Loser's redo: Transmigration in a novel

The deal between Zick and Lifare was carried out smoothly. A meeting was arranged by her which was five years later, it was for Zick to make the connection he seemed interested in.

This meeting would be to introduce the biological golem, but in shadows, it was set up for Zick.

The knowledge that Zick sought for was fulfilled too.

This knowledge included the disadvantages of absorbing world core excessively. It appeared many times more severe than what Zick had expected initially.

Whenever a god absorbs a world core, it's like they are forcefully injecting pure energy into their divinity. Doing it once or twice continuously doesn't bring about an adverse effect.

But when it is used dozens of times at once, a permanent crippling effect occurs. This effect was so devastating that it could take a god's life too in many cases.

Gods have their souls fused into the divinity, therefore the divinity itself indicates their life. If any harm was to be done to the divinity, it would be no different than harming the god itself.

'....This is the case only with low-grade world cores. I absorbed mid-grade, so if I absorb even one of these low-grade cores, I will be on a one-way ticket to the other side.' Zick realized his harsh decision.

This was the disadvantage of not owning correct knowledge. Not being aware of the risks, many get attracted to the benefits and end up dead.

Zick would have ended up so too if he wasn't cautious regarding this matter.

The method to create a biological golem that Zick gave to Lifare was different from the original. The golem created through this method would not have the intelligence and neither the monstrous simulating ability.

Yuriel's simulating ability was very useful to Zick, while he fought against the demon lord, Reikel.

'I am not sure, but with this biological golem, I might have gathered attention from any god-wielding space element divinity. I can only hope that they won't be too pissed off and come to find trouble.'

'I would have to wait for three years for the effect of using world core to vanish. Only after that can I absorb another two low-grade world cores.'

Time was pressing on Zick's side, he could only do everything he could to ensure his life.

Many gods were always low on the world cores, instead of time. But Zick was the exact opposite of this. Time was holding him back more than anything.

Next, he strikes up a deal with Taweir, lowering the world's core quantity, he puts others' demands into it.

Taweir accepted the deal with open hands, still, he rejected any overbearing demand. He truthfully put a lot of expectations on Zick, he was sure that this person would be one of the pillars of the war that is to come.

Other gods were nothing but cornerstones, that did not have much importance. They were just pawns that could be discarded at any time.

While Zick? He could be someone with enough influence even if he was at the god rank.

Every god might be a veteran at one thing or the others, but not many have an unyielding and unscrupulous attitude like Zick. Having the determination to even sacrifice the people who are close to him.

Zick was not blinded by the benefits either, he always put his life above others. With this trait, it was apparent what kind of stance he would take when the time comes.

As for the semi-low-grade world, Zick chose the nearest one to him. He could relocate his world, but it seemed like a lot of work in his eyes.

'There aren't any magical instances in this world, so I can use them and act like a god who caused the world to be filled with mana. I can get followers a lot easier that way.' Zick sat with crossed legs, he began to train in divinity.

The method to train in divinity was different from before again. Now, Zick's divinity was like a world core, which gave birth to fragments of divinity, having chaos in it.

On the contrary, allows Zick's divinity to grow stronger even without him doing anything. From the speed of progress, it would take around 100,000 years for him to break through this way.

'I don't have that much spare time, from Taweir's attitude, it did not seem like the future would be a peaceful one.' Zick was able to deduce that much at least from the interaction with Taweir.

It was apparent that Taweir wanted Zick to grow as fast as possible, even when he was making deals with him, it was clear as day.

Normally, Zick would have put it aside as him being delusional, but he could not think of any other reason for Taweir to bring him to the dark faction side, even giving up on half of a mid-grade world core.

'Well, I might have to pay with my life for his generosity if nothing else.' Zick laughed self-deprecatingly internally.

Back to the topic, Zick needed to condense his divinity into the ethereal core that appeared within his body.

This core was transparent and mystical, which was hard to perceive normally. It was round in shape and had black waves rising within it, similar to the screen of an ECG.

This core appeared the moment Zick fused both his soul and quasi-divinity. It was also what gave birth to small divinity fragments.

Strengthening this core would be the same as enhancing his divinity.

'I wonder what my divinity would turn into once I ascend to great god rank?' Zick got curious about this subject.

For now, Zick concentrated on training for a few days. He wanted to get used to it as quickly as possible.

Then, he decided to go on a trip with Arianell and Aurel. Yuriel was assigned to research the next step of her evolution. With Lifare's knowledge and the things available to exchange through the dark faction, her progress took a huge leap.

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The Exleverious world that Zick inhabits addressed mana as kier.

Zick had already taken care of all the human organizations. Now only other races were left to offer some believers.

The next target on Zick's agenda was the orcs' nation.

Zick went to different nations and tried out different dishes with the two others. Then, he even went to a mysterious place with mind-blowing sceneries, like the place he was currently at.

It was in between the world's surface and the world's core. A mystical tree, so large that it covered an area of dozens of kilometers, stood proudly there.

This tree had thick roots and purple leaves shining brilliantly.

The tree radiated pure mana inversely helping the world's core, it seemed to be an item that the life god planted here.

All of this was underground, but there was no darkness, just the light from the tree was blinding.

'She must have gone through a lot to get this tree, but in the end, this fell into my hand. I will use this well.' Zick enjoyed the scenery along with the other two dragons.

Arianell and Aurel walked around the roots of the purple tree, which was just levitating in the air, instead of digging into the ground.

Zick looked at them walking around with smiles and thought: 'I have the same weakness as the life god too now. I don't think any new god can defeat me, But there is a chance that someone can conspire against me. I will have to be extra careful.'

Great gods had no interest in low-grade world core, so if any one of them were interested in the things Zick possessed — they just had to give some low-grade core to a new god. Then he would kill Zick and take over what was his.

'That is a good method, it did not go past the agreement, and neither would it damage their name.'

In the dark organization, nothing was stopping a great god to attack a god. Just that, they would have to compensate for their action. Their reputation would be damaged in the process too.

'Well, I am sure some gods would come to attack sooner or later. There are many gods and great gods who wouldn't care about reputation in the least.'

Taweir could only keep Zick safe for a few decades, after that, it would be all on himself.

'Can I reach the great god rank within this time? Seems impossible, I will at least need another two mid-grade world cores to achieve it.' Zick's eyes flashed with determination.

It was not possible to put his hand on the world below the dark faction.

But it would be a different matter if it was the light faction. No matter how Zick had to usurp two mid-grade worlds.

Only then would he have a chance to stand up on his two feet.

Other gods would think this to be something impossible and ridiculous with no hesitation. However, Zick had set his mind to do this impossible feat.

Zick played around with both of them for a while, then moved on to the orc nation.