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.

end, it's just better to have

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

to become stronger…

order not to be controlled by his classmates, the

despises the weak… just like

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

I have

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[A Week Later]

"Huff… huff…."

the lips of the students

the Beta students were being made to run

initially started off as five laps, and even that

now… it

"Huff… huff… haaa… haaa…"

already, despite only passing the fifty lap threshold. Others were

one wanted to

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

It was Rey.

sucks. What am I doing

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

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

about this training exhausted him

are undergoing tougher and more complex training, yet

first day, the students were

group had all the immensely talented and powerful

like Adonis, Alicia, and Billy were the students in the group. There were a total of nine of them—a

I didn't make the cut. In everyone's

fact, he could argue that they thought he was

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

now, the curriculum of the Beta group involved

exercise and Basic Skill

Magic yet!' It pained Rey to the

to

about training,

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

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

widened as he intentionally slowed

to outrun

naturally awaken more Skills if we practice hard enough

was what vexed him most about this training. It

Passive Skills 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 Stats that make me capable

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

be learning what they're

Right now, he