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

Chapter 1167: A Talk With Mommy Hel



"What do you mean by "I REFUSE"?!" Hel suddenly turned into a giant specter and grabbed me with her massive claws, shaking me around as if I was a ragdoll.

"Eeeeehhh! Please wait a bit... Babababahhh!" I was being shaken so much I couldn't even make sense of my words. "I didn't mean it in bad faith! I actually got a plan, auntie..."

"Hmm? What plan?!"

Her true form as a titaness was revealed in that moment, as I saw her Titan Spectral form, enormous and terrifying, and she triggered it within a split second.

She slowly turned back to her previous, self-contained tiny form, sitting over her throne again and grabbing me by the dress, as if to threaten me...Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Honestly she can act like that all she wants, but she's not threatening at all, if anything she's kind of cute!

"Yes, I can divide my body, right? I was planning on upgrading that Privilege with my current items... Even fuse it too, to make it stronger..." I sighed. "I plan to leave a Divided Ego of myself in here. Did you think I would just abandon my people?"

"Hmm..." she calmed down completely. "Okay, I am listening... Your System power, that Unique Skill has indeed provided you with such items through its ability to absorb, process, and forge Causality into usable abilities, items, and points, right?"

"W-Woah, you already know how it even works?" I wondered. "I feel slightly... violated."

"Come on! I have seen every inch of your soul by now, I am well aware you are also a reincarnation from someone from the first floor, and as a reincarnated soul, as it moves through the floors, layers between the worlds, your soul gains power. This power then is converted into Unique Skills upon your rebirth by the Tower," said Hel. "You're not unique in this, those children you adopted also have Unique Skills too, and also there's a few other people around Yggdrasil and many other worlds. They usually are quite famous, as Unique Skills are rather balance breaking."

"So you've really read my entire soul and know my greatest secrets! I truly feel violated now... How shameful of you, auntie," I crossed my arms.

"Enough with your nonsense, Maria!" Hel said grumpily. "You're probably among the strongest Unique Skill wielders, your Unique Skills have evolved into completely ridiculous abilities... A-And you've even become the new interest of the Outer Ones. That's a whole issue we'll have to talk about later! Maria, I think they really want you to break the Tower now."

"You know them?" I wondered. "Who are they exactly? They said they wanted me to bring freedom to the worlds but..."

"Not even I know much," she sighed. "But all I know is that they're beings that represent things beyond the Tower, they exist outside of it, and are perhaps older than the Tower. You're... very, very unique, perhaps the only "vessel" that could truly harbor their divine protection without dying or exploding into pieces. You already have evolved into something that's undead and not at the same time, I think they want you to join them eventually, as one of them..."

"Freaky..." I said. "I doubt I'll be doing that though, but I'll gladly take the sponsorship they're giving me. The {Boundless} power is very useful!"

"Hmm, I wouldn't recommend you playing around with their whims," Hel said. "They have given you such power for a purpose, something they want out of you. If you don't fulfill it... The void might just swallow you and you'll just disappear."

"...What? That happens?" I asked.

"It can happen!" she said. "It has happened before... mortals, gods, titans, dragons! I've seen fools that have tried finding them, contacting them to give them power, saying their names and... POOF! They disappear, before they can even finish their sentence, they just... get swallowed by the void! They're dangerous, Maria. I am honestly... afraid they're expecting something from you. Be respectful with them and... above all, don't act cocky in front of them!"

"Hmm... From what little I talked with one of them, they didn't seem that hostile," I said. "If anything they were kind of... fatherly?"

"FATHERLY?!" Hel almost choked on her own saliva. "You're insane! By Ymir and Tiamat! What sort of woman have I chosen as my Saint?!" she facepalmed.

She was always so dramatic, Jesus Christ!

"Okay, there, there, calm down auntie~" I patted her head. "Anyways, we good now? Don't worry, I got this! I know the truth of everything mostly, and I'm going to come back once I'm done with my little tower exploration to do some ass kicking. I just need to get stronger fast, and the tower trials and the rewards they offer can give me what I need."

"That's... certainly true," she sighed. "As someone born in Yggdrasil, that has never stepped out of it through her entire life, I just can't understand the desire of leaving the world, it's just scary... But I guess you belonged to another world already. Your mind is different than mine... Anyways, we're here."

"Oh?"

I hadn't noticed before, but we were moving as we talked, across many places, such as a forest of bones, a garden of flowers with heads, a huge storm made of ghosts, that lifted us up into a large mountain in the middle of everything.

We reached the mountain, walking across a valley filled with skeletons and zombies walking around a huge graveyard, they were like people though, talking and enjoying another day.

"Oh Queen Hel is back!"

"Good morning your majesty!"

"She has brought someone else?"

"Who is she- Ah, the Saintess!"

"Saintess! Saintess! PLEASE SIGN MY SHIRT!"

Suddenly we were swarmed by many ghosts, zombies, skeletons, and other undead creatures

trying to grab my attention.

"A-Ah, hello everyone!" I said, waving my hand. "You all look... rotting and visceral!"

"OMG! She's so good with compliments too!"

"Kyaaaah!"

"Saintess please have my child!"

"Enough with you lot, get away!" Hel roared, and they obeyed, they quickly stepped back.

"Now, let's go."

"Where to?" I wondered.

"My castle, obviously!" Hel said, pointing into a huge dark blue and black colored castle on top of the mountain. "The Divine Undead I shall lend to you is there."