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

...

ground appeared before me as

was around the size

right of the training ground was a shooting range that was split into five different distances which ranged

the bottom right of the training ground, there were more than a dozen

made of Forlum, an extremely tough metal that could even withstand the

could train against the dummies without worrying about

training facility was free for all,

mainly used to practice moves

could use to practice whatever technique they

moreover, and most importantly,

aid of the room that could increase the gravitational force bearing down on a

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

of the most frequented places as it was extremely useful for condition training, as it

you before since it's your first day you don't need to force yourself.

everyone attention Donna happily smiled as she

train! Time waits for

Instantly everyone moved.

the dummies, while others towards the

for the

made her way towards the

I mentioned before Kevin's specialty was the

the sword was still unrivaled. If I were to estimate his strength at the moment, I would

not use

agile and with his unrivaled

in the

rival both Emma and Amanda, but she was also a

any man who saw them. A pair of pure glassy eyes hid underneath thin-framed glasses that put further emphasis

the tender age 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

achievement that shook the whole scientific

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

her time researching, she did not have much time to improve her skills, and thus why

wrong, that in itself was an achievement,

other hand uses a shortsword, and

she would leave no breathing room

want to fight out of the lot as it would be extremely troublesome for my

an archer, a really good one at

the whole classroom, she was probably the only one who could accurately

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

the main

As for me?

gonna practice in the middle

[Keiki style] was a lost art, even if I practice it, no one would

way to practice the [Keiki style] would

I

Shing! Shing!

smooth movement, I took the katana from the scabbard hacked

"5 seconds"

I repeated the same

of the [Keiki

an overwhelming speed that

had 5 movements, but each movement was

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

movement was only a single one-dimensional slash forward, while

be combined together, the range of movement when attacking an enemy would drastically

was designed to add synergy to the

able to attack wherever they wanted at an unrivaled

the [Keiki style] was split into five forms was

true method of learning

-Shing! -Shing!

a break I continued repeating the

the minor realm of

there were ways to

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