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

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Emilia was born as the Saintess of Springs and Fountains, given the Divine Blessing of the Goddess of Water, Oceania, daughter of Odin, the God of Light. Since early in her age that she was surrounded by luxuries, as a member of the highest noble families within the Empire of Light, she had everything she could ever hope for or ask for.

Her parents conceited her every need, treating her like a miraculous child that needed to be spoiled with absolute everything she ever asked for. She was never denied a single thing, and was always given everything she ever needed, and more.

Saints and Heroes in the Empire of Light held great authority over the population and even Nobles. Therefore, even the Nobles had to treat them with utmost respect, as if they were members of royalty themselves.

Surrounded by luxury and never facing struggles or pain, Emilia grew increasingly selfish, with a complete lack of empathy even towards her parents. As her powers developed, she was brought to the church and taught many new magic spells and skills, they introduced her to the powers of the Soul Book's Status and allowed her strength to blossom by helping her gain easy EXP by bringing her captured monsters and people to slay and level up.

It was a rather annoying thing when she was ordered by the Emperor that she needed to go into a "crusade" towards the pagan lands of the Gold Sand Confederation to spread the church of Light's teachings, especially that of the Water Goddess. She was reluctant, but she knew she couldn't disobey the orders of the Divine Emperor, the Saint of Light and the one that harbored the Divine Protection of Odin himself, the father of the Water Goddess.

Ultimately, she did as she was told, bringing with herself over thirty Water Church Paladins to protect her, she made her way into the Goldsand Confederation, setting down in the Sapphire Temple City, which was called like this after their former guardian, a Divine Oasis Spirit.

As Emilia took over their church with her men and her authority, she discovered the true identity of the Divine Oasis Spirit through a special Oracle sent to her by her Goddess. She was told this Divine Oasis Spirit's true name was Naiad, a Divine Spirit that betrayed the Goddess of Water and abandoned her, deciding to live her own life instead of serving her.

And she also told her that her Soul was still there, lingering somewhere. She had reincarnated within the body of a human. And she gave Emilia the task of finding this person and sacrifice them on the name of the Water Goddess, offering their soul to her so the Goddess could absorb their powers.

However, with what she had, she would be unable to locate him quickly. And she decided to cooperate with an organization hiding in the shadows, who approached her first, offering her to give her Paladins all the power they could get. The Warlocks.

Emilia had considered slaying them for being filthy vampires, but after an oracle from her goddess, she decided to cooperate with them. It seemed Oceania desired to use these Vampires for her own goals, unaware of what Maleficus and the Warlocks planned themselves.

Using the Vampires, she was able to transform her Paladins, turning them into even more loyal puppets for her, and she was even given a special artifact by the Vampires, something that could boost her powers even more.

Slowly, she was beginning to realize where that child could be, while oppressing the people of the city by limiting their water reserves, earning an incredible amount of money from their taxes and from them buying water out of her. She couldn't believe how rich she was getting with this. And even her own goddess seemed to praise her smarts, asking her to donate at least a part of her earnings to her father's church later.

Her actions couldn't simply belong to what a Saintess represented, she never guided someone, she never helped anybody, and only abused her powers and authority for her own benefit. If anything, she was just another monster.

And right now, as everything seemed to be falling apart in front of her, she bared her fangs, showing how much of a wicked woman she truly was.

"Drown! I'll drown you all, you ungrateful cockroaches! Pitiful pagans like you, with no authority whatsoever, dare to talk back to me?! To insult me?! Drown in the water you wanted so much! I'll give it all to you!" She laughed maliciously.

The Oasis waters shook, she used her powerful control over water masses to easily lift half the Oasis water and unleash it as a tsunami, attempting to drown the entire city. Her powers were naturally equal or higher than an S Rank threat.

SPLAAASH!

The people panicked, screaming in horror as they ran away from the incoming waves. Their eyes widened as they saw the water they desired so much, coming towards them to drown them to death.

"Mamaaa!" The girl cried, hugging her mother.

"That wicked Saintess…! Damn you, you bitch!" The girl's mother screamed as she held her mother tightly. "DAMN YOU!!"

As everyone despaired, a sudden wave of azure light and darkness clashed against the incoming waves. A third of the water was instantly frozen into a giant wave of ice, which then shattered into incredibly small ice particles, snowing over the town. The second third of the water was instantly swallowed by a mass of pure black void. And the last third of it was controlled by another force, shaped into a giant sea snake, and sent back to Emilia.

"Wha…?!"

The Saintess gasped in disbelief as a gigantic sea snake clashed against her Church's Divine Barrier, the explosion was so powerful it sent several cracks through the barrier, weakening it severely!

CRAAASH!

Crack, crack…!

"Impossible! What… How could they control water?! That's only a thing I can do! Unless…" She muttered, her eyes furiously looking down to notice the culprit.

The person she had been looking all this time, the reincarnation of Naiad, the traitorous Divine Spirit that left Goddess Oceania!

"That damned child is here…" Emilia smiled wickedly, her eyes full of fascination. "Good, rejoice, my goddess. I shall finally offer you the soul of the traitor!"

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