An Extra’s POV

"There is no need to feel shame."

The Head Warrior, Brutus, approached the fallen Billy and stretched forth his hand.

"You did well for your first battle. You possess powerful Skills and the potential to surpass me." For the first time ever, something was tugging at the corners of Brutus' face.

It was… a smile!

Brutus was smiling, and it was a very warm grin.

"That is why you need training. So, what do you say… Grand Knight? Do you wish to grow strong and defeat me one day?"

The hand of the Head Warrior remained outstretched as Billy looked at it with widened eyes.

Following Brutus' words were a round of applause. It started with Lucielle, followed by Adonis, and before long… everyone was clapping.

'For me? They're clapping for me?'

Billy's face shifted slightly as his widened eyes bulged even further as he noticed a particular girl clapping as she smiled.

'Alicia is also clapping? She's even smiling at me!'

It made him feel immensely happy. The experience just now had humbled him, but this… this had now raised his spirits.

From a trembling form to a smile, Billy returned his gaze to the Head Knight and nodded.

"I wish to grow strong!"

Billy reached out for Brutus' hand, and the Head Warrior pulled him up with relative ease.

Both warriors stared at each other with a measure of respect and honor attributed respectively.

It was like a new bond had been forged—one between a mentor and his protege.

"Good. I look forward to your training."

*******

'I see now…'

Rey smiled as he observed all that happened from beginning to end.

'Our Skills are only as effective as our mastery over them, and our Levels. It's just as Lucielle said.'

A Level 1 A-Tier Skill user would never be able to defeat a Level 10 B-Tier Skill user.

'I think this much is fair. Also, there seems to be some kind of power cap. It's likely that the B-Tier Skill will stagnate at some point, while the A-Tier one will keep improving.'

Also, Rey theorized that a Level 1 A-Tier was no doubt going to defeat a B-Tier of the same level.

the end, it's just

that their real training was about to begin, Rey decided to give

to become stronger…

his classmates, the people of this world… as well as the

world respects the strong and despises

Extra among all his seemingly overpowered classmates, Rey could already guess some challenges that would come his

well… I have

***********

[A Week Later]

"Huff… huff…."

breaths escaped the lips of the students who were jogging

training grounds, as large as a football field, the Beta students were being made to run round it for a hundred times in

initially started off as five laps, and even that was

now… it

"Huff… huff… haaa… haaa…"

threshold. Others were sweating

wanted to give

and were barely hanging on, there was one student

It was Rey.

am

That was why he was pretending to be tired, like most people in the Beta

sweat, and even his steamy breath was him trying hard to increase his body's

this training exhausted him in

undergoing tougher and more complex training, yet I'm stuck

day, the students were divided

group had all the immensely talented and powerful members

like Adonis, Alicia, and Billy were the students in the group. There were a total of nine of them—a small number compared

course, I didn't make the cut. In everyone's eyes, I'm as average as they

he could argue that they thought he was less than

the Beta group and are made to improve on

now, the curriculum of the Beta group involved two

exercise and Basic Skill

to the depths of

to remain

of the A-Tier students talking about training, and apparently they have

meant they would spend more time with the gorgeous Lucielle, but

his eyes, but that wasn't his priority at

the Skills!' His eyes widened as he intentionally slowed down

want to outrun

can naturally awaken more Skills if we practice

most about this training.

very quickly. The first few days were hell, sure, but I've pretty much obtained the Stats that make me capable of enduring

Stats of the rest of his classmates, but he was certain he was

should be learning what they're

himself to exercise patience. Right now, he couldn't afford