Reborn Soul Master: The Rogue's Counterattack

"Is this why father always keeps teacher Lucia by his side?" Cardin looked at where Luna was and pondered for a while.

The power of vampires is beyond imagination. Maybe Luna can easily deal with Mathias, who is known as the strongest in the Hero Academy.

"It's a problem that more than half of the magic power is consumed just for summoning." Now just summoning has already put a burden on the magic core.

It's a pity that I can't summon Luna at will for the time being, but there's nothing we can do about it.

"But, worrying won't help... let's deal with that first?" Cardin looked back at where the demon fell.

There was a dark red sphere floating alone in the air. The crystallization of the soul. The magic power of the demon left behind after the demon died clearly showed itself.

"The kingdom is related to the demons." Although it is unknown who signed the contract with the demons, there must be demons behind the kingdom.

"Perhaps the target of revenge is not the kingdom, but the demons?"

Although it is still too early to draw a definitive conclusion, what is certain is that forces must be built up faster than ever before.

"Thanks to Luna, we were saved today, but what will happen next time?" If the demons appear, it will be difficult for Cardin to be relaxed.

It seems that this won’t be the last time the demons appear.

"But fortunately my true identity has not been exposed yet." The demons were hiding in Charlotte's manor on someone's orders, and they were tracked down after Cardin invaded.

It wasn't that he had been targeting Cardan from the beginning. "But we can't be at ease." As long as Cardan showed his blade to the kingdom, he would meet the demons again.

Cardin moved his feet naturally and stopped in front of the soul crystal. "Is there no place to recycle this?"

Whoosh. Cardan's hand grabbed the soul crystal, and at the same time, the ominous magic began to be absorbed rapidly. Then Cardan looked at the soul crystal being absorbed in surprise.

"Wait. What is this?"

At the moment of absorbing the soul crystal, the originally empty magic power was filled, and the wounds recovered quickly. But this is not the end.

The absorbed magic power immediately seeped into Cardin's magic core, and the magic core began to build a stronger barrier than before.

So far, this is exactly the same as when the soul crystal was first absorbed.

“Still absorbing?” Is it because this is not a subordinate of the demon clan, but the soul crystal left behind after the death of the demon clan itself?

The quality and quantity of the magic power absorbed was incomparable to before. What would have taken at least a year of focused training to achieve was now achieved in an instant.

"This is crazy." This is a power that only appears in legends, but it is incredible that such rapid growth can be achieved by absorbing it just once.

Cardin swallowed his dry laugh and examined his body. Nothing had changed on the outside, but he could feel that the quality of the magic flowing through him was different.

"If we keep going like this, we'll be able to reach the five-star level soon?" After absorbing all the soul crystals, Cardin recalled his last conversation with Charlotte.

If you die and come back to life, it might be possible. Beyond me. Did Charlotte, the necromancer who believed in the legend, think of the "soul crystal" at that time?

"So, is it possible for me now? To surpass my father?" A necromancer who overcomes death will have the opportunity to become a more powerful necromancer. Now that he has obtained the power that only legends can have, it is not impossible for him to surpass Charlotte.

"Perhaps I can realize my ambitions faster. Father." Cardin looked around the secret warehouse with a bitter expression.

Although it is an empty space, it is a place full of memories for Cardin.

"Well. I don't have time to shrink back here." Cardin shook his head, quickly regained his spirit, immediately opened the void space, and took out a piece of parchment from it.

"This is the teleportation scroll that marks the coordinates in front of the dungeon entrance, right?" He took out the red magic scroll he had obtained from Instructor Belid before.

In order to avoid leaving traces of magic, it would be safer to use the scroll outside the villa. "It would be more dangerous to encounter demons if we delay." Cardin judged that it would be more dangerous to stay in the collapsed villa for a while longer, so he unfolded the magic scroll and tore it up directly.

Bang! As the scroll was torn into pieces, light shot out from it. As he was swallowed by the light, he felt dizzy and nauseous. Cardin clenched his teeth and his face turned pale.

Soon, Cardin felt the air around him change and slowly opened his eyes.

"Damn it. No matter how many times I've been teleported, I can't get used to it." Despite feeling sick, he looked forward and saw an unfamiliar dungeon entrance. There were chains hanging randomly in front of the entrance, with warning signs hanging on the chains.

[This is the "Hungry Corpse Dungeon". This is an intermediate dungeon.] There was also a warning written below, but Cardan only confirmed the name of the dungeon and immediately turned his attention to the interior of the dungeon.

"A person wearing armor with a fox pattern engraved on it. No, a corpse, right?" Although he needed to rest, his condition was better than ever after absorbing the soul crystals.

"I have to finish this quickly. It doesn't look that difficult anyway." Cardin once again remembered Belid's commission, stepped over the chains, and walked into the dungeon.

Crack! Crack! The level 10 skeleton soldiers holding shields surrounded Cardin. "It may be a zombie dungeon, but we'll be fine as long as we're careful."

Even though Necromancers are resistant to zombie poison, it doesn't mean they are invincible. Cardan is also human, he will be hurt if hit, and will die if stabbed.

Just don't worry about turning into a zombie, the danger of the dungeon still threatens Cardan's life. And this is an intermediate dungeon.

"The difficulty is overestimated because there's a chance of turning into a zombie, but the danger hasn't changed." Therefore, Cardin hid among the skeleton soldiers and slowly conquered the dungeon.

"Just defend until I give the order." Of course, Cardan's purpose is not to raid the dungeon, but to find a specific corpse. Therefore, he can't just sweep the zombies at will.

Before long, a group of zombies blocked the way of Cardan and the skeleton soldiers. Dozens of zombies rushed over, but they were unable to penetrate the defensive wall formed by the skeleton soldiers.

The rotten fingers couldn't even break the skeleton soldiers' bones, and the zombies' venom had no effect. Squeak, squeak! The zombies' strength wasn't very strong either, so the skeleton soldiers just blocked the zombies' impact and waited for Cardan's order.

"I haven't seen the zombies the instructor mentioned yet." If it were a normal strategy, we might be able to move forward faster, but because we need to find specific corpses, the speed will inevitably slow down.

"Kill them." After confirming that there were no chain mail or armor with fox patterns, the massacre began. Zombies were not monsters with outstanding defensive power, and even skeleton soldiers could easily hunt them.

"Indeed, this is an easy dungeon for a necromancer." Here, nothing posed a threat to Cardan.

No matter how many zombies there are, as long as there are skeleton soldiers guarding the surroundings, it is safer than any other situation. It doesn't matter whether they jump out from the ground, attack from the side, or fall from the ceiling.

The skeleton soldiers blocked all attacks, and even if the skeleton soldiers missed, the shields made of bones blocked the sudden attacking zombies. Cardan only had to watch out for sneak attacks and the traps set in the dungeon.

"Tsk. It's too greedy to want to find it directly." However, Cardan's expression was not good. The stench of rotting corpses filled the dungeon. Even Cardan, who had been facing corpses all his life, could not adapt to the strong stench of corpses.

"It's hard work, too." Plus, they have to smell the stench for a long time as they move slowly forward in search of a specific body.

I wandered around the dungeon for a long time, but I didn't see the corpse that Instructor Belid mentioned. I went deep into the dungeon and killed many zombies.

"Because of the smell, even resting is uncomfortable." When reaching the end of the dungeon.

"Stairs?" On the wall at the end of the dungeon, he found a staircase leading to the lower level.