Not only the apprentices, but also the few High-Rank Wizard who stood at the edge of the square and were responsible for receiving the apprentices and recording data, also cast their eyes with scrutiny and curiosity.
Amy and Victor were shocked. After carefully observing it, they realized that these apprentices were not looking at themselves, but at...Benjamin, who was standing between them.
Benjamin also discovered this. He was a little confused at first, but then he quickly understood.
It turns out that we are now in the process of coming forward to receive the rewards after the results are announced.
According to past habits, in order to maintain order and convenience, one should start from the first place and gradually go up to receive the reward.
But at this moment, most of the apprentices did not move or step forward.
They just looked at Benjamin silently with extremely complicated eyes.
These apprentices are all people who have witnessed the destructive power of Benjamin at full firepower on the battlefield in the valley.
Although Benjamin does not rank high in the points rankings, only ranking 36th.
But in the minds of those who have experienced Bloodstained Valley and high-altitude massacres, the figure who single-handedly defeated the entire Indigenous Coalition with his uninterrupted torrent of witchcraft is the real and undisputed number one in this trial!
Rankings and everything else seemed so pale and powerless in front of his overwhelming power.
That kind of heartfelt awe for power made these geniuses who were usually arrogant choose to remain silent and wait at this moment.
They all subconsciously believed that this powerful being who broke the rules should be the first to step forward to receive the reward.
Even Miss Burt Vera Augusta, who ranked first in scores and looked extremely arrogant, just stood there with an unconvinced look on her face.
In her eyes, Benjamin saw considerable dissatisfaction and stubbornness, and the look in her eyes was full of provocation.
But even so, the eldest lady did not take a step forward. Instead, like the apprentices around her, she acquiesced that Benjamin was the real first place in this trial.
"What did you do?" Amy couldn't help but poke Benjamin gently.
Victor also looked at his classmate in confusion, feeling as if he had overlooked something very important without even realizing it.
Amy and Victor were among the few apprentices in the square who did not participate in the battle in the valley. Naturally, they did not know what earth-shattering thing Benjamin had done.
In fact, most of the Logistics Department apprentices made the same choice as them.
After all, at this stage, Logistics Department apprentices can basically only build one or two witchcraft independently, and the witchcraft they build are all auxiliary witchcraft, so they are really not very good at fighting.
"Nothing, just a little accident."
Benjamin is a little helpless, but also a little funny.
He actually didn't care that much about this ranking, but since everyone was so frozen, he could only break the silence by himself.
He ignored those glances and walked directly towards High-Rank Wizard, the person responsible for distributing rewards.
Taking the initiative to walk up to High-Rank Wizard, Benjamin handed over his apprentice badge.
That High-Rank Wizard took the badge expressionlessly, and with a touch of his finger, the information in the badge was read.
Immediately, a weak amount of energy was injected into the badge, and the rewards were distributed.
The reward for the 36th place is only 1000 Academy points, which is not a very valuable thing.
It might be good for those apprentices who fight for a few points, but for Benjamin, it's not as good as the few rare materials he collected this time.
After seeing Benjamin receiving the reward, the other apprentices were relieved, as if an invisible shackles had been lifted.
The stalemate melted instantly, and everyone took action one after another. According to their ranking, they walked towards High-Rank Wizard excitedly, calmly, or frustrated to receive the rewards.
The atmosphere in the square became noisy again, but for Benjamin, it was different.
He stood among the crowd, no longer the unknown, even somewhat eccentric, lone ranger.
The eyes around him were directed at him with awe, curiosity, respect... and even unconcealable fear.
The apprentices communicated in low voices, pointed at him, and whispered about the terrifying power he showed in Gray Rock Plane.
That name and that ranking are no longer important.
In the hearts of all the apprentices who witnessed the final battle in the bloody valley, Benjamin, the guy who only finished 36th, was the most dazzling and terrifying genius in this trial.
Benjamin himself just calmly took back the badge and picked up his animal skin bag, as if everything around him had nothing to do with him.
All he is thinking about now is how to improve his Rune Artifact and the inspiration for making a new Rune Artifact.
Returning to the Academy's laboratory, Benjamin actually felt at ease at home.
Instead of rushing to rest, he poured out all the materials in the big bag.
These materials from Gray Rock Plane are of various types and shapes, and many of them contain strange energy fluctuations that Analysis Art cannot fully analyze at this stage.
He sorted these "trophies" into categories with satisfaction, and then turned his attention to the dull Rune Artifact on his belt.
There were ten fireballs Rune Artifact in total. Except for the one he used for testing, which only had a broken rune, the rest were in terrible condition.
The shell is cracked, the runes are twisted, and the core energy is disordered...
Flight-Type Rune Artifact is not much better, most of them are in overload state.
On the contrary, Protective-Type Rune Artifact is in much better condition, with almost no damage.
"What a pity." Benjamin touched the black shell of a fireball Rune Artifact with his finger and sighed in a low voice.
Although he has Alchemy, he is currently unable to fully repair these Wizard Artifact, which are seriously damaged and involve high-precision runes and energy transmission.
In this trial, Rune Artifact's powerful frontal output capability and mobility were fully demonstrated, but some problems were also exposed.
For example, when he was ambushed by a large army, he could not predict the danger in advance.
In a complex environment like Gray Rock Plane, he lacked effective investigation methods, and everything relied on the passive perception of Analysis Art and Alchemy.
Moreover, once these two kinds of witchcraft reach a resource-rich place, the detection effect will be greatly reduced.
"Perception, tracking, concealment..." Benjamin sat at the table, tapping his fingers on the table unconsciously, "The next direction of making Rune Artifact will be focused on these aspects."
Wizard System of course has detection witchcraft, such as the common "magic vision", "life perception", and "energy detection".
However, most of these witchcraft 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 own energy fluctuations can easily be detected or interfered by the enemy.