System vs Rebirth

"Ha… Ha…" Noel panted a few times, looking at the numerous corpses before him. "This is quite hard."

"Yeah. We have killed close to two thousand demons by ourselves. There are even three Superior Demons to boot." Anna nodded with a serious expression. She, too, didn't have a lot of spiritual energy left.

Noel couldn't help but look down as if something had come into his mind.

Meanwhile, Anna focused her instinct on sensing the surrounding area to ensure that no demons could launch a sneak attack. Fortunately, all those demons seemed to have died as her instinct didn't pick up any kinds of danger anymore.

Anna noticed that Noel was still in deep thought. "Is there something wrong?"

Noel waved his hand first, asking her to give him some time as if it were something important. Curious, Anna walked to him and just stood in silence.

After a few minutes, Noel asked, "Don't you find it strange?"

"What? Strange what?" Anna tilted her head in confusion.

"The number of Superior Demons in this place."

"Three Superior Demons? I don't think it's weird, considering this place is an ancient ruin. And looking at the size, it's kind of understandable to have three Superior Demons. In fact, it won't be weird if there is one more Superior Demon."

While her words held some truth, Noel's focus wasn't there. Instead, he corrected his question. "The number itself is not weird, but the location is. Don't you remember that the Supreme Devil Organization brought a lot of Superior Demons and numerous lower level demons?"

"Hmm?" Anna furrowed her eyebrows for a moment before noticing what he was trying to say. "Are you saying that someone in the Supreme Devil Organization was sabotaging their own invasion?"

Noel nodded with a serious expression. "If you think about it, the Supreme Devil Organization should have gone to this place. In fact, there weren't many demons on the path we crossed to reach this place."

"Now that I think about it, that's true." Anna raised two fingers. "First of all, if they wanted it, there should be a lot more Superior Demons. In fact, you had predicted that there would be an Ancient Demon, right?"

"Yes. In fact, my original plan was that they would come with a lot more Superior Demons, and everyone had to take down at least two Superior Demons. And we would be focusing a lot more on the defense on the wall instead of chasing them out of the city." Noel confirmed it.

"If there was an Ancient Demon, we would have the justification to ask for Commander Oscar while Dimitri and I would stall it with our True Spirit Body." Anna agreed with him.

"Yes. And the fact that the size of the enemies was much lower…" Noel frowned.

"I don't know. Maybe they didn't want to cause trouble to the Greenwood Kingdom? If they brought such a demon, Damian would inform the Greenwood Kingdom. Instead of Commander Oscar, the first one that would appear was the Spirit Transcendence from the Greenwood Kingdom."

of Superior Demons. They could simply come here and get an additional three

able to refute it. As Noel said, the situation would become vastly different if they just

case, who would

had known prior to

other two had died in your hands as well. We didn't know much about them other than the fact

them anymore. In that case, there was Qiel. She had died according to the

she was the one who did it? Something like the Supreme Devil Organization had realized her betrayal and killed her?" Anna asked,

don't know for sure. How

him would betray the organization? If

get an idea. "I

late, right? How could she have the time to

come to a conclusion with the current information. All we know is that there might be a traitor in the

was once a part of your Ardagan family, no? He was

you explain the fact that he tried to kill me many times and had taken the secret of the Ardagan family with him

Anna shook her head helplessly. "It

was off. "Now that I think about it, I have gotten the missions to eradicate the demons,

*Thud!*

sank as he couldn't help but gasp. "What? Are you

that true? He was the traitor?" Anna turned serious,

other way." Noel waved his hand. "But

brain of the people in the Supreme Devil Organization. I mean, it's pretty clear that the organization has seen the 'Ardagan' name attached to Laufey." Anna fell silent, remembering what Laufey said to her back then. Something about

recount everything that Laufey said to her

Noel dropped his jaw in disbelief.

"That's his words."

just confirms my suspicion. Laufey is the

huh?" Anna never thought that the

it's him, there's a

"This is getting tricky

right away. Even if we do, there's nothing we can do right now." Noel crossed his arms, feeling a bit frustrated. He didn't know how complicated

ruin and prepare the smoke signal before continuing our journey." Anna

"Agreed."

playful smile as if she were planning to drag him away if

to look around for the entrance, which took a bit too long because of

how to explore the other rooms later, so it was best to enter