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 better to

real training was about to begin, Rey decided to give it

need to become stronger…

the people of this world… as well

and despises the weak… just like my previous

his seemingly overpowered classmates, Rey could

I

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[A Week Later]

"Huff… huff…."

lot of steamy breaths escaped the lips of the students who were

field, the Beta students were being made

off as five laps, and

now… it was a

"Huff… huff… haaa… haaa…"

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

wanted to

to keep up, and were barely hanging on, there was one student whose

It was Rey.

sucks. What am

be as average as he could. That was why he was pretending to be tired, like most people in the

even his steamy breath was

about this training exhausted

are undergoing tougher and more complex training, yet

concluded on the first day, the students were divided into

group had all the immensely

and Billy were the students in the group. There were a total of nine of them—a small number compared to

didn't make the cut. In everyone's eyes, I'm as

argue that they thought he was less

to improve on our foundations, while the Alpha group

now, the curriculum of the Beta group involved

exercise and Basic Skill

It pained Rey to the depths of his soul, but what could he

to

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

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

in his eyes, but that

eyes widened as he intentionally slowed

to

we can naturally awaken more Skills if we practice hard enough and have

vexed him most about this training. It was meaningless

first few days were hell, sure, but I've pretty much obtained the Stats that make me capable of enduring something of this

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

should be learning what they're

patience. Right now, he