System vs Rebirth

Chapter 1519: Truth

”!!!” Noel couldn’t believe what he had just heard.

Ardagan’s thoughts were reasonable. He could see how it had happened during that time.

After his daughter’s death, Spencer was focused on revenge. At that time, he directed his anger at Alexander, but it turned out another person was the culprit. And that culprit was aided by the demon king.

Unable to endure this humiliation, Spencer was frantically searching for them.

It was at that time that he figured out their plans.

After the demon king survived the great war, it needed to find a way to recover from its condition. As a result, its body had no choice but to go dormant.

And one thousand years later, the demon king finally recovered from his wounds.

Unfortunately, the demon king knew that his power would decay because of the last battle and the time it took for him to recover.

Hence, he made an agreement with the traitor to get this jade of immortality. When he was recovering from his wound, he wanted his soul to be nourished by the jade of immortality.

Spencer discovered his plot and prevented him from doing so. As a result, the demon king, who was supposed to remain as a demon king after recovering from his wound, had no choice but to regain his strength.

The way to regain his strength would be to devour his own kin, specifically their hearts or crystals.

Unfortunately for him, Anna happened to stumble upon this hidden stash, which hindered his plan again.

As a result, the demon king had no choice but to take more time than he had intended.

’In my previous life, I might have discovered it to this point. Considering the demon king was able to recover much faster in my previous life, he should have enough strength to take down everything.

’Back then, I didn’t have enough time. Hence, Anna and I were only able to become spirit grandmasters.

’In fact, I found it difficult to accept how easy it was for the third prince to kill me. But if it was indeed the demon king and his strength had recovered, a mere spirit grandmaster couldn’t do anything to stop an ambush.

’That was why I chose to reset the timeline. However, I might have known about this entire plot, including the supreme devil’s identity.

’To fight them, I won’t be enough. That’s why I need someone whose talent can keep up with me, who is aided by Ardagan.

’And that person is Anna... And to change the turn of fate and to prevent her from killing me the moment she underwent her rebirth, I created a misunderstanding.

’However, that misunderstanding turned into a reality, and she now becomes my wife.

’I don’t care about the details on this part. What’s important is that the demon king’s plan has been overthrown this whole time.

’I might not have figured out 100% of the entire picture in our previous life, but I have no doubt I have figured out 90% to 95%.’

Noel could understand why he would do such a thing. After all, they were the same person. If Noel were presented with all that information and cards, he would also choose to sacrifice himself.

But there was something he didn’t understand.

”Now that I think about it, you are a magic sword, right, Ardagan? I have your handle now, but you are still missing a magic stone, right? Your heart...”

[Yes. My heart is still in the demon king’s possession. It is meant to alert me when the demon king wakes up.]

Noel looked down, falling into a deep thought. ”Does that mean the demon king is using your heart for something?”

[No. I don’t feel any fluctuation from it. Besides, it’s impossible to do anything with my heart.]

”I see.” Noel couldn’t figure out the real intention of this heart. On the one hand, turning it into an alarm was a good thing. On the other hand, it was simply too precious to be a mere alarm.

It looked like Alex had separated it from Ardagan without telling him the purpose.

”Still, the gem of immortality...” Noel muttered.

The jade of immortality must be extremely powerful. Spencer had to break it into two so that Alex would seal the first one, while Spencer sealed the other one.

Or they might be hiding something else.

Noel couldn’t help but ask a ridiculous question. ”Ardagan. There is one possibility that I can’t ignore. Although I don’t know whether it’s feasible or not, I have to ask you this.”

[What is it, Master?]

”What if we think that your heart is completely gone? And we will craft you a new heart.”

[A new heart?]

”Yes.” Noel nodded, his gaze shifting to the jade of immortality.

[You mean you want to use the jade of immortality to become my new heart?]

”Do you think it’s possible?”

[Of course not. There’s no way we’re compatible. I’m a spirit, so...]

Ardagan suddenly stopped as if he had realized something important.

He might be a spirit, but he was no longer the spirit he used to be. Ardagan had become part of Noel. In other words, he no longer had a physical body. He only had his consciousness as the system.

In that case, the jade of immortality might be beneficial for his soul.

[No way. Did he think that far?]

Noel shook his head helplessly. ”I don’t want to believe it either, but my ancestor might have predicted it. He might have predicted that in the future, you would merge with me and put this jade of immortality in this box.”

Ardagan simply couldn’t believe it, but it might actually work. There was definitely one spirit who could do it. And that spirit was currently residing in Old Ru’s body.

In other words, the one who predicted all this was that spirit.

This might be the reason his ancestor didn’t hesitate to sacrifice Ardagan’s heart. He planned to use this half-jade as his new heart.

However, there was one more possibility that Ardagan could see, which made him reject this offer.

[As much as I would like to have it, I don’t think I should, Master. You should give this jade to your wife. This jade is the last piece she needs to be reborn.]

”!!!”