"It's out!"
"Holy shit! I can see Commander Ling Zhan's ranking—he's actually on the second page!"
"My god! Commander Ling Zhan charged straight into the top fifty!"
Following a squad captain's cry of surprise, everyone eating in the cafeteria saw the name displayed at forty-fifth place on the second screen that had flipped over on the television: "Ling Zhan"!
Obviously.
The merit Ling Zhan had earned from taking Lemoris Fortress had propelled him from who knew how far down the rankings straight into the top fifty!
At this moment, some people were puzzled...
Taking Lemoris Fortress was an enormous achievement.
Moreover, it carried extremely significant strategic importance.
It was precisely because Lemoris Fortress had fallen that the Demon-Slaying Finale Operation had been able to officially begin.
By all rights, even if Ling Zhan's merit could not put him in the top twenty, the top thirty should certainly have been within reach!
There really were people who found this puzzling.
But someone soon offered an explanation.
"Our Commander Ling Zhan chose to distribute a portion of his merit equally among us members..."
A member of the Demon-Slaying Legion explained softly.
The merit from that battle had indeed been immense.
Yet Ling Zhan had ultimately not chosen to claim all of it for himself.
Logically speaking.
Even if Ling Zhan had truly taken all the merit for himself, absolutely no one would have dared utter a single word of gossip.
After all...
Everyone knew that Ling Zhan alone had been the one putting in the effort at Lemoris Fortress. At most, members like them had merely harvested the heads of Ten Thousand Demons Race soldiers from the sidelines.
"So that's how it is! I was wondering why Commander Ling Zhan hadn't made it into the top twenty!"
"In fact, Commander Ling Zhan