System vs Rebirth

"That's what I believe as well. This is the reason I tell you about it. I am sure that the letter about the message has arrived, right?"

"Yes. I still can't believe it, but I have made an investigation team. They're already heading there, so I guess we can confirm it." Shale nodded with a serious expression.

Even though Shale couldn't believe it, he still acted according to the procedure. He made sure that the investigation team was formed and sent them on this mission.

"I have reported it to the commander as well, but he wants me to take care of it." Shale let out a long sigh.

"I believe this matter is bigger than you think." Anna added. She knew how much the destruction this matter would cause, so she couldn't afford to let the same thing happening again. She said, "You need to have the commander act on this matter personally. I'm afraid that it's going to be a big problem for the Demon Banner Army because we'll be finding this kind of mission appearing sooner or later."

Anna wanted to prevent it by using the commander's authority, but Shale shook his head and asked, "Do you have any proof that can back up your words?"

"I… don't." Anna clicked her tongue as she didn't know how to convince Shale.

But this time, Noel was the one that supported her. "I do."

"Noel?" Anna widened her eyes, never expecting Noel to help her here. She thought that her words previously had worked on him.

ignored her reaction and said, "I have a proof. I encountered another bandit group with that kind of situation. When I was about to interrogate their leader, someone killed him. At that time, I immediately fled the scene because I couldn't sense the killer. If I continued investigating this matter, I was afraid I would die, so I chose to report to you

Shale was surprised but his expression darkened as he asked again to confirm it. "You are

and said, "If you don't believe

at the Spirit Seal on the back of Noel's right palm meant he wanted

and said, "I understand. I'll bring this matter to the

go to the Master Blacksmith called Roel. The people I saved from

"Alright. Do

and pointed at the location of their first group mission, which turned out to be the southeast of the fort. "This was the place of

Town. Around one day from that town,

was located on the east of the fort. But he soon realized something as he fell

something

opened it, finding another mission that seemed to be similar to their group mission. But the location was at the opposite

not possible to cover that kind of huge area unless…" Noel

the case, there's no way they'll choose these spots unless they have a connection to each other." Shale pointed at the map

both?"

that claim either. But if they did both ways, it meant that the

true that the bandits seemed to be invisible to the demons since the moment they released the demons, they weren't attacked. But do they think the Demon Banner Army will lose

"Huh? They were invisible?"