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

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

become stronger… and

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

the strong and despises the weak… just like my previous

overpowered classmates, Rey could already guess some challenges that

I have

***********

[A Week Later]

"Huff… huff…."

steamy breaths escaped the lips of the students who were jogging in

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

off as five

it

"Huff… huff… haaa… haaa…"

out of breath already, despite only passing the fifty lap threshold. Others were sweating profusely, but they still

wanted to give

keep up, and were barely hanging on, there was one

It was Rey.

sucks. What am I

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

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

training exhausted him in the

and more complex training, yet I'm stuck

the first day, the students

all the immensely

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

cut. In

he could argue that they thought he

are made to improve on our foundations, while

curriculum of the Beta group involved two

exercise and Basic

even learning Magic yet!' It pained Rey to the depths of his soul, but what could

had to

A-Tier students talking about training, and apparently they

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

attractive in his eyes, but that wasn't his

eyes widened as he intentionally slowed down his

to outrun everyone

can naturally awaken more Skills if we practice hard

vexed him most about this training. It was meaningless

days were hell, sure,

since he didn't know the Stats of the rest of his classmates, but he was certain he

learning

told himself to exercise patience. Right now, he