" I like it. Just good questions coming. I will first answer the first question you asked. This space is just a part of the almost infinite space that is hidden above the skies. It is called the Divine sense..." The voice said as it left out a breathing point for suspense.
Athan was hearingba complete foreign term at the moment. Divine sense... Just then, the words of the voice struck him. This vast space he had never managed to reach the end was just a fraction...
" How far does it extend up there?" Athan asked.
" It would take almost forever for anyone to reach the end. I need to explain a few thing to you at the moment though. I agree that I have been sealed up here.
"The truth is that you are not supposed to know about my existence until you leave the Mortal Plane. Something must have triggered it. I am at my last threads though. I am approaching my limits for how long I can hold on to the short reunion we have.
"I will need you to get stronger so that you can break this seal. It is impossible for one to open the seal from the inside and only you can do so. The crack will remain but I will not be able to help you too much from now on.
" All you have to do is to strengthen the Soul I have left behind for you and the ways to open the seal will come naturally to you. Its not that I don't want to tell you its just that I can't.
"Do not worry though. The more you unseal me the stronger you become. But in order to unseal me, you have to get stronger. Kinda of a paradox, haha," the voice laughed as it quietened.
Athan suddenly lost conciousness before he could even ask another question.
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The girl was now on the verge of giving up on him. It had been about another five minutes since his heart had stopped. She was going to give it one last shot and if it did not work, she was going to call it quits and find her way back on her own.
She took in a deep breath as she calmed herself. She pinched his cheeks forcing his lips to part her other hand blocking his nose. She then leaned down to him and their lips touched as she gave him the 'breath of life' and blew air into his mouth.
She was yet to even part their lips when she saw his eyes flutter and open.
"So soft," she heard him say unconciously. It was like her world stopped there as her body was instantly subjected to a sudden heat.
She could feel her cheeks burning and every part of her body. She did not want to raise her head after he opened his eyes. Just what were the odds that he would wake just when she had finished? Close to zero!
But she could not allow their lips to stay in contact anymore. She would rather that he pulled away but could he? She was on top of him sitting on his stomach his body between her legs.
Very comfortable of her for someone who was giving first aid. She shut her eyes tight as she mastered enough courage and strength to her legs so that she could leap from him far away.
She did so and jumped but she was met by a barrier on her back. She felt her thoughts disarray as she realized that it was his hand that was stopping her. Had she just aroused a depraved man?
She had not yet opened her eyes but in the process of jumping away, their lips had parted. But his next actions caught her off guard as he pulled her down.
Caught unaware, she did not even have a chance to stop herself from bumping into his chest and their parted lips had come in contact once again.
"So full," she heard him say.
Now even her blood seemed to flow backwards. Her already disarray thoughts were now each going their own way from each other. She also did not have the courage to lift her head away from him to part their lips.
But she did not even realize when he put his index finger on her chin and raised her head up which she obliged but she could not dare look at his face let alone open her eyes.
"Naughty girl trying to take advantage of my innocence. Really commendable of you," Athan said after seeing her reaction. Just how embarassed was she not to even try open her eyes? He was really going to enjoy teasing her.
But even so, he could not deny the fact that he was also caught in a dangerous situation. The fact that her breasts were pressing on his bare chest was too difficult to ignore.
He had already removed his hand from her back but she did not plan on getting up let alone replying to him.
"Open your eyes," she heard his voice come. It felt like it had been projected to the center of he mind directly rather than to her ears.
Her thoughts which had been moving away from each other seemed to stop for a moment as though they were looking at the voice which was at the centre of her mind.
But the next instant, they ran away from the voice screaming. Just since when had she been weak to a man to the point of losing her control of her emotions? It never happened before!
"I said open your eyes," the voice came again softly but it still held a forcefulness she could not ignore as her thoughts came to a standstill.
As though no longer in control of her body, her eyelids obliged as she opened her eyes slowly but her next scene made her almost shed dry tears.
She was kneeling on the ground as though she was a muslim praying her head leaning on the ground her lips kissing it and her hands stretched forward. Her back curved with her perfectly shaped hips raised. It appeared like a perfect sex position "Heh?"
"Hahaha..."
She could hear an uncontrollable laughter. Someone was having the laugh of the year. All the emotion she had felt till that moment were taken over by one. Anger. She raged as she stood up quickly as she looked around for him.
But to her surprise, he was almost 50 meters away. His laughter and voice had felt so close just a few seconds ago. All her rage calmed down slightly when she saw how far he was from her.
She took in deep breaths as she breathed out fully calmed herself as she headed towards him. By the time she reached him, all her anger had almost dissipated which did not make her happy. Why was it that she could not get angry at him for long?
Athan despite having pranked her knew that if she had found him closer to her, she would have taken his sword and sliced his neck. He could not take the full blunt of her rage...
"Nothing happened," she said not stopping or even glaring at him. Athan found this side of her more scary than the glare
"Yes. Absolutely. Nothing happened. You were just telling me how one can access a storage ring," Athan said innocently.
He received a glare that was instantly replaced by a smile which made him shiver. She appeared more dangerous than when she had killed the demons.
"Yes, I recall," she replied plainly. " If you can enter the meditative state, that means that you can send your spiritual sense into the ring. Try to project your conciousness into the ring and see if you can."
Athan nodded as he pulled his sword out. He closed his eyes as he tried to do as she said but he found that it was even easier than he had expected.
"After that, you have to tie the ring with your Spiritual Sense. It is the same as adding a fingerprint. It is only your fingerprint that can be used to access the ring. Only those with stronger spiritual sense can forcibly break into it," she explained as Athan nodded.
What she said he found it easy. It was like it was flowing naturally. This was probably the result of his Soul. He just realized how important the Soul was.
It seemed that the Soul was somehow tied to someone's intelligence and comprehension. With the help of the soul, the information she had given him was easier to digest and put into action.
He could also feel that his mind was clear than it had ever been. Also, he could feel the energy in the atmosphere more clearly. He just realized that there were many things that he did not know of yet which could be used to increase his strength.
"That was easy," he said after he had tied the ring with his spiritual sense. He now looked into the ring to look at what was inside but he could have never have expected it.
The ring itself seemed to span up to 50 meter long, wide and high. He could not help but feel proud. All the demons' weapons he had ignored since he got the sword were in the ring!
This included even their armor. This meant that he had more than he had thought he had. 'Soft life' was already in his grasp. To think that the heavens favored him this much. He thought as he sent the orc's broad sword into the ring proud of his achievement.
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"Look..."