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 towards

...

before me as I arrived in the training

was around the size of two football

top right of the training ground was a shooting range that was split into five different distances which ranged from 100m all the way

were more than a dozen practice dummies that were perfect for

of Forlum, an extremely tough metal

durable body made of Forlum, students could

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

used to practice moves

everyone could use to practice whatever technique

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

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

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

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

you don't need to force yourself.

happily smiled as she looked

go and train! Time waits

Instantly everyone moved.

the dummies, while others towards

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

the other hand, Amanda made her way towards the shooting

I mentioned before Kevin's specialty was

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

hand did not use a sword but

He was extremely fast and agile and with his unrivaled speed could cut a person

second-ranked in the class used

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

were her exquisite 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 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

notable award for those who achieve outstanding breakthroughs that propel humanity to the next level. Similar to the noble prize

the award was because she was able to prove the molecular decomposition theorem that stumped a lot

discovery was a major scientific achievement

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

Having spent most of her time researching, she did not have much time to improve her skills, and thus why during the admission test her physical score was only slightly

don't get me wrong, that in itself was an achievement, as my score was on the lower side

hand uses a shortsword, and her

fighting style reminded one of a berserker as she would

fight out of the lot as it would be

was an archer,

the only one who could accurately hit a target positioned 500-meter

only be seen every couple of hundred years, was what every professor said about her as

the main

As for me?

I'm just gonna practice

a lost art, even if I

[Keiki style] would

my eyes I

Shing! Shing!

the katana from the scabbard hacked forward and placed the katana back into

"5 seconds"

repeated

the [Keiki style] : Quick

slash that could only hit forward with an overwhelming

only had 5 movements,

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

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

the range

to add synergy to the

the [Keiki style], they would be able

split into five forms was because

true method of learning

-Shing! -Shing!

repeating the same

can achieve the minor realm of mastery after

sword art there were ways to determine the level of

mastery, the essence realm of