System vs Rebirth

"Hmm?!" Qiel narrowed her eyes when she noticed another movement from the ruin's direction. "Wait, isn't that…"

Legolaz had first split the group into two. The first group entered the ruin with him while the second group maintained the security of the area.

The second group hadn't made any other moves, showing that they were waiting for Legolaz. Additionally, since a few hours had passed, the sky had begun to turn dark. Dimitri would become even more powerful during the dark. It was true that the brighter the light, the darker the shadow. But when it was dark, it would be hard to differentiate the shadow, making him able to blend in.

That was why Qiel had to be careful during the nighttime. It was clear that Dimitri was planning to make a run for it.

Qiel drew her bow, aiming at the ruin. Although she didn't plan to destroy the ruin, she would definitely shoot if Noel was there. Even Dimitri would have a hard time protecting Noel in this siege.

But this was the exact reason why any variable might ruin her plan.

And the first group that Legolaz brought in earlier began to emerge from the ruin. They were actually taking out a lot of frozen statues. Those figures had been covered in a thick layer of ice.

"Huh?" Qiel's body trembled. She had clashed with Dimitri a few times in the past. Dimitri might be clever, but not this clever.

She instantly saw through the trick that had transpired inside the ruin. The fact that the people brought out those fragile frozen people meant she couldn't shoot at the ruin.

While she could shoot a non-lethal arrow and just use shock waves to blow away normal people without killing them, she was practically a cannon. A single shot from her would produce an impact that would shatter the fragile ice statues.

If she truly shot them, it was the same as picking a fight against the Atracaeca Kingdom.

"Kh." Qiel gritted her teeth, realizing that Noel must be the one who thought about this plan. It seemed that the report of him outsmarting Laufey was not a lie. Ultimately, Qiel lowered her bow while keeping on the lookout.

She might not be able to shoot, but she could still order the people to move.

"You guys get ready. The moment I find a single trace of that little brat, you're going to chase after him."

The Devil Bishops and Devil Inspectors nodded their heads furiously.

More and more ice statues were brought out from the ruin. Obviously, the ice statues piqued everyone's interest, so they ended up surrounding the first group, trying to get a look at these statues.

became, the harder Qiel could find Noel and Dimitri. This was basically the battle of wits between Qiel and

shouted, "I am the second son of the Grand Protector, Ramuer. We have found a trace of the previous civilization. Hence, I'm going to order all of you to carry everything to the nearest city. We'll use the temperature of the night to maintain their condition

ice. It was probably the reason why Noel negotiated with Ramuer at

wasn't so simple. "No, they don't seem to be using them to escape. If

it, she saw a fluctuation of

from far away, but she could also see the flow of Spiritual Energy. And currently, there was a change in the middle of the crowd. "It

was waiting patiently, fully knowing that Dimitri would leave the crowd and make a run

west, and Nelfer is waiting for them in the east. The ruin might not be big, but they still have to loop around if they want to go to the north." Qiel smirked. She had positioned perfectly, limiting Noel

Dimitri suddenly launched himself

Qiel could see the shadow that used the darkness to cover its presence, moving in Nelfer's

a chance that Noel was hiding among the crowd or even staying in the

an abrupt change. He suddenly stopped and changed his

shifts his direction to the town. Did he notice Nelfer and change his direction? Or…" Qiel gasped, thinking of another possibility. "That little brat might be with him

shadow form, but that was enough to make him hard to be

notice him changing

him, Qiel wouldn't allow

have surprised me, but you haven't exceeded my imagination," Qiel smirked and released her bow. She had to shoot him before Dimitri left

arrow was made of light, it left a trail in

the crowd could react, the arrow had reached its direction. But since the distance was extremely far away, there was a small window of

Boom!

exploded, startling

albeit barely. The effect was shown when

shadow continued on its

you could avoid that." Qiel clicked her tongue, but her annoyed expression soon turned into

she said those words, the shadow that had just left Qiel's firing range came to a halt. A

Bam!

that it caused an eruption. All the sand on

change in the terrain, the shadow had to revert to its original