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.

his Rune Blast, crashing the ground underneath them. With

all, Anna immediately approached him from behind once the duke lost his

yet. He created an

eyes in shock. He could feel the energy from the rune trying to affect him, but because he had never experienced this before, he was too late in releasing his energy to resist the control of the rune. As a result, the Enhance Forward Rune tossed him in Anna's direction,

black flame gushed out of his body and formed a giant

"Come forth, Flame Devil."

No, from what I can see, he is

this sword but failed

so that the Sword Arbiter wouldn't be able to

way, he

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

the same time, the duke swung the sword above his head and released the residual

for over thirty meters. If he ever unleashed this kind of attack inside the town, numerous people would

ended up breaking the ground underneath him as blood started to flow out

as he used the Sword Transmutation and released it upward. The Sword 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

Sword Arbiter. "So, this is the number one Arbiter, who is known to be unparalleled under Spirit

smirked. While she wasn't injured, her hands still felt numb from the energy released by the

the duke's sword. A normal person wouldn't have noticed anything special, but Noel could see how the energy flowed in

living spirit. But when he thought about it, Ardagan was just a normal sword if he ignored his consciousness as a

If he didn't have to control his energy

asked inwardly, 'You have known me for so long,

I'm only responsible for following

do something else. "Duke Lorelei. If you don't mind, could I try

The duke furrowed his eyebrows. It seemed that Noel had noticed something, so he permitted it. "If it's interesting, then

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

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

able to do something that he couldn't do before,

of energy. It looked like a normal Sword Transmutation

Sword Transmutation ran through the ground, smashing everything around it. Its power at least doubled, and there was a different kind of sharpness in this strike. This was the combination of