System vs Rebirth

"That's basically what happened in the Muivell Kingdom." Raincart had finished recounting the information he got from the spies that the Greenwood Kingdom had planted. "I'm sure that other kingdoms have learned about her existence as well. To think she would be that strong, she can use the True Spirit Body as well, no?"

After listening to Anna's story, Noel couldn't help but fall silent. On the one hand, his ice abilities had improved drastically over the past week. On the other hand, it was nowhere near Anna's level.

Noel looked down for a moment, wondering what he should do. While he treated Anna as his ally, she was also his rival. There was no way Noel liked the fact that he was currently weaker.

That silence of his couldn't help but make Raincart a little bit sad. He comforted him by saying, "You don't have to think too much. Your progress is exceptional as well. If the Ardagan Family is still backing you, you would have reached the same level as her."

Noel didn't reply to him, causing Raincart to think that Noel hadn't recovered.

Raincart asked, "That's right. You're planning to reach the Spirit Grandmaster during your stay here, right? From the looks of it, you are already at the peak of Spirit Master. Is there anything troubling you? Although I'm not good with swords or runes, I'm good at elemental spirit. Maybe I can advise you or something."

Noel's eyes lit up as he looked at his grandfather. There was always one thing that stuck in his mind.

Even after learning the secret from Damian, he didn't know how to master his Undying Fire. Yes, he managed to improve his control and its intensity due to Old Ru's training, but he was nowhere mastering it.

"Actually, I have been wondering about something." Noel scratched the back of his head, feeling a bit embarrassed. He thought this was just a simple question, so the fact that he didn't know it made him look ignorant. It reminded him of how he first started.

"What's wrong?" Raincart asked with a serious expression.

That expression startled Noel. It felt like Raincart was telling him that asking any questions was never a dumb action.

Noel felt reassured and decided to share his problem. "I'm confused about my flame. I don't mean to brag, but my flame is strong. It's so strong that I feel like something is missing."

"Continue." Raincart nodded in agreement as he had seen Noel's Undying Fire previously.

and started forming his Undying

replicated the same thing. Surprisingly, the flame didn't release an

the temperature, the heat, and its burning power.

don't know how to proceed?" Raincart asked

my spirit, but that's actually the

you put

If I can control the temperature, I can control the heat. But it's kind of conflicting

do you think about those three characteristics? No, should I say, what

head in confusion. It felt like Raincart was questioning him about the flame characteristic, but at the same time, there seemed to be another profound meaning behind

I think about it… why is Ardagan's flame called Undying Fire? How about other things like just Fire? Why does Ardagan specify its name to be Undying

thought.

was Ice Control. It had evolved a few times, but it didn't change the fact that Heisk considered her ice as

also another question similar to it. Why would Heisk's control change its name to Spiritual Cold Control? Did it mean Heisk's

change and the meaning behind those

Undying Fire? What is Undying in the first place?' Noel tried to recall the meaning of Undying and thought, 'Undying

the flame won't be able to change its attribute? If it can burn for thousands of

burns everything, will it engulf this world with its power? How about its

a low temperature but can burn everything, there will be a lot of implications. For example, I can separate liquid by making one liquid into a vapor. But if the fire temperature is low, the liquid will only evaporate into nothing. In fact, not even the

high and maintained at that level, it will stay

to mastering the Undying Fire is not control whatsoever. Instead, it's the

not an extraordinary challenge like he expected. It was actually the basic thing. He'd gotten the fundamentals

didn't say the correct answer was because Ardagan wanted Noel to choose without influencing him

spirits resided within the people because they wanted to see how the humans wielded

how Noel