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.

just

their real training was about to begin, Rey

need to become stronger… and

the people of this

despises the weak…

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

well… I have

***********

[A Week Later]

"Huff… huff…."

lips of the

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

started off as five laps, and even that was

now… it was a

"Huff… huff… haaa… haaa…"

despite only passing the fifty lap threshold. Others were sweating profusely, but

wanted

barely hanging on, there was one student whose expression felt a little too

It was Rey.

What am I

That was why he was pretending to be tired,

and even his steamy breath was him trying hard to increase his

training exhausted him in the

tougher and more complex training, yet I'm stuck

day, the students were divided into two groups—Alpha

group had all the

and Billy were the students in the group. There were a total of

cut. In

he could argue that they

twenty of us were put in the Beta group and are made to improve

the curriculum of the Beta

and Basic

yet!' It pained Rey to the depths of his soul,

to remain

students talking about training, and apparently they

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

attractive in his eyes, but that wasn't

as

to

if we practice hard enough and have enough mastery

most about this training. It

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

rest of his classmates, but he

should be learning what they're

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