System vs Rebirth

"Heh, it seems that someone finally knows how to come back." Stella smirked. Even though her words were sharp, her tone was that of teasing.

"Ahaha…" Noel rubbed his cheek embarrassedly. It wasn't that he forgot about them. He simply had a lot of things to do in order to protect himself.

"We've heard about it. It seems that you are going to become an Earl." Ben waved his hands. After talking to Rose, he had grown used to this problem. At the same time, their bond with Rose was far longer than Noel's, so Noel leaving might be sad, but it wasn't unbearable.

"Yes. I believe everything has been set up perfectly, so I should receive that title."

"Isn't it amazing? A captain usually only gets the Count Position. But you get one rank higher…" Zion nodded in approval.

"Well, we might not be able to talk to you casually anymore." Stella looked sad even though she just loved to tease him.

"You don't have to be formal with me." Noel chuckled. "Though, this might be the last time I can see all of you like this."

Paul patted Noel's shoulder. "We're aware of your situation, and your life as an Earl would become even more dangerous, so please be careful. We'll be fine over here."

"Thank you. Sorry that I didn't talk to you about my plan. I couldn't afford to have a lot of people know about this plan, or the Royal Family would notice and prepare another plan against it."

"It's fine. Just take care of Rose for us."

"Of course."

Surprisingly, there weren't a lot of things to talk about. There were some parting words, but they felt it wasn't really a parting.

Noel had even emphasized that he might need their strength sooner or later. So, they would meet each other from time to time.

Rose had explained everything to them, so the squad fully understood Noel's situation and plan.

"Still, I'm quite curious about what happened to you in this one year. It seems that you have become a Spirit Grandmaster." Paul looked at Noel up and down, examining his strength.

"Yeah. I became one not long ago." Noel nodded with a serious expression. "I can finally understand why the Spirit Grandmaster becomes the biggest transition stage."

easily when he was a Spirit Master. So, there was no doubt that Noel could challenge a Superior Demon once he reached

Stella couldn't help but say playfully, "That's right. Paul wants

and hurriedly explained, "What are

nods

Noel chuckled. "Hahaha."

kind of struggles have you gone through this whole year?" Rose asked. As his vassal, she was curious about his experience,

about my

retreated and picked up a

but the others only laughed

ventured deep into the Demon Territory. It was a thrilling experience where one wrong move would spell his

was there with

showed them what he had learned from

on their bodies. On the other hand, the time wasn't appropriate. It would be

that Noel was chased by two Devil Saints and felt

the second prince extorted Noel

he chose his territory. After all, the

goodbye to the rest of the team. This time, he was accompanied by Rose as they were

squad stood in front of the gate,

…

Capital City.

a celebration of the birth of the strongest and youngest Arbiter in the Muivell Kingdom's history, the city was shaken once

information about the youngest and strongest Captain whose

Spirit Grandmaster and have that undeniable strength. However, Noel wasn't losing. He might be late by a few months, but his speed wasn't that far from Anna. More importantly, Noel had two spirits, unlike Anna. In addition, Noel was known to be a lazy person who never trained his body before getting

said that in terms of speed, it was a

had never seen Noel fight personally. Meanwhile, they had witnessed Anna's undeniable strength and

were shocked when they heard Noel's achievement. As the founder of Rune System as well as killing

his father in one go. Because of his personal history, it was

to the people

some good rumors about Noel's deeds and achievements, he couldn't defeat the Royal Family. They spread the rumors about Noel's

cause instability in the kingdom. Hence, the Royal Family rewarded him or, more like, exiled him to the border where he would be targeted by them, the