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?"

Noel didn't know. If he had known such a thing, he would have fought longer and

answer. "Unfortunately, it's going to be impossible to

that the Spirit God would give him a solution. But it seemed that it was impossible. When he was about to feel disappointed, he suddenly noticed something in his

raised his head, staring at the Spirit God in

human's life force. But what do

"Spiritual energy?"

spiritual energy can

was no wonder why the Spirit God asked him to listen first. The only

making your decision." The Spirit God raised two fingers. "I'll begin with the good news. First of all, there aren't many changes if you decide to live as a spirit. You won't have a different body or end up having a spirit child. You and that lady won't face any weird problems during

royal family could brand him as someone who had integrated himself with demons. Even

this had never happened before, only a small portion of people

second good news is that this can be considered an upgrade to your power. You will become half-human, half- spirit, meaning you can unleash

fell silent. It was indeed a tempting offer. However, he couldn't help

your age. Because you're going to turn into a half-spirit, your

Noel widened his eyes

than a century. He didn't know about other spirits, but most likely, they could easily live for more than

a human, it was like having an endless lifespan. On the one hand, it was good to live for

Anna would die, while his appearance would look as if he hadn't aged. Then he would witness the next generation, and the next generation after that would die before him. He didn't know how many painful experiences would

God classified this as bad news instead of good

could also choose to take his own life, but… could