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"

Ren shook his

without a doubt dead. As the author,

"I see..."

was a bit disappointed with the answer, but she

that the Keiki style

must keep this

her head and looking at Monica, Donna's voice became

the union, you know that I can keep a

We can't

"Yeah, I agree"

the Keiki style, he would without a doubt become

let anyone

the wrong person's hands, it

was her duty as a teacher and hero to

not until he

she be okay with

she did not want anyone to know about

to get itchy. Now that I know what art

of her thoughts was

her watch, Monica smiled

'”Sha! '”Sha!

sword around, Monica looked at Ren

what you've got. I really want to see the

...

'”Clank!

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

I was more exhausted

art, I was subjected to endless amounts of questions

that, I was put under

of training was even

'I should've expected this...'

smiling, I

style was just

of famous five-star martial manuals, the Keiki style was one of the most

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

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

and Monica's reactions were

the situation turned

now gained two

Monica trying to keep my secret a secret, I could now

this turned out for

to tell

my phone I quickly

some news to share with you

asked me to tell Kevin about

"...and sent"

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

a quick shower before going

...

a white

the middle of the white world. Gripping tightly onto a large broadsword, the old man lifted

Shhh!

He slashed down.

Shhhu!

the broadsword up, the old

Shaa!

Swish!

repeated the

sound resounded across the white

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

However...

Swoosh!

old man tensed even more with each passing slash. Alongside his back muscles, his

Kracka!

the fifteenth

sword, the air split apart and

slash was

It was much stronger.

As he lift the sword up,

"huuu..."

on the

the first swing, this was the first time the old man

next wing was going to

'”Ring! '”Ring!

world slowly started to crumble as an annoying

that

he opened

he had learned the Levisha style, every once in

Levisha performing his sword

proficiency with the sword art increased, he found out that the dreams became more vivid as a result, and from the dreams, Kevin was able to

breathing technique to the muscle movements. Slowly but surely, as Kevin mimicked the old man's movements, he

Kevin knew that the dreams were not

dreams became more vivid, Kevin was able