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.

just better to

real training was

need to become stronger…

the people of this world… as well as

respects the strong and despises the weak… just like my

an Extra among all his seemingly overpowered classmates, Rey could already guess some challenges that would

I have

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[A Week Later]

"Huff… huff…."

lips of the students

students were being made to run round

started off as five laps, and

it was a

"Huff… huff… haaa… haaa…"

threshold. Others were sweating profusely, but they still had their determined

one wanted to give

hanging on,

It was Rey.

am I

was trying his hardest to be as average as he could. That was why he was

to sweat, and even his steamy breath was him trying hard to increase his body's

about this training exhausted him

tougher and more

on the first day, the students were divided

all the immensely talented and powerful members

and Billy were the students in the group. There were a total of

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

they thought he was less than

are made to improve on our foundations, while the Alpha group has

the

and

It pained Rey to the depths of his soul, but what

had to remain

talking about training, and apparently

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

his eyes, but that

as he

want to outrun

we can naturally awaken more Skills if we practice hard enough and have

was what vexed him most about this training. It was meaningless to

were hell, sure, but

since he didn't know the Stats of the rest of his classmates, but he was certain he was currently on the

learning what they're

now, he couldn't afford