Reborn Soul Master: The Rogue's Counterattack

The city of Radames is filled with a silence reminiscent of a ghost town.

-Master! We found the location of the demons.

-No other demons were seen! The ghosts who came back from reconnaissance reported this, and Cardan nodded, staring out of the city gate.

"Immortals? Why are they called immortals?" He wondered. No matter how powerful a demon is, if it is not an undead, it is difficult to revive it.

"Is there anything strange? Like the illusion magic? The life orb?"

He wondered if there was a life orb that stored vitality separately, like the highest-level undead "Lich".

-No! We didn't see anything except the scary-looking demons! The ghosts shook their heads and said they didn't find anything strange.

"Is it because of its good defense?" Cardin didn't know, he nodded, remembering what the assassin who went to Radames last night told him.

- He was clearly shot in the heart, but he was fine. Then he was shot in the head, but he was still fine.

I got scared and ran away immediately. Even though I aimed at the weak points of most creatures - the heart and the head, he was still fine.

"Demons can't be undead." Cardan, who is the one who resurrects the dead, cannot resurrect demons.

Because demons will turn into black smoke and disappear after death, no corpses will be left behind.

So, what is the true identity of the demon that occupies this Radames?

"When are we going in?" Cardin was in distress, and Luna beside him asked with her head tilted.

"Not really. I want to know the guy's true identity before I go in."

"Could it be the highest level demon we have seen before?"

"You mean the demons we encountered in the Dark Elf Forest?"

"Yeah. No matter what the attack is, he will turn his body into fire to avoid it, right?" Luna's words seemed to make sense, and Cardin nodded in response.

"Maybe. He might be a guy who is good at magic." Duchess Florian.

Just like the demon who was good at fire magic, the demon who occupied the city of Radames might also be an excellent magician.

"This is the only information we can speculate here right now." Cardin nodded to himself.

"The rest I can only find out in person." After organizing his thoughts, Cardin began to walk towards the city gate.

"Luna, let's go."

"Yeah." After passing the city gate, the quiet city atmosphere made people hold their breath involuntarily. There was no human presence here at all.

This is a ruined city filled with the breath of death. Feeling the countless breaths of death, Cardan frowned.

-Master! This way! He is sitting in the center of the city, as if waiting for the master!

-We will lead the way! Under the guidance of the ghosts, Cardin and Luna quickened their pace and soon arrived at the city center square.

"Is that the guy?" A man with aristocratic temperament and elegant appearance sat in a luxurious chair.

Long blond hair. Even the hair quality looks good and the body proportions look perfect.

That look alone is enough to make people think of the word "art" and gives people a cool vibe.

"I've been waiting for you guys for a long time. I had a feeling someone would come, but I didn't expect it to take so long." The demon sitting on the chair slowly stood up from his seat and said after noticing Cardin.

The way he stood up and spoke was even more aristocratic than any other nobleman.

"Cardan, be careful." Luna said in a vigilant voice, activating her magic power. Cardan nodded and prepared to fight.

"Indeed, after reaching 8 stars, controlling magic power has become easier." This is a feeling that you can't feel at 7 stars.

It was as if the magic power became a part of the body, allowing it to move comfortably and naturally.

You can use magic with as much magic power as your fingernails, and the concentration of magic power becomes stronger.

"You're so impatient. I've been alone for a long time and I'm bored. How about we chat for a while?"

"There's nothing to talk about with the demons. Don't you know that?"

"Then let us briefly introduce ourselves. My name is Grasha Julius." The demon who called himself Grasha greeted Cardin politely like a noble.

For the demons, there was no value in properly greeting them, so Cardin refused to say hello and did nothing.

"Wow, looking at it this way, we seem to be the bad guys?" Luna next to him poked the back of Cardin's hand and said.

The polite demons and the humans who ignored him. If you look from a distance, maybe some people would think Cardan is a bad guy?

"I understand your indifference. But anyway, I like you and I want to talk to you for a while." Grasha said and began to draw something in the air with his fingers.

"Draw?" The bright red magic power condensed at the fingertips. When the fingers moved, the bright red magic power remained in the air and began to draw a certain pattern.

Whoosh! The moment the pattern was completed, flames began to ignite around Cardin.

"When I think of death, the first thing that comes to mind is fire. What about you?" The flickering flames seemed alive, threatening Cardan.

Cardan immediately summoned the surrounding skeleton soldiers and answered while looking at Grasha.

"I think of skeletons." The difference between 7-star and 8-star was also clearly shown on the skeleton soldiers. All the skeleton soldiers were emitting green light, and the skeleton bodies also had a slight magical power.

And they are not just ordinary skeleton soldiers. Because they have magical powers, you can occasionally see skeleton magicians preparing magic.

"Necromancer. You are the one mentioned above. The one who possesses Charlotte's legacy." As soon as Grasha finished speaking, the surrounding flames changed their forms like a knight and rushed towards Cardin.

Led by Anthony, the Death Knights were summoned one after another.

"Another fight?" Dullahan finally showed up. Even Chick showed up.

"Mr. Chick. There is only one opponent this time. Although I don't know his exact ability, he will definitely be a strong enemy." Cardin said to Dullahan.

"I understand. I will lead the knights." Chick said, drawing his sword from his waist, and the death knights also entered combat status.

"You were able to summon the Death Knight and Dullahan so quickly. I heard that you are a 7-star. Have you grown?" Grasha seemed more happy than afraid of Cardan's growth. He smiled.

His beautiful face showed a bright smile, which somehow gave people a sense of incongruity.

"Kadan, I'll go first." Luna stomped her feet and rushed towards Grasha. As she ran towards Grasha, Luna put on the blood armor and then bloody brass knuckles grew on her hands.

"I've only heard of vampires. They're really beautiful. I'd like to know what expression you make when you're in pain." Grasha began to draw something in the air with her fingers again.

"Huh?" In an instant, huge sickles began to rain down in front of Luna.

"What is this all of a sudden!" Is he good at summoning magic? Rather than using magic to create something, it's more like a magic that summoned a huge sickle from somewhere and quickly came into being.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Luna, who was running towards Grasha, changed direction hastily, dodging the huge sickle that fell from the sky. She thought she had dodged the attack skillfully.

"Vampires are indeed very strong." Grasha began to draw something quickly in the air with a bright smile.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh! Then arrows shot out from all directions, flying towards Luna. Crack! Then the bone wall around her rose up from the ground, blocking all the arrows.

"Thank you. Cardin."

"No big deal." Of course, the bone wall was built by Cardin.

"Is he using magic with his fingers?" Cardin frowned as he looked at the blond demon Grasha. Although he was not sure of his exact abilities, he could cause fire and summon weapons in midair just by drawing something in the air with his fingers.

At this time, the Death Knight troops, which had defeated all the Flame Knights, began to charge towards Grasha.

"It's our turn now!" Dullahan shouted, and nearly 100 death knights rushed towards Grasha.

"I'm not interested in you. You don't know the existence of pain, do you?" Grasha sneered and drew something in the air.

Woohoo! Instantly, the Death Knights were pushed back by something transparent.

"What's this!"

"Nothing at all!"

"What on earth pushed us back?" The Death Knights panicked, and in order not to be pushed back, they planted their feet firmly on the ground.

"I'm only interested in you two." Grasha smiled and looked at Cardin and Luna again. Whoosh! The sword energy from Dullahan cut off one of Grasha's arms.

Chike took advantage of the moment of his carelessness, injected sword energy into the sword and swung it, and the instant attack hit.

"It's done." The arm that used magic was cut off, and Cardin smiled, convinced of his victory. However, his smile did not last long.

"The knights summoned by the 8-star necromancer possess outstanding abilities. I never thought these filthy beings would harm my body."

Even though his arm was cut off, there was no blood. Not only that? Grasha didn't seem to care about his arm being cut off and kept a calm face.

"What?" Cardan was surprised and made a bone spear and threw it at Grasha.

Although it was an attack that could be avoided, Grasha did not dodge.

The bone spear pierced his abdomen and stopped. Grasha stared blankly at the bone spear on his abdomen. Then he looked at Cardan triumphantly with a bright smile.

"Immortal..." Was he called that not just because he was powerful? Was he given this nickname based on the literal meaning, that is, immortality?

It was confusing. Even though his arms were cut off and his body was pierced by a gun, Grasha was not affected at all.

“If you are truly an immortal, then not even the Guardians can kill you.” Although it may sound a bit arrogant, if he is truly an undead, even if the Guardians come, they will not be able to kill him.

Whoosh! In an instant, Grasha's severed arm disappeared, and at the same time, a new arm began to grow from the severed arm.

It was not that the severed arm was growing, but rather that the severed arm appeared as if time had gone backwards.

"Cardan." Luna, who was watching the scene, quickly stepped back and said to Cardan.

"Luna, did you see that too?"

"Yes. That is something that no magic can do. Unless it is the Demon King."

"There must be something."

"Yeah. There are no immortals for no reason. Just think of the lich."

"Is the Orb of Life hidden somewhere?" Cardin asked with his head tilted, and Luna nodded and looked around.

"Maybe this city itself is that guy's territory. But if he leaves this city, his amazing immortality ability will be useless."

"Surely, it's impossible to drive that guy out of town, right?"

"Yeah. Just like a lich doesn't leave its domain."

"So, are we going to deal with that guy like we were hunting a lich?" Cardin asked Luna, who took a deep breath and nodded.

"Yes. The Orb of Life must be hidden somewhere. I'll go look for it."

There is no need to choose all-out war for the demon clan, which is not affected at all even if its arms are cut off and its body is pierced by a gun. If there is a secret, it must be revealed first.

"I'll buy time, please. Luna."

"Yeah. Don't die."

"Don't worry. I'm also an 8 star now, right?"

"That's true." Luna said, turned around and disappeared.

"Where are you going?" Glasha immediately drew something in the air, trying to grab Luna's ankle. As a necromancer, Cardin immediately rushed forward and waved a dagger, preventing him from continuing to attack.

"Your opponent is me. Didn't you say you wanted to talk to me? Well, let's talk."