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

their real training was

become stronger… and

classmates, the people of

world respects the strong and despises the weak… just like

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

well… I have to

***********

[A Week Later]

"Huff… huff…."

lot of steamy breaths escaped the lips of the

as large as a football field, the Beta students were being made to

off as five

now… it was

"Huff… huff… haaa… haaa…"

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

one wanted

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

It was Rey.

What am I

average as he could. That was why he was pretending to be tired, like most

his steamy breath was him trying

this training exhausted him in the

undergoing tougher and more complex training, yet I'm

training concluded on the first day, the

the immensely talented

There were a total of nine of them—a small number compared to the twenty-nine students

In everyone's

could argue that they thought he was less

put in the Beta group and are made to improve on our foundations, while the Alpha group has gone ahead to learn more advanced

the Beta

exercise and Basic Skill

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

had to remain

the A-Tier students talking about training, and apparently they have

of the Alpha students learning Magic because that meant they would spend more time with the gorgeous Lucielle, but that wasn't Rey's

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

the Skills!' His eyes widened as

didn't want to

more Skills if we practice hard enough and

vexed him most about

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

Stats of the rest of his classmates, but he was certain he was

learning what they're

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