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.

at the other members and asked, "So, who would want to test him? Since

members, thinking there was no one who was as good as Noel. But since she was the only one who used swords, except for Ben who could use

don't mind." Stella agreed. "The battle limit will be fifteen minutes. You should use all your strength within those fifteen minutes so

me." Noel

It reminded him of Noel's ice. In fact, this sword would look better if Noel was the one

that. The contrast between

Noel had finished his preparation, Stella pulled out her sword and asked, "You should know about the Spirit Levels, right? I'm a Spirit

nodded and summoned two runes: Increase Agility Rune and Strength

eyebrows when seeing these runes. They looked similar to the

focused on Noel's runes, they didn't

but a bit different. He also has black fire instead of ice… Does that mean he has a spirit with two elements? It's not unprecedented, but it's still

something similar to Spirit Enchantment, creating unique swordsmanship, and reaching Spirit Wielder at a young age… They have enough reasons to kill Noel. No wonder he's hiding his identity." Rose sighed, not expecting Noel to be hiding all these abilities. She wanted to see what kind of battle he would show

Spiritual Energy as if trying to

to rise as Noel made his

forward with his fastest speed, showing speed far

a Spirit Wielder would have a hard time reacting to it.

*Clink!*

collided with each other,

fast…" Stella smirked as the adrenaline