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

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"Phew, I feel much better now…" Celes sighed in relief. "Since I can remember that I've always felt weaker and a bit sickly, remember mom? But after absorbing this, it feels like something that should have always been in there is finally back…"

"I-I see…" Nia nodded. "C-Could it really be a fragment of the Oasis Spirit? So your soul is truly… My son."

"I don't know either…" Celes sighed. "But maybe I might be… related to her, or be her reincarnation, it's confusing…"

As smart as the boy was, he was still just a child, so it was natural he couldn't figure out things on his own easily and found them confusing to even interpret.

"It's fine." I said. "It's nice that there is something we can benefit from coming here, aside from my epic failure at getting a spirit… I'll mine a piece of this and then leave the rest in here, the spirits do like this area after all."

As I touched the crystal with my pickaxe after Celes and Nia nodded, a sudden flash of blue light surged from the crystal, slightly blinding my vision.

FLAAASH!

"What the… Another unexpected event again?!"

I was getting a bit bored of these!

The blue light slowly took the shape of a floating, blue-colored spirit, with the appearance of a little mermaid, it greeted Celes with an innocent smile.

"The vessel of my master… At long last, she has come back." She sighed. "But you're… A human? How could this be?"

"E-Eh? Hi?" Celes was a bit confused.

"A-Ah, sorry…" The small spirit, only the size of a cat, sighed. "I am one of my lady's spirit servants, I have no name other than Nymph. I was left here, sealed within the crystal by my master to secure my safety…"

"Wait, you know about the past then?!" I asked in surprise. "What happened back then?"

"I… my memories are a bit fuzzy, but I was left here to serve my lady, whenever she came back, no matter how long it would take. And she's finally here… Or well, him." She sighed. "Do you truly not possess her memories, vessel of my master's soul?"

"No, sorry…" Celes sighed. "I am… someone else. I just carry it but…"

"I understand." The spirit seemed sorrowful but accepted the truth faster than we imagined. "Then, there's no point in hesitating. I will serve you from now on, my master's reincarnation."

FLASH!

A thread of blue light touched Celes, a contract between him and the spirit was made immediately…

"W-Woah… D-Do I really get a spirit contracted with me?" Celes adorably wondered.

"Congrats Celes!" Nyx smiled, patting his head.

"Ugh…" I sighed, feeling slightly jealous. "I want a spirit too! This is unfair. But well done, nonetheless. We need you as strong as possible anyways."

Celes nodded happily after my words, feeling rather grateful of everything that has happened, the boy's smile was all I needed for the frustration of not having gotten a spirit to disappear.

"I believe I could tell you a few things that I do remember well… It seems I've been sleeping for thousands of years." Yawned the Water Spirit. "Each spot of spiritual energy is a fragment of my lady's power she hid in here in her battle against that Corrupted Awakened… They're meant to give you great power, and also has my sisters sealed within."

"I-I see…" Celes was listening while nodding. "Um, what is a Corrupted Awakened?"

"You mean the Dark Pest?" I wondered. The spirit quickly gave me a nod.

"I don't really know who all of you are, but you seem very strong. I am grateful you've been protecting the reincarnation, she- I mean he is a very important being for this desert." She thanked us first and foremost. "And yes, I do remember he was called Dark Pest too."

"Do you remember anything more?" Emeraldine asked, as we started making our way to the second Spiritual Energy Spot, out of the three there were. "And why did you call him Awakened?"

"I… I don't remember why they were called like this exactly." Sighed the Spirit. "My Master was an Awakened that hailed from "A World of Oceans" as she called it… She belonged to a group of other Water Spirits and Magicians serving Oceania, the Goddess of Water, right? Oceania's the daughter of the Awakened Odin."

"Awakened again… I had no idea they had this other name; it feels like it makes little sense seeing how they're Gods." I wondered, crossing my arms.

"I-I have little clue about what it means either." The Spirit sighed. "I'm sorry for lacking information, I was created by Master only a few hundred years before she died and I never left her side, so I have little knowledge other than these things."

"It's fine, dear, don't worry." Emeraldine smiled sweetly at her. "But… "A World of Oceans", what could this mean?"

"Maybe they meant the Great Endless Sea?" Lucifer asked. "The Great Endless Sea that connects all Continents, formed after the Realms fell and slowly formed into Continents, what was once many Realms became a single world, supported by Yggdrasil's roots."

"Once Realms fell… You mean in the Age of Ragnarök? That happened before I was created, but I did hear from Master that this was the Cataclysmic event that triggered the "Assimilation" or whatever it means… Which opened the way for her to reach this world through the seas." The Fairy said. "T-

That's all I really know."

"Assimilation…" The Pharaoh rubbed his chin. "Hmmm… All of this knowledge is triggering my researcher self! I wish I could write down notes and such."

"Here." I gave him a notebook and a pencil. "Write anything you want for me; I'll need that information."

"Oooh! V-Very well!" Nodded the Lich, happy to have some tools at his disposal.

As he started scribing what he had heard and everything else, we arrived at the second rainbow crystal, this one was being observed by Silva and Catarina, who were curiously sensing its aura.

"The second one is here, please, reincarnation, absorb its powers." Said the Spirit. "From what I can tell… The Power of the Dark Pest is growing larger at the same time, you need to become stronger to finish what master couldn't."

"Okay!" Celes might be little, but his courage was very big.

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