System vs Rebirth

The next morning.

Noel was standing in front of the kids. He had agreed to the duel Eric wanted. But Noel had made a condition.

They had to attack him at the same time.

All eleven kids were standing side by side while holding a wooden sword.

"I think you have learned about this from the Demon Banner Army, but I'm going to repeat it. There are three things you need if you want to become stronger and fight bandits and demons. They are Swordsmanship, connections, and resources.

"Connection can be made in the future when you eventually venture out of the city. Resources are the same. You have to make your own money and buy your own things, especially the Demon Crystals. You need them to get stronger.

"I won't be explaining a lot of things about Spiritual Energy and Spirits right now. Instead, I will be leaving you with books so that you can learn together. Erica is the only one who has made a clear effort to learn how to read and write, so ask her to teach you or you can learn how to read and write from her.

"There are a lot of resources from humans to items. I have a principle that I will settle everything fair and square unless the other party is not… But I'm not going to impose this ideal on you.

"Just keep asking the question of what, when, where, who, why, and how every time you do something and decide whether that's the right thing to do or not.

"Last but not least, the Swordsmanship. You have your own path to pursue, which is the Sword Dance. But in essence, they are similar to normal Swordsmanship.

"You need technique, abilities, and footwork if you want to polish your strength.

very start, you have been dancing together with the others. So, I want you to remember that

your biggest advantage and the reason why I ask

rhythm. I believe

too much. The rest could be explained

he paused for a moment while taking a deep breath. After that, he looked at the kids and raised

swordsmanship this time to show you the gap between us. I won't use my Spirit, Spiritual Energy, or any abilities." Noel looked

nervous since this might be the first time they saw Noel this serious in a fight. It felt like they

to avoid harming the kids. He simply focused his attention on

Noel as an enemy to beat. In other words, they were ready

his chest while taking a few deep breaths. "Amazing. So, this is a real fight. It's different from those thugs in the slum… This is the best chance to get a hang of a 'real'

everyone and dissipated their

They would be disrespecting Noel if they didn't do this

rush forth. His footwork consisted of small steps, allowing him to

charged at Noel before eventually spinning his body at the right time so that his sword would reach him with all that

could sense his intention easily and took a step forward to

that Noel took a step forward, his sword would end up being too close to

*Clack!*

ended up clashing with Noel standing right in front of Eric, stopping his wooden sword completely. With this, his dance stopped. Eric

back while thinking, 'That slash was supposed to hit his sword, making him use a bit of his strength to block it. During that time, I would be able to deliver

a bit too predictable. I know that it will give you an advantage once the attack connects, but what will you do when your rhythm

loud, understanding Noel's advice. It was the weakness