Chapter 72

"Like this, looking like a whitish blue. A few days ago it was completely black, but then it started to change slowly."

"What?"

[Well, that must be due to the connection between you and the beast souls within your body. So when the phoenix absorbed the icy flame and probably turned a different color, her hair was the same shade, or at least something similar.]

'You can only be kidding. So what the fuck did it do to create a body the way I wanted it in the end? In a little while this shit is going to be totally different anyway."

[And after having absorbed the flame, thanks to the great increase in IQ in your body, you evolved 3 steps of the tempered body and reached the 9 step.]

'Huh? At least some unexpected and good news came from that.'

Noah looked at the girl, who appeared to be waiting for an answer to her question, and said after sighing "I don't know what happened."

"That's it? Don't you care about your own body?"

"It's okay, after all it's just the hair. And it's not like I went bald either, it just changed color." He continued to head towards the forest and the girl stared at him as she whispered "It just changed color, huh?..."

After Noah left, she went back inside the house, and as she walked through the bedroom door, her uncle who was sitting on the edge of the bed asked, "So, what did he say?"

And as he walked towards her smiling, she replied "Of course he accepted."

"And how did you do it? Because that kid was apparently pretty smart, and probably wouldn't do anything that wasn't beneficial to him."

"Beneficial?" confused she continued as she stood a little in front of her uncle "How could exposing himself to that curse be beneficial to him?"

He got up slowly from the bed and replied "…About that, I'm still not sure, but I'll certainly find out. As well as why that weird change in your hair."

"Oh, that?" after lying in bed she continued "He said he didn't know the cause, but strangely he didn't seem to care either."

"And where is your fiance now?"

"He's gone."

"And you just left?"

"He said he would come back. And I said you would force him to marry me, even if he didn't want to. So he will probably come back, yes. Unless he wants to have a Transcendent hunting all over town."

The gentleman smiled "So that's why he accepted? You threatened him? (Laughter)"

"Of course not. That was just a warning, not a threat."

"I understand. (Laughs…)"

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As he walked through the forest and past the trees looking at the system map, Noah asked "Hey, did all the beasts really get away from this place?"

[Affirmative!]

"But why did this happen?"

[Because of the pressure exerted by the phoenix.]

"So can I go anywhere in this place?"

[So far yes.]

"For a while? How long will it take for the beasts to return here?"

[You probably still have a few days left. Probably 4 at least.]

"That should be enough."

[Enough? Enough for what? What are you going to do in the middle of this forest?]

Noah took the space bag and, after taking the book that contained the body technique, said "I'll try to use this."

But something felt wrong. For when he tried to open the book, none of the pages moved an inch.

"Shit! Why the fuck doesn't it open?!" he exclaimed as he threw the book to the ground.

[As with the space bag, you also need to add some of your own IQ to the book for it to open.]

"Oh, thanks for the notice." said Noah being sarcastic.

After hearing what the system said, Noah bent down to pick up the book from the floor and, having picked it up, he got up with the book in his hand. He looked at the book, having sighed deeply and started adding his IQ to the book.

And as he did that, the book began to glow and, seeing that, Noah then began to be impressed, as he thought of how powerful that technique could be. But after the book stopped glowing and he finally managed to open it, after flipping a few pages, Noah threw the book away and yelled "SHIT!"