Reborn Soul Master: The Rogue's Counterattack

The climax of the party. The masked ball duel began. On the stage prepared for the duel in the center of the venue, students wearing masks stepped on it and showed their strength.

After the match began, the band's music could no longer be heard. Wahhhhhhhhhhh! The cheers of the students watching the match replaced the music and filled the venue.

“The graduating class is really different.”

"Wow, this is such a neat match." The first-year students were undoubtedly the ones who enjoyed the party the most. This was their chance to see the strength of their seniors firsthand.

Perhaps because they didn't want to miss this rare opportunity, they were more focused than at any other class time.

"Don't defeat Goblin Mask!"

"Mage, win!" Although the students couldn't see who it was because of the mask, they didn't seem to care about it. They watched the duel happily.

What is more important than who is who is what is what kind of strength is shown, which brings fun to the audience.

"Seniors, do you know who the opponent is?"

"We've been together for three years, so you can probably guess from the posture."

"Second-year seniors also compete against each other occasionally, right?" As the competition progressed, the atmosphere of the party was getting more and more lively.

Although everyone was in high spirits, some people did not enjoy the party.

"It's going crazy." In a corner of the venue, a student wearing a skull mask was looking around with his arms folded.

"There are demons in the academy." Cardin, who was wearing a skull mask, seemed very conflicted and sighed.

The Masked Ball is a party that only members of the Hero Academy can attend. But when he heard that there might be uninvited guests, Cardin felt uneasy.

After becoming a vampire, Valentina, like Luna, knows how to distinguish between demons and humans, and can also sense the breath of demons.

"Tsk. They're all wearing masks." According to Valentina, there might be demons hiding somewhere in the academy.

"If Valentina can tell the difference between demons and humans, then there are no demons among the students or teachers here."

The silver lining in this unfortunate situation is that at least there are no demons or people who are in the process of becoming demons among the students, teachers, and professors.

"So, that means it's hidden somewhere in the academy." Cardin felt uneasy.

Suddenly, someone came up and put his hand on Cardin's shoulder. Cardin was startled and looked back. There stood Alves wearing a wolf mask.

"Alvis?"

"Cardan. That senior. Isn't he Mathias senior?" Alves pointed at the stage and said to Cardan. Looking where his finger was pointing, there was a man wearing a monster mask on the stage.

Mathias, wearing a monster mask, walked onto the stage and greeted his opponent respectfully.

“It’s an honor to be the senior’s final opponent in the academy.”

"Ha. It's you after all. I expected that, but I didn't expect you to actually challenge me to a duel."

"This is my last chance to compete with the top-ranked senior in the graduating class. I can't miss it. You know, I'm going to graduate too." Mathias, wearing a monster mask, laughed cheerfully.

Then, the man wearing a white patterned mask opposite sighed and shook his head.

“Although I feel like I’ve become a challenger, I still have to have fun.” The man wearing the patterned mask smiled softly and slowly drew his sword from his waist.

Then Mathias also adjusted the position of the gun he was holding.

"Don't worry about casualties! Start when you are ready!" With the shout of the teacher who served as the referee, the duel began.

"Cardan. Do you know who that senior with the patterned mask is?"

"I don't know. Mathias-senpai said he's the strongest among the third graders."

"Yes. I just heard it. I checked and it seems that it was Senior Lawley who is going to join the Knights of Ryan this time." Hearing the words of the Knights of Ryan, Cardin seemed to remember something and tilted his head.

"The words of the Knights of Ryan..."

"Yes. It's one of the five great knight orders in the kingdom led by Alan Montclair, the father of that guy Leiden." It doesn't mean that anyone who graduates from the Hero Academy can join the five great knight orders.

Only the top five can apply for the five major knightly orders, and must pass the order's own examinations to enter.

"It is said that Senior Lawley is in the top 5 of the graduating class, and is actually considered the strongest."

"Alves, how do you know all this?" Cardin asked with his head tilted, and Alves pointed somewhere with his finger.

3 Or "They told me." "Those guys..." Where Alves pointed, there were three men wearing cute puppy masks.

Just by looking at the way they were gathered together and chatting, Cardin immediately guessed their identities.

"Human, Brent, and David?" They were the typical gossiping trio of first graders. Cardin smiled softly and looked back at the stage where the duel had already begun.

"If the demons make any movement, tell Valentina and watch the duel first, right?"

Cardin put his uneasiness aside for the moment and decided to watch the battle between the strongest second-year player, Mathias, and the strongest third-year player, Lawley.