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

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

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

bitterly, 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

--> Martial Manual :

Keiki style] - Minor

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]

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

my brows involuntarily twitched due to one of

the bright side, I had

couple of weeks to a month before getting

to my sudden rise in rank was

on the higher end of the spectrum compared to what was sold on the

say that I was at least within the top 150 if not top

the top ranks, I was slowly catching up to the

matter how long it took, all I needed to

to overcome any challenges I faced.

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

my understanding of the sword

the understanding you had of the profession. Moreover, the more your profession level increased, the easier it was to

knowledge, I was instantly able to

style] was, I was currently too weak

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

only knew how to

wasted too much time

style], I wasted too much time transitioning from one stance to the other...this in turn allowed the enemy to regain their

in between the time

style]. Something that bought me time so that

first thought was obviously getting another skill, but considering how expensive and rare they were I could only discard such

thought was whether I should buy an

around me after every attack, it could easily solve my problem...but

6 million U with me, it was not nearly enough to purchase an artifact that met my precise

I was left with

Learn another sword art.

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

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

if they were just targeting me, but since I had parents,

no longer

to mask my real sword art...and

from everyone's sight even better. The fewer

could use it alongside the [Keiki style], my strength would see another

was simply

all I had to do was

too hard to get or were too expensive. The academy also provided them, but you had to have a certain amount of

I currently had zero.