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.

with all the cameras installed, hiding what I was

end, I could only lament the fact that

my head, I slumped back on the ground

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]

understanding of the sword has evolved to the next level. User will find it easier to understand

--> Martial Manual :

Keiki style] - Minor realm

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

--> Skills :

[[G] Monarch's indifference]

enables users to erase all emotions, and act as a supreme monarch that only calculates the best option regardless

my stats, my brows involuntarily twitched due

the bright side, I had finally

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

sudden rise in rank

they were made by her, the quality was probably on the higher end of the spectrum compared to what was sold on the market. This probably contributed to my sudden increase in

proudly say that I was at least within

the top ranks, I was slowly catching

it took, all I needed to know was that I was slowly

any challenges I faced. I didn't want to be helpless again like the

but notice that my swordsmanship had leveled up

the sword increased, so did my

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

newfound knowledge, I was instantly able to find the flaws

was, I was currently too

back at my previous fights, I remembered always finding myself in a pickle after not being able to

to attack

I wasted too much

was still a newbie with the [Keiki style], I wasted too much time transitioning from one stance to the

found that in between the time that I

that created synergy with the [Keiki style]. Something that

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

was whether

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

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

was left with

Learn another sword art.

but the biggest of them all was that I was in urgent need of a sword art that I could use in the absence of the

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

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

no

had to mask my real sword art...and what better way to

my strength from everyone's sight even better. The fewer the loopholes, the

a defense-orientated sword art and if I could

was simply a

to do was find

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

I currently had zero.