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 my way towards the training

...

appeared before me as I arrived in the

around the size of two football

the top right of the training ground was a shooting range that was split into five

there were more than

extremely tough metal that could even withstand the impact

students could train against the dummies without

free for all,

was just mainly used to practice

was an area that everyone could use

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

their body with the aid

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

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

day you don't

smiled as she

and train! Time waits for

Instantly everyone moved.

went to the dummies, while

curiously looked around and found Kevin, Jin, and Melissa heading for the training dummies, while Emma directly went

made her

Kevin's specialty was

was still unrivaled. If I were to estimate his strength at the moment, I would say even if fifty versions of the

other hand did not use a sword but

you called an assassin-type. He was extremely fast and agile and with his unrivaled speed could cut a person twenty times in a matter

in the class used

Enough to rival both Emma and Amanda, but

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

the most notable award for those who achieve outstanding breakthroughs that

able to prove the molecular decomposition theorem that stumped

scientific achievement that shook the whole

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

her time researching, she did not have much time to improve her skills, and thus why during the admission test her physical score

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

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

she would leave no breathing room for the opponent

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

Amanda. She was an archer,

classroom, she was probably the only one who

couple of hundred years, was what every professor said

were the main

As for me?

practice in

lost art, even if I practice it, no

style] would make one

my eyes I maximized my

Shing! Shing!

the scabbard hacked forward and placed the katana back

"5 seconds"

repeated the

the [Keiki style]

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

5 movements, but each movement was

5 piece puzzle that would later

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

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

movement was designed to add synergy to the

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

into five forms was because one

true method

-Shing! -Shing!

continued repeating the same movement over and over

Master gave me, I can achieve the minor realm of mastery

sword art there were ways to

of mastery, the essence realm of