However, I do know something, those crystals hiding here, they are not so old. Perhaps around the time that Oasis Divine Spirit fought the Dark Pest."

"You mean these spiritual crystals formed out of that fight?" Wondered Emeraldine. "I can feel a lot of power from them, yeah… There are many spirits flocking around them, countless of tiny ones."

"These crystals seem to have great amounts of purity…" Lucifer said. "Perhaps they were formed either from pieces of the Spirit's body or the residual spiritual energy from its magic attacks."

"Alright! Is any of you willing to make a contract with me, you guys~?" I walked in front of the flock of spirits, hundreds of small and colorful creatures floated everywhere.

I couldn't properly discern their shapes, but they were all Spirits or at least Lesser Spirits. There were of many elements, so hopefully there might be a compatible one?

"Kyyuhh!"

However, they all saw me and swiftly ran away in fear, disappearing from the place…

"E-Eh?"

I was left completely alone… At the end, Spirits do fear me a lot!

"Ugh, dammit, not again…" I sighed, feeling defeated, I fell to my knees.

"Looks like the Spirits do not like Master too much." Sighed the Pharaoh. "It makes sense, you've grown to the extent you have become an existence that embodies Death and Darkness, both elements are often feared by most conventional elemental spirits."

"C-Come on, Maria! Don't make that face, we can find another spirit! I am sure of it!" Emeraldine tried to cheer me up.

"Do you even need them? You're plenty strong yourself…" Partner raised an eyebrow.

"Of course I need some! I have been unable to use my Spirit Magic this entire time, I need proper spirits to make my magic growth advance leaps and bounds." I crossed my arms in disbelief. "I can't just spam big spells, I want some more intricacy to it, spirits will allow my magic to evolve. Also, most of our foes already resist all my basic elements, if I can add spirit power to them, it might be possible for my magic to pierce through their higher defenses more easily."

"I suppose you're not wrong…" Lucifer agreed. "The Warlocks, the Evil God Fragments, most Calamities, are all very resistance to the Dark Alignment of Elements, some even capable of simply absorbing its elemental essence. If you're locked with only those elements, obtaining spirits to enchant them with spirit power makes sense."

"O-Oh…" Partner muttered, finding the entire situation slightly amusing herself. "Oh well! A-Anyways, should we get moving?"

"Not before I extract a bit of these, they're still a precious material, hehe." I took out my pickaxe and, when I was about to mine, someone called for me.

"W-Wait! Please wait, Auntie Maria!"

It was Celes, who came running to my side and grabbing my arms, gently putting them down.

"D-Don't do that please!"

"Celes? What's wrong?"

Nia quickly walked to his side and bowed, apologizing.

"I'm really sorry! He didn't mean anything bad! He just… He said that these crystals hold important power?" Nia wondered.

"They do?" Nyx asked. "What power?"

"I can feel it…" Celes slowly walked to the rainbow spirit crystal growth. "Some of the Essence of the Divine Oasis Spirit is here!"

His Soul resonated with the crystal, as his little hand touched it, a large quantity of power that was contained within it flowed into his Soul and Body!

FLUOSH!

It was swiftly absorbed, the crystal remained slightly the same, but it looked hollow, the power it held drained completely.

Ding!

[Celes]'s [Divine Oasis Spirit Soul] has absorbed the [Divine Oasis Spirit's Fragment]!]

[A part of the Soul's original powers has slowly awakened, All Stats have increased, All Skills have Leveled Up.]

So this was an inheritance of some sort this whole time?

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