System vs Rebirth

"Sandra. I will be counting on you." Tristan looked at Sandra with a serious expression.

"Yes." Sandra nodded and jumped off the car. She immediately used all the Enhance Forward Rune Cards to push herself forward. Her speed might not be very fast, but she definitely surpassed the car's speed.

She was heading in a different direction than Andreas or Tristan. Instead of going south in Duke Lorelei's direction, she was actually heading to the west.

Meanwhile, Felicia and Tristan immediately started the car again and continued their journey to Duke Lorelei.

Tristan was driving the car while Felicia remained on the roof, making sure that the enemy couldn't ambush them.

Whether it was fortunate or unfortunate, Andreas' extraordinary speed had distracted him.Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

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Bam!

"Gah!" Andreas spat a mouthful of blood when the pressure crushed his body. However, he skillfully twisted his body and escaped from the pressure.

He didn't even bother to look at the attacker, knowing that his only job was to survive.

Andreas couldn't help but grit his teeth. He was too excited when Noel gave him the last task before going to the Beast Kingdom. He never expected that the mission this time would be this dangerous.

Still, he couldn't help but recall the condition of the soul. He was able to see the soul of every living being, whether it was a human, an animal, or even a plant.

All of them had the same color, which was a translucent yellowish-white color. Meanwhile, the spirits had a golden color, which might be the reason for the human's soul to have a yellowish color.

However, what he found in this mysterious person was a translucent white color with dark veins spreading all over his soul.

Unlike the spirit that influenced the white-colored soul, which resulted in a color gradient, these dark veins were like roots attached to the soil, sucking everything inside.

In addition, he couldn't see any golden color from his soul, which shouldn't be possible because all people had spirits in their bodies, even though only a small number of people could awaken them.

In other words, the guy had no more spirit in his body, and he had been using pure spiritual energy or technique to suppress him.

When Andreas realized this, there was something he could do.

Once he got enough distance from the car, he could finally begin his plan.

As soon as Andreas felt the crushing pressure about to fall on top of him, he used all his hands and feet to slide on the ground, abruptly stopping his momentum. As a result, the crushing pressure ended up falling in front of him.

"!!!" The guy raised his eyebrows. The only reason for Andreas to stop running was to fight him. Still, the gap between their powers was big.

Andreas jumped into the air. The guy immediately waved his hand to strike him down, while Andreas swung his blade, releasing a crescent-shaped sword strike.

Surprisingly, the crescent sword strike that was supposed to be destroyed ended up splitting the energy wave into two.

"What?" The guy looked shocked. Even Noel and Anna weren't capable of this. "What is going on?"

He hurriedly clasped his hands, forming a barrier purely made of spiritual energy.

Unfortunately for him, this barrier was also cut into two.

"Tsk." The guy threw his body to the side, albeit he was a step too late. His foot got hit, which made him unable to use it anymore. 'What is this strange power? What is his actual power? How could it be stronger… No, the amount of energy he puts in is by no means stronger than that of Noel and Anna. In other words, this weird power is the one allowing him to hit me.'

Andreas was smiling. Although he didn't want to admit it, a human had definitely helped him with this technique. That human was not Noel or Anna. It was the sword saint.

'This is the Energy Slaying Technique. You must not know that every time someone releases their energy, they are also releasing a bit of their soul into that energy. Obviously, the spirit is doing the same, as both humans and spirits are connected.

'If I use this technique on a normal person, I won't be able to cut the spiritual energy so easily. After all, the Energy Slaying Technique will have to cut both your soul and the spirit's soul.

'However, you're different. You don't have any spirits to fuel that energy wave, meaning that the only thing the Energy Slaying Technique has to cut is your soul.

'As expected, the fact that this technique actually works must mean you are a 'Demonic Human' as described in the sword saint's books.

'Still, for a demonic human to appear… According to the record left behind in that book, a demonic human will only appear if a demon king is nearby.

'In the past, demonic humans hid among normal humans and caused massive destruction.

'Does that mean the demon king has appeared? But if a demon king is here, he doesn't need to wait. There is no spirit king on our side, so a single demon king is enough to kill all the living beings in this land. What if the demon king has appeared but his strength hasn't reached its peak? Injured? There's no credible proof to back this assumption, but it might be possible.

'I have to tell this not only to Noel Ardagan and Anna Stargaze but also to the Tiger King and my grandfather.'

Andreas took a deep breath. Since this attack was effective, he planned to take this guy down if possible.

However, right after Andreas landed on the ground, both of them suddenly turned their heads to the side, finding a car moving at a high speed toward the city.

Andreas let out a long sigh. It seemed that he was a bit excited that the sword saint's technique he had been learning started working. He almost forgot that the first thing they should do was reach the city.

As soon as he remembered the original mission, Andreas turned around and started rushing to the city.

"Kh." The guy gritted his teeth. He now had to choose again whether to go after Andreas or the car.