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

1101  Quest Complete

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Yes, the quest, of course I can't forget my free stuff.

And here it was… the penalties were big, so I hope the rewards make up for risking it.

Ding!

[You have successfully completed the Special {Main Story Quest}: [Save the Infected Mermen From the Miasmic Infection]

[Congratulations! Not only were you able to find the real cause of the disease and destroyed it from the root, but you were also able to heal everyone to full health and completely secured the safety of the affected, even the mutated.]

[You and your friends have saved hundreds of lives now, and each one of them is eternally grateful for what you've done for them, and so are all their family members, who missed them so much, and were so worried about what had happened to them.]

[You have already saved the Aquarose Kingdom twice in a row, but the King of the Depths remains alive… You can't leave before taking him down, or the same tragedy you've managed to prevent might repeat itself in the future.]

[Completion Rewards]: [50.000.000 EXP] [10.000.000 System Points] [Aquarose Kingdom's Citizens Trust +1.000.000] [Aquarose Kingdom Mermen Themed Skill Grimoire (SS Grade)] x1 [Soul Restoration Elixir (SS Grade)] x3 [Azure Sea Essence Elixir (SS Grade)] x3 [Aquarose Mermen Kingdom Themed Treasure Chest (SS Grade)] x1 [Lost Crown of Atlantis Fragment (??? Grade)] x1]

[Level Up!] Nôv(el)B\\jnn

[Your Level has increased from Level 214 to Level 215/300!]

[All your Stats increased. You gained bonus System Points.]

Ah, even more items and even a level up, not bad! Also there's the Trust? It's a stat? Now that feels a bit odd, huh… Oh well, it's nice, and that's the only thing that matters at the end of the day.

I got yet another of those crown fragments, which is a bit concerning, I got two now, and it seems that I'm missing two more fragments to complete this item.

I should ask the King and the Queen about what exactly these are tomorrow morning, I guess.

For now, I should simply sleep, even with all my power, I do feel slightly mentally exhausted, a good nap would be nice.

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Deep within Maria's Shadow Realm, the Cultivators of the World of Murim remained in silence, sitting above the eternal darkness. Maria had placed them there for the time being, supplying them with basic necessities until they were of any use, or until she returned to Murim.

At first, the young disciples had complained a bit, but their old master had convinced them that this was much better than dying, and that if they acted obediently, great things might await them in the future.

However, as they tried to use this time on meditation and cultivation to not waste it away, they couldn't help but feel disturbed…

Indeed, Maria's Shadow Realm, was a Realm formed inside her own Shadows and Darkness, contained inside of her body and her shadow itself, which she could manipulate, fuse into other people's shadows, and create portals to.

It was also where she stored all her Undead, so the often ruthless and cold cultivators had to deal with living surrounded by thousands of Undead. Of all shapes and sizes, some were ghosts, other skeletons, some others were zombies and had nasty smell.

But they had to deal with it, they couldn't escape or do anything! It wouldn't be an overstatement to say Maria had them as hostages for the moment, and the only reason she didn't killed them was because they begged for mercy and also because they had some use in the near future.

"Elder Wu Lieng, just how long do we have to be here? This is… beyond disgusting," complained one of the young disciples.

"Silence," Wu Lieng opened one of his eyes, as he was trying to meditate. "The Undead here could easily rip us all apart into pieces, you know? I might be strong, so I could probably kill a few many, but eventually, I would too die. They are incredibly powerful for just her soldiers. Don't provoke their wrath!"

"A-Ah, yes…"

The disciples quickly tried to remain calm and composed, but the stench of rotten corpses walking nearby and the wails of specters, and even the crackle and sound of skeletons' bones was horribly stressful and infuriating!

"Ugh…"

"Patience, patience…"

"This is… torture…"

"I miss the brightness of the sun…"

They were truly sorrowful, and their master, who had grown them slightly spoiled because they were very talented, couldn't help but sigh. At his old age, he could say this was a paradise compared to other things he had gone through.

Some of them included hiding beneath piles of corpses for days to not be caught by enemy units in the middle of wars, escaping for his life for over a year while being chased by powerful assassins, and even when he was publicly humiliated and tortured by a demonic sect when he was caught stealing from their storage at a young age.

"Younglings, you've grown too spoiled, think about even worse things, and this will only be a breeze," sighed Wu Lieng. "You complain too much, but you don't even realize the level of kindness that Lady Maria has. We're in good hands, relax and cultivate. We will eventually get out of here. I am sure her kindness wouldn't let us rot here for an eternity."

"I sure hope…" sighed one of the disciples, he looked like an average cultivation story side character, sharp Chinese eyes, pale white skin, and long black hair. "Wait, what's that?"

He pointed at the distance, seeing something moving in between the sea of walking corpses, it wasn't like the rest, it was moving and alive, exuding a powerful aura.

It was a giant being unlike the rest, whose body was covered on brilliant, purple-colored crystal-like scales, exuding an aura of draconic and divine power.

"T-That's a dragon?!" Wu Lieng gasped. "And not one from Murim, but a Divine Dragon from Yggdrasil, one of the strongest dragons in the entire tower…! Why… Why does Lady Maria have one just sleeping inside his Shadows?"

The giant purple dragon was still sleeping, but as it slept, it started to move around.

Soon, it would wake up…