Academy

Arc 2

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Neo gotten many gift on his birthday , his sister Cyel gave him many books about sword art while Ria gave him a short sword and many many clothes.

Neo decided to spend the night before school at home reading sword arts book , his sister gave him 5 books in total.

Neo-"No wonder sister Cyel didn't want to talk about sword arts much , she was keeping it a secret to surprise me hehehe"

The books titles were

[Serene sword style] , it was all about defensive stance and to parry your opponent weapons.

The users were train to eliminate your sight , Serene style requires its user to close their eyes and focus the hearing , one has to hear the heart beat , muscle movement and blood flow.

Every technique of the Serene style were told to be able to parry any weapon that comes within their range.

The ultimate defense style.

[Clear sky style] , once used by the monks , they were known to be a really devastating range attacks with flying swords , of course the sword has to be enchanted and that uses a wind affinity crystal core.

Not anyone could learn the Clear sky style because of the weapon requirement , having a Rare class sword that can hold up to 1 crystal core , and that core has to be from atleast a rank 4 wind beast , the higher the rank , the higher is the core contain more wind affinity.

It will also require a high amount of swordsmanship experience because the user would have to be one with the sword.

So the monks had to hunt for wind crystals and had their limits , in exchange they can kill anyone within 5 kilometers by letting their sword fly.

Other than their flying swords , the monks were known to have the best foot work of swordsmanship that allow them to be agile , they could control their flying sword while swinging one in their hands.

The grand monk master 10000 years ago was known to be able to control 8 flying sword and had required him a huge amount of mana and 5000 years sword knowledge.

[Quick Star] , mainly used for stealth user , dagger were highly recommended , they are mainly focused on piercing vital part of the body for a sure kill , grand masters of Quick star could even cut through the neck and the victim would still be alive until he move his head , only then it would fall.

The Quick star took many lives without anyone noticing , mastering the Quick star would even go unnotice by another sword masters present.

[Energy blade style], training one body to develop the undeveloped mysterious energy in the human body known as Natural Energy.

Everyone has a Natural Energy , which is the life force , but it varies on the person itself , some were born with less and some alot.

The user require to be able to control their life force onto their blade , making the blade sharpness increase by ten fold.

Their main offense is to disarm the enemy by cutting through their weapons and armor , grand masters of the Energy Blade could grow blade from their hands with their life force.

Since this art requires sword movement technique knowledge and alot of times to refine your life force , it is known to be a really rare style.

The higher is your lifeforce , the higher grade weapons and armor can be cut through.

Energy blade beginners will have slightly above average life force than others , they could only cut through 1 grade higher than their weapon.

Neo-"And this last book..hmm it seem it was dropped in a puddle or something..the title and the text inside are missing some words"

[Ascen....-]

....upon...t...genes...spli...

ground..

Neo-"Urgghhh its missing too much letters , it's too hard to figure out all the possible letters so I will pass on this one..even if it looks strong"

It didn't take Neo much times to read all the book as they were fairly a thin book.

Neo-"Sven , let's go around the roof before sleeping hehehe"

Sven-"Rawrrr"

Neo put on his hooded cape and left from his balcony with Sven.

Flooooooosh

Like the wind , Neo landed on a roof from his balcony , and start doing his warm up before he go back to sleep.

A shadow was flashing from roof to roof , Neo went to every bars corner and dark alleys.

Neo-"Tonight seems like a peaceful night"

Sven-"RaawwRWrrrrr"

Neo-"Mhmm but is a good thing that is peaceful hehehe"

Neo went around the south gate entrance , the gate that he is most familiar with.

Neo made some friends with the guards there and they would always cheers for Neo and praise him for his bravery to train in the forest like real mens.

Neo arrived at the gate , standing on the roof as he was watching a crowd of guards playing cards and drinking beer.

Sven-"Rawwwwrr"

Neo-"What is it Sven?"

Sven was looking toward the gate and then it suddenly opens.

Guard-"They are students of the academy , let them pass"

As the gate open , the guards went back into playing cards and 4 human figured walked in the gate.

They were all wearing a cloak that covered their whole body except their feet , the cloak were all worn out , holes everywhere and their sandals was also almost ripped.

Neo-"Hmmm their body are quite small so they must be around my age"

Neo and Sven decided to follow them along on the roof.

The 4 people were heading toward an inn and there is a bar beside that inn so Neo kept watch to make sure they arrived safely.

2 drunkards came out from the bar with bottles in their hands , the couldn't keep up walking straight and stopped the 4 cloaked people.

Neo-"I knew it.."

The 2 drunk old mens were asking the 4 cloaks if they had money on them or else they were not allowed to pass through.

Suddenly the cloaked person in the front dash to the old man while the 2 cloaked in the back started to glow.

??-"Aim for their vital spot!"

The front cloaked feinted the old man and dash behind him , his real target was the 2nd old man.

??-??-"Ice ball/Earth ball!"

1 Ice ball and 1 Earth ball flew straight toward the first old man , the balls were really small , smaller than Neo's fist size.

The 2 balls hit the old man vital spot , he felt on the floor while holding his hands together between his legs and moan a painful sound.

??-"STOP!!!!!!!!!!!"

The front cloaked look back at the scream and he sees a 3rd old man was holding the neck of the mage.

??-"Ughh..."

??-"We just wanted money but you kids wanted to play the hard way huh , don't move or else this mage will get it"

??-"Damn it old Jie , you are late , look at brother Lie , he is already on the floor"

Jie-"You guys drank too much , its not my fault hehe , now you kids , drop your weapons on the floor and leave whatever valuable belongings , then I will let this one go"

Sven held onto his hair while Neo put back his hood on his head , and jumped really high in the sky , like an falcon preparing to leap onto their target.