System vs Rebirth

"Hahaha!" The bandit leader laughed, looking at Noel's pathetic self. Despite his overwhelming strength, he would never expect that the woman was actually one of the bandits.

And now that ignorance would cost him his life.

The leader immediately came to him while raising his axe, planning to cut him down. "Die!"

A smile suddenly appeared in Noel's face as the woman finally realized what happened.

"No!" She let out a cry while lowering her vision. Her dagger was actually stopped by a layer of ice like how Noel stopped the bandit leader's axe at first.

Unfortunately, she was too late. Noel swiftly swung his sword.

Swift Strike.

"Keuk!" The bandit leader gritted his teeth and tried to move away, but it was too late. Noel managed to cut his hand.

"Argh!" While screaming in pain, the bandit tried to move away, but not before another slash from Noel, cutting his other arm. This way, the bandit leader wouldn't be able to attack him anymore. As for his life, he was planning to let him live a little bit longer so that he could extract the information.

However, Noel couldn't forgive the backstabbing woman. She reminded him of Anna. Though, Anna was leaning to plotting instead of backstabbing.

He cut the hand that held the dagger, making the woman scream like the bandit leader. She dropped to the ground while clutching her arm.

"Arghhh!" The woman gritted her teeth, glaring at him. "How do you know?"

Noel looked down on her, recalling what happened earlier when he received the mission.

'This is… a mission!' Noel thought, reading the mission details.

[Mission: Save 19 hostages.]

got captured by

[Reward: Ardagan Swordsmanship+1]

[Penalty: A Nightmare.]

was tempting, but he was more focused on

to the bandit, but now there

room, he counted the woman and realized the

a woman who is affiliated with the bandits…' Noel thought this was the case. However, he encountered one problem. 'Still, I don't know who it is. Saving this person might lead to another problem, so I need to find that one suspicious woman. Then, there is only one

weakness, thinking it would be the time for her to step

see the traitor, but he could also

and said, "As expected, there is a bandit hidden among you. In that case, there's

face became pale, staring

anger and slice her neck, sending her head

cold as he turned to the remaining four

him that they ran away, trying to leave the cave as soon

everyone's surprise, Noel didn't even make a single move. Instead, he focused on the

women on his side. Seeing their helpless faces reminded him of his own feeling

let out a long breath to regain his calm. A smile returned to his face as he tried to assure them with a gentle

though the bandit leader had told them it

*Pant!*

*Pant!*

panting as they were running as fast as possible. As soon as they saw the exit, they thought they would

Before them lied tens of corpses. The ground was dyed red

as they couldn't

a woman with a red sword. That redness didn't come from the metal's color, but it was dyed by the bandits' blood. It was clear that she was the one that annihilated their entire