Garen thought of a possibility.
"Maybe this guy didn't just kill bandits. He may have killed other people too."
The rankings only awarded points based on the number of people killed. There was no rule saying that only bandits counted; killing ordinary people counted just the same.
Garen had heard from the butler that people outside the city often fought over bandits these days. Sometimes, even two groups would slaughter each other.
When two groups spotted bandits at the same time, they would fight it out.
Just like competing to kill monsters in a game, bandits had become a hot commodity.
There were even plenty of people in Fiend Castle buying information about bandit groups' locations. A single tip cost ten million Ink Stones.
"Luomiu might've killed so many people who were competing with him that he ended up taking first place."
There was nothing Garen could do about this, and he had no desire to change things. After all, the Infernal Realm was already rife with slaughter. Once people left the city, they had to rely on their own strength to survive. If someone killed them, they could only blame their lack of strength.
At least, before, when someone died, they died for nothing. Now, their deaths could be turned into experience, giving them some value.
As Garen looked at Luomiu, all sorts of ideas began to take shape in his mind.
He wondered whether the system could still use experience to raise him to the level of a Chief God after he reached Paragon.
Although they had now discovered four unclaimed Sovereign Sparks, there was only a four-in-eleven chance that one of them would be compatible with him.
The odds were less than fifty percent.
If he was unlucky, none of them might work for him.
He might