Reborn Soul Master: The Rogue's Counterattack

"I didn't expect to end up in the capital like this." Cardin entered the capital with a wry smile. The capital of the kingdom, which should have been more magnificent than anywhere else, now looked dilapidated and silent.

This huge castle lacked any vitality and any sense of oppression. Standing in front of it, Cardin couldn't help but sigh.

"Shall we go check it out first?" There didn't seem to be any danger in the city. The royal family who fled the castle to survive couldn't have set a trap.

Of course, he didn't step in without any preparation.

- No traps found!

-No barrier!

-I can actually enter the capital like this! What a glory...ah, that's not the point, there are no humans or demons here!

Cardan summoned the undead to conduct reconnaissance, and only started moving after confirming that there was no danger.

"Just in case, keep monitoring the surroundings," he ordered, walking towards the half-open door.

"Many people died here too." The bodies of people who died tragically could be seen everywhere in the capital. Unlike the royal family, they were unable to escape, and it seemed that their deaths were unjust and empty.

Although I want to explore the memories of the dead to see what happened here, their memories are full of pain and digging into their memories is not a good option.

"It's been three years, but there's almost no decay?" If there was anything strange, it was that the body looked like it had just died. There was no stench, and no decay.

“Can’t you feel the magic?” The corpses are in good condition, so they won’t turn into undead creatures. These corpses pose no threat, just lying there quietly.

Although he felt heavy-hearted, Cardan could do nothing. His undead army was not short of enough to need to be turned into undead creatures, and they did not have the materials to become powerful undead creatures.

Click. Cardin shook his head and opened the map Jack Carter gave him.

"Do we have to go through the underground prison?" Now that he had come to the royal city, he also wanted to see where the king lived and look for information related to Charlotte.

He also wanted to go and see the king's treasury. But in the end, he shook his head and walked towards the underground prison marked on the map.

"The royal family's treasures will sooner or later be used to rebuild the kingdom. There is no need to be greedy." One day, the kingdom will be taken back from the demons, and the reconstruction of the kingdom will require a large amount of funds.

Even if it weren't for this, Cardan immediately gave up the idea of ​​looking for the king's treasure.

"Yeah." The moment he entered the underground prison, Cardin showed a complicated expression and sighed.

"Perhaps this is the right choice." Cardan looked to the other side of the iron railing, where there were bodies of people shot to death by arrows.

"In the chaos caused by the war, there was no need to deliberately release the criminals. Perhaps they were killed just in case." The people who killed them might not be demons.

Because in the chaotic situation, there is no need to release criminals to threaten people. If the prison guards do not kill them, they may starve to death.

They couldn't hold on in this desolate place where no one cared about them for three years and eventually suffocated to death.

"When they can't be released or managed, the only option is to kill them." Looking at the criminals who died tragically, Cardin couldn't help but feel sad.

Of course, he was not defending the criminals. They deserved to be locked up here.

Of course, there are people who feel they are being held here unjustly, but how can we judge that now?

The reason why it feels desolate now is because the situation at that time made it necessary to kill all the criminals.

Cardin began to walk around the prison.

"It should be right here." The path to the ancient necromancer's cemetery is hidden.

It is not blocked by a barrier or something, but is hidden in an ordinary wall and requires some kind of magical device to open.

"Hmm?" Cardin, who was checking the map, found a line of small words.

[On the wall at the end of the tunnel in Chahar Prison. You must press down the brick with the Ingmar family crest.]

This was obviously prepared by Jack Carter in consideration of the difficulties Cardin might encounter.

"The Ingmar family?" If it was the Ingmar family's coat of arms, there was no way Cardin didn't know it.

This was the coat of arms that Cardin had seen for the seventeen years since Charlotte Ingmar's death, and it was also the coat of arms that he had grown tired of in the past three years.

The emblem seen most often after resurrection.

"Is this ancient necromancer's cemetery also managed by my father?" Cardin tilted his head and began to quickly check the bottom of the wall.

"Found it." There was a faintly visible ferocious wolf emblem engraved on the brick. The emblem was engraved very lightly, and it was difficult to find if you didn't look carefully.

Click. Following the instructions on the map, I gently pushed the brick, and with a click, the brick moved inward.

In an instant, with the sound of bricks moving and dust rising, the wall blocking the end of the passage began to slowly move to the left.

Before the dust had completely settled, a new path appeared at the end of the underground prison passage.

"Because it's the cemetery of an ancient necromancer, I thought it would be more eerie, but it's the exact opposite."

There were no monsters on the road leading to the ancient necromancer's cemetery. It felt more peaceful than spooky. The air was not cold or damp, but fresh like entering a forest.

"What a strange place." The ferocious wolf emblem, the emblem of the Ingmar family, confirmed that this place was managed by Charlotte.

It is a place that has not been managed for at least three years, but it is well maintained everywhere.

“Now is not the time to be sentimental.” If it was managed by Charlotte, it would not be easily stepped into.

Just like the past three years of searching for Charlotte, there is a feeling of anticipation.

"I left many traces all over the kingdom." Cardin smiled softly and began to walk quickly again.

Soon, he stopped in front of a huge door made of black stone.

"I really can't feel the barrier."

-No traps! At least not in my opinion!

-I checked the other side, the door is open?

-There are no enemies on the other side of the door! Master!

Thanks to the ghosts' careful reconnaissance of the situation behind and around the door, Cardin opened the long-closed door effortlessly.

As the door opened, what appeared before us was a space reminiscent of a huge warehouse rather than a tomb.

"Are you expecting too much? It looks so ordinary, I'm a little disappointed."

Cardin swallowed his self-deprecating laughter and walked to the other side of the door. Soon he stepped into the space known as the ancient necromancer's cemetery.

The walls were covered with unknown texts, and in the center of the room there was a huge coffin made of stone.

"Why would my father and the royal family go out of their way to hide and manage this place?" Cardan thought as he walked.

No matter how many times he circled around, he couldn't find anything that looked special.

"Although I didn't intend to open it and take a look." Even a necromancer would not open a coffin casually.

He is not a grave robber, and will not open coffins containing corpses at random, although necromancers may have different inclinations.

"I thought if it was managed by my father, I might get something." Cardin smacked his lips inwardly, looked at the huge coffin, then slowly walked to the coffin and stopped.

He gently placed his hand on the stone coffin lid and pushed a little harder, but the lid did not move.

in contrast.

As if the coffin had triggered a magical device, strange noises were heard and a blue light covered the stone coffin.

"Trap?" No, it didn't look like a trap, and there was no sense of threat. As the blue light gradually became stronger, a translucent figure appeared above the coffin.

At that moment, Cardin seemed to stop all his thoughts and stood there.

"Long time no see, Cardin." The translucent figure was Charlotte Ingmar.

"Father?" Why is Charlotte Ingmar's spirit here?

"Is your soul imprisoned here?" Cardan quickly came to his senses and asked.

"This is not my soul, but the magic that contains my will. I anticipated my own death and left my will here in advance."

Cardin hesitated whether to say the next words. This was a sudden encounter with his father.

He had a lot to say, but he couldn't organize his thoughts. Seeing Cardin's hesitation, Charlotte smiled gently and looked at Cardin carefully.

"The fact that you can come here means that the demons have already started to act."

"Father, what happened..."

"I don't know how I died. Before I died, I found this place and set up this device." Cardin had no sense of reality and did not shed tears.

His emotions did not waver, he just stared at the translucent Charlotte like a person who had been shocked.

"I guess the reason I died was because I noticed the demons' plan and hid what they needed." Cardin listened to Charlotte silently. Charlotte suddenly stopped talking and chuckled.

"Cardan, you finally found this place. You are worthy of being my son." Then Charlotte changed her tone and spoke gently.

"We still have plenty of time. How about we chat for a while before we get into the main topic?" Charlotte's will that stayed here was four years ago, that is, it was stagnant in the past.

To Charlotte, her son, whom she had not seen for a few months, suddenly grew up, and the Cardin in front of her felt a little strange.

"As expected of Ingmar's descendant, you have grown up to be very brave. I am really proud of you." Hearing this, Cardin's eyes seemed to be about to well up with tears, but he still forced a smile and nodded.

"Thanks to my father's teachings." Hearing Cardin's words, Charlotte smiled with satisfaction and asked another question.

"So, how are you doing now? If you were my son, you should have reached 6 stars before adulthood..."

"It's 8 stars." Cardin answered carefully, and Charlotte's eyes widened in surprise and she was stunned.

"what?"

"8 stars..."

"Not 6 stars, but 8 stars?"

"Yes, father." Charlotte smiled when she heard this clear answer.

"No way. No matter how I taught you, 8 stars? At that age? I knew you were talented, but I didn't expect you to surpass me?"

The serious expression disappeared, and turned into the playful Charlotte that he had seen when he was a child. Cardin also smiled because he missed that look.

"Did you meet Isaac?"

"Yes."

"That guy didn't turn you into a monster, did he? He's a guy who uses weird necromancy."

"Don't worry. I learned a lot from Professor Isaac, too." Cardin began to briefly tell Charlotte what happened after his death.

Although a lot of things happened, if the magic that Charlotte left in the coffin disappeared, his will would disappear with it, so Cardin only picked out a few important things to tell him.

"The situation is more serious than expected. Isaac is also dead." After hearing all the stories, Charlotte showed a disappointed expression and shook her head.

"I have a lot of questions to ask you, but first I have to start with this story." The Charlotte in front of him was just a will left by magic, not the real Charlotte's soul.

Therefore, Charlotte also knew that it was more important for him to convey all the words that needed to be said than to listen to curious stories here.

"First, I will tell you what I discovered about the demons' plans, and the information about the key I stole from them."