Chapter 8 : Hardwork Is Always Needed

It was now four months later after I met Rinne-san.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The swings of the sword I held was heard at the scene. I am alone right now, at the hill I always used to be, doing my practice swings even though it was not our session.

The cause of this was four months ago.

"Haa... haah..."

I am panting as if I'm out of my breath, the sword slipping from my hand because of the numbness I am feeling. I stared at my trembling hands and was scolded by Rinne-san.

"Hey! Don't stop swinging your sword if you don't want me to add it 25 more swings!"

Although I was being shouted by Rinne-san right now, I understood it was because of my training. And Rinne-san wasn't this scary, just like what I'm seeing right now. Laying in her lap was the exhausted Algen, sleeping because of the fatifue he got trying to keep up to me when he was just a kid.

Although I'd recommend his spirit, it's kinda ridiculous to try and match up with my pace. He was still a kid, after all.

"So you really want that 25 more swings?" Rinne-san told me when she started patting Algen's head. I quickly got my sword, and despite the numbness I was still feeling, I swung the sword continuously.

This became our daily routine since. Rinne-san would always make me swing 200 times vertically and another 200 times horizontally. If I slacked off, I get 25 more swings. After swinging the sword, she'll then ask me to run until I couldn't even get up.

It was a wild routine I was doing, however benefits me much. After all, [Aetherial Manifestation] could create spells and arts, but certainly not improve your base stats or create Skills that involves hardwork. You have to improve all those by yourself.

Incidentally, I now have 'learned', or created, to be exact, some arts. For your information, with the Skills you have earned, you can use it by training how to use it, and using spells or arts.

The spells are the phenomenon magic causes with the corresponding Attribute Skill and refining it by imagination to give it shape. Arts, on the other hand, was what also like a spell, however, was used on Combat-type Skills such as the [Swordsman] Skill.

Non-Attribute Skills, also known as Combat-type Skills rely mostly on weapons or your own body as the catalyst of the art, and Attribute Skills uses wands as a catalyst for manifesting magic. I'm told that not everyone uses wands, mostly because they're expensive, though it boosts their spell's power depending on the wand.

And because of the rigorous training i do with Rinne-san, along with my work at the Guild, my stats have become higher.

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Zen Akroth

Level : 7

Strength : 143

Agility : 167

Magic Power : 1,529/1,529

Skill(s) :[Aetherial Manifestation] [Basic Swordsman]

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This became my stats after 2 months of training with Rinne-san. I even gained a Skill called [Basic Swordsman].

That's right, while everyone is born with a single or multiple Skills, they could still gain some of Combat-type Skills and even upgrade them. Unlike Attribute Skills which is decided by birth and cannot be gained by practice, Combat-types are more diverse and can be really helpful to you, especially if you're a hardworking person.

And just like that, after I got the [Basic Swordsman], which I showed to Rinne-san at the Guild, the training became more hard after two months before now. Since before then I was just swinging sword and running, I cannot be called a proper swordsman. Thus, Rinne-san trained me in the way she uses.

There are many types of sword style in this world. The ones I know were only those written in the book I have, however it was more diverse than that. And what Rinne-san teaches me was her first style before becoming a dual wielder.

It's name was Liberal Style. This style includes the basic swordsmanship and is very easy to learn. Moreover, it was surpirsingly compatible to all the styles you might encounter, so if you plan to switch to new style, it won't be hard for you to adapt to the new sword style.

The creator of this Style was a monstrous person though... It was mentioned in the book that even though this style is quite mediocre, that person had beaten all the other creators of Sword Styles.

It was probably because the strongest suit of this style was adaptability. Rinne-san taught me all the things I should remember, trained me much harder than ever, and the result was the present time.

After I had finished swinging my sword, I sat below the tree, and looked at my stats.

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Zen Akroth

Level : 14

Strength : 191

Agility : 174

Magic Power : 1,549/1,550

Skill(s) :[Aetherial Manifestation] [Basic Swordsman—Liberal Style]

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As seen from my stats, my sword skill upgraded and changed into having the Liberal Style engraved on it's name. I wonder how that works..? Well, no matter. What matters more is that I am becoming more stronger.

I have learned too that even if I got to have an overpowered Skill, I cannot always rely on it. I cant use it to learn another Skill after all, however I have created some that resembles those Skills like and such.

However, I seem to be unable to create those Skills that require physical changes, despite it using magic. was more like using magic to force your body to go through it limits however it doesn't change anything physically.

I also gained arts, however not created using by [Aetherial Maifestation].

It was because I gained it by training and also developed by my other skill. I could've created it using my OP Skill, however I won't learn. Hardwork is necessary after all!

Speaking of hardworking, I finally got promoted to D-class as an adventurer. Everyone was surprised at my fast-paced ranking up, but it was also because I always go and accept quests at the Guild. The more quest you do, the more faster you could rank up, after all.

My other reason was to provide for myself. Before I know it, time passes quickly and it has been more than 4 months after I awakened my memories. I had said that I would go to the Royal Academy at the capital, but it doesn't mean that I'll use the money of my parents to have my entrance exam there. It costs are quite—no, really high, after all.

It aas also my way of becoming independent. I am just a child at the outside, however, I could think more than that because of my experiences at my past life. Me as a NEET back then serves as a warning from me now whi wants to live fullest. I absolutely don't want to go back like that, so I am trying to become more independent.

All these thoughts were running into my mind that I didn't even notice it almost became dark. After resting because of my tired legs because of running, I returned home.