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

Chapter 61 The Uncrowned King
Not only the apprentices, but even the high-ranking wizards standing at the edge of the square, responsible for receiving the apprentices and recording their data, cast scrutinizing and curious glances their way.

Amy and Victor were startled. After carefully sensing the situation, they realized that the apprentices' gazes were not on them, but on... Jemin, who was standing between them.

Jemin also noticed this. At first, he was a little confused, but he quickly understood.

It turns out that we are currently in the stage of receiving our awards after the results are announced.

According to past practice, in order to maintain order and for convenience, the winner should start from the first place and proceed step by step to receive the reward.

But at this moment, the vast majority of apprentices neither moved nor stepped forward.

They simply looked at Jemin silently, their eyes filled with incredibly complex emotions.

These apprentices were people who had personally witnessed the destructive power of Jemin when he unleashed his full firepower on the battlefield in the valley.

Although Jemin's ranking on the points leaderboard is not high, only thirty-sixth.

But in the hearts of those who witnessed the blood-red valley and the high-altitude massacre, the figure who single-handedly defeated the entire indigenous coalition with an uninterrupted torrent of witchcraft is the true and undisputed number one in this trial!
Rankings and such seem so pale and powerless in the face of his overwhelming power.

That heartfelt reverence for power made these usually arrogant geniuses choose silence and wait at this moment.

They all subconsciously believed that this powerful being who broke the rules should be the first to step forward and receive the reward.

Even the seemingly arrogant Miss Bert Vera Augusta, who ranked first in the score, was standing there with a look of dissatisfaction.

In her eyes, she saw considerable defiance and stubbornness in Jemin, and her gaze towards him was full of provocation.

Even so, the young lady did not take a step forward. Instead, like the other apprentices, she tacitly accepted that Jemin was the true first place winner in this trial.

"What did you do?" Amy couldn't help but gently nudge Jemin.

Victor looked at his classmate with a blank expression, feeling as if he had unknowingly overlooked something very important.

Amy and Victor were among the few apprentices in the square who hadn't participated in the Battle of the Valley, so they naturally had no idea what earth-shattering things Jemin had done.

In fact, the vast majority of logistics apprentices made the same choice as them.

After all, at this stage, logistics apprentices have only independently constructed one or two spells, and they are all auxiliary spells, so they are not very good at fighting.

"It's nothing, just a little accident."

Jemin felt a little helpless, but also a little amused.

He didn't really care that much about the ranking, but since everyone was so deadlocked, he had no choice but to break the silence himself.

He ignored the stares and walked straight toward the high-ranking wizard in charge of distributing the rewards.

Stepping forward to the high-ranking wizard, Jemin handed over his apprentice badge.

The high-ranking wizard accepted the badge expressionlessly, and with a flick of his finger, the information within the badge was read.

Immediately, a small amount of energy was injected into the badge, and the reward was distributed.

The reward for 36th place is only 1000 academy points, which is not a very valuable thing.

It might be good for apprentices who would fight to the death for a few points, but for Jemin, it's not as good as the few rare materials he collected this time.

After seeing Jemin receive his reward, the other apprentices breathed a sigh of relief, as if an invisible shackle had been removed.

The tense atmosphere instantly melted away, and everyone sprang into action, heading towards the high-ranking wizards to collect their rewards according to their rankings—some excited, some calm, some dejected. The atmosphere in the square became noisy again, but for Jemin, it was different.

He stood in the crowd, no longer the unknown, even somewhat eccentric, lone wolf.

The gazes directed at him were filled with awe, curiosity, respect... and even an undisguised fear.

The apprentices whispered among themselves, pointing at him and whispering about the terrifying power he had displayed in the Gray Rock Realm.

That name, that ranking, are no longer important.

In the hearts of all the apprentices who witnessed the final battle in the Bloody Valley, Jemin, who only ranked thirty-sixth, was the most dazzling and terrifying genius in this trial.

Jemin himself simply put the badge away calmly, picked up his animal skin bag, and acted as if everything around him was irrelevant.

Right now, all he can think about is how to improve his own rune artifacts and for inspiration to create new ones.

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Back in the college's laboratory, Jemin felt a sense of peace, as if he were home.

Instead of rushing to rest, he first dumped all the materials out of the big bag.

These materials from the limestone world are diverse in type and shape, and many contain peculiar energy fluctuations that his analytical techniques cannot fully analyze at this stage.

He carefully sorted and put away these "spoils of war" before turning his attention to the dull and lifeless rune artifacts on his belt.

Of the ten fireball-inscribed magical artifacts, apart from the one he used for testing which only had damaged runes, the rest were in a terrible state.

The outer shell cracked, the runes twisted, and the core energy became disordered...

The flying talisman artifacts weren't much better; most of them were overloaded.

On the contrary, the protective talisman artifacts were in much better condition, with almost no damage.

"What a pity." Jemin touched the charred shell of a fireball-marked magical artifact with his finger and sighed softly.

Although he possesses alchemy skills, he is currently unable to fully repair these severely damaged magical artifacts that involve sophisticated runes and energy conduction.

This trial showcased the powerful frontal damage output and mobility of the Rune Artifacts, but it also exposed some problems.

For example, he could not foresee the danger when he was ambushed by a large force.

In the complex environment of the limestone realm, he lacked effective reconnaissance methods and relied entirely on the passive perception of analytical techniques and alchemy.

Moreover, the detection effectiveness of these two types of witchcraft decreases significantly once they reach resource-rich areas.

“Perception, tracking, concealment…” Jemin sat at the table, his fingers tapping unconsciously on the surface. “The direction for making talismanic artifacts from now on will focus on these aspects.”

The wizarding system certainly includes detection magic, such as the common "magical vision," "life perception," and "energy detection."

However, most of these spells require the caster to actively perform them. Although the results can be obtained in real time, they do not have the ability to continuously detect, and their energy fluctuations are easily detected or interfered with by enemies.

(End of this chapter)