An Extra’s POV

[The Night Before]

'So far, I have a total of 85 Skills…'

Rey sprawled lazily across his luxurious bed, his gaze fixated on the luminous Status Window displaying a tally of his abilities—85 Skills and counting.

Despite being an average nobody, he was still able to get a luxurious treatment just for being an Otherworlder.

He wondered if this would change once the higher-ups found out about his apparent incompetence, but Rey soon shrugged it off as unimportant.

Rey dismissed the concern with a nonchalant shrug. 'I'll figure it out somehow. They won't ditch me from the team, not if Adonis keeps backing me.'

Adonis, in Rey's eyes, retained an aura of respect. He was not someone he idolized, but he acknowledged the power behind Adonis's position and intended to use it as his own shield.

'Alicia,' he thought, 'wasn't exactly mean or condescending, but she didn't exactly speak up for me either. She mostly seemed uncomfortable about the whole thing…'

Rey harbored no grudge against Alicia, yet he found maintaining a neutral stance with her to be the wisest choice. When it boiled down to it, Adonis remained his strongest ally.

'Then there's someone else who caught me off guard…' Rey's thoughts drifted to his supposed best friend, Billy McGuire.

'He joined in on their mockery of me. I get why he did it though.' Billy held an A-Tier Class and boasted five remarkably decent Skills, positioning him at the upper echelons of their class solely based on his stats.

'I guess he's graduated from being the underdog who sticks by my side…' Rey let out a wistful smile, a mere flicker of emotion while he maintained his lounging position on the bed.

'It hurts a bit.' His hand instinctively moved to his chest, clutching at it with a tinge of ache.

He should have seen this coming, considering the track record Bill had as a people pleaser who always tried to get on everyone's good side.

'His Karma Points must have skyrocketed from all that effort to win everyone's favor.' Rey acknowledged the probable reason behind Billy's success.

In the end, it paid off for him.

'And the one person who was his friend was thrown to the side, huh? That's brutal, man…' Rey's hand, having gripped his chest moments ago, now rested at his side as he released a soft sigh.

"It's not worth it. Let's focus on what's important now." His words sounded rehearsed, almost mechanical, a deliberate attempt to bury his emotions rather than confront them head-on. But time was a luxury he couldn't afford.

'Everyone has amazing Classes, which means they have a head-start in this world. I can't afford to be lazy.' Rey repeated the mantra to himself, determination flickering in his eyes, reigniting his resolve.

'I've categorized my Skills into two lists: Useful and Obsolete.'

Rey meticulously examined his Skill inventory, noting the stark contrast between the Useful and Obsolete ones.

The former boasted high-tier abilities, each excelling in their respective domains, while the latter consisted of watered-down versions.

For example, Rey possessed a B-Tier Skill called [Greater Battle Aura], but there was an inferior Skill in his collection which was called [Battle Aura], a C-Tier Skill.

His Skill list was rife with more examples like this.

cluttering his repository. 'To make room for future Skills, it's time to shed the dead

removal process, watching as the tally of his Skills dwindled before his eyes, freeing up

[Limit Count: 49]

the purge, only 49 of the

like a lot of people had similar or inferior versions of the top

his Skillset, Rey focused on the next step: further classification.

offense, like [Grand Fire Magic], goes straight into the Attack Category.' Rey mentally sorted through his

Defense], find their place in the Defense Category.' Clear

of other Skills—[Greater Battle Aura] and other related skills fall right here.' Rey

there's the Miscellaneous group.' Rey assigned Skills

task!' Rey exhaled, a sense of accomplishment washing over him as he completed the meticulous categorization of his

all of them in their categories, it looked

~ Attack Category: 27

~ Defense Category: 9

~ Buff Category: 10

~ Miscellaneous: 3

'Well… that's that.'

he made sure to

to

couldn't display his abilities in front of his classmates, but Rey

just had to look

excited about this new

*******

[The Present Day]

agreement surfaced, hinged on a vital condition—the United Human Alliance pledged to fulfill any

requests beforehand, the swift fulfillment of

any accessories they had asked for promptly

smartphones were out of reach, but this was as

privileged status, they found little to complain about. All it required was fulfilling their assigned duties to

to the students. They possessed a trump

support and influence, Adonis's

parlor, his brows furrowed in search

things out with the Chief Warrior, probably sorting our training agenda," Billy chimed in, already a member of

physique might've seemed out of place among the

have slated him as an outsider,

ranks puzzled many, but once he showcased his Skills and Class, he ascended to a different rank in their collective

him

is she always trying to cozy up to Adonis?" Jade's voice held a note of exasperation. Their strained

You'd think she'd ease off after their breakup, but nope, she's relentless," another student chimed

into a session of airing grievances against Alicia. Once you scaled the social ladder in school, it meant either adoration from the masses, à la Adonis, or

Adonis basked in

what? She

and

does she think

Alicia had, there lurked a multitude harboring envy and resentment, disapproving of her personality