System vs Rebirth

Both of them stopped and hid behind a tree as they approached the area carefully, making sure they didn't make any noise. The animal's ears were sensitive, and it was worse when they turned into demons, so if they were not careful, everything would be in vain.

Of course, both Anna and Noel didn't dare to approach them easily. They were watching them from far away on top of the tree.

Noel had a hard time finding the right spot to watch the entire scene, while Anna seemed to have found her spot and even asked him to come over. In the end, Noel came to her and finally had a view of the demons.

There was a three meters tall mushroom standing in the middle. It had thin legs and arms, making it look vulnerable to sharp objects. However, dozens of demons were watching this mushroom demon as if they were listening to their father.

Noel and Anna had agreed that this demon was actually the Advanced Level Demon they had been looking for. They also could see the mushroom in the demons' bodies. Some were hidden, some were easily visible.

But it was clear that all these demons were under the mushroom's control.

Both of them exchanged looks as if they were trying to communicate their next move.

Noel pointed at his eyes and those demons in succession, telling Anna that they were going to watch over them.

Since the Saintess was planning to bring some Holy Knights to stop the demons, there would be some trouble in the city wall due to the lack of capable people. Hence, it was better to stall the remaining demons here instead of letting the city take them head-on.

After all, it would still be considered a defeat if they let the people in the city die. Noel couldn't bear the fact that he would lose so many Honor Points.

Still, when Noel counted the demons, there seemed to be a total of 38 demons in this area alone. Taking them head-on would be too reckless. Even the Holy Knights wouldn't be able to defeat them.

challenge some of the demons first. This was a challenge for Noel to see what kind of plan they had to use in order

some consideration, Noel used 8 Skill Points

Skill: Rune Mastery (2/10)

Requirement: 12 SP

such as more rune strokes and some basic knowledge. If he could keep this up, he didn't even need the knowledge from Ardagan to form a new rune. Of course, he had to level this skill up for

for now, Ardagan seemed to be responding to that lack

Energy

Requirement: 5 SP

Bind

Requirement: 5 SP

because this was the first time he saw these two runes. Unlike the previous two runes, these runes weren't support runes that

two runes, he wouldn't be able

these two runes might be good for him. The first would be the Spiritual Energy Dispersion Rune. As its name implied, the rune's purpose

the other hand, the Chain Bind Rune could help him restrain a demon. Depending on the situation, he could use

Agility and Strength Blessing Runes could be used pretty much in an instant, so

decided to level up these two runes. And now, there were only

the runes entered Noel's

to understand more about runes, but this is not the place to review it. In that case, let's focus on the important matter

as those two climbed down and walked quietly until they were a

are

launch a sneak attack and kill as many demons as possible at the first strike. The Saintess has to keep up her barrier to stop the mushroom until