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

lament the fact that I didn't have my

my head, I slumped back on the ground as fine

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]

next level. User will

--> Martial Manual :

Keiki style] - Minor

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

--> Skills :

[[G] Monarch's indifference]

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

due

side, I had finally managed to reach

weeks to a month before getting promoted to rank, but it seems like

factor that contributed to my sudden rise in

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

least within the top 150 if not top 100

top ranks, I was

long it took, all I needed to

to overcome any challenges I faced. I didn't want to be helpless again like the time I was

status window, I couldn't help but notice that my swordsmanship had

the sword increased,

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

to find the

the [Keiki style] was, I was currently too

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

knew how to

too much time

wasted too much time transitioning from one stance to the other...this in turn allowed the enemy to regain their bearing, completely removing the

that in between the time

synergy with the [Keiki style]. Something

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

thought was whether

created a shield around me after every attack, it could easily solve my problem...but in the end, similarly to skills,

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

end, I was left with one

Learn another sword art.

the most appropriate choice, but the biggest of them all

I was in possession of a five star manual, I could kiss my daily life goodbye as I would be hounded

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

no

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

way, I could hide my strength from everyone's sight even better. The fewer

I could use

simply a

had to 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

I currently had zero.