System vs Rebirth

Noel and Anna were standing outside the town. Since they were going to fight seriously, they had to do it outside if they didn't want to destroy all the things they worked hard for.

"Are you sure about this?" Duke Lorelei asked with a serious expression.

"Yes, Sir. If you're worried about injuring us, we have our own plan. It won't hinder us or anything." Noel nodded.

"In that case, I won't hold back. I won't deal any damage that would last for a lifetime, but I might break a few of your bones in my attack. And you are also free to do the same thing if you are capable of doing that." Duke Lorelei ultimately agreed after a lot of persuasion from Noel yesterday.

"Thank you, Sir. And I hope that there won't be any grudges after this battle." Noel smiled.

"Of course." Duke Lorelei placed his left hand on his scabbard and his right hand on the sword's handle, ready to pull it out.

Anna and Noel pulled out their swords and raised their stances.

As someone who had been chasing after the sword, Duke Lorelei noticed something different from these two.

Her sword felt sharp and mysterious, as though it were waiting for the right time to unleash its might to catch its prey. Meanwhile, Noel's sword appeared to be changing. At first, it looked like a fiery blaze and the next second it was as cold as winter.

"Interesting." Duke Lorelei smirked. He knew that these two were not normal, but not to this extent. It seemed that he would be able to have some fun in this battle. "You both can come at me together!"

Noel and Anna took a deep breath. Their spiritual energy erupted, forming a shock wave that blew away the grass around them.

With just a glance at each other, both of them made the same movement.

They both disappeared from Duke Lorelei's vision.

Duke Lorelei's vision turned left, focusing on Anna. Her speed seemed to be faster than Noel's, so she would be the first one to attack.

But surprisingly, at the very last second, Anna took the step a little too late, causing Noel to catch up.

"!!!" Duke Lorelei was surprised to see Anna changing her pace at the last moment. Instead of blocking only her, Evan had no choice but to block these two youngsters at the same time. He flicked the cross guard, causing the blade to unsheathe a little bit. A sharp energy flowed out of the scabbard and split into two.

They both swung their blades at Evan, but this energy stopped them.

Anna and Noel were startled, but they weren't done just with this. Anna snapped her fingers, forming a rune underneath the three of them.

Evan didn't know what kind of rune this was, but he didn't sense any danger. But the next thing he realized, Noel suddenly split the energy apart and his sword continued moving toward him.

This was actually the same rune Anna used to amplify the soldiers' strengths during the exploration. Noel took this chance to strike him down. At the same time, lightning sparked around Anna as she spun her body, looping around the energy and striking the duke from behind.

'They are truly in sync, but…' Duke Lorelei suddenly ducked down, letting their swords hit each other.

Cling!

clicking sound surprised Anna and Noel. Seeing how the duke was below them, it was

Emotion in his sword style, amplifying his speed. He then

to avoid that slash,

interesting swordplay you have there." Evan started to get fired up. He poured a bit of energy into

and Noel felt danger coming from the front. Even though the duke didn't draw his sword, they felt like the duke

struck whatever was coming, matching the timing with their instinct. Lightning covered Anna's sword while Noel activated

of a sudden, they felt friction. Anna's lightning

their balance was off because of the previous movement, so both of them got pushed back by this

not ready to receive that attack, we are blocking it

unsheathing that blade.'

have the power to defeat a Spirit Transcendence. It meant that the current duke actually had that kind of power

surprisingly, Noel actually smiled and said,

it?" Duke Lorelei

as Noel

before the duke and swung

side. There was a little friction but the power was too

you copy…" Anna

bit of similarity between his sword and Noel's sword. He couldn't help but say, "If I knew about your

to create a blunt force. He then swung that blunt force. Unfortunately, this was the first time he did such a thing, so it was too sloppy and didn't pack too much force. In fact, most of the energy was flowing in

me if you can." Evan swung

Noel could answer, he felt a strike fall right on top of him. So, he hurriedly blocked it with his sword, only to find

amazed as an immeasurable

Bam!

knocking Noel to the ground. If not for Noel activating the Reduce Impact Rune on his body as well as summoning the Spiritual Barrier Rune on top of his hand, he would have

And the duke created this powerful strike without even

this, but it was truly a blessing to have this kind

Evan to cancel that power. At the same time, she summoned the Energy Dispersion

This time, he used all his brute strength, launching Anna away. Because she was too far

even attached herself to the dragon as it

and Evan did

the dragon, splitting it into two. Meanwhile, Noel activated the anger

for being able to do

because the pressure directly hit me, unlike you who can do it remotely." Noel clicked his tongue. All of a sudden, Noel pulled back his

was the one surprised, but

the same time and used the same

the front, startling Duke

felt a bit pressured by that attack earlier.

himself forward while Anna gathered