Reborn Soul Master: The Rogue's Counterattack

a few days later.

"Thanks for the ride."

"We are more grateful to you. Thanks to you, we were able to arrive safely." While looking for a carriage to Repera, Cardan accidentally got on the carriage of the Merchant Guild.

"The guild members are also happy to be with the students of the Hero Academy." Cardin showed the academy's badge and boarded the carriage under the name of "escort", so they could reach Repera quickly.

The Merchants Guild had no reason to reject Cardin. If he was a student at the Hero Academy, they would of course help him as much as they could and would not cause any hindrance.

"Thanks to you, we can eat and sleep comfortably."

"If you become a guardian in the future, please make good use of our guild!" Listening to the encouragement from the guild members, Cardin got off the carriage.

"Is this the city of Repera? Compared to other cities, it looks a bit old?" Cardin looked at the carriage that was about to leave and turned his gaze to the city gate.

Repera is the capital of the Repera Autonomous Territory. Although it is a city in the territory of the nobility, it somehow gives people a sense of backwardness.

The city walls were dilapidated and the gates did not look strong.

"There are developed cities, and of course there are backward cities." Cardin didn't care and walked towards the mercenary guild. Anyway, the purpose of his coming here was the dungeon.

Whether the city was backward or not was not a problem. There were many people passing through the city gate, and Kadan naturally joined their team.

"Get out of the way!" Someone shouted from behind as he was about to pass through the city gate. Looking back, he saw a huge carriage slowly approaching the city gate.

"Get out of the way! This is the carriage of the young master of the Repera family! Get out of the way!" The horse-riding knights guarding the carriage shouted to the people who tried to pass through the city gate.

Hearing their voices, people began to quickly make way. At this time. Swish! Snap! "Ah!" A knight swung his whip and hit the back of a man who was staring at the carriage blankly.

"How dare you raise your head in front of the young master's carriage!" "Behave yourself!" Cardan sneered when he saw this scene that he had never seen in the capital.

"It's just the Dominion Lord..." He was angry when he suddenly saw someone wielding a whip. Cardan was not broad-minded, and he was not the kind of person who would ignore an unpleasant scene.

"Get out of the way and behave yourself!" Although the knights continued to shout, Cardin still raised his head and looked at the carriage.

The carriage and the knights gradually approached, and soon Cardan and a knight looked at each other. The knight who discovered Cardan looked at him with a surprised expression, and Cardan did not avoid his gaze.

The knight reached for the whip at his waist, and Cardin seemed to be waiting to attack, as if to say "Let's try it." As a student of the academy.

A hero candidate that no noble could easily touch without a legitimate reason. If he was whipped for not bowing to the dominion lord, that reason was sufficient.

Just then. "Hmm?" Someone held Cardin's head tightly from behind, and Cardin naturally lowered his head.

"Shh." The voices came at the same time.

"Don't move. Cardin." Hearing the familiar voice, Cardin turned around and saw it was Alves.

"Please." Hearing Alves' words, Cardin loosened his clenched fists and kept his head down.

Then, the knight who was about to take out the whip snorted and turned back to the city gate.

"Alves, why are you here?"

"That's what I wanted to ask. First, we'll talk about it later."

After the Repera family's carriage passed, Cardin and Alvis walked through the city gate together.

"Are you in this city because of the dungeon?"

"Yes. Alves, why are you here?" Alves looked at Cardin with disappointment at this question.

"Repera. Didn't I say I lived in this city..." Cardin recalled for a moment, then suddenly remembered something and snapped his fingers.

"Ah, yes. No wonder the name of this strange city sounds so familiar." Cardin patted Alves' shoulder apologetically, and Alves smiled and nodded.

"Well, then do you have anywhere to go? Are you hungry?" Cardin nodded to Alves' question.

"I came here without a destination. Now I plan to start looking around." He answered while looking towards the interior of the city.

Unlike the cities I've been to before, the environment is quite backward. Not only that, the atmosphere of the whole city is also very gloomy.

"But the atmosphere of this city is a bit strange? Why is it so gloomy?" Although the sun was still in the sky, there were drunk people lying everywhere on the streets.

Children were stealing money from people lying on the ground, and people in sexy clothes were seducing passers-by in the alleys. It was not a healthy city atmosphere.

“Is this a lawless city?” The city was filled with the smell of blood, and the breath of the dead, which only necromancers could sense, was also very strong.

"It has been like this since I was born. The law and order doesn't seem to be very good..." Alves replied, scratching the back of his head awkwardly.

"Even when the sun was in the sky, just look at the kids who were drunk or openly pickpocketing to see how the city works." Even the guys who looked like guards had bottles of liquor in one hand.

"The tyranny in the Repera Autonomous Territory seems to be serious. Don't they manage it?" The city built in the name of the family has become like this, but they just ignore it. This is not in line with Cardin's common sense.

"Hmm. The Dominion Lord doesn't seem to care about the city's security at all. It has always been like this."

"No, why?" In response to Cardin's question, Alves looked around and answered quietly in a voice even lower than before.

"The autonomous lords can only eat when the law and order is bad. Sorry, this city is famous for illegal activities." Illegal organizations have taken root in this city. The Repera Autonomous Territory took their money and turned a blind eye to it.

"But why don't the citizens leave? Including you."

"Everyone has debts..." The Repera Autonomous Territory uses illegal organizations to make citizens indebted and bind them to the city. It is said that they even cast tracking magic, so even if they want to escape, they cannot.

"This city is worse than I thought." The Repera Dominion is more vicious and corrupt than imagined. He uses the power of the nobles to the maximum and enjoys using power to oppress people.

"If I graduate from Hero Academy, I plan to leave this city with my family... I should be able to pay off my debts by then."

Perhaps the aristocratic trauma that Alves possessed was also caused by this environment? Cardin thought so and looked at Alves.

"Ah, Cardin. If you don't have anywhere to go, could you come to my house?"

"If you invite me, I'd be happy to go." Cardin smiled pleasantly and nodded, and Alvis smiled brightly and started walking forward.