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 better to have

real training was about to begin, Rey decided to give

to become stronger… and

be controlled by his classmates, the

the strong and despises the

among all his seemingly overpowered classmates, Rey could already guess some challenges

I

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[A Week Later]

"Huff… huff…."

escaped the lips of the students who were jogging

students were being made to run round it for a hundred times

as five laps, and even that was

it was a

"Huff… huff… haaa… haaa…"

only passing the fifty lap threshold. Others were sweating

wanted

hanging on, there was one student

It was Rey.

sucks. What am

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

sweat, and even his steamy breath

training exhausted him in the

and more complex

the students were divided into two groups—Alpha and

had all the immensely talented and

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

cut. In everyone's eyes, I'm as average

could argue that they thought

made to improve

now, the curriculum of the Beta group involved

exercise and Basic

learning Magic yet!' It pained Rey to

had to

students talking about training, and apparently they have started learning

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

his eyes, but that

widened as he intentionally slowed down

to

more Skills if we practice hard enough and have enough mastery

vexed him most about this training.

The first few days were hell, sure, but I've pretty

his classmates, but he was certain he was currently on

be learning what

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