Transmigrated as a Ghost

'Whew. Barely made it in time.'

Marcus looked down at Novak and his party members after pulling them out of the water with his iron threads spell.

Each of them had been on the verge of drowning as some sort of entity dragged them below the surface by manipulating the stone that made of the sewer's floor.

From the wounds all over their bodies, Marcus could tell that they had been fighting in a fierce battle for some time.

"True Restoration. Major Cure."

Seeing that his allies were severely injured and suffering from a couple nasty status effects, Marcus quickly cast a couple of healing spells to restore them back to health.

Almost immediately their bodies that were decaying from being hit by a powerful necrotic energy returned to their usual color.

A moment later the members of Endless Horizons sputtered and began coughing up the tainted water that had entered their lungs.

"Oh, you still want to fight?" Marcus said, turning around and seeing a section of the wall behind him beginning to move.

Holding his left hand in front of him, he created a mana barrier as dozens of sharp spikes shot towards him.

As the assault continuous attacked him, Marcus' eyes flittered about as he searched for the monster manipulating the stone.

"There you are."

Being able to easily search out other spiritual presences, he located the exact location of the ghost that was capable of possessing structures and controlling them as it wished.

It was honestly not a particularly strong monster called a Wall Wraith. At level forty-six its stats were undeniably low. Looking closer to what would be expected of an average level thirty. All of its strength appeared to be focused in its specialized race ability that allowed it to merge with building and manipulate them.

Certainly, this was a strong power, but there was nothing else notable about the Wall Wraith.

"Darkness Bullet."

Marcus cast the tier one darkness magic spell and imbued it with his spiritual energy.

With a single shot he pieced through the sewer's wall and hit the Wall Wraith before it could even react.

The pitiful monster burst like a balloon the moment the magic reached it. Marcus' spiritual energy was far too powerful for it to take for even a single instant.

Now that it was destroyed the walls stopped moving and everyone could tell that their enemy had been defeated.

"Ire- Marcus, what are you doing here?!" Novak said once he had regained his composure.

"Well, your party did not show up at the meet up point on time and you never answered any of my calls over the sending stone, so I came looking for you guys. Truthfully it is pretty lucky that I found all of you when I did. A couple more minutes and you would have all died."

Of course, Marcus left out exactly how he had found them. Currently they were in a completely isolated section of the sewers that had no entrances or exits. Normally it would have been impossible for anyone to reach them. Well, for those that could not walk through walls at least.

With his life sense skill extended to full range Marcus had rushed around without worrying about any obstacles in his way as he searched for Novak and his party.

"I guess we all owe you our thanks for saving our lives. But uh, before anything else. Could you please put us down. I don't mean to sound ungrateful, but this is a little demeaning." Novak said, casting his eyes down at the iron threads that had him wrapped up.

He had tried breaking free on his own now that he had recovered, but Marcus' spell was simply far too strong. The only option left was to ask the caster himself to let them go.

"Oh, sorry. I was in a rush, and this was the fastest way for me to grab all of you at once. Just give me a second and I'll set you guys down."

Marcus moved his fingers like a puppet master and the iron threads responded to his commands.

Quickly they dropped Novak, Clay, Emerie, Jovie, and Landyn on the edge of the not collapsed portion of the sewer's floor.

"Now, which way to get out of here? I'm sick of this place." Jovie said after being put down.

At this question, Marcus' face twisted into an expression of panic for a moment before being replaced by a smiling mask.

"Sure, I'd be happy to lead all of you towards the exit. But uh, first, which direction do your party come from to reach here?"

"We came from that way." Clay said, pointing. "But it's completely sealed. You must have come in from somewhere else, so please lead the way."

Reassuring them that he knew the way out, Marcus turned around and began walking confidently towards another dead end.

'Scythe, I'm going to need you to go ahead and carve a path.' Marcus transmitted to his weapon.

Receiving its command, Marcus' scythe slid out of his soul and moved through the ground unseen by anyone.

When it reached the other end of the tunnel, it began swinging around violently and cut its way into the nearest section that was connected to the rest of the sewer.

It took a bit of time with several wrong turns along the way, but Marcus eventually brought Novak and his party back to the entrance they had used to enter the sewer.

By this point it was already pitch-black outside as night had fully consumed the sky.

"They're still not back?" Marcus said incredulously. The only ones waiting in the area were Inten and Blitz who Marcus had left when he went to search for Endless Horizons.

"Yeah, they've gotten closer, but both Mrazivý and Lilia's groups keep periodically stopping in one place for a while. I'm guess that they keep getting ambushed just like we were." Inten responded.

He was holding up his arm and showing the spatial magic cuff that every one of them shared a copy of. On it the magic tool displayed several glowing dots that represented their companions and which direction they were in and how far away they were.

"Wait, you came looking for us when your own party mates were in trouble?!" Novak said, his expression warped into one of confusion and disbelief.

"I mean, we can track their progress, but I had no way to tell if you guys were in trouble." Marcus replied. Hoping to brush off Novak's question.

The real reason he had gone off to help them first was because he trusted his companion to be capable of handling themselves. Novak and his party were not weak by most metrics, but the undead creatures roaming down here were a bit more than they could handle.

Marcus had seen that they had managed to defeat one monster, but that had completely worn them out and left their entire group helpless against their second foe.

"I see." Novak said, his eyes downcast. As much as Marcus was trying to spare his feelings, the veteran adventurer understood. He and his party were weaker than any of Marcus' companions and had prioritized them for that very reason.

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