[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 210: Difficult Choices (1)

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As the sound of that terrible laughter started popping up around her, a single figure began to come into Noelle's mind.

It was a man, with an appearance that looked like an ancient witch with an age of about 20 years.

"Noir … "

Her name slid out of Noelle's mouth, causing some of the people who remained sober there to turn their eyes on Noelle, questioning what she meant.

However, Noelle did not answer their question at all.

He just looked around, affirming his expression. Then, he took a few steps forward and drew his sword.

Noelle unhesitatingly swung her sword, instantly slashing at all the particles that were around.

After being trapped in the labyrinth and having to maximize Langen's potential, Noelle was now able to better control that power. As a result, he was now able to 'slash' the micro-sized particles.

All of the microbes that he suspected of being Noir's familiar instantly disappeared, along with the sound of his terrible laughter.

Noelle did not stop, she directly used fire magic to neutralize the surroundings, and at the same time also continued to search for Noir's whereabouts.

Before long, several crows appeared, and they gathered in one place, manifesting into a figure.

It was Noir, whose smile widened as he looked at Noelle.

His ancient mage clothes fluttered as it was blown by the wind, while several black crows continued to fly around him. Its existence itself has made the atmosphere increasingly gripping.

None of them moved. Even Noelle who had already understood the situation first could only move a little of her finger.

Noir looked at them one by one with a smile, then his gaze stopped on Erwin.

Upon seeing Erwin, his smile grew wider, and he started laughing.

"So you, yeah … "

This was something Boelle had never imagined before. He had made sure that Erwin did not know anything about Erwin, but that did not apply to Noir.

From his reaction, it was very clear that Noir knew Erwin quite well.

Before they could all say anything, Noir had continued his words, "You've been wandering around this place for so many years, but eventually you'll be out soon, huh? I have to admit, you have a body and soul that is so strong that it can survive until now. All right, I admit you."

After saying that, he bowed his body slightly as if he was paying his respects to Erwin. Then, he stood up again and turned to look at Noelle.

Noelle was stunned, not expecting that everything would happen this fast.

He had originally predicted that he would come back to face Noir one day, but never expected that it would happen soon.

However, Noelle immediately prepared with her weapon while looking at Noir, trying to convince herself with all the preparations she had made.

The only thing that made him capable of acting brave like this was because he had already made his decision. He didn't want to get Olivia into this matter, so he should be able to solve it alone.

Without considering who Noir really is, there is no doubt that he is an enemy—enemy that only Noelle can face at the expense of many things.

After staring at Noelle for a while, a humbling grunt came out of Noir. He smiled as he narrowed his sharp eyes, then controlled the wisps of black smoke that came out from his body.

The wisp of black smoke then enveloped his entire body, and after the smoke disappeared, Noir's figure had changed.

He who previously looked like a grown man, now became like a teenager with the age of 16 or 17 years.

"I honestly don't care about this. But it wouldn't be fair if I faced you with my true body. So, I arranged for you to face only my weaker teenage form."

Her words clearly revealed that she did not need to be serious about confronting Noelle.

Noelle had never found an opponent like this. Whether it was the rampaging Charlotte, or the old Harold suddenly appearing, he could always defeat them without needing to exert all his strength. But now, he could not even think of holding back.

When the changes to Noir's body occur, Noelle begins to feel something slowly starting to work.

It's his body's nervous system. He was now able to move normally without any constraint.

Noelle took a few steps forward, and was ready to attack Noir at any time. While Noir himself, he was still silent and continued to stare at her without erasing his smile.

For a moment, Noelle again felt a strong sense of doubt. He began to rethink everything. Even he felt that it was not too late to retreat.

But, with a brief head bob, Noelle instantly erased all those thoughts.

He can't back down anymore. This is what he has to face on his own.

Noelle took the pose of the horses, then without hesitation charged straight towards Noir.

The dark black-coloured sword blade appeared and would pierce through Noir's body with a horizontal slash, but Noir only responded by controlling a wisp of black smoke around him to stop it.

The black wisps of smoke turned into several crows, which then resisted Noelle's attack.

Noelle remained unrelenting, she instantly took out a few more swords from her spatial storage and controlled them all to stab towards Noir.

But again he failed. All of the swords he took out were only able to stick in the bodies of a few crows, then fuse into metal dust particles.

So far, no one has been able to respond. Not even Norman or Olivia could move their bodies. Everyone could only fall silent without being able to do anything.

After stopping all of Noelle's attacks, Noir immediately stretched out his hands and smiled.

The black smoke surrounding him instantly moved, and enveloped the entire place.

The Spirit Gate that had previously opened this time was forcibly closed with that strange wisp of black smoke.

A giant cage then formed, almost completely isolating Noelle and Noir from the outside world.

Both of them were confined within a giant cage-shaped black net, whereas all the remaining people could only stand still outside.

Then Olivia woke up.

"Noelle! "

Olivia intends to save Noelle, but there is nothing she can do. The attack he was just about to unleash became dysfunctional, as if it had all vanished before it even came out of his body.

Actually, the first to realize the situation was not Olivia, but Levina who had somehow freed herself from the influence of Noir's domineering aura, and tried to find a gap in the giant cage that Noir created.

Then, one by one the remaining people began to wake up. They confusedly and frantically looked into the cage, looking directly at the fight between Noelle and Noir that was going on.

Some of them had already done a lot to free Noelle, but just like Olivia, all of the influences they were about to unleash instantly disappeared a second before it was completely out of their bodies.

"Nohl … "

Norman frowned as his head spun around looking for an idea to free Noelle.

Meanwhile, in a cage.

He fused Langen and Verstand together, then took out about 25 other swords from his spatial warehouse.

With the telekinesis abilities Verstand had given him, Noelle could control them all as an additional weapon.

At the same time, he also enveloped his body with various kinds of protection magic.

He had also cast some attack magic, but there were only a few effective ones. What's more, all effective attacks are the kind of attacks that take time to get them out.

Noelle jumped back and clenched her one hand that was holding nothing. Then, an incision appeared and made the blood vessels in his hand easily torn apart.

A large amount of blood was spurted out from the wound, then all the blood that came out he controlled became a solid form.

His blood now became like a long whip filled with thorns.

It flew with a simple pattern. Only a wild and uncontrollable lash, but all of his attacks were focused on one figure, Noir.

Noelle did not stop. As his left hand controlled the whip, his right hand holding the sword was now raised to shoulder level, ready to give additional attacks at any time.

Then, he advanced. The few remaining swords around him pointed their ends at Noir, but Noelle herself knew that it would not work.

Just as she was about to touch Noir, Noelle immediately threw away all the swords hovering around her. Then, he instantly took out hundreds of other swords at the same time.

One such action had already drained her energy in a considerable amount, but Noelle did not care. Each sword he just took out had its pointy tip pointed at Noir completely. Then, Noelle directly thrust everything forward.

One by one the advancing swords pierced through the crow's body blocking the path, but the other swords continued to advance through as if there was absolutely no barrier there.

Before, after Noelle had thought of the many things she could use to deal with Noir, she already knew that holding back would be useless. So, he decided to get it all out.

As the crow and black smoke focused on stopping Noelle's sword, the blood whip on Noelle's left hand had completed its task.

It wrapped around Noir's upper body up to his neck, then extended its duration until it penetrated into Noir's skin.

Despite that, Noir's smile became even wider. The pain of that thorn prick had become a pleasure for him.

He laughed loudly, then bowed his body. Then, several dense spears made of blood shot out from his back, tearing apart the skin and robes of his ancient magician.

It was the result of Noelle's attack. He had inserted his own blood into Noir's body through the prick of a thorn earlier.

After the spear came out, they all changed their shape again and now became a curved hook with a sharp tip.

Noelle continued to control her blood nonstop, as if she did not want to miss a chance. After turning his blood into a hook, he immediately reinserted the blood, making it firmly stuck in Noir's body.

However, again no reaction was expected to come out of Noir. He just kept laughing while looking at Noelle with eyes filled with madness.

"Hehe .. That's interesting … "

A few words managed to come out of his mouth, but it signaled an imminent danger.

He lifted his body and spread his hands. After which, all the black crows around him immediately melted into a wisp of black smoke, which then scattered all over the place.

The black smoke, similar to miasma gas, spread rapidly over everything, including the one outside the cage.

Then, one by one the people outside the cage began to fall in place.

"What are you doing? " Noelle cautiously asked and tried to ascertain Olivia's condition.

Noir still smiled as he replied, "Don't worry too much. They're fine, I'm just using my strength and authority to control the fog that contains the rest of Zelica's power. I'm sure you know what that means."

The words she spoke contained a lot of shocking information for Noelle. He naturally understood his meaning.

Noir had taken control of the remaining power of Goddess Zelica, so that she could control the dream-pulling fog. Moreover, from the way he said it, he did not use honorifics at all to mention His name'.

That is, Noir has a position or authority that can be compared directly with an Orthodox God such as the Night Goddess Zelica.

What is an existence like Himself doing' in this place? Noelle instinctively thought so.

Right now, there were many things that Noelle had thought of. He felt that he was approaching the truth.

"Alright, there's no need to bother thinking about it. You better find a way to make it here safe."

Saying that, the smile on Noir's face became even wider. Clumps of black smoke began to gather above his head, becoming a black crown with many large thorns.

The crown floated above his head, and revolved in place like an angelic halo.

Then, he reunited his two hands with a single pat.

A shockwave with overwhelming force appeared, and blew away everything around it. However, Noelle was barely affected in the slightest, and instead prepared to give another attack.

Noelle crouched down and pulled out a few more swords from her spatial storage, and at the same time also drank a single tube of Olivia's blood that she had stored for herself.

Olivia's blood she drank managed to recover a lot of her strength, and now she was ready for a bigger fight.

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A black spear with a taper but thin tip emerged from the wisp of smoke, and pierced right on the ground where Noelle had previously stood.

Noelle had already jumped back, and controlled some swords to stab at Noir, but all those attacks were useless as the black shield which was a dense form of black smoke suddenly appeared and blocked his attack.

Because of what had happened in the previous dreamland, Noelle had such a high alertness that she was unwilling to approach Noir even if it was just a little.

He had no idea what Noir could do to him if he was at such a close distance.

Since he could 'steal' the system Anastasia created, then it was likely that he could do even more things.

Noelle believes that the construction of his body is not so complicated when compared to the giant structure called the 'system. Therefore, he was sure that Noir could do a lot to him.

Because being in the air for too long could become extremely dangerous, Noelle immediately dropped her body to the ground with the pull of gravity and the blood chain she had prepared. He did not want to open such a huge gap while still in the air.

After landing, Noelle returned to the position of her horses and prepared to give another attack. All the swords he had taken out previously had been controlled to directly attack Noir, but now all of those swords had found the same fate, which was melted into metal dust.

During this process, Noelle had encountered many problems.

One of the strangest problems he felt was; noir had never attacked at all.

So far, Noelle was the only person to attack aggressively, while Noir only accepted or held all of those attacks without giving any reply.

Of course, this was a strange thing, and that was why Noelle had not dared to take out all her trump cards. He still had to hide his weapon until the opponent could deal with it seriously. Otherwise, defeat would definitely have picked him up straight away.

(What he actually planned ... Come on, think .. )

Finally, after a moment filled with deep thought, Noelle managed to find the answer.

Not that Noir didn't want to attack him, but that was because he couldn't!

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