* Raon POV *
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"Hello? Did you not hear me? We have found a very promising mind to utilize and use as the base."
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"Oh. Did I break his mind? No, that's not it. Let me see what's happening."
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"Oh? Interesting, it seems like everything is fighting against itself, that is not good. I can't interfere however I should be able to help his mind by giving him a better environment. Alright let's let him rest in the void for now."
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"Huh? Where am I?"
"Kekekekek!!! Hahaha you're finally here!!"
"Who are you? Where am I?"
"Me? Well I'm you! Well the you who broke!"
"Huh? I don't understand?"
"Kekekekek!! I'm the you who's mind broke from everything! We are one, while you have control, I will influence you. I will slowly be asorbed into you. Hahahah!! Then, and only then, will you finally be complete again. It seems like our time is up, we will meet again soon."
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"Ugh!? Where am I now?"
"Oh you're finally done with the battle."
"Battle?"
"Yes, the battle for dominance inside your mind."
"Then who was he?"
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"The only thing I remember is meeting someone inside I blinding white space. He said he was me, at least the me who broke. Also that we will meet again when I fully absorb him and become whole again."
"Uh oh."
"Uhm? Uh oh?"
"Uhhh ohhh. That's not good."
"Uh oh!? Can you explain to me what this means!?"
"It means that your mind split.
"Split?"
"Yes, you're mind split making two of you. While normally this would actually be good as two minds would develop in different ways then combine both of their strengths. It's bad as you haven't devolved your mind, so if your mind isn't stronger than it's. You could lose yourself."
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"Well I guess this is the best time to explain the mind. The mind is our very existence, it's also our connection. The mind plays an important role like influencing mana, magic, attributes, and more. The mind is categorized as two categories of strength and control.
The mind is categorized in weakest to strongest From Unranked, Beginner, Intermediate, Master, Grandmaster, Ruler, Elemental, Law, Divine, Concept. My mind is at the Concept level of strength and Control. The higher strength and control you have, the more spiritual pressure or aura you can unleash."
"How do you increase or develop the mind?"
"The mind strength vary from race, age, Tier, and other factors. While your control over your mind can be increased with manuals and techniques."
"Okay, can you explain what I have gained from that hellish experience and where I am?"
"Well you are inside the Void at the moment and you have gained a bountiful harvest. While you were a normal human, you were limited to their races potential and gifts. Now, however you are a dragon, phoenix, and also a ancient human. This has expanded your gifts you could have received. The gifts you have received have been an extremely rare dragon magic comprehension, a rare phoenix healing mind factor, an ancient humans battle sense, and talent in warfare, swordplay, magic, and politics. I do have to mention that some side affects are present and some defects from the current mind and past minds. These defects include high anxiety, a pessimistic outlook, sloth, and a hard time to feel mild pain in the mind. The last defect is important as damage to the mind can cause severe injuries. Even with a rare phoenix mind healing factor, it would take years to damage even the littlest of damage to the mind. Another thing to note a phoenixes racial ability to resurrect would not activate if the mind is destroyed."
"So what you're saying is that while I did gain a lot of benefits from this process, I also gained defects. I also should pay attention to my mind as even with the mind healing factor, my mind can still easily be destroyed."
"That is correct, while I do want to continue with using the technique, it would have destroyed your mind completely."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"Well even if your mind was recreated with reality's help, your mind being destroyed around a thousand times would affect it somewhat."
"W-w-wait thousand of times?!"
"Yeah a thousand times, or around that number."
"I-if each process took an hour, a thousand divided by 24 would be 41.6 then if we take into consideration of the time ratio between reality and the Astral Plane. T-then what, a thousand days have passed inside the Astral Plane!? So a little more than 41 days have passed inside the Mortal Realm and a thousand days in the Astral Realm!"
"Oh yeah you also can't forget the time you were in the void battling inside your mind."
"H-how kind was that?"
"Hmm, around a couple of years."
"A couple of years!? That would mean that at least another 730 days have passed in the Mortal Realm and 17,520 days have passed in the Astral Realm!"
"Well that's right if time was flowing normally. Instead you have me the Void. The Void is something that symbolizes nothingness and emptiness. Time doesn't exist inside the Void, Space doesn't exist, life doesn't exist, it's merely empty. Also while we were destroying and the new mind was being created I had surrounded you with my mind inside a little bubble with a different time dilation. In reality it's merely been 3 days or 72 days inside the Astral Realm. That's all I can help you with, as I am still a concept and have to bend to reality and it's rules. So I won't be able to help you much from here on out except for giving advice. Think of me as the teacher inside the ring from those novels you read. I can't help you physically but can help teach and guide you."
"Alright, I get what you're saying. Luckily not too much time has passed and my foundation inside the Astral Realm should have survived."
"Hmm? While I do believe that you're standing in the Astral Realm is fine, I also believe that you will be surprised."