System vs Rebirth

"What are we going to do now? That guy must be running away, leaving us here to fend for ourselves." Lezlev gritted his teeth, looking at Alfred. Even though he could cooperate with Noel and trust him a bit, this was already beyond his ability.

"Nothing we can do." Alfred shook his head. "Even if we run, this demon will hunt us down. We need to find an opportunity if we want to run…"

"An opportunity?"

"Yeah. If there's another battle around us, we can drag this demon there to get some help from others. But… let's wait for five to ten minutes first. If he doesn't come back, we'll do it." Alfred nodded in agreement. He also wanted to escape right now, but the situation didn't allow him to.

Seeing there was still a trace of trust in Alfred's eyes, Lezlev could only grit his teeth and endure this battle for another few minutes.

The battle continued as the demon continued to overwhelm them. Alfred had exhausted most of his stamina while Lezlev was covered with bruises. The hope became dim as these few minutes felt like a few hours.

The one they expected to come back never appeared.

But when the situation couldn't get any worse, they heard a shout from the side.

"Lezlev, Alfred! Run toward me!"

"!!!" Lezlev and Alfred turned their heads, finding Noel on the side with his shirt completely soaked with sweat.

It seemed Noel had been working hard on his own.

After exchanging a nod, Lezlev and Alfred hurriedly ran to Noel.

As Alfred said earlier, the demon chased them. Its speed was quicker than them, so the demon caught up to them soon.

forward and grabbed Lezlev and Alfred's shoulder

the demon miss them and falling

to the ground was painful, Noel still stood back up and thrust his

the bushes, it stopped in mid-air as if he was stuck in that position. And

*Huft!*

*Huft!*

as he dropped to

is happening?" Lezlev widened his eyes. There was a shock

sharp spikes planted on the ground. Two of them impaled the demon's face, making him stick

woods… No,

demon we killed earlier. This demon beast is protected from all sides, so I thought about using a surprise attack

"The demon tree?"

we didn't have enough time to carve a spike made of its trunk. Hence, I chose the roots that had pointed tips. They were

it took you so long…" Lezlev

and came back here before planting these roots." Noel

you think about using

Shale. "Let's admit that we're weaker than the demon. Even if we combine our strength, we can only take down a demon tree earlier… The time limit and the difficulty don't match up. So, I thought this is a test

bring the crystal back. They want us to use their parts to kill them. Just like these roots, if we use those sharp fangs as a dagger, won't it be able to cut the enemy if we place a trap like

than a weapon made of metal. And one of

us to create traps and strategy to kill the demon. And

that?"

join hands with other groups. Although we need to kill two or three times the number, it's going to be far easier to kill the demon

the group would allow them to kill the enemies easier. However, he didn't like the fact that he was taking advantage of other people. After all,

It's to have an equal cooperation. We can't go back until both groups