Reborn Soul Master: The Rogue's Counterattack

The body of a mercenary began to twist strangely, and something like insect legs suddenly stretched out from his body.

Not only that. His body gradually grew larger, and bat-like wings began to grow on his back.

"What, what is this thing?"

"monster!"

"Let me out! Please let me out!" As a mercenary gradually turned into a monster, the other mercenaries who were locked in the same iron cage with him screamed in horror.

"Ah!" The praying priest was so frightened when he saw the mercenary turned into a monster that he fell backwards.

"There is another person who is hiding and transforming into a demon."

"Those are humans who turned into demons..." Professor Isaac and Deputy Captain Dexter watched the development of the situation with surprised expressions.

"Damn it." Mercenary King Jed walked up to a frightened soldier with a bitter expression.

"Lend it to me." Jed snatched the spear from the soldier and looked coldly at the mercenary who had turned into a monster.

Whoosh! Jed ​​gathered a little magic power on his spear, cut open the iron cage, and said to the frightened mercenaries.

"Come out, everyone." Hearing this, the mercenaries hiding in the corner next to the monster all fled out of the iron cage.

"Damn it! It was so close! Why! Why! Damn Fram!" The mercenary who suddenly turned into a bat-like monster roared.

The sight of a human face on the bat's body was very strange, and everyone who saw it looked confused.

"Why do you touch something you shouldn't touch?" Mercenary King Jed said to the mercenary who turned into a monster with a bitter expression.

"I'm going to kill you! I'm going to kill all of you!" The mad mercenary, no, the monster stared at Jed with angry eyes, and then rushed towards him with all his strength.

“Stupid guy.” Whoosh! From left to right. Jed swung the spear easily.

"Ah!" After just one swing, the mercenary who turned into a demon stopped moving.

Bang. His body was split in half and he died instantly.

"That's the Mercenary King..." Cardin, who was watching Jade from behind, showed a surprised expression.

“Although it looks like they are not even as good as the low-level demons, but anyway, it’s so easy…” He deserves to be called the Mercenary King.

There was no big movement or fancy technique. He just gathered a little magic power on the spear and swung it easily, and the mercenary who turned into a demon was split in half.

As calm as cutting leaves. The mercenary who was cut in half and died had black spots on his body and his eyes turned black.

When it became clear that he was becoming a demon, Isaac smiled bitterly and spoke.

"Once I return to the capital, I must gather the Guardians."

After finishing the matter in Trafalgar City, Isaac immediately returned to the Hero Academy with Cardan and Esther.

"I'm sorry. I wanted to let you spend this time more leisurely." Isaac apologized solemnly to Cardan and Esther who were sitting in the classroom.

The original plan was to conduct a practical course on monsters outside the walls of Trafalgar, near the Plains of Despair. However, a person who was being demonized was found among the imprisoned mercenaries, and the situation was urgent, so they immediately returned to the academy.

"It's ok."

"Thanks to this, we were able to return safely." Cardin and Esther nodded in understanding.

"Now that we know that the humans who used the magic stone to become demons have committed crimes, we have to come back urgently." Isaac apologized again, then raised his head and continued.

"Fortunately, the demons didn't appear again." Hearing this, Cardin frowned. The demons had already appeared.

More than just appearing, they may be lurking among humans, and may even control the leadership of the kingdom.

"Professor." Cardin collected his thoughts and raised his hand cautiously.

"What is it, Cardan." Isaac looked at Cardan with an expression as if asking what was wrong.

"I know the characteristics of a person who is transforming into a demon." Hearing this, Isaac tilted his head and asked with an expression of "is that possible?"

"If it's not divine power, can we tell it with just the naked eye?"

"Yes, that's right." Cardin nodded, and Isaac's eyes showed curiosity.

"Not from the corpse?"

"Yes. Even if you live as a human, there are ways to know if it's a demon." Isaac eagerly motioned for him to continue. Cardin paused and then spoke.

"People who are demonizing have animal tattoos somewhere on their bodies."

"Animal tattoos?"

"Yes. As long as we find that, we can know whether it is a demonic transformation. Of course, it is not easy to find tattoos. We can't take off clothes one by one to check.

“Is there a basis for this?” However, this is better than having no method at all. Therefore, Isaac couldn’t help but show his concern.

"Yes. I saw it with my own eyes." Cardan said, and Isaac standing on the podium and Esther sitting on the chair looked at Cardan at the same time.

Both had a look of "How did you do that?"

"I've seen a few people who are going through demonization during the holidays. They all have tattoos of animal designs on their bodies."

"What animal?"

"Boar and octopus."

"Sometimes these animals symbolize evil." Isaac nodded bitterly, then his expression turned stern and he looked at Cardin.

"Kadan, why are you saying this now?"

"Because there is no one who is completely trustworthy. When you meet someone who is transforming into a demon, you start to doubt them."

"Who can completely stand on the side of humans? Ever since I met the demons, I have been wary of humans. I can't trust anyone completely. Because I don't know what kind of tattoos are engraved on someone's body."

"The humans I've met who are demonizing don't have hidden animal tattoos." So far, the demons Cardan has encountered have tattoos on exposed body parts.

Not only do they not hide it, they sometimes even seem to be proud of it.

"So I suggest that only the three of us in this classroom know this fact."

"If it came out that tattoos were considered evidence of demonization, they would hide their tattoos and move around, right?"

"Yes." Professor Isaac looked at Cardin who nodded and thought.

"Fighting a lonely and difficult battle all by himself. Facing humans who are transforming into demons..." It seems that he understood why Cardin grew so quickly in a short period of time.

"Cardan. Have you been looking for someone with a tattoo?"