Transmigrated As A Ghost

Not long after Marcus noticed the incoming people and monsters a loud scream erupted from the woods and one of the human signals he was detecting with his life sense skill vanished.

Naturally several people close to the front of the caravan noticed the echoing shriek of pain and fear.

Confusion set in first but was quickly followed by a wave of panic that was swiftly flowing through the caravan.

To make matters worse another howl of anguish came just a couple seconds later.

"Everyone stay calm. Some people running this way are being chased by monsters, but we will make sure to protect all of you." Marcus said, trying to calm people down.

Thankfully, his status as a mithril rank adventurer did give everyone a sense of security and they looked towards him and Mrazivý with hope in their eyes.

The other guards that had been momentarily shocked by the screams came back to their senses and helped to keep people calm and got into defensive positions.

'Lilia, how is it going in the back?' Marcus asked over telepathy to get an understanding of the entire situation.

'Alaric and I have managed to keep them mostly calm, but a few curious people left their vehicles and are trying to get a closer look at what is going on. I'd recommend that you keep an eye out for any idiots that leave the vicinity of the caravan.'

Marcus thanked Lilia for the update and then contacted Roxene who was currently guarding the upper parts of the middle of the caravan, and Miguel who was in the lower middle.

Once everyone was updated, he strained his eyes and carefully looked through the gaps in the trees to see the people running towards them as well as the monsters giving chase.

'What the hell?!'

The moment Marcus spotted the first of the people charging at the caravan, he was completely baffled by their appearance. The man wasn't wearing a shirt but instead was smeared with fresh blood and had several cuts of recently butchered meat hanging from his neck like a grotesque scarf.

With just the one quick look Marcus could see that absolute terror on the man's face as he ran for his life from whatever horrifying monster was chasing him.

If not for the fact that the man was a member of a group that wanted to kill everyone in the caravan and then plunder their goods, Marcus might have actually felt bad for what he had just done.

Nevertheless, he checked to make sure that this final runner was not injured enough to be dying since he had questions, he wanted to ask the man later.

Yet when he was focused on the health of the man, a single moss troll jumped down from one of the tree branches hanging overhead and aimed to grab the defenseless prey that had just fallen over.

Before the troll had even descended half of the way to the ground though, its large body split vertically in half.

A doze liters of disgusting looking orange blood spilled out of both halves of the monster and drenched the brigade that had been used as bait to lure the trolls towards the caravan.

"Thanks for getting that one, Mraz. I got a bit distracted for a second."

"No need to thank me, just finish it off already. It smells horrible." Mrazivý said, her unsheathed sword in one hand and her other hand clenching her nose shut.

Unfortunately, despite being cut in half, the troll was not dead and was already moving to put itself back together.

This was the most annoying part of dealing with trolls. Their regeneration was among the strongest in the world and they would not die unless certain conditions were met. Even if its body was turned into mincemeat, it would still eventually regenerate.

Luckily, Marcus had the most common and easiest way to defeat trolls at his command.

"Fire shot."

Casting the tier one fire magic spell, Marcus ignited the bisected troll's body.

Like tender soaked in oil the troll went up in flames almost immediately. Its body was incredibly flammable and would be reduced to ashes in less than a minute.

Still, they had only taken care of a single troll, and with his life sense skill, Marcus could tell that the large tribe that had been lured her had spread out among the trees and surrounded the caravan.