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 was doing was

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

slumped back on the ground as fine

bitterly, I looked at

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

--> Martial Manual :

Keiki style] - Minor realm

the 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]

act as a supreme monarch that only calculates the best option regardless

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

side, I had finally managed to

a couple of weeks to a month before getting promoted to

contributed to my sudden rise in rank was probably Melissa's

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

within the top 150 if not top

ranks, I was

took, all I needed

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

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

of the sword increased, so did my

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

I was instantly able to

was, I was currently too weak

always finding myself in a pickle after not being able to

to attack

I wasted too much time trying to regain

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

found that in between the time that

Something that bought me time so that

was obviously getting another skill, but considering how expensive

was whether I should buy

me after every attack, it could easily solve my problem...but in the end, similarly to skills,

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

end, I was

Learn another sword art.

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

manual, I could kiss my daily life goodbye

if they were just targeting me, but since I had parents, my every action had to also consider them in the

no

sword art...and what better way to

could hide my strength from everyone's sight even better. The fewer the

I could use it alongside

simply

do was find the

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

I currently had zero.