Chapter 191 SHARE
The hustle and bustle of the Guio district remained as it was the last time Noah had been there. Actually, there seemed to be more humans moving about the streets of that area than he expected.
'Probably because of the upcoming gathering,' Noah thought, walking down the different streets of that district.
He had limited himself to telport outside the district, before going through the Inspection again. That activity being as seamless as he remembered.
Deciding not to leave for the run-down looking building; which was the Divine Lightning guilds' head branch, Noah carried out the task he had planned out earlier.
Unfortunately for him, commodities had taken a sharp hike in price, and he could only buy what wouldn't hurt his purse.
"15 small silvers!" Noah grimaced, standing in front of a wooden stall. His audience, the seller of the multiple fruits before him raised his head up in pride, he seemed to enjoy watching that beautiful man utter curses.
"If you do not have the funds to purchase my goods; leave! A line of more capable Individuals is behind you," the man's pompous voice rang out, his left hand waving Noah away.
A frown appeared on Noah's face at those words, and he didn't hesitate to step out of the line. However before leaving, he imprinted the man's face in his mind, concluding on teaching the mere lower-stage cultivator a lesson.
Due to the three tier 3 guards standing beside the stall, Noah couldn't afford to make a scene.
Short trips to other stalls mostly ended up with his disappointment. However, stalls displayed by female merchants remained the most productive ones, since they usually gave him unfair discounts.
Noah found himself bottling up his shame while making visits to female stalls. They never dissaponted, and he soon found himself with what he considered enough food supplies.
A sigh escaped Noah's mouth after concluding his buying. Having sepearated himself from the large crowds gathered at the front entrance of that district, he felt the desire to rest.
"Rest is for the weak," he chuckled sweeping his gaze on his surroundings, before his eyes suddenly sharpened.
Although he remained relatively in the open, his senses had picked up an individual tailing him. The presence had popped up after he patronized a particular female merchant.
'Do people still sense me as a lower-stage cultivator,' Noah wondered. He had gotten tired of being followed by suspicious individuals in every large settlement he arrived at.
'I guess stalking isn't a crime here,' he quickly held back his laughter, since a person suddenly walked up to him.
An eyebrow rose on Noah's face when a man dressed in a fine green garment came and performed a light bow in front of him.
"How may I help you?" Noah announced, not feeling threatened in the slightest. The reason even he couldn't cause a scene was the same for the man.
"I am Sertio. I came not of my own accord, but of my lady's," the mid-thirties aged man revealed. His peak lower-stage power tightly bottled up within his figure, yet Noah could clearly sense his presence.
"Go on," Noah ordered taking a step backwards, he didn't like their closeness.
"My lady wishes to spend the night with you," the man immediately went straight to the point. Needless to say, Noah felt surprised by that blatancy.
"Me," Noah uttered, his words more to himself than the man before him.
"Yes, young sir," Sertio responded.
"What do you say young sir? She's also willing to reward you for your time," Sertio revealed, but his last words darkened Noah's mood.
"Are you suggesting that I become a mere prostitute," Noah eyes shone with disgust and anger. His expression turning ugly at the mention of that word, yet his emotions remained tightly concealed.
A swallowing sound unconsciously escaped Sertio's throat, at the silent danger he felt from the young man before him.
"Never, young sir! I was simply informing you of the possible gains," Sertio tried to explain, but even his words didn't sound convincing to his ears.
"Then my answer is a resounding no," Noah declared, turning to walk away, quenching every slight consideration he had on the offer.
"Sir, please do not be offended!" Sertio called out trying to grab Noah. His arm froze mid-air before that action could be completed. As he felt the presence of something that shouldn't exist, manifest in front of him.
In mere instants Noah's figure had become the emodiment of death!ραпdα `nᴏνɐ| сom
Sertio's Instincts told him of the outcome of his frozen action, and cold sweat inevitably ran down his back.
Noah limited himself to allow a whiff of all his anger seep out, however passerbys around him had turned towards his figure, fear evident on their weak faces.
Thankfully, Noah had just enough control to limit the effects of his passive ''Elemental Aura'' skill to not turn that place into an icy environment. But even that couldn't stop frost from forming beneath his barefeet.
pαndα`noνɐ1--сoМ Continuing his walk at a relatively fast pace, Noah moved to quickly leave that area entirely.
He could feel the gazes of curious individuals on his back, and only after a few minutes did he get the chance to cool off.
"That was close," Noah muttered standing in front of a glass window which belonged to a cafe.
His eyes inevitably fell on the tea drinking establishment and he didn't hesitate to walk in to have some.
Noah spent the rest of the day simply moving about that district. He confirmed that the place had really experienced an increase in activities, and the reason remained obvious to him.
However, when night-fall arrived, the increase in activities and travelling individuals proved to make things more difficult.
"We're out of space," a middle-aged man sporting finely combed grey hair, and neatly steamed black butler-like attire, announced to a dejected Noah.
A sigh escaped the borders of his lips, then he exited the empty reception of that fine inn.
This had been his fifth hotel and like the other four, their rooms had been fully booked.
'Why didn't I think of this and book a room earlier during the day,' Noah facepalmed himself, searching the well lit cobble stone streets with his eyes.
He found himself spending tens of minutes traversing the streets of the district in search of an inn he could spend the night in.
Eventually finding a nice inn, three stories in height, Noah quickly rushed in, his eyes shooting dense beams of hope.
He however encountered someone on his way there, but didn't pay much attention to the lady.
"Do you have a room available!" Noah nearly shouted, but felt surprised to hear a second voice utter the same words.
Turning to glance at the individual who dared to try and steal his room, Noah realized that it was the same lady he almost bumped into on his way in.
"There's only one," the female receptionist announced switching gaze's between Noah and the other lady.
Noah felt relief spread in his mind at their words, and his bag of coins quickly appeared in his hands while he requested for the price.
"50 small silvers," the lady revealed, and Noah's arms instantly went weak.
'By the gods!' Noah screamed Inwardly shooting an astonished gaze at the receptionist who promptly dodged it.
She couldn't dare lock gaze's with that man, whom she confirmed was the most handsome person she had seen in her life.
Reluctance appeared in Noah's mind at that sight, and he immediately began considering crossing the whole district to sleep in the forest.
"I'll take it!" The lady behind Noah practically jumped, and an ugly expression inevitably appeared on his face.
"I'll take it," Noah's deep voice rang out inside the reception, before fiercely locking gaze's with the good-looking lady before him.
The black-haired lady behind the reception watched this scene unsure of the next action to take. Nevertheless, a sentence soon escaped her mouth.
"Will you both be willing to share?" She announced.
""Huh!"" Noah and the lady exclaimed in unison.
Chapter 192 EXTREME
How did I even get talked into doing this,' Noah grimaced sweeping his gaze on a luxurious looking room, before pausing on the lady literally across the room.
Both individuals stared at each other, both not willing to drop their guard.
Noah felt unsure of the full power the middle-staged lady before him held, but he understood that he wouldn't be far behind in might. Hopefully.
Up until his full assimilation of Aiden's memories, the matter concerning understanding the power of individuals around him, had been something he did instinctively.
However, with Aiden's knowledge now in play, he could clearly understand what to look for, which were; the density of the individuals mana and the persons body. The mind was a different issue.
Like the woman before him, Noah could feel a really high concentration of mana coming from her figure. Although she expertly bottled up that power within her body, his senses managed to pick up extremely miniscule whiffs of that energy, which were more than enough. For him at least.
The quality of her mana also spoke of her talent, but its color seemed visible to only his senses. Something that both confused him, yet he completely understood.
Her body on the other hand simply gave off a highly sturdy aura.
Having encountered lots of lower-stage tier 3's who had body in the first grade, he could clearly sense the superiority between hers and theirs. But it also wasn't overwhelming to him, like that of higher stage cultivators, whose bodies felt untouchable to him.
"Are you going to keep up with that," Noah eventually broke the heavy silence, rubbing his temples in the process.
"You're far stronger than me. I clearly can't make a move on you," he lied through his teeth. With the power he currently held, he felt capable of pinning her down. Even if for merely a few seconds. Although he couldn't be sure of that evaluation. She could be more powerful than the norm.
Recieving nothing but a blank stare; Noah sighed in slight annoyance.
Sweeping his gaze once again on the relatively large room, his eyes landed on the king sized bed. Looking well laid and fluffy even to his eyes. In short it looked beautiful.
He however, definitely wouldn't be able to share it with her, due to her obvious insecurity. But he also didn't want to sleep on the ground; even though it was well rugged.
A battle between the teachings on earth and his own desire raged within his mind. But both seemed to be perfectly matched, none exiting victorious even after five minutes!
"I can't totally sense your power," the lady's voice eventually rang out, and she soon raised her knees to her chest, her arms holding those limbs in place.
"I refuse to believe you are weaker," she announced, her voice almost a whisper, but still audible.
Noah could only shake his head at that point. With those simple words, his gentleman side had found the strength to win the battle.
"I'll sleep there then," Noah announced pointing at a space a few meters from the bed.
"No need, I'll sleep over here. You take the bed," she countered.
"You're making this difficult," Noah frowned. "I'll sleep on the ground," he declared, his tone final.
A few moments of silence passed after that exchange of words. Only the sounds coming from the street being heard.
"I'm Ariana by the way," she eventually spoke, breaking the silence, but not making eye contact with Noah, despite his tries to achieve that.
Truth be told, Noah felt the lady before him, a totally different person from the one in the reception.
Her tone had experienced a drop, and the fierceness in her eyes had vanished. She looked cute now that he thought to it, and he couldn't help but re-inspect her features.
Ariana was a woman who looked to be in her mid-twenties, which spoke of her immense talent in cultivating. She sported long blonde hair which she allowed to fall on her shoulders, but had a black ribbon on the side of her head.
Her attire featured a skin tight trouser black in colour, which did no job in hiding her nigh-perfectly shaped hips and above average sized butt. A detail Noah had noticed earlier in the reception.
pαndα,noνɐ1,сoМ Her chest featured a pair of large; but not over the top, seemingly perfectly round breasts, that looked plump and potentially bouncy even from Noah's position. Her red fitted shirt couldn't do much to hide those Incredible details.
Her fair skin seemed to glisten in the light of the room, probably due to the level of her body. But it remained mesmerizing nonetheless.
Ariana's face remained blemishless, and her azure eyes mixed with a green hint, further enhanced her natural beauty.ραпdα `nᴏνɐ| сom
Although she wasn't breath-taking like Isabella, her looks stood far above average.
"Why did you agree to share when you knew you'd be insecure," Noah asked, almost mocking her.
She noticed his tone and promptly opened her mouth to speak, her fierceness quickly flickering back into her eyes. But that reaction was short lived, since no words eventually exited her mouth. And she soon turned her head to the side, her face flushed.
Understanding dawned on Noah, and he struggled to keep the smile trying to find its way to his face, in check.
"I see...." He muttered. 'I guess she agreed due to my looks,' Noah grinned inwardly.
"Well I'll go take a shower," Noah announced, his plan to embarrass the young lady even more kick-starting.
Feeling her uncertain gaze follow his movement, Noah hid the smug grin on his face while he entered the bathroom.
A few minutes quickly passed and he exited the bathroom revealing his bare upper body, only a long white towel around his hips. It reached his knee in length.
Shaking his head to get all the water out, Noah didn't forget to add a bit of drama to that normal action, and he smiled when he saw that he got the right reaction from his only audience.
Staring in utter awe, Ariana found herself struggling to rip her gaze from the Incredibly charming entity before her.
Feeling her experienced heart, beat faster and blood rush to her face, she watched him shake off the water in his hair. That event seemingly happening in slow motion to her, as Noah's pure white hair sparkled in the rooms light.
'He's a vixen!' she exclamained Inwardly, but her thoughts proved wrong, since the black attire he had on before, quickly appeared on his figure after that displayed.
Walking towards the spot he had promised to sleep on, Noah felt himself enjoy teasing that woman. A person he had barely know for an hour.
Grabbing a pillow from the well laid bed with white sheets, he proceeded to place it on the ground, before promptly laying on it.
Closing his eyes for a few minutes, he furrowed his brows before suddenly reopening his eyes, successfully catching his roommate stealing a glance at him.
"I'll get naked if you continue staring that much," Noah teased, repositioning his body to rest on his palm, his elbow lifting his head up.
Watching her face go red in utter embarrassment, Noah grinned as he watched her get up and enter the bathroom without so much as a word.
A sigh escaped his mouth at that point, and he found himself wondering where he got the confidence to tease a woman.
'I thank the gods for my looks,' Noah grinned after a few light thoughts found their way into his mind.
Ten minutes eventually passed but Airiana remained inside the bathroom. However, Noah didn't seem to notice the passage of time.
He had already begun to wonder about the events the screening process would hold.
Multiple ideas appeared and disappeared in his mind, but he couldn't be sure of their possibilities.
Noah's deep thought was interrupted by the sound of the bathrooms door closing.
A figure stepped out of that room, and Noah remained stunned when he laid eyes on a barely clothed Ariana.
A white towel remained the only thing that shielded her nakedness, and Noah's mind inevitably struggled to remain calm at that realization.
She clearly wanted him to notice her, and he soon understood that this was her way of paying him back.
'Isn't this a bit extreme,' Noah thought, his eyes struggling to leave her figure.
"Oops..." Ariana's flat voice resounded, and the towel wrapped around her figure dropped to the ground.
Chapter 193 WHITE MANSION
Noah felt his concentration reach its peak in that Instant, and he soon began to perceive that scene in slow motion.
However, to his disappointment, Ariana had a black bra and a short-shorts on.
Noah subconsciously clicked his tongue at that sight, but his eyes remained fixed on her nonetheless.
Her bust was clearly defined due to the less amount of clothing, and he felt himself marvel at that sight. She looked more endowed now that he could get a clearer picture.
Only a few short seconds passed before a bigger garment appeared in her hands and she immediately wore it, a smug smile clearly on her face.
Not caring that she enjoyed seeing his suffering, Noah found himself revisiting that scene in his head. His mind able to clearly replay that image multiple times.
'I guess mother nature continues to remain unfair even in this world,' Noah thought straightening his back on the floor.
"I'm Aiden by the way," Noah announced, seeing Ariana get on the bed.
Recieving no reply, he unfolded his consciousness to a few feets around him. He still couldn't let his guard down, even if she seemed non-violent.
Closing his eyes without really falling asleep, Noah allowed multiple thoughts flow through his head; which were still pertaining to the screening process he'd have to undergo.
'By screening, he means; weeding out the weak and merely average cultivators; to allow the truly talented shine,' Noah mused.
'I'll have to show myself valuable to their guild then,' he concluded.
Allowing more thoughts flow through his mind, Noah felt himself begin to get sleepy.
Although his body remained capable of staying awake for weeks, even to a few months, yet that naturally process still took place.
Sleep remained more refreshing than simply circulating his essence to reinvigorate himself.
"Are you new to this city?" Ariana's voice suddenly rang out, pulling Noah out of his sleepy state.
"How did you know," Noah replied, not wanting the stretch out that conversation.
"Your behavior," Ariana simply replied.
"Do I really act like a country bumpkin?" Noah mused.
"Well I didn't think that, but thanks for the info anyway," she giggled lightly.
pαndα`noνɐ1--сoМ "And no. Those who've been here even twice would learn how crucial it was to be cautious of who they spoke to," Ariana explained, her tone serious.
"There are a lot of really dangerous exsitences out there. And it's hard to find someone who'd be capable of sharing a room with a stranger," she explained.
"Isn't that normal everywhere," Noah raised an eyebrow, his face turning to glance at Ariana, who remained lain on the bed.
"Well it is. But if only you understood the dangers of this place, you'll be capable of grasping how outrageous of an action we both took," She stopped.
Confusion quickly spread in Noah's mind at those words, he truly didn't grasp what she was saying. Afterall, he had only really allowed them to share a room, since he felt confident enough to fight her and not be in a disadvantage. Not because of some naive kindness, or because he was thinking with his lower half.
"You seem to know a lot about this place. Please, tell me more," Noah's flat tone rang out.ραпdα `nᴏνɐ| сom
"Nah. You already sound uninterested. I guess you really are strong," Ariana shook her head, a smile evident on her face.
"Why do you say that?" Noah replied, amused by the lady's intuition.
"Only the strong sound uninterested about the events happening around them, since their power would allow them scale through it things went south," she explained.
'If only she knew of the entities I'll be forced to deal with when my days of peace expire,' Noah scoffed inwardly.
"I'm not really that strong," he shrugged while lying down.
Ariana burst into laughter at the completion of Noah's words, and he couldn't help but smile at how adorable she sounded.
"Not really strong? Yeah right. If you; someone who doesn't seem to be in the middle-stage but can confuse me with your strange power, and make my trained instincts feel fear, then no one is strong," she chuckled.
A soft silence fell on the duo at that point, as no words were spoken for entire minutes, each person thinking their own thoughts.
"I feel flattered by your words, but in the real sense I'm not that extraordinary," Noah spoke, immediately falling silent.
Seeing as Ariana understood his intention to remain silent, Noah quickly drifted into sleep.
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Snapping his eyes open at around an hour after daybreak. Noah promptly moved into the bathroom to take a quick shower. Seeing as his roommate remained asleep, he did his best to move around silently.
Exiting the bathroom to find Ariana awake, Noah performed a silent greeting, a few light exchanges of words also occuring between them. Afterwhich he immediately proceeded to exit that room, leaving her to whatever she wanted.
Getting to the ground floor since their room had been on the first, Noah checked out of that establishment, not forgetting to mention that someone remained up there, since the individual behind the reception this time around, was a man.
Quickly finding his way through the mulitiple streets of that district, Noah felt mildly surprised to find that most streets were crowded with humans.
Not minding such scenes too much, he managed to find his way even through such crowds.
During the mulitiple minutes he spent forcing his way through the barricade of living humans, Noah had caught a few Individuals trying to steal his ring.
How they held such skills, he didn't know nor care. However, he also didn't forget to grab their sneaky hands before proceeding to squeeze them into meat pastes.
Of course screams of agony tried to escape their mouths, but his mental waves always snuffed those erratic sounds out. Since the power of the perpetrators usually fell between the peak of tier 2, or beginning of tier 3.
Arriving at a position where the crowd had reached an insane density, Noah felt himself struggle immensely while trying to move through them, as the power of those individuals were mostly past the beginning of the lower-stage.
Grunting his way through the crowd, while utilizing the strength in his body to basically bully people out of the way. Noah arrived at a scene that left him properly stunned.
Right on the spot, where the run-down building was supposed to be; stood a white mansion.
Chapter 194 WILD
They are a awfully lot this year," a male voice rang out within a wide golden room, five other individuals sitting around the table he sat in front.
"Well we did record a number above twelve thousand. It's not our highest but it's been a while that many people desired to join," a purely red haired lady spoke. Her eyes remaining focused on the golden illusory screen that broadcasted the mass of people in front of the white mansion.
"I guess most of them just want to be on the right side before the growing tension explodes into something nasty. And besides, most of them out there are simply here to witness the take-off. It's practically an event on its own, at this point," another man spoke, and the room immediately fell silent.
Amongst the five Individuals four male and one female, was Rhy. And from his silence; it could be understood that the five Individuals around the table held higher authority than he.
Furthermore, although the experts radiated no aura whatsoever, it remained evident that they held great power.
"I hope this season isn't as uneventful as the last. We've even changed a few events to allow us spot interesting individuals," another male individual spoke, his expressionless face not matching the energy in his voice.
"Oh I'm sure it won't," Rhy suddenly announced, when he managed to spot a particular white -haired fellow, making his way towards the white building.
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Breaking forth from the barricade of humans, Noah noticed how that annoying crowd never crossed a particular portion of the street, allowing for multiple Individuals to walk towards the forming line.
'Probably the aspirants,' Noah thought walking towards the largest line which led Into the mansion. His eyes fully on the grand looking building before him.
'How did i not notice this earlier,' Noah wondered, perplexed.
Although the sight didn't do more than startle him for a few instants, it still felt weird how a such large building could exist there, and the other buildings beside it didn't look damaged.
Heck they were the exact ones he remembered seeing two weeks earlier.
'They probably stretched the land-space the run-down building stood on,' Noah concluded. Even at that he wondered how they were able to execute such a delicate process so blantantly.
As far as he remembered, all such manipulated spaces were usually within an already established body. Expanding the land space would mean that area itself was an enclosed space.
'If it isn't that, then this has to be some really high level work,' Noah thought, stepping forward.
"Your ring?" A fully armoured man ordered, stopping Noah's movement on the line.
Revealing unto him his illusory stats, Noah watched the person seemingly pause for a second before glancing at him again.
At least it seemed so. The man's face was fully covered with a silver helmet, which was the color of his entire armour.
"Go there," the armoured man gestured at another line. This one being far shorter than the normal one.
Doing exactly as he was told without much thought, Noah momentarily ignored the individuals on the line before continuing his former evaluation.
"White haired man!" A feminine voice suddenly called out from somewhere behind him, but Noah simply ignored it.
"White haired man!" The voice called out again, but he continued to ignore it stepping forward on the line.
'There has to be some other person with white hair right...' he frowned, feeling something prick his senses.ραпdα `nᴏνɐ| сom
'Don't i know that voice,' Noah thought turning to the direction of the voice; and behold, there she was; the perfectly endowed lady Ariana, standing on the long line he had just exited.
Noticing his attention, she shot a big smile towards him, startling him.
'What the fuck is she doing on that line,' Noah thought, but it eventually dawned on him when he saw her display a set of illusory panels holding Information.
However, before he could try to say anything, he felt an incredible pressure land directly on his soul realm, trying to shake it, but it remained un-moved.
He had stepped into the bounds of the white mansion, and the scenery around him quickly warped to reveal an immense golden room.
Shaking off the annoying feeling he experienced from that distortion of space, Noah swept his gaze on the Incredibly large room, immediately confirming that his eyes couldn't make out its end.
"Please go this way," a silver amoured man promptly gestured at them upon their arrival, leading them downstairs.
Surprisingly they had arrived at the top floor of that space, and were required to proceed downstairs.
Two armoured individual led the group of seven down the spiral stairs which had hundreds of multicolored inscriptions running on their surface.
Glancing down the over 600m height needed to reach the ground, which unlike the top floors had no rooms and was simply a flat surface that stretched for multiple kilometers in every direction. Noah caught sight of a scene that made his heart skip in excitement.
There were rows upon rows of moving humans who looked like ants from that height, but that wasn't the sight that caused his excitement. No, it was the sight of hundreds of magical beasts that did so.
However, those beast weren't just any beasts, they were flying beasts of different species.
Noah had never seen so many magical beasts in one place. Even bozolom paled comparison, coupled with the quality and size of those beasts, he couldn't help but get excited.
Due to the Incredibly large amount of beasts. And their power being above even the middle-stage of tier 3, Noah perceived the air in that massive place stale, as a result of the multiple powerful auras.
He would never survive if that many beasts were set loose on him, afterall even tier 4 beasts were present!
Which was why his Instincts constantly warned him of danger.
Having never seen any beastd in that level, Noah felt unable to remove his gaze from their Incredible size, and their seemingly unspecial looking figures.
Focusing his gaze on a large crimson redish-orange bird which sat un-moving. Noah felt mesmerized by its colour, as nothing seemed special about it apart from its sensually deafening power.
ραпdα nᴏνa| сom However, Noah's senses could tell that it remained one of the strongest beasts even among the tier 4 ones.
The group eventually arrived on the golden coloured floor, and their guides continued to take them further into the room, passing hundreds of tier 3 beasts and multiple groups in the process.
Of course that event put everyone apart from the armoured individuals, on edge.
But now that they remained close to the beasts for tens of minutes, they could clearly sense their docile state. Even if the beasts held more power than them combined.
Their guides led them deeper into the room, this journey of sorts taking over an hour to complete, but no one complained.
They eventually arrived before a large cyan feathered beast in the fourth tier. Its height towering over 35m, and its length comfortably tripling that number.
And to Noah's dismay immediately his group arrived before the terrifying beast, he felt its dark-red eyes land on his tiny figure, and his instincts inevitably ran wild due to it.
Chapter 195 TRANSPARENT
Gritting his teeth while trying his very best to remain calm. Visibly sweating. Noah felt the beasts heavy gaze remain on his figure, while his group's guides conversed with the guides of the other groups. Three group's in total, each with two guides.
Remaining a safe distance from the beasts large figure. Noah stood in silence, his head lowered, while jolts of fear ravaged his body and mind.
His expression looked visibly dark, but the others in his group were to busy being wary of the Incredibly powerful beast.
'I can't take this anymore,' Noah thought slowly raising his head to lock gaze's with the magical beast.
With that simple action Noah felt his fear shoot through the roof, yet a calmness existed somewhere within that chaotic mass of emotions.
The beast red eyes didn't necessarily radiate any hostility, but the entirety of Noah understood that the beast seemed able to look into his very body to expose his secrets.
Their stare-off lasted for whole minutes, but they felt like days to Noah.
A tinge of anger rose inside him at some point. The speedling portion of his mind raging at the fact that a mere tier 4 magical beast could put his whole body on a lockdown.
Although he sided with that anger to calm himself, he couldn't deny the sensually deafening power of the magical beast.
He felt only capable of knowing that it stood in the fourth tier, and that it had gone below the bottom of that power-level.
And he felt positive that such evaluation was possible due to his different species.
"You will be riding this beast," one of the silver armoured men suddenly announced. Managing to pull Noah out of his daze.
"When they give you the order you are to mount it and remain within the chamber," the man continued, "For now you are to wait," he ended.
Just before walking past them. Someone from Noah's group raised their hand, and the armoured man nodded in acknowledgement.
"Why aren't we over there; where most people our level are," the mid-thirties old man enquired, and Noah immediately confirmed that he stood in the middle-stage.
Actually only he remained in the lower-stage. As all of them, even from the second and third groups held power in that level.
"You have been given special treatment due to our scouters recommending you," the same person stated.
"I'm sure you all present; were given an image box by any of our over two hundred representatives."
Seeing them nod, including those in the other groups, he continued, "That is a proof that you are relatively special. However do not delude yourselves into thinking that you will be given such special treatments during the coming trials," he explained.
"There are over twelve thousand of you. If you wish to be given merit again you need to scale through excellently. That will be all," the man concluded, quickly performing a bow seemingly to the beast, before he and three other armored men left. Only two remaining behind.
Noah assimilated those words like the others, and a bit of nervousness couldn't help but rise in his mind, even if it vanished as fast as it arrived.
'I'll definitely do exceptionally well," Noah encouraged himself.
Feeling an awkward silence fall in their midst, even if the voices of hundreds of individuals could be heard in the background. Noah felt the gazes of the experts before him, fall on his figure.
Not sure whether that was due to his looks or his confusing power, he limited himself to simply ignore them, finding a lone spot around the beast to sit.
Now that they had been merged into one group, their numbers totalled 25, each one of them a powerful cultivator in their own right.
Still ignoring the curious gaze's his temporary group members gave him, Noah found himself studying the large beast before him, that actually stood at that previously evaluated size while still lying down!
It still had its eyes on him, but also seemed busy with something. Noah had no idea what it did exactly, and he also couldn't see the beasts top from his position.
The wait lasted for multiple hours and two more groups of recommended experts arrived, increasing their numbers to 43.
No other groups were led their way after they reached that number.ραпdα `nᴏνɐ| сom
Eventually taking out the inscription guides at some point, due to his growing boredom. Noah read through the books multiple times in mere seconds.
He could breeze through long books at Incredible speeds, which made him wish he had possessed such an ability during his time on earth. Exams would have proved far easier if he could revise tens of times in minutes, and hundreds in mere hours.
'I wonder if I'll be capable of returning to earth at some point,' Noah mused, but suddenly found himself hating that topic more than he expected himself to.
A change eventually happened at some point, as a loud voice spread throughout the room, everyone listening attentively.
"The time limit for the gathering has come to an end. All beast riders prepare your apportioned groups. We leave in thirty minutes!" The male voice announced.
Nervous breaths escaped the mouths of almost everyone in Noah's group, including Noah. And all of them eventually looked towards the magical beast, uncertain of the next action to take.
"Do we climb the beast ourselves?" Some began asking the two armoured men, who limited themselves to remain silent to those questions. Not even moving from their position.
Tension inevitably rose after tens minutes passed, but before any rash action could be taken on the armoured men, who's armour hid their power even from Noahs senses. A man's voice abruptly sounded from above the beast, startling the troubled experts.
"Allow them up," the voice said, followed by the appearance of a middle-aged man, whose power far exceeded the bounds of tier 3.
A metallic ladder appeared on the beasts body at the man's words, and the armoured men immediately ordered them to form a single file.
Everyone had eyes on the tier 4 existence who floated calmly above them, his eyes sweeping its gaze on their immensely weak figures.
Noah felt a wave of surprise hit him when his Instincts affirmed that the man held more power than the beast before them. But how far apart the gap in power was; remained beyond his current capabilities.
Feeling the man's soft gaze land on him, Noah couldn't help but get even more nervous.
Worry began to pile in his mind about the possibility of the expert finding out his unique status.
However most of his worries dissappeared when the man moved his gaze.
Most.
Moving up the ladder as steadily as he could, so as to not anger the beast. Noah eventually arrived on-top of the cyan feathered creature.
And to his surprise was a box over 5m in width and around 4m in height.
The box's brown surface featured a series of golden coloured platings, shimmering with the light of multiple inscriptions.
There was a rectangular space cut out In the box to allow entry into its Insides.
'How will that fit over fourty Individuals,' Noah thought, but quickly dismissed that thought as a stupid one.
ραпdα nᴏνa| сom Walking into the box, Noah felt space twist the second time that day, and a different environment immediately appeared in his eyes.
The Insides of the box was really spacious and featured a series of cream-coloured couches attached to box's surface.
The couches also featured what resembled seat-belts; on which multiple inscriptions were present.
Unlike the wooden look on the outside, the floor of the box was metallic; gold coloured. A color Noah had begun to dislike, even if he knew he would see more of it.
The last suprising detail of that box was its transparent nature!
From within the box, Noah could experience the view that height brought, with such clarity; he almost began doubting the reality of that place actually being enclosed.
'Do they always have to be so damn outrageously advanced!' Noah grimaced.