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.

the end, it's just better

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

to become stronger…

classmates, the people of this world…

world respects the strong and despises the weak… just like my previous

Rey could

I have

***********

[A Week Later]

"Huff… huff…."

escaped the lips

as large as a football field, the Beta students were being

started off as five laps, and even that

now… it was a

"Huff… huff… haaa… haaa…"

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

one wanted to

up, and were barely hanging

It was Rey.

am I

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

even his steamy breath was

exhausted him in the

undergoing tougher and more

training concluded on the first day, the students were divided

all the immensely talented

a total of nine of them—a small number compared to the twenty-nine students in

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

they thought he was less

in the Beta group and are made to improve on our foundations, while the Alpha group has gone ahead to

the curriculum of the

and Basic Skill

to the depths of his soul, but what

to

talking about training, and apparently they have started

meant they would spend more time with the gorgeous Lucielle,

immensely attractive in his eyes, but that wasn't his priority at

as

to outrun

we practice hard

about this training. It

have Passive Skills that make my body naturally acclimate to physical stress very quickly. The first few days were hell, sure, but I've

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

be learning what they're

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