Chapter 147: Extrasort (2/2)

It took a few moments until someone pointed at the ranking of the first floor. It should be said that the first floor was the one that saw the fewest changes because of the challenge it posed. The monsters were focused on strength, agility, magic, and lastly the all-rounded Orc warrior.

”Someone… ranked first?” A tall man with sharp eyes blurted among the crowd. Chattering and disbelief ranged through the crowd and the audience. The reporter and the camera team hurried to shoot the first ranking of the first floor.

[Extrasort]

[Yurirl]

[Ina Vena]

In bright glorious letters, the name Extrasort has been inscribed. Roars of frustration rang in people's hearts as they realized that the person who had ranked first had chosen to use a nickname rather than a real name.

Nicknames were rare, but they could be found everywhere. Sometimes, prideful nobles chose to hide their rank to avoid being mocked. They would wait until they ranked in the top ten until they revealed their names.

However, it was extremely rare that someone who ranked first chose to leave an alias rather than their real name. After all, it was a matter of glory and recognition.

The crowd avidly chattered until their noise turned into a blanket covering the area. The reporter gritted his teeth and reported anyway.

”Ladies and gentlemen! We have witnessed history. The first floor of the Magic Tower of Yalen has been cleared by an unknown individual.”

Rather than the expected news of Prince Caleb's rank, this piece of news traveled far and wide in the world. After all, the first rank was taken away from someone who was known as a genius by everyone.

Yurirl of the Sword.

Despite it being a few years since Yurirl has ranked first in the Magic Tower, it has never changed all these years. Geniuses challenged the first floor as neo-rankers but none of them managed to outrank Yurirl, who was known as the Divine Swordsman.

Yurirl was a member of the strongest guild in the world, God's Blade. He was one of their most promising newcomers and a potential candidate to inherit the guild in the future. That's why this news of him being beaten, albeit a few years late, still made ripples in the world.

In one hour, the name Extrasort made the top trending names searched online. Every news and intelligence agency started vying to be the first to unearth the identity of this monster.

Would the world see another Yurirl? That question was on everyone's mind. As for the new of Prince Caleb's ascendance in the rankings, while it was still relevant and extraordinary, was of little importance.

When the ranking of the Twentieth floor changed, listing Prince Caleb as the 13th ranker, very few people had the mind to care. That's why when he emerged, he didn't receive the applause he had expected. The scene was familiar. It was like the ball two days ago.

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Disappointed by the strength showed by the Orc warrior, Arthur left the first floor. He had the mind to challenge the second floor, but he decided against it for now. He didn't know how dangerous it was to challenge the second floor as a neo-ranker, so he left it at that.

After he returned to the wide ring beneath the cloudy blue sky, Arthur reviewed the message he received from the tower. He hoped he would level up, but he was still a short distance away.

”One gold ticket has been obtained. Do you wish to redeem this?” Was the tower's message. Arthur grinned as he eyed the harvest this time. It seems whenever someone ranked first, he would get a golden ticket.

Arthur pondered and realized higher floors should give more tickets. The more tickets you use to redeem an item, the more powerful it would be. That's why he decided to pocket the ticket for now.