Bruce looked At him for a bit, before looking at the sheet in his hand once more, and said to him:
"Kid, I am doing this for your own good, to withstand that kind of pain isn't the same thing as getting your ass beat up by the guards, this cultivation method isn't just painful but more like a living torture, at the same time you need to control your mana while being under extreme pain.
"If you want to cultivate this technique your mind must be stronger than the average cultivator, and since am giving you some time, it will help you prepare yourself for the worse, and train your sea of consciousness to increase your chance for survival, don't forget you have someone who's waiting for you at home.
"Practicing this technique on you is no different than beating a poor kid for doing nothing, and I don't really feel good about it, I don't want it to seem like I am venting on a kid."
Hearing what Bruce said, Ainz was a bit taken aback, his master was really worried about him, and this made him wonder if anyone had ever survived cultivating this technique before, however, he wasn't worried, one of the reasons was he knew how to shut off his pain factors this was something he had learned from when he was a monarch, secondly, he had trained his wyvern regeneration to level 2 so while he might feel pain, it wouldn't last for long.
"Master relax, it's not like I'm going to die, you also don't have to force yourself to help during the cultivation of the technique."
"Fucking kid, no one from the inner circle will help you do that, besides the fact the survival rate is extremely low, am the only one who can use mana skillfully enough, in the outer circle."
After hearing what Bruce had just said, it dawned on him once more how bad his position was, at this point, he began to evaluate all the information he had received.
While the person behind Bruce might had given him the technique, from what he could see his master might not be confident or totally confident enough to perform it on him, which was why he was afraid, but either way, Ainz didn't really care, he understood Bruce kind gesture but if he wanted to become stronger quickly he needed to take any risk that would benefit him.
'Well, since I can't ask for help from the inner circle, it's either trusting him and following his condition or going back to getting my ass beat up for mere imitations, so I don't think I have much of a choice.'
"I understand, master."
Ainz said, bowing his head.
"Sigh, you still chose it."
Bruce said, shaking his head slightly while looking at him, before taking out another piece of paper that was roughly looking from a little bag around his waist. After spreading the piece of paper, he handed it to Ainz, and then began to explain.
"Written on this sheet is a magical rune, written by a high-level mage. It is said that this mage had attained the height of magical power no one could obtain and that he could freeze strong cultivator's minds with a single thought.
"These kinds of mages are similar to demigods; each of these powerful mages created a different number of magical runes. When cultivators found out that they could use these runes to empower their minds, a big fight began, between mages and powerful cultivators.
"The method to train the mental energy was the result and years of experimentation and fights between mages and cultivators, nowadays, cultivators can attain powerful bodies and still have a strong mind, also there are three sets, each made of three magical runes, for a total of nine runes."
Bruce paused for a moment, and then pointed at the rough-looking sheets in Ainz's hands before saying:
"The one that I gave you is the first magical rune of the first set. When you read it you will feel like your thoughts and mind has been frozen within the center of your brain, which is caused by your first interaction with your sea of consciousness.
"Also, just in case you are interested there's a less disturbing method for the first time with the sea of consciousness, but it will take you a longer time, and knowing the kind of masochist you are, I figured I would show you this method first.
"Now if you're ready, try to read the magical runes, after the freeing feeling comes, it will feel like you are swimming against a mighty current, almost like there is a strong whirlpool pulling all your thoughts to the center, focus on it the exact center."
Ainz had a bashful smile, being called a masochist, he was just eager to get stronger, wasn't that the same for everyone? After listening to what Bruce said, he slowly began to read the sheet. In the middle of the sheets, he could see a little ice droplet.
Immediately, he laid eyes on it, his thoughts felt like they were suddenly sucked away, as if he was stunned Ainz had his mouth wide open, at this moment he felt like his mind was in another world entirely, where everything was literally frozen to a standstill.