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

observing that their real training was about to begin,

to become

his classmates, the people

despises

Rey

well… I have

***********

[A Week Later]

"Huff… huff…."

lot of steamy breaths escaped the lips

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

as five

now… it

"Huff… huff… haaa… haaa…"

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

one wanted

were barely hanging on,

It was Rey.

What am

be as average as he could. That was why he was pretending to be tired, like most people in the Beta group, but

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

training exhausted him

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

on the first day, the students were divided

the immensely talented and powerful members

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

course, I didn't make the cut. In everyone's eyes, I'm as average as

fact, he could argue that they

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

curriculum of the Beta

and

aren't even learning Magic yet!' It pained Rey to the

to remain

students talking about training, and apparently they have started learning

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

was immensely attractive in his eyes, but

eyes widened as he

want to outrun everyone

practice hard enough

vexed him most about

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

didn't know the Stats of the rest of his classmates, but

should be learning

now, he