Transmigrated as a Ghost

Having caused a small panic within the wood gnome's home. Marcus sat around and waited for someone to approach him, so that he could hopefully have a dialogue with them.

Luckily, it had not taken long before a stronger looking gnome, who was wearing enchanted wooden armor appeared.

'Level sixty-one. I guess that my presence really got their attention.'

As the higher-leveled wood gnome cautiously approached him, Marcus stood up and bowed his head, hoping to convey his sincerity.

"Greetings. I am Marcus Ferrous, a great spirit of light and darkness, and I have come to see the Great Spirit of Nature Forlorieous."

However, as Marcus said this, the wood gnome's eyes grew sharp and he said, "I will not fall for your deception human known as Jed. I do not know how you got in here but leave this forest now and never come back. Or you will forfeit your life."

Hearing this Marcus realized that this gnome must have also appraised him, and saw the current status he had visible.

Currently Marcus's status had him as a level forty-six human with the name of Jed. Keeping in line with the persona he had adopted while fighting in Tralenstein.

'Okay that should do it.'

Canceling his false status, Marcus revealed his true status, and allowed anyone to see who and what he actually was.

"Sorry I have skill that can alter the information in my status. I have turned it off so now you can see that I am not human but am actually a great spirit." Marcus said, hoping to smooth things over.

Unfortunately, his initial impression had not been good, and telling people that you have a skill that can alter your status does not help them to believe whatever they appraise.

"I already said I will not be fooled by your trickery. Leave now or I will take your life." The wood gnome said while teaming with mana.

Sighing, Marcus really was not in the mood for a fight and was about to simply disappear and try elsewhere. When a powerful presence descended upon the area.

A large flower then began to sprout up out of the ground not far from where Marcus was, until it bloomed to reveal the figure of man hidden within.

The figure who was sitting down, stood up and stretched while letting out a very long yawn.

Looking at this figure, there was no doubt in Marcus' mind that this was Forlorieous.

He could feel the same unfathomable power that Recha had exuded, and the spiritual energy coming off of this man could only be from a great spirit.

Along with his presence, Forlorieous also seemed to embody nature just in his outwards appearance as well. Having long green hair that looked almost like vines, and dark brown skin the same color as tree bark.

Of course, Forlorieous' appearance here had been completely unanticipated by the gnome enforcer that had come to force Marcus out of the forest. With the man now having gotten down on his hands and knees and was bowing towards the master of these woods.

It was unheard of for Forlorieous to come out of his long rests and appear among the people.

In fact, this gnome whose name was Dorser, had never once seen Forlorieous come out like this during his one hundred eighty years of life.

Normally he only made an appearance during the founding celebration held once every twenty years, and other than that he was sleeping, or off elsewhere.

"I believe that you are the Great Spirit of Nature Forlorieous?" Marcus asked the figure after it seemed that they had nearly finished stretching out and waking up.

"Yeah, I am Forlorieous." The man said as he took one last yawn.

He then blinked his eyes furiously before taking a good look at Marcus.

Yet, as the man finally came to full consciousness, he stared at Marcus for just a moment before practically warping over to him.

Forlorieous then grasped Marcus by the hands and said, "Would you become mine?"

Stunned, Marcus had no idea what was happening here, or why Forlorieous had just asked him to become his.

Pulling away from the other great spirit, Marcus said in a daze, "Um sorry, I am not into guys."

However, Forlorieous just smiled and said, "That is no problem."

The great spirit of nature's body then changed until he had taken the form of a beautiful woman.

"There is that more to you likening." Forlorieous said as if she had just solved the problem.

Yet now that Marcus was coming out of his stun a bit. He shook his head and said, "Wait, no. I am not going to be yours no matter what you look like. I already have someone."

Frowning, Forlorieous moved right up to Marcus and grasped him by the arm. Before putting on her best puppy dog eyes and saying, "Please. I promise that I am a great companion. You are a great spirit of light and darkness, so you are perfect for a great spirit of nature like myself."

Trying to pull away again, this time Marcus found himself grasped like he was stuck in a vice.

"Um could you please let go of me. I did not come here to talk about joining in some type of partnership with you. Anyway, I thought nature spirits hated darkness spirits." Marcus said trying to do whatever he could to break away from Forlorieous.

Seeing that she was making Marcus uncomfortable, Forlorieous eventually pulled away. And then said, "Yes you are right that most nature spirits do not like darkness. But I embody all of nature, and plenty of organisms thrive in the darkness as well as light. So, you are perfect for me."

With Forlorieous still pushing the issue of them becoming some sort of pair, Marcus wondered if he was going to be able to accomplish his goal.

If the price for Forlorieous' help was to end up as their partner, Marcus was going to have to decline.

He had no intention of being with anyone else other than Mrazivý, and he definitely did not have the best impression of the great spirit of nature so far.

"Oh, where are my manners. You have come all this way to see me, but I have not even welcomed you into my home."

Forlorieous then waved her hands and area where they were standing began to grow rapidly with numerous plants that shaped themselves into furniture.

Then once the furniture had been made, a large number of bushes and trees sprouted up, and on each of them were natural treasures.

Finally in the middle of the area, a large flower opened up and angled downward. Before a stream of blue liquid began to flow out of it into a bramble fountain.

"Please make yourself comfortable and relax. You said that you had come here to discuss something with me." Forlorieous said, trying to get on Marcus' good side.

Moving forward cautiously, Marcus took a seat across from Forlorieous. And as he did vines began grabbing the natural tressures that had popped up out of the ground and brought them over to Marcus.

"Feel free to have as many as you want. I assure you that they are all delicious."