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

and observing that their real training was about to

become

the people of this world… as

world respects the strong and despises the weak… just like my previous

his seemingly overpowered classmates, Rey could

well… I have to

***********

[A Week Later]

"Huff… huff…."

lips of the students who were jogging in

as a football field, the Beta students were being made to run round it for a hundred times in one

off as five laps, and even

now… 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 expressions

wanted to give

were barely hanging on, there was one student whose expression felt

It was Rey.

sucks. What am I

he was pretending to be tired, like most people in the Beta

steamy breath was him trying

about this training exhausted him

more complex training, yet I'm

first day, the students were divided into

all the immensely talented

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

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

argue that they thought he was less than

made to improve

of the

and

Rey to the depths of his

to remain

talking about training, and apparently they have started learning

that meant they would spend more time with the

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

widened as he

want to

practice hard enough and have enough

him most about

few days were hell, sure, but I've pretty much obtained the

but he was certain he was currently on the

learning what

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