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.

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

is your biggest advantage and the reason why I ask you to fight me

own build, elasticity, and rhythm. I believe that you can

much. The

breath. After that, he looked at the kids and raised his wooden

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

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

had yet to release his killing intent to avoid harming the kids. He simply focused his attention on the kids

they had considered Noel as an enemy

this is a real fight. It's different from those thugs in the slum… This

stunned everyone and dissipated

disrespecting Noel if

leader, Eric was the first to rush forth. His footwork consisted

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

intention easily and took a step forward

his eyes. His motion was meant to attack Noel in his position. The fact that Noel took a step forward, his sword would end

*Clack!*

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

him use a bit of his strength to block

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

Noel's advice. It was