"Just tell me what to do now?" said Ash to Relik making up his mind.
"I'll have to think how best you should start, I have never done this before, I do have the basic knowledge of how the scards do it, but they are very different and complex, it might be best if we go to them later for better guidance, for now, you should start by the basics, it's simple meditation, you just have to focus on your core, remember the feeling that you experienced when you absorbed that spiritual energy, channel it all towards your core and focus on it" said Relik.
Ash closed his eyes and did his best what Relik had said. He hadn't really meditated before so he wasn't sure what he was doing was right or not. He tried to remember the warm ether that had flowed into him, he could still feel it a little bit in his body, like a strange kind of vibration, it traveled around his body like blood flow, he tried to focus on that vibration, as he focused on it, it seemed like it was growing slowly, he then tried to push it all down to his core, it took some time, he lost focus many times, finally he understood that meditation was all about unbreaking focus, like trying to put sand in a hole, if he didn't maintain the right pressure, it will just slip right through his fingers, so slowly and slowly his mind became clearer as it focused on that one task and stopped thinking about everything else. When it happened it was like something set into place, he suddenly felt warm glow originating from his core and the muscles and nerves surrounding it got hotter.
He opened his eyes and looked down, there was a small glow of light that he could see coming his crotch. His eyes wide he slowly peeked inside his pants, everything seemed fine.
"Is it done?" he asked.
"It looks like it, you have only just established your core slowly and slowly it will settle in place, it will adapt according to you" said Relik.
"What do i have to do to strengthen it?" asked Ash.
"Feed more spiritual energy to it" answered Relik.
"How, will we have to purify more bad ether again?" said Ash.
"No, that was just a one time, that is not an affordable option for us, the human body naturally produces spiritual energy depending upon genetics and health, you must be in top shape and eat healthy, so that your body channels more spiritual energy, the other more difficult but more fruitful way is to kill monsters" said Relik.
"Kill monster?" asked Ash confused.
"Yes, on the Orion plane, that world is ten times more bigger than yours, and thousands of times more concentrated in spiritual energy, just being in that air will increase your potency from your current state, but there are also a lot of monsters that live there, most spiritual warriors, go on hunts to kill these monsters and consume there cores to power themselves " said Relik.
"Wow, that's cool, I mean not the killing part, but you did say they were monsters right?" asked Ash.
"Yes, monsters, they kill other people too all the time, and they reproduce very rapidly, they cover over sixty percent of there land, it's a serious problem, so they welcome people from other worlds who hunt monsters" said Relik.
"I had another question, I consumed so much energy back then, and you said that it will strengthen my core but I don't see many changes" said Ash.
"What are you talking about? Your body did change, and your consumes enrgy at a rate too, the more bigger and stronger you are the more it will consume, so it's a balance, you must look after yourself and replenish the spiritual energy you consume, or your cure will start weakening, the other thing is gentics, I told you, your world is very depleted,so you are at a disadvantage to most other planes" said Relik.
"Looks like we need to go to Orion then" said Ash.
"Yes we do, and that's what I am here for, I will need to set up a magic circle for that" said Relik.
"How long will that take, I really want to go, but I have other stuff to do too today" said Ash.
"You can't wait long, it's not like you'll just start killing monsters as soon as you get there, you still need to learn a lot of things" said Relik.
"Yeah, and without that we won't be able to kill the shadow spirit either" siad Ash.
"Yes, from what you have told me, although this shadow spirit is not something really special, it's unique powers will make it really hard to kill or even harm, you'll have to level up a great deal for managing those kinds of tactics, your friends aren't going to be useful in a real fight, and we can't train all of you into very skilles warriors either, so i would suggest we should get some help from other planes, you can make some friends there and then you can ask them to come with you and help in killing the spirit " said Relik.
"I don't know if Vanessa would believe that, according to her she is the one destined to kill it" said Ash.
"Then you will have to support her a great deal, she can land the final blow, but the major responsibility will fall on your shoulder, you can't waste your time, let your friends do the discussion and research, you should focus on training" said Relik.
"I guess I don't have a choice, but I'll still have to go for today's meeting, maybe I'll convince the girls to go and find clues, while we can train" said Ash.
They left the terrace and headed back home, Ash walked uncomfortably, his critch was a bit hot and feeling weird.
He reached home, took a shower. Sarah was not in her room, she must have gone to her job. Ash ate breakfast and left for Vanessa's house.
The last night's memories again came into his mind, as soon as that happened, he started feeling his core tingle.
"Don't worry, your core is linked to your brain, it will take time, besides the usual physical response that you get at excitement, you will now also get a spiritual response, you'll get used to it" said Relik.
"How do you know? What I am feeling" asked Ash.
"I am pretty good at sensing small changes in spiritual energy, it helps me cast better spells, it's a skill only the most experienced and veteran warriors have" said Relik.
"I was expecting you would teachne how to summon and use more of those spiritual weapons like last time, I don't even know how a real warrior fights?" Ash asked.
"That shield was just a basic spell, trained people don't use spiritual weapons to fight, they get real weapons and artifacts, but that's all in the far future, first you'll need to learn how to fight properly, Orion is the place to go for that too, there are tons of academies there where you can learn all the skills you need" said Relik.
They had reached Vanessa's house, Ash entered and went upto her room. The others hadn't arrived yet. When he reached her room he knocked on the door.
"Come in" said Vanessa.
Ash entered to find her in the middle of changing. He caught a glimpse of her tight ass before she pulled up her pants. It again made his core tingle.
Vanessa was also still clearly thinking things over since last night, as they both just stood without talking far a moment looking at each other.
"Kara called they'll be here shortly" said Vanessa looking away first.
"Cool" said Ash. Vanessa went to her desk and started looking at her pc bending down.
Ash's mind was already in the wrong place and the black jeans she was wearing made her ass look to enticing for him to resist. So his core pushing him forward, he spanked her ass. The sound filled the room, he left his hand there and grabbed a handfull of ass.