The free day everyone had kept going as everyone was using this time to train or to relax.
Some just slept throughout the entire resting period like logs.
Some slept because they didn't want to be awake when the result commotion started, they even set up barriers in their room for noise cancellation, they only wanted to check when their hearts could handle it.
Some slept cause they were too lazy, while others slept cause they trained too much during the one month period in other to have a good result in the battle ranking.
Although some still trained or cultivated right now, they didn't take it to the extreme as the they had a fight soon, so they were more like warming up
Students discussed as they passed by each other, all almost talking about the same thing.
"Arhhgg..when is the result going to come out, I'm having constipation from the anxiety"
"Let the Academy keep it, I don't want to see mine at all"
"Me personally, I want to see mine I might not have talent for battles or anything of the sort but I'm confident I can be one of the top 100 rankers when it comes to written exams"
"I hope you know there are many people with brains right, don't get your hopes up"
"I wish the Academy would just burn down and the result won't be out, then I can save some face"
"If my written results are as good as I expect, I can be a real ranker on the written list and I might have some chances with some girls"
"The result would say everything no need to talk too much about having opportunities with girls, that may just be delusion"
Everyone discussed as they walked, some about to die from the nervousness the Academy was creating by not releasing the results.
But for sure today, people would cry their self to sleep.
The rankings are divided into the written and the battle rankings in the Academy, except for the entrance written exam since that was way too easy, so they just added it to the Battle score since anyone no matter how dumb could score almost a perfect score.
Almost all of them during the written exams had a perfect score.
This was how easy it was to pass, if you didn't pass, blame it on yourself because the Academy made the written entrance exam so easy because some people don't have access to some books.
The written ranking is all about brain power, those who aren't good at fighting always want to dominate this ranking, so that at least their names could be seen somewhere.
Although the world is all about who has the biggest fist, but sometimes brains out power muscles, and certainly the Academy didn't come to raise an 'All muscle and no brain' type of students.
So this written ranking served as a reputation and pride to a lot of people, so people put in hours to get on this ranking.
As for the battle ranking, less was needed to be said about it.
It was all just simple, FIGHT.
Anyone who has the biggest fist is rank 1 on the list, nothing more, nothing less.
You think you are stronger than someone ranked higher than you?, fight them for it with something else on the line.
The S class is only for those who could get on the top 20 of battle ranking because at the end of the day. Brains play lower roles in a battle field than muscles.
Although some people complained about this, but they were in the minority, so people hardly noticed them as everyone knew how the world works.
But once anyone tops someone in the S class in the writing ranking, they are always filled with great pride as they feel they are smarter and more intelligent than that particular person in the S class.
Although they become filled with pride, they aren't stupid to go and challenge a ranker.
They only have pride to top an S class student as even those in the top 20 still manage to squeeze their way into the top rank of the written exam.
They were hardly any 'All brawls and no brains' here, but that doesn't mean they are smart, they just aren't dumb.
Though the world works on strength, the importance of people with good brains can't be ignored as they are much needed than people think.
Rune masters, Alchemist, archeologist, historical linguist who translate languages found in ancient ruins during excavations, battle commanders, experimentation on monsters, beast, Demons.
Their importance can't be over emphasized, so they play more role than people believe.
This is one of the reason for the written ranking, creating job opportunities for them, as they recruited by these companies, guild or in any other field that doesn't require muscle.
But this doesn't mean that the Battle rankers can neglect their studies because they don't seek employment.
If they don't meet the minimum requirements on the written exams, they would be dropped, no matter who they are.
Just because they are genius doesn't mean the Academy would beg them to stay.
The Academy is literally a global one, losing even a thousand student of an entire year won't shake them at all, let alone a single student that couldn't even pass the written requirements with the minimum score.
In a Nigerian term; 'I no send your papa'.
As everyone was waiting in their own ways, their wrist watch suddenly vibrated.
Immediately it did, some people's heart sank and their breathing became heavy as they checked the results.
*******WRITTEN EXAM RANKING******
RANK 1: Null Anthony [Score: 1000/1000]
RANK 2: Von Bryan [Score: 994/1000]
RANK 3: Terpes Tiara [Score: 993/1000]
RANK 7: Storm Rider [Score: 987/1000]
RANK 15: Storm Bringer [Score: 968/1000]
RANK 643: Evelyn [Score: 187/1000]
RANK 672: Donna [Score: 150/1000]
RANK690: Vivian [Score: 130/1000]
RANK 700: Spectre [Score: 124/1000]
RANK 721: Marcus [Score: 103/1000]
RANK 732: Clement. [Score: 100/1000]
RANK 739:Mike [Score: 91/1000]
RANK 740: Ross [Score: 90/1000]
RANK 790: Litt [Score: 73/1000]
RANK 800 Arnold [Score: 9/1000]
The top twenty of the S class...well rather top 15 really didn't even give up their rank for anyone, they all still managed to squeeze into the top 15.
Even Storm Bringer that looked like the type that was 'All brawls and no brains' actually ranked fifteen.
Many people were surprised by Anthony's rank, although he had sat on the first rank during the first half of the year because of his strength, they didn't expect him to still sit on the ranking after all those lazing around like he did for six months.
And with a perfect score to top that off, this was simply cheating to them.
It has to be known that in the entire history of the Academy, the highest score ever received was 995 out of 1000.
It was as if the Academy were deliberately holding back one point for each course exam.
That's why those five points were always elusive to people, nobody knew the criteria for a perfect score or even the score 996, even the Academy refused to answer only saying it was possible to get a perfect score but it wasn't their fault if the students didn't get it.
People just settled with 995 being the new perfect score, but even the 995 was almost as difficult as the perfect score.
But now the Academy came out of nowhere saying that the person who did nothing but sleep and eat and didn't even go to the library got a perfect score.
Anthony didn't know what the condition or requirement for a perfect score is, but he could find out if he wanted to, but he was too lazy for such thankless task.
His subordinates were busy laughing at Arnold, wondering how someone was so dumb and stupid, scoring a single digit in a thousand mark question.
They made fun of him all day long, he was last on the written exam and was second to last on the school ranking.
This was too funny to them, Arnold face was dark throughout the mocking session, he has never been humiliated like this.
But what could he do, beat them?, he could only take the kicks and jabs he received.
The students were still feeling heart broken because of their written exam score, they still haven't gotten over it yet, but it seemed the Academy didn't care and released yet another day ending news to make the day perfect.
"Battle Ranking, Tomorrow 10AM prompt, Colosseum 1A"
Nobody knew what to say, this was just too much for them.
They haven't gotten over one failure and another task was already Infront of them.
Some immediately went on the Academy site and started ordering stuff as they had intel on what the next event will be as they had siblings in higher Academy year, so they got to work as soon as possible.
For the rest without intel, they could only grumble and grouch about it, but still prepared for tomorrow.
Anthony smiled at the notification, although he knew that the battle was no different than blinking for him, he had to play along or if he was exposed for having such talent, he might die that very same day, even if the Null family avenged him, it makes no sense as he is still dead.