Reborn Soul Master: The Rogue's Counterattack

[Thorn Scorpion's Ant Nest] "I just wanted to confirm..." Cardin saw the mission posted by the Mercenary Guild and unknowingly arrived in front of the dungeon.

If there are traces of demons in the dungeon, they cannot be let go easily.

"Anyway, there are still three days before the party, so there's plenty of time." It's not far from the city, so if I only spend one day, I should be able to conquer the dungeon and then go back.

Cardan thought so, looking at the mercenaries sitting around and resting.

"There are more people than expected." The mercenaries all looked tired and were resting. Suddenly, a question came to mind. Why has the dungeon so close to the city not been conquered yet?

"Hey," Cardin asked as he approached the resting mercenary.

"Huh? What's up?" The mercenary was startled by the sudden address and stood up from his seat.

"I want to ask you something, is that okay?" The mercenary looked at Cardin, then smiled and nodded.

"Go ahead. You look like a novice mercenary, so I will answer you as a senior!"

Although he felt that the enthusiasm was a bit too much, which made Cardin feel a little resistant, he did not show it and began to ask questions.

“The city and the dungeon are quite close, why hasn’t this place been conquered yet?” If the Douglas family stepped in, this place would be designated as an intermediate dungeon and could be conquered within a day.

“It seems that you don’t know much about the Douglas family. The Douglas family gave the mercenaries a chance first.”

The Douglas family believes that nothing can be accomplished by the power of a few people, so they will not monopolize the underground city, but will first give the mercenaries the opportunity to grow.

Mercenaries also have to make a living, so they are not greedy for the main job of mercenaries - dungeon exploration and strategy. It is said that they will only start to attack dungeons when the mercenaries fail and think it is impossible.

“I heard that you said you wanted to coexist, so you invested a lot in the Mercenary Guild. But…” The mercenary who was explaining suddenly showed a bitter expression and looked towards the entrance and exit of the dungeon.

"Oh. This dungeon is such a headache."

"Why do you say that?"

"Look around you. Everyone looks annoyed, doesn't they?" Cardin followed his words and looked at the mercenaries who were resting in various ways.

"It would be great if the Douglas family could attack faster."

"After looking at ants for several months, I now feel disgusted when I see crustaceans." Everyone looked tired and sighed in disgust at the same time.

"Why do dungeons seem boring?"

"Because the ants are laying eggs like crazy, no matter how hard you kill them, there's no end in sight." If the ants keep spawning, it will indeed take a long time to clear the dungeon.

"I see. Thank you." Cardin nodded and thanked the mercenary.

"You don't want to go in alone? That's too dangerous. The ants will attack collectively."

"Thank you for your concern." Even though the mercenary warned him, Cardin did not feel the slightest fear. It was just an intermediate dungeon.

And if it is a group battle, the necromancer Cardan is also confident in his field. Not long after. Snap, snap! In the dungeon, the battle between the ant army and the skeleton army is in full swing.

"As long as we don't have the advantage in numbers, it won't be difficult." Although ants are bigger than humans, it is not easy to defeat Cardan's skeleton soldiers.

"At this speed, maybe we can conquer the dungeon within a day?" Even if soldier ants with thorny mandibles that are larger and more terrifying than ordinary ants appear, there is nothing to be afraid of.

Although they crushed the skeleton soldiers with their thick jaws.

"Come here." Cardan summoned the Corpse Mountain Golem, and the soldier ants died before they could even use their strength.

"It is indeed not difficult to conquer an intermediate dungeon now." The 4-star Necromancer, after absorbing the soul crystal, has grown a lot compared to before.

Cardan used the skeleton soldiers and golems as the vanguard and began to quickly attack the dungeon. After a while.

"Is this the end?" Cardan stopped in front of the big hole in the deepest part of the dungeon.

"The boss of this ant dungeon should be the queen ant, right?"

Classified as a monster, the queen ant is certainly different from ordinary ants.

"According to the noble blood contract." Cardan chanted the spell briefly and stretched out his hand. At that moment, a little girl who looked like an elementary school student appeared in front of him.

"Have the demons appeared?" The girl asked. No, Luna looked around and immediately began to look for the demons.

"No, this is a dungeon. There are no demons here." Cardin smiled and pointed around. There were dead ants scattered around. Luna immediately understood the situation, nodded, and looked forward.

"It seems the dungeon master can't handle it alone?"

"Well, safety first." Cardin smiled and walked to Luna. Seeing Cardin, Luna looked him up and down with surprise.

"What, what? What's wrong with you?"

"What's wrong with me?"

"You summoned me, how come you're still fine?"

"Because I summoned him twice in an emergency, my magic core has grown now." When signing the contract, a large amount of magic power was consumed due to the reckless behavior of summoning him twice in a row.

Of course, I am not as tired now as I was then, nor do I have a shortage of magic power.

"Don't I know your extent? No, you summoned me, but I feel that you have a lot of magic power?" Maybe it was because you absorbed the soul crystals left by the demons at that time?

"How did you grow so fast?" Maybe you can already train your magic core. Luna couldn't finish her words and looked at Cardin with an expression of incomprehension.

"Forget it, that's it. Let's go in?" Cardin smiled and pointed to the queen ant cave. Luna nodded and looked forward.

"I was summoned while training with my sister. I need to get back quickly." Luna also expressed that she wanted to finish quickly. Cardin nodded and walked into the Queen Ant Cave first.

"It's much more spacious than other places." Walking into the queen ant's room, a pungent smell hit my nose.

There were bumpy ant eggs everywhere, and in the middle was a ferocious-looking queen ant, glaring at Cardin and his group.

Not only that.

Many soldier ants and worker ants were ready to charge at any time. Many against many. Because of the skeleton soldiers, they did not retreat even when seeing many ants.

There are also corpse golems responsible for harassing soldier ants, so there is no need to worry about hunting failure. The most important thing is.

"You rest here. All we have to do is defeat that guy, right?" With Luna here, Cardin will never die in this dungeon.

"Even the demons were defeated." Although when fighting against the demons, the power was enhanced by Cardan's blood.

"Want me to bleed?"

"No need. It's not necessary to deal with such a small character." Luna immediately stamped her feet and rushed towards the queen ant. Cardin looked at Luna expectantly. Puff! The expected magic did not appear.

"What, what?" Not only did Luna not use any magic, she didn't even use the simple enhancement of Aoli. She directly punched the queen ant in the chin.

"No, why not use magic..." Cardin muttered to himself, and Luna, who had good ears, answered immediately.

"Using magic in your current state is not efficient." Before being able to manipulate magic freely, resolving the issue with hand-to-hand combat like this is faster and safer than using magic.

Puff! As soon as she finished speaking, Luna's small and soft fist hit the queen ant's chin again. The queen ant began to shake, as if she was about to faint. Cardin smiled at her.

"It seems that there is no need for me to take action?" The ordinary ant colony is composed of skeleton soldiers, the soldier ants are composed of corpse mountain golems, and the queen ant, the master of the dungeon, was captured by Luna and defeated.

Gurgle! Soon, the queen ant groaned and fell down. Luna clapped her hands and walked towards Cardin.

"It's over. Can I go home now?"

"Of course. Thanks to you, the dungeon was easy to conquer." Luna immediately disappeared to where she lived after Cardin said goodbye.

"It's a pity that I didn't see the soul crystal." He had a small hope that if he could capture the owner of the dungeon like he did in the previous dungeon capture, he would be able to obtain the soul crystal.

However, that anticipation turned into regret as the hunt ended.

"Pick up all the shells with regret." When has life ever gone according to one's wishes? Cardin put aside his obsession and began to pick up the queen ant's shells.

Just then. "Huh? What is this?" On the head of the queen ant, a red magic stone was found and heat was felt.