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.

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 instead of risking my life since this way, my life would

was surprised but his expression darkened as he asked again to confirm it. "You are not

his right hand and said, "If you

on the back of Noel's right palm meant he wanted him to use the Spirit Oath to make sure

I'll bring this matter to the commander right away. Is

Blacksmith called Roel. The people I saved from that bandit group was his

Blacksmith?" Shale pinched the bridge of his nose before saying, "Alright. Do you have

turned out to be the southeast of the fort. "This was the place of

Astary Town. Around one

pointed at the rough location which was located on the east of the fort. But he soon

there something wrong?" Noel

mission. But the location was at the opposite direction. "This is the similar mission. And the place is in the

that kind of huge area unless…" Noel also understood why

in this and most likely an organization. And if that's the case, there's no way they'll choose these spots unless they have a connection to each other." Shale pointed at the map and circled it. "What if from this place, they continue to the south and eventually reach the west? Or they can go around

they're doing both?" Noel asked, dropping the

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

their aim? The demons they can use is Low Level Demon. It's true that the bandits seemed to be invisible to the demons since the moment they

"Huh? They were invisible?"