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"

question, Ren shook his

Keiki was without a doubt dead. As

"I see..."

but she didn't have much hope

that

keep this

Monica, Donna's voice became serious. Monica nodded

Donna. Although I work for the union, you know that I can keep a secret

We can't let others know about his

"Yeah, I agree"

he would without a doubt become

anyone know about

landed in the wrong

it was her duty as a teacher and

least not until he

to stand on his own would she be okay with the

she did not want anyone

get itchy. Now that I know what

out of her thoughts was

watch, Monica smiled from

'”Sha! '”Sha!

her sword around, Monica looked at Ren

go. Show me what you've got. I really want to see the extent

...

'”Clank!

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

my arms, I exited section B. I was more exhausted than I

I was subjected to endless

put under

this beforehand, Monica's style of training was

'I should've expected this...'

smiling, I shook my

Keiki style was

there being a lot of famous five-star martial manuals, the

before they could even figure out what was going on was not

arts out there that had as much of an impact as the

and Monica's

the situation

gained two valuable

and Monica trying to keep my secret a secret, I

way, this turned out for

to tell

my phone I quickly sent Kevin a

some news to share with you on

Donna had asked me to tell Kevin

"...and sent"

for Kevin to reply, I put my phone away and headed back

to take a quick

...

a white

world. Gripping tightly onto a large broadsword, the old

Shhh!

He slashed down.

Shhhu!

broadsword up, the old man once again swung

Shaa!

Swish!

repeated the process

slash, a different sound resounded across

first slash was nothing particularly special. It was a simple fast and

However...

Swoosh!

of the old man tensed even more with each passing slash. Alongside his back muscles, his other muscles became more prominent with

Kracka!

the fifteenth

as the old man swung his sword, the air split

this sword slash was incomparable to the

It was much stronger.

a breather, the old man once again lifted the broadsword up. As he lift the sword up, the old man's

"huuu..."

hands on the grip of the

time the old man put

that the next wing was going to be even more

'”Ring! '”Ring!

old man could slash down the white world slowly started to crumble as an

It's that dream

murmured as he opened his

Levisha style, every once in a while he would get strange dreams inside

Levisha performing

art increased, he found out that the dreams became more vivid as a result, and from the

muscle movements. Slowly but surely, as Kevin mimicked the old man's movements, he was learning more and more about the Levisha style with

knew that the dreams were not

dreams became more vivid, Kevin was able to