Reborn Soul Master: The Rogue's Counterattack

"Jed, are you killing time by fishing again?"

"Isaac, is that you? What are you doing here if not looking for your body?"

"I just felt bored and wanted to spar with you."

"Leave me alone, okay?" Jed frowned impatiently, looking at his fishing rod.

“I didn’t catch any fish.”

"Didn't I tell you not to worry and just go?" Jed raised his voice when Isaac spoke again.

"Why don't we make a bet?"

"bet?"

"Let's see who catches the bigger fish." Isaac's suggestion made Jed seem to hesitate and frown.

Then Isaac scoffed, as if mocking his hesitation, and continued.

"Are you scared? Aren't you known as the Mercenary King?"

"Nonsense! Why would I hide behind undead creatures and fight like you?"

"Then you accept the bet?"

"What are we betting on?"

"The loser should give the most precious thing to the other party."

"I like that offer." Jed accepted the offer, and Isaac immediately produced a fishing rod made of bones from thin air.

Soon after.

"I win!" Jed won the bet and proudly extended his hand to Isaac.

"Take it out. I want to know what is the most precious thing to the professor of Hero Academy."

"Tsk, what bad luck at this time." Isaac shook his head as if regretful, reached his hand into the void and took out something.

"what is this?"

"Well, it's the most precious thing to me." Isaac took out a pair of worn black leather shoes.

"Are you kidding me? Or do you want to fight me again?" Jade thought Isaac was joking, and angrily activated his magic and glared at Isaac.

"I swear to the God of Death, these shoes are the most precious thing to me." Then Isaac handed over the shoes with a kind smile.

"What is this? Is there some special magic?" Swearing to God, Jed's anger naturally subsided.

"I'm not so sure either."

"Don't you know that this pair of worn-out shoes is the most precious thing to you?"

"Yes. Someone will definitely come to you for it in the future, so keep it well before then." Isaac said, then turned and left.

Then Jade shouted at Isaac's back.

"Hey! What time is that?"

"After I die?"

"This bastard!"

Mercenary King Jade chuckled as he recalled the past.

"He really came after his death to look for his shoes. Damn it, Isaac, he didn't come in person, but sent his apprentice instead."

Jade looked at Cardin, who frankly held out his hand for the shoes, and nodded.

"If that is your wish, I must fulfill it. After all, a promise is a promise." Jade immediately stretched out his hand with the ring on it, and then his hand opened the void.

"These are the shoes Isaac gave me after he lost the game. These are the shoes you're looking for, right?"

Jed took out the old shoes and showed them to Cardin, who looked at them silently without answering.

"These shoes were given to me by Isaac after he lost the game. These are the shoes you're looking for, right? But..." Jade stopped suddenly while handing over the shoes and asked.

"These shoes originally belonged to Mr. Charlotte?"

"Yes, I heard that. Father said that he gave the shoes to Mr. Isaac." After Cardin answered, Jade's brows furrowed.

“Damn Isaac. What he got from Mr. Charlotte is his most precious thing?” Jed snorted and handed the shoes to Cardin without hesitation.

"Take it. They are just a useless pair of shoes to me." The old shoes were placed in Cardin's hands, and Cardin chuckled as he looked at the shoes.

"They are so well maintained." Although placed in mid-air, there was not a speck of dust on the shoes.

Perhaps this pair of shoes is a medium for the mercenary king Jed to recall his old friend Isaac.

"I can definitely feel the presence of the dead." I felt an energy on the old shoes that was both familiar and unfamiliar.

"Cardan, long time no see." After Cardan and the Mercenary King finished their business, Aaron Trafalgar approached Cardan with a friendly smile.

"Glad to see you're in good health." Cardin quickly put the old shoes into the void, then respectfully greeted Aaron Trafalgar, the master of Trafalgar City.

"Thanks to the help of the resistance, the revolutionaries, and the mercenaries, the city has become a little more peaceful."

"I'm sorry to interrupt the meeting. I can wait until the meeting is over..."

"Someone I haven't seen for a long time is here, and I can't let you wait for a meeting that may end at any time." Aaron seemed to be gentler than before.

Perhaps because he was free from stress, the wrinkles on his face seemed to have decreased.

"It seems that you are very familiar with this place. When the incident happened here three years ago, you, the Mercenary King, I, and Cardin were all here." Aaron recalled and said while looking at the ceiling of the conference room.

"Mr. Isaac and Mr. Dexter were there at the time." So I had never met Mr. Dexter, the deputy commander in charge of the western defense line of the Knights of Collins.

"Unfortunately, the two of them can never come here again." After hearing Aaron's words, Cardin understood.

Three years ago, due to the death of knight "Anthony" of the Knights of Colinfirth, Deputy Captain Dexter came to Trafalgar.

He left this world because of the war with the demons.

"We lost a lot. I just hope the war won't last too long." After Aaron said this regretfully, Mercenary King Jed bit his tongue and said.

"Tsk. Instead of spending time feeling sentimental, why not continue with the meeting? The living have to keep living, right?"

"Ah, as I get older, I cry more." Aaron quickly wiped away his tears and looked at Cardin.

"Glad you're alive. Cardan."

"I'm glad too." Aaron bowed his head respectfully, and Cardin quickly did the same.

"Trafalgar is the southernmost. To be precise, it is located in the southeast and is safer than other cities."

Although the war with the demons had begun, Trafalgar and Eloksen, located in the southernmost part, were almost unscathed by the war.

The two cities located in the southeast and southwest are the bases of the resistance, and as Aaron said, they live a safe life.

"Ah! Because my meeting was interrupted, I will leave right away. Thank you all for your valuable time." Cardin suddenly realized that he had interrupted the meeting and said respectfully, preparing to leave the meeting room.

At this time, Aaron quickly called Cardin.

"Since you are here, would you like to join our meeting? Ms. Belid, please feel free to sit down." At Aaron's suggestion, Belid turned her head quietly and looked at Cardin.

"I do wonder how this city works." He did wonder how they prepared to defend against monster attacks and what precautions they took against the demons.

"Besides, the necklace on the goddess statue isn't going anywhere." Cardin finally decided to participate and nodded to Belid.

Cardan and Belid sat down under Aaron's guidance, and the meeting began soon.

"Where are we going?" Aaron asked the Mercenary King Jed and the Guardian Philip, and Jed spoke first.

"Mr. Philip proposed pushing the demons to the Plains of Despair in the east."

"Ah, yes. What do you think, Mercenary King? Is this feasible?"

"Well, I don't know. It's well known that the Plains of Despair is a place with a bad reputation..." Jade replied, shaking his head, and Aaron nodded in agreement.

“However, we don’t have time to worry about the demons. So, shouldn’t we raid the Plains of Despair where the monsters gather?” After a brief silence, Philip slowly opened his mouth and expressed his opinion.

"But leading the Resistance and the Revolution into the Plains of Despair is dangerous."

"Mercenaries won't be taken to such dangerous places." During the war with the demons, even one soldier is very valuable.

There is no need to take such a big risk. This is the view of the Mercenary King and Lord Trafalgar.

"Mr. Philip, don't you know what's on the Plains of Despair?" Aaron Trafalgar asked cautiously, and Philip seemed to be thinking about something, frowning.

"I don't know exactly, but I know there's something scary living there."

"I've lived in Trafalgar all my life and I've heard that rumor," Aaron nodded.

"My grandfather said that the monsters attacked the city like refugees in order to escape some ominous existence." Philip nodded to indicate that he was right.

"He said that even the Guardians cannot easily deal with this existence."

"Is that being a demon?" This time, Mercenary King Jed asked the question in a sharp voice.

"No, not the demons." Philip shook his head and said.

"It's just a rumor, but some people say there is a dragon there." Hearing this, the atmosphere in the conference room seemed to drop to freezing point. No one spoke, just laughed dryly.

"Dragon?" Cardin opened his mouth in surprise. In this world, dragons are not imaginary beings.

During the defense of the academy three years ago, Isaac summoned a "real dragon" and Cardin also witnessed the existence of the dragon with his own eyes, so he has a real fear of the word dragon.

"Mr. Philip, is this true?" Even Aaron, who had lived in Trafalgar all his life, asked in disbelief.

"That's not true, it's just a rumor. Even if it's not a dragon, there must be something dangerous there."

"My biggest wish in life was to become a dragon hunter, but as I got older, I started to get scared."

Even the jokes of the mercenary king Jed could feel the subtle tremors. Maybe the dragons are more dangerous than the demons?

Cardin observed the three people's reactions and thought.

"That." In the heavy atmosphere, Cardin raised his hand cautiously.

Then, everyone in the conference room, including Belid next to him, turned to Cardin.

"Can we confirm if there really is a dragon?" Cardin's question made Mercenary King Jade tilt his head and ask.

"Now that the dragon's existence has been confirmed, what are you going to do?"

"Well, we can lure out the demons. Dragons don't like guys invading their territory, right?"

"Do you want to start a fight between dragons and demons?" The Mercenary King asked, and Cardin nodded immediately.

"Yes. Wouldn't we be fine without the dragon? So, how about we go and check it out?" Cardin's suggestion seemed to be welcomed by Philip, and a smile appeared on the corners of his mouth.

"It would be a good idea to send an elite team to conduct reconnaissance. I will lead the reconnaissance team. If there really is a dragon."

“Even if you are Mr. Philip, it’s too dangerous. The road to the Plains of Despair is also full of monsters.” However, Aaron hurriedly shook his head, trying to dissuade him.

"What's a monster? Isn't there a mercenary king here? And aren't there two excellent necromancers here?" Philip's words immediately confused Cardin.

"Two?" There is another necromancer in Trafalgar?

"Oh, that's right." A familiar face immediately appeared in Cardin's mind, and Cardin smiled and nodded.

"I will also participate. With the Guardian, the Mercenary King, and two Necromancers here, we don't need many people."