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.

with all the cameras installed, hiding what

end, I could only lament the fact that I

ground as fine droplets of sweat dripped from

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]

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

--> Martial Manual :

- Minor

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 the

--> Skills :

[[G] Monarch's indifference]

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

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

the bright side, I had finally managed to reach

still needed a couple of weeks to a month before getting promoted

contributed to my sudden rise

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

least within the top 150 if not top 100 in our

ranks, I was slowly catching up to

I needed to know was that I was slowly

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

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

sword increased, so

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

instantly able to find the flaws of my current

I was

I remembered always finding myself in a pickle after not

only knew how to attack but not

too much time trying

I was still a 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,

that in between the time that I was

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

getting another skill, but considering how expensive and rare

was whether I

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

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

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 need of a sword art that I could use in the absence

possession of a five star manual, I could kiss my

were just targeting me, but since I had parents, my

no longer

sword art...and what better way to

from everyone's sight even better. The fewer the

could use it alongside the [Keiki style], my

was simply a

to do was find the appropriate

get or were too expensive.

I currently had zero.