CHAPTER 32 - Ranking.

{Ranking:

Alex Matthew: 1294.

Garvit Tanwar: 274.

Ridha Kumari: 40.

Rohit Kumar: 20.

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Hardick Pandey: 20.}

Alex's coins alone were more than double of the total of the aggregated sum of everyone's coins.

This was the reason for the various emotional reactions from the people in the dome.

Just with those coins, Alex could upgrade his stats to level 5 from level 1.

Everyone here could do the maths.

And that was something none of them could do.

Even if they used all of their coins, they still wouldn't be able to get the maximum of level 2, not to mention level 3.

'Was he a superhuman or something before the apocalypse?'

Such strange thoughts appeared in the heads of the humans inside the dome.

They couldn't think of anything else after all.

No one here knew that Alex had to face twice the number of undead than the number of people in tutorial one; even if they knew, they would never have thought that Alex alone killed so many undead.

To everyone here, the only thing they had to do in the first tutorial was to kill one undead and then run from the others.

That would help them complete their condition.

Yes, some people killed more than the required number. 

Garvit, for example, killed more than one undead, maybe because of being cornered or maybe because he felt that he could.

But Garvit did use Shera to kill 8 undead in the first tutorial, and that provided him with 108 coins.

However, even with all they could do, the ones that killed more than one undead knew that they were no match for Alex.

They had already classified Alex as a monster.

They didn't even look at him as if he were a human.

Some of them had different thoughts, though.

'He stole our coins...'

Some people did think that, as they thought that they could've done the same, but Alex stole their opportunity.

But still, all of them had one thought in common.

They could get where Alex is if they upgraded their stats; they knew things like that, but what about Alex?

Wouldn't he be stronger as well?

As the system had said before, the tutorial was going to help them build a base for future development.

It was doing just that.

Now, some people—who had a weaker base—would be just a side character in future events.

The ones who had a strong base, on the other hand, were going to become a leading factor in the real game that they were going to enter soon.

Alex was someone who had his base stats, the thing that required the most in the lower-level fights, powering up to be the highest anyone had seen yet.

Even if we made a global stats ranking, Alex would, without a doubt, be one of the top three.

That was how absurd Alex's development was.

But no one knew that for now.

Not even the system.

The one in question-: Alex, however, was focusing on something else, completely ignoring the shocked and fearful gazes he felt, trying to think of the best way to use his coins.

The AI spoke inside of Alex's head as it saw Alex looking intently at his stats and abilities.

'Yes, I can. But I was thinking about something else...

Alex muttered inwardly, looking at the coins he had again and again.

[Coins: 1756.]

As the AI mentioned earlier, Alex could definitely get his stats up to level 6 and still have some remainder left.

Getting one stat from level 5 to level 6 required 200 coins—double the coins that were needed for level 4 to level 5, but it is what it is.

Now, if Alex were to upgrade his stats to level 6, he would have 256 coins, almost equal to the total coins Garvit had by now.

Yet Alex was thinking about something else.

However, before Alex could ponder about it for long, the system, which was being ignored by everyone, finally snapped, clearly irritated by the lack of respect and fear.

[Aren't you guys a bit too relaxed?]

The system frowned as she looked at the humans one by one.

Her eyes were scanning each of them with a scrutinizing gaze.

[You think you achieved a great feat surviving the second tutorial??]

She questioned again, her tone cryptic.

Yes, she wanted to pretend to be a nice entity, someone who thought about their well-being, but she just couldn't.

{These mortals are too ignorant for their own good…}

The system scoffed inwardly.

Ignorance was bliss; many people would agree with it, but the world and its way of working had changed.

They needed to learn it.

And the system wanted them to learn it the hard way.

[I guess being considerate of you guys was a bit too much for your puny minds.]

The controlled expression of the system broke as she started grinning.

'Ah, there she is….'

Humans, who were feeling a bit weird about the system's tone and demeanor for a while, finally realized the reason for it.

The system was a being that wanted to see them despairing and running for their lives; she was someone who might start crying if they were to escape a calamity with ease.

So, how could they not feel a bit strange when the signature grin or the dismissive look in the eyes of the system were to vanish for a while?

But now that the system has returned to how it used to be, they don't actually feel any more at ease.

The tension in the air, which had somehow cooled down because of the completion of the second tutorial, became palpable again.

All of their relief from surviving the second tutorial was now replaced by apprehension and worry about the next thing that the system was going to do.

The humans being relieved and relaxed after surviving an ordeal that could've taken their lives was not uncalled for.

Anyone who has been through so much mental stress would want to rest for a while.

Sure, they didn't have to fight the goblins since they were all killed by either Alex or Garvit, but what about the state of their minds?

They were always alert, ready to run or kill any goblins that escaped Alex and Shera's onslaught.

They would've been less stressed if they fought; if they fought, their adrenaline that was rushing up to their brain every time they saw a goblin nearing them would've only happened once—when they killed their first goblin.

After that, it would've been just a battle of attrition.

Just thinking about the moment a goblin escaped from Alex's sharp blade, then avoiding Shera's claws and heading right for them when they least expected was much scarier than fighting the goblins themselves.

Now, however, looking at the grin plastered on the system's face horrified them more than the fear they felt before.

Every time the system had that look on her face, they would face a situation so miserable that even their survival would be questionable.

So, just staring at the system made them imagine many scenarios where they might die, and that was scarier than having the blade of some goblin pierce into their body.

The system finally moved; the time slowed down from the humans' perspective as they saw the system lift her right arm—her index finger and thumb came together, and...

*Snap*

Another snap echoed, causing the atmosphere inside the dome to turn heavier while the bodies of the humans tensed.