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.

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

movement. After all, Anna immediately approached him from behind once the duke lost his foothold. She would definitely take

done it yet.

his 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

jumped forth, surrounding the duke. His black flame gushed out of his body and formed a

"Come forth, Flame Devil."

he going to attack both of us together? No, from what I can see, he is loyal, so…' The

but failed to knock it

to hold the sword here so that the

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

energy that had

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

created another wall-shaped trail that stretched for over thirty meters. If he ever unleashed this kind of attack inside the town, numerous people would

this power ended up breaking the ground underneath him as blood started to flow out of his

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 loud enough to be heard by the people inside the town and strong enough for the

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

draws his sword." Anna smirked. While she wasn't injured, her hands still felt numb from

a deep breath, looking at the duke's sword. A normal person wouldn't have noticed anything special, but Noel could see how

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

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

Ardagan again and asked inwardly, 'You have known me for so

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

he could do something

It seemed that Noel had noticed something, so he permitted it. "If it's interesting, then sure. But if it's not,

with a serious expression. He gathered the energy in

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

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

gathering a massive amount of energy. It looked like a normal Sword Transmutation until Noel swung

ground, smashing everything around it. Its power at least doubled, and there was a different kind of sharpness in this