The Author's POV

Who were the top 10 strongest people of all time? This was an age-old question.

Ever since the emergence of mana, humans had begun evolving.

Things like splitting rocks apart with bare hands or casting fireballs and spells were no longer the fruits of pure imagination.

Decades have passed ever since humans were able to gain superpowers and slowly they began to adapt to mana.

A more organized system began to emerge and humans with tremendous powers began to appear all over the world.

Grandmaster Keiki was one such person.

'The one-man-army' was what they called him.

With his deadly one-hit-kill style that no one could see through, Grandmaster Keiki killed countless demons without even moving or lifting a finger.

For those who witnessed this sight, they could only look back at it as if it was a beautiful memory.

Amongst historians, there was a general consensus.

The consensus was that...

Grandmaster Keiki, the wielder of the Keiki style, alongside nine other few, was one of the ten strongest humans to have ever lived in this age where mana existed.

This was an undisputed fact that even the current heads of the union did not disagree with.

Whoever had witnessed Grandmaster Keiki's prowess in the past could tell just how much of a fearsome figure he was.

Especially his sword art.

A five-star sword art that made Grandmaster Keiki known throughout the world.

Unfortunately, around three decades ago, Grandmaster Keiki disappeared from the world and so did his legacy and sword art.

With Grandmaster Keiki gone, the sword art was lost with no hopes of ever appearing again.

This was common knowledge. It was what everyone learned in history class.

The Keiki style would never appear again.

This was what everyone said.

Yet...

'”Click!

With a subtle clicking sound, a magnificent arc drew in the air as the sharp tip of a sword split the air apart.

Not even half a second flew by before the sword was back into the scabbard. So fast yet so deadly.

Inside of the expansive training ground, deftly science descended.

"This..."

Standing by the side, Donna's mouth hung open.

'How is this possible?!'

Without a doubt that was the Keiki style. Right before her eyes, Donna witnessed the once-forgotten art style.

How could she not be shocked?

"K-keiki style"

The first one to break the silence was Monica whose breathing quickened.

As if teleporting, her figure appeared right before Ren. Grabbing him by the shoulder she asked him an endless amount questions.

"Was that the Keiki Style? Do you know Grandmaster Keiki? Is he still alive? Where did you learn it? How much of it have you mastered? How l..."

"Monica, calm down!"

Snapping out of it, Donna raised her voice. Letting go of Ren, Monica also snapped out of it.

"Ah, sorry. I was just too excited"

"It's okay"

Bitterly shaking his head, Ren waved it off.

From the moment he performed the sword art before Donna and Monica, he had been prepared for this.

"Ren is Grandmaster Keiki still alive"

By the side, Donna asked.

She wanted to know if such a legendary figure was still alive.

If so it would be something worth celebrating.

Although the world looked peaceful, Donna knew that it was only a matter of time before the balance that the humans created would break.

Humanity needed another powerhouse to bring more stability.

"Ah, no, he's dead"

Donna's question, Ren shook his

without a doubt dead. As the author, he

"I see..."

bit disappointed with the answer, but she didn't

already good enough that the

keep this a secret,

Donna's voice became serious. Monica nodded her

for the union, you know that I can

but just in case. We can't let

"Yeah, I agree"

the Keiki style, he would without

anyone know about his

art landed in the wrong person's hands, it could

at this moment. Therefore, it was her duty as a teacher and hero to help Ren keep

not until he

stand on his own would she be okay with the world knowing about the fact that he practiced

she did not want anyone

to get itchy. Now that I know what art you are practicing let's start training

Donna out of her

her watch, Monica smiled from

'”Sha! '”Sha!

her sword around, Monica

hours to go. Show me what you've got. I really want

...

'”Clank!

"haa...I'm finally free!"

I was

art, I was subjected to endless amounts of questions by Monica

that, I was put under

of training was even rougher than Donna's. My whole body was

'I should've expected this...'

smiling, I

style was just

of famous five-star martial manuals, the Keiki style

draw style that could kill an opponent before they could even figure out what was going on was not something that other swords art could

there that had as much of an impact as the Keiki style were very

Monica's reactions

the situation turned

gained two

my secret a secret, I could now breathe

way, this turned out for

to tell Kevin about the practice

my phone I

got some news to share with you

my training session, Donna had asked me to tell Kevin about the training

"...and sent"

waiting for Kevin to reply, I put my phone

quick shower before

...

a

sturdy body stood in the middle of the white world. Gripping tightly onto a

Shhh!

He slashed down.

Shhhu!

slash, lifting the broadsword up, the old man

Shaa!

Swish!

the

slash, a different sound resounded across the white

special. It was a simple fast

However...

Swoosh!

tensed even more

Kracka!

the fifteenth

old man swung his sword, the air

this sword slash was incomparable to

It was much stronger.

breather, the old man once again lifted the broadsword up. As he lift

"huuu..."

mouth as put both hands on the grip of

time the

evident that the next wing

'”Ring! '”Ring!

could slash down the white world slowly started to

It's that dream

murmured as he opened his

learned the Levisha style, every once in a while he would get strange

Grandmaster Levisha performing his

as a result, and from the dreams, Kevin was able to gain a better understanding of the Levisha

as Kevin mimicked the old man's movements, he was learning more and more about the Levisha style with each

knew that the dreams were

vivid, Kevin