System vs Rebirth

Noel noticed another power fluctuating in the sky. Even the people from the organization couldn't help but raise their heads.

In the sky, a woman's silhouette could be seen. The woman was covered in armor. One could still see her fluttering white hair, but her face was covered with a helmet, leaving only her mouth exposed.

There were a pair of angelic wings on her back. When the woman held her sword with both hands and raised it, the wings seemed to multiply.

Instead of one, there were a total of three pairs of angelic wings.

"Who—" The people from the organization were confused, but one of them seemed to recognize the silhouette. "Not good. She is a Paladin!"

Unfortunately for them, she had swung her sword down.

A bright golden circle suddenly formed on the ground. When it shone, it created an enormous light pillar, disintegrating the demons inside it.

It was located next to Noel, which meant that he had a space to move around.

Without hesitation, Noel killed the demons near him before making his way to the empty space.

Noel finally understood why Layla said that this paladin had the strongest explosive power. In a single attack, she killed almost a hundred demons. Though, it was also a foolish move since she exhausted a lot of her energy.

Still, Noel could see what she was capable of.

Once he got some breathing time, Noel pointed in the camp's direction, specifically at Grandell.

The paladin thought he was trying to show her the location of the Saintess. But she knew that the Saintess was probably the hardest person to kill physically. So, she helped Noel instead of Layla.

Unfortunately, she couldn't attack the Supreme Devil Organization even if she wanted to get rid of these pests from society. After all, once she killed them, it would be perceived as the Moon Temple breaking their oath.

No one had attacked the Moon Temple this whole time, but that was also because the Moon Temple didn't attack them as well. Even if they were the Supreme Devil Organization, the Moon Temple had to maintain their integrity.

Thus, the paladin chose to eliminate the demons around Noel to give him breathing time.

But for someone as talented as Noel, there was no way Noel didn't know about the Saintess's capability and the Moon Temple's integrity. Instead of showing the Saintess's location, Noel was actually trying to tell her about his subordinates.

That was right. Since the Paladin couldn't harm the organization, Noel could do it. And there was one thing he needed in this situation: help from his subordinates.

In other words, Noel wanted her to create a path for his subordinates. This way, the Moon Temple could maintain their integrity while Noel defeated the organization.

As soon as she understood this, the paladin landed not far from Noel.

She said with a soft tone, "Be careful."

Noel seemed to have underestimated the Moon Temple's fighting force. To think they would even warn him in this kind of situation.

After giving that one warning, the paladin charged toward the demon. Numerous demons stood in her way.

Despite being surrounded by the demons, the Paladin actually struck a demon down before moving even deeper into their ranks. She killed a demon with every slash.

Unlike the big move she released earlier, she hadn't done anything special. In other words, the Paladin actually pushed through with her swordsmanship alone.

It was only after she was deep enough that she covered her sword with the same golden light and stabbed the ground.

In that instant, the ground exploded and released a bright golden light that once again disintegrated the demons around her.

Some demons from the opposite side still surrounded Noel and pounced on him. All of a sudden, Noel grabbed their heads as a torrential flame burst out.

Hell Blaze.

The flame engulfed the demons and launched them away. The flame once again spread to the demons, the soil, and even the trees.

The table had turned. Noel's wings were still enough to block all kinds of attacks from the Devil Bishops and Inspectors.

He glared at them as if taunting them to come at him since they wanted his life. The only reason he couldn't shout at them was because he still had to kill the other demons that kept charging at him.

But this threat was enough to scare the organization's people away.

'Should we continue? He is at his death door, but that Paladin is creating the path for those soldiers. There is a chance that the Saintess will make her way here.' The Devil Bishop furrowed his eyebrows. He was still attacking Noel, but it was only to stop him from moving.

"My lord!" Grandell and the other soldiers finally pushed through the narrow path the Paladin had created.

And this sealed their decision.

"Continue with the plan and ignore him!" The bishop ordered and chose to turn his back away.

The demons started to move toward the south, trying to avoid being wiped out by Noel and the others.

There was no way Noel would allow them to leave that easily. He summoned the Undying Phoenix again to kill the demons that carried them.

However, a few demons suddenly leaped into the phoenix's way, using their bodies to shield the demons.

"My lord!" Grandell had finally arrived and started killing the demons around Noel.

"We'll chase after them. Clear the way." Noel said, his voice was shaking.

"But you…" Grandell gritted his teeth.

"I won't repeat my order." Noel's tone became stern.

Even if Grandell didn't want to do it, Noel was adamant about going alone. So, rather than stopping his lord, it was better for the soldiers to clear up their way. "All soldiers. We'll kill all the demons in our path. Even if you die, make sure you drag the demon down."

"Oh!" The soldiers hurriedly moved to their position and started killing the demons in their way.

The Supreme Devil Organization would have a problem stopping these soldiers whose hearts had been filled with rage.

With the soldiers clearing up their path, Noel could finally focus on using his Spiritual Energy to kill the monsters around them. He sent Fire Feathers, Fire Gale, and Hell Blaze to kill the demons. He even sent forth the Undying Phoenix and Ice Lotus to attack the people from the organization.

They tried to stop Noel's attack, but the Undying Phoenix was unstoppable and continued mowing the demons down.

Seeing how the demons that carried them died one by one, it was clear that Noel's target was the demons instead of them.

Hence, they abandoned the demons and gave one last order.

"Kill!" Grandell shouted. The soldiers fought like that of a beast. They didn't care about their injuries and continued paving the way for Noel.

However, the demons suddenly changed their approach due to the last order.

A demon pounced on Grandell. Normally, Grandell would cut it down without any problem, but before his blade reached this demon, another demon pounced from behind to save this demon in exchange for its own life.

And the saved demon moved once again and struck Grandell's foot.

"!!!" Grandell managed to maintain his balance since the demon was only a low level one. But it was still quite painful to be hit in the place he didn't protect.

The other soldiers also experienced the same thing. The demons actually sacrificed themselves in order to take down the knights.

This kind of fighting style was so much different from the last one.

If they were humans, Noel could see them slashing through their comrade's body in order to kill their opponent.

Even in human warfare, he would rarely encounter this kind of situation. But with the demons's absolute obedience, it was possible.

This kind of fighting style might be the most important information he got on this expedition. The demon that dug tunnels underground, flying beasts, amphibians, or even the demons slamming their bodies to the wall couldn't be compared to this.

"Madness… the demons are capable of doing something like this?" Noel sucked a cold breath. The most important thing was the fact that they were a demon army. If this kind of fighting style was used against him, even if he could defeat them, the casualties would be extremely high.

In that instant, Noel shouted, "Grandell!"

"I apologize, my lord. Please give me more time to create the path for you!" Grandell shouted back as though he were disappointed in himself.

However, the next word that came out of Noel's mouth shocked him and all the soldiers. "Cease. We'll eliminate the demons and stop chasing after those people."

"Huh?!" Grandell never thought that Noel would change his decision so easily. The latter had already sent multiple fire feathers to kill the demons around them to lessen their burden, showing them the change in his decision.

Instead of explaining, Noel suddenly dropped to the ground and coughed up some more 'blood.'

"My lord?!" Grandell saw all that blood. His confusion turned into worry.

The people from the organization saw Noel's state. They realized that Noel was just showing a strong front this whole time so that they would run away like this. If they turned around, they might be able to fight Noel again, but they had given the last order to the demons, which meant they had to fight Noel without the help of the demons.

And Noel sealed their fate as he began to kill all the demons in the vicinity.

Grandell wanted to kill those people, but Noel's safety was his priority. So, he ordered the men to stop chasing and protect their lord.

Still, the Paladin couldn't see much from the camp. She found it weird when Noel stopped chasing after those guys as though he never had the intention to kill them to begin with.

In fact, she felt slightly annoyed. After all, she opened the path for Grandell and the others so that Noel could kill those pests. To think that Noel would betray that expectation.

"I will leave this area to you," said Noel while clutching his heart. "I'm going to inform the others."

"Yes, Sir." Grandell nodded with a grim expression.

Now that the battle's objective had changed, Noel flew toward the camp and landed next to Layla while saying, "Layla. It's time to eliminate all the demons. You can stop defending the camp."

When she heard that, the wall disappeared, leaving only a small barrier that isolated Layla and Noel.

After that, she formed a few cube-shaped barriers to isolate a lot of demons, allowing the others to take care of the rest.

Since it had an easier shape, Layla could finally speak, "Aurelia. Wipe them out!"

Although she had a lot of questions, Aurelia ended up following Layla's order and the temple knights followed suit.

Layla couldn't help but ask, "What happened? For you to suddenly change our objective."