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

that their real training was about

need to become

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

the strong and despises the weak…

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

I

***********

[A Week Later]

"Huff… huff…."

escaped the lips of the

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

off as five laps, and even that

now… it

"Huff… huff… haaa… haaa…"

fifty lap threshold. Others

one wanted

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

It was Rey.

What am

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

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

about this training exhausted him

are undergoing tougher and more complex

concluded on the first day, the

group had all the

group. There were a total of nine of them—a small

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

could argue that they

group and are made to improve on our foundations, while

the

exercise and Basic Skill

aren't even learning Magic yet!' It pained Rey to the depths of

to

some of the A-Tier students talking about training,

meant they would spend more

immensely attractive in his eyes, but that wasn't his priority at this

His eyes widened as he

want to outrun everyone

can naturally awaken more Skills if we practice

about this

that make my body naturally acclimate to physical stress very quickly. The first few days were hell, sure, but I've pretty much obtained the

didn't know the Stats of the rest of his classmates, but he was certain he was currently on the level

be learning what they're

he told himself to exercise patience. Right now, he couldn't afford