System vs Rebirth

"Your reward for defeating that spider is… actually something you have to decide."

"Eh? I have to decide it myself?" Noel blinked his eyes a few times.

"Indeed. Whether you want to return or not, you have to make that decision." The Spirit God confirmed it with a nod.

"Then, I want to return," Noel said without hesitation. There was no need to choose. As long as he could revive, he would do it.

However, the Spirit God actually raised his hand, gesturing him to stop. "I know your excitement, but the method is rather special. So hear me out for a moment."

"I apologize." Noel looked down. Still, he was excited that he could be revived. He clenched his hands into fists, determined to go back. But the decision he had to make was rather a hard one.

"The only way for you to go back to the living world is by repairing your body and recovering your life force. I'm sure you are already aware of it."

"Yes." Noel nodded. If he didn't know, he wouldn't say that the pill from the Sword Saint wasn't enough.

"Your body can be repaired with the pill you have. In fact, that lady has done it for you."

"…" Noel looked down. He couldn't really say it was a waste, considering Anna's desperation.

"The question is, how are we going to restore your life force?"

know. If he had known such a thing, he would have

the Spirit God gave him an unexpected answer. "Unfortunately, it's going

solution. But it seemed that it was impossible. When he was about to feel disappointed, he suddenly noticed something in his words.

eyes and raised his head,

a human's life force. But

"Spiritual energy?"

spiritual energy can replace a

was trying to say. It was no wonder why the Spirit God asked him to listen first. The only way to resurrect him was by turning him into a

fingers. "I'll begin with the good news. First of all, there aren't many changes if you decide to live

horn or something after all. And if his body looked different, the royal family could brand him as someone who had integrated himself with demons. Even if he explained

happened before, only a small portion of people would believe

be considered an upgrade to your power. You will become half-human, half- spirit,

tempting offer. However, he couldn't help but worry about the

age. Because you're going to

widened his

spirits, but most likely, they could easily live for

was like having an endless lifespan. On the one hand, it was good to live for a very long time. On the other

would witness the next generation, and the next generation after that would die

Spirit God classified this as bad

also choose to take his own life, but… could