Reborn As A Ghost: Time To Build My Undead Army!-Chapter 1900: The Mad Vampire King

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"GAAAAH!" 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Sirius screamed as his Outer God power surged violently, breaking free from the canvas and slashing toward Maria, tearing through her entire body!

Yet the effects of her painting persisted. Sirius remained enveloped in glowing, ethereal paint that refused to fade.

"Fifteenth Form!"

Blood poured from her wounds, but Maria's sharp crimson eyes turned molten gold. They locked onto Sirius, piercing straight into his soul!

"Dream-Soaring Blade!!!"

Her blade drank in her dreams, memories, and every swirling emotion she possessed. It was as though Maria had poured her entire existence into the weapon, leaving her body a mere empty shell.

Everything—her hopes, her pain, her unbreakable will—lived in this single strike.

The blade soared across planes and dimensions, cutting through the Dream Plane itself, ignoring every defense and counterattack.

SLAAASH!

"A-Ah…!"

In one devastating motion, it severed Sirius's connection to something vital.

"What?!"

He stared in shock, realizing the damage to his body was minimal.

What Maria had truly aimed for all along was…

To sever his link to the Formation!

"T-That's…!"

Eyes wide with disbelief, Sirius watched his grand formation grind to a halt.

The agonized screams of those being drained of life fell silent.

Maria seized control of the formation and reversed its flow with her own power.

What had once drained life and spread miasma across the world now healed the wounded and revived the recently fallen, flooding everything with vibrant life!

FLAAASH!

"N-No! No, no, no! Everything I worked so hard for! How could you?! HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME?!"

Sirius shrieked, tears of blood streaming down his face as madness consumed him.

His Outer God-like aura howled in unison, warping space and time around him.

"I'm sorry," Maria said calmly as Jonathan and Scarlet stepped to her side. "I knew killing you would take time, so I destroyed your plans first. Your precious Formation belongs to me now, and you can't take it back."

"You…" Sirius's aura exploded with raw fury. He clutched his face so tightly his fingers drew blood. "You, you, you, you, youuuuu! YOU! YOU! YOU!"

"...?"

Maria watched him unravel completely, his sanity crumbling before her eyes.

"It's always you! You! You! You! I'm so tired of you, Maria! Why?! Why do you always stand in my way?! WHY?! WHY?! WHY?! WHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYYYYYY!!!"

His screams grew shriller, his Outer God-like presence swelling with pure insanity and rage.

Scarlet raised an eyebrow.

"Geez, he's completely unhinged," she muttered.

"What did you expect?" Jonathan sighed. "He's lived his whole life hunted. His family was slaughtered. Everyone wanted him dead."

"W-What? Are you actually pitying him after everything he's done?" Scarlet snapped. "Jonathan, you're so stupid sometimes."

"…" Jonathan stayed silent.

"He's not stupid," Maria said quietly. "He's right. There's always a reason behind someone's actions. He was simply explaining Sirius's reasons—not approving of what he's done. But understanding what drives a person can help you grasp exactly who you're facing."

"Ah…" Scarlet glanced back at Sirius, who had finally stopped screaming.

"Crimson… Emperor…" Sirius muttered hoarsely. "You're here?"

He looked up in disbelief as everyone noticed a gigantic crimson castle hovering above them.

The castle gates opened. A single figure in full crimson armor stepped out.

His presence was overwhelming—everyone instinctively tensed.

Nearly three meters tall, clad in crimson from head to toe, he fixed sharp red eyes on Maria's group from beneath his helm as he descended toward Sirius.

"The Vampire King of Yggdrasil, Sirius Dracul… your power is immense," he said. "And yet you lost to this woman?"

"Hah…" Sirius laughed bitterly. "You show up the moment I seem defeated… Are you afraid of what I might do to you, oh great emperor?"

"Insolent," the Crimson Emperor growled, clenching his fists.

TRUUUM!

"Nngh?!"

Sirius groaned, gritting his teeth as his own blood began compressing inside his body, crushing muscle and bone from within.

"I came here personally because I have unfinished business with her," the Crimson Emperor said, turning his burning gaze on Maria. Hatred so intense radiated from him that Maria felt every drop of blood in her body begin to boil, steam rising from her skin.

"His Authority over Blood is terrifying! He can affect my blood directly from this distance, bypassing every barrier and aura?!" Maria thought, stunned.

"If you two are going to kill each other, go ahead!" Scarlet called out.

"…"

The Crimson Emperor—the supreme ruler of the Crimson Order vampires—turned to Scarlet with intrigue.

"You… are no vampire. What are you? You wield our power yet bear no curse. What strange being are you? A Goddess of Blood? Hoh… No, that's not it."

"We share the same goal," Sirius said. "She stole the Formation from me, but together we can reclaim it after we kill her. If you want that piece of Yggdrasil, you'll have to work with me."

"…I am aware," the Crimson Emperor replied. "But fighting alongside another is not my way… Hm. Very well."

He released his grip. Sirius recovered quickly, glaring at Maria with seething fury.

"You will pay for what you've done," Sirius snarled. "We will crush you, and this world will be ours!"

"Hm," Maria said, nodding. "I don't think I'll play along with either of you anymore."

"What?" the Crimson Emperor asked.

"I have the Formation now, and you know how massive it is, right?" Maria smiled. "I've already called a few friends to power it up even further."

"...What?" The Crimson Emperor sensed something wrong. "…!!! Run!"

"...?!" Sirius stared in confusion as the Crimson Emperor retreated toward his castle at full speed.

But by the time he understood…

It was already too late.

FLAAASH!

Hundreds of thousands of pillars of light erupted from the ground.

The world-spanning formation Sirius had spent centuries building now belonged to Maria.

And her first act with it?

She granted full control to Emeraldine, Root, and Oberon—her three family members.

Through their bond, they extended that control to two extraordinarily powerful beings:

The Great Divine Spirit Tree, eldest son of Yggdrasil.

And the Fairy Queen, his wife.

With the might of these five titans converging through the Formation, an unimaginable surge of power erupted.

But Maria had planned far beyond that.

The entire Empire of Light, already floating high above, began ascending even higher.

At the formation's core sat an ancient skeleton inside a colossal machine, surrounded by members of Thebes.

Anubis and Subek fused with the machine, amplifying its power dramatically.

The Dimension-Traveling Ark—a pyramid-shaped vessel built to traverse dimensions—linked directly to both the Formation and the city.

The artifact's immense energy fused with the formation and the airborne city.

In an instant, everything within the formation transformed into a single, colossal Dimension-Traveling Ark!

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