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 what I was

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

back on the ground as fine droplets of sweat dripped from my

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]

the next level. User will find it easier to understand concepts that were

--> Martial Manual :

-

and speed. Upon mastery, the sword art becomes so fast that before an opponent could even

--> Skills :

[[G] Monarch's indifference]

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

due to one of the attribute's refusal

bright side, I had finally managed

thought 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 me

contributed to my sudden rise in rank was probably

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 increase in

within the top 150 if not top

I was still not in the top ranks, I was

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

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

at my status window, I couldn't help but notice that my swordsmanship had leveled up to

of the sword increased, so did my

more your profession level increased, the easier it

I was instantly able to find the flaws of my current fighting

[Keiki style] was, I

finding myself in a pickle after not being able to finish my opponent on my first

to attack but

I wasted too much time trying to regain

with the [Keiki style], I wasted too much time transitioning from one stance to the

found that in between the time that I was switching stanced

style]. Something that bought me time so that I

obviously getting another skill, but considering how expensive

next thought was whether I

bought an artifact that created a shield around me after every attack, it could

the fact that I had 6 million U with me, it was not nearly enough to

the end, I was left with one

Learn another sword art.

to why this was the most appropriate choice, but the biggest of them all was that I was in urgent need of a

spread that I was in possession of a five star manual, I could

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

was no longer

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

way, I could hide my strength from everyone's sight

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

was simply a

all I had to do was

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

I currently had zero.