System vs Rebirth

Noel spent two hours inside that space to swing his blade according to the Sword Saint's instruction. He was shocked by how much a toll that his swing took in his mind.

It seemed that the Sword Saint had considered everything, including his limit. After the swing, he continued to the next training to cut through the Spiritual Energy. This was the uniqueness came from Ardagan itself, who was a living spirit instead of a normal sword.

Still, there was one more important thing he learned in this space. It was about the runes.

The Sword Saint gave him the remaining knowledge about runes that he had been lacking this whole time. With this knowledge, he could create many runes of his choices. He could even read the runes that sealed the Ancient Demon Tree.

The seal was made of at least thirty runes, so it was impossible for him to recreate it. Even if he could apply a quite powerful rune, he would exhaust all his Spiritual Energy for it. Hence, he had to stick with some low level runes for the time being until he absorbed more Spiritual Energy.

After those two hours, the space gradually disappeared and the Sword Saint seemed to be more transparent as if he had used most of his remaining Spiritual Energy.

"Are you…" Noel squinted his eyes, examining the Sword Saint's condition.

"I'm fine. No matter what, I had died so long ago. You don't have to worry about me." The Sword Saint smiled and patted Noel's head like his own son. "You are quite talented, boy."

"I'm flattered, but I don't think this is enough."

"To surpass her?"

have to do it."

together with her will be more advantageous for you." The Sword Saint

to drop this hatred?" Noel gritted his teeth, glaring at

I tell you that your parents are still alive and she doesn't do anything, I won't tell you to drop your hatred because that's your main driving force to get stronger right

other and always tried to beat each other, whether in

I want to tell you is that she can make you stronger and you can cooperate with her. I know that you don't want to owe someone, so I'm just telling you

Why?" Noel was confused, trying to connect everything but to

they framed the talented girl who was supposed to have no power to decide their execution as the culprit. It's clear that Anna Stargaze is a huge part in their plan. Instead

Noel fell silent for a moment. He didn't think about this. As the Sword Saint said, Anna wasn't supposed to

I have to tell you the reason why I built this tomb here instead of your home. I mean, I am your Ancestral Uncle, you know. I should be allowed to be buried next to my sister, right?" The

at him with a curious

a single wave of his hand,

contained a pair of golden rings. It didn't have anything special on it other than a single rune that was embedded in the inner part of the ring. "These were the wedding rings of your ancestors. I'm

weak signal to the other ring. Right now, I can think of several ways

are yours." The Sword Saint smiled, placing the rings on top of his palm. "You can use it for your wedding rings as well since that

you." Noel didn't know what to

soul. It can heal all your wounds as long as you're not dead. It can even grow one