System vs Rebirth

"Mhmm…" Noel let out a soft groan as he gradually opened his eyes. The place was dimly lit but strangely warm.

"Kh." Noel felt his body was a bit too stiff. 'Is this the side effect of merging with Ardagan? I have a hard time moving my body. Does my body turn into a sword or something?'

Noel lifted up his head, trying to see the rest of his body.

However, he soon found out the answer to why his body was like this. Anna was sleeping on top of him. They were both naked and covered with a big blanket on top so that they could warm each other up.

Noel couldn't help but smile, knowing that Anna was worried about him. In addition, it didn't seem that a day had passed. The sky had turned orange, but they should still have an hour before it was fully set.

They were actually inside a cave and there was a fire pit next to them. It seemed that Anna had moved them to a different spot after saving him.

At the same time, he noticed her pale face. It didn't seem to come from worries.

Out of curiosity, Noel tried to release his spiritual energy to see whether he could use it or not. The Spirit God only forbade him from using the fire element after all.

Once he saw the spiritual energy, Noel channeled it into Anna's body to check her condition.

Noel couldn't help but furrow his eyebrows.

'Hmm? Something is wrong with her body… Did she bleed profusely?' Noel explored her body with his spiritual energy and ultimately noticed the multiple cuts on her wrist. 'This is… Her True Spirit Body is related to blood as well… Don't tell me, she used her own blood to help me?'

Noel bit his lips. It seemed that Anna had suffered much more than he originally thought. With a sad smile, he just patted her head and stroke her hair. "Thank you…"

All of a sudden, his hand suddenly glowed with a beautiful, purplish white color.

"Huh?" Noel was confused, not knowing what his hand was doing.

However, this color exuded some spiritual energy that gradually moved toward Anna's forehead.

"This is…" Noel noticed that the spiritual energy condensed and formed a lightning mark on her forehead.

to react to this mark and enveloped her in a translucent white

Spirit God said. "Is this the

light sphere floated two meters above the ground.

was worried about her, he was

rose from the ground

body. I can move just fine. The spiritual energy…" Noel suddenly fell silent. Now that he thought about

hurt. Instead, they acted like a funnel for the warm

will be much easier with this… And there is still that spider. It might still be recovering, but it'll be bad if the spider decides to attack

as quickly as possible. My wounds

which was still functional. Even the mission

Noel muttered. His face became even more determined. He would simply reach a level that wasn't possible in

I can't find it right now, but in the future… when I begin traveling around the world, I'll definitely discover

fists, but he had to shift his attention back to Anna

head and found out that the sphere gradually vanished into

and looked at her forehead. The lightning mark gradually disappeared into

didn't know the purpose of that mark, but he knew that it would be extraordinary. The one who gave it was the Spirit

soft moan as she gradually opened her eyes. The first thing that

a gentle smile. "No, you're not dreaming.

was

"Yes."

him tightly, her tears welling up

losing him in this hug. It

up the blanket with his

were still naked. She hurriedly wiped her tears

down. It was already a miracle to be able to

just felt relieved and began to put on her clothes. "I thought I would lose

"Me too."

not going to do that again, right? Promise

promise something like that. For you,

leave me alone?" She bit