The Shadow Blade (2)

The sunlight landed on my face gently, waking me up from my sleep. I was sleeping on my desk. I stretched my body and yawned. I was still sleepy for some reason.

"Awwn..."

Then suddenly the memories of what I went through prior to my sleep flooded back into my mind. The painful memories of Master Jackson, how he transferred the informations about the martial art into my mind, it all became clear again.

"Right, the book!"

I snapped my head towards the desk. But I didn't see the book. There wasn't even any evidence of the book being there.

'Status'

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Name: Theodore Miller

Rank: F-

Strength: F

Agility: F

Stamina: G+

Perception: F-

Mana: G+

Charm: A+

Attribute (Element): Fire, Lighting

Profession Type: Assassin [Level 1]

Martial Arts: Shadow Blade [(S)-rank]

Shadow Blade [Level 1] ----- A martial art created by an unknown assassin, who used the power of darkness to kill his enemies and the stealth of shadow to hide himself. The art focuses on concealment, speed, and hitting vitals. There are 5 'known' signature moves of this art. As you practice it and understand the art more comprehensively, you will gradually be able to use the signature moves.

{Signature Moves}

First Move <Shadow Slash> [Level 1] --- Coats the blade with the shadow essence to increase the attack power as well as the attack speed of the user's slashes. Those who are harmed by shadow essence will have a hard time healing the wound.

{Passive Abilities}

<Might of The Werewolf> [Level 1(max.)] --- The user's senses and concealment are enhanced greatly in darkness or shadow.

Skills: None

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"Oh, just from the information I gathered from my master, my strength has already risen by a sub rank!"

There are a total of 5 level of this art. But the the status window says 'known', which means the martial art still has some secrets in it. Each increase in the overall level unlocks another signature move. But in order to increase my overall level in Shadow Blade art, I first have to increase the level of any available signature moves to a certain level.

For example, right now, I have to increase the <Shadow Slash> to [level 2] in order to reach to [level 2] in Shadow Blade art. Or, if I want to increase my overall level to [Level 3], I first need to increase the level of the available signature moves to [level 3] and so on.

'<Might of The Werewolf> seems useful. I will have an advantage at night, and in shadows during daytime.'

I closed off the status screen and started think about my next plans. I had two things in my mind. Earning money and training.

I had decided on how to make money. I will take full advantage of reading the novel. First one is lottery! I could still remember some of the numbers. The most you could get from a lottery was around 3 million BS. I immediately opened my phone and registered to a lottery. It was written that the results of the lottery would be revealed after 2 days.

After I snatch the money from the lottery, I will buy the stocks of some guilds and organizations on the stock market, which will rise in the future .

In case something goes wrong or I need money urgently, I can also go to the black market to sell some information to organizations. But that was the worst-case scenario.

"Now all I have to do is to wait for 2 days and I will be rich!"

I decided to head out for the public training hall of the school to try out my new martial art. I didn't need to hold myself back in case someone realized I had a (S)-rank martial art since Shadow Blade art was from an unknown origin. I didn't think anyone in the entire school was even aware of the the existence of the art.

So I could train in the public to my heart's content.

I left the dorms and walked through grand corridors, whose walls were covered with paintings. I easily found my way out since I was able to identify the path from the novel. I soon arrived at the grand entrance of the training hall. It was an open area and you could clearly see the sky. It was enormous. The hall was divided into four section.

The first section was for melee weapons, close-combat training. Sword, daggers, spears, axes and so on. The second section was for ranged weapons such as bow. There were shooting ranges for training your aim. The third section was for mages, It was a closed area. A kind of metal that can block the magic was used to ensure the safety of the students. Finally, the last section was for body training. There were weights and gravity rooms. The gravity rooms allowed students to train their bodies in a much more efficient way by altering the gravitational force in the room.

I took a pair of curved silver daggers from the academy's armory and walked towards section 1. The daggers were around 25 centimeters. Although they weren't perfectly balanced in my hands, they were still somewhat balanced enough to train.

I took a stance before a wooden dummy.

'Being familiar with the daggers comes first, after that I will try to pull off the first signature move, <Shadow Slash>'

Two days went by in the blink of an eye while I was training.