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.

hiding what I was

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

back on the ground as fine droplets of sweat

bitterly, I 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]

User will find it

--> Martial Manual :

Keiki style] - Minor realm of

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

--> Skills :

[[G] Monarch's indifference]

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

involuntarily twitched due to one of the

the bright side, I had finally managed to

that I still needed a couple of weeks to a month before getting promoted to rank, but it seems like my breakthrough had also helped

contributed to my sudden rise

was probably on the higher end of the spectrum compared to

I was at least within the

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

didn't matter how long it took, all I needed to know was that I

strong enough to overcome any challenges I faced. I didn't

but notice that my swordsmanship had leveled up

my understanding of the sword increased,

you had of the profession. Moreover, the more your profession

I was instantly able to find the flaws of my current

was, I was currently too

fights, I remembered always finding myself in a

how to attack but not

wasted too much time trying to regain

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

in between the

style]. Something that bought me

getting another skill, but considering how expensive and

whether

created a shield around me after every attack, it could easily solve my problem...but in the end, similarly to skills, I couldn't

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

was

Learn another sword art.

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 that I could use in the absence of the [Keiki

reasons, if news were to spread that I was in possession of a five star manual, I could kiss my

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

no

I had to mask my real sword art...and what better way to hide that fact than by practicing another

hide my strength from everyone's sight even better. The fewer the loopholes, the

a defense-orientated sword art and if I could use it alongside the

was simply a

to do was

to get or were too expensive. The academy also provided them,

I currently had zero.