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

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

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 easier to understand concepts that were

--> Martial Manual :

style] - Minor

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

--> Skills :

[[G] Monarch's indifference]

to erase all emotions, and act as a supreme monarch that only

brows involuntarily twitched due to

I had finally managed to reach

had originally thought that I still needed a couple of weeks to a month before getting promoted to rank, but it seems

sudden rise in rank

the higher end of the spectrum compared to what was

now proudly say that I was at least within the top 150 if not top 100 in our

I was still not in the top ranks, I was slowly

matter how long it took, all I needed to know was that I was slowly achieving

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

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

of the sword

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

instantly able to find the

good the [Keiki style] was, I was currently

a pickle after

knew how to

much time trying

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

I found that in between the time that I

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

was obviously getting another skill, but considering how expensive and rare they were

thought was whether I should

every attack, it could easily

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

I was left with one

Learn another sword art.

easiest 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

a five star manual, I could kiss my daily life goodbye

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

was no longer

mask my real sword art...and what better way to hide that fact

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

sword art and if I could

simply

I had to do was find the appropriate

too expensive. The academy also provided them, but you had to have a certain amount of merits in order

I currently had zero.