Transmigrated as a Ghost

Thanks to Evette's quick motivational speech, those that were feeling demoralized from seeing their opponent heal most of the wounds they had given it felt reinvigorated.

It was true that most of them had already used some of their best attacks and were wondering if there was anything that they could do to beat such a high-level mythic grade beast. Still, it was too soon to give up yet. At the minimum they needed to continue fighting in order to gather more information about how the guardian of the Tower of Heaven fought so that they could come back in the future to take it on again.

Of course, everyone did want to win if they could. Especially those that already met the qualifications to enter the special dungeon after proving themselves against the Tower's guardian.

'Perhaps I should stop holding back. Keeping some of my powers hidden is important, but I could help on the front lines if I wielded my scythe and used Embodiment of Eclipse.' 

However, as Marcus ruminated on whether he should join the battle with everything he had, Mrazivý came up to him and put a hand on his shoulder to stop him.

"I can understand that you want to join in with everything you've got, but I think your current role is more important. We have plenty of damage deals, but you're one of only two healers. Plus, your magic is among the best for causing disruption to the enemy. I don't doubt that if you fought alongside me, we could do a lot of damage. Though, if you did, I think that the effectiveness of the expedition squad as a whole would suffer. Just leave the physical combat to me and keep working your magic." Mrazivý said with a wink.

After she had reassured Marcus, those that were applying buff spells finished and the frontline fighters rushed back into the fray to prevent The Celestial Seven-Headed Serpent from regenerating its missing coral snake head.

'I'll just do what I can. If things get hairy, I can always jump in.' Marcus thought as he held his staff up.

Like a raging river mana flowed out of his staff and towards the damaged Thunderous Molten Colossus that had reengaged The Celestial Seven-Headed Serpent.

Unfortunately, after taking quite a few hits the powerful golem Marcus had conjured was pretty beat up, but he knew that it needed to stick around for longer. It was pretty much the only thing keeping The Celestial Seven-Headed Serpent from focusing all of its attacks on the members of the expedition squad.

"Hehe. It looks like you are having a bit of trouble keeping that creature of yours in good condition. If you don't mind, I might have a suggestion that could help."

Suddenly hearing a voice next to him, but not noticing any presence approaching him, Marcus instinctively jumped away and put his guard up.

Thankfully, when he looked towards the voice's source, he was relieved to find that it was an ally and not an enemy.

"Thegia, now is really not the time to be sneaking up on people. I need to focus on the battle. Plus, shouldn't you be casting magic to help out as well?" Marcus said, turning his attention back to the battle.

"I'm afraid that most of my magic is not quite potent enough to even serve as a minor distraction. That beastie's magic resistance is just a bit too high for me to directly do much to it. However, if we work together, I have a spell and two unique skill that should give us a major advantage."

Hearing that Thegia was planning on using multiple unique skills, Marcus' interest was piqued, and he asked her for more details on what her plan entailed.

"Okay. I'll work with you. Just don't rummage around in my head. If I feel you going into my memories, I'll kick you out immediately." Marcus said with a stern tone of voice.

"Naturally I won't do anything to invade your privacy. Though, if during the battle some cute memories of you and your wife surface to the forefront of your mind, it wouldn't be my fault if I saw them." Thegia said as she sniggered.

Marcus could not help but wince when he heard this, but he also knew that the strategy that Thegia had come up with would give them a massive advantage. 

Once she was ready, the short deep gnome that was among the oldest adventurers here placed her hands on Marcus' back and activated her unique skill called Mind Sync.

While this skill was active Thegia, and her target could seamlessly share their thoughts between each other and work as one without any need for communication.

Needless to say, this unique skill would not normally work with Marcus thanks to his Still Mind that made him immune to mental attacks and the like. 

However, for the moment he had suppressed this skill and was letting Thegia link their minds. Though, even without his Still Mind unique skill Thegia required the consent of the other party to use her Unique Skill.

When she and Marcus were completely in sync with each other, Thegia activated her next unique skill and kicked off the strategy she had come up with.

"Arcane Boost."

A bright purple glow erupted around Thegia allowing her to cast magic with far greater power and speed than she could normally handle. 

Except this skill was a bit of a double-edged sword as it forced her brain to process information faster and could cause serious damage if she was not careful. That was where Marcus came in. With their two minds connected not only could the two of them coordinate perfectly, but Thegia could use Marcus' mind to share the strain of her Arcane Boost unique skill.

"Perfect Illusion."

With the setup complete, Thegia cast her tier nine illusion magic and by far the strongest spell at her disposal.

Bright lights erupted from Thegia's body and flew towards Marcus' Thunderous Molten Colossus that was currently wrestling with two of The Celestial Seven-Headed Serpent's heads.

As the lights hit Marcus' conjured creature, the titanic golem began to shimmer. 

Reality and illusions mixed together, and the Thunderous Molten Colossus appeared to split several times until there were nine of them surrounding the guardian of the Tower of Heaven.