System vs Rebirth

As soon as the gate was opened, they were greeted by a man in full armor. He took off his helmet as a formality and greeted them. "I'm Captain Henderson, the one in charge of the south wall. It's an honor to meet the Demon Relief Squad here."

Paul nodded and shook his head. Although he didn't look like he was doing anything, he was actually observing Henderson's condition. Normally, people would have taken off their helmet before meeting someone, but Henderson seemed to be paranoid to the point he had to confirm the other party first before taking it off.

"Nice to meet you. We've heard the distress call from your fortress and shall help you. So, who is in charge of this fortress?" Paul asked.

"The one in charge of this fortress is the second son of Earl Lawrence, Hagen Lawrence." Henderson replied, but his smile seemed to be superficial. "Let me guide you to his mansion to discuss about the current situation."

"Understood. I appreciate it." Paul agreed and Henderson immediately asked someone to stand in for him as he had to bring the important guest.

As soon as they entered the fort, Noel couldn't help but furrow his eyebrows. He had seen the Demon Banner Army's fort, so it was clear how different the lives in these two forts.

The Demon Banner Army's fort was filled with life and hope. The people who lived there were smiling, and the fort was brimming with merchants.

Meanwhile, the Lawrence Fort had no lives in it. There were people here and there, but they had the look of a dead fish.

It seemed Stella could sense it as well and said, "Noel. Can you tell Jonathan and Zion to take over the reign? We'll go inside. Tell Rose and Anna to go inside the carriage as well. This fort is bad news."

and jumped off the carriage to tell those people. Before long, everyone sneakily changed their positions, with

here, but because he was still new, Stella invited him to give him some more

have noticed it as well." Stella looked at Noel

The people were looking at them as if they were prey. They paid special attention to Stella, so Anna and Rose should

slums, I don't think it's a slum before, considering how that Henderson doesn't act differently toward these people. In other

and the mismanagement," added Rose. "Even if you're attacked by demons, it won't be much of a problem if the upper management is good. They can raise people's morale

care from the lord of the fortress. Due to the demon invasion, the people will lose their jobs

size of this fort, they should have enough food in their storage to feed people for at least a month. But the situation has become like this when the attack

in charge of this fort can't do his job properly. Well, I apologize if you feel insulted as

the condition of the lord himself.

Anna nodded in agreement. In the past, she wouldn't care much about these lowly people, but meeting Noel had changed her perspective. She realized how evil she looked in the

do if

considering our fate can be much worse than dying. As for the men, they'll take care of everything. Although Paul looks like

I might have to stay here with everyone to not make the