[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-reborn-as-a-ghost-time-to-build-my-undead-army":3,"chapter-reborn-as-a-ghost-time-to-build-my-undead-army-reborn-as-a-ghost-time-to-build-my-undead-army-chapter-1199":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Reborn As A Ghost: Time To Build My Undead Army!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1693751,2163,"Chapter 1199: Nightmare Demon","reborn-as-a-ghost-time-to-build-my-undead-army-chapter-1199",1199,"\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mysterious girl had appeared in front of us, looking different than any other Nightmare we've fought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She resembled a human, mostly, a young human girl, small, wearing a black dress, with long, messy black hair, a single crimson horn in her forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And unnatural pitch-black eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her presence? Easily exuding the power of something beyond SSS Rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was in the middle of crushing this Fractured Nightmare Realm' Nightmare Lord, a giant Puppet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She crushed it, making the puppet explode into black smoke, which she absorbed with her mouth, eating it as if it were a delicious meal, and then licking her lips afterwards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, her pitch-black eyes glared at us, I felt a sudden pressure, but not something I couldn't withstand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her presence was immense, as she glared at me, Jonathan, and Partner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Partner and Jonathan were fine too, but Sofia and the rest... they immediately fell to their knees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So you're here...\" she muttered. \"Looks like there's replacements again, huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She seemed aloof, as if not even interested in us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What does she mean by replacements?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe I'm overthinking, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It can't possibly be because...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Does she know we are taking over these characters?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just who is this child?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So boring... I'm so tired...\" she groaned, looking both tired and slightly sad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She yawned, looking down at the floor and dropping her shoulders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed as if she didn't even want to fight against us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wonder, will this be finally the last loop? Or will we be ever trapped in this endless hell?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She suddenly sat over the floor, looking at the ground without even making eye contact with us anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm so tired...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"W-What are you... who are you?!\" Sofia asked, hiding behind her automata.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Me?\" the girl groaned, yawning. \"I'm a Nightmare Demon... Nice to meet you for the 124th time, Sofia. You look as... cocky and stuck-up as ever.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl then glanced at Sofia, smiling slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's nice seeing you again... Maybe I should try to kill you for real now... Last time I didn't even bother.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is getting out of hand!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knows...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knows everything?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Nightmare Demon talked about loops, and even said how many times it has been going, an endless loop of 7 days, a week that has been repeated...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For 124 times?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maria! This is a Nightmare Demon!\" Emily cried. \"W-We can't fight it! We have to esca-\" FLASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Emily could finish her words, suddenly, the Nightmare Demon appeared in front of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Right, I like you the most, Emily, you're the cutest... Die and become one with me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The previously sad, innocent-looking girl smiled, showing sharp fangs, Emily gave a step back, before the Nightmare Demon's hair turned into black tentacles and attempted to attack her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, more like engulf her, and eat her, every tentacle made of her hair grew sharp fangs, and her entire body divided into two halves, showing even more fangs inside, and a long tongue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her appearance... was nothing but a façade, just like Mimics. To make us lower our guards. And unfortunately, it worked on me, dammit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Nightmare Demon groaned in slight annoyance, as I fired at her a beam of compressed Void Waves, she was pushed back a few dozen meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Partner managed to grab Emily in time and jump way from her range!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Nightmare Demon glared at me, smiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're not like the others, aren't you? Heheh... HEHEHE!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...I don't want to kill you, if you've gone through a loop and know of the previous participants,\" I said. \"Please surrender, let's talk.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sofia, Alma, and Emily gasped as they saw me saying such words, but it wasn't like I wanted to kill this Nightmare Demon anyways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe if it didn't know about previous loops, I would have killed her but... That's not the case right now!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh?\" she smiled back at me, tilting her head. \"You think I'll join you just because I recall memories of previous timelines? How foolish... So boring. Not even in 124 timelines, have I ever allied one of your kind. My existence alone is born from humanity's darkest emotions and nightmares. Your greatest fears, your hatred... Do you believe I would ever become an ally of your kindred?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm not a human though, and I'm fairly sure you can sense that,\" I said, her eyes squinted. She quickly sensed my composition, and indeed, she was even more surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A nightmare...? No...\" she muttered. \"You're different and strange... Heheh! Sorry, but I dislike making friends... I'm a loner after all~ I like eating other Nightmares. So let's fight to the death instead, shall we?! The strongest decides what to do with the loser!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>FLASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She appeared in front of Alma this time, her giant tentacles rushing towards her, aiming to pierce her entire body into pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alma, let me eat that fatty meat of yours again! It was so good before- GUUH?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRAAASH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a single swing of my sword, the Nightmare Demon was quickly pushed down, I swung with the power to split a mountain, the entire manor split apart too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>RUMBLE!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her entire body was split into two halves, as she quickly splattered black blood into the ground of the split apart manor, which I quickly repaired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By using Alchemy and Shadow Sculping Arts. I merged my shadows into the entire manor's structure, strengthening it and recovering all its damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"G-Gugh...! Ugh...! YOU!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a furious roar, the Nightmare Demon screamed, her two halves quickly returned back into a single body and with her entire power, she jumped on me like a feral beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her arms and legs transformed into those of some sort of bear or wolf, covered with black fur, while she grew wolf-like ears on top of her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"GRAARRR!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each of her attacks released a powerful shockwave of pure concentrated Nightmare Energy, enough to split the entire manor apart. The shockwaves, if let free, would tear to shreds Sofia,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alma, and Emily with ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a doubt, this Nightmare Demon was L Rank!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn't help but smile, honestly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm so happy you're resilient! Would you become my sandbag?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I swung down my fist, as hundreds of more phantasmal fists followed behind, impacting her\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>entire body hundreds of times at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BAAM! BAAM! BAAM! BAAM! BAAM!\u003C\u002Fp>",1065,"2026-06-06T14:07:56.366Z",1,"novelbin.me","bc8958f8a288cff1dea94e3ab38c2e2359e78a9d59356a0474f6d56b9f4516d7","reborn-as-a-ghost-time-to-build-my-undead-army-chapter-1200","reborn-as-a-ghost-time-to-build-my-undead-army-chapter-1198",1954,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-as-a-ghost-time-to-build-my-undead-army-cover.jpg"]