The Primal Hunter

Chapter 654

Jake instantly understood how the list was full when he laid his eyes on the first wall, which displayed the top ten individuals of the ninety-third universe.

Nevermore Leaderboards (C-grade): 93rd Universe.

1. Holy Templar – Low Tier

2. Holy Knight – Low Tier

3. Holy Priestess – Low Tier

4. Holy Ranger – Low Tier

5. Holy Knight – Low Tier

6. Holy Mage – Low Tier

7. Holy Duelist – Low Tier

8. Holy Mage – Low Tier

9. Holy Knight – Low Tier

10. Holy Templar – Low Tier

They were all shit scores. For reference, there was no actual display of points; people were just placed into a “tier” based on their performance, with the lowest being the Low Tier. After that was Middle-Low Tier, High-Low Tier, and then Peak-Low Tier. Then from there, one moved into the Low-Mid Tier, Mid Tier, High-Mid Tier, and so on and so forth.

All of this is to say that Low Tier was the bottom rung. Jake was still a bit surprised, especially when he saw the list dominated by people who chose to remain anonymous and only post the archetype of their classes. Moreover, they were all from the Holy Church based on their names.

The reason he found it weird was that having “completed” Nevermore already shouldn’t really be a thing, right? To complete it would require one to spend the full fifty years inside, which would be at least a year or two, even with great time dilation by getting to the lower floors, something these people clearly hadn’t. Jake had only managed to reach C-grade recently, same with the others, and this list was only for people from the ninety-third universe.

Perhaps there were some beasts and whatnot already inside, but the final score would only appear on the Leaderboard after one was done in there… so how had the Holy Church managed to speedrun the place? Jake wasn’t the only confused one.

“Have I misinterpreted how Nevermore functions? I believed one would have to spend their full term inside before the score displays?” the old man asked.

Jake was about to comment as Dina spoke. “It’s normal.”

“Could you elaborate?” the Sword Saint looked at her while smiling.

She nodded enthusiastically as she explained.

“The Holy Church always does this. Every new era, the Wyrmgod changes up the dungeons, and the Church sends in C-grades from the new universe to effectively scout it out for their later, more talented parties. While those who get through it can’t relay any direct information, through different methods, the kind of environments, mana types, and of course, the general sizes of the floors can be determined. They even often wear equipment capable of tracking distances traveled through subtle means,” Dina explained quite articulately. “To see the new version within the first decade, one must bring along at least one person from the new universe too, so that is why they are on the list.”

“Huh,” Jake said. “But how did they complete the dungeon that fast already? They can’t have reached C-grade that long ago…”

Dina looked at Jake before she gazed back at the old man, and it was only after he nodded she answered.

“They don’t try to complete it… they just get helped by four far more powerful individuals to the first city layer. There, they then enter a time dilation chamber just to wait out the time and get their names on the Leaderboards. They do this to communicate they have knowledge of the floors and try to recruit people and sell intelligence,” Dina explained.

“That… sounds like such a waste?” Jake said, confused.

“The Church often does things that seem like a waste… and I am sure they also got other parties going to the floors after the first city layer. They usually only bring one member who is getting helped by the four others, and then that person is abandoned for someone they deem actually talented for the floors that provide actual challenges.”

Jake nodded as he kept staring at the Leaderboard. “So they are pretty much sacrificial pawns?”

the Sword

didn’t deny it as

that much?” Jake asked. “Or the by having a bunch of

“But a

for a moment, there was some truth to it. If the Church just had some people who weren’t judged to very talented level to C-grade quickly, ignored trying to get Perfect Evolutions or even good classes or professions, it shouldn’t

and he looked at one of the other Leaderboards that showed the scores from those of the 92nd universe to try and better his mood by

didn’t make him

(C-grade):

Yip of Yore – Pinnacle

of the

Holy Templar –

Hand of Umbra

the Blightfather

Warrior of Valhal – Pinnacle

– Pinnacle

–

Scion of Life

Prince

others, Jake didn’t care much. Most chose

the Leaderboard showing the scores from the ninety-third era. While the Leaderboard before only displayed individuals native to the ninety-second universe, this one displayed every single C-grade who had completed Nevermore during this entire Era. In other words, the top geniuses of nearly fourteen billion

unexpected, he

Leaderboards (C-grade):

of Yore –

– Pinnacle

-

Altius of the Blade

Anonymous -

6. Champion of Valhal

7. The Eldritch Dancer

-

Regalflight –

Chosen Son of Gwyndyr

C-grade geniuses for billions of years. Yet Yip of Yore still found himself at the top, recognized as the Era’s Pinnacle. Jake was also surprised to see that the guy called Altius of the Blade managed to come in fourth overall, making it seem like there were two supreme geniuses in that era. Jake wondered what happened to that guy… though the most likely explanation was that he failed to ever become a god. In fact, Jake got the feeling that one of the reasons few names

he looked at the

Leaderboards (C-grade):

Opens in

didn’t imagine many top geniuses would have

it opened also seemed rather arbitrary, though perhaps it did have a deeper meaning Jake wasn’t aware of. Or it was

has something

special title or something, then it made sense to not allow people like those chumps from the Holy Church to just claim it. Jake also reckoned that even if you completed your Nevermore run before the Leaderboard opened, you

stared at the four Leaderboards, one thing did

all-star Leaderboard? One for the best of the best?”

Patron about this once before, and he explained to me that while there was one in the past, it was eventually done away with. The issue is that each era tends to be too different to directly compare their scores, so the Wyrmgod believes a composite list of comparrisons to be faulty. In most cases, the top spot would be claimed by the most powerful of the current era, making it shift all the time and ultimately be

asked. “So, what

about it either,” the Sword Saint said with an amused smile. “I do still think there is some truth to the official story, but

truth was, it didn’t change their goal in Nevermore in the slightest. They just had to do as well as possible in both the

have delayed enough, have we not? Let us continue towards the entrance to Nevermore proper. We shall claim the top places of this Leaderboard and stand here next in admiration of our own glory,” the

seemed to disagree with heading off. However, just as Jake was about to agree,

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