Although the contribution tally was overly simple and crude, at least the rankings had been released.
As for why the rankings were updated at such long intervals...
The reason was simple.
After all, every update to the rankings required finding a Level Seven Fate Wizard to "go die."
Throughout Noren Workshop, there were only a dozen or so Fate Wizards of that level. They simply could not support rankings changes that happened too frequently.
The impact brought by this ranking list was immense.
All the apprentices checked the rankings at the first opportunity.
Less than ten days had passed since the earliest deployments, and many apprentices had not even had the chance to get started.
Yet Benjamin's combat record had been swiftly synchronized to the Workshop's overall contribution rankings almost the instant the wizard phantom vanished.
The name "Benjamin," from "Noren Academy No. 13," shot up from its previously obscure position in the apprentices' eyes like a rocket, instantly surpassing tens of thousands of apprentices and charging toward the top of the rankings at a terrifying speed.
In a short time, he had even entered the top ten.
The shifting rankings were like a hurricane, sweeping through every Wizard Apprentice across the Eloria Plane in an instant.
Augusta, resting amid the ruins of an Orc tribe that had been razed to the ground, swept her blade-sharp gaze across Benjamin's name.
When she saw his ranking soaring like a rocket, the battle intent already blazing in her eyes seemed to ignite into two bolts of lightning.
She gripped her staff tightly and roared inwardly, "Benjamin... so you did something again! Good! This is what makes it interesting!"
Her competitive desire to prove herself had now climbed to its peak.
David Stoneheart, who had just wiped out an entire Elf tribe, watched