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.

it's just better

everything, and observing that their real training was about to begin, Rey

to become stronger…

his classmates, the people of this

world respects the strong and despises

his seemingly overpowered classmates, Rey could already guess some

well… I

***********

[A Week Later]

"Huff… huff…."

steamy breaths escaped the lips of the students who were jogging

field, the Beta students were being made to run round it for a hundred

off as five laps,

it was a

"Huff… huff… haaa… haaa…"

lap threshold. Others were sweating profusely, but they still had their determined

one wanted to

who struggled to keep up, and were barely hanging

It was Rey.

am

he was pretending to be tired, like most people in the Beta group, but in actuality, he was perfectly

steamy breath was him trying

exhausted him

group students are undergoing tougher and more complex training,

the first day, the

Alpha group had all the immensely talented and

group. There were a total of

make the cut. In everyone's eyes, I'm

argue that they

in the Beta group and are made to improve on our

the curriculum of the Beta group

and Basic Skill

It pained Rey to the depths

to

training, and apparently

get jealous of the Alpha students learning Magic because that meant they would spend more time with the

attractive in his eyes, but that wasn't

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

didn't want to outrun everyone

we practice hard enough and have enough mastery

was what vexed him most about this training.

stress very quickly. The first few days were hell, sure, but I've

but he was certain

should be learning

he