Reborn Soul Master: The Rogue's Counterattack

My memory is fragmented. The last thing I remember is the Duchess strangling me.

"Why is my body like this..." It feels good. The sharp pain I felt before losing consciousness is no longer there.

No, I feel more powerful than ever. It seems like I have not only recovered. Cardin looked around again, with an expression of incomprehension on his face.

There was no one to be seen. Only the pitch black darkness met his eyes. Not even the Duchess, who had been the object of his fear, could be seen.

"Ah." Cardin suddenly remembered his companions and quickly picked up the skeleton soldiers scattered around.

"Look for the unconscious person." He immediately summoned the ghost and gave the order.

- Found it! Master!

-Follow me!

"Great..." Cardin breathed a sigh of relief when he arrived at the place where he had initially fought the Duchess. Blanche and Mathias were still lying unconscious where they had initially fallen.

"It's lucky that the dark elves didn't show up in such a fierce battle." Cardan looked back at the dark forest.

"No matter what happens, we have to get out of here first." He looked at the unconscious Blanche and Mathias again.

Crack! Unable to lift two people by himself, Cardin summoned skeleton soldiers and had them surround the two people.

"Let's go." Picking up the broken sword of Matthias, the sacred object "Shield of the Holy Guardian" and other luggage of the group, they walked towards the exit of the forest.

In this way, Cardan and his companions successfully escaped from the dark elf forest. After a while, Cardan found a suitable place to camp after escaping from the forest.

He spread bedding in a simple tent made of bones and let Matthias and Blanche lie on it. After settling his companions, he immediately sent the skeleton soldiers to get firewood.

A bonfire was lit in front of the tent. Usually, fatigue would come all at once after the tension was relieved, but Cardan was more awake than ever. He didn't feel tired at all.

"I felt like I was doomed." He looked at the blazing flames and thought of the battle in the forest. In a battle without any hope, only despair, all he could do was wait for death.

As a high-level demon, Duchess Florian is not an opponent that Level 5 Necromancer Cardan can defeat.

The object of fear. The insurmountable strength. When she was pinching his neck and his consciousness was gradually blurred, he could only wait for the tragic ending.

"Why didn't the demons take us away? Or who saved us?" He knew the demons' behavior.

Kidnap the living, force them to become demons, and make them their subordinates. Then, they should take the unconscious Cardan and his companions away.

"If that's not the case, at least you should kill us to keep us quiet." It doesn't fit together at all.

"What happened when he was unconscious?" If his companions woke up, how would he explain it? Cardan sighed in frustration.

"Kadan...?" At this moment, Mathias' voice came from the other side of the tent. Looking back, Mathias was looking at Cardan blankly.

"you're awake?"

"What's going on?" Mathias looked around and walked towards Cardin with a dazed expression.

"Drink this first." As Matthias approached, Cardin handed him the bucket next to him.

Mathias still didn't seem to understand the situation and drank water with a dull expression.

Are you feeling extremely thirsty? Mathias quickly finished the bucket, sat down next to Cardin, and spoke again.

"Duchess...what happened to the monster? No, before that, where is the relic?" In response to Matthias' question, Cardin pointed to the tent.

"It's already in the tent, didn't you see it?"

"Ah... I'm in a trance now. Explain it to me first." Matthias pinched his forehead hard as if he had a headache.

"I don't know." Cardin decided to tell the truth.

"I lost consciousness, and when I opened my eyes, the woman was gone." As soon as he regained consciousness, he led everyone out of the forest, but no one knew where the Duchess went.

Bang! At this moment, Matthias suddenly hit Cardin on the back of the head.

"Hey, you lunatic! I told you to run, why are you standing there? I risked my life to save you!" Do you remember the situation when Cardan was standing there blankly?

Mathias yelled at Cardin with the angrier expression he had ever seen.

"At least one person should be left alive! That way the Duchess's crimes can be exposed! " This part can't be truthfully defended.

During the confrontation with Mathias and the Duchess, it cannot be said that he was communicating with Luna at that time to set a trap with the corpse.

"I'm sorry." Cardin stood up from his seat and bowed his head to apologize. In response to his sincere apology, Mathias did not continue to speak, but just frowned and sighed.

"...Although I don't know what happened, fortunately you are okay. Fortunately, you are still alive." When Mathias said fortunately, there was an inexplicable anger and desolation on his face.

"I am weak." He lives his life listening to compliments. Only the most talented people with the best talents in the kingdom can enter the Hero Academy.

He had always been at the top, but he failed so easily. Thinking of his own powerlessness, Mathias frowned.

"Who is the Duchess?" An existence that makes the time spent working so hard seem meaningless.

It was the first time that he faced a huge gap in strength. He felt hopeless and had no chance of winning.

All that was felt was pain, and Mathias's expression became lost. Looking at Mathias like this, Cardin seemed to have made up his mind, and his expression was meaningful.

"It's a demon."