Reborn Soul Master: The Rogue's Counterattack

"call…."

Cardin opened his eyes and slowly sat up, holding his forehead with his hand.

'Did my magic rebound on me?'

Before he lost consciousness, Cardin recalled the scene, smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"I was too careless. I didn't expect that he would teleport the body to me while detonating it."

He had never underestimated Belid. He knew that he was experienced in actual combat, so he remained vigilant.

"After confirming that he can't use teleportation continuously, I'm sure I can win..."

Continuous use of teleportation will place a great burden on the caster.

If you use teleportation magic by manipulating magic power unstably, your body may even be torn into pieces.

Therefore, Cardin was sure that Belid would not use teleportation magic again.

"I thought he would use defensive magic to protect himself, but I didn't expect him to use teleportation there."

However, Belid chose to teleport.

Although her magic power was unstable, the object she teleported was not herself, but the undead creatures and the goblin corpses that had activated the explosion magic.

Because it didn't matter if it was torn into pieces, Belid decisively used the teleportation magic.

result.

'A clean loss.'

Cardin had to experience the long-lost bitterness of failure.

Of course, this was a failure that could be a stepping stone to growth. Because there was nothing to lose, Cardin could still smile.

"It even put me into a coma."

Cardin smiled wryly and sat up on the bed.

'Um? '

But it's strange.

An environment that is both familiar and unfamiliar.

'television?'

He saw things that were invisible in the world he lived in.

'This is a mobile phone, that is an air conditioner...'

Cardan, no, it is something that can be seen in the era when Huang Peng lived.

"what is this?"

Could it be that you are dreaming?

Cardin stood up from the bed in disbelief and turned on the TV with the remote control.

-Today's weather across the country is...

The announcer, in a neat dress, pointed to a map and explained the weather.

jingle.

-Only $99! Buy now...

jingle.

-Shufang is my daughter...

Even after changing a few channels, I didn't notice anything strange.

"What exactly is this?"

Cardin smiled wryly as he turned off the TV and checked the bed he had just been lying on.

'Is this the room I stayed in?'

After living as Cardin for 20 years, I have now forgotten this space.

The vague memory space gradually began to become familiar.

dong dong!

At this moment, the doorbell rang. Cardin was startled and slowly turned his head.

I became nervous for no reason and my heart was pounding.

"Brother Dapeng! It's me! Are you still sleeping?"

A familiar voice came from the other side of the door. A voice that I could never forget.

"Yongcheng?"

Cautiously calling out to the owner of the familiar voice.

"Yes! Brother! Are you up so early? I brought you some food! Please open the door!"

Cardin took an unconscious step back.

'No, what is going on?'

Are you dreaming?

But if this was a dream, it was too vivid for all the senses.

The faint scent of vanilla wafting from the room of a bachelor living alone.

dong dong!

"Brother! I'm really in a hurry! Please! Stop joking!"

From outside the door came the voice of an old subordinate anxiously ringing the doorbell.

Whoosh.

Cardin opened the door without noticing.

Click!

"Brother! I need to go to the bathroom first!"

Yongcheng, wearing a gray suit, quickly crossed the living room and ran to the bathroom.

"Is it really Yongcheng?"

This is a face that can never be forgotten.

He was his closest and most loyal subordinate, and was also the one who betrayed him by stabbing Cardin, also known as Huang Peng, with a knife.

How could I forget this face?

Cardin shook his head and slowly closed his eyes.

"The magic core...disappeared?"

The magic core accumulated over the years disappeared without a trace.

“Remember death….”

He reached his hand into the air, attempting necromancy, but only silence answered Cardan's throat.

"Hmm? Remember what?"

At this time, the bathroom door opened and Yongcheng walked out with a satisfied expression.

"Ok?"

"Brother, please sit down. I bought some food from the porridge shop in front. I'll prepare it right away."

Yongcheng walked to the kitchen as skillfully as if he were at home, took out the pot, and poured in the packaged porridge.

Soon, bowls of porridge were brought to the table.

"Brother Dapeng! Have breakfast!"

Yongcheng called out to Cardin, who had a dazed expression.

"Huh? Oh, okay."

Cardin smiled bitterly, walked over slowly, finally sat down at the dining table and picked up the chopsticks.

Gululu.

'I can feel the taste too.'

The hot soup from the freshly cooked porridge stimulates the tongue.

I felt the familiar and nostalgic taste and couldn't help but laugh.

"I drank too much yesterday, so I prepared something to sober me up. How about that?"

Peng Yongcheng asked Cardin with a bright smile.

"good to eat."

Hearing Kadan's answer, Peng Yongcheng nodded with satisfaction and started eating.

'Going crazy.'

Cardin put down his chopsticks and frowned.

This is an unbelievable situation.

After waking up, I turned from Cardan back into Huang Peng?

Huang Peng is clearly dead.

'Did I get killed by the explosion of the corpse I used?'

So is this really the afterlife? The kind of afterlife where you see places you miss?

"Brother Peng. Isn't it delicious? My eldest brother said there is something important today, so he asked us to gather early."

"Hmm? Something important?"

"Yes. Today they said the Axe Gang guys were acting suspiciously, so everyone was called to assemble. Don't you remember?"

What Peng Yongcheng said next made Cardin's eyes light up, and he seemed to remember something.

"The Axe Gang?" Cardin hurriedly felt his pocket, then looked back at the calendar hanging on the wall.

"Today is April 4th, right?" Kadan, who was checking the calendar, asked, and Peng Yongcheng, who was eating porridge, nodded in response.

"Yes, brother. You look really strange today. Like someone who has lost his soul. What happened?"

Peng Yongcheng put down the spoon and asked carefully. Cardin smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Nothing." April 4. This day was the day before Kadan, no, Huang Peng died.

hotel.

"Brother! Hello!" The men in black suits greeted the white-haired man sitting on the high-end sofa.

"Okay, everyone sit down." After the fierce-looking man signaled, the men in black suits sat down cautiously.

“Brother…” Cardin, who appeared as Huang Peng, sat down with a wry smile, then looked at his boss with nostalgia.

"How is everyone doing?"

"Yes! Boss!"

"You probably all know why I called you here, right?"

"Yes! We know!" the men answered loudly at the same time, and it felt like the whole room was shaking.

"Did the Axe Gang break into our territory and cause trouble?" A man with a flat head raised his hand cautiously to answer the boss' question.

"Yes, bro. Guys from the Axe Gang showed up in the area I manage and they're causing trouble."

"Is anyone hurt?"

"About 10 people were hospitalized. This was a clear provocation."

"Yes. Provocative." The boss frowned as he combed his gray hair back.

His expression changed, the air became heavy, and the other members of the organization swallowed, waiting for the boss's next words.

"How can our Bamboo Dragon Society tolerate such an insult?"

"Yes! Boss!"

"Why would such lawless guys want to provoke us? Tsk tsk." The boss pouted and looked around slowly.

"Huang Peng." The boss looked at Cardin and called out his name, and Cardin nodded in response.

"Yes." Although this was a sudden and incomprehensible situation of continuing a previous life, Cardin decided to let it go.

This way he can also meet the people he wants to meet, and now he wants to follow this trend.

"You've had a hard time this time."

"Can you do anything?"

"Okay. I'll send a few good guys to follow you, whether it's threats or war, deal with the situation yourself, and then come back."

"I see." Hearing his boss' words, Cardin nodded immediately.

"I remember it's the same as before." Following the boss's order, he went to the base of the Axe Gang, which often caused trouble.

According to the order, Huang Peng led the members of the organization to the Axe Gang's stronghold.

“And died there.” This was the last day of Cardin’s previous life.

So far, the course of events had not changed, just as Cardan remembered.

Not long after, after finishing the meal, the boss called Cardin alone, and the two came to the yard in front of the restaurant and looked at the blackened sky.

"Huang Peng, I'm sorry for making you do dangerous things every time."

"Do not."

"Others have to manage the region and deal with a lot of complicated things. You're the only one who will be dissatisfied if you have nothing to do. Do you know that?"

"Yes. I know." Cardin, no, Huang Peng is only responsible for illegal affairs and problems that can be solved violently with fists.

"Well, your personality makes it hard for you to do other things too. Hahaha!"

"I know."

"Huang Peng, have you ever regretted following me?" the boss asked as he lit a cigarette. Cardin slowly shook his head.

"Brother, you are like a father to me. If it weren't for you, I might still be a street thug."

"Yeah. You're like a son to me. So be careful. When are you planning on leaving?"

call.

The smoke the boss exhaled faded in the air and drifted away with the wind.

"Go in right after 12 o'clock."

"Okay. Go talk to everyone. You go first."

As the boss spoke, he dusted off his cigarette ash on the steps in the yard. Cardin looked at him blankly, then spoke.

"Boss."

"Well, what happened?"

"I miss you so much."

"Mental illness!" The boss burst out laughing and looked at Cardin as if he were a weirdo.

"Oh, yes, Huang Peng."

"Ok?"

"Have you considered what I said before?"

"What did you say?"

"Ambition. People need ambition to survive." Hearing his boss' words, Cardin looked at the blackened sky with an expressionless face.

“Ambition…” Kadan thought of the faces of many people. This was not the face in Huang Peng’s memory.

Charlotte, Jack Carter, Luna, and the people I met at the academy. Their faces came to mind.

"The life lived as Cardan is not a dream." Cardan then smiled and nodded.

"Yes. I thought about it for a while."

"Hahaha! Good. After you deal with the Axe Gang guys, tell me what your ambitions are."

"Okay. I'm off then." Cardin straightened his clothes and greeted his boss solemnly.

"This is not reality." Cardin thought so, stood up, and turned to walk towards the entrance of the hotel.

"This is a dream. A very bad dream." Cardin walked out of the restaurant, the door of a black car opened, and Peng Yongcheng hurriedly jumped out to greet Cardin.

"You're here, brother."

"Did you call your brothers?"

"Yes. Everyone is ready." Cardin looked at Peng Yongcheng's waist.

"If we go to war with the Axe Gang, he'll take out the knife hidden behind his back and stab me." Cardin showed a bitter expression, but then smiled and nodded.

"Okay. Let's go." Cardin took another step and faced the time of his own death.