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.

hiding what I

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

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

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

--> Martial Manual :

Keiki style] - Minor

apex of swordsmanship and speed. Upon mastery, the sword art becomes so fast that before an opponent could even think about

--> Skills :

[[G] Monarch's indifference]

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

brows involuntarily twitched due to one of

I had finally managed

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

sudden rise in rank

quality was probably on the higher end of the spectrum compared to what was

within the top 150 if not top 100

in the top ranks, I was slowly

took, all I needed to know

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

couldn't help but

of the sword increased,

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

newfound knowledge, I was instantly able to find the flaws of my

I was currently too weak to

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

to

too much time

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, completely removing the element

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

style]. Something that bought me time so that

getting another skill, but considering how expensive and rare they were I could

whether I should

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

was not

I was left with one

Learn another sword art.

reason as to why this was the most appropriate choice, but the

star manual, I could kiss my daily life goodbye as I would

just targeting me, but since I had parents, my

was no longer

that I had to mask my real sword art...and what

strength from everyone's sight even

chose a defense-orientated sword art and if I could use it alongside the [Keiki style], my strength would

was simply a

I had to do was find the appropriate sword

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 amount of merits in order

I currently had zero.