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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.

"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.

"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.