268 Forsaken Labyrinth Conquest 60/69; Phantasmal Winter Flames Ca (1/2)
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As the Boss died, I absorbed my armor, going back to my original fairy form, as I started to inspect the entire room. Seemingly there were only bricks… bricks… oh? There it is.
A small brick shined in a strange, phantasmagoric way, inspecting it further with my [Mystic Eyes] and Aura Senses, I found that those were Geraldine Remains. Bellow the floor bricks, there was a small pile of shattered bones. They were so broken apart that they had the size of a small seed.
By using [Dungeon Assimilation], I moved the bricks without the Dungeon opposition, and crabbed the pile of bones with magic, creating a small bubble containing the remains of Geraldine.
”Now, what should I do with this…? Should I really… Destroy it?”
Geraldine was the one who asked for her remains to be destroyed so her ”curse” could be lifted and she could escape the dungeon and go out with Amiphossia, but I'm sure that there could be another way. Destroying her remains would probably break her connections not only with the Dungeon but with this plane of existence.
It would be more beneficial if she assimilated or ate her own remains, by doing this, she could strengthen her psyche and Ghost Core, and possibly evolve into a Rank 5 Ghost.
When my family entered the room and were amazed by the colossal corpse of the boss, Amiphossia and Geraldine rushed towards me.
”Mommy, are those Geraldine's remains? They're just a very shattered pile of bones…”
”What did you expect, my daughter? They have been lying around for over three hundred years, of course, they will be bones, and even the bones shattered into little pieces”
”Aah! My remains… So, that's me? Ugh… I'm really dead…” (Geraldine)
”As if being Ghost wasn't enough of a confirmation… Anyways, Geraldine, do you really want to destroy these remains? I've read that in fact, destroying the remains of a ghost will end up severing its connection to the mortal plane, so you would end up dying, even as a ghost”
”Eeeehh? Really…? But I thought that by doing that, I could be free from this Dungeon and go with Lady Amiphossia to whenever we wanted…”
”Is this true, mommy?”
”Yes, instead of destroying them, I have a better idea… Two ideas one is to create a duplicate body with these remains and make Geraldine possess it like a zombie, the other would be to make Geraldine eat them, this could potentially both break the curse and make her evolve”
Amiphossia seemed to be fine with either way, but Geraldine contemplated the decision a lot. If she could rank up as a ghost, she would get stronger, but what about her memories? Being a zombie would grant her a brain so she could store her mind inside and easily sort her memories with ease.
”Can you really replicate my older appearance, Kireina?”
”I can't”
”Geeh… Then will I look like an ugly zombie?!”
”Mommy, can you even do such a thing?!” Asked Amiphossia, perplexed by my confidence over such an arduous task as to recreate a body.
”Yes, but we need a lot of meat, thankfully, we got that big boss waiting to be butchered, let's use him”
Creating a zombie body from just some bones was a rather simple Ritual Magic that I learned from Redgaria. In reality, we have already done it with Herbell when we made him a new body, it's just another way of summoning an Undead, however, this Undead wouldn't have a small synthetic soul, it would be like an empty husk. Molding her appearance shall be easy as long as I can picture her in my mind, and her ghost figure is clear enough to be easily remembered.
Amiphossia and the rest of my family quickly gathered a lot of meat from the Kasha boss, around eighty kilos was enough, this meat would end up becoming the zombie's flesh, organs, blood vessels, and more.
However, blood and some bones were still needed to fill up some loopholes. We added more of the Kasha's bones, some of the bones of Nekomatas were added as well.
Afterward, we needed around 4500 to 5700 ml of blood, the blood inside of the Kasha meat was strong enough, and had a lot of magic, we also added the blood of high-level Nekomata corpses, and some of Amiphossia's blood was also added after she insisted a lot.
After mixing all of the things up in a pile of minced meat, blood, and bones. I added a few enhancements to make the flesh, bones, and blood remain preserved. Afterward, I decided to add on some Ice Spirit Stones to reinforce the new body magic power and affinity to Ice, which was Geraldine's Primary Attribute.
By forming a magic circle using the Kasha, Nekomata, and Amiphossia's blood, I recited the small chant needed to create the zombie body. While having a clear image of Geraldine's beautiful body and appearance, the meat, bones, and blood shined brightly. There was also some fur and skin of the Kasha, needed to recreate the skin and hair.
Flash!
All of the pieces, alongside Geraldine's, remain combined, slowly molding themselves to the image I had on my head… Concentrating my intent to not think anything else, after half a minute, the body was done, a massive amount of mist was released as the beautiful body of a maiden in her twenties was revealed.
She had a petite yet firm body, beautiful and fine breast, wide hips, fair pale white skin, red eyes, cat ears, a cattail… Wait, cat ears and tail?!
Amiphossia was surprised and amazed at first, but after seeing the adorable, cat-like features on Geraldine's new body, she was slightly angered, thinking that I imagined her that way due to my own kinks.
”Mom, why did you make her a cat girl?!”
”It wasn't me! It must be because we used a ton of cat meat…! Remember, the Kasha and Nekomatas are Feline Monsters after all!”
”Agh…! T-That's true…”
The thing is that we couldn't just try again, we already used Geraldine remains in making this zombie body…
However, Geraldine didn't seem annoyed by this.
”Aah~ Is that me? I'm so cute! Look at those cute fluffy cat ears, and that tail~! Oh! I got some strange tattoos on my arms and legs, but it looks pretty nice~ I always liked cats when I was alive”
”I'm glad you like it…” (Kireina)
”Y-You don't mind?” (Amiphossia)
”Not at all! Can I possess it? Hmm… How do I possess a body?”
After Amiphossia taught Geraldine how to possess a physical body, the ghost girl promptly unified herself with her new zombie body. Most of her Ghost powers remained, but she also gained new strength by fusing herself with the corpse that was made with her remains, a strange connection between them was made and Geraldine's new body went through a small evolution.
”Ooh~ It feels so nice to evolve in a physical body! Aaah~!”
Flash!
Geraldine's new body flashed in bright light as her body went through small physical changes. However, the real changes were on Geraldine's ghost body, which slowly merged itself with the corpse, becoming a single entity.
Geraldine's white hair, cat ears, and tail gained small orange tattoos, that resembled flames, very similar to Kashas… She also gained a small moon-shaped gemstone in the middle of her chest. Her scarlet eyes gained aquamarine colors, combining both red and blue, she had a nice and adorable feline charm.
”Nya! Hehehe, I always wanted to say that!”
”Uaah… Geraldine, you are so cute! Let me squeeze you!”
Amiphossia grabbed Geraldine with her hands as she hugged her new body and rubbed her giant face with Geraldine's small face.
”Nyah! Lady Amiphossia, you are too big, please don't squeeze me, I have bones now!”
”Ah! S-Sorry…!”
Could this be, a new species? But how… Did Amiphossia's blood affect her evolution somehow? But she doesn't have a single lamia trait in her, she must have taken on the capabilities of Amiphossia to merge her soul and flesh instead. My split minds worked faster than me, immediately checking Geraldine with [Appraisal].
[NAME: Geraldine Fairisles
[CLASS: Novice Ice and Fire Witch (New Class!)
[RACE: Phantasmal Winter Flames Cat Zombie (New Species!)
[LEVEL: 001/150
[STATUS: Undead (Fine)