System vs Rebirth

"Noel!" Anna called Noel from a distance while waving her hand. Noel turned out to be working among the people, supervising the place where they could build the second stage storage.

Noel stopped for a moment and turned around, finding Anna and Evan approaching him. Despite Evan's calm expression, his walking speed was faster than normal, indicating that he was eager to know about the runes.

Anna seemed to have done her job of luring him.

Noel gestured to the person next to him to take care of the job while he met these two.

"Welcome to my city, Duke Lorelei." Noel smiled.

"It's truly a surprising city. I guess you have managed to accomplish your first objective, eh? To think that Earl Ardagan has surpassed his father." Evan made a forced smile, showing that he was slightly annoyed that he actually fell for Noel's plan.

"Hahaha. Let's leave it at that." Noel didn't explicitly acknowledge it, so Evan didn't lose his face. He asked, "So, what does Duke Lorelei want with me?"

"Did you seriously ask that question? You were the one who invited me." Evan's eyebrows twitched. "You should be the one mentioning your intention first."

"Is that so? Then, I guess it's fine to disclose it. How about having a cup of tea a few times?"

"…" Evan paused for a moment. What Noel was trying to say was that he wanted to fight against him a couple of times. The number of fights indicated that this was a spar as well as the time for him to train.

Before replying to his invitation, Evan looked around and said, "Let's talk somewhere else."

"Of course. There is an empty building over there." Noel pointed at the half-destroyed building not far away from them.

As soon as the duke agreed, they moved to that building to prevent anyone from listening to them.

"I don't really mind fighting you two, but you should know that I can't hold back for a certain reason, right?" Duke Lorelei squinted his eyes, warning him that the fight wouldn't go according to plan.

"Of course. But that's only the first fight. We have a countermeasure about it." Noel explained.

"The first fight?" Evan pondered for a moment. The first fight was the most important, considering the result would be reported directly by the spies. If those people knew that Duke Lorelei had injured Noel and Anna badly enough, they would definitely feel relieved.

From the second fight onward, it seemed that Noel had a different plan in a way that the spies couldn't kill them. No, it could be said that it was Noel's invitation to eliminate the spies.

fight before getting exterminated. With that, no one would be able to report about Noel

to killing all those spies, what would you give me in return?" Evan asked. Getting suspected by the Royal Family or the Supreme Devil Organization would

in his mind. "Who says I'm going to kill them? The

and Anna were severely injured, they might take that chance to steal them. Of course, that would wait until he left since it was clear that the duke would be interested in

not killing the spies

our injuries, the next battles will only count as training by yourself, isn't it? No one dares to spy on you

sense. After that confirmation, if the duke made a huge scene, it would just look like he was trying to annoy Noel under the pretense of training. But it also meant that their next fight wouldn't be as big as the first one. He didn't care about Noel's aim in that spar. Instead, he focused on what he could get from it.

they spread the word

to be able to protect them

we are not going to be the ones who protect those

steal it directly. However, you're forgetting something. You need something that

smirked. The duke wasn't wrong. Noel didn't plan to stay in this city for a long time, so without him, the duke

you can understand three out of those five inventions, I will let you visit the main city and place your order for those three. What

widened his eyes in shock. Noel actually allowed him to take a close look at these inventions. While he couldn't replicate it,

alone would take a few months to complete, which meant Noel would get a free protector for this city. And the moment he headed to the main city, this place would have recovered to such an extent that it wouldn't collapse so

information about these inventions would spread, which would benefit the Ardagan Family greatly.

To place an order, he could just send a

alone was enough to pique his excitement, fully knowing that Noel's city

main city was still lacking in population and if they planned to supply people, it would be easy for them to be infiltrated. That was why before anyone sent a spy, they were planning to have a migration first and with a stricter requirement.

order to get an entry. There would even be the Rune Academy.

first noble to be granted

that, he had

these

is divided into three stages. The first one is in progress but will take a bit longer. There will be about two to three thousand people. The second one will be in five to six months; the amount is close to the first stage. The last stage will be right before the opening of the city. In total, we will

asked the second question. "Your student is the second

about that, I don't have any intention of teaching her the method just yet. So, in three to four months, I think?

just wanted to reinforce the thought of her learning from Noel since the time they were together

lot of people would ask the duke about Anna's knowledge and he would confirm it based on

priority would be lower than his. Of course, he had to complete his

the Stargaze Family for a long time.

three fingers. "Alright. I can agree to becoming