The Author's POV

—Vuaam!

Kevin's entire body was enveloped in a golden luster. Soon after, Kevin appeared in a whole new place.

"Khh, where am I?"

Glancing around in confusion, Kevin, once again found himself in the middle of a forest. However this time, in front of him, stood a large majestic palace that towered in the middle of the forest. It reached all the way to the sky as green vines entangled themselves on the side of the walls.

At the front of the palace were two giant golden doors that sealed the entrance of the palace.

As Kevin looked at the palace from the distance, he was so shocked by the appearance of the palace that he thought he had actually gone back in time, back in the medieval times.

The palace still felt as majestic and grand as it would've back when it was just built.

"This must be the place Ren told me about..."

Noticing the palace, Kevin remembered everything that Ren told him before entering. From what he would see upon entering the dungeon to what things he needed to avoid and what areas were strictly forbidden.

Collecting himself, nodding his head, Kevin walked all the way until he reached the entrance of the palace.

According to what Ren had told him, behind the golden doors of the place, was where the five-star sword art that he was looking for was located.

Halting his steps for a split moment, the images of what happened between him and Gilbert replayed in Kevin's mind. As he recalled those images, Kevin couldn't help but clench his fists tightly.

'Never again...'

Never again did he want to be humiliated like that.

"Huuu..."

Arriving in front of the two golden doors, taking a deep breath and placing his hands on the door, Kevin proceeded to open the two enormous doors.

—Shiiiiin!

As he opened the door a dazzling glow nearly blinded him, making him unable to open his eyes. Covering his eyes to mitigate the impact of the light, with great difficulty, he forced his eyes open and saw vast sculptures sitting in the palace.

Each sculpture was different from the others; there was a golden armored knight, an enormous dragon, and all other sorts of fantastical creatures. Under the feet of these giant sculptures was a path that led ahead where the statues of two angels holding onto two harps could be seen.

Walking around in a daze, Kevin followed the path and reached a strange altar, where on top, all kinds of books and scrolls that were written with powerfully dense words appeared.

Squinting his eyes to get a better look, as Kevin observed the books and scrolls, he could feel the powerful intent in each and every word written inside of those scrolls.

Boundless.

Those were the words that perfectly described how he felt as he looked towards the books and scroll.

He could practically envision an old man sitting on a large spacious desk writing those scrolls with every last part of his remaining life.

"Hm?"

something, Kevin noticed that at the very center of this altar was a golden book that shined a golden luster. It pulsated a dense and majestic golden light that almost made it feel as if was

books, this one seemed to be far

his hand, Kevin's eyes soon became entranced by the two words engraved on

[Levisha style]

"...Levisha style, Grandmaster Levisha"

Kevin instantly realized what sword this was. Recalling the legends of Grandmaster Levisha, a smile

was the perfect sword art that he was looking

—Vuuuam!

"huh...khhh"

energy spread throughout the mysterious book as Kevin's hand became stuck on top of the book.

inserted themselves inside of Kevin's mind causing his eyes

"Kyuuuuuuaaaa—!"

after that, Kevin's pained scream resounded across

-Thud

Kevin's vision, as his body dropped to the ground. Everything turned silent and

...

"huuuuam..."

there was no tomorrow, I checked my watch and stared at the dungeon behind

"six hours..."

If I wasn't wrong, currently, Kevin was going through Grandmaster Levisha's

it was a tough trial, back in the novel, Kevin successfully managed to pass the trial without

upon succeeding would he finally be able to get his hands on the sword art. I doubt he would give up halfway just because the trial

the time

so than him being the protagonist, I had faith that he could succeed. After all, Kevin's strength

months, there were no major events circling him after all. This part of the novel was supposed to be a time skip that directly skipped all the way towards the Intra-Academy

time the arc started, he was still ranked , halfway

-Knock! -Knock!

recalling something, I knocked on one of the gargoyle statues next

detail that was put into them. From the way they were carved and shaped, they almost seemed to be lifelike. Moreover, what made them especially unique were the two ruby red eyes

them look more

—Shiiiiin!

top of the heads of the two gargoyles statues in front of the portal, channeling my mana into

satisfaction, I gratefully looked towards the portal and

this, thank you very much,

—Shiiiiin!

It looked

at it, I couldn't help but nod

-Tssss

the tip of my finger, I placed my finger on top of the statue and let the blood dripping from my finger

—Shiiiiin!

blood touched the statue, the gargoyle statue's ruby red eyes

released in the air, suddenly, a blinding

fixated on the statue as a blue text appeared on top of the

gargoyle statue - E

"There we go..."