System vs Rebirth

"You…" The bully widened his eyes, shocked to find Noel helping him. He thought Noel was weaker than him that needed some helps, but it turned out to be the other way around. Even when he glanced at Noel's previous spot, he knew Noel had cut them down with only a graze.

However, Noel didn't care about his opinion and immediately turned around, finding Alfred getting surrounded by five roots at the same time. He seemed to have a hard time fighting against the roots.

Noel rushed to Alfred without hesitation and took the demon by surprise, cutting down two roots in rapid succession.

Their reaction was the same. Alfred never expected Noel could achieve all this.

On the contrary, Noel simply said, "Kill the demon!"

Alfred's body trembled before he recalled his confidence and goal. Without hesitation, he ran to the tree demon and let Noel take care of the roots.

Unfortunately for him, he didn't realize that Noel was using him to check the demon's capability.

The tree demon could indeed manipulate the roots to attack them. It would be extremely dangerous if it ambushed them out of nowhere. However, the roots were not the only part of the tree.

Even a human could punch, kick, and even headbutt their enemy to inflict damage. Hence, he believed the demon that had been described as scary creature would have more capability than he thought.

Just like he predicted, the branches started moving and expanding not only from the width, but also the wide.

The roots came out of the ground and began to turn the trunk around, showing a huge craved face on the trunk. The giant branches looped around, surrounding Alfred from all directions.

"Tsk." Alfred clicked his tongue and jumped to the side, trying to avoid the encirclement before moving to the tree side.

When he was about to strike the tree with his sword, the leaves fell on top of him.

Because he had seen roots and branches, Alfred stopped in his track and went to the other side, avoiding the leaves that turned out to be just a distraction.

the demon sent its branches to strike Alfred. Although he blocked it with his sword, the demon was stronger

one miscalculation. It

planning to chop it with a single strike while its attention remained

surprised that Noel always appeared to handle

reached the trunk, trying to cut it down. But surprisingly, the sword stopped in

eyes. He had used the right technique, but he still failed to chop

turned out the demon had a stronger

must be the demon and the tree is just its host… Still, it doesn't change the fact that the tree becomes even sturdier. No wonder the

the tree spun its body, especially its

"Watch out!" Alfred shouted.

the movement and immediately pull his sword, but… the result wasn't like what he

It's stuck." Noel couldn't pull his sword. When his vision moved slightly

albeit he couldn't do as much damage as Noel. Even his sword only went through several centimeter, not even half of Noel's reach. "Kh. Hurry up and pull that sword. If you don't pull your sword right

trying!" Noel gritted his teeth, pulling it as hard

like owing someone anything." The bully suddenly reached them and swung both of his swords, striking Noel's sword toward

to break free from the restraint, allowing him to pull out his

he sustained, the bully dropped to the ground while clutching his arm that was injured earlier. He overstrained his muscle and widened

getting angry at the man who ruined everything, the tree aimed at his

spot, cutting the other half of the trunk

roared, mustering every ounce of his

not thinking about

*Bam!*

trunk slid

looking at the two who also felt relieved

know the demon enough. The branches started moving again and rushed to