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.

the cameras installed, hiding what I was doing was

the fact that I didn't have my

the ground as fine droplets

looked at my

===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]

of the sword has evolved to the next level. User will find it easier

--> Martial Manual :

- Minor

created by Grandmaster Toshimoto Keiki. A five-star module that 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

--> Skills :

[[G] Monarch's indifference]

emotions, and act as a supreme monarch

my brows involuntarily twitched due to one

bright side, I had finally

of weeks to a month before getting promoted to rank, but it

contributed to my sudden rise in rank

was probably on the higher end of the spectrum compared

at least within the top 150 if not top 100

still not in the top ranks, I was slowly catching up to

all I needed to know was that I

I would slowly but surely become strong enough to overcome any challenges I faced. I didn't want to be helpless again like

but notice that my swordsmanship

sword increased,

the understanding you had of the profession. Moreover, the more your profession level increased, the easier it was to understand previously

knowledge, I was instantly able to

[Keiki style] was, I was currently too weak

back at my previous fights, I remembered always finding myself in a pickle after not being able to finish my

to

much time

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

in between the time that I was

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

how expensive and rare they were I could

whether I

that created a shield around me after every attack, it could

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

end, I was

Learn another sword art.

method 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

spread that I was in possession of a five star manual, I

was fine if they were just targeting me, but since I had

was no

real sword art...and what better way to hide that fact than by practicing

I could hide my strength from everyone's sight even better.

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

simply a

had to do was find the

but they 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.