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.

served no purpose other than cluttering his repository. 'To make room for future Skills, it's time to shed

as the tally of his Skills dwindled before his eyes, freeing up space for the more important abilities he would

[Limit Count: 49]

only 49 of the initial 85 Skills remained in

or inferior versions of the top ones of

that he had streamlined his Skillset, Rey focused on the next step: further classification. "Attack. Defense. Buff. Miscellaneous." These four categories became the

Category.' Rey mentally

in the Defense Category.' Clear divisions began to take

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

group.' Rey assigned Skills like [Divine Beast Summon], which

sense of accomplishment washing over him as he completed the meticulous

of them in their categories, it looked

~ Attack Category: 27

~ Defense Category: 9

~ Buff Category: 10

~ Miscellaneous: 3

'Well… that's that.'

all his Skills, he made sure to look through them once again while

wait to start using

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

to look out for

excited about this new

*******

[The Present Day]

Human Alliance pledged to fulfill any reasonable desire of the students within their power.

the swift fulfillment of their wishes

delivered fresh garments, including clothing and underwear, while any accessories they had asked

like smartphones were out of reach, but this was as close to perfect as a medieval

their privileged status, they found little to complain about.

this comfort, worry remained an alien concept to the students. They

the pillar of their support and influence,

Justin's voice echoed through the parlor, his brows furrowed in search of their prominent figure amidst the

Alicia are off hashing things out with the Chief Warrior, probably sorting our training agenda," Billy

of place among the

have slated him as an outsider, but

his Skills and Class,

was enough to grant him access

up to Adonis?" Jade's voice held a note of exasperation.

off after their breakup, but nope,

Alicia. Once you scaled the social ladder in school, it meant either adoration from the masses, à la Adonis,

Adonis basked in admiration, Alicia

pretty. So what?

bossy and overbearing

does she

and resentment, disapproving of her personality and eager to belittle her behind