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

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

to become

to be controlled by his classmates, the people of this world… as well as the

and despises

seemingly overpowered classmates, Rey could already guess some challenges that would

well… I

***********

[A Week Later]

"Huff… huff…."

escaped the lips of the students who were jogging in

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

initially started off as five laps,

it was

"Huff… huff… haaa… haaa…"

passing the fifty lap threshold. Others were sweating profusely, but they still had their determined

wanted to give

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

It was Rey.

What am

he was pretending to be tired, like most people in the Beta group, but in

steamy breath was him trying hard to

about this training exhausted him

are undergoing tougher and more complex training,

the first day, the

all the immensely talented

group. There were a total of nine of

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

that they thought he was less than

in the Beta group and are made to improve

of the Beta group involved two

exercise and Basic Skill

Magic yet!' It pained Rey to the depths

to remain

talking about training, and apparently they

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

eyes, but that wasn't his priority

as

want to outrun everyone

if we practice hard enough and have enough

about this training. It was

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

classmates, but he was certain he was currently on the

be learning what they're

himself to exercise patience. Right now, he