Reborn As A Ghost: Time To Build My Undead Army!-Chapter 1902: The Horrors Of The Mad God King

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"We’ll waste time fighting this—it’s not even his true body," Maria said. "So, if you’ll excuse me, Odin, there’s a place we need to reach! Akhenaton! Use the Dimensional Energy and pierce through space!"

"We can’t pull through!" he replied. "Unless space was somehow warped or... cut apart, it won’t work!"

"I’ll cut it!" Maria declared.

"Alone it won’t be enough. Let me assist you," Sirius suddenly stepped forward.

"Sirius? You’re helping?!" Maria asked, surprised.

"You’ve brought me here! I am grateful," Sirius said. "I was planning to punch the sky until it broke, but this is far more convenient! I am just as mad as Odin, so let me channel all my madness to kill him!"

"...Heh, alright," Maria nodded. "This is why I kept you alive anyway! Also, here."

Maria quickly summoned Hercules and Annette, who ran toward their father.

"You two are... undead?" Sirius sighed. "Haaa, how disappointing!"

"At least we aren’t dead dead!" Hercules said with a bright smile.

"Dad! Let us help you!" Annette urged. "Now that we have a common enemy, we have to cooperate!"

"Hmph, fine..." Despite everything, Sirius had a soft spot for his children. "Then you two give me your power!"

"Alright!"

His two children merged their Auras with their father, powering him up even further.

"Heh...! Hahahaha! It’s time!"

"Let’s do it!"

Akhenaton and everyone else fueled the entire Ark with their Divine Power, while Odin continued chewing and attacking Frigga’s barrier, which began to show visible cracks.

And then...

Sirius summoned a sword of red blood, and Maria drew her Sword Soul Heart.

Charging their weapons with every ounce of their power...

They swung both horizontally.

SLAAASH!

An attack of immense magnitude erupted, combining Sirius’s raw strength with Maria’s perfected technique.

The dimension split apart for a fleeting second.

"GAAAAHH?!"

Odin screamed in agony as dozens of his heads were cleaved apart.

And then...

Crack, crack...!

The empty sky—the heavens before them—shattered like glass.

CRASH!

From that shattering force, most of Odin’s monstrous heads exploded and vanished.

And...

BOOOM!

A massive explosion tore through space.

The Empire of Light pierced the sky and slammed into the giant golden city of Asgard.

With tremendous momentum, the entire floating Empire crashed into the city!

RUMBLE!

However, the city halted abruptly as a powerful barrier protected it.

The barrier unleashed electricity and holy light in all directions...

"Damn it! There’s a barrier?!" Scarlet exclaimed.

"We have to cut through somehow!" Jonathan said.

"Do we even have time for that?!" Lucifer asked. "Ah, the bastard’s coming again!"

"GEHEHEHE! HEHAHAHAHAHA!"

The barrier suddenly transformed into Odin’s face, grinning and laughing maniacally.

His giant mouth opened wide and began biting down on the entire Empire of Light!

Frigga’s barrier gained more cracks.

It would shatter soon!

"I expected a warmer welcome! Where’s everyone?!" Maria shouted at Odin. "Odin! Where are your gods?!"

"Where?! WHEREWHEREWHEREWHEREEEEE? HEREEE! THEREEEEE!"

Odin laughed hysterically as Maria noticed nearly a hundred figures rising from the city and into the skies surrounding them.

They all glowed with bright white eyes. Their divinities had merged into a single, colossal divine soul that connected them all...

It was like...

"A swarm of divine souls fused into one being?" Sirius asked, eyes widening.

"Wow, father, and I thought we were the crazy ones here!" Annette laughed despite the horror.

"T-This is ridiculous! Hahaha! Did that bastard old man Odin possess every single god?!" Hercules asked.

"Possess?" Maria asked. "No, this is even worse..." 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

"I ATE THEM! I ATE EVERYONE! NOW THEY’RE ME, AND I AM THEM! THEY’RE ALL INSIDE OF MY HEAD! NOW NOBODY WILL OPPOSE ME! HEHEHEHE! AND I AM INVINCIBLE!!! THEY TRIED TO REVOLT! TO GO AGAINST ME! THEY WERE SCARED OF YOUUUUUU MARIAAAAAAAA! BUT NO MORE! NO MORE FEAR...! JUST POWER! STRENGTH! AS A BIG FAMILYYYYYY!"

"Y-You ate our children?!" Frigga screamed in horror. "ODIN! YOU ATE OUR LITTLE THOR?!"

"THOR... WAS THE MOST DELICIOUS..."

"G-Guuaagh...!"

Frigga collapsed to the floor, vomiting in disgust and overwhelming horror at what she had just heard.

Everything was far worse than she had imagined.

Since she left, chaos had engulfed the Heavenly Realm.

Thor had attempted a revolt, joining forces with other gods.

After finally realizing his father’s insanity and that the deaths of his siblings weren’t solely Maria’s fault but also stemmed from his own negligence and indifference, he tried to overthrow Odin and claim the throne.

But things ended in tragedy. Odin was vastly stronger. Using all his power, he not only suppressed Thor but devoured his soul—then went on a rampage, consuming all the other gods.

This made Odin’s already fractured soul even more unstable, while simultaneously elevating his power to terrifying new heights.

Using that power, he proceeded to devour the entire Heavenly Realm, becoming one with this dimension.

It reminded Maria of another entity she had fought before...

The Living Nightmare Void Dimension!

However, this monstrous Odin was far stronger.

Yet he also had a weakness.

His main body!

His true physical form remained hidden inside the castle, heavily protected.

Somehow, Odin still needed it to anchor his soul.

It had become the "core" of this dimension—his new body.

But first, Maria had to address the Formation breaking.

"Ghostly Pagoda! All Disciples of the Ghostly Fist Sect! Deploy the Nine Heaven Formation!"

"OOOOHHH!"

Hundreds of disciples rushed into position as a giant Pagoda materialized.

The Pagoda opened its gates and windows, releasing dimensional essence from Maria’s Soul Realm.

The entire Ark Formation—originally forged from the Empire of Light—merged with a portion of Maria’s Soul Realm.

Suddenly, Frigga’s barrier renewed and strengthened.

The Ghostly Pagoda floated in the skies above the Empire of Light, releasing thousands of strands of Heavenly Ki directly from Murim’s heavens.

Or rather, from the Realms she had devoured from the Heavenly Saints and the Heavenly Emperor!

The Formation radiated all of Maria’s accumulated power. With everyone constantly pouring their energy into it, they began to press against Odin’s barrier.

"NNGAAAAHHH!"

Odin screamed in frustration as the barrier bent under the strain. He resisted with all his might, but it was about to shatter.

"KILL THEM ALL!!!"

With an enraged roar, the gods surged toward the formation, attacking with divine techniques and powerful artifacts.

Among them were familiar faces—Thor and Skadi, the latter a Titan who had sworn loyalty to Odin’s family after her defeat and become the goddess of ice in the new Yggdrasil.

"T-That’s Lady Skadi!" Tear cried. "No...! Why her too?!"

"There are many Titans and even some Dragons!" Veredorr said. "To think just some time ago they were still themselves...! If only we could have come sooner..."

"If we had, we wouldn’t have been strong enough to face them," Darkbound said, rising to his feet. "We’ve rested enough. It’s time to fight for this world! Gods or not, they must be eliminated so our new world can flourish."

"Honestly, you’re right," Catarina sighed. "We were coming after them anyway...! Those dragons and Titans betrayed their families and were cowards who preferred licking Odin’s boots rather than fighting for their world!"

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