The Author's POV

Arriving in front of a large room, Donna who stood in front of everyone turned on the lights and said "There's a wide selection of weapons here, so feel free to choose what you deem to be the best fit for you"

A large room appeared before everyone, and the diversity of weapons present here left me speechless. From nunchucks to broadswords. All sorts of weapons that were neatly laid out according to their size were being displayed before us.

I was honestly impressed.

There were so many of them that I couldn't even tell what some of the weapons were.

"I'd be very careful if I were you. If you damage any weapon present, you better be ready to pay up to 500,000 U."

Staring at the excited expression of the students in the class, Donna immediately poured cold water on them as she pointed out the price of each weapon. Some students couldn't help but flinch as they started looking at the weapons like they were some sort of divine artifact.

"I advise using a weapon that is suitable for you so that you don't risk damaging the weapon. Experimenting is good, but that is only if you can afford it"

Looking at the 200 or so students before her, Donna cheerfully smiled and continued "Before taking a weapon, swipe your student card so that you can register your name on the database. After that take your weapon and meet me in the main practice area"

Having finished what she wanted to say, Donna turned around and left.

As soon as her figure wasn't visible anymore, everyone started talking excitedly. Especially the boys.

"Wow, that was the 'Calamity witch'?"

"She's so hot!"

"Oh my god I think I've fallen in love"

"Pfff. You wish, someone like her would never like a loser like you!"

"Wanna fight!"

Scenes like these happened everywhere as the students had already formed their own clique.

I as the lowest-ranked member am obviously excluded from them.

And to be honest, it was exactly what I wished for, as I don't want to spend my time licking someone's ass.

In the lock, the hierarchical system ruled the academy.

Just like the relationship of a peasant and a noble. Only those who were ranked higher had the right to be treated as nobles. Low-rankers like me were merely people who would later become cannon fodder when fighting on the frontlines.

Such was my life now, as the lowest rank in the class.

Contrary to me who was all alone. The main characters were surrounded by a crowd of people.

Kevin, Jin, Amanda, Emma, and Mellissa all had people swarming around them.

Apart from Kevin, the rest were already used to such situations and thus were able to remain indifferent towards the waves of flattery coming from every person's mouth.

But for Kevin, who was not used to such a situation, found himself completely helpless. His previous demeanor, which caused one to respect him completely crumbled as he struggled to get away from the mob.

He wore a stiff smile the whole time, and he tried his best to not come off overly rude as he politely tried to talk to everyone.

"Right now he's probably thinking of a way to get his weapon and escape as fast as possible"

I laughed as I shook my head.

Such was the life of those who wish to stand out.

Ignoring the helpless Kevin, I turned my attention towards the sword section in the armory.

As I already know what I want, I quickly swiped my card and took a slim and elegant Katana.

The leather grip comfortably sat on my hands and the cold metal blade directly reflected the lights from the room.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

"Perfect"

Lightly swinging the katana a couple of times I nodded in satisfaction.

Its weight was neither too heavy nor too light, and added with its durable blade which was made of an extremely tough alloy made the katana a perfect fit for my sword art.

Taking the sword with me, I quickly walked out of the room.

I got everything I wanted, I made my way

...

me as I

was around the size of

that was split

of the training ground, there were more than a dozen practice dummies that were perfect for close combat

an extremely tough metal that could even withstand the impact

durable body made of Forlum, students could train against the dummies without

was free for

mainly used to practice moves

could use to practice whatever technique they wanted

left, there was a large gym fully equipped with top-of-the-line equipment, moreover, and most importantly, they had a gravity room that went

aid of the room that could increase the

training ground a large swimming pool that was fifty meters long appeared before

places as it was extremely useful for condition training, as it helped muscles recover faster from fatigue due to the special

it's your first day you don't need to force

everyone attention Donna happily smiled as she looked at the training

Time waits for

Instantly everyone moved.

the dummies,

looked around and found Kevin, Jin, and Melissa heading for the training dummies, while

made her way towards the

Kevin's

he still did not practice the [Levisha style], his talent for the sword was still unrivaled. If I were to estimate his strength at the moment, I would say

the other hand did not use a sword

agile and with his

in the class

was also incredibly beautiful. Enough to rival both Emma and Amanda, but she was also a lot

hid underneath thin-framed glasses that put further emphasis on her eyes, enhancing her beauty. Her

awarded the Humanity treaty award, the most notable award for those who achieve outstanding breakthroughs that propel humanity to the next level. Similar to

because she was able to prove the

major scientific achievement that shook the whole scientific

were no longer an issue as

second and not first in the academy ranking was simply because she was not very strong. Having spent most of her time researching, she did not have much time to improve her skills, and

was an achievement,

hand uses a shortsword, and her

style reminded one of a berserker as she would leave no breathing room for the opponent

the one I would least want to fight out of the lot

was an archer,

of the whole classroom, she was probably the only one who could accurately hit a target positioned 500-meter in

only be seen every couple of hundred years, was what every professor

the main

As for me?

I'm just gonna practice in the

art, even if I practice it, no

[Keiki style] would make one think they were

my eyes I

Shing! Shing!

smooth movement, I took the katana from the scabbard hacked forward and

"5 seconds"

my head, I repeated the same motion

movement of the [Keiki style] : Quick

forward with an overwhelming speed that could not be seen by the naked

had 5 movements, but each movement

piece puzzle that would later combine and create the

now the first movement was only a single one-dimensional slash forward, while on the other hand,

be combined together, the range

was designed to add synergy

would be able to attack wherever they wanted at an

split into five forms was

was the true method

-Shing! -Shing!

continued repeating the same movement over

minor

a sword art there were ways to determine the level of

the great realm of mastery, the essence realm of mastery,