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 doing was

lament the fact that I didn't have my

slumped back on the ground

bitterly, I looked at

===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]

level. User will find it

--> Martial Manual :

- Minor realm of

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 move, their heads

--> 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 of

my brows involuntarily twitched due to one of the attribute's

bright side, I had finally managed

a couple of weeks to a month before getting promoted to rank, but it seems like my breakthrough

factor that contributed to my sudden rise in rank was probably Melissa's

was probably on the higher end of the spectrum compared to what was sold on the market. This probably contributed to my sudden increase in

least within the top 150

the top ranks, I was

long it took, all I needed to

I faced. I didn't want to be

couldn't help but notice that my swordsmanship had leveled up

sword increased,

you had of the profession. Moreover, the more your profession level increased, the easier

I was instantly able to find the flaws

was, I was currently too weak to wield

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

only knew how to attack but not

I attacked I wasted too much

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

in between the time that I was switching

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

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

thought was whether I

after every attack, it could easily

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

the end, I was left

Learn another sword art.

one reason as to why this was the most appropriate choice, but the biggest of them

five star manual, I could kiss my daily life goodbye as I would

targeting me, but since I had parents, my every action had to

was no

mask my real sword art...and what better

I could hide my strength from everyone's sight even

art and if I could

was simply a

do was find

into my head, but they were either too hard to get or were too expensive. The academy also provided them, but you had

I currently had zero.