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

Chapter 1227: The Manor's Guardians



The moment we reached the manor, right in front of the entrance, there were two three- meter-tall knight statues, holding long spears.

They seemed normal and inconspicuous at first glance, but once we got closer to them... CLANK!

Of course, they were Nightmares this whole time!

Yeah, the plot twist that something you don't think is a Nightmare ends up being one is getting a bit old!

The two Knight Statues suddenly moved out of nowhere, giving one step forward that shook the ground between the two of us.

RUMBLE!

They started moving, pointing their spears at us.

"T-The statues are moving?!" Alma panicked, giving several steps back and hiding behind

me.

"Ah shit, here we go again I guess!" Emily groaned, her Dream Weapon covering her body as

an armor once more.

"Alma, don't be too afraid, we gotta safe Sof no matter what!"

Emily smiled back at Alma, which helped her friend regain some confidence.

"R-Right!" nodded Alma. "Please rely on me! I'll do my best to help too!"

She pointed her magic staff at the knights, as I nodded.

I guess if we're on a hurry there's no point in letting them struggle too much.

We have to deal with these as quickly as possible. I'm confident I can help Sofia even if we break her Dream Heart, but if we take too long, the Nightmare will end up decaying completely and devouring her.

So we can't waste our time with this small fry, we have to hurry.

"Okay then, here they come," I said, wielding my sword and the axe as the two giant statues rushed towards us.

They swung their spears with genuine dexterity and skill, unleashing barrages of Spearmanship techniques, releasing explosions of darkness against us with each piercing blow.

I acted as the tank this time, using my clothes, which were actually my magic dress, to protect myself, while also covering me with an armor of Blood Dragon Bones.

CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!

I received their blows without being pushed back at all, they were most likely S Rank, yet they were huge and strong, they could easily kill Emily or Alma if I lowered my guard.

"Now, girls, attack them from the sides!"

As I held them back, Emily charged her fists with electricity, unleashing a barrage of punches against the statue to the left.

"{Thunder Fists}!"

Meanwhile, Alma imbued her staff with her Dream Essence, forming a huge spiraling water spear which then she froze.

"{Frost Javelin}!"

Both powerful attacks impacted the two statues, as I held them back and then quickly swung my hammer and my axe against them, further shattering their bodies.

Crack, crack...!

BOOOM!

Both statues quickly exploded into pieces, as the smoke dissipated, however, I quickly realized they weren't dealt with yet.

"Wait a second...! Emily, Alma, stay back!"

As I told them to step back, the girls were already walking to my side, unable to move in time, two figures emerged from amidst the cloud of dust.

These weren't really statues, they were stone shells, covering something inside much more terrifying-looking.

"GRYAAAH!"

"GRUOOH!"

They were lanky and made of dried red flesh, their faces resembled some middle-aged man, with a short beard made of white tentacles, their faces were distorted though and almost unrecognizable.

But I did recognize it from the visions I saw of Sofia's past, what I saw.

These resembled her dad, horribly so!

They swung their giant hands at the girls, trying to crush them with the sheer force of their blows.

Emily managed to block their incoming blows with her armor, but her armor already gained several cracks!

Alma conjured a barrier of water, which they easily moved through.

"Alma, run!"

Emily was trying to bring their attention, but Alma didn't move.

"I know what to do!"

Alma quickly harnessed her powers, as her Aura turned into cold winds.

"{Frozen Coffin}!"

In that second where the monsters were moving through her water barrier, ignoring it, the water suddenly froze, trapping them inside.

Amazing!

"Now, kill them!"

"Yeah!"

"Alright!"n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

I leaped towards the hideous monsters, swinging my blade and my axe, and cutting the head and then the entire body of one of them.

CRASH! BOOM!

"Emily! Try to turn transform your metal into blades to slice through foes more easily!"

"Blades? You're right!"

Emily turned her gauntlets into long metallic, electrified blades, beheading the other

nightmare right away.

"This is a new one! {Thunder Blade}!"

SLASH!

Interesting, even Emily was learning how to properly manipulate the metals within her

armor, not just the thunder element imbued into it.

It worked surprisingly fast, she's an incredibly quick learner, similar to Alma.

POOF! POOF!

The two Nightmares exploded into black smoke, disappearing and leaving behind two black crystals, with a tint of red.

"Hah, you didn't even need my help this time, not bad! I always ate those girls so I had no idea they could be this good." Beatriz said, walking to my side with a cocky smile.

"It would have been nicer if you had sniffed them from afar, but you didn't," I said. "You didn't alert

us of their danger... Are you trying to see how far you can do things within the contract's restrictions? Let me tell you, I can modify it as I please."

"E-Eh?! Wait a second, I never intended that! I didn't really sense them at all, they were hidden inside of their stone armor, concealed!" Beatriz tried to argue. "Please forgive me...!"

"I'll believe you for now, I don't have much time for you anyways," I sighed, walking to Emily

and Alma. "That was intense, are you two alright?"

"Yeah, we're fine..." Alma nodded. "We didn't take that much damage. Emily's fine too."

"My armor broke," said Emily. "But like this... I can regenerate it!"

She unsummoned her Dream Weapon and then summoned it again, as it appeared completely

repaired anew, an interesting power they possessed.

"Alright then! Let's go! Beatriz can sense Sofia very close," I said. "We have to find her as

quickly as possible!"

As I opened the door, the interior of the manor's first floor opened up to us.

It wasn't gigantic or overly extended in size, it actually had the size of a normal three-floor

manor.

And what greeted us inside was...

"Heheh... Welcome!"

"Hiiii!"

"Let's play!"

"Heheh!"

Falling from the ceiling, dozens of dolls shaped like Sofia appeared, hanging on threads.