While continuing to swing his sword for more than 5 years now from minimum 12 hours a day to maximum 20 hours which would be considered abnormal even for veteran knights while this insane training regime didn't come without bearing any fruits as due to that he was able to become a Two Star Knight at a mere age of 10. If Other people knew about this he would be considered a Genius who appears only once in every 100 years as his other peers of his age would have barely started weilding swords. While it may bring fortune and fame for him and his family now as well as unrelenting support from the kingdom to further his growth but if he fails to keep up with the expectations he has placed the brunt his family has to face would be disastrous. While having Average talent in swordsmanship could be considered his downside but it doesn't mean he is without any merits. One being he is an extremely hardworking individual and other is him being extremely mature for his age. He can weight the pros and cons and make a calm and rational decision.
While Two star Knight for his age is incredible but in the path of a Knight its just a kid who took a few steps as the Ranking of swordsman and magicians are divided in various groups
1 Star Knight/Mage
2 Star Knight/Mage
3 Star Knight/Mage
These stages are considered as a Beginner stage.
4 Star Knight/Mage
5 Star Knight/Mage
6 Star Knight/Mage
These stages are considered intermediate stages.
7 Star Knight/Mage
8 Star Knight/Mage
9 Star Knight/Mage
These are considered as advanced stages as well as elite and indispensable forces for the kingdom. After that Knights or Mage face a huge wall to advance through in their respected fields which is also considered a boundary which separates Ordinary Individuals from Geniuses and the individuals who were able to cross this bridge are able to wear the title of Swordsman or Magician. as it goes by
Cardinal Rank Swordsman/Magician
Bishop Rank Swordsman/Magician
King Rank Swordsman/Magician
Emperor Rank Swordsman/Magician
Saint Rank Swordsman/Magician
Divine Rank Swordsman/Magician
People with this Ranks are respected and welcomed anywhere even in the Super powerful empires if they are willing . Even in this small kingdom there is one Bishop Rank Swordsman who is also the Duke of a jasper county and wields more strength than royal family as he can even dethrone the current King if not for the only four Cardinal Rank Swordsman of the kingdom supporting the current Royal family. As the value of this ranked Individuals are massive as the population of Azaroth Continent is around 10 billion and majority of them are Swordsman or magicians and among them there are only 10
Divine Ranked Swordsman and 7 Divine Ranked
Magicians in the entire Continent which is roughly 17 out of 10 billion and even one of this entity is enough to destroy a mid sized kingdom overnight.
Samuel Knew he just took a first step towards the incredibly long journey that is ahead of him and there are countless geniuses who are way ahead of him but that doesn't matter as it doesn't change what he has to do which was to to swing his sword with all his heart as he continued practicing 8 Movements of Basic Swordsmanship which was the most common Swordsmanship practiced in the entire Azaroth Continent.
As he started practicing harder than before as he already set a goal for himself that is entering one of the 6 major Swordsmanship Academy in the Northern part of the Continent.
As he doesn't come from rich merchant or noble household his family won't be able to afford to sent him to prestigious Swordsmanship academy so the only way for him is to perform well in entrance exam which will take place 2 years from now on and receive positive evaluation .
As this academies keep on competing with each other they value talented students more than monetarily gains if he managed to get the eyes of atleast one of these six academies he could reduce the burden from his family by quiet a bit so focused on his goal in front of him Samuel raised his sword and continued doing what he has to do.
Samuel doesn't have any particular goals, he was willing to practice his swordsmanship, just for the sake of his love for the swords.
His kingdom doesn't even provide the most basic facilities needed for a Knight or a Magician.
So he could only depend on his own efforts, even if he did get a support from the kingdom, it would mean he has to serve them for the rest of his life.
Samuel didn't mind working for someone, but it should be someone worth it.
For more than a decade, those nobles have been leeching off from common folks, while leaving them to fend for themselves, high and dry.
Samuel would rather die, than work for those shameless scumbags.
It was a lesson he learnt from his own father Alex Martin.