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.

got everything I wanted, I made

...

expansive ground appeared before me as I arrived in

was around the size

range that was split into five different distances which ranged from 100m all the

ground, there were more than

dummies were made of Forlum, an extremely tough metal that could

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

training facility was free

just mainly used

could use to

with top-of-the-line equipment, moreover, and most importantly, they had a

tamper their body with the aid of the room that could increase

large swimming

condition training, as it helped muscles recover faster

your first day you don't need to force

everyone attention Donna happily smiled as she looked at

and train! Time

Instantly everyone moved.

to the dummies, while others towards

around and found Kevin, Jin, and Melissa heading for the training

made her way towards the shooting

mentioned before Kevin's specialty was

the [Levisha style], his talent for the sword was still unrivaled. If I were to estimate his strength at the moment, I would say even if fifty versions of the current me were to attack him now he would be able to walk

other hand did not use a sword but instead used

agile and with his unrivaled speed could cut a person

in the

both Emma and

her back. Most eye-catching were her exquisite cheeks and rosy moist lips that could tempt any man who saw them. A pair of pure glassy eyes hid underneath thin-framed glasses that put further emphasis on her eyes, enhancing her beauty. Her swan-like slender neck, under which her delicate sexy clavicle and full

notable award for those who achieve outstanding breakthroughs that propel humanity to the next level.

the award was because she was able to prove the molecular decomposition theorem that stumped a lot of famous

discovery was a major scientific achievement that

cancer that plagued the world were no longer

she ranked 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

wrong, that in itself was an achievement, as my

the other hand uses a shortsword, and her fighting style was extremely fierce and

a berserker as she would leave no breathing room for the opponent when she

out of the lot as it would be

archer, a really good

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

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

were the

As for me?

gonna practice

a lost art, even if I practice

style] would make one think they

I

Shing! Shing!

katana from the scabbard hacked forward and

"5 seconds"

repeated

first movement of the

with an overwhelming speed that could not be

[Keiki style] only had 5 movements,

movement was like a piece of a 5 piece puzzle that would later combine and create

slash

the range of movement when attacking an

designed to

mastered the [Keiki style], they would be able to attack wherever they wanted at an

into five forms was because one needed to learn the

was the true method

-Shing! -Shing!

I continued repeating the

gave me, I can achieve the minor realm of mastery after doing

art there were ways to determine the level

of mastery, the essence realm of mastery, and lastly the perfected