The feeling of being on the ground completely disappeared, even the sense of smell was no longer there, only the constant noise of sea waves could be heard. As he opened his eyes he looked around him, he found himself floating midair, his figure was half transparent, reminding him of back in the reincarnation realm.
There was darkness around him, only separated by a sphere of barrier, below he could see a vast sea made of azure, with a vortex in the middle. Ainz kept looking around, as he observed the place he was, although this wasn't the first time he had seen such things, he was still amazed by them.
Just as he was observing the place, he found his consciousness was being pulled by a strange force, at first Ainz was unwilling, but soon gave up after a while although he could have resisted, he knew Bruce was waiting for him outside, he didn't want to create any suspicion.
Just as his consciousness was about to be pulled out, he suddenly got a notification message that appeared in his line of sight with characters written on the system panel.
[Host has unlocked 'Mana Sense']
['Mana sense' is now available]
[Points can now be added to 'mana sense']
Ainz, deeply stupefied, stared at the notification panel, at the same time he found himself back in the room with Bruce staring at him, even though Ainz had spent more than one minute inside it only felt like a moment had passed.
"Kid, you might want to close your mouth."
Bruce said, looking at Ainz who seemed like he was stupefied and had his mouth wide open from what he just experienced. Ainz closed his mouth, while wiping off the drool from his mouth, Bruce smiled before adding.
"First-time experience is always the best, kid, you have just seen your sea of consciousness. Consider it a personal dimension, where all your thoughts, emotions, and mental energy are stored. A personal space that no one has access to but you, the bigger the dimension is, the more influence it will have on the material world.
"The sea inside of it represents your ability to think and perceive, so always be careful whenever you train your mental energy or use strong or multiple martial arts, because it will activate the vortex deleting that sea, and once you are out of it, your ability to think, feel and use martial arts will be greatly affected until your sea of consciousness is replenished."
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Host Attributes}
Level 5 (-Rank):??
Name: Ainz
Titles: Shadow halfling, Child of Wyvern
Age:12 years
Race: Half-Elf / Half Wyvern
Exp: 50,000/100,000
HP: 100/100
[Attributes]
Mana: 15
Perception: 14
Strength: 14
Vitality: 14
Agility: 14
Mana Sense: 11
{Attributes point: 99}
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While Bruce was talking, Ainz instead was staring at his attributes panel, and just like the system had shown he had really unlocked Mana sense, especially since all these while it had been null, and no matter what he did was unable to access it or add attribute points.
'It's probably because of the magical rune.' Ainz mused to himself, as he thought.
Even with the amount of time he had spent owning the system, and even with his vast knowledge as a monarch back then, he still felt he was new to the mysterious system, although the system didn't seem like it was trying to control him and at the same time he also wasn't controlling it.
After looking at his attribute panel for some time, and noticing that Bruce didn't seem to notice his sudden change of attitude and had mistaken it for entering his sea of consciousness, Ainz called off the system, and recalled what Bruce said before he began to listen again.
Bruce had a solemn expression as he kept talking, it was hard to imagine what his reaction would have been if he had noticed Ainz hadn't been paying attention along.
"While the sphere is the safest dimension of a cultivator or mage/wizard, it's also the most fragile thing in their body, although it is good to constantly drain your sea of consciousness, but once it becomes too much and happens too often, you might damage the sphere.
"And once the sphere is broken, not only does your mind shatter, the vortex drains the entire sea making it completely empty, and you will become a living corpse with no will or thought."
Ainz didn't need to think much before he could understand what Bruce was saying, because back when he was a monarch he had once shattered many cultivators' spheres, then turned them into part of his undying army, of course, he didn't care then, he also didn't care now.
"The training method of the sea of consciousness is pretty easy and simple, just imprint the magical rune into your sea of consciousness. You will know that you have imprinted it once you can see the magical rune in your mind, as it is on the sheet in your hands, and looking at it will cause no more depletion of your mental energy.
"Once you have done it, you can be compared to a 1 rank mage/wizard, and you can even learn martial arts or techniques faster, but first before that you should learn your first skill after confirming your elemental aptitude."