Reborn As A Ghost: Time To Build My Undead Army!-Chapter 1852: You’re Not A Monster

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Drinking from a cup of vampire blood, her body underwent a painful transformation.

The warmth of her body was lost forever.

She couldn’t taste anything; everything tasted like sandpaper except blood.

Blood. She craved blood so badly.

It was driving her insane.

But the money.

She finally had money!

Money!

Money, money, money, money, money!!!

That was all that mattered!

With money, everyone is happy!

They live fulfilling lives, happily ever after!

Money creates happiness. Money makes people prosper.

She became obsessed with money.

She did the unthinkable: hunting innocent hunters with "potential" or "strength."

As they screamed.

As they attacked her.

As they cried in horror.

For her daughters...

Jessica...

She lost her humanity.

And everything else no longer mattered.

How many people died by her hands?

Just how many had their blood drained until they became horrendous, wailing ghouls?

She couldn’t even remember the number anymore.

Each new ghoul meant $20k more for her daughter’s future.

The more she killed, the happier they would be.

She couldn’t stop.

Or rather, she tried to stop at some point.

But she couldn’t.

The Vampires were already forcing her to stay.

If she ever dared to leave, if she ever dared to reunite with them against their consent.

Death.

Agonizing death for all of them.

Their blood would be drained, and they would become horrible ghouls.

She couldn’t stop even if she wanted to.

Jessica slowly lost her own sense of self.

She did whatever she was ordered.

The only thing left in her head was her daughters.

For Fran...

For Laura...

Even as the agony of thousands tormented her mind and drove her mad.

Even as she was forced to assimilate those screaming souls into her Aura to become a stronger Vampire.

At some point, she just wanted to die.

But she couldn’t.

Or else...

Her little daughters would have to pay the price.

"Mom..."

Fran looked into her dear mother’s eyes.

She noticed the hint of madness in them.

She had suffered so much...

"Don’t worry, everything is going to be okay."

"We’ll be alright, together."

"To... together...?"

Jessica’s hands trembled as she saw them. She continued crying.

And then she felt disgusted.

The scent of their bodies, the warm blood flowing through them.

She stepped back, shaking her head.

"No... I can’t..."

For a moment, she wanted to drink their blood.

She was far gone.

"I am a monster..."

"What?"

"Mom..."

"I am a disgusting monstrosity... I... deserve death... agonizing death... I deserve... I deserve to die... torn to shreds like everyone here... kill me... destroy my soul... please... please I am a wretched being!"

She grabbed her head, crying blood everywhere, screaming.

"Mom!"

"..."

Maria stopped Laura from approaching.

Their mother was too unstable. Her Aura surged, hundreds of agonizing souls writhing, consuming her mind.

"That’s enough, all of you. Time to rest in peace, right?"

With her hands, she touched the Aura and enveloped the souls in exorcizing light.

"I’m sorry for what my mother did to you... I hope you can forgive us... we will work hard to make sure we can save as many people as she killed."

The furious, vengeful souls slowly turned white... and passed away in droves.

Everywhere across the domain.

"A-Ahh... Ahhh..."

Jessica watched her daughter purify all the vengeful souls. Her eyes widened in awe.

"Fran...! You’re...! That’s why... the Family Head wanted a girl... so it was you..."

"It’s going to be okay, Mom."

Maria stepped forward.

"No...! Stay back! STAY BACK! DON’T TOUCH THIS MONSTER! I AM NO LONGER YOUR MOTHER!"

"Yes you are... you’re my mother, you always will be... no matter what."

Amidst tears, Maria ran toward her mother and hugged her tightly.

Her mother’s sharp fangs surged forward, her eyes full of bloodthirst.

But then she bit her own tongue.

"Nnnggh...! No...! Don’t...! Bite your own daughter, you damn bitch!"

She stopped herself, fighting her monstrous instincts.

"DON’T...! YOU DARE... UGH...!"

"Mom..."

Laura walked over, helping her restrain herself.

She knew her mother needed help.

Fran’s hands glowed with mysterious phantasmal light.

A fusion of Life... and Death.

"{Creation of Death} + {Creation of Life}"

Yin and Yang converged within their mother’s body.

FLUOSH!

And then...

"{Recreation of Soul And Body}"

The powers rewrote their mother’s body and soul.

The curse of the Crimson Order slowly tore away from her body and soul.

A monstrous bat-like creature emerged, containing wicked abyssal divine power.

"GRYAAAAHH!"

It was the embodiment of a potent curse, crafted by the Progenitor of all Vampires of Umbralheim.

The Wicked Abyssal God.

Sanguaroth, the Velvet Maw.

"Laura! Destroy it with your fists!"

"Haaaa!"

Laura didn’t hesitate. Using the Heavenly Demon method, she crushed the curse and burned it into ashes.

BOOOM!

As an explosion of light erupted, Jessica’s body slowly returned to normal.

To when she was human.

"A-Ah...? What...?"

The thirst was gone.

The cold was gone.

And... she still kept all her strength.

But her appearance had returned to normal too.

She no longer had red eyes or white hair.

Like her daughters, she had green eyes.

And like her own father—the girls’ deceased grandfather—she had dark brown hair.

The domain where they stood cleared, consumed by Maria’s Void Realm.

At the same time, she gazed into the sky as the sun rose over the horizon.

Its bright light, which she had feared so much before...

It was now warm and comforting.

"It’s done... How do you feel, Mom?" Fran asked.

"H-How did you..." Jessica asked. "I...! What...? My head... it feels so clear."

"You were a victim..." Laura hugged her tightly. "Never forget that... you’re not a monster, you’re our mother."

"Ahh... Ahhh..." Jessica started crying, hugging her daughters. "My... my babies... my babies! Aahhhh...!"

"You suffered enough, but all your efforts paid off," Fran smiled.

"We got so strong now, we were finally able to rescue you and destroy those monsters," Laura said.

"Now we’re strong and we don’t have to worry about stupid things like money," Fran said. "Mother, don’t ever worry about these things again... Shall we go back home now?"

"Home... home... with my babies... heheh..."

Jessica passed out after that, too exhausted after her entire body was restructured.

On the way back home, Maria eased her mother’s mental burdens, absorbed her negative emotions and traumas, and greatly reduced the worst memories of killing people.

With this, she might wake up feeling much better tomorrow.

"Good night, Mom."

"Sleep well."

Her two daughters kissed her forehead and cuddled with their mother in their big bed. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

Even though it was still day, all three were exhausted and fell asleep immediately.

Maria’s family emerged from her shadows, watching the scene.

"I guess they didn’t need our help?" Jonathan asked.

"Shh, they’re sleeping," Emeraldine said.

"I suppose this was all a personal problem, something they had to solve themselves," Lucifer said.

"They’re finally together..." Partner smiled. "I’m... so happy for master..."

"Yeah... me too!" Nia said. "Jessica... went through a lot, didn’t she?"

"She did," Alma nodded. "I just hope she can recover... let’s help her as much as we can, alright everyone?"

"Of course," Emeraldine said. "For now, we should leave. It’s rude to stare like this..."

"Mama..." Nyx said. "Aunt and grandma...! I wanna cuddle with them..."

"It shouldn’t... well... if you really want to," sighed Lucifer, nodding. "But let them sleep, alright?"

"Don’t worry daddy! Heheh!" Nyx ran toward the bed and cuddled behind her mother, hugging her back and falling asleep.

As the family left, the day passed quickly, and the morning of the next day finally arrived.

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