Loser's redo: Transmigration in a novel

Exleverious, A low-grade world ruled by a god not so specialized in fighting. Many eyed this world but no one dared to make a move, it is an unsaid rule to not fight with each other, in the dark faction.

Without a clear reason, the one who initiated the assault would have to pay a hefty prize.

Attacking the god from other factions was simple, on the other hand.

Almost no gods move unless there are benefits involved, so it was apparent why no one attacked this world. The prize overruled the benefits they gained through the assault.

There was only one way to take over a world that was ruled by another god.

A duel to the death — having a basic requirement that the challenger must be a new god.

If a god, who has been living for a long time can't defeat a newbie god — he has no right to rule his world.

Only that, once this duel begins, it must go on until one of them died. That was the policy of the dark faction, it must be followed at all costs — running away was unacceptable!

The one who ruled the world, Exleverious, was the god of life, Lesine. She controlled any kind of object that contained life essence in it.

Lesine, who was in seclusion, opened her eyes with a sharp glint in them. She had radiant green eyes, glistening like a jewel, and long black hair untied cascading behind her. She had an appearance that can only be said to be average at best.

Lesine's body vanished with a green flash, reappearing at the outer crust of the world. There another figure stood alone, looking at her menacingly.

Zick did not hide his killing intent at all. Strange phenomena occurred around him, his divinity reacted to his killing intent, moving around him threateningly. The space itself was distorted by his killing intent.

Lesine squinted her eyes, it was the first time she had ever seen Zick.

But, she knew one thing: 'He doesn't appear to be a new god...'

From the presence Zick gave off, he had walked deeper into the path of godhood. Though he still had a long way to go to reach the mid-god rank, it was still an accomplishment that took hundreds of years normally.

"I, Zick, the god of chaos, challenge you to a duel." Zick decided on his name a long time ago.

The god of chaos, which suited his divinity a lot.

Lesine's eyes turned into a slit at once, hearing Zick, it seems like he claimed himself to be a new god.

"Are you aware of the requirement for the duel?" Lesine asked with doubt all over her face.

Zick smiled with his head held high: "Of course, I swear by name, the god of chaos, that I became a god just a while ago."

Lesine looked closely at Zick, and even after a while nothing happened. He was telling the truth!

This fact threw Lesine's mind into a whirlpool, making her head complicated.

'He might be lying, but if that is the case, he would just suffer after defeating me. Is it the truth? Or a lie?' Lesine felt confused like never before.

After all, it did not make sense!

Becoming a god just a while ago, how could Zick have divinity at the same level as her?

This was extremely nonsensical.

'Unless...He got his hand on a world core.' This thought made Lesine feel horrible all over. Getting a world core for oneself was very hard, she had never been able to get one even after thousands of years.

If she knew that Zick got a middle-grade world core, just what kind of expression would she make?

And especially, after knowing that Zick was just a new demi-god a while ago, before breaking into god rank at once.

"....I accept by the name of the god of life." Lesine had no choice but to accept, rejecting even after he swore by his name would come as a lifelong shame.

A flash passed by Zick's eyes: 'If it was me, I would have just given up on this world and gone away.'

Zick had considered this possibility with worry, but it seems like not all gods were rational and shameless as he initially thought.

"Let's move away from this world first." Zick proposed with a blank face.

Lesine accepted, and both of them moved away from the blue world.

Arriving at a suitable location, which was in the middle of nowhere, with nothing but emptiness and darkness everywhere. To normal people, it would have been terrifying to stay in such a place, where not even sound could be produced.

A few dead planets could be seen floating around in the distance.

Making some distance between each other, Both of them looked at each other.

Zick's eyes showed his immense concentration, he was taking this seriously.

'I am in space right now, to move around I will have to continuously use my divinity. I am going to go all out from the beginning in this form at least.' As Zick thought this, two wings protruded from his back.

Instantly, the two black wings with sharp edges started getting engulfed with black flame.

Two horns appeared on Zick's head, with dragon scales all over his body. He turned into a semi-humanoid dragon at once.

Before Lesine knew it, Zick suddenly appeared right before her, with a malevolent face.

In Lesine's eyes, Zick appeared like the devil incarnate, with the scale on his face.

Zick's punch aimed right at Lesine's face, his plain fist with no enhancement, shone Menacingly. The moment it was going to come in contact with her face, she vanished.

Lesine appeared in the distance with a pale face, right behind Zick. However, the moment she opened her eyes, what greeted her was a black spear, aiming right at her left eye.

The spear was very lifelike, not appearing transparent and having a solid body.

Having no choice, Lesine clashed with the black spear. Dark green matter converged before her, forming a pyramid, which directly clashed with a black spear.

A soundless explosion occurred with the clash of two forces. Shockwaves spread to a large area.

Lesine appeared with a few bruises on her face, she was pushed back in the prior clash.

'Just what kind of instinct does he have?! He was able to send an attack to my side in an instant! It does not make sense!!'

'And to top it up, his divinity has immense destructive might, putting me in a severely disadvantageous situation.' Lesine could feel that her chances of winning were slim if not none.

'Why did it have to be me...?' Lesine felt indignant, she never offended any god and stayed in seclusion most of the time.

But still, people came to challenge her, this fact made her annoyed.

'It would have been a hundred times better if I had just joined the light faction...' It was too late to regret it now though. She was attracted by the benefits and joined the dark faction, this would not change.

The fight between them continued again, Zick continuously assaulted with a different kind of attack. Slowly, Lesine's body started getting covered in injuries.

Any of Lesine's attacks would be useless against Zick, any that hit was also no use. Zick's black scale could easily block all of her attacks.

Zick appeared above Lesine again, delivering a kick right at her head. Her body was sent flying downwards at once, stopping only after crashing into the dead planet.

A huge crater formed on the dead planet, covering almost half of the whole planet. It was interesting how Lesine's body did not blow away to smithereens by such a collision.

Taking a closer look, leaves could be seen flying around her, protecting her from Zick's kick. This leaf was special, having a glossy body, which shone brilliantly.

The leaves converged, turning into a monster and heading towards Zick. Only to get destroyed by a single swing of his sword.

'I guess, that's enough. I can tell my current limit somewhat.'

Even if the leaf monster hit him, Zick's scale could defend against it with a few scratches.

Lesine's body healed after a green glow covered his body. This was one of her advantages, but it was rendered useless in front of Zick too.

His regenerative ability widely surpassed Lesine's!

If they were on a planet with life in it, Lesine might have been able to be content with Zick's current form. But that was not possible, they were in the middle of space with dead planets.

Despair, that was the only word that could explain Lesine's mental state.

What exactly was she fighting against?

She had her share of challenges from newbies, but never did she encounter anyone like Zick. No trick worked against him, no matter how she attacked by luring, trap, or frontal, all of them were useless.

'How can such a thing exist in the universe....?' Lesine still felt fear whenever Zick neared her.

A single hit from Zick could destroy her limbs, a god's body appeared so frail this instant. And that was when he wasn't strengthening himself using divinity.

What would happen if he used his Divinity? Just this thought made Lesine shudder. Her body might just get blown to pieces!

Zick landed on the dead planet with leisure: ' I will destroy her whole body, just to be sure.'

Zick did not know what kind of trump card Lesine held, destroying her whole existence is the only way he could think of. She was a god of life after all.

Zick's body glowed in a dim black glow, which appeared extremely malevolent in Lesine's eyes. His divinity was condensing at a rapid pace.

Lesine leaped forward resolutely to stop Zick, but the moment she got near to him, his blank expression turned to that of wickedness.

'Oh, no! It's a trap!'

It was too late to realize that.