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 doing was

the end, I could only lament the fact that I didn't

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

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]

the sword has evolved to the next level. User will find it easier to understand concepts that were previously harder

--> Martial Manual :

Keiki style] - Minor

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

--> Skills :

[[G] Monarch's indifference]

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

stats, my brows involuntarily twitched due

bright side, I had finally managed

had originally thought that I still needed a couple of weeks to a month before getting promoted to rank, but it seems like my

factor that contributed to my sudden

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

within the top 150 if not top 100

top ranks, I was

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

slowly but surely become strong 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

of the sword increased, so

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

newfound knowledge, I was instantly able to

[Keiki style] was, I was currently too weak to

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

knew how to

too much time trying

was still a newbie with the [Keiki style], I wasted too much time transitioning from one stance to the other...this in turn allowed the enemy to

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

[Keiki style]. Something that bought me time

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

was whether I

attack, it could easily solve my problem...but in the end, similarly to skills, I couldn't afford

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

I was left with one

Learn another sword art.

the easiest 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 need of a sword art that I could use

in possession of a five star manual, I could

were just targeting me, but since I had

was no longer

far, I knew that I had to mask my real sword

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

sword art and if I could use it alongside the

was simply a

all I had to do was find the appropriate sword

were too expensive. The

I currently had zero.