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

fact that I didn't have my own personal

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

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]

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

--> Martial Manual :

-

Grandmaster Toshimoto Keiki. A five-star module that focused primarily on reaching the apex of swordsmanship and speed. Upon mastery, the sword art becomes so fast that

--> Skills :

[[G] Monarch's indifference]

act as a supreme monarch that only calculates the best

my stats, my brows involuntarily twitched due to one

I had

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

factor that contributed to my sudden rise

spectrum compared to what was sold on the market. This probably contributed to my

at least within the top 150 if not top 100 in our

in the top ranks,

didn't matter how long it took, all I needed to know was that I was slowly achieving

day, I would slowly but surely become strong enough to overcome any challenges I faced. I

I couldn't help but notice that my swordsmanship had leveled up to

the sword increased, so

the more your profession level increased, the easier it was to understand previously daunting problems. It was like my comprehension

my newfound knowledge, I was instantly able to find the flaws

style] was, I was

back at my previous fights, I remembered always finding myself in a

only knew how to attack but not

much time trying to

time transitioning from one stance to the other...this in turn allowed the enemy to regain their bearing, completely removing

in between the time that I was switching stanced I was basically

created synergy with the [Keiki style]. Something that bought me time so that I could

another skill, but considering how expensive and rare they were

thought was whether

an artifact that created a shield around me after every attack, it could easily

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

the end, I was

Learn another sword art.

reason as to why this was the most appropriate choice, but the biggest of them all was

to spread that I was in possession of a five star manual, I could kiss

but since I had parents, my every action had to also consider them in the

was no longer

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

everyone's sight even

if I chose a defense-orientated sword art and if I could use it alongside

simply a

I had to do was find the

were either 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.