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

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

to become stronger…

the people of

despises the weak… just like my previous

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

well… I have

***********

[A Week Later]

"Huff… huff…."

steamy breaths escaped the lips of the students who were

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

five laps,

now… it was

"Huff… huff… haaa… haaa…"

the fifty lap threshold. Others were sweating profusely,

wanted

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

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 Beta group, but in actuality, he was perfectly

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

about this training exhausted him in the

tougher and more complex training, yet I'm stuck with

day, the students were

group had all the immensely talented and powerful members

students in the group. There were a total of nine of

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

could argue that they thought he was less than

made to improve on our foundations, while the Alpha group has gone ahead to learn more

the curriculum of the Beta group involved two major

exercise and Basic

yet!' It pained Rey to the depths of

to remain

talking about training, and

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

attractive in his eyes, but that

the Skills!' His eyes widened as he intentionally slowed down

didn't want to outrun

can naturally awaken more Skills if we practice hard enough

about this training. It was

make my body naturally acclimate to physical stress very quickly. The first few days were

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

be learning what

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