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Lia is captured by the Obsidian Order, and Allen and his friends must do everything they can to save her. With the timer ticking down on them, they finally find their way into the enemy’s base, but more daunting trials await them inside. Facing off against the strongest swordsman in history, will Allen fold to the pressure, or will he awaken to even greater heights?!

BUTTON MASH TO VICTORY​On the verge of flunking out of Grand Swordcraft Academy due to his total lack of talent, Allen Rodol’s life goes from bad to worse when the class prodigy challenges him to a duel where it’s win or face expulsion. However, the night before his hopeless bout, a mysterious hermit grants Allen a button that will give him one hundred million years to train in an alternate reality when pressed. Allen not only gladly accepts the offer but also goes back for seconds, thirds, tenths even! With over a billion years of straight practice under his belt, the world is about to see what the “Reject Swordsman” can really do!

Time off? Hardly! During their month-long suspension from Thousand Blade Academy, Allen, Lia, and Rose volunteer for some freelance monster extermination to keep their swordcraft sharp. But as the three make names for themselves in the outside world, they remain unaware that an old enemy from Allen’s past is hot on their heels and out for blood… Things don’t let up when they finally go back to class, either. From duels with the Student Council to a chance reunion with his Ice King Academy rivals, the Reject Swordsman certainly has his work cut out for him!

A ROYAL HEADACHE! When Lia’s overprotective father, the king of Vesteria, catches wind of the fact that his daughter and Allen have been rooming together, he abruptly summons the pair back to his domain. There, the king demands that Allen prove himself worthy of Lia by defeating Vesteria’s top swordfighters in a series of public duels. After the dust settles, however, Allen finds himself at risk of losing Lia again when a formidable duo from the Black Organization abducts her! Can our hero summon the confidence and power he needs to save his friend?

After managing to rescue Lia from the Black Organization, Allen is selected to represent Thousand Blade Academy in the Royal Sword Festival. As our hero uses his newfound power to score victory after victory against competitors from rival schools, however, a sinister conspiracy begins to unfold. Meanwhile, Allen and his friends finally get a moment to catch their breath when their school’s cultural festival comes around...only for his longtime rival Dodriel and a powerful new foe to launch a surprise attack on the event!

RAIN VERSUS SUNSHINE! Though Allen managed to protect his friends from harm when the Black Organization attacked, the same can’t be said for Thousand Blade Academy, which now lies in ruins. While their campus undergoes repairs, the students of Thousand Blade are transferred elsewhere to continue their education…and Allen ends up at an all girls school! After that, he and his friends are sent abroad to liberate Daglio, the Land of Sunshine, from the Black Organization’s tyranny. But this will be no easy task, with one of the overwhelmingly powerful Thirteen Oracle Knights facing off against them. Can the former Reject Swordsman awaken his true power and set things right?

’TIS THE SEASON…FOR DUELING?! After putting a stop to Raine Grad and ousting the Black Organization from Daglio, Allen barely has a chance to catch his breath before Claude transfers to Thousand Blade Academy. Things get even more hectic during the school’s annual Christmas Party, which includes the much-anticipated Crush Your Crush Competition! Just a few days later, Allen is invited to the Liengard New Year’s Jubilee to meet his nation’s empress. But when a demon in league with the Holy Ronelian Empire attacks the gathering, it’s up to Allen to fend off his deadliest foe yet!

CRASH THE WEDDING, SAVE THE DAY! When Allen learns that Shii Arkstoria has been sent to the Holy Ronelian Empire to enter a political marriage with an abusive nobleman, he and his friends immediately infiltrate enemy territory and stage a rescue operation. But to return with Shii safe and sound, they’ll have to face a powerful new member of the Thirteen Oracle Knights. Later, Allen proctors a Thousand Blade Academy entrance exam with a catch: Anyone who can land a hit on him in a sparring match will be admitted on the spot! After that, the arrival of Valentine’s Day sends Allen’s female friends scrambling to win his affection!

Allen gets such poor grades at Grand Swordcraft Academy that his fellow students have dubbed him the “Reject Swordsman.” But one day, he is granted a mysterious button that, when pressed, will give him one hundred million years to train in an alternate reality. With an ungodly amount of practice under his belt, the world is about to see what this underachiever can really do!

After honing his swordcraft in an alternate world for over a billion years, Allen Rodol has finally achieved his dream of getting into Thousand Blade Academy. But nothing is quite going according to plan—he suddenly finds himself living with a princess as his servant, and all his classmates hate him! It’s up to Allen to sort out his academy life before the Elite Five Holy Festival, where he’ll need to duke it out with gifted first-years from the other Elite Five Academies. In the face of overwhelming talent, will Allen’s unparalleled dedication manage to come out on top?!

After inadvertently wreaking havoc at the Elite Five Holy Festival, Allen has been suspended along with Lia and Rose, and the three are put to work as witch blades. Of course, a few goblins and chimeras are no match for Allen and his billion years’ worth of sword training…but monsters aren’t the only foes he’ll have to cut down. An unexpected reunion awaits him on his mission at the Unity Festival—and this ghost from Allen’s past holds a grudge for him deeper than any other…

Allen and his friends have completed their stint as witchblades and settled back in at school, right on time for club-recruitment season. After an onslaught of overeager invitations, Allen decides to start his own club instead—but that’s easier said than done, as each club must battle it out for precious funding in the Club-Budget War! And when none other than the Student Council president challenges him, can Allen seize victory against all odds?!

WELCOME TO CHERIN—THE LAND OF SAKURA AND SWORD FIGHTS!After saving Shii from a political marriage and surviving a turbulent Valentine’s Day, Allen and his friends are off to Cherin, the Land of Sakura, for their spring training camp! There, with his head full of romance and cherry blossoms, he’s almost cut down by an incredibly powerful drunkard…who turns out to be Rose’s grandfather, Bacchus Valencia! Once touted as the world’s strongest swordsman, Bacchus knows all about Transcendents and the Time Hermit, and decides to take Allen’s group under his wing. Their days pass in a blur of intense training and relaxing in hot springs, but an ominous shadow approaches…

A traitorous Holy Blade and a former member of the Four Imperial Knights launch an attack to steal the Billion-Year Sakura—an eidolon—forcing Allen and his friends to face their toughest opponents yet. How will they manage to stand against the true power of a Soul Attire…?!

Allen and his friends have completed their stint as witchblades and settled back in at school, right on time for club-recruitment season. After an onslaught of overeager invitations, Allen decides to start his own club instead—but that’s easier said than done, as each club must battle it out for precious funding in the Club-Budget War! And when none other than the Student Council president challenges him, can Allen seize victory against all odds?!

It’s the beginning of Allen’s second semester at Thousand Blade, and every swordcraft academy is raring to compete in the Sword Master Festival, a major tournament for swordfighters. In this prestigious competition, there’s an opportunity for a single first-year student to participate, provided they win the First-Year Tourney. Allen isn’t going to back down from the challenge—but neither are Lia and Rose, who’ve been itching for a rematch ever since their initial defeats! Who will receive the coveted slot?!