System vs Rebirth

Paul glanced at his group before saying, "You'll be with me for the time being. Follow me and learn about what we're doing. If you don't understand anything, don't hesitate to ask. We'll do our best to explain it to you."

"Understood." Noel nodded with a serious expression.

"Since you've known about it, I welcome you to the Zero Squad, Iadre." Paul extended his hand. The reception was slightly different than previously, but considering what happened during the last mission, he could understand why they wanted to get some distance from him.

They didn't want to be hurt in case an accident happened again. Just like Noel, Iadre was also targeted by people.

So, Noel could feel they were treating him as a teammate, not a friend or family.

Although he deserved it, Noel still felt a bit sad and angry at himself for even using that plan.

Noel shook Paul's hand with a smile. "Yes. Thank you for welcoming me. I hope I can learn a lot from you."

"Since we're done, we would like to know about your abilities first so that we don't give any instruction to do tasks beyond your levels to avoid incidents. And let's do it as quickly as possible…" Paul thought for a moment and glanced at Noel. "Do you think you're up for a spar?"

"A spar?"

"Yes. I know you're pretty tired after your trip, but we can help you more after learning about your strength."

"I don't really mind to be honest. I'd like to know about the strength of the Zero Squad as well." Noel nodded with a serious expression. Although he knew their power after fighting together, he never fought against them. This would be a perfect chance for him to understand how far he had gotten after consolidating his power.

who would want to test him? Since he is also a swordsman… Do you

only one who used swords, except for Ben who could use anything but wasn't good at any of them as well, she believed she should fight

minutes. You should use all your strength within those fifteen minutes

me." Noel nodded and

bit nostalgic when seeing that white sword with a blue stripe. It reminded him of Noel's ice. In fact, this sword

between the white sword and the black flame was so

asked, "You should know about the

nodded and summoned two

eyebrows when seeing these runes. They looked similar to the Spirit Enchantment but even

were too focused on Noel's runes, they didn't realize Rose was watching

those? They're like Spirit Enchantment, but a bit different. He also has black fire instead of ice… Does that mean he has a

No wonder he's hiding his identity." Rose sighed, not expecting Noel to

if trying to tell each other they

tension began to rise as

his fastest speed, showing speed far

in surprise. This would take everyone by surprise and a Spirit Wielder would

*Clink!*

with each other, stopping each

Stella smirked as