Loser's redo: Transmigration in a novel

Zick had eaten dozens of dragon hearts, his fully recovered heart, unlike the past one similar to dried wood, at this instant beat loudly.

High above the sky, Zick in his dragon form looked down on what remained of the desert region.

The ocean water could be seen already covering most of the land, with only a few places with high ground visible on the water's surface.

The place was affected by both Zick and the sand dragon's attack. It was not possible for any living being to inhabit the place.

Looking forward, Zick could see the sand dragon whose body had grown by a few meters. Its scales had grown by a few centimeters, appearing stronger and glossier. There was wariness and fury in its eyes.

Zick's dragon eyes flickered with a cold light: 'So this is its soul ability? To increase the defense of its body. Seeing it's a higher form of energy characteristic, most of its abilities are more inclined toward self-strengthening or bluff.'

Zick had taken some damage too, a few of his scales had slightly cracked. But it wasn't anything serious, his defense was also strong.

And, with a red glow, all of his scales recovered back to normal.

'Soul erosion might not have much effect seeing its soul being specialized for defense. Let's see how much more it could hold on.' After the prior attack, Zick only had around thirty percent of his higher form of energy left.

Using its soul ability, The sand dragon's defense aspect reached the demigod level. There was not even a scratch on its body after being hit by the aftershocks of their attack.

Suddenly, the sand dragon's eyes shrank, and an invisible attack reached its soul. Even it could not sense its presence, sending chills to travel its body.

The sand dragon's body trembles and returns to normal the next moment. The soul erosion launched by Zick was not able to breach its soul's defense.

"For you to even have soul arts...As I thought, killing all the dragon slayers back then was the right choice. If not, a monster like you would have been born long ago." The sand dragon did not seem agitated or hesitant. It was confident that it could defeat Zick.

Seeing this, Zick was not surprised, instead, he opened his mouth as his chest shone. He was preparing for a breath attack.

The sand dragon this time dashed forward not willing to give Zick any time.

'I have already gotten used to my strength by quite a lot. There is no need for me to fight one on one like this.'

Zick did not move from his place, this made the sand dragon feel doubtful. At that moment, a blue spear landed on the sand dragon's shoulder.

BAM!

It was so fast that the sand dragon could not even react. Its body was plunged a few meters down, stopping its charge. As it stabilized, the scales on its shoulder that had visibly cracked entered Zick's sight.

In a faraway place, the fortress had reappeared floating silently in the sky. The railgun that had a squarish barrel was right now, split in two, in between, there was a transparent glass-like material that had thousands of cracks. Blue electricity coursed through it.

The rail gun could kill an upper-stage grandmaster with a single attack. Thus, it was very useful against the ancient dragon.

Seeing Zick was almost ready, the sand dragon had no choice but to prepare for a breath attack himself too. It was still wary of the long-range attack just now, hence it kept up its guard, ready to fend against it.

Zick breathed out a black ray of flame at the sand dragon the very next moment. The sand dragon could only use its weaker breath attack at that instant.

Just as the two-breath attack clashed, another blue spear hit the sand dragon's head. Not one, but dozens of similar attacks flew toward it continuously. An unbelievable feeling rose within it seeing this.

​ Zick chuckled in his mind: 'How stupid. As I thought, It conjectured that it would take quite a while to prepare for such a strong long-range attack.'

The railgun did not need any time to prepare for the next attack. And it was capable of spontaneous attack too, though there were chances of overheating, it could hold on for quite a while.

Dozens of blue spears directly hit the sand dragon's body, while some were dodged at the last moment. But it was more than enough, its breath attack was fully pushed back by Zick.

The sand dragon tried to dodge, by flying up. But at the next moment, a few blue spears landed on its head and wings, pushing it downwards. The railgun was coordinating with Zick perfectly.

"You scoundrel!" Anger rose like surging tides within the sand dragon. Dragons were innately prideful after all, being played around like this made it lose their temper.

Zick breath attack directly landed on the sand dragon, causing a huge explosion to occur again. This explosion was still smaller than the prior one.

Zick did not go for a follow-back attack, instead, he felt that his victory was assured now.

'Who would have thought the ancient dragon did not even have the capability to scheme? My preparation is wasted upon it.' Zick thought about just how much he had planned to take it down. Many different kinds of plans were made to deal with it.

He didn't even use his ability as a mage.

'Well, it is best for me to be cautious till the end.' Zick looked down at the sand dragon, who was visible after the black cloud dispersed.

Its scales were cracked from dozens of places and its body was in tatters. The shiny scales now appeared dim, giving them an impression of fragility.

For some reason, The sand dragon had an expression of overwhelming pain.

"Just when..." It looked at Zick with a dim gaze. Something was eroding its body internally, and it wasn't even able to stop it.

"Of course, it's when I just turned into a dragon and clashed with you," Zick said while feeling the sand dragon's end nearing.

As Zick wanted, his third art of the demonic pupil specialized in destruction and killing. Its name was eruption, a very simple name.

The condition for activating it was to come in contact with the enemy directly.

Zick had been using it the whole time, but the sand dragon had not noticed it in the slightest.

The sand dragon accepted its fate. Determination passed through its eyes, it had no intention to leave behind a thing for Zick.

"Ah, your pride must have gotten you to your head. Do you think I wouldn't come prepared to take you back intact?" The black dragon shook its head.

Instantly, black substance splurted out from the sand dragon's body from multiple places. At that moment, an Almighty being, who was feared by many, died at Zick's hand. It was killed while not even being able to retaliate properly.

Zick flew down and put its body in a space ring not to waste its blood.

'If it had noticed me using eruption right at the beginning, I would have called all the biological golem with no hesitation.' Thinking this, Zick's heated gaze went to the space ring.

'I should be able to become a demi-gon after eating this. Though I will still not be a match to the demon lord's might, my surviving chances will skyrocket.'

Zick started heading back to the fortress. In the end, there was no need for Yuriel and the others to join the fight.

Landing on the fortress, Zick slowly reverted to his human form. His breathing was a little ragged, but it recovered back to normal instantly, thanks to his regenerative power. First he wore some clothes for now.

The moment Zick returned to the control room, Arianell moved and hugged his leg.

'Right, she was watching too. It must be her first time seeing a real fight...' Zick looked at Arianell closely, seeing there was only worry in her eyes, not fear he felt satisfied.

'Ah, is this how it feels when a father sees his daughter grow up the way he wants? But, it really is good that she does not have an aversion to fighting.'

Even in the middle of the battle, Zick felt Arianell trying to contact him dozens of times. However, he ignored it at that time, focusing on the fight.

Picking up Arianell in his arms, Zick sat on the couch.

Seeing Arianell sticking closely to him, Zick turned to Yuriel who was standing straight before him.

"As you instructed, we have recovered the remnant of the ancient dragon's soul. We are in the process of creating the high-rank wraith." Yuriel spoke with her emotionless voice like always.

Zick nodded his head: "I will leave all the preparation for tomorrow to you."

Passing on the space ring with the ancient dragon's body to Yuriel, he ordered her to process its body and send it to him.

"How about the biological golem made from the monster's body?" Zick asked another one of his doubts.

Yuriel shook her head: "Unfortunately, we do not have enough material sir Zick."

Zick pursed his lips with a thoughtful look, Many rare or even extinct materials are needed for the creation of biological golems, especially for the red jewel in their head, it was a super rare material. So it was not weird for him to run out of material.

'It can't be helped. In the end, I have four biological golems. In other words, four peak grandmaster assets, even if they specialize in defense, they are very useful.'

Zick sent away Yuriel and began thinking of all the possibilities of his survival tomorrow.