System vs Rebirth

"Now, no demons are chasing us anymore," said Anna while glancing at their back. They had been raining the demons with their power, killing them one by one. Because they had to chase them, they couldn't move so much, so they ended up dying.

Meanwhile, Noel was staring at Anna, thinking, 'What was the power earlier? She felt different as if she underwent a great change. In fact, it felt like a completely different person.

'I don't understand how she can draw out a power like that. The lightning sword that is usually vaporized together with the explosion remained intact and could still be used. Each attack had the lightning power instead of just a mere Spiritual Energy.

'Lightning power should come from her Spirit, so is it related to her Spirit? Does that mean she can utilize the Spirit better?

'But I haven't found any record about them being used like that… It's like the spirit is possessing her. Still, a spirit shouldn't think like that. Even Ardagan doesn't have the intention. Though, he never clarified that the other spirits had the same intention.

'This only means one thing, Anna seems to know Spirits than your average person. I don't know how much she knows, but it's worth to explore.

'Now that I think about it, Anna is powerful and knowledgeable. I have been using her as my sparring partner so that I can get stronger. And I think I should make her spill the knowledge from time to time, not just about a special region that can provide me with some power up, but also the general knowledge about spirits.'

Noel thought for a moment. He wanted to say, 'What a powerful humanoid spirit,' to see Anna's reaction. The information that only he knew currently.

If Anna actually reacted to the word 'humanoid,' she might be aware of the Spirit Ranks as well, making him doubt Ardagan and Anna at the same time. This statement also meant that Anna's spirit originally was a higher ranking compared to his if he didn't meet Ardagan.

In other words, he could see Anna's true potential.

Still, it would be too risky to expose something that he only knew currently. Hence, Noel decided to refrain himself and rode the wave, waiting for the right time to probe for more information.

chase after the Advanced Level Demon. The fact that the demons

we're in the middle of his territory now." Anna nodded with

don't think the Advanced Level Demon will be meeting us.

you were

I believe that we can escape those demons in one way or another, but the

up now?"

take advantage of it and attack one of them. It didn't have to fight them since controlling their mind

Where

to make sure

Noel had come to an agreement as they started running, chasing

to them, the Advanced Demon itself was actually hiding not far from them. There was a small

into the air this whole time. Unfortunately, the demon was barely outside the range of Noel's detection with the

…

A few hours later.

around the forest, trying to find the demon's location but to

is going nowhere." Anna became

had predicted this outcome, so he wondered

but had no

the mood to joke anymore?" Noel

why Noel wasn't happy this whole time. At first, she thought the reason was because they were

me with the