Reborn Soul Master: The Rogue's Counterattack

"Yeah. If I go to save the seniors, I might get caught by the orcs and become a hostage along with them." Cardin said with a smile, and the atmosphere became gloomy again.

"Ah, what should I do in the future? It will be so embarrassing to be caught by orcs. What will my family think of me?" Klose, the eldest son of the Douglas family, a noble among nobles, blushed and sighed.

Lucas next to him also showed a desperate expression, looked at the ceiling and shook his head.

"It's a shame to be alive. It's a disgrace to a wizard."

After hearing this, Arad looked around hurriedly, as if looking for a hiding place.

"I'd rather die than feel this kind of shame. It's so humiliating and embarrassing." Cardin said with a happy smile as he looked at the three of them.

"But being alive is the most important thing, isn't it? I'm glad that you are all safe and sound." Although it was a kind of comfort, these words seemed to stimulate them even more, and the three of them finally lowered their heads.

Cardin looked at them gently, slowly put away his smile, and began to think.

"If I hadn't found the demon's instruction book in the magician's cemetery..." Klose, Lucas and Arad would have become sacrifices of the demons and would never see each other again.

"What exactly do the demons want to do? Why do they need sacrifices?" No matter how hard he thought, the answer did not surface.

"After returning to the academy, I have to go to the library to look up some information." Cardin was about to fall into deep thought when Klose asked him with a stern face.

"Cardan, how on earth did you get here?"

"Yeah. Aren't you going to the dungeon? Is it the wizard's cemetery?"

"It's quite far between here and there, right?" Although the expeditionary force requested support when they retreated, Cardan, who was far away over there, could not have heard any news from the expeditionary force.

So why is Cardin here? The three looked at him with doubt.

"I have completed the dungeon. The results are satisfactory." Cardin naturally told a lie he had prepared in advance.

"I just came out of the dungeon, and I remembered what my seniors said. They told me to join the expedition team. But I didn't expect you to be lying in a hospital bed..." Cardin joked secretly in order to change the subject.

After hearing this, Klose and his friends blushed and lowered their heads.

"Ah, wait! Where is the expedition team? Aren't they going to the orc habitat to rescue us?" Klose suddenly raised his head and asked, suddenly remembering the expedition team.

"Calm down. I've heard something and I'll tell you." Cardin motioned for them to calm down and then spoke calmly.

"The retreating expeditionary force has sent out a request for support. They have determined that the remaining forces are unable to rescue the seniors, so they are waiting for reinforcements." Once the reinforcements arrived, the newly prepared expeditionary force headed towards the habitat again and successfully completed the expedition.

"Although there were some casualties, it is said that the subjugation was completed faster and safer than expected." After Cardin finished speaking, the three of them finally relaxed and leaned back on the bed.

"Great." The three people said in unison. They temporarily forgot the fact that they had escaped death and worried about the news of the expedition team.

Fortunately, the news wasn't as bad as they had feared.

"So the expedition team will be disbanded soon, right?" Klose stared blankly at the ceiling, and Lucas and Arad nodded.

"Yes. We have already captured the target orc habitat. There is nothing more to do."

"We were planning to slowly eliminate the orcs, but because we were captured, the plan was delayed." The three had originally planned to capture the orc habitat during their rest period, but something went wrong.

However, there was no regret on the faces of the three people. Their eyes were shining, as if they were already planning what to do next year.

"It seems I'm satisfied with 6 stars. Not passionate enough."

"Yeah. Need more practice. I really went crazy when my magic didn't work on the orc warlord."

"When the magic arrow I released was deflected, I couldn't help but curse. I didn't expect that my practice was not enough." They summed up their failure on the hospital bed. But they did not fall into despair.

They added a failed consolation plan to their failures and soon showed a will to grow.

"Guys, how about we conquer a nearby dungeon and then spend the rest of our break training like crazy?"

"Since we are going to train in a dungeon, let's find a bigger place. I have a magic I want to try."

"How about going to the city before going to the dungeon? We still have to buy arrows and prepare food in advance." The three of them regained their bright expressions and began to plan for the future.

"I can't be satisfied here either." Cardan followed them and looked up at the ceiling of the tent, where a picture was drawn.

"Somehow, I feel like we'll encounter more demons in the future. According to Luna, I can't handle a demon right now."

So far, he has been lucky enough to deal with a low-level demon, but the demon he encounters next time may be a mid-level demon, or there may be a large number of them. If he doesn't want to die, he must become stronger.

"But now, instead of spending time becoming a 6-star, it's better to improve your proficiency in 5-star techniques."

Of course, you can't give up the basics just because you're in a hurry. It's only been one day since I became a 5-star, so there's still a lot to do in the future.

"Proficiency in 4-star techniques is not enough. Simply growing quickly is not a good thing." Like his predecessors, Cardin began to make plans in his mind for the rest period.

"Hey, Cardin. Are you going too? Since you're here, let's do some special training." When the plan was over, Klose, who was lying on the bed, sat up and asked.

"No, I plan to go back to the academy." However, Cardin flatly rejected the proposal and made his destination clear.