Reborn As A Ghost: Time To Build My Undead Army!-Chapter 1361: You Can Do It, Nyx!
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"Gryshaaaahh!"
The rats screamed, revealing themselves to be over a dozen of them, leaping over Snowdad and beginning to bite its entire body, tearing it piece after piece!
The snowman quickly began punching them away, but the more that came, the harder it became to take them all down.
"HMPH!"
With an annoyed groan, the Snowman released a powerful Freezing Aura, immediately freezing the rats biting his body and then destroying them with a shockwave.
Crack, crack…!
CRAAASH!
As the rats died, more started crawling from the ceiling, coming from every direction, they weren't just a single group, but a massive colony of them.
Among all animals in these sewer swamps, the most populous of them all were obviously the sewer rats!
"Alma! Almaaaa! Please don't die!"
Fran cried while hugging Alma, her tears falling over Alma's face, as she grew paler. The stab-like wounds from the rat's bite were becoming black due to rapid necrosis.
"No!"
Nyx, who was busy fighting literal droves of dozens after dozens of monsters with her Snowdragon and the Phantom Dragons, panicked as she realized she left an opening for monsters to sneak from behind.
"Alma! Fran!"
She ran towards them, leaving behind the Snowdragon to cover that area, catching up with them only for several more frogs throwing their tongues at her from the nearby water.
"D-Dammit! You damn ugly monsters! You're way too smart! A-Are you using strategies or something?!"
Nyx grew furious, showing her sharp teeth which grew even sharper with each passing second, more draconic scales wrapped her body, as she started to transform into a dragon, but not completely.
If she did, the entire sewers would explode and collapse on their heads due to her sheer size, Nyx had to concentrate her Draconic Power but not go completely all out!
The sticky tongues of the frogs wrapped around her and stopped her from moving, slowly trying to drag her into the water.
"I won't…! Lose here! You damn freaking frogs!"
Her eyes glowed bright red as they spun around, feeling frustrated and angered not at the monsters alone, but also at herself for letting this happen.
She was the strongest here, but she had been acting too carefreely! She was too reckless as well and took everything easy.
She thought that because she was strong nothing bad could happen to her friends!
"Dad…! Mom…!"
She gritted her teeth, shedding more tears.
"I now understand why you're always so worried…!"
Her draconic heart started beating faster and faster, as she recalled one time she spoke with her father, back then when they were still in Yggdrasil, preparing to go to the Tower.
"A way to transform without becoming gigantic? Is it possible daddy?"
"Yes it is, this is a power that you should learn as quickly as possible now that you've become older and more experienced in fights."
"B-But how do I even do that?"
"You must attain a form between your humanoid appearance right now, and your dragon form. It's called… the Dragonoid."
"…Dragonoid?"
"Yes, it'll take some training to get used to it, you'll be constantly going to your original dragon form and then back to your contained humanoid form, alright?"
"So the dragon form is our true appearance?"
"Yes, you were born as a scaled dragon, the humanoid form we take is a secondary form, an avatar to contain our draconic power, it is much easier to interact with other beings in this contained appearance. However, our true forms and bodies had already been those of mighty, gigantic dragons. Never forget it, Nyx!"
"O-Okay! Understood!"
"Good, using that logic, you must apply what I taught you so far. After all, our dragon forms are our true forms, to become a Dragonoid, you must release more of your true power, but not completely. Stop it right before you fell you're about to transform!"
"It's hard!"
"Of course it is! But you have to keep trying. Sometimes we'll be in tight places where transforming is no longer an option, but where our sealed powers might not be enough. In such cases, this form is crucial to survive."
Back then, Nyx practiced a whole lot, constantly, getting exhausted a lot,, constantly eating more and more to regain her vitality and her stamina.
It was an arduous training that she kept a secret from her mother, doing it only with her father, aside from sparring in their dragon forms too.
But at the end…
"I'm sorry… I wasn't… able to do it in time… I'm a failure… I don't deserve to be called a dragon…"
"Nyx… Don't say that."
Her father felt sorry she was unable to do it, but it wasn't like they had that much time, they only had less than a week to practice because they started too late.
"You're indeed a dragon, and you make me proud for that too. You're strong, but also very kind. You grew up with everything I lacked, and it makes me happy to always see you smile. You've never disappointed me. You were unable to get to that form, but I am sure you will with more training. Don't worry. I trust that you will reach it, so let's work together towards that goal."
"Dad…"
Nyx hugged her father back then, and right now, she missed him a lot already, she wanted to hug her dad and feel the smell of his hair and scales.
As she shed a tear and was about to fall into the maws of the frogs again, her heart suddenly calmed down.
Her draconic power stopped flowing through her body, as she became calm, and cold…
"I can do this…"
Her eyes shone bright red, as suddenly…!
BOOOM!
An explosion of black lightning was released from her body, the tongues wrapped around her body were instantly fried, burned, and turned to ashes.
The black electricity reached the frogs, burning them to death and electrocuting any other monster in the water, killing them too.
And from the smoke, Fran glanced at what Nyx had become, a perfect hybrid between humanoid and dragon.
"I'll end this!"
A Dragonoid.
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