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.

all the cameras installed, hiding what I

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

back on the ground as fine droplets of sweat dripped

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]

degree of understanding of the sword has evolved to the next level. User will find it easier to understand concepts that were previously harder to

--> Martial Manual :

Keiki style] - Minor realm

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

--> Skills :

[[G] Monarch's indifference]

to erase all emotions, and act as a supreme monarch

brows involuntarily twitched due to one of

side, I had

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

sudden rise in rank

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

within the top 150 if not

not in the top ranks, I was slowly catching up to the

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

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

window, I couldn't help but notice that

my understanding of the sword increased, so did

higher the understanding you had of the profession. Moreover, the more your profession level increased, the

knowledge, I was instantly able to find the

was, I

I remembered always finding myself in a pickle after not being able to finish my opponent on my

only knew how to

much time trying to

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

the time that I was switching

needed something that created synergy with the [Keiki style]. Something that bought me time so that I could regain my

but considering how expensive and rare they were I could

thought was whether I should buy an

I bought an artifact that created a shield around me after every attack, it could easily solve my problem...but in the end, similarly to

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

end, I was left with one

Learn another sword art.

appropriate choice, but the biggest of them all was that I

if news were to spread that I was in possession of a five star manual, I

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

was no longer

that I had to mask my real sword

hide my strength from everyone's sight even

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

was simply

do was find

head, but they were either too hard to get or were too expensive. The academy also

I currently had zero.