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.]

There are nineteen women that got captured by the bandits and shall

[Reward: Ardagan Swordsmanship+1]

[Penalty: A Nightmare.]

more focused on the number of

to the bandit, but now there are

room, he counted the woman

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 know who it is. Saving this person might lead to another problem, so I need to find that one suspicious

was to show a bit of overwhelming power and weakness, thinking it would be the time for her to step up and show

but he could also

"As expected, there is a bandit hidden among you.

pale, staring at

hers, Noel couldn't withstand his anger and

cold as he turned

scared at him that they ran away, trying to leave the cave

Instead, he focused on the bandit leader as though he wanted to torture him for the

also noticed the terrified women on his side. Seeing their helpless faces reminded him of his own

returned to his face as he tried to assure them with a gentle tone. "Don't worry. I have my teammate right outside. They won't

earlier. Even though the bandit leader had told them

*Pant!*

*Pant!*

as they saw the exit, they thought they would be

lied tens of corpses. The ground was dyed red by

stiff as they couldn't

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.