44 An Interesting Game

It was already noon when Han Jin came out from the wooden shed in good spirits. Due to the completion of his intermediate stage of basis construction, he could restore his energy after resting for only a short time even though he hadn't slept at all the night before.

"Come here!" Sunier waved to him. "Can you help the calf again?"

"Its wound has healed, hasn't it?" Han Jin said reluctantly. He moved over to Sunier and squatted down. The calf on the hay opened its eyes and stared at him quietly, a feeling of attachment and curiosity gleaming in its eyes. Han Jin knew it was due to the Sacrificial Materials for Holy Animals. Anyway, he was not interested in the Iron Bull; it was too ugly and too dirty. Except the legendary old men, no one would like to stroll around riding on a bull.

"You..." Sunier shook her head slightly and said in a helpless voice, "Believe me, if we can obtain the trust of the Iron Bulls, it will be of great benefit for us."

"But what if we can't? Or if the Iron Bulls are hostile to us from the beginning?"

"Why can't you think of something positive?"

"It's just how I am." Han Jin smiled. "Consider the worst result at first and strive to achieve the best."

Sunier was somewhat astonished. She seriously cast a glance at Han Jin.

Just then, Cessacioun strode toward them with excitement all over his face. "Give me your hand, Raphael!"

Hearing this, Han Jin's heart suddenly started to heavily beat. "He did it?" Han Jin thought to himself as he reached out his right hand. The next moment, a quaint ring appeared in his palm.

"Wear it," Cessacioun said.

Han Jin slowly put the ring on his index finger. All of a sudden, he felt himself closely connected to it as if it was his own flesh and blood, or as if it were an extension of his own body.

Then Cessacioun started chanting incantations. A puff of white light wrapped up Han Jin's left hand. "Try it," Cessacioun said. "Can you open the space ring now?"

Han Jin focused his will on the ring, and a weird space suddenly appeared in front of him. In fact, to describe the space with the words 'in front of him' was not exact, for he didn't actually see its specific position at all; when his attention was focused on the front, the space would appear in the front, and when he focused on the back, the space would shift to the back.

"It's marvelous..." Han Jin muttered.

"You've already opened the space?" Cessacioun said. "I spent a great deal of perseverance to resist its temptation." A sense of jealousy appeared on his face.

"He has been waiting for this for a whole month... Believe it or not, he will desperately fight you for it." Sunier laughed as she could not hold it in.

"Ha ha..." Cessacioun just laughed it off. In fact, he was not joking about resisting its temptation. If it wasn't for their friendship, the unknown future, or the other contributing factors, what he'd said would have become reality: he would have opened the space ring himself.

Han Jin didn't pay any attention to the on-going conversation between them. He turned around and ordered, "Bring the black raven magic crystals here, Steelberg!"

"Yes, Young Master," Steelberg immediately replied and ran to Han Jin with a bag in his hand.

Han Jin poured out all the magic crystals onto the ground. He hesitated for a while and asked, "Do I need to use any spell or any incantation, Cessacioun?" He'd never seen Sunier making any spells or incantations, nor did he see George doing this. He didn't know what he was supposed to do.

"No, just use your mental strength. You understand what mental strength is right?" Cessacioun said.

Han Jin nodded. He transferred his will to the magic crystals and felt the location of the space change at the same time. When his will and the space overlapped, all the magic crystals disappeared and was transferred into the space. He didn't know how he could 'see' inside the space ring, but he was sure it was not by vision. When the magic crystals were piled up with the lower ones covering the upper ones, he could still clearly 'see' the shape of each magic crystal.

"And then? How do I take out the magic crystals?"

"Just focus your mental strength on the one that you want."

Han Jin hesitated for a while, then a magic crystal appeared out of nowhere and rolled onto the grass. Han Jin was confused. "Something's wrong!" he shouted. "The guy named George could take out all the things inside the space ring at once."

"It's easy; as long as you close the space, all the things from inside the space will come out automatically." Cessacioun laughed. "It's the first time you're using the space ring. You will get used to it soon. Controlling the space is different from releasing magic. In fact, all you need to do is to concentrate on your mental strength. Even an ordinary person can do this."

Crash! Hundreds of magic crystals fell onto the grass at once. A smile crept onto Han Jin's face. "Interesting..."

Moxinke came back with an exhausted body. What he saw in front of him surprised him. Han Jin was excitedly playing around with the ring without rest. Swish! The magic crystals were gone. Swish! They appeared again. "Cessacioun, you made it?" Moxinke asked and raised his thumb.

"What I did counts for nothing." Cessacioun glanced at Han Jin. "See?! If it were me, I would have been completely drained already from the mental strength required."

Sunier placed her hands upon her forehead and helplessly said, "I was also very excited when I got my space ring for the first time. But I only played with it for a short time before feeling very exhausted. He really is..."

Moxinke diverted his attention to Han Jin. He stared at him in astonishment. "How long has he been playing with it?" he asked.

"For quite some time. I've seen countless magic crystals this noon." Cessacioun shook his head. "I need to rest. It's making me dizzy!"

Swish! Swish! The speed of Han Jin's taking and putting in the magic crystals got faster and faster. At last, the magic crystals appeared and would be put back into the space ring before they fell onto the ground, and then they would reappear in the same place again, shining like stars.

Sunier's face turned pale. Among them, she was the only one who had used a space ring before, thus she was more clear than anyone else how hard it was to use it in this manner.

"My Lord, time for lunch," Michelle shouted after a busy day's work.

Han Jin recovered from his obsession with the space ring. He put all the magic crystals into his space ring and stood up. "You guys go ahead, I still have something else to do," he said.

"Aren't you going to eat with us?" Moxinke was extremely shocked. For him, it was nothing even if the sky fell and the earth opened up, but if Han Jin refused to eat… Is this the end of the world?

"No." Han Jin shook his head and strode into the wooden shed. He put all the pieces of animal skin into his space ring, walked out, and ran into the depth of the woods, leaving the others stunned.