However, Behemoth's summoning process was indeed complicated. According to records from previous years, ninety percent of the time, it was summoned within the final fifteen minutes.
At this time last year, Dark had still coveted Behemoth's Horn.
This year, however, he no longer cared that much about the material. So even if he could not participate in hunting the final boss, there was nothing much to regret.
Materials like this, which could be considered "renewable resources" to some extent, were easy for him to obtain whenever he wanted them.
Still, when he recalled the excitement and passion of joining upperclassmen in besieging Behemoth last year, he could not help feeling somewhat regretful.
Once people reached a certain height, they lost some of their enjoyment.
Eleven o'clock at night.
Only one hour remained until the end of the Masquerade Ball. Dark began checking the rankings more and more frequently. Fluctuations in the academic credit rankings revealed who had claimed each floor boss.
Meanwhile, fluctuations in the points rankings showed who had cleared high-difficulty secret rooms.
Dark first turned his attention to the third-years.
Scrolling down the points rankings, the first third-year name he saw had become Emma Mortis.
But immediately after Emma was Sara Svati, closely chasing after her.
Further down came Rose Floddy and Eudora Envy. Then came Aurora Montilfali.
Among the second-year students, Aurora was the only one who had successfully inserted herself among the top third-year students.
Further down was Vivian Alvander.
The two Little Princesses were not ranked low, either.
Dark then looked for Ellie's position.
He discovered that she was far ahead of all the other first-years on the points leaderboard!
In terms of Magic Guidance alone, she was not particularly outstanding compared to the first-years of this cohort.
But she had, after all, received professional