The opponent still has 5 days left. Assuming he can gain nearly 600 points each day, by the end of the competition, Gauss would have a terrifying total of 3000 points!?
Herbert’s eye twitched involuntarily.
He mentally calculated his own progress.
days, at most only two thousand points.
Because with his frequent outings to hunt monsters these past few days, his body has shown some signs of fatigue.
Humans are not machines.
The efficiency will surely drop in the next five days, and he might even need to stop for a brief rest.
He had originally planned to rest for a day tomorrow.
After all, he had already begun to pull away from others in points, establishing an initial advantage.
But where on earth did this guy come from?
While he was in huge confusion.
The slate suddenly flickered.
This signaled another change in the leaderboard.
Actually, this isn’t surprising.
Some people update in the evening, others in the morning.
He himself is the latter type, updating the previous day’s points in the morning, making it better to compare with others’ rankings.
As the flickering stopped.
Herbert directed his gaze back to the slate.
Once the changes became clear to him, his brows furrowed tightly, and his expression suddenly turned extremely grim.
The position where Gauss originally ranked 10th had changed again.
And it wasn’t that he was edged out by others.
Instead, he leapt forward many positions.
Finally stopping at 1st place.
Gauss: 907
Just enough to surpass the points he updated in the morning, by 1 extra point.
But this 1 point was enough to overshadow him.
"Gauss is first!!!!"
"Oh my god!"
"In one day, this guy nabbed nine hundred points?"
"How on earth did he do that?"
"Herbert got surpassed!"
"Look at Herbert, he seems angry."
"Angry? What good is being angry?"
"He got nine hundred points in a single day, what’s Herbert got to compete with him?"
"Could there be a problem? This score change feels too exaggerated."
The crowd following the leaderboard change erupted instantly.
If Gauss suddenly dropping in at tenth was bewildering to many.
Now, directly surging to the top, dominating the rankings, left many speechless and dumbfounded.
This progress is downright outrageous.
Outrageous to the extent that a significant number of people started questioning the accuracy of the supposedly impartial Adventurer’s Guild.
"Could there be a problem with the Guild’s tallying?"
"How could it be? Do you think the Guild staff wouldn’t verify it?"
"Maybe they’re trying to make someone a legend?"
"You must be joking, how could the Adventurer’s Guild intervene and alter data over our petty competitions?"
"But this... Gauss, really is too outrageous."
Other adventurers were buzzing with discussions.
They also knew that such an authoritative body as the Adventurer’s Guild couldn’t possibly step in over these small township contests.
The only possibility is, though they don’t know how this adventurer named Gauss did it, he indeed secured nine hundred points in a single day.
Before the slate, the one whose face was the most unsightly belonged to the former ranking leader, Herbert.
Although being second isn’t bad, he couldn’t accept it because he had been on top for many days, and both he and many others had assumed that this ranking would stay till the competition’s end.
He took a deep breath.
Then he contained his unruly expression, turning to his companion beside him.
"Let’s go register our points at the front desk."
He’s not planning to leisurely register yesterday’s points the next morning as before.
Even though many have seen it, he still wants to reclaim the first place now.
As for what happens next, he might need to gather more information, maybe there’s something fishy about the opponent’s achievement.
He now temporarily feels a bit at a loss.
The certainty he had a few days ago has vanished without a trace.
He knows there are probably countless eyes on him from the town and other towns, laughing at him.
"Gauss... Gauss..."
He muttered a few times to himself, as if to etch this irritating name into his heart.