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

observing that their real training was about to begin,

become stronger… and

the

despises the

among all his seemingly overpowered classmates, Rey could

well… I have

***********

[A Week Later]

"Huff… huff…."

steamy breaths escaped the lips

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

as five laps, and even that

it was a

"Huff… huff… haaa… haaa…"

out of breath already, despite only passing the fifty lap threshold. Others were sweating

wanted to

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

It was Rey.

am I

average as he could. That was why he was pretending to

his steamy breath was him trying hard

about this training exhausted him

tougher and more complex training, yet I'm

training concluded on the first day, the students were divided into two groups—Alpha and

Alpha group had all the immensely talented and

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

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

could argue that they thought he

put in the Beta group and are made to improve on our foundations, while the Alpha group

now, the curriculum of the

and Basic

Magic yet!' It pained Rey to the depths of his soul, but what could

to remain

talking about training, and apparently they have started learning Magic. How

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

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

the Skills!' His eyes widened as

want to outrun everyone

we practice hard enough and have enough mastery in an

most about this training. It was meaningless

stress very quickly. The first few days were hell, sure, but I've pretty

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

should be learning what they're

exercise patience. Right now, he couldn't afford