System vs Rebirth

The entire area turned chaotic the moment the Superior Demon came out of its hiding.

Clara looked around as if staring at the amount of Spiritual Energy the demons were emanating around her. She realized that the situation was pretty dangerous.

Luckily, the escape this time was a joint effort with the Stone Lord’s group.

Clara looked at the Stone Lord and asked, “Do you have any way to stop them?”

“There is a Superior Demon chasing after us. Even if we can stop the Superior Demon, there are too many demons to fight. I’m afraid your subordinates will die if we fight them here.”

“No. I just want you to stop a portion of them. At least, this will allow us to have an easier time. We’ll thin them out while holding the rear after that. As for the Superior Demon, we’ll join hands so that we don’t lose any speed.” Clara explained her plan with a serious expression.

The Stone Lord didn’t have a lot of time to think. Since it was reasonable, the Stone Lord said, “Alright. I’ll form a lot of walls around us, turning this place into a labyrinth. It won’t trick Advanced Level Demons or above, but the rest usually try to avoid walls. Thankfully, there are a lot of trees that can be used as a pillar.”

“Got it. We’ll regroup with group B before returning to the fort to get a terrain advantage to kill these demons.”

The Stone Lord nodded. Since they had reached an agreement, the Stone Lord immediately raised his staff. He created a golem to carry him this whole time, so he could spare some focus on the labyrinth creation.

“Legies De’s El Stone.” The Stone Lord released the Spiritual Energy gathered on his wand.

Numerous trees suddenly excluded a brown-colored Spiritual Energy. Those brown Spiritual Energy linked to each other in a random way before a stone wall came out of the ground, turning the woods into a labyrinth.

As expected, the Advanced Level Demon recognized these walls to be superficial. So, they blasted through them with their power. It didn’t take too much power, so they believed this was the best option to go through the labyrinth.

However, the Low Level Demons and Mid Level Demons that were in front of them followed the labyrinth while trying to move forward. Unfortunately, it caused them to slow down.

The demons behind them caught up to them in no time, especially the ones behind the Advanced Level Demons or even the Peak Level Demons.

But because of the sudden intrusion and the low intelligence of the Low and Mid Level Demons, they ended up crashing into each other.

*Roar!*

*Roar!*

*Roar!*

The demons were angry at each other, but some of them died after being stepped on by a lot of demons behind them.

With this, the Stone Lord and Clara had more time to react against their enemies. Since no one was below Spirit Master Level, they didn’t feel threatened by the Advanced Level Demons.

They only feared retaliation from the Peak Level Demons and the Superior Demon. The Peak Level Demons moved like they were not bothered by what was happening to the other demons.

Meanwhile, the Superior Demon hadn’t shown itself as if it was waiting for the right opportunity to attack the two squads.

…

While they were chased by the demons, there was someone that still tried to go back to the building, searching for something.

He went straight to the passage and tried to go to the highest floor.

Since the door to the roof was open, he checked it first. Unfortunately, there was no trace of a fight or investigation on the roof.

He could easily see a few footsteps that led to the edge of the building, but it should be used as an escape path.

So, he returned to the inside and checked the top floor.

He closed his eyes for a moment before forming a barrier in front of him.

“Trace on.” He muttered in a low voice before opening his eyes. “That way, huh.”

The barrier actually showed a record of the Plant Lord moving with Zion as if they were searching for something.

They went into the room near the corner, raising the guy’s suspicion. He snapped his finger, breaking the barrier into pieces. After that, he moved toward the said room and found nothing.

There was only a tree that pierced through the building. There was no monster or any trace of the room being investigated. 𝙗𝙚𝒅𝒏𝒐𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝙘𝒐𝒎

‘What’s going on with this room?’ The guy frowned and formed another barrier. “Trace on.”

He channeled his Spiritual Energy to the room and barrier, allowing the barrier to release the track of all the traces of Spiritual Energy inside the room, projecting it like a recording.

This way, he would be able to see everything that happened inside the room.

And to his surprise, the Plant Lord and Zion didn’t do anything other than admire the tree. Although the record didn’t have any sound since it only tracked the Spiritual Energy, their actions were extremely clear.

“This is…” the guy widened his eyes in shock as he approached the tree.

He kneeled down and looked at the branch on the floor. To his surprise, there were mushrooms growing on the branch.

In the recording, there were no mushrooms growing on the branch earlier, so it was clear that there was someone who planted these mushrooms.

“Still, among the two, the only possible suspect is none other than the Plant Lord. Zion… was it? Although he is a good fighter, he doesn’t seem to have this kind of ability.”

“Besides, these mushrooms… I think I have seen them somewhere. If I remember correctly, the blue one is Aldiesta Mushroom. It has the effect of disturbing the flow of Spiritual Energy. It doesn’t have a huge effect, but strong demons or humans with extreme senses would notice the change.”

“And this other mushroom… Malafeita Mushroom. It’s a mushroom to hide the flow of Spiritual Energy. It’s effective to hide your presence from low level demons…”

“This…” The guy looked down, contemplating.