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

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As the Shadow Realm dissipated and the people were freed from the darkness, the Saintess glared at Maria and her allies with frustration and rage. She was caught off-guard as everything happened. Mostly meditating while living in luxury as always. She had imagined that Maleficus would do everything for her, and that Maria and her allies would simply not dare to confront her directly, fully knowing she held the power of a Goddess as their Saintess.

However, she was wrong, from one moment to another, the entire world changed. The sky turned deep red, and invaders from another world appeared. As someone that was always feed on lies, she also had no idea what this whole Tower thing was, and why were messages from the Soul Book everyone thought was a personal thing, was now appearing everywhere and could be seen by everyone.

Things only got more confusing and chaotic when half her city was engulfed by shadows, it didn't last too long though, and it also got rid of the invading vampires too. But her anger, frustration, and confusion were not fading away.

"So you dare to finally show your faces in front of the entire population, you monsters?" The Saintess decided to take this opportunity to twist the entire perception of the citizens. "My people! Do you see the shadows that engulfed everyone before? What happened just moments ago? And the invading creatures from hell? It was all their fault! These monsters have been hiding inside of our city, tormenting our people, making everyone suffer!"

The Saintess was trying her best to twist this entire situation towards her favor. She always believed the passive people of this city would believe any easy to digest lies. If she could turn their hatred against Maria and her friends, who were clearly trying to liberate them from the church, she could quite possibly force them to retreat or to lower their guard, giving her a time to strike them down.

"These horrendous people! They're at fault for everything that has happened to you! It is because of them that the water has become limited! They have been draining it away and-"

"Uuggh, just SHUT UP!"

Suddenly, a little girl in the crowd cried out loud. Over thirty Paladins obeying the Saintess swiftly pointed their eyes at the girl, gripping their weapons tightly. Daring to talk back to the Saintess as a sin worth death penalty.

"W-What? Who dares?!"

"SHUT UP! You big bully! You're the one stealing the water! I saw it! I saw them! These people, even if some look weird, they were helping us! Without them mama and I would have died!" The girl that spoke was in fact the one that was almost eaten by a Giant Vampiric Bat minutes ago.

"T-That's… That's right!" Her mother nodded, standing up with her daughter. "Are you going to ignore what we saw?! Those messages about a Tower, about other worlds!"

"Yeah! That's right! The church is lying to us!"

"They said our world was protected by the Gods, but those monsters came out of nowhere and attacked us!"

"Have we been feed a lie by the church this entire time?!"

"You're not a Saintess, just a con artist!"

"You came here and stole all our water, you made so many people die of thirst, you fucking monster!"

"We don't care about your damn church! GIVE US BACK THE WATER!"

"GIVE US BACK THE WATER!"

"GIVE US BACK THE WATER!"

"GIVE US BACK THE WATER!"

The people started rising and screaming, the Paladins were forced to step back as a flood of thousands of people rushed towards them. They were trying to climb the walls surrounding the Oasis, aiming for the water.

"W-What?! You bastards, you inhumane little insects! HOW… HOW DARE YOU?!"

As the Saintess face distorted in utter disbelief of the mob rising against her and the church, Maria stood there, atop a roof, she had said nothing, and she had done nothing either. She simply stood there, smiling.

"Saintess or not, you never had these people's hearts, Emilia!" She said with a confident smile. "These people are strong hearted, they would have eventually rioted back, even if that meant risking their own lives. You were already pushing them this far! Did you ever thought that negating them something as vital as water would ever work?! You were completely swallowed by your own greed."

"S-SHUT UP! There is no such thing as greed in my actions, people!" Cried Emilia, trying to act innocent. "These were trials! Trials set by the Goddess of Water! She wanted to see how far your faith would carry you! You would have been rewarded by her divine grace and-"

Before she could speak another word, someone launched a rotten tomato into her face, making her gasp and choke with its contents. She fell to her knees, groaning and vomiting.

"FUCK YOU! Get the hell out of our town, you fake Saintess!"

"GET OUT!"

"GIVE US BACK THE WATER!"

Emilia gritted her teeth, azure light surging from her eyes as the whole church suddenly started to tremble. Her Divine Aura surged almost endlessly from her body. Several magic circles activated surrounding the entire temple, as a gigantic barrier of azure divine light materialized itself.

FLAAASH!

The barrier released a powerful shockwave, as Maria noticed the people that were trying to climb the walls were all sent flying. With her powers, she swiftly caught everyone that would have been seriously hurt, as phantasmal hands carried them away to safety.

"You'll pay for saying that… I was already planning on moving somewhere else. I've gathered enough wealth and divinity here anyways!" Smiled Emilia, showing a wicked expression on her face. "You can all go rot in Helheim for all I care, you filthy cockroaches!"

She smashed the floor with her divine staff, the entire Domain expanded into a gigantic temple made of divine water, shocking everyone. The Paladins surrounding her all started transforming at the same time, becoming monstrous marine-

like chimeric creatures. None of them had a will of their own, already having been modified into obedient slaves by the Warlocks.

"Hahahah! You want your damn water? You can have it! I'll drown you with it!"

The wicked Saintess manipulated the waters of the Oasis, as a gigantic wave was about to crush and drown everything.

SPLAAASH!