System vs Rebirth

"I spotted another demon!" Lezlev shouted. After enough rest, they started hunting for another demon and soon found it not long after.

This time, they had strategy and understanding to each other. So, they wanted to do better than the previous hunt.

The demon Lezlev found turned out to be a beast. It was standing on four feet and its fur looked like spikes with both sharpness and hardness. It had a sharp claws and long fangs that could shred them apart.

Its height reached Lezlev's chest and its length was twice of its height. Although it was smaller than the tree, a demon beast like this would be even more troublesome.

As soon as it heard Lezlev's shout, the demon leaped forth, pouncing on him.

Luckily, Alfred was close to Lezlev and immediately appeared between them, striking his sword to the demon's claws.

"Go!" Alfred shouted.

It was the signal for Noel. Taking the advantage of him stopping the demon, Noel looped around them and hit the demon's body.

*Clang!*

A clicking noise resounded in the area as Ardagan actually failed to cut the demon's body.

"It's not strong enough?" Noel widened his eyes.

and struck Ardagan, giving an additional force to it. However, the spikes had no sign of breaking. Only the body

if the demon started getting angry, it roared and

Alfred, the latter moved

charged forward, trying to grab

the advantage of being a demon beast became apparent as the demon

alone, showing the raw strength

though they managed to hold their swords, their bodies were pushed back for several meters as

The demon is far different than the demon tree we fought earlier." Noel squinted

smarter than any of us here in dealing with the demon… I'm going to help Alfred to buy you time. Come

understanding from the previous talk, it was still surprising how much a person could trust you after you had a

couldn't care less about

body, the fang that can protect the front, the sharp claws to attack, and the agile body that can move to a desired position.' Noel squinted his eyes, finding a way to fight

struck the monster with his sword but ended up getting

is too strong." Alfred gritted his teeth. "It's far stronger than the demon

away then?" Lezlev asked while cutting the demon from the side, only to

than us? If we don't kill it, we won't be able to escape from this place alive," Alfred replied. Although he had expected the demon to be this strong, he

said the truth. Even if they tried to run, the demon would

were keeping the demon at bay, Noel furrowed

ten demons. If all ten demons were similar to the demon tree we defeated earlier, it wouldn't be that hard to achieve it before the

days for the time limit… Why?" Noel muttered inwardly before coming to a realization. "Don't tell me… They know that we're going to face trouble like this… It's a fair point because we've trained only for