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 this, they would have to fall for at least

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

duke, Noel hadn't done it yet. He created an Enhance Forward

he was too late in releasing his energy to resist the control of the rune. As a result, the

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

"Come forth, Flame Devil."

No, from what I can see, he is loyal, so…' The duke thought about it instantly and ended up throwing the

this sword but failed to

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

release more strength, but it was too late. The energy

duke swung the sword above his head and released the residual energy

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

breaking the ground underneath him as blood started to

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

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

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

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

But when he thought about it, Ardagan was just a normal sword if he ignored his consciousness as a spirit. He had been living in this world

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 it flow as the sword had memorized it, wouldn't it mean he could focus on anything else other

again and asked inwardly, 'You have known me for so long, do you think

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

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

something, so he permitted it. "If it's interesting, then sure. But if

serious expression. He gathered the

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

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

a massive amount of energy. It

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 the Sword Transmutation and Noel's