247 Since When I Said I Was Ready? (1/2)

The pill examination followed a similar procedure to the last phase. There was a Formation at the Five Golden Stars Levels specially set up for this use. The difference is that the positions in the rank are first decided by the level of stars of the pills. Only the same pills at the same star level would need the formation to tell which one was better.

For an organization like the Alchemists, they had long since created a list that is continuously updated with the level of difficulty of each pill existent and newly discovered pills.

Yilio was also in the middle of the pack of Alchemists that participated in the last face. He seemed very tired, but couldn't conceal the smile on his face.

'Leaving Krune aside, to think that the concoction really worked that way. I might not have made a Golden Star Level pill, but I'm very confident of getting into the top 10.'

Kaio and the other three Golden Stars Alchemists were also there waiting for the results. Although Kaio looked quite bad at the moment, he ignored it and decided to wait as well.

As for Krune, he was feeling concerned about his pill. In the end, he didn't have the time to check the pill before giving it to Palo. He had no idea about which level it had reached. Not to mention that because of the explosion, it might have been affected to some extent.

'Please, tell me that you are at least a Six Silver Stars Level.'

That was the only thing that Krune could think. After all, the energy in the medicinal liquid went on a rampage before he even started forming the pill. Krune was pretty sure that it would definitely reduce the quality of the pill.

The examiner on the stage kept discussing while looking at the pills. Suddenly, Krune noticed that Palo and quite a few more examiners looked in his direction with an unbelievable expression.

Krune immediately got nervous seeing that.

'Is my pill really that bad?'

The other alchemists also noticed that and looked at him as well.

Kaio was one of them, for some reason, he had a foreboding feeling. Between young the alchemists participating in the competition, he was the only one to notice that Krune had used Laws while concocting his pill. The fact that the examiner all looked at him for a second might be bad news for him.

'It couldn't be, right?'

The spectators noticed that the examination of the pills was taking a lot longer than it should.

The reason for that is that the examiners were in the middle of a heated discussion through Divine Sense. The situation continued for quite a while, and only when everyone was starting to lose their patience, did they finish the examination.

”Sorry for the long wait, everyone. Due to some unexpected issues, we had to discuss the release of the results for a little longer. We are going to start now.”

Palo Yiag started to read a list that he had in his hands.

”98th Place, Walin Gurie: Seven Silver Start Anti Poison Pill.”

”97th Place...”

Everyone felt that something was wrong. The last phase of the competition was supposed to have 100 participants, so how come the last Place is already 99th?

”It's probably because that Jolk didn't deliver his pill. Did you guys forget that he only created a single pill, and it exploded in the end? So, of course, there is one less participant now.”

”That's weird, I was looking at the video record, and I'm sure that I saw Jolk handing over a bottle to that examiner. Could it be that it wasn't a pill that was inside?”

”I think its the opposite. Because Jolk delivered that pill after the explosion, the examiners can't be sure if that pill is really his or something he got before coming to the competition. As far as I know, he might as well have bought that pill and used this explosion to conceal the fact that he didn't concoct it.”

”The person above is definitely not an Alchemist, so it's normal for you to think about this possibility. Unfortunately, as an Alchemist myself, I have to say that your idea is impossible. The aura left behind in the pill by its creator is not something that can be forged. In that case, there is no way he can use someone else's pill. Not to mention that Jolk is at the Core Formation Realm. They could totally use a blood contract to confirm the truth of the matter.”

”In the end, we are back to the start line. Was that thing that Jolk delivered to the examiner not a bottle with his pill? Did the pill get destroyed during the explosion then? We will know by the end of the ranking announcement.”

The ones watching the ranking weren't the only ones thinking about it, Krune also had the same idea.

”I don't think the other alchemists didn't deliver at least one pill for the test. It seems like my pill was really damaged by the chaotic energy and the explosion after. It just means that I'm not even worthy of appearing in the ranking anymore.”

Although Krune was sure about it, he still waited for the end of the results.

”7th Place, Yilio: Nine Silver Stars Explosion Pill.”

As soon as yilio heard that, he almost jumped in joy.

”Great! I really finished in the top 10, hahaha!”

Krune, or better, Jolk, smiled at him.

”Congratulations.”

Yilio put his arm around Krune's should and said.

”Thanks, but I believe that if that explosion didn't happen, you would also get a very high position.”

Krune then shook his head.