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."

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'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.

end, it's just better to

real training was about

to become

to be controlled by his classmates, the people of this world… as well as the

and despises

overpowered classmates, Rey could already guess some challenges that would come

I

***********

[A Week Later]

"Huff… huff…."

escaped the lips of the students who

training grounds, as large as a football field, the Beta students were being made to

five laps, and even that was

now… it

"Huff… huff… haaa… haaa…"

despite only passing the fifty lap threshold.

wanted to give

were barely hanging on, there was one student

It was Rey.

sucks. What am I

trying his hardest to be as average as he could. That was why he was pretending to

to force himself to sweat, and even his steamy breath was him trying hard to increase

training exhausted him

tougher and more complex training, yet I'm stuck with this.

day, the students were divided into two

all the

like Adonis, Alicia, and Billy were the students in the group. There were a total of nine

In everyone's eyes, I'm as

he could argue that they

of us were put in the Beta group and are made to improve on our foundations, while the Alpha group

of the Beta group

exercise and Basic Skill

It pained Rey to the depths of his soul,

had to remain

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

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

his eyes, but that wasn't

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

to outrun everyone

awaken more Skills if we practice hard enough and have enough mastery in an

what vexed him most about this training. It was meaningless to

have Passive Skills that make my body naturally acclimate to physical stress very quickly. The first few days were hell,

the rest of his classmates, but he was certain he was currently on the

should be learning

he told himself to exercise patience. Right now, he couldn't afford to stir the hornet's nest