"The ranking list, from the bottom to the top, was arranged according to the rounds in which the students were eliminated during the Combat Festival."
Professor Kent Preacher began explaining how the rankings had been evaluated while the names continued appearing on the Holographic Screen.
The list moved quickly at first, displaying one name after another, but its speed gradually slowed as it approached the higher positions.
The students kept reacting differently whenever they spotted their names.
Some looked disappointed, feeling that they could have performed better during the festival. A few had expected to rank higher, and seeing their actual positions displayed before the entire Kingdom was not an easy thing to accept.
Others looked surprised that they had ranked above students they had assumed would finish ahead of them. They exchanged glances with their classmates, checking the screen again to make sure they had read the positions correctly.
