System vs Rebirth

Noel continued to the next floor.

He found something slightly different on this floor. Instead of all the tubes with demon corpses, he actually found a lot of big machines. He didn't understand their function.

Next to the door were two big machines: one was a big cylinder-shaped machine, and the other was a cube. There were a few more complicated machines scattered in the room. However, they did have one thing in common. All of them were not active.

Considering this facility was a thousand years old buildings, there was no way the energy source could still provide them.

There was one more thing that piqued his interest.

"It's getting cold here." Noel measured the temperature with his bare skin. If not for the fact that he had both ice and fire spirits, he would have trouble adjusting to it.

He could only think of one possible reason. "It seems that I'm about to reach the bottom floor. I wonder what will await me."

Noel still didn't sense a single demon lying nearby. Since the ones he had found were dead, the Demon Hunter Medal didn't pick it up. So, if there was really another demon lying in the ambush, they should have died.

"Still, it's quite surprising that even with a facility like this, they don't install any booby traps." Noel looked around. After confirming that he couldn't find a single record, Noel continued to the next floor.

The temperature decreased even further. This time, the floor was filled with a lot of items. He could recognize some because it was a part of his job when he was with the Demon Relief Squad.

Noel easily recognized the room as storage. There were many shelves storing all kinds of items. Unfortunately, he couldn't find anything useful. Hence, Noel left the floor, heading to the next one.

And in this place, he finally saw the end of the stairs.

"Hmm?" Noel examined the stair. Since there were no more stairs, the area was turned into small storage. There was nothing suspicious among the items, so Noel headed to the door leading to the last room.

But when he held the door handle, he noticed it was so cold that even his hand almost got frozen.

hand. There was no

to a Humanoid Rank." Noel smirked, feeling challenged. Since there was no demon inside

know if this will work, but…" Noel took a deep breath and started pushing the handle down, only to

would create a lot of noise. So, he wrapped the entire door with his Undying Fire. Instead of

powerful the ice was.

*Fwoosh!*

chilling breeze instantly escaped the

The coldness was so extreme that Noel instinctively poured more Spiritual Energy into his fire. This was the first time he had

his teeth. If not for his Undying Flame, he would definitely get frozen just from the

temperature, he raised his head and found what had actually transpired inside

side of the room, he could see a

all the people in this area were. It turned out

room he

he entered the room, seeking out the

as the rest despite it being at the bottom of the building. Additionally, the spot where he expected to find the other humans that maintained this

demons and demi-humans getting frozen in this place. The demons seemed to be made of desert animals. They looked like they were trying to

his left stood a few statues made of frozen demi-humans. They were looking angry

like Old Ru, but some others had grotesque physiques like the ones he found

the room, especially the demons. It seemed that

like a blue jade. It was polished cleanly, but it didn't let out any light, making it hard to find if there was no clue.

Is this crystal the thing that I've been looking for this whole time?" Noel frowned. He entered the room carefully as the cold started attacking him, trying to freeze him like the

room. There was one thing that

Why would their number be

demi-humans and the humans in this place. But when he looked at the demons, he wondered if that something truly existed. If that was

incorrect. In addition, he couldn't find a

that could easily fit a hundred people. However, there was no way only a hundred people could maintain this building. They