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

training was about to begin, Rey decided to give it

to become stronger… and

not to be controlled by his classmates, the people of this world… as well

despises the weak… just like my

seemingly overpowered classmates, Rey

I have to

***********

[A Week Later]

"Huff… huff…."

steamy breaths escaped the lips of the students who were jogging

Beta students

started off as five laps,

now… it was a

"Huff… huff… haaa… haaa…"

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

one wanted to

to keep up, and were barely hanging on, there was

It was Rey.

sucks. What am I doing

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

to force himself to sweat, and even his steamy breath was

this training exhausted him in

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

concluded on the first day, the

all the immensely talented and powerful members

There were a total of nine of them—a

make the cut. In everyone's

that they thought he was less than

of us were put in the Beta group and are made to improve on our foundations, while

now, the curriculum of the Beta group involved two major

exercise and Basic

Rey to the depths of his

had to remain

students talking about training, and apparently they have started

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

his eyes, but that wasn't

Skills!' His eyes widened as he intentionally slowed

didn't want to outrun

awaken more Skills if we practice hard

what vexed him most about this training. It was meaningless

were hell, sure, but I've pretty much obtained the Stats that make me capable of enduring something of

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

be learning what they're

himself to exercise patience. Right now, he couldn't afford to stir