System vs Rebirth

"Amazing." Duke Lorelei smiled.

"Tsk. It's still too short." Noel clicked his tongue. He thought he could reach him this time, but his control wasn't at that level yet.

"To think it would need our rune and abilities for him to draw his sword halfway. It seems that we have to go all out for him to fully unsheathe that sword." Anna stood next to him, ready for the second round.

"That's right. If you have the ability, force me to fight you seriously." Duke Lorelei provoked them again, showing that he was nowhere near his peak.

Noel and Anna exchanged looks. They seemed to reach a tacit understanding about their next plan.

The Empowerment Rune in their body got activated, boosting their physical abilities. The surge of strength was noticeable even by the Sword Arbiter.

In that instant, both of them disappeared. Their movement was much faster than earlier, startling him.

The Duke took a deep breath, sending them with his Spiritual Energy instead of his eyes. One of them got caught by the Spiritual Energy and the Duke immediately jumped toward this person, which turned out to be Noel.

Circular Sword Strike.

Noel waved his sword, creating a circle around his body. The Duke ended up striking this circle, which soon expanded, pushing the duke back.

The duke slightly closed his body so that he could gain another surge of strength from his lower body before using it to break the circle apart.

After that, he closed in to lure out Anna.

All of a sudden, Noel smiled as though everything had gone according to the plan, causing the duke to be wary. His sword ended up hesitating, allowing Noel to push him back with his swing.

The duke never thought he would fall for such a trick at this age.

"You youngsters are really good at giving this old man a heart attack." Duke Lorelei smirked.

with his Rune Blast, crashing the ground underneath them. With this, they would have to fall for at least one

movement. After all, Anna immediately approached him from

Noel hadn't done it yet. He

affect him, but because he had never experienced this before, he was too late in releasing his energy to resist the control of the

also jumped forth, surrounding the duke. His black flame gushed out of his body

"Come forth, Flame Devil."

I can see, he is loyal, so…' The duke thought about it instantly

sword but failed

sword here so that the Sword Arbiter wouldn't be able to stop Noel's

to everyone's surprise, the reason why he tossed the sword to Anna was because he wanted her to stop it. This way, he rotated his hand and reached out

tried to release more strength, but it was too late. The energy that had been contained within the scabbard was released

duke swung the sword above his head and released the

that fell upon him. That massive energy created another wall-shaped trail that stretched for over thirty meters.

this power ended up breaking the ground underneath him as

Transmutation ended up knocking the sword energy from the duke and flew into the sky before destroying each other. The destruction caused a shock wave loud enough to be heard by the people inside the town and strong enough for the gust to

panted a few times, finally understanding the strength of the Sword Arbiter. "So, this

smirked. While she wasn't injured, her hands

deep breath, looking at the duke's sword. A normal person wouldn't have noticed anything special, but Noel could see how the energy flowed in that sword. It was so smooth as

just a normal sword if he ignored his consciousness as a spirit. He had

whole time? If he didn't have to control his energy and just let it flow as the sword had memorized it, wouldn't it mean he could focus on anything else other than controlling

and asked inwardly, 'You have known me for

don't forget that I'm only responsible for following

realizing that he could do something else. "Duke Lorelei.

noticed something, so he permitted it. "If

nodded with a serious expression. He gathered the energy in Ardagan while utilizing

this energy, causing him to be unable to do anything else other than swinging his sword. Now that he had defined the kind of anger he wanted to have after the sparring with Anna, Ardagan should be able to control that flow of energy just by following

to be able to do something that he

massive amount of energy. It looked like a normal Sword

Transmutation ran through the ground, smashing everything around it. Its power at least doubled, and there was a different kind of