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.

everything I wanted, I made my way towards the training

...

expansive ground appeared before me as I

whole training facility was around the

the training ground was a shooting range that was split into

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

metal that

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

area of the training facility was free for all, meaning that it

used

area that everyone could use to practice whatever technique they wanted to

equipped with top-of-the-line equipment, moreover, and most importantly, they had a gravity room that went all

aid of the room that could increase the gravitational force

at the bottom left of the training ground a large swimming pool that was fifty meters long

one of the most frequented places as it was extremely useful for condition training, as it helped muscles recover faster from fatigue due to the special medical ingredients that

since it's your first day you don't need to force yourself. I'll be

happily smiled as she looked at the training

train! Time

Instantly everyone moved.

went to the dummies, while others towards the

Melissa heading for the training dummies, while Emma

other hand, Amanda made her way towards the

mentioned before Kevin's specialty was the

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

other hand did not use a sword but instead

fast and agile and with his unrivaled speed could cut a person twenty

in the class used a

rival both Emma and Amanda, but she was also a lot

accompanied her creamy brown hair that gently fell behind 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

of 12, she was awarded the Humanity treaty award, the most notable award for those who achieve outstanding breakthroughs

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

was a major scientific achievement that shook the

the molecular decomposition theorem, diseases such as cancer that plagued the world were no longer an

reason 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 have

get me wrong, that in itself was an achievement, as my score was on

a shortsword, and

as she would leave no breathing room for the opponent when

I would least want to fight out of

She was an archer,

probably the only one who

seen every couple of hundred years, was what every professor said about her

the

As for me?

I'm just gonna practice in the

even if I practice it, no one would probably

way to practice the [Keiki style] would make one think they were

I maximized my

Shing! Shing!

the katana from the scabbard hacked forward

"5 seconds"

head, I repeated the same

movement of the [Keiki

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

5 movements, but each movement was

a piece of a 5 piece puzzle that would later combine and create the true

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

two movements were to be combined together, the range of movement when attacking an

to

mastered the [Keiki style], they would be able to

into five forms was because one needed to learn the foundation before practicing the true

method

-Shing! -Shing!

continued repeating the same

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

were ways to determine the

great realm of mastery, the essence realm of