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

everything, and observing that their real training was

to become stronger…

to be controlled by his classmates, the people

despises the weak…

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

well… I

***********

[A Week Later]

"Huff… huff…."

escaped the lips of the students

football field, the Beta students were being made to run

five

it was a

"Huff… huff… haaa… haaa…"

fifty lap threshold. Others were sweating profusely, but

wanted

and were barely hanging

It was Rey.

sucks. What am I

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

had to force himself to sweat, and even his steamy breath

this training exhausted

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

day, the students

the immensely talented and

Adonis, Alicia, and Billy were the students in the group. There were a total of nine of them—a small number compared

the cut. In

that they

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

the Beta group involved

and Basic

yet!' It pained Rey to the depths of his

had to remain

talking about training, and apparently they have

of the Alpha students learning Magic because that meant they would spend more time with the gorgeous Lucielle, but that wasn't Rey's

his eyes,

Skills!' His eyes widened as he intentionally slowed down

didn't want to outrun

more Skills if we practice

vexed him most about this training. It was

body naturally acclimate to physical stress very quickly. The first few days were hell, sure, but I've pretty

but he

be learning what they're

patience. Right now, he couldn't