Transmigrated as a Ghost



A large shimmering magic circle filled up the room and engulfed everything in a bright light.

An instant later a large quadrupedal creature that was around nine meters long and four meters tall appeared in the center of the room. 

It has sturdy red scales covering the outside of its body, with dark red spines that were nearly black jutting out of its head, all the way down its back, and ending in a large mass at its tail.

"This is one of my summons. It is called a Peluda. A type of lesser dragon that is classified as an epic grade beast. I assume that this will suffice to demonstrate my summoning magic." Miguel said in a monotone voice. 

He was not hiding even a bit of his displeasure at having to show off to others. 

Still, for everyone expect Valerius, this was the first time that any of them had seen summoning magic in action, and Miguel's prickly demeanor was not doing much to dampen their moods.

'That certainly is impressive.' Marcus thought. 

He had only heard of summoning magic briefly and knew little more than that it used defeated magic beasts or monster's cores as catalysts to summon a copy of the once living creatures.

This meant that whatever entity was brought forth from the summoning magic was not truly alive. Something that Marcus was able to confirm since his life sense skill could not detect the Peluda that was clearly in the middle of the room.

Out of curiosity though, Marcus attempted to appraise the summoned entity to see if its status would come up as normal. 

He had refrained from doing so to the other members of the team as he did not want to offend any of them, but he doubted that this summoned Peluda would have any reaction since it was really just a puppet.

'Oh, it worked without a hitch!' Marcus thought with a hint of surprise.

Blocking the creature appraisal skill was pretty common at higher levels, and it was rarer for it to get through than not.

'Looks like it is level sixty-eight. A pretty strong creature to call to your side at a sudden notice. I can see now how he gets by solo. If he has more summons like this, he can act as a one-man party.'

Marcus was truly impressed by Miguel's power and figured that by his nature that this was likely the weakest of the summons he possessed.

After dismissing Peluda, Miguel showed off a single sacred magic spell which created a powerful defense wall.

This was a spell Marcus had seen once before when he fought with Tesia against her brother during the civil war in Tralenstein.

However, Miguel's seemed lacking compared to hers.

'I suppose Tesia really was special. She paid a price for not being able to use any offensive skills, but her sacred magic truly was in a league of its own.'

Once Miguel had finished demonstrating his magic at Thegia's request and Valerius' insistence, Miguel sat back down without another word.

"We seem to have ourselves a pretty balanced party. That is good when exploring unknown territory. Does anyone else mind if we work on some formations?" Mrazivý said.

She could tell at a glance that no one else here was going to be much of a leader. 

Thegia was the only other one that was remotely vocal, but that was just to further her interests. She was not the type to take charge.

Of course, had Marcus wanted to take up the position Mrazivý would have been more than happy to yield it to her, but he felt more comfortable letting her do it. She had been the leader of her own party for several years before meeting Marcus and knew more about interacting with other adventurers than he did.

"Why should we follow you, princess?" Kollo spat. It seemed she had not gotten over their short altercation earlier.

The female ogre who towered over Mrazivý glared at her, though Mrazivý did not back down.

"You don't strike me as the leading type. But if you really want the position, go ahead and take it if you are confident. However, I can tell you now that Marcus and I will not be following stupid orders."

Silence permeated the area for several moments as Kollo and Mrazivý stared at each other, before Kollo jumped up and swung her axe down on Mrazivý.

The large adamantine weapon came down with a tremendous amount of force and it looked like Mrazivý was going to be cleared in half by its sharp blade.

Yet, just before the axe hit her shoulder, she took out her amethros saber and met the blow while still sitting down.

A resounding clang of metal on metal echoed through the room when the two weapons met and the floor under Mrazivý shattered. With cracks reaching even up towards the ceiling.

Still, despite being attacked from above by a sudden attack, Mrazivý had barely adjusted her position to block the swing, and the chair she was sitting on was completely undamaged thanks to the mana barrier she had used to encompass the entire thing.

"Is this enough, or do you want to have a real match?" Mrazivý said to Kollo with a fierce expression.

"No, that is enough. If you want to take charge, go ahead." Kollo said, pulling her axe back and sitting down.

Now that she had tested Mrazivý's strength, Kollo backed off and let her do as she wanted without offering any more resistance. She already knew she did not have the qualities to lead a party and was just being obstante because she did not like Mrazivý.

Luckily no one else objected and Mrazivý was able to become their de facto leader and devise some basic formations for their team to follow.

While there would be fifteen other members as part of the expedition from the other quadrants, Valerius had informed them that it would essentially be more like four separate parties coming together for a singular goal.