Loser's redo: Transmigration in a novel

Chapter 122 Why Is She Here?

This time around, Zick's condition wasn't as bad as it was the first time he was carried to the snow wolf's habitat.

He sat upon the wolf comfortably and waited for them to take him to their habitat. He was on his guard afraid of another danger.

'That was a dangerous situation just now. I could have lost my life if I wasn't careful enough. The threat posed by this mountain region should be reevaluated.'

'While Aeiron passed through here no mind monsters had appeared. Is it because of the snowstorm?' Zick looked at the snowstorm which fell with an ear-rendering sound.

Harsh wind sound reached Zick's ear constantly making it irritating.

'Well, it doesn't matter. I should fulfil my original purpose quickly. At least half a day must have already passed by since I entered the Lectic mountain region.'

Zick wasn't sure how much time had passed himself, it was hard to tell if it was day or night with black clouds covering the whole sky.

He had already gulped down four healing potions at once by now. The wounds on his body had healed up and the blood on his leather armour was frozen.

His armour had holes in multiple places making him look pitiful.

Zick checked the item within his space ring. Currently, he had eight cyclops bodies, some spare swords, 37 healing potions, money from the middle continent, and a few other things.

He was against selling cyclops' bodies as it would attract people and make them suspicious of how he got them. If any strong person of high standing in the Everlor organization knows about this, they would try to probe him without a doubt.

Zick didn't want to attract any type of bad attention to him currently. Most of all, he didn't have the strength to protect his wealth from these hungry hounds!

What could he do if someone at the master swordsman level asks him to pass his space ring to him for investigation?

Nothing at all!

Zick could only swallow this bitterly and comply with their demand. He knew when to advance and retreat, so he knew that surviving was the most important thing.

As long as a person doesn't lose his life, there was always a chance for them to attain what they wished for. But if they die, it will be the end.

On the other hand, there was no problem with selling mana bombs. This was a continent known for alchemists so this wasn't a matter to be deeply thought of.

The reason Zick made up his mind to pursue eternal life was that he was not satisfied with his current life. He wanted to pursue something that could make his life interesting. Only for that reason did he walk in the path he currently did.

With that thought in the mind: 'It is really interesting...facing hurdles and setbacks one after another on my journey and trampling upon all of them. This is more exciting than anything.' The corner of his lips perked up a little, forming into a smile.

Giving his all in this life, at the end of it he could without a doubt die with no regret and have a smile on his face.

Could there be any better way to live? No!

Zick could say this without any hesitation at all. Human life was only that of 100 to 200 years, if not given their all, what was the point of living?

"Haaaa....." Breathing out, a white fog left his mouth.

Growl!

"Hmm." Zick looked towards where the sound came from.

It seems like one of the wolves on his left had come in contact with something.

Concentrating, Zick could feel a familiar presence at some distance from him.

"What is she doing here....?"

He headed toward 'her' with shock apparent on his face.

....

The last thing Seveleen remembers was falling asleep on her bed in the mansion. The next time she opened her eyes, she found herself laying on the grass in the middle of a plain terrain.

Seveleen was assaulted by a head-splitting pain after gaining consciousness. She could only tremble on the ground holding onto her head. There was nothing that could be done to lessen the pain, it was damage sustained by her mind after all.

To a wizard, the mind was a very important factor. As the 'will' from the mind interacts with the mana in the atmosphere a mysterious change starts happening to it. The more it comes in contact with mana the stronger it becomes. The limit to how much a person's 'will' could grow was measured by their potential, in other words, mana affinity.

The more affinity a person has, he could let his 'will' harmonize with mana the more. This is the reason it is not possible to heal or recover this lost energy with a healing potion.

A healing potion only focuses on the body, so it could not affect the 'will' which had already become something else altogether, leaving the physical body back and becoming an entity akin to mana.

This energy could be recovered using a stamina potion instead.

With the 'will' strengthened, it reinforces the brain letting mages think a little faster than others.

Sevellen recovered enough to consider her situation in five minutes. This was surprisingly very fast! Even faster than Zick.

This was to be expected, Zick's 'will' was weaker than other mages, but a little stronger than normal human beings because of his myriad experiences.

There was no need for him to make his 'will' interact with mana. With the dragon's natural magic giftedness the mana around him followed his command without any need for force. He never forced his 'will' into the mana so it didn't grow stronger like other mages.

The only reason Zick didn't fall into an unconscious state for a long time like the other normal human beings was thanks to his Dragonoid status superior constitution and regenerative power.

Seveleen's beautiful white-platinum hair was right now dirtied with dust and grass. She was even wearing her white nightgown clothes making it extremely embarrassing for her to move around.

She fell into a state of confusion and shame with her current situation. Maintaining reputation and face was very important to the nobles, she was also aware of this making her feel reluctant to be seen like this all the more.

"Ugh..." Holding her head with her right hand, Seveleen staggeringly stood up.

There seemed to be nothing wrong in particular with her body, but she felt extremely dizzy.

Looking at her right side, nothing but plain terrain went on till the end of the horizon. On the left, a few kilometers away from her a valley appeared.

WHOOSH~

Being left in here with no sign of the person who moved her made uncontrollable anger and shame rise. She was a noble with high standing. This kind of thing could never be tolerated.

Her long hair waved as she dusted off the dust from her hair and clothes. Her light pale skin looked dry and dirty from the dust.

Luckily she had her space ring and there were some spare clothes in it. She quickly wanted to change into her usual outfit, but before that, she had to look for an appropriate place.

'How did I get to this place? No in the first place how can I get abducted with no one noticing including me?' Seveleen's eyes focused, she stood in a place waiting for her mind to recover further.

Thinking that someone touched her while in her sleep made her disgusted. Her beautiful face had a frown on it as she bit her lips lightly. Closing her eyes, she fell deep in thought.

In the end, she decided to head to the valley as there were tracks present there, proving the presence of human settlement.

Her mind was not in a good condition and her physical strength was also that of an average human forcing her to walk towards the valley with difficulty.

The sun was almost in the middle of the sky pouring down its radiance into The land. After walking only for five minutes, sweat started forming all over their body. Her clothes stuck to her skin tightly, making it uncomfortable. Her breath quickened in this heated atmosphere.

She felt thirsty from The time she woke up, hunger also rose within her but it was negligible compared to her thirst for water.

Even with an immense headache, She forced herself to create water from magic. A ball of water formed above her outstretched hand and she started drinking from it.

But she was different from Zick who was used to pain from a very young age.

A pain as if her head was going to really split open traveled through her head. The pain she felt in her head made her lose consciousness for a second.

THUD

Seveleen fell on her knees feeling immense daze and nausea. The water floating above her hand fell to the ground too.

Her eyes were shaking looking out of focus.

Beads of sweat trickled down her face falling onto the grasses below.

'Why is this happening....?' Seveleen felt her thoughts becoming faint again.

She had many doubts in her mind unanswered.

Did someone bring her here? What was the reason behind it?

Was there any hidden danger in the valley?

Is her sister in the mansion safe?

Worry, anger, shame, and many emotions together had made her head a mess.

Seveleen was an innately prideful person. She lived her life in luxury from a young age, not used to hardships at all.

"...." She waited for a minute to let her mind recover and started heading towards the valley again. Though the situation was very unexpected, she didn't let despair get the best of her.

This was how she was different from other nobles! She was a very strong-willed girl from a long time. Her persistence was also one of the reasons she was able to become a high-rank mage at the age of 15.

She aspired to become an Archmage, the highest rank ever reached. This aspiration wasn't backed by any particular reason, she did it only for herself, she wanted to reach the peak of the mage profession.

Within half an hour, Seveleen recovered from the headache. She was able to alleviate her thirst and move a lot faster too.

she changed her clothes in between a small forest-like oasis. Though she felt her face heating up with embarrassment there was nothing she could do about it.

Her nightgown was soaked in sweat making it uncomfortable for her. Luckily it was made of material that would not become transparent when wet.

In between, she tried to create and use a teleportation circle, which failed spectacularly. The magic circle would not activate at all no matter what she did. That was the case with all coordinates she used.

The reason why teleportation doesn't activate can only be caused by a few things. The coordinate mentioned was wrong, a teleportation circle doesn't exist in the location of the coordinates used, the teleport destination is too far or any device is interrupting the mana there.

She arrived at the end of the valley using many magic to strengthen her body.

Flying up on one of the huge boulders, Seveleen looked in front of her. She wore a reddish-black gown, with black gloves and stockings. A black boot made of expensive leather was on her legs.

The heat didn't bother her anymore, she had cast anti-heat magic on herself.

A city was some distance from her, being located near the valley.

Seveleen immediately became joyous: 'A human habitat at last!'

The only weird thing was that black smoke rose from multiple places within the city.

Which made Seveleen doubtful and hesitant. After thinking about it for a while, she could only go to the village. She had no idea where she was! This made her feel restless.

She wasn't much worried about looking suspicious as she had the Shivial family plague with her.

Without any further wait, She started heading toward the city.