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

the fact that I didn't have my own

my head, I slumped back on the ground as fine droplets of sweat

I 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]

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

--> Martial Manual :

- Minor realm of

art 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 move, their heads would already be rolling on

--> Skills :

[[G] Monarch's indifference]

that enables users to erase all emotions, and act as a

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

bright side, I had finally

still needed a couple of weeks to a month before getting promoted to rank, but it seems

my sudden rise in rank

they were made by her, the quality 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 in our

top ranks, I was slowly catching up

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

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

but notice that my swordsmanship had leveled up to

the sword increased, so did my

your profession level increased, the easier it was to understand previously daunting problems. It was like my comprehension had been

was instantly able to find the flaws of my current

how good the [Keiki style] was, I was currently too weak

back at my previous fights, I remembered always finding myself in a pickle after

how to

I attacked I wasted too much time trying to regain my

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

experience, I found that in between the time that I was switching stanced I

style]. Something that bought me time

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

whether I should buy

me after every attack, it

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

the end, I was

Learn another sword art.

most appropriate method. There was more than one reason as to why this was the most appropriate choice, but the biggest of them

to spread that I was in possession of a five star manual, I could kiss my daily life goodbye as I

I had parents, my every action had to also consider them in

was no

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

my strength from everyone's

sword art and if I could use it alongside

was simply

to do was find the appropriate

too expensive. The

I currently had zero.