I, a cultivator, have ended up in the wizarding world.

Chapter 60 Ranking
While the high-ranking wizards were discussing matters in the secret chamber, the teleportation plaza also began to operate.

The teleportation lights shone brightly one after another in the huge teleportation plaza of Norren Academy.

The wave of wizard apprentices, as if waking from a nightmare, were left on familiar and safe ground, disheveled and exhausted from surviving a catastrophe.

The acrid and bloody smell of the limestone realm was gone, replaced by the academy's unique, cool scent, carrying a faint magical quality.

Above the plaza, a huge light screen slowly unfolded, shimmering with brilliant light; it was the final evaluation result of this trial—the points leaderboard.

All the apprentices' eyes, no matter how many scars they bore or how dejected they were, were drawn to the light screen at this moment.

This is the ultimate manifestation of the glory and benefits they fought so hard for, risking their lives.

The rankings on the screen refreshed rapidly, and the names at the top drew gasps of amazement from many.

First Place: Bert Villa Augusta – Points: 23541
Many people are not surprised to see this name.

Miss Augusta, who was as powerful as Thor, did indeed wreak havoc in the Gray Rock Realm, breaking through the natives' encirclements countless times and defeating powerful enemies.

She possesses an aggressive desire and destructive power that completely contradicts her gentle appearance. She has shattered the most traps, killed the most monsters, and undoubtedly obtained the most score cards.

However, upon seeing the second-place finisher, many apprentices murmured in confusion.

Second place: Bill Ring Black – Points: 21965
This name is very unfamiliar to most people; he is neither from a wealthy family nor a renowned genius in academia.

Jemin looked at the name, his brows furrowed, and after thinking carefully for a moment, he remembered who it was—wasn't it that guy who looked frail and disappeared into the crowd after the talent assessment ceremony?

Many people tried hard to recall, and only then did they remember that during the entrance test, there seemed to be an apprentice who displayed a level nine soul purity talent during the talent assessment ceremony.

However, after being discovered to possess a level nine soul purity talent, the person was immediately taken in as a disciple by the wizard and disappeared from the apprentices' sight. Over the years, many people have even forgotten about this person's existence.

The problem is that even if such a genius doesn't appear often, he shouldn't fade from people's sight so quickly.

It wasn't until today that these wizards suddenly realized that, without realizing it, they had overlooked the existence of such a genius.

Level nine soul purity… A knowing glint flashed in Jemin’s eyes.

If one possesses such talent, coupled with appropriate witchcraft, one can indeed achieve unimaginable levels of detection, concealment, and mind control.

The fact that the other person can disappear from everyone's memory represents an achievement in the study of the soul.

He vaguely guessed how the other party had won second place—by not participating in those bloody battles, but by relying on his own talent to cleverly avoid being seen and heard, and infiltrate the core area of ​​the indigenous coalition.

Then, at the last moment, they swept away all the point cards collected from the "death" apprentices in the Indigenous warehouse.

This is a completely different approach from the head-on confrontation of Augusta.

"If we faced each other on the battlefield, that would be a truly formidable opponent..."

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A secret chamber deep within Norren Academy.

Oswaldo, the high-ranking wizard who plays the role of "Priest Oswaldo" in the Grayrock Realm, is lounging lazily on a comfortable sofa.

While listening to the other wizards' discussion about the academy's next policies out of boredom, his attention turned elsewhere—in front of him was a light screen displaying a real-time leaderboard.

When he saw the name "Bill Ling Black" jump to second place, Oswaldo immediately broke into a smug smile.

"See that? This is my student!" He couldn't help but boast to the other high-ranking wizards in the secret chamber. "I told you long ago, the potential of soul-type talents is the highest! They remain silent until they make a name for themselves!"

The other high-ranking wizards merely glanced at him without saying a word.

They were already used to Oswald's personality, and besides, although the process was somewhat opportunistic, achieving this level through his soul talent was indeed commendable. They were more concerned with other data, such as the average survival rate of the wizard apprentices in this trial, the weaknesses exposed, and so on.

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On the teleportation plaza.

The leaderboard continued to roll, and the results were almost entirely predictable.

Most of the apprentices who survived in the valley gained some points through the final pursuit and clearing the battlefield, but their rankings were no longer comparable to those ahead of them.

Jemin's name appeared in the thirty-sixth position.

For him, this ranking is normal.

He didn't deliberately collect points; he focused on gathering materials and "clearing" obstacles along the way.

Being ranked in the thirties is enough, since being in the top 10% guarantees a spot in the future general exam for all academies in the Norren Workshop.

To his surprise, Amy and Victor also did well. Amy ranked 35th and Victor ranked 48th, both within the top 500. Amy's score was even slightly higher than his.

Jemin understood.

The two of them were among the few apprentices who did not participate in the final "Indigenous War".

The two were not swayed by the show of weakness put on by the indigenous people and managed to escape the war through their own abilities.

Taking advantage of the chaos of the battle, they used their keen sense of smell and relatively safe strategies to find a number of points tokens that had been left behind and some valuable resources.

Jemin walked toward Amy, who was standing not far away.

“Congratulations, Amy,” he said.

"Jeming!" Amy smiled happily when she saw him. "Thank you, and congratulations on your high ranking too! Thirty-sixth place!"

“But I’m still a little worse than you,” Jemin replied calmly.

Footsteps approached from the side, and Victor silently walked over.
Victor stopped next to Amy, glancing at Jemin with a flicker in his eyes.

Seeing that the two men were looking at him, Victor paused for a moment, then put on a seemingly sincere smile: "Congratulations, both of you."

Jemin and Amy exchanged a glance, then laughed.

Given Victor's personality, he rarely takes the initiative to show goodwill to others.

The brutality of this trial, and the results achieved by Jemin and Amy, clearly made him reassess his two fellow apprentices.

Jemin raised an eyebrow slightly, it seemed that this trial had also made him acknowledge the two's strength, because they had the potential to be invested in.

However, neither of them had much of an aversion to Victor's personality, since it didn't harm their own interests, so they both accepted Victor's congratulations.

"Thank you."

"Congratulations to you too, Victor."

Just as the three were congratulating each other, or rather, testing each other, they suddenly sensed that the atmosphere around them was a bit strange.

The three of them looked up sharply and found that almost all the returning apprentices in the square were looking at their location.

(End of this chapter)