Red Grade

"Anyway… There is nothing serious about your condition, Just a lot of blood loss along with severe pains," Osiris stated as he started taking a vial from his pocket.

'Is this old man carrying a stock of vials in his pocket?' Thought Ian, bemused by his conjecture.

On second thought, it might really be possible.

After taking the vial, Osiris opened its cap to reveal a small pill inside it.

"This is a medicine I concocted, It can help in awakening your mental space… You didn't consume any awakening herb yet, right? " Questioned Osiris.

Ian stared at the pill in shock but recovered a moment later.

"Ugh… Yeah I didn't consume any Awakening herbs yet."

'Ha… Fortunately I only consumed an awakening herb before I starting the journey to the Ancient Ruins.'

In simple terms, he didn't consume any Awakening herbs by this time.

Ian would have surely regretted not being able to eat this treasure if he were to consume an awakening herb beforehand.

Ian then started recalling all the information he still remembers about awakening herbs.

An Awakening herb is a shortcut found by mind practitioners to awaken the mental space instantly… without wasting time on increasing awareness of the mind.

Maybe because of this shortcut, Almost all Rookie and aspiring mind practitioners started using these Awakening herbs to awaken their mental space.

Only a few geniuses and perfectionists are still following the old method of increasing awareness before awakening mental space naturally.

There is no free lunch in the world, and every shortcut has side effects.

Due to skipping the time-consuming process of increasing awareness, the difficulty of learning any Mind practitioner ability would increase drastically.

Moreover, In some cases, there would be damage to the mind causing memory loss, a decrease in intelligence, etc, and in extreme cases- Becoming a vegetative person!

Of course, people tried to rectify this shortcoming of Awakening herbs and they succeeded- By making Awakening Pills!

Awakening herbs work simply by stimulating the mind.

They stimulate the mind and help accelerate the process of awakening one's mental space.

However, the amount of stimulation provided by each herb to the mind varies, and there is no guarantee that the stimulation provided by the herb will not be insufficient or too much for the mind to bear.

The medics who researched these herbs found that the only reason why there are so many odd cases of vegetative people and memory loss people was due to the over-simulation caused by potent herbs.

Hence they created a new method of usage for these herbs…as raw materials for pills.

The amount of stimulation caused by a pill is controllable and can be adjusted to perfectly fit the mind practitioners.

Of course, there are always people who went against the norms.

Rather than adjusting the stimulation so that it was neither too much nor too low, they went for extreme stimulation and developed a new variant of these awakening pills - Mind Explosion pills.

The pill Osiris gave Ian was the best kind of Mind explosion pill personally concocted by Osiris himself.

Just like its name suggests; A Mind explosion pill went beyond just stimulating the mind.

It would be like planting a bomb inside a field to dig a pit.

Simply put - overkill!

The probability of awakening the mental space would be 100% and the possibility of suffering from side effects is also 100%!

In the best-case scenario, he would only suffer from Alzheimer's or dementia, whereas in the worst-case scenario, he would either go straight to the afterlife or be confined to bed for the rest of his life.

Of course, there are some advantages to consuming this pill.

The awareness would simply skyrocket!

learning abilities would be a breeze… At least for the first three grades.

'The person who invented this pill must be a lunatic…' Ian thought while letting out a chuckle.

No sane person can think of blowing up the mind right?

Well, there would be no physical damage or pain in the process. But that doesn't decrease the insanity of this thought.

'But still… the possibility of death is really high'

That's what worried Ian most, He wasn't afraid of death but the pain that comes after going back to the past.

That torment is too much for any sane person to handle.

Putting these thoughts aside Ian stared at Osiris.

"Will I die if I take this pill?" Ian questioned Osiris while sounding apprehensive.

Osiris shook his head and snorted at Ian's remarks.

"What do you mean by you will die? Are you doubting my integrity right now? Take this pill right now," He said commandingly.

Ian eventually succumbed under the intense pressure.

"Right now?" Ian questioned, sounding desperate.

"Yes, right now," Osiris said sternly to Ian.

"All right," Ian said helplessly.

He took the pill from Osiris's grasp and swallowed it in front of Osiris.

At the next instant, he felt as if a nuke exploded in his mind and everything went black…

'This…' Ian was familiar with this darkness.

He can remember visiting somewhere similar the last two times he died.

After a period of confusion, Ian realized something.

' This is my mind! '

When Ian thought this, it baffled him.

He couldn't say for certain that he had never been here before, but he was confident that this was the first time he had observed the mind from this perspective.

And in the next moment, in the middle of darkness, an enormous explosion took place.

'This reminds me of the big band!'

He thought while feeling a rush of excitement and a complicated emotion he couldn't put into words.

For Ian, it felt as if he was a god watching the process of creation.

And in the next moment, the explosion disappeared leaving a humongous 'Space' in front of his eyes.

Unlike the desolate mind, which was entirely filled with nothingness.The mental space that formed after the explosion was resplendent.

It looked colorful and the most prominent color in mental space is Red. It almost occupied 99% of the mental space.

'So this is Red grade…'

When Ian saw this, he smirked with delight.

This is why he wanted to take the risk of consuming a Mind explosion pill.

After forming the mental space, The remnant power of the pill can also make the Mind practitioner reach Red grade instantly… Saving a significant amount of time and trouble.

While Ian was becoming addicted to the god-like feeling he was experiencing, he felt a dragging force pull him out of the mind.

'Sigh… I wanted to stay longer ...' Ian grumbled but did not reject the pulling force.

If he became addicted to this feeling, he would remain in a vegetative state forever...unless someone dragged him forcefully, as Osiris did right now.