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 made my way towards the training

...

ground appeared before me as I arrived in

around the size of two football

was a shooting range that was split into five different distances which ranged from 100m all the way to

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

an extremely tough metal that could

extremely durable body made of Forlum, students could train

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

mainly used to

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 the

with the aid of the room that could increase the gravitational force bearing down

ground a large swimming pool that was

pool was 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 were added in the

first day you don't need

happily smiled as she looked at

Time waits for no

Instantly everyone moved.

directly went to the dummies, while others towards

and found Kevin, Jin, and Melissa heading for the training dummies, while Emma directly went towards

Amanda made her way

mentioned before Kevin's specialty was the

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

not use a sword but

what you called an assassin-type. He was extremely fast and agile and with

second-ranked in the class

Emma and Amanda, but

A pair of pure glassy eyes hid underneath thin-framed glasses that put further emphasis on her eyes, enhancing

the most notable award for those who achieve outstanding breakthroughs

she was able to prove the molecular decomposition theorem that stumped a lot of famous scientists all over

discovery was a major scientific achievement that shook the whole

diseases such as cancer that plagued the world were no longer an issue as this theorem directly tackled the crux of the

was not very strong. Having spent most of her time researching, she did not have much time to improve her skills, and thus why during the admission test her physical

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

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

of a berserker as she would leave

out of the lot as it would be extremely troublesome

Amanda. She was an archer, a really good one

whole classroom, she was probably the only one

hundred years, was what every professor said about her as they looked

the main

As for me?

I'm just gonna practice in the middle

even if I practice

style] would make one think they

my eyes I maximized my

Shing! Shing!

smooth movement, I took the katana from the scabbard hacked

"5 seconds"

I repeated

first movement of the [Keiki style] : Quick

only hit forward with an overwhelming speed that

had 5 movements, but

puzzle that would later combine and

one-dimensional slash forward, while on the other hand, the second movement

be combined together, the range

movement was designed to

[Keiki style], they would be able to attack wherever

split into five forms was because one needed to

was the true method of learning the

-Shing! -Shing!

break I continued repeating the same

gave me, I can achieve the minor realm of

art there were ways to determine

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