Transmigrated as a Ghost

The man appeared next to him like a flash of lightning and before Cassius could swing his sword, he felt a vicelike grip on his arm.

"I finally caught you." The man said with a wicked smile.

Seeing the dangerous situation, Evette desperately cast the spells she had been holding, but the man had been prepared for her intervention.

With his other hand he tossed one of the arrows Fianna had fired earlier and pierced her through the chest with it. This caused Evette to be blown back and her spells to misfire.

"Giga Smash."

In a last-ditch effort, Cassius activated his strongest attack unique skill and punched the man gripping his sword arm with his other hand.

He aimed for his face and his fist connected with a resounding boom. 

"That stung a little." The man said, his face slightly bruised by Cassius' attack.

He then threw his own punch and hit Cassius in the head. Unlike everyone else though, Cassius' head did not break apart like a burst water balloon.

Blood flowed out of his head and his skull was clearly cracked but he had managed to survive the attack.

"You're tougher than you should be. I suppose it must be this sword's power."

"That's right. Excalibur protects its wielder from most harm. And it deals back whatever attacks I have taken twofold."

Wearing a blood smile, Cassius activated the final trump card of his weapon that had been granted a name by the system.

All the power behind each of the hits it had taken throughout this battle erupted from the blade and doubled. Allowing Cassius to unleash one last attack that far exceeded his normal abilities.

For the first time the man without a status showed a hint of fear as Cassius broke free of his grip and swing his sword towards him.

"Tch!" 

Clicking his tongue, the man showed a displeased expression, before reaching out a gripping what looked like a golden thread. 

In a quick motion he plucked the thread and suddenly vanished from the path of Cassius' attack. His sword swung wide and cut through nothing but air, his last desperate attack reaching nothing.

"To think I would be forced to use my power against you. It truly vexes me to admit you made me get a bit serious even for just an instant." The man said from behind Cassius.

With a fluid serious of motions, the mysterious man grappled Cassius and wrenched his Excalibur from his grip.

No longer wielding his sword, the protections it gave to Cassius ceased, and the man easily sliced off his head with a single chop of his hand.

"I still can't believe that she gave the people of this world access to a divine metal like amethros. What a waste." The man mumbled to himself as he tossed Cassius' sword aside. 

Now that he had eliminated another one of the pests that had interrupted him, he turned his attention towards Evette who had just finished picking herself up after having an arrow pierce her chest.

Had she been a normal flesh and blood person she would have undoubtedly been killed by the attack, but being a spirit, she did not have any internal organs and was able to recover from what should have been a fatal wound.

Unfortunately, now that he had seen her unnatural recovery, the man understood that Evette was a spiritual entity just like Marcus and knew how to finish her off for good.

Landing on back on the ground the man casually walked towards Evette. Without Cassius around to act as a bodyguard for her, he was confident that he could take her out easily enough.

Despite knowing her magic would not be enough to bring down the monster of a man in front of her, Evette unleashed everything she had on him in order to buy as much time as she could for those that had fled.

Each time she fired a spell, the man would sidestep away from them faster than Evette could keep up with.

Soon he was right in front of her with his fist raised and ready to destroy her.

But just before he could throw his punch, Evette played her last card even though she hated to do so.

Gripping the veil that she always wore to cover her face; she ripped the cloth off and revealed her stunning features that could bewitch almost anyone.

Seeing her inhumanly beautiful features, the man could not help but stand still and stare at her in a daze.

For the moment he was completely enraptured, and Fianna took her shot and fired the arrow she had pulled back.

The projectile flew through the air and struck the man's right eye and buried itself deep into his head. It was the perfect shot in just the right moment to deliver a fatal attack against an opponent that vastly outmatched them.

"I let my guard down again." The man said with a disappointed tone.

He then once again gripped the same golden thread he had when fighting against Cassius and plucked it.

When the melodious noise it created ended, the man stood in front of Evette without any injuries and the arrow Fianna had fired lodged in the ground at his feet.

"Truly, I never anticipated you would have such a powerful charm ability. But now that I have seen it once, it won't work on me again."

Unable to make sense of what had just happened, Evette stood rooted in place. She was too stunned to offer any sort of resistance to the attack that was quickly coming towards her.

With an open palm, the man slammed his hand into Evette's chest and hit her with both physical and spiritual force. Her entire body exploded from the impact and her soul was crushed by the flood of spiritual energy that assaulted her.

"That's another one. Now I just need to finish off the last one still resting and clean up the rest." The man said after destroying Evette.

Turning towards Fianna, he quickly rushed towards her as she fired arrow after arrow at him.

Sadly, her best efforts proved to be barely able to slow the man down. It was not long before he was looming over her and ready to finish her off.

Still, she had a few tricks left up her sleeve and teleported away again with another translocation arrow.

However, this time she had less than a second to recover before the man was bearing down on her again. Every time she warped away, he rushed right back towards her and was on top of her before she could do much of anything.

Eventually Fianna ran out of translocation arrows and was at the mercy of her the man that had already defeated the rest of the expedition squad's leaders.

"Looks like you finally can't run away from me any longer. You really made this more difficult for me than it needed to be so don't expect to get off easily." The man said now that he had Fianna cornered.

Except, before he could move in for the kill, he noticed a bright gleaming sliver light behind him that diverted his attention.