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.

it's just better to have

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

need to become stronger…

controlled by his classmates, the people of this

and despises the weak… just like my previous

Rey could already guess some challenges that would come his

I have to

***********

[A Week Later]

"Huff… huff…."

breaths escaped the lips of the students who were jogging

Beta students were being made to run round

five laps, and even that was

now… it was a

"Huff… huff… haaa… haaa…"

only passing the fifty lap threshold. Others were sweating profusely, but

wanted to

the many who struggled to keep up, and were barely hanging on, there was one student

It was Rey.

What am I

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

even his steamy breath was him trying hard

about this training exhausted him in the

group students are undergoing tougher and more complex training, yet I'm

the first day, the

the immensely

a total of nine of them—a small number compared to the

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

fact, he could argue that they thought he was

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

curriculum of the Beta group involved

and

even learning Magic yet!' It pained Rey to the depths of his

to remain

training, and apparently they have started learning

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

in his eyes, but that wasn't his

His eyes widened as he intentionally slowed down his

want to

Skills if we practice

him most about

first few days were hell, sure, but I've pretty much obtained the Stats that make me

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

learning what

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