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

...

appeared before me as

facility was around the size

shooting range that was

right of the training ground, there were more than a dozen practice dummies that were

made of Forlum, an extremely tough metal that

its extremely durable body made of Forlum, students could train against the dummies without worrying

area of the training facility was free for all, meaning that it did not have

mainly used to practice moves

that everyone could use to practice whatever technique they

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

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

ground a large swimming pool that

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 the

since it's your first day you don't need to

happily smiled as she looked at the

Time waits

Instantly everyone moved.

dummies, while others

Melissa heading for the training dummies, while Emma

made her way

I mentioned before Kevin's specialty was

If I were to estimate his strength at the moment, I would say even if fifty versions of the current me were

not use a sword but

fast and agile and with his unrivaled speed could cut a

the class used a

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

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 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 legs added the finishing touches to her peerless

was awarded the Humanity treaty award, the most notable award for those who achieve outstanding breakthroughs that propel humanity to the next level. Similar to the noble prize back in my

reason why she won the award was because she was able to prove the molecular decomposition theorem that stumped

was a major scientific achievement that shook the

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

not first in the academy ranking was simply because she was not very strong. Having spent most of her time

achievement, as my score was on the lower side

hand uses a shortsword, and her

she would leave no breathing

probably the one I would least want to fight out of the lot as it would be extremely troublesome for my

was an archer, a really

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 said about

were the main

As for me?

gonna practice in the

if I practice it, no one would probably

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

my eyes I maximized

Shing! Shing!

movement, I took the katana from the scabbard hacked forward and placed the katana

"5 seconds"

head, I repeated the same motion

movement of the [Keiki style] :

an overwhelming speed that could

5 movements, but each movement

puzzle that

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

the range

was designed to add synergy

style], they would be able

the [Keiki style] was split into five forms was because one needed to learn the foundation

the true method

-Shing! -Shing!

continued repeating the same

the minor realm of mastery after doing the same movement over

sword art there were ways to determine the level of

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