System vs Rebirth

Noel gradually opened his eyes, only to be greeted by a pitch darkness. Still, some light managed to enter his eyes, making him realize that he wasn't isolated.

Because he didn't understand the situation, Noel opened his eyes with a serious expression, trying to assess his current situation.

"This place…" Noel muttered. He could see some charred walls and black soil. The smell of burnt had been trapped inside, but surprisingly, he wasn't that much bothered by it.

Despite being burned, there was no smoke produced, so Noel didn't feel anything from the current situation.

Noel tried to check his body's condition by circulating his Spiritual Energy, but as he expected, there was no change except for the new Spirit Link.

"Ardagan, Heisk," Noel called their names in a low voice.

Unfortunately, there wasn't any reply from them. It seemed that the two spirits had worked too hard to forge the Spirit Link.

As a result, he could sense a deep connection with his fire. If before, the fire was something that had been given to him, the current feeling made him think that it had become a part of him.

"I see. The Spirit Link is a kind of direct connection between me and that part of absolute fire. In other words, the current Undying Fire has the characteristic I've set up, but also the intensity of that absolute fire. Although it won't be enough to suppress other flames, it should be enough to influence them. It's no wonder that Ardagan needs me to reach the Spirit Grandmaster Stage first before attempting this."

Noel took a deep breath, calming his heart down. While he had confirmed that everything was alright, he still didn't know where he was.

It appeared that he was sealed in a room with some windows, but looking around, he could only find charred soil and rocks.

As if noticing Noel's movement, someone's voice echoed from above.

"He's got up!"

"?!" Noel was confused and hurriedly raised his head, only to have a blank mind for a few seconds to process everything he saw.

He was actually inside a giant hole. Its size was about three meters in radius and the depth almost reached ten meters. He couldn't help but think he was inside a giant well at this point.

But if he thought about it, he realized that he was the one who created this hole. The charred wall had shown that his flame was burning so fiercely that it reduced everything underneath him into nothing. If he continued, he might not be able to come out.

In fact, he should feel lucky that the ground underneath him didn't contain any water.

As soon as he noticed a movement coming from Noel, Raincart immediately used his ice element to form a ladder and shouted, "Come up! There are a lot of things I want to say."

he would cause all this. Without missing a beat, Noel climbed

the surface, Raincart said, "Get ready to fill up

hole. They must have brought it from the hill nearby so that

Raincart brought him to another spot while

I'm alright." Noel felt a

clothes have to be able to endure

laugh due to how ridiculous the question was. "The spirit

Raincart chuckled. "It seems that you're fine. How do you feel right

smiled. "If I had to fight against those people from the Supreme Devil Organization again, even if I couldn't defeat them, I wouldn't have any problems escaping. I finally understand why Spirit Grandmaster and Spirit Link are the biggest breakthroughs you

you have a Spirit Link

That's allowed me to buy time from

"So, is this everything?"

pills. Those pills are used to forcefully awaken my spirits and expand my Spirit Link. According to my partner, it

weird drugs, you will be in trouble? Have you taken any

about it,

bastard from Zaecuria?" Raincart clenched his fists. "It seems

with a former Royal Alchemist and Anna. This agreement is related to the pill.

Raincart fell silent for a moment. Anna was the most monstrous person among the younger generations in all four kingdoms, he didn't believe

pill should only boost

worried because he didn't know anything about

to drugs from the previous civilization. There is no side effect and I'm thinking about making it the

to be threading in a dangerous zone,

get stronger… I'm not trying to become a tyrant or anything, but I just want to get stronger so that I can achieve my

Raincart didn't know what to say. On the one hand, he wanted to stop Noel because of the unknown drugs. On the other hand, Noel was adamant about ingesting this

by a kingdom or even multiple kingdoms, he wouldn't have had

"Alright. I will permit it, but I have to

to recover before continuing." Noel nodded, gratified by his grandfather's concern. In fact, it wasn't a baseless concern. If he

her experience and memory, that this pill was safe and would

to take this one step forward to prove the

kid, and his talent was among the top, so he didn't believe that Noel would

kind of strength you get after forging the Spirit Link." Raincart smirked. "You have also become a Spirit Grandmaster now, so I expect you've become quite strong. Let's see if

do that?" Noel asked while recounting what he got

Advancing to the