Chapter 841 A Meeting Of Souls
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(Maria's POV)
I decided to help Fabian, as I had promised. I glanced at the many souls, not only noticing the gigantic soul of the Pharaoh, but the dozens of other smaller souls, each one was rather strong, and could make powerful ghosts or undead.
But for now, it wasn't really the time to think about that, I had inspected the area and the children's bodies were nowhere to be seen, all these sacrificed souls lacked their physical bodies, and there wasn't even their corpses to make them into zombies.
Maybe becoming ghosts is their only option, unless I could somehow built them new bodies based in their physical appearances they have in their minds, I could use the available materials, and other undead to quickly create rather beautiful-looking bodies that would be hard to differentiate from living ones.
That's how far my Necromancy has advanced, considering how I can do this makes me think I could revive people, but at the end, even as "alive" as they look like, they'll still be classified as Undead…
Nonetheless, all of that is without considering how the souls would feel. If they don't want to become an undead, then there's very little I can do about that, I don't want to force them, and I told that to Fabian beforehand.
But for now, let's gather his friends, I can sense them, their minds, their thoughts, the children wronged by fate…
"Come, all of you."
FLAAASH!
Their souls flew to my side, as if my words were a natural order they had to instinctively follow, they flew in front of me, a dozen of strong souls, slightly contaminated by the miasma and chaos of their former, monstrous vessel, therefore, they were quite strong souls.
"You are in a daze, I can tell." I sighed, feeding them Mana slowly, as my Mana divided into dozens of rivers of light, reaching their bodies. "Feed on my Mana and wake up, your friend is here to meet you, after a long time, he has come to rescue you… Even if it might be too late, he wanted to see you all one last time."
The souls slowly took shape, resembling their former physical selves, the children looked around in confusion, but quickly guessed what had happened. Some started to cry as they realized they had died, others seemed to show no emotions.
Among some of them, there was a girl with long white hair, pale-looking skin, and clear blue eyes, who quickly recognized Fabian.
"Fabian!"
"S-Spectra…"
Her soul ran towards his side immediately hugging him, yet, because she was ethereal, she only ended passing through him.
"Ah…" Spectra realized she was long dead, looking at herself, and falling to her knees.
"S-Spectra…" Fabian moved to her side. "Everyone… I'm sorry, I couldn't protect you all… I couldn't do a single thing… You're all dead, and it's my fault…"
The other children's souls that were not paying too much attention, quickly directed their gazes towards Fabian, finally recognizing him as they woke up from their daze.
"Fabian, you came back for us…"
"Even now?"
"But how- Ah, these people?"
"Are they friends?"
"What happened?"
They all gathered around him, all his beloved friends, which he had shared so many memories with them. Fabian couldn't help but continue crying, seeing their faces, even as ethereal beings, brought him so much pain, as he was reminded of their deaths.
Of how he could not do a single thing to save them… to help them. He continued crying as Spectra gently touched his shoulder, she wasn't physical, but he could sense her mana around his shoulder.
"Don't cry, it's alright…" Spectra smiled gently. "You did what you could. We never expected you to do anything else than protect the kids."
"I did my best to keep them safe…" Fabian cried. "I'm sorry, I couldn't do anything else… I wanted to come to help you so many times, but I knew it could be a trap from those red eyed bastards… If only I was stronger, I could had…"
"It's alright, buddy."
"Calm down, man!"
"Yeah, you came and you set us free!"
"It was really hell over there, I couldn't keep living as a huge monster thing."
"Thanks for being here with us, Fabian!"
Both boys and girls thanked him, from all sizes and appearances, their gentle smiles and bright eyes made Fabian only more emotionally hurt.
"Still…" He sighed. "I… Ah! Maria here… She said she can bring you back. Not as living beings though, she's… a Necromancer."
"I can." I nodded. "I could rebuild you new bodies resembling your previous selves, they might even be much stronger than you were ever before… But I cannot revive you, I'm sorry… You would still be Undead, without hunger, without beating hearts, and cold."
"…"
The children looked at one another, some seemed to be up for the task, others… not so much. In fact, the majority seemed to not like the idea. They wanted to peacefully pass away.
"After everything that I've gone through, to live again… What a pain…"
"Mom and dad are not alive, so I… I want to go back with them, whenever they are…"
"My little sister died too… I don't want to leave her alone."
"Sorry, Fabian…"
"I-It's fine… It's your right to decide by yourselves." Fabian smiled painfully.
However, there were a few that stayed, as the others walked away, and they were Fabian's best friends.
"Hey, don't look so down now! We're staying!" Spectra smiled brightly.
"Come on dude, what with that face of yours? Cheer up a bit!" Laughed a purple haired boy.
"I-I want to stay with Fabian…" Said a little boy with blue hair. "A-Are you okay with that? Even if we're dead…"
"Even if we're ghost or whatever, we're friends forever, right? Like you said back then!" Another boy said, much taller, taller than all other kids, with brown skin and short black hair.
"Everyone… Spectra, Nick, Beery, Garon!" Fabian started crying, as his friends hugged him with their ethereal souls.
"Looks like it is decided." I smiled. "Those that want to pass away, come with me. Emeraldine, Jonathan, can you help me? Also, among the others here, do you want to pass away or become Undead?"
I asked at the rest of the wandering souls, as many more came rushing towards me, more than I expected…
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