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

...

me as I

around the size of

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

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

tough metal

body made of Forlum, students could train against the

of the training facility was free

just mainly used to practice moves or

that everyone could use

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

body with the aid of the room that could increase the gravitational

at the bottom left of the training ground a large swimming pool

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

I told you before since it's your first day you don't need to force yourself. I'll be here to supervise

everyone attention Donna happily smiled as

Time

Instantly everyone moved.

directly went to the dummies, while others towards

and Melissa heading for the training

hand, Amanda made her way

I mentioned before Kevin's specialty was

unrivaled. If I were to estimate his strength at the moment,

other hand did not use a sword but instead

what you called an assassin-type. He was extremely fast and agile and with his unrivaled speed could

the second-ranked in the class used

also incredibly beautiful. Enough to rival both Emma and Amanda, but she was also a lot smarter

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

those who achieve outstanding breakthroughs

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

a major scientific achievement that

the world were no longer an issue as this

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

an achievement, as

shortsword, and her fighting style was extremely fierce and

style reminded one of a berserker as she would leave no

probably the one I would least want to fight out of the lot as

She was an archer, a

whole classroom, she was probably the only one who could accurately hit a target positioned

years, was what every

the main

As for me?

gonna practice in

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

the [Keiki style] would

my eyes I maximized

Shing! Shing!

the katana from the scabbard hacked forward and placed the

"5 seconds"

repeated

of the [Keiki style] :

could only hit forward with an overwhelming

had 5 movements, but

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

example, right now the first movement was only a single one-dimensional slash forward, while on the other hand, the second movement was

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

was designed to add

able to

the reason why the [Keiki style] was split into five forms was

the true method of learning

-Shing! -Shing!

taking a break I continued repeating the same movement over and over

the minor realm of mastery after doing the same movement

were ways

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