Loser's redo: Transmigration in a novel

Jerg looked at Zick who was running towards them in the distance. There were many demihumans and humans laid on the ground, groaning from time to time.

Some had limbs missing, some had their eyes missing, some were even taking their last breath right at the moment. The priests could not heal all the people who had their limbs missing.

It is possible to rejoin a cut limb but most of the limbs were eaten by the Cyclops. These priests did not have the ability to regrow a new limb.

Only the bishops and higher rank of the sun god temple can regrow a lost limb. But they take a fortune as compensation.

Seeing his mercenary group like this, Jerg couldn't help but feel a little resentment and gratitude towards Zick at the same time.

Jerg was thankful at Zick saving his comrades but at the same time a little resentful that he didn't reveal his strength earlier.

'He had been hiding his strength all along.....'

Jerg was able to see a little of how the master assassin was killed by Zick. The dagger assassin had a black sword in his chest which belonged to Zick.

Though Jerg felt bitter internally, he didn't let it show outwards. Even if he wants to, he doesn't have the right to question Zick. He is just the leader of a mercenary group owned by the Mendert merchants.

Even Anelete herself did not hold enough power to force an answer from Zick.

Zick was an heir of the Melvix family, this was clearly known to everyone here.

Anelete passed on the healing potions to the wounded mercenaries. She had a sad look on her face, this wasn't acting she really was sad at the death of her mercenary group.

Analete too felt resentment but not against Zick. She was resentful towards Anastasia and the person who arranged this assassination.

'I will make them all pay.....' Anelete firmly resolved herself to take revenge in the future.

Anelete had enough influence to have a connection with the assassin guild, but suddenly her connection with them was severed before she left the Pheorous kingdom capital. She was smart so she was ready for their attack at any time.

But she had never thought they would send out four master assassins. Even the Cyclops and mana bombs, an Astronomical amount of money was used in this single ambush.

Anelete looked at Zick who had reached them and was looking in the distance. She could see a carriage and a caravan heading towards where she was.

Anelete started walking towards Zick after passing on her space ring to a demihuman and ordering him to distribute the potions.

Anelete knew about how Zick killed the other two master assassins and the cyclops. She had been looking at the battlefield whenever she got a chance. But she wasn't able to see much as they were all moving very quickly in her eyes.

'And why did the fire spirit start going towards him the moment he reached here?'

No one knew that Anelete had a unique talent from the day she was born. She was able to see spirits.

But until now she has only been able to form a contract with one low rank fire spirit. This spirit didn't even have any battle strength; it could only form a fireball the size of a palm three times.

A low rank fire spirit did not have any sentience so it was not possible to communicate so she didn't know its intentions. Right at the moment, the spirit flew towards Zick fastly.

After checking Vertel's condition, who was still unconscious with his skin charred all over the body, Zick looked at the carriage and caravan heading his way.

The priests were taking care of Vertel right now.

"Hmm..." Zick looked in front of him.

A small red ball suddenly stopped right in front of his chest. Though Zick had never seen one he was able to tell what this red ball was a spirit immediately.

'A low rank spirit.....'

Zick knew a lot about spirit thanks to the novel so he was able to tell its rank in a glance. Usually only high rank spirits are able to take a certain form and gain sentience.

Most of the spirits stayed in the spirit realm or the elf's kingdom. There are a few places where a spirit could be found but it is impossible to see spirits normally.

Anelete was surprised looking at Zick staring right at where the spirit was.

"Ohh so you can see spirits too?" Anelete spoke in a calm voice with a little curiosity, she didn't show any surprise in her face at all.

"....yes" Zick answered truthfully, there was no reason to hide it.

Zick looked at the beautiful women in front of him, she was just like how it was explained in the novel. But there was something that bothered him.

'The novel did not mention anything about her having spirit affinity..... or did I just forget?' Zick thought process speed had returned to normal as he had deactivated [Though acceleration]

"My name is Anelete, I am the owner of the Mendert merchant group." In a refined manner, Analete introduced herself.

"Zick Melvix" Zick introduced himself with a deadpan look.

Anelete wasn't offended by the way Zick introduced himself, she continued with a smile on her face.

"I have a proposal, you are heading towards the academic city, yes? then how about we both go there together with all our forces, this way if there is another ambush we could fight back more efficiently."

Anelete did not wait for Zick's answer and stated her proposal. She was able to tell the type of person Zick was with a simple conversation with him. He didn't like wasting his time on something useless.

"Alright" Zick accepted her offer without any hesitation.

"Then, it will at least take until evening to collect the bodies of the diseased and the monsters, so about we depart then?'' Another proposal was offered by Anelete.

"Okay." Saying this, Zick directly headed towards the carriage which reached near him.

"ah! I had another thing I needed to say!'' Anelete's urgent voice reached Zick.

"What?" Zick turned back and looked at Analete.

"Our carriage was destroyed so can I and another one person ride your carriage until reaching the academic city?" Anelete asked this very politely.

It wouldn't be possible to get a carriage worthy of a noble to travel in a city, there would only be wooden carts or caravan used by merchants in the city.

Anelete had some standards and there was also another problem. If the fact they travelled in a caravan was spread her name would take a huge damage so she could only request Zick, even though she knew that she was being rude.

'She would think of me as a pushover if I accepted her all requests.' Zick knew a little about Anelete's personality so he started pondering.

Zick wanted to form a friendly relationship with Anelete for many reasons and he also knew that she was in a disadvantageous position right at the moment, So he didn't held back.

"Okay I will let you ride my carriage but in exchange for that you will have to give me 20℅ discount at everything I buy from you in the future."

Zick knew that there were many benefits he could gain if he made a deal with Anelete so he didn't hesitate and stated his need.

'I wanted to try becoming an enchanter in the academy so I will be needing a lot of material and I don't even have the Melvix family's plaque now. Which means I will have to buy it all from my own money'

Enchanter is a profession which the mage chooses. People would get suspicious of why he wants to become an enchanter but even with this Zick still chose it.

Zick wanted to Hide his magic prowess just to use it as a trump card, his main focus was still to get stronger and if hiding it got in the way of him getting stronger then he would abandon that trump card immediately.

And magic Enchanter held that much worth in Zick's mind, he knew a lot about it from the novel. He could even create many trump cards from it.

"20℅ is too much" Anelete said sternly.

"Ohh 20℅ isn't equal to your reputation?" Zick spoke, still keeping his calm.

Zick knew that reputation is very important for any merchant.

"15℅ that is my limit" Anelete gave an ultimatum.

"Alright, we can travel in the same carriage." Zick walked away immediately saying this.

Anelete did not say anything, she looked at the fire spirit which had come back to her.

'He is a lot more mature than he looks.....I guess as expected of a person who was able to live two year in the battlefield at the age of 12.' Anelete returned to her work thinking this. In her mind she has a good impression of the person named Zick.

Reaching in front of the carriage, Zick looked at Butler Von standing beside it.

"Go help them in any way you can."

"Yes" Nodding his head Butler Von headed towards the wounded people

Zick entered the carriage leisurely.