System vs Rebirth

"This is the place." Old Ru pointed at the giant building behind him. They had ventured quite far from their place, so it wasn't that surprising that they found a mysterious building out of nowhere.

"What is this building?" Noel asked while furrowing his eyebrows.

"This building is a mansion from the previous civilization. Though, this is just a normal place that I usually visit a couple of times every year. What I want from you is to beat all the monsters behind the building. There is a giant sinkhole behind this building and inside you will find a lot of monsters… So, I will wait for you here until you finish."

"Hmm?" Noel frowned. "Are you not coming with us?"

He had talked big to Dimitri that his safety was guaranteed, but it seemed that Old Ru had a different plan.

"If I come with you, you will always think that you have that assurance… Well, I won't completely leave you without nothing, so…" Old Ru took out a small piece of paper with a weird symbol on it. "This is a talisman that is imbued with my power. If you think you can't defeat your opponent, pour Spiritual Energy into this talisman and I will sense the reaction. After that, I will immediately go to help you. You should be able to withstand the onslaught for five minutes, right?"

"I see." Noel looked down, contemplating. If Old Ru went with them directly, they would definitely be unable to use all their power, thinking that Old Ru would intervene when their lives were in danger. But by doing this, they would feel a sense of urgency and make them more careful.

With their current strength, they felt like fighting a Superior Demon was possible.

However, they still lacked one thing.

Noel raised his hand. "I know that we shouldn't ask this, but considering our opponent will be a Superior Demon. May we know about the information of that demon?"

"That's true. It's not fair for two Spirit Masters to challenge a Superior Demon." Old Ru nodded. "In fact, you should be able to guess what Superior Demon you will encounter once you reach their nest. Inside that sinkhole, you can find an entrance to an extremely complex tunnel. It's a demon that lurks inside the ground that usually makes the land fertile. Just expect something quite big. And don't worry about your battle inside; the tunnel it created is quite sturdy."

Anna looked down, wondering what the demon was. Meanwhile, Noel glanced at Anna, asking, "Do you think it's possible to fight the Superior Demon?"

"There's no way we can do that normally. But it might be possible if you use both of your elements. I'll also warn you of the danger."

"Alright then." Noel nodded in agreement. "Let's go, shall we?"

"Yeah. I'm quite curious about how strong we've become with this new ability. I feel like improving the control of my Spiritual Energy causes my overall control to increase."

"I feel the same."

Before they left, Noel and Anna bowed to Old Ru. "We will go."

"Yeah. By the way, your time limit is two days. You have to kill all one thousand demons and the Superior Demon within two days."

enough." Noel and Anna answered at the same time. Both of them smiled at each other and said the same thing. "Kill

plan in their mind. Looking at their synergy couldn't help but

so? Happy

turned around as they headed to the sinkhole. As Old Ru said, there was a giant hole

about fifty meters. It could swallow the entire mansion with the size alone. And it was quite deep, considering they had to use their Moon Blessing to see through the dark

a bottom layer and the rain should fill this hole with water. Yet, we

seems that the demon has

"Do demons drink?"

can live with only Spiritual Energy,

fell silent. They realized that this area was

Noel pointed at the

of giant demon is hiding inside this nest? In addition,

anything with

but they are pretty scattered. I'm sure that they are Peak Level Demons. We have to go

a moment. The entrance was about thirty meters inside the hole,

both of them seemed to have reached the same conclusion

have to tell

you in the middle of the

slide to the

right?" Noel let out a sigh. Noel ended up moving behind Anna and gradually lifted up her body, carrying her

she expected, a pair of black fire wings appeared on Noel's back. This was the Undying Phoenix Wings, and they

like baggage or on his back. In the end, he had to carry her like

grin on her face, thinking that

the end, he flew toward the

to treat a woman gently too…

in the middle of the hole. Even Anna would have a

around his neck, making sure that she wouldn't let it go. "With

"In any

finished his words, he sensed some demons with

some presence with her instinct. But Noel didn't let her warn him as he

tunnel, he tried to toss Anna to the ground, but Anna made a cheeky grin as her arms were still refusing

be interrupted by

of nine presences inside the tunnel. With their Moon Blessings, they could see their appearances. They