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

Chapter 1057: Hendrick's Last Resort



SLAAASH!

A slash that sliced through the fabric of space was unleashed, as Maria activated the third and last Divine Ability within her amazing divine form, the {Abyssal Black Death Void}! It was the strongest magic spell she had, even more potent than All-Consuming Void and her Nether Star Skills combined. That, coupled with her scythe's ability to ignore physical defenses and directly damage a soul helped her slice through Hendrick's very soul!

An immense amount of agony permeated the greedy and vicious vampire's entire soul. His screams of agony reverberated across the entire desert port city. His soul wasn't just split into two, it quickly gained many more cracks, which spread across his soul, and then, as his soul exploded into pieces, this spread across his physical body.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Countless explosions burst out of his own body, flesh, blood, and innards tearing apart and exploding. Hendrick continued screaming, incapable of believing he was being overwhelmed to such an extent!

"Gryyyaaagggh! D-Dammit! I'm going to die! FUCK! AAARRGHH!"

As his flesh exploded into pieces and as he attempted to keep his broke soul together, Maria rushed forwards, her body suddenly surrounded by a dozen Void Stars at once, which she fired consecutively against his body. More and more explosions bombarded over Hendrick.

His giant tendrils grasped into the God Slayer Sword, using its gigantic size to block the magic attacks. His black and white flames unleashed storms with each wave of the sword towards Maria. The ghost woman barely managed to evade them, some hitting her directly and weakening her, only for her Void Mantle to quickly delete them off her body.

"HENDRICK! I am not stopping until you're dead!"

Maria ruthlessly started slashing his body into pieces with her scythe. Tanking all sorts of magic spells Hendrick conjured to defend himself. Her body was so tough she simply bounced off most damage easily! His God Slayer Sword was literally the only thing keeping him from instantly dying.

"No...! This can't be true! I haven't even... They are not even here yet...!" Hendrick thought, gritting his countless jaws. His body had already been reduced to below half of what it was in just a couple of seconds. His regeneration could simply not keep up with Maria's consecutive attacks. "I have to... I have to use that thing! If I can absorb or devour it, I might recover! And it will cause a lot of emotional damage on that bitch!" He thought, thinking himself a genius.

However.

RUMBLE!

And as if things couldn't get any worse for him, something happened. A gigantic stake made of holy light descended towards the chimeric aberration he had made by fusing all the people he kept prisoner down here. His eyes widened as thousands of chains wrapped around the monstrous being, putting it on a status of stupor and sleep!

"NO!"

As he screamed in agony, Maria's scythe sliced through his flesh again. A large chunk of himself, containing his soul fragments and his mind, escaped before the rest of his body were to be destroyed, only holding the sword with him, barely.

"What? Were you planning on using my brother against me again, you bastard?" Maria asked with a furious and vicious smile. "Too bad. I know this might be a personal grudge of yours. You're doing this not just to make me suffer, you're doing this because I killed your fucking sister, isn't it?"

"It's more than just that... But yes!" Hendrick roared. "We will never forget what you did to her, you damned ghost! You've been a nuisance to all our plans since you awakened out of nowhere, years later after your death! You should have simply remained dead! You were nothing but a steppingstone, and small piece of shit you sometimes step on! Why... Just WHY have you become such a huge problem now?!"

"You sound like an absolute fucking loser, and I'm loving every single word you're saying right now, Hendrick." Maria rushed towards him, feeling her energies depleting rapidly, but then quickly recovering thanks to all the power she gained from her Soul Scape. "Keep crying, you're not going to get away with it!"

SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!

She slashed him three more times, Hendrick felt his already shattered soul break even more. His limp body sticking to the sword as he attempted to shield himself from Maria, but it wasn't working at all.

"Dammit...! I have to do it...! They're not here yet, and I'm going to fucking die if I don't!"

The Vampire, who was rather young compared to the others, was always heralded as a genius. Hendrick had always had an easy life since his conception as a Vampire from birth. Served by everyone, a genius at birth, an amazing fighter, tactician, and the mind of a conqueror. It wasn't an overstatement when he was given the title of the Horseman of Conquest.

Using his tactics, influence, charisma, and power, Hendrick managed to draw an immense amount of followers, becoming a prominent figure within the expanding vampire family. He had conquered many cities, forced their rulers to obey him through slave contracts, and slithered like a vicious snake, or perhaps like a trickster fox within the shadows.

Yet now...

Out of nowhere!

Maria, someone he had believed was dead long ago, someone that shouldn't matter at all. What most would merely call a "background character" suddenly appeared.

Not only did she become a ghost after years of having dead, but she also evolved, she grew stronger, and she started fighting back.

She even revived the Dragon King that was thought long gone, and quickly assembled herself a small party of utterly overpowered people!

And once she decided to come to Goldsand, he knew that he had to do everything he could to

stop her.

However, the news about her defeating two gods never arrived, as there were no actual witnessers other than the gods themselves.

Therefore, although he was prepared, he never thought Maria would have already reached

such a level of strength!

"T-This is my only choice now...!"

Regretfully, what remained of his soul and flesh suddenly touched the sword's blade, letting

the blade itself pierce him completely.

"What?!"

Maria glanced in disbelief at what Hendrick did, before seeing the sword glow with a

malicious black and red aura.

A crimson eye opened on its handle, as it devoured Hendrick's soul fragments and remaining

flesh and blood.

And became something else.

FLASH!