Reborn As A Ghost: Time To Build My Undead Army!-Chapter 1901: Invading Asgard, Facing Odin!

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The Crimson Emperor and Sirius Dracul screamed in agony as endless pillars of Holy Light and Divine Nature Energy seared their bodies without mercy.

The crimson castle the Crimson Emperor had claimed was instantly seized by the formation. It transformed into a radiant golden cathedral of holiness, fueling the array with even greater power.

And that was only the beginning.

Maria gathered the lingering divine power and soul fragments from every person who had served as a vessel for the gods.

She channeled all of it as fuel for both the Ark and the Formation.

What she did next was utterly outrageous and completely unforeseen.

At the heart of everything stood Frigga, Goddess of Protection and Maternity. She controlled the colossal Ark Formation, inputting the coordinates for the Heavenly Realm.

"Odin, we're coming!"

RUMBLE!

The entire Empire of Light—now reshaped into a gigantic Formation Ark—tore through the skies and clouds.

Sirius and the Crimson Emperor stared in disbelief while their bodies burned and regenerated in an endless cycle.

"T-This cannot be! What sort of madness are you planning?!" the Crimson Emperor howled.

"Maria…! She's…! So she possessed such an artifact?! Ha…! Hahahahahaha!" Sirius laughed maniacally even as flames consumed him.

CRACK!

CRACK!

CRACK!

The empty blue sky fractured with massive cracks until it shattered like glass.

CRAAASH!

With everyone aboard—even her enemies—Maria pierced the dimensional boundary.

They invaded the Dimension of the Gods of Yggdrasil: the Heavenly Realm!

The realm that once belonged to the Ancient Gods, stolen by Odin and his kin, was finally stormed by the mortals the gods had oppressed and abused for millennia.

Shock, bewilderment, disbelief, and raw astonishment gripped every deity present.

The light pillars from the formation finally ceased. Sirius and the Crimson Emperor collapsed, crashing into an empty building.

"Ugh…! T-This is…! Why?! Where are we?! Yggdrasil was supposed to be mine! Where…! Where have you dragged me?!"

The Crimson Emperor raged, his aura surging wildly and revealing millions of wailing, monstrous souls trapped within.

At the same moment, he noticed Sirius's face—filled with manic fascination.

"Aahhh… Aaaaahhh! Finally…! I-I made it! To the Land of the Gods! After…! After all this time!"

Sirius gazed in awe at the boundless blue sky, the sea of clouds, and countless floating islands stretching into the distance.

Thanks to Frigga's precise coordinates, the Ark had arrived directly before the central "island."

A massive, continent-sized floating landmass.

Asgard! 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

A breathtaking realm of rolling grasslands, dense forests, snow-capped mountains, and at its heart, a majestic golden city crowned by an immense castle of glowing orichalcum.

"This is the land we stole from our original home," Frigga explained, her eyes heavy with remorse as she surveyed the landscape. All of Maria's allies surrounded her while Maria and her family descended nearby. "That world, Valhalla, was not always so wretched. This entire continent once belonged to it—home to great kingdoms and empires. But with Odin, we took it all. We migrated elsewhere, abandoning everyone except our own family."

"I see. So that's why Valhalla became such a miserable hellhole!" Scarlet said.

"Hm…" Lucifer scanned his surroundings, already recovered. Then he noticed his enemy still lived. "Hey Maria! You didn't kill Sirius?! What about that Emperor guy?"

"I didn't kill them because they're more useful alive," Maria answered calmly. "And they're like cockroaches—hard to exterminate quickly. So I decided to make use of them instead."

"You think I'll play along with your games?!" the Crimson Emperor roared in fury. "You insolent, lowly creature…! I will punish you now and—"

TRUUUM!

Before he could finish his threat, a colossal hand of white light materialized from nowhere. It seized the entire floating Empire of Light and halted its advance!

RUMBLE!

A blinding surge of light erupted across the now-empty land—Maria's allies had already teleported the population to safety.

"Who…! Who dares invade my heaven?! Do you truly believe you can do this and remain unnoticed?!"

A thunderous, commanding voice echoed. Reality itself condensed around them, attempting to crush every living thing.

The air turned toxic. The light scorched flesh, bone, and soul alike.

Every particle, every molecule in this realm obeyed him completely.

Technically, they were all extensions of his own body.

"Odin!!!"

Frigga screamed in fury. Her power surged as a golden bubble enveloped the entire floating Empire of Light.

Drawing on her Authority, she began siphoning a portion of Odin's power now that she had returned to this realm.

Using roughly twenty percent of his Authority—the most she could wrest—she forced his influence back, struggling to repel it.

"FRIGGA! YOU! YOU'VE FINALLY RETURNED…! ONLY TO BETRAY ME?!"

"I? It was you, Odin. You betrayed me. You betrayed all of us! You've changed—you've gone completely mad! What began as our chance for a new life has become utter hell! I once shared your principles, but I have seen the truth… And I regret everything. I cannot undo the past, so I will change the future. A future without you!"

"Hah…! HAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Odin's laughter boomed. Suddenly his face manifested across the heavens—formed of light, clouds, and crackling thunderbolts.

"HAHAHAHAHA! OKAY…! ISEEISEEISEEISEEISEEISEEEEEEEEEE! FRIGGAFRIGGAFRIGGAFRIGGAFRIGGAFRIGGAFRIGGAAAAAAAAAHHHHH! IWILLHAVETOJUSTTEARYOUPIECEBYPIECEANDTHENPUTYOUBACKTOGETHERWITHANEWSOULONEOFAWOMANTHATWILLOBEYMEANDLOVEMEONCEMORE!!!!!"

His words dissolved into incoherent babbling. The once-mighty king of the gods had become a raving madman.

Everyone aboard the Empire of Light felt a wave of pure dread.

The proud, powerful deity had long since lost his mind—thousands of years ago.

Even Frigga, who had once matched his ferocity as a proud warrior goddess who hunted and plundered other gods, felt nothing but disgust at what he had become. She had betrayed him because he was no longer the man she loved.

He was now nothing more than a repulsive, twisted thing.

"FRIGGAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHHHHH!"

Odin's scream shook the realm. Dozens, then hundreds of his faces appeared everywhere, encircling the giant island of light.

"W-What the fuck is going on?!" Scarlet shouted.

"Oh my god!" Alma cried.

"There are so many of him! How is he even doing this?!" Arthur asked.

"He's become the entire realm? This whole dimension?!" Laura gasped. "Fran! What do we do?!"

"This is Odin!" Maria declared. "He devoured his own world to gain more power. He must have feared what we could achieve and grown desperate. He has merged with this entire dimension…! That means the other gods might now be nothing more than parts of him."

"W-What?!" Lucifer gasped. "No way! You're joking?! How could he…!"

"GEHEHEHE! GYEHEHEHEHEHEH! EEEEHEHEHEHEHEH!"

Odin cackled like a deranged old man. Countless mouths opened wide. Some faces licked and kissed Frigga's barrier in sickening adoration while others gnawed at it.

"Odin! What have you done to our family?!" Frigga screamed in desperation. "By the Ancient Gods, what have you done to everyone?!"

"EEHEEEE?! HEHEHE?! SURPRISED OF MY GREAT POWER? FRIGGAAAAAAAAA?! HEHEHEHE…! GYEHEHEHE!"

Odin made less and less sense with every word. He laughed harder and attacked the formation with increasing frenzy.

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