Chances are his old body is soulless. But with the body of the supreme magus even if zombified, the brain would probably be sentient and develop its own will without the soul as a lich. I don’t think there would be any other magic user close to his level that may even get near his old body
honestly, if you are faster and strive to deliver translations with the best quality you can and with great passion for the series, what more can i ask for. Who cares if there are multiple groups translating it. Competition is good.
Did the spell that reincarnated him have the unexpected side effect of resurrection of a soulless corpse into a lich? If his original body is dead dead, double emphasis on the dead part, then they can’t really pretend he was alive.
This is completely different from how the novels were. There was no Japanese robot anime reference. and he absolutely floored his opponent's golems with his opponent trying to attack him in person with a dishonorable attack. Them leaving the ring on good terms did not happen. Opponent acted as...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtAz9_qbTh0
if i got reincarnated into this world, the first thing I would do is make a full suit of armor out of pans and just pan people left and right