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.]

that got captured by

[Reward: Ardagan Swordsmanship+1]

[Penalty: A Nightmare.]

reward was tempting, but he was more focused on the number of the

to the bandit, but now

the room, he counted the woman and realized the bandit didn't

nineteen of them? Then, does that mean there is a traitor among them? There is a woman who is affiliated with the bandits…' Noel thought this was the case. However, he encountered one problem. 'Still, I don't

thinking it would be the time for

see the traitor, but he could also defeat these bandits

"As expected, there is a bandit hidden among you. In that case, there's no need for letting

face became pale, staring at Noel

couldn't withstand his anger and slice her neck, sending her head

he turned

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

even make a single move. Instead, he focused on the bandit leader as

Seeing their helpless faces reminded him of his own feeling after

assure them

earlier. Even though the bandit leader

*Pant!*

*Pant!*

the exit, they thought they would be safe since they could simply disperse to avoid

of corpses. The ground was dyed red by the blood and the foul smell filled their nose when they

as they couldn't move even if they

was 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