An Extra’s POV

"Keuk!"

Billy winced the moment he felt something land on his stomach.

The fist carried so much force that he could already feel a heavy wind pressure before it even touched him.

Fortunately, he had been fast enough to take a step backward, so that mitigated the blow by a considerable degree.

'A-ahh…!'

Billy did his best not to clutch his stomach despite the burning sensation that now swirled on it.

It stung him, to say the least, but he endured the pain.

He also tried to hide his downright shock, but Billy failed woefully at that.

His bloodshot eyes were glued to Rey, who had resumed his standby stance—almost as if prepared to deliver another volley.

'D-did Rey just land a hit… on me?'

Sure, Billy was already aware that he wasn't using any Skills, but his Stats were meant to be superior.

How was Rey able to do something like that?!

'Calm down, Billy. He just got lucky. Yes… I was distracted and he had a lucky score.'

After chalking it down to a fluke, Billy found himself regaining composure.

There was no way Rey could beat him in a thousand years.

'I'm a lot stronger now! I'm among the Top 5 in Alpha Class!'

"Let's try that once again. I wasn't paying enough attention." Billy quickly spoke.

He had been unable to show everyone watching the proper counter to give to the Martial Arts that Rey displayed.

He never thought he would make a blunder, but Billy quickly took it in stride.

'Next time… it won't happen again!'

"Begin!"

As soon as Billy said this, Rey used the same footworks as last time, but he drastically changed the rhythm.

As such, instead of arriving at Billy in six steps, he did so in eight.

'He's too… slow!'

had already begun his counter the moment he saw Rey approach him, already ensuring Rey wouldn't be

acting too early, Billy's counter failed

the moment it

~WHOOOSSH!~

closed in with a powerful

~CRUNCH!~

landed right on

cracking sound he heard was most

'E-eh? Again? How…?'

How was this happening?!

who—for the purpose of the training—had gone back

absurd degree to see Rey

Billy touched the bridge of his nose and readjusted the

to smile, he was burning with rage

"Let's try this again."

this point, didn't care if he was going to badly damage Rey in this next

punishment on him throughout the course of this training, but

break him as early as

show you

was the very opposite of

than utilizing six steps to draw closer to

movement allowed him to get near Billy faster, eliminating two of the tedious steps by improving

of some stamina, but the speed made the improvisation

see what you're doing,

or not Rey was speeding towards him, it

was going

began to push his body forward for a

your speed! You can't escape

Rey, who was now

'E-eh…?!'

moved to his right flank, completely evading the

The result was inevitable.

~WHAM!~

cheek, causing Billy to

like a chorus, and their

of them

"H-how?!"

"What the hell?!"

"Rey actually won?!"

amazing—no, downright inspiring—to see someone from the Beta Class defeat

it was the most

The voice came from

his feet,