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."

whole time, the people there are a rough bunch. So, we will need a

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

to learn first." Noel turned to Grandell. "I

even though they were soldiers, with Noel and

city was in the right mind or

which was normal since this city was slightly near the edge of their territory. Noel planned to create two

city, he was surprised to find

numerous cracks and they seemed to be going to collapse any time soon. The blood had a red

of the city wall as

the city didn't seem to notice their arrival, which was odd since it was

Anna opened her mouth. "Hmm, I

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

Noel asked while furrowing his eyebrows. It seemed that those

Demon, but that's all." Anna pulled out her sword. "I guess both of

ordered Grandell, "You and the rest will set up the base near the wall in case a demon slips past

soldiers job to kill the demons, but Noel and Anna's strength was simply too overwhelming, so it shouldn't be that

fingers as a big rune appeared

surge of energy, the horses suddenly sped up far faster than any horses one would

movement was noticed when they were closing in on the people on

"Who are they?"

"Two people?"

"What are they doing?"

they are going to fight

going to die. However, Noel and Anna

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

the same. He used

from Noel. This energy was already

still remembered the time Dimitri helped Clara defeat her opponent

way Dimitri held the

one hundred meters in just one second, slicing a

than the one Dimitri released back then." Noel

before shaking her head helplessly. She started placing her feet on the saddle as if she were about to stand up on top of a horse. "Anyway, I need your platform rune to handle

of ten runes appeared in the air, starting from

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