“This is my own business, and it doesn’t really concern you,” Charles replied faintly

He had already obtained the Max’s promotion materials [Fire Spirit Pearl], significantly increased his physical strength, and even gained an ace up his sleeve that could be used in battle he had achieved a lot.

Therefore, Charles wasn’t all that interested in whether his name appeared on the leaderboard or not. After all, during the second trial, he had completely bypassed the trial!

“Hmph, failing is failing. The so called Genosha’s strongest genius is just the over hyped praise of the world!” Grace snorted coldly.

Just as Charles was about to respond, Luna, who typically didn’t like talking to others, quickly interjected:

“You? Are you strong?”

Grace was instantly speechless. She couldn’t refute Luna, as Luna’s ranking was above hers.

“I’m not trying to trouble you, but if you want to use rankings to suppress me, then Charles’ ranking is still below mine wait, actually, he doesn’t have a ranking at all!” Grace, unwilling to lose face, raised her voice a little.

At that very moment, something unexpected happened the ground began to shake again.

A golden stone tablet slowly rose from the ground.

[Secret Realm Leaderboard]

1st Place: Ezra

2nd Place: Zephyr

5th Place: Charles

This change immediately stunned everyone present. Everyone, except for Charles, stood there in a daze, staring at the suddenly appearing golden leaderboard, unable to react.

“Zephyr? Isn’t that the strongest emperor from Genosha’s history? I heard he almost became a Level 9 Beast Master!”

“First place is Ezra, the current Level 9 Beast Master?”

“What kind of leaderboard is this? Why are the names on it not appearing on the other trial leaderboards?” Zachary and Luma instinctively started discussing.

Luna quietly observed the leaderboard on the golden stone tablet but said nothing.

Grace’s eyes went wide, and she stood frozen in place. She subconsciously took a step forward, wanting to see the names on the golden tablet, especially Charles’ name, to confirm if it was really there.

But the next moment, Grace stepped back two paces, clearly feeling struck.

Even she, in her ignorance, had heard of the name at the top of the golden tablet: Ezra!

“What is going on? How could Charles be on this leaderboard? There are only five names can he really be compared with these five people?” Grace found it hard to accept.

She had always thought that Charles’ best performance was only in the third trial, and that his performance in the other trials had been so poor he didn’t even make it onto the leaderboard.

Now it seemed that Charles must have appeared on a different leaderboard, and only the third trial where his performance was the worst had led him to appear on the one she was on!

This made Grace feel extremely uncomfortable. She had been proud of herself for making it onto the leaderboard, with her ranks always higher than Charles in the previous trials. But now, it seemed that the real comparison wasn’t between her and Charles it was between her and the prestigious High level Beast Masters throughout Genosha’s history!

At this moment, Charles also found it a bit strange. He looked at his name on the golden stone tablet and muttered, “Could it be a mistake? I messed up the second trial, so why is my name still on this leaderboard?”

It was true that Charles hadn’t completely passed the second trial. He had completely ruined the trial, so how could there be any results?

Grace, who had been feeling dejected and unable to accept it, suddenly looked up after hearing Charles’ words. Her eyes lit up, and she said loudly, “That’s it! It must be a mistake! The secret realm has malfunctioned! The rankings are wrong!”

Her voice didn’t attract the attention of the others, but Finn, Luna, and the others looked at Charles curiously, their faces filled with confusion.

Zachary was the first to voice his curiosity, asking, “Charles, what do you mean by messing up? You didn’t pass? But that doesn’t make sense if you didn’t pass the second trial, there’s no way you could’ve moved on to the later trials.”

“Yeah, yeah, Charles, I think I heard a huge noise earlier, and the whole mountain shook. Does that have anything to do with it?” Luma also spoke up.

After a moment of thought, Finn whispered, “Could it be that the noise in the secret realm affected it? That’s possible. A noise like that isn’t something an ordinary Level 6 Beast Master could create.”

“A Level 7 Beast Master could probably produce that kind of huge noise. Since we’re in the royal secret realm, there shouldn’t be anyone much stronger than us here. It must be that there’s something wrong with the secret realm,” he continued.

Faced with their questions and curiosity, Charles fell silent for a moment. He didn’t want to hide anything, and there was nothing to hide anyway.

“It’s like this,” he said. “I was trying something, how should I put it… I accidentally messed up my second trial. The stone tablet didn’t even appear at the time.”

After Charles finished speaking, the group, who had been curious and confused, fell into complete silence.

What did he mean?

What did it mean to accidentally mess up the second trial?

Mess it up?

“Charles, could it be that the noise was caused by you, that it was your mistake?” Zachary gulped, guessing.

Charles nodded, confirming that what Zachary said was the truth.

Finn, Zachary, and Luma all sucked in a sharp breath, and even Luna licked her lips in surprise.

A Level 4 Beast Master had managed to completely disrupt the second trial of Genosha’s long standing secret realm? And even caused a noise comparable to an attack from a Level 7 Beast Master?

Was this something an ordinary person could do?

No, was this something any regular genius could do?

A monster!

Finn took a deep breath, a bitter smile appearing at the corner of his lips as he spoke, “I thought I might be able to catch up to you a little bit, but I had no idea… The second trial was such a struggle for me. I was crawling towards the end, step by step.”

“I never imagined you could just erase the second trial completely, and by accident, no less. If you had been more careful, would the noise have been even bigger?”

Finn felt a sense of helplessness. He looked up at the leaderboard he was on, and the names there suddenly felt dull and insignificant in his mind.

The conversation among the group wasn’t hidden, and Grace naturally heard everything clearly. She couldn’t believe what Charles had said. How could this be possible?

From the beginning, Charles hadn’t even been on the same leaderboard as them. How could Grace, who had always felt proud and superior, accept that?

“He just says whatever he wants and that’s it? You guys are seriously not doubting this?”

“Impossible, it must be a lie! If the second trial was truly erased, how could he still be on the golden stone tablet’s leaderboard?” Grace shouted loudly.

Zachary turned around, furrowing his brows, and asked, “What Charles said is true, isn’t it? Why would he lie to us?”

“Even if there was a problem with the secret realm, causing the rankings to be messed up, Luna’s rank is still above yours.”

Grace froze for a moment, unable to respond.

After a brief pause, she took a deep breath and said, “Not necessarily. Maybe there’s a problem with the secret realm rankings, and in reality, my rank might be above Luna’s!”

At that moment, outside the secret realm, Miles slapped his forehead and said, “I’ve been so focused on Charles’ performance that I forgot to add his score for the second trial!”

He took off his crown and picked up the control badge for the secret realm, then looked at the other officials and slowly asked, “What do you all think Charles’ rank in the second trial should be?”

Immediately, an official answered, “Your Majesty, it must be first. No one has ever done what Charles did.”

“Your Majesty, I also agree that he should be ranked first. The second trial was simple for him. The ability to control those damaged weapons and armor and create powerful attacks is something no one has ever achieved before!”

At that moment, He Xingshan spoke up, “Your Majesty, I believe Charles disrupted the trial and didn’t pass. According to reason, there shouldn’t be a ranking.”

Unexpectedly, Miles seemed to ignore him completely. He nodded in satisfaction and looked at the officials, saying, “Just as I thought, for the second trial, Charles is ranked first!”

Then, the golden stone tablet in the secret realm suddenly shifted, and the rankings changed:

Secret Realm Rankings First place: Charles

Second place: Ezra

Third place: Zephyr

This change immediately left everyone in the secret realm slightly stunned.

“What does this mean? Did the secret realm really mess up?” Zachary asked, confused.

Grace, on the other hand, looked delighted, pointing at the ranking and shouting, “You see it too, the ranking changed! This means something really went wrong!”

Charles was also a bit dazed. Seeing his name above Ezra’s, he felt a strange sensation in his heart.

“Could it be that they’ve counted Charles’ performance in the second trial, making him the number one in Genosha?” Zachary muttered to himself.

Grace reacted strongly, her voice full of certainty as she continued shouting, “No, no way! There have been so many geniuses in Genosha, how could Charles be the strongest one?!”

At that moment, the voice of Miles, the emperor of Genosha, rang out:

“Charles, not only did you pass the second trial, but you also accomplished something that no one has ever managed to do before. Therefore, the ranking for the second trial is naturally first!”

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