54 Mental Hu (2/2)

Soon he could see thin wisps of bronze colored smoke coming out of the small chimney. These wisps circled once above the hut before moving towards the mana source. As soon as the first wisp of smoke touched the mana source the circle was established and Ivan could feel something in him change. His mind became clearer and he had the feeling that he was able to think faster.

Besides that his body emitted a slight ripple and whatever it passed he was able to sense. After it spread out for not more than two meters it vanished and the feeling of being able to sense anything in his surrounding vanished with it, leaving only an area of around one meter behind where he could fuzzily sense anything bigger than five centimeters that was in it.

When Van Bergen felt the invisible ripple he smiled proudly. His student had been able to create his mental space much faster than he had expected. Most people needed at least a few hours to manage to do it while some even needed more than a day. The half hour Ivan had used was very fast.

”What now mentor?”, Ivan's words tore him out of his thoughts.

”I guess you formed the hut?”

”Yes. Could you tell me what exactly it is?”

”Let's do that later. First you should suppress your aura. For that enter the hut. You should then find a small flame located somewhere in it with black smoke coming out of it and then vanishing. If you have found this flame try to imagine a barrier around it that stops the smoke from going more than five centimeters away from it. After that you shouldn't leak your killing intent anymore.”

In the space of his mind Ivan's main soul form followed his mentors direction and easily entered the newly formed hut.

The space inside the hut was much bigger than he had expected since it was at least fifty square meter while the outside was only about 50 square centimeters. Even though there wasn't any light source the hut was brightly lit. There was nothing in it except a small black flame that was positioned in front of one of the walls. This flame was quite lively and it constantly changed form. When he took a closer look he could see that the forms taken were these of the monsters he had slain.

Above the flame there was a thin wisp of black smoke that meandered upwards until it seemed to vanish into a small black whirlpool.

* This must be the flame mentor talked of. But how do I create a barrier around it?* He had no idea on how to create a barrier. *He told me to imagine a barrier, but what should I imagine?*

While he contemplated on how to create a barrier he saw something else from the corner of his eyes. Besides the black flame there was surprisingly another one which was much smaller. And because it was so small he had missed it while looking around before. This flame was much more stable than the black one and it was surrounded by a glass like substance that formed a perfect sphere.

* That's it. Why didn't I think of it before.