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 better to have

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

become stronger… and

order not to be controlled by his classmates, the people of this world… as well as

despises the weak… just like my previous

classmates, Rey could already guess some challenges that would

well… I

***********

[A Week Later]

"Huff… huff…."

breaths escaped the lips of the students who were jogging

the Beta students were

five laps, and even that

it

"Huff… huff… haaa… haaa…"

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

one wanted

to keep up, and were barely hanging on, there was one student whose expression felt a little

It was Rey.

am

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

his steamy

training exhausted him in the

and more complex training, yet I'm stuck

concluded on the first day, the students were divided into two

all the

the group. There were a

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

that they thought he was less

and are made to improve on our foundations, while the Alpha group has gone

curriculum of the Beta group

exercise and Basic

It pained Rey to the depths of

to remain

the A-Tier students talking about training,

students learning Magic because that meant they would spend more time with

eyes, but that

the Skills!' His eyes widened as

to outrun everyone

we practice hard enough and

him most about this training. It was

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

classmates, but he was certain

should be learning what they're

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