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

lament the fact that I didn't

back on the ground as fine droplets of sweat dripped

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]

has evolved to the next level. User will find it easier to understand concepts that

--> Martial Manual :

- Minor

the sword art becomes so fast that before an opponent could even

--> Skills :

[[G] Monarch's indifference]

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

due to one

had finally managed to reach

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

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

were made by her, the quality was probably on the higher end of the spectrum compared to what was sold on the

I was at least within the

the top ranks,

matter how long it took, all I needed to know was that I was slowly achieving

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

I couldn't help but notice that

my understanding of the sword increased, so did my

higher 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

to

was, 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

how to

I attacked I wasted too much time trying to regain my

transitioning from one stance to the other...this in turn allowed the enemy

the time that I was switching stanced

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

thought was whether I should buy

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

had 6 million U with me, it was not

I was left with one

Learn another sword art.

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

I was in possession of a five star manual,

had parents, my every action had to also consider

no

thus far, I knew that I had to mask my real sword art...and what better way to

way, I could hide my strength from everyone's sight even better. The fewer the loopholes, the

could use

simply

to do was find the appropriate

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

I currently had zero.