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

Duke understood this kind of movement. After all, Anna immediately approached him from behind once the duke lost his

it yet. He created an Enhance

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

black flame gushed out of his

"Come forth, Flame Devil."

what I can see, he is loyal, so…' The duke thought about it instantly and ended up throwing the sword to

this sword but

just to hold the sword here so that the

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 for the sword behind his shoulder. It was at this moment that the duke drew

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

head and

the massive energy that fell upon him. That massive energy created another wall-shaped trail that stretched for over thirty meters. If he ever unleashed this

who had to withstand all this power ended up breaking the ground underneath him as blood started

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 destroy all the grass within

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

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

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

it, Ardagan was just a normal sword if

battle earlier, Noel noticed something. The duke had been releasing the energy contained in that sword, but had he actually controlled his energy this whole time? If he didn't have to control his energy and just let

thought about it, he looked at Ardagan again and asked inwardly, 'You

But don't forget that I'm only

that's the case…' Noel smiled, realizing that he could do something else. "Duke Lorelei. If you don't

It seemed that Noel had noticed something, so he permitted it.

a serious expression. He gathered the

the kind of anger he wanted to have after the sparring with Anna, Ardagan should be able to control that flow

something that he couldn't do

the Sword Transmutation, gathering a massive amount of energy. It looked like a normal Sword

it. Its power at least doubled, and there was a different kind of sharpness in this strike. This was the combination of the