7 A.M.

Staring at the clock stuck on the wall of my house, I headed to the kitchen and made myself some coffee.

The lights of the villa were shut and I was the only person in the house. My parents already went to the guild and Nola was at day care.

...So I had the whole place to myself.

Sliding the door that led to the garden, I felt the morning breeze cool down my body instantly.

For the past few days, I had been fairly busy.

After spending a lot of time remodeling the warehouse as well as studying for my exams, I barely had any time to focus on my training.

The only time I had available was usually early in the morning.

"fuuuuu..."

Taking a deep breath, I sat crossed-legged in the garden. It was about time I broke through my rank.

Taking out multiple potions from my dimensional space, I opened the thumb-sized bottle cap and gulped one of the potions down.

-Gulp!

At first, the potion was tasteless. But soon after, a bitter aftertaste invaded the tonsils of my tongue.

The aftertaste was similar to that of a shot of espresso. Very bitter.

-Pant!

Exhaling and taking a long deep breath, I focused my mind on spreading the effects of the potion throughout my body.

Instantly, the cells within my body jumped in excitement.

Streams of energy circulated around my body as white steam slowly escaped from my body creating a white mist around me.

-Gulp!

Without skipping a beat, after I felt the effects of the first potion wearing out, I instantly downed another one.

Like that, I repeated the process three more times until I suddenly felt my body bloat and the muscles of my body twitch.

-Pant! -Pant!

Panting heavily, I cleared my mind. Soon after, the twitching stopped and a wave of energy washed over my body revitalizing all of my muscles. My head became lucid, as well as my senses.

Suddenly, everything around me became clearer.

The water droplet dripping from the blade of grass in the distance became more perceptible. The sound of the birds chirping became more apparent, and the smells around me intensified.

It felt as if everything around me was within my grasp...

"fuuuuuu..."

Exhaling, and adjusting myself to the changes around me, I looked at my status window

===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 next level. User will find it easier to understand

--> Martial Manual :

- Minor realm of

apex of swordsmanship and speed. Upon mastery, the sword art becomes so fast

-

around the user. Upon mastery, the ring can create a three-dimensional sphere that protects the user from all sides. Because of the lack

[★★★ Drifting steps]

will increase. Unless user stops,

--> Skills :

[{G} Monarch's indifference]

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

==========

I did it.

broke through to the next

rank away from reaching

the way I was progressing, if nothing strange happened, in either a month or two I could

had consumed the seed of limit my training speed was even faster than

he had a system, so it's not

"huuu..."

the fibers of my muscles being more durable and

-Kacha!

the area I punched split apart and a gush of air

"Not bad..."

staring at my fist for a few seconds, I decided

about time I practiced the new movement art my dad gave me. The garden

on my shoes, I quickly left the

-Clank!

...

-Swooooosh!

around the park at

and slower, almost as if time had slowed down. However, that didn't last long as I soon ran out of

"Huff, huff, huff"

my knees, I felt the morning

I was tired.

every step I took, my speed increased. It was

Drifting steps.

the movement art I

I ran, the faster I

that I couldn't control my body properly as

an open

-Gulp!

a [Stamina recovery potion] followed by a [Mana recovery potion] I prepared to

continue practicing, a warm pleasant

it's been such a long

"...hm?"

I looked towards where

and leaning against a tree, a youth wearing a greyish-black suit entered my sight. He appeared to be in his

any wrinkles coupled with his demenour of his gave off a

smiled caused the people around him to have a good feeling around

Who was he?

don't remember ever

another one of the old

as I was about to ask him who he was, my

"Hello, Matthew"

'Huh?'

the youth moved away from the tree and headed

haven't changed since I last saw you.

Ba...thump, Ba...thump, Ba...thump

heart suddenly sped. Cold sweat appeared on

What was this feeling?

...Was this fear?

fear over someone I

"What's wrong?"

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