System vs Rebirth

"So, what's going on with this town? Is there a problem that will require us to visit?" Anna asked.

"Yeah. The city has three major problems right now. First of all, before the building of our city, it was the only fort that withstood the incoming attacks from the demons." Noel explained.

"Their walls are destroyed and the buildings are still in repair, something like that?"

"I don't know the extent of the damage, but it will definitely need our attention. In the end, this city will change its role to become the hub that connects the main city with the rest of the kingdom after all."

"Fair enough." Anna nodded. "How about the second problem?"

"Food and water supplies. According to the information, the city has been selling demon crystals in exchange for supplies. The food can still be taken from the demon meats, but they don't have any farmland due to the continuous onslaught."

"Water problems shouldn't be a problem, right? We have a river and can redirect it to them."

"No. The river is actually not that far from them, so they can utilize it if they want. It's just that the city is not suitable for water wells. I've heard that they don't have any in that city. I'm not sure about the reason though."

"Is that so? That's rather concerning. Even if we can relieve the water problem, it won't be sustainable."

"Indeed. That's why I'm thinking about connecting the river. If we solve this problem not carefully, they might haunt us and force us to go out of the main city to help them again in the future."

Anna thought for a moment, wondering if Noel had implemented something in the past. Anna being Anna, her memory was a bit fuzzy since she was only focused on the main city.

"Say! The fact that it's a fort means there should be a lot of soldiers stationed there, right?" Anna asked.

"Indeed. Unlike us, who only have elite soldiers, this fort has about five to six hundred normal soldiers. That's why they have been able to fend off demons the whole time."

"If that's the case, why don't we use runes to help these people? I mean, they have a constant supply of Demon Crystals, right? If that's the case, we can use the rune to direct the water."

"Rune, huh…" Noel looked down. Instead of selling Demon Crystals and buying water, it would be more effective to use the Demon Crystals to supply the rune's energy. The rest of the Demon Crystals could be sold to improve the city.

Now that he thought about it, since this place was going to be the gate to reach the main city, he could improve the city with runes. This way, the people who entered his territory could see the wonders of runes firsthand and had their opinions increased when they reached the main city.

What Anna found was just a small detail in her memory, but for Noel, it was a big opportunity.

"That's right. We can set up a few runes later." Noel nodded. "But we will need to see the city's condition first before deciding which runes we can set up."

"That's settled."

bunch. So, we will need a lot of people to improve the city, especially to maintain the connection with the main city as well as nearby villages. There are other problems with those villages, but that can wait for a

make them submit?" Anna frowned. "But that's not

learn first." Noel turned to Grandell. "I will need you and

Noel and Anna's strength, they weren't necessarily needed. So, they

Stain City. When Noel first heard that name, he wondered if the person who named that city was in the right mind

away by horse, which was normal since this city was slightly near the edge of their territory. Noel

surprised to

already half-destroyed. There were numerous cracks and they seemed to be going to collapse any time soon. The blood had a red stain that was so thick that it showed the number of demons and

still noticed a few people standing on top of the city wall as if they didn't care about their own safety.

notice their arrival, which was odd since it was

opened

A few flying demons were heading toward the city. Because of the tall grass, they had a hard time seeing the demons on

asked while furrowing his eyebrows. It seemed that those soldiers were focusing on

to seventy demons. I can feel one Peak Level Demon, but that's all." Anna pulled out her sword.

we last fought together." Noel ordered Grandell, "You and the rest will set up the base near the wall in case a demon slips past us. Also, establish contact with

the other way around since it was the soldiers job to kill the demons, but Noel and Anna's strength was

Speed!" Anna snapped her fingers as a big rune

sped

when they were closing in on

"Who are they?"

"Two people?"

"What are they doing?"

tell me they are going to fight

they were just going to die. However, Noel and

It's been a while since I've been riding at this speed!" Anna smirked while gathering her energy for the

the same.

sucked a lot of energy from Noel. This energy was

time Dimitri helped Clara defeat her opponent from

way Dimitri held the sword and

that instant, the energy ran through the ground and traveled one hundred meters in just one second, slicing

It's still weaker than the one Dimitri released back then." Noel

her feet on the saddle as if she were about to stand up on top of a horse. "Anyway, I need

pointed his palm toward the demon. A total of ten runes appeared in the air, starting from a staircase to a few random runes around

the path, Anna jumped into the platform rune and took off into the sky. She calculated the path to kill all these demons before landing on top of the rune in the middle of

struck the Platform Rune with her sword, sending forth lightning sparks in all