System vs Rebirth

Chapter 1531: Martial Headband

"Haa." Rui inhaled deeply before releasing her spiritual energy. Then, she launched herself toward the hill, finding the entrance that Lucas's group had found.

Without hesitation, she entered the cave. Her light element started to brighten the cave, allowing the soldiers to enter.

Rui could sense several strong presences now that she had entered the hill. In fact, the moment they sensed her presence, they started releasing their own spiritual energy.

In fact, two of them made her feel dread.

'This might be their headquarters…' Rui squinted her eyes, recalling what Noel had said previously.

"Listen. I want you to enter their headquarters. They will probably know that we're here, but your appearance will definitely alert them. That's what I want you to do.

"If they are desperate, they will blow up the entire hill so that we can't find anything or maybe bury some of our soldiers.

"But if you are fast, they won't be able to do it or at least, you will be able to make sure they do it faster and no soldiers will be harmed."

Rui frowned. "So, I am a bait?"

"Yes and no. I want you to draw their attention to make that first judgment, but no, your role is not as bait. You enter that hill because I want you to find something.

"Judging by how important what we're targeting is, I doubt they are going to destroy the entire hill unless our objective is not there.

"That's why if it's not blown up, you need to search for our objective."

"What is our objective?" Rui was confused. She originally thought their objective was to hunt down demons, including the demon king and the supreme devil, before they reached the pinnacle.

"Our real objective is a body. You may even call it a corpse."

"A corpse?"

"Yeah. That corpse hasn't decayed after 1,000 years. It might not be recognizable anymore, but that man once served together with your ancestor.

"His name is Spencer. That body possessed the other half of a divine item, one similar to your headband.

"The enemies had been using him this whole time, which became the reason the supreme devil and this demon king still existed."

Rui crossed her arms. "So, you want me to find this corpse so that you can get the divine item?"

"That's too, but I sincerely wish to let the hero rest."

As someone who was born into a martial family, she knew precisely what an honor meant for a fighter.

This body had been humiliated for one thousand years, so it would only be correct if he could finally rest in peace.

"But how am I going to find him? If he's that important, to the point where they clung to him for one thousand years, how am I supposed to find him?"

Noel pointed at her headband.

"My martial headband?"

"Yes. All divine items are made by the same person, the Spirit God." Noel added inwardly, 'Unlike Ardagan, who has his own consciousness, the other four divine items are linked. Ardagan can't find him, but the others can.'

"If you want to find him, you just have to activate the martial headband."

"This can be activated?" Rui was flabbergasted. Her family had been granting this headband to the most talented person in the family for generations, but this was supposed to be an honorary headband. It had no special power whatsoever.

Yet, Noel confirmed it could be activated.

Noel, of course, only transmitted Ardagan's words. "Your ancestor was once known to be the fiercest warrior thanks to that headband.

"The way to activate it is not through spiritual energy but through spirit. Though, most of the time, no one might realize they have activated it."

"..." Rui was definitely confused because the way to activate it was not clear. Spirit? What did he mean by spirit?

However, Rui recalled a few things in her life. She couldn't help but notice that from time to time, it felt like the world slowed down for her. Her energy felt like rising when things started to go awry.

It was as if he were trying to make one last struggle.

So, Noel's words stuck with her. What if that last struggle was the divine headband doing? What if she had been activating the headband this whole time without her knowledge?

The real reason why only the fiercest warrior was allowed to wear this headband in every generation was not because it was a symbol. It was because that was the requirement to activate the headband.

It might be that her ancestor had never told it clearly because he wanted them to realize it themselves.

Or it might be her ancestor had told them, but that information was lost in history. After all, one thousand years was a very long time.

Even the Ardagan family wasn't intact after one thousand years.

Whatever the case, everything had become clear.

The martial headband was not a symbol or a decoration. It was what made the fiercest warrior.

That was when Noel told her to trust the Martial Headband.

"Huuu…" Rui took a deep breath, her eyes turned solemn. Despite her being recognized as the fiercest warrior, she didn't have much muscle and usually displayed elegance.

But that didn't make her weak. She could proudly say that the fire in her heart is the fiercest. The competitiveness that allowed her to keep fighting one rival after another.

And this time, she found the lost desire to get even stronger… the desire she had lost once after becoming a spirit transcendence.

It looked like the divine headband was reacting to that desire.

'The opponents have two spirit transcendence level experts with the king path… and two don't have it.

'At most, I can probably only get one of the latter, but right now, there is only me and my master here. To stop burdening him…'

Rui blinked her eyes once. The world seemed to be slowing down. Her heart beat so strongly that she could feel it throughout her entire body.

For the first time after several hundred years, the martial headband awakened, not because of the pure instinct of a fighter but from the fighter's will.

In Rui's vision, a light appeared. It was located much deeper inside the hill, and in its path were many strong fighters.

She might lose. She couldn't win. Her strength wasn't at their level.

But there was no fear in her heart. There was only… excitement.