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 got everything I wanted, I made my way

...

expansive ground appeared before me

whole training facility was around the size of two football

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

right of the training ground, there were more than a

of Forlum, an extremely tough metal

students could

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

just mainly used

everyone could use to practice whatever technique they wanted

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

room, one could train and tamper their body with the aid of the room that

of the training ground a large swimming pool that was fifty meters long appeared before

swimming 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

you don't need to force yourself. I'll be here to supervise

smiled as she looked at

and train! Time

Instantly everyone moved.

the dummies, while others towards the

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

made her way

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

not use a sword but

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

in the

to rival both Emma and Amanda, but she was

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 front that was lightly exposed, only further added to her charm as her delicate waist and creamy white

the most notable award for those who achieve outstanding breakthroughs that propel humanity to

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

achievement that shook the whole scientific

the world were no longer an issue as this theorem directly tackled the crux

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 much time to improve her skills, and thus why during the

an achievement,

hand uses a shortsword, and her fighting style was extremely

style reminded one of a berserker as she would leave no breathing room for

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

an archer, a really

was probably the only one who could accurately hit a target positioned

years, was what every professor said about her as

the main

As for me?

I'm just gonna practice in the middle

was a lost art, even if I practice it, no one would probably notice

way to practice the [Keiki style] would

my eyes I maximized my

Shing! Shing!

I took the katana from the scabbard hacked forward

"5 seconds"

I repeated

the [Keiki style] : Quick

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

only had 5 movements,

piece of a 5 piece puzzle that

single one-dimensional slash forward, while on the other

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

movement was designed to add synergy to the

they would be able to attack wherever

reason why the [Keiki style] was split into five

the true method of learning the

-Shing! -Shing!

repeating the same movement over and over

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

there were ways

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