The Author's POV

"Fuuuuuuu...."

Inside of a dimly lit bedroom, a young boy let out a long breath as he sat crossed-legged. A white glow pulsated around his body. Increasing and decreasing constantly.

Focusing my mind, I tried to feel the mana around me.

After having listened to Gilbert's lecture I managed to grasp the missing key to my roadblock.

Mana control.

I needed to have better control of my mana. More precisely, I needed to have better control of wind psyons.

Since the [Keiki style] required me to harness wind psyons, in a way that it coated around my sword so that it could propel it forward, I needed to have a better understanding and control of them.

By having better control of wind psyons, not only would I become more efficient, but I would also be able to increase the speed of my sword movement.

Evening my breathing, I focused entirely on my surroundings.

I slowly felt the mana circulating around me. The more I focused the more I felt like I was underneath the sea, surrounded by water. It felt boundless.

"fuuuuuu...."

Sucking in my breath, I channeled the mana around me into my body.

Slowly the white glow around me increased, extending out from my body.

Closing my eyes, I focused on grasping the concepts of wind.

What was wind?

Wind referred to the movement of gases from high pressure to low-pressure areas.

High pressure

Low pressure

Slowly the white glow around me brightened.

-Shuam!

After a couple of minutes, abruptly opening my eyes, I reached for the sword that sat next to me.

Standing up, I positioned myself into my sword stance and focused entirely on what was ahead of me.

The world around me disappeared and all that was left was an empty white world with me in the middle.

The second movement of the [Keiki style] : Horizon splitting slash

-Shuuuua!

Like a lightning bolt, a bright white light enveloped the room. It left as fast as it came. Instantaneous.

Opening my eyes, a satisfied smiled appeared on my face...though it didn't last long as a long horizontal scar appeared on the wall.

"...crap!"

Hurrying over to the wall that I had just slashed with my sword, I traced my finger along the long horizontal scar that I left on the wall. Feeling how deep it was I couldn't help but curse out loud.

There went a couple of thousand U.

Damm it.

Originally, I was supposed to go to the training grounds to practice, but because I needed to hide the fact that I practice a five star module, I was left with the only option of practicing in my room.

The commotion of my breakthrough would've just been too big.

installed, hiding what

could only lament the fact that I didn't have my own personal

head, I slumped back on the ground as fine droplets of

looked

===Status===

Name : Ren Dover

Rank : F

Strength : F

Agility : F

Stamina : F

Intelligence : F -

Mana capacity : F

Luck : E

Charm : G

--> Profession :

[Swordsmanship lvl.2]

evolved to the next level. User will find it easier to understand concepts that were previously

--> Martial Manual :

Keiki style] - Minor realm

focused primarily on reaching the apex of swordsmanship and speed. Upon mastery, the sword art becomes so fast that before an opponent could even think about their next move,

--> Skills :

[[G] Monarch's indifference]

skill that enables users to erase all emotions, and act as a supreme monarch that only calculates the best option regardless

twitched due to one of the

the bright side, I had finally managed to reach

needed a couple of weeks to a month before getting promoted to

that contributed to my sudden rise in

was probably on the higher end of the spectrum compared to what was sold on

at least within the top 150 if not top 100 in

the top ranks, I

long it took, all I needed to know was that

to overcome any challenges I faced.

status window, I couldn't help but

of the sword increased,

of the profession. Moreover, the more your profession level increased, the easier it was to understand previously daunting problems.

was instantly able to find

[Keiki style] was, I was

at my previous fights, I remembered always finding myself in a

to

too much time trying

[Keiki style], I wasted too much time transitioning from one stance to the other...this in turn allowed

experience, I found that in between the time that I was switching stanced I was

synergy with the [Keiki style]. Something that bought me time

getting another skill, but considering how expensive and rare they were I could only discard such

next thought was whether

an artifact that created a shield around me after every attack, it could easily solve

that I had 6 million U with me, it was not nearly enough to purchase an artifact that met

was left

Learn another sword art.

and most appropriate method. There was more than one reason as to why this was the most appropriate choice, but the biggest of them all was that I was in urgent need of a sword art

a five star manual, I could kiss my daily life goodbye as I would be hounded by greedy bastards left

fine if they were just targeting me, but since I had parents, my every action had to also consider

no

sword art...and what better way to

everyone's sight even better. The fewer the

I chose a defense-orientated sword art and if I could use it alongside the [Keiki style], my strength would see another

simply

do was find the appropriate sword

were either too hard to get or were too expensive. The academy also provided them, but you had to have a certain amount of merits in order to use

I currently had zero.