Reborn Soul Master: The Rogue's Counterattack

"What?" Matthias showed an expression of disbelief when he heard Cardin's words.

"The Duchess is a demon? How is that possible?"

"The Duchess pointed at herself and said that she was a demon." Matthias recalled the battle with the Duchess.

The way she turned her body into flames and dodged attacks was indeed unlike that of a human. The power she possessed was also not something that a human could possess.

"Really... are they really the demons?" It was still hard to believe. Although I knew the demons existed, I didn't expect them to be so close.

Moreover, Duchess Vanessa Plorian is the patron of the Hero Academy. A noble noble of the kingdom. Such a woman turned out to be a demon.

"Damn it." Matthias cursed and lowered his head. The sadness that accompanied the curse was conveyed directly.

"If I were so weak, there would be no need to go to the academy." An academy established to train heroes to protect the kingdom.

Mathias, the strongest man trained in the academy, was powerless against the demons.

Are there really students in the academy who can fight against the demons?

Will there be anyone among the graduates who can defeat the demons?

“Guardian….” Matthias muttered to himself in a desolate voice, and then shook his head. It’s not even known whether the Guardian can defeat the Duchess. She is too powerful.

She was an unmatched opponent. From the Duchess, I felt the despair that an ant might feel if it were crushed to death by a human.

"Senior." Seeing that Mathias was in despair, Cardin called him carefully. Mathias forced a smile and raised his head, and Cardin sighed at his bitter expression.

Then, looking at him with a serious look, he continued.

"Are you going to report all these facts anyway?"

"What fact?"

"The Duchess attacked us, she is a demon." Hearing Cardin's words, Mathias scratched his head in confusion.

"The kingdom will fall into chaos." The revelation that the Duchess, who is influential even among the nobles, is a demon will surely cause chaos.

"No. Before the chaos, the Duchess was already dead, and our words will become empty." Cardin replied, shaking his head.

"What?" "If the Duchess is a demon, then we don't know who in the kingdom is still a demon." Someone with great influence might treat the words of the Hero Academy students as empty words.

Moreover, in order to completely conceal the fact that the demons appeared, he would turn his students into liars.

“Of course, if it is said by a senior, some people may believe it, but it will not actually bring chaos to the kingdom.” Hearing this, Matthias seemed to understand and nodded.

"Then what should we do?" Matthias felt even more desperate and sighed. No matter how hard he thought, he couldn't come up with an answer.

"We must find people who believe in the existence of demons and those who are hostile to them."

"Guardian."

"No." Cardin shook his head decisively. Now even the Guardians couldn't be trusted. Even if he told the Guardians, they wouldn't believe the students.

"The same goes for the people in the academy. Maybe some teachers will believe it, but it won't change much." If there is a magic stone, it can be used as evidence of the appearance of the demons.

"Yeah. They'll probably ask us how we managed to survive such a powerful demon. They won't believe us."

"Yes. And I have found one of them now." Cardin said looking at Mathias who pointed a finger at himself and asked.

"I?"

"Yes." Cardin nodded and spoke slowly.

"In fact, this is not the first time I have encountered a demon." Hearing this, Mathias' eyes opened wide.

"really?"

"Yes. The reason for concealing it is because of the situation mentioned above." The kingdom would not believe Cardin's words.

Therefore, even if Cardan knew about the existence of the demons, he had to hide it.

"By covering up the truth with lies, I will be putting myself in a dangerous situation."

"When exactly... No, how did you survive?" Mathias asked, swallowing his dry laugh, and Cardin nodded in response.

"It's a low-level demon. Compared to the Duchess, it's incomparably weaker." I can't tell him all the details.

The ability to absorb demon power, Charlotte's child, Luna's existence. There are many sensitive parts.

"Now the demons seem to be kidnapping humans... no, kidnapping students and turning them into demons." Then, Cardin told the story of demonization.

Capture students with strong bodies, inject magic stones into them, and forcibly turn them into demons.

"Also, the characteristic of a demon-transformed person is that they have a tattoo somewhere on their body."

"Then Fram is also..."

"Yes. He has a wild boar tattoo on the back of his hand. Although I've never seen him use the power of the demons." He couldn't reveal that he was the necromancer who killed Fram, so he had to tell some lies.

"You know that every year, graduating students disappear in dungeons or monster habitats, right?" Mathias nodded to Cardin's question.

"I thought it was a simple accident. Does it have anything to do with the demons?"

"At least one person, and at most three people, continue to disappear every year, and even their bodies cannot be found. Could this be a simple accident?" It does sound strange.

Why do 5 to 1 of the top 3 students keep disappearing?

"Students approaching graduation, hungry for merit, made reckless attempts and ultimately died. That's all the academy tells us."

Instantly, Esther's face appeared in Mathias' mind.

"Could it be that Esther-senpai is also like that?"

"Yes. It seems that Flame tried to kidnap Esther-senpai. If the masked necromancer hadn't appeared, he might have been kidnapped."