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

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After that day, Martina's life was completely ruined. She was bullied daily and was too afraid to tell any person of the academy because these rich girls blackmailed her with sending her pathetic photos to her parents.

Sofia never participated in the bullying though, it was always these crazy friends she had back then, that licked her boots and always praised her, while noy allowing anybody to get close to her.

However, Martina always thought she was behind everything, incentivizing them to bully her, to ruin her life…

Until she almost went to the verge of killing herself.

"A-Ahh… Hahh… Hahh…"

She was pointing a kitchen knife to her wrists, aiming to cut them and end herself.

She couldn't handle it anymore…

Yet in that moment…

Her Puppet appeared, stopping her.

"Ah!"

He looked into her eyes, as if talking to her without speaking.

"Revenge?"

It continued "speaking" to her, whispering without words.

"You want me to ruin her life instead?"

The spiraling eyes of the jester puppet continued to move endlessly.

Her heart spoke to her.

"Y-You have a plan? Will it work?"

She dropped the knife, as her jester puppet hugged her.

"Yes… it could work… heheh… if I ruin her life then… t-then maybe I can make her admit it! That she was my friend… that she… heheh… that she invited me to eat ramen…"

And so her transformation, her metamorphosis began.

She dropped her meek and afraid girl act.

She stopped caring completely.

Martine began using her puppet to beat the shit out of her bullies.

Then she started blackmailing them back…

She got into some shady places with their connections and was able to get drugs to amplify her powers even more.

Through these drugs, she also gained more confidence, and changed her appearance completely to look nothing like before.

She despised her past self… she wanted to change, to become pretty, amazing, strong, and famous like Sofia!

"So when I saw you being beaten pathetically, when I saw you screaming to your damn daddy… I just couldn't believe it!" laughed Martina. "I wanted to make YOU feel pathetic! Yet… Maria stole that away from me! That bitch… I'll get to her later! But first… I'll make you suffer Sofia. I want to see you cry!"

"M-Martina…" Sofia muttered, finally recalling a bit more after Martina showed her past self-appearance and mentioned what they did that day. "I…"

"What? Are you finally recalling that?! What do you feel? Do you hate me now?! Eh? Are you angry? Are you fucking angry now, Sofia?!" laughed Martina.

However, Sofia was different than before, she changed so much…

She only felt…

Very guilty, and sad.

"I'm so sorry, Martina…"

"…Come again?"

"I'm really sorry…" Sofia sighed. "I know it doesn't matter how much I explain it now… but back then I was… I was different too. I was… stupid, too obsessed with appearances. When we went to eat together outside, and we talked… I truly enjoyed that."

"…"

"For the first time I could enjoy being myself without putting on airs or trying to pretend I was someone else…" Sofia muttered. "But I ruined it… I ruined it all… I was too afraid of those girls, that they would bully me if they knew I… was with someone I considered unpopular back then. I… I didn't even hesitate, I was such a piece of shit… I deserve your hate, and what you're doing to me. I deserve everything… I'm sorry…"

"…What?!"

Martina's eyes started glowing brighter, the drugs she takes to amplify her powers also making her emotions go crazy.

"Y-You fucking… You fucking dare… say such a thing to my face?!" she screamed. "AFTER EVERYTHING I'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO TO RUIN YOUR LIFE, YOU'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE IT AND ACT LIKE YOU'VE CHANGED?!"

"I want to believe I've changed… yeah," said Sofia, sighing.

"D-Don't fuck with me…" Martina muttered.

"Martina, listen, I… I'll forfeit the battle and let you win; would that make you happier?" Sofia wondered.

"DON'T FUCK WITH MEEEEE!!!"
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RUMBLE!

Suddenly, Sofia noticed something, Martina's aura…

"Her Aura's darkening?! It's becoming black!" she gasped, stepping back.

Martina was grabbing her face furiously constantly losing her mind.

Her Puppet began twisting and groaning, as the darkness began to be absorbed by it.

"Gyeheh… GRYEHEHEH!"

It started to laugh maniacally, reflecting its master's heart and her current state of mind.

Suddenly, it extended its claws towards Sofia, slamming her into the floor.

BAAAM!

"Ugh?!"

And then another claw reached her from the left, aiming to slash her face apart.

SLAASH!

However, Sofia defended this time, using her shields, she reflected the attack and escaped in time.

The puppet continued twisting and beginning to grow more and more strange…

Corrupted.

"Is it… like me? Is she turning into a Nightmare?!" Sofia gasped. "Did I cause this?"

She was shocked, she couldn't believe it.

Yet at the same time, it felt… only natural after what Martina went through.

"This is my fault…"

She saw Martina constantly crying black colored sludge, as her chest continued overflowing with swirling, black nightmarish energies.

The Illusory Domain of Poison darkened too, becoming deadlier.

"I bet the people outside can't see what's going on in here, they think it's a normal fight!"

"GRYAHAHAHAHA!"

Martina's Jester Puppet started to grow larger, its colors became black, constiously being encompassed by black sludge.

"Is it trying to evolve into a Nightmare?!" Sofia gasped. "I have to stop that! If it turns into a Nightmare, a whole disaster will happen here! But above all… Martina might die!"

She imbued her Magic Aura into her legs, rushing forward and creating small wing-shaped magic constructs.

This was a spell she had created on her own!

"{Hermes Wings}!"

FLASH!

A Light Elemental Spell that specialized in hastening her movement speed.

"Martina! Calm down! You're going to turn into a nightmare!"

"W-What? What are you…! Ah! G-Get away from me! DIE… DIE SOFIA! DIE FOR MEEEE!"

Martina was in a constant state of insanity, screaming as her Dream Weapon obeyed her.

Suddenly the poison and illusions around Sofia twisted, coming hundreds of snakes rushing towards Sofia.

CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!

"Gryeheheh!"

Meanwhile, the Jester Puppet conjured several circus balls, firing them at Sofia.

As Sofia swung her spear to destroy them…

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

She was bombarded with dozens of explosions.

"M-Mechanical Heart!"

Sofia hugged her Mechanical Heart, as its light shone brightly.

FLAAASH!

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