[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-re-awakening-i-ascend-with-a-legendary-class":3,"chapter-re-awakening-i-ascend-with-a-legendary-class-re-awakening-i-ascend-with-a-legendary-class-chapter-522":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Re-Awakening: I Ascend with a Legendary class",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1876459,2485,"Chapter 522: Grim Student Examination (6)","re-awakening-i-ascend-with-a-legendary-class-chapter-522",522,"\u003Cp>Round 3, Round 4, and Round 5 finished with Regalons achieving increasingly lower ranks than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When round 6 was finished, Almond ranked 5th with Lily and others below him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one factor they lacked was stretching them thin in terms of performance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rune of Power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other fellows, all of whom had Grim Potential, had also spent more time in Tier-1 positions and had indirect backing that acted like how Levi acted with Regalons, selling her services instead of guiding them for free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Levi and Regalons both were in lower-ranked territory and spent a very short time before these fifty Regalons in Grim Outlaw position broke through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hadn’t had enough time and experience to develop their Rune of Power, so their only hope was in this Grim Student Examination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Levi knew it, but she didn’t tell them because the Grim Student Examination was actually the perfect place for Regalons to acquire their first Rune of Power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Examination had a total of 30 rounds, and each one provided challenges and utterly wonderful stages to complete, alongside rewards at the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So it was only a matter of time before Regalons began acquiring their Runes of Power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And by improving alongside others, the last ten rounds would determine the ultimate ranking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Round 10 was over, Almond ranked 7th.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was calm, calmer than ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t the case in the previous rounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was desperate, he was frustrated, and he wanted to fuel his will and determination in various ways to acquire this Rune of Power by understanding and mastering a truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But only in round 10 he realized that his approach was wrong. This wasn’t the previous world. This was Grimverse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’A Truth. No one else’s but mine. Free for me to use with such mastery that it shall become truth of this world, of this Grimverse, by making it acknowledgement my truth.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’That’s the kind of power I need to grasp, and for that...I must not seek power that I imagine and shape.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I must seek the meaning of my desire. The desire for the thing that can pave my path towards the peak.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This is how I must grasp what I want.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Round 11 starts.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The number of people who broke through to Tier-2 and entered Grim Examination in the last 24 hours was abundant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So much that the number of those who measured Grim Potential like Reglons in the last 24 hours was...689,399. This displayed the scope of this Grimverse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was one of the six Tier-0 Cosmoverse, and one of the biggest, if not the biggest, among them. It encompassed countless lifeforms, where all could thrive and evolve as long as they survived and strived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blade of grass could gain sentience and join in the path of the power by becoming a Grim Resident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were societies of robots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kingdom of Wilderness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plantopia Empires.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Demonic Underworlds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Angelic Heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the ones who lorded over such vast populations, building uncharted territories, creating their laws and competing with each other over only they knew, were Grim Lords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mystery that could only be solved by becoming the mystery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing everyone in Grimverse knew was that those under Grim Lords constantly waged wars to trigger events from Grimverse, creating a constant atmosphere of competition for those who wanted to become Grim Lords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why, from Grim Student position, from tier-2 positions and onward, there were cosmic leaderboards displaying top 1000 beings from each position, including Grim Lords, by Grimverse itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the affairs of Grimlords were out of everyone’s senses, as nobody could even see them in action except for their direct subordinates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Grim Student Examination held by Grimverse was private, as nobody outside could observe them. It wasn’t a show.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the only exception was Grimlord’s position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grim Lords’ subordinates, mainly those working in their academies, had access to an ongoing examination leaderboard that shows the top 1000 examinees overall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of the academies belonging to Grimlords didn’t even accept anyone below the top 1000, even if they had Grim Potential and acquired the top rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because ranking was the most important.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>689,399 people had Grim Potential, but they only wanted those who could rise above others and enter the top 1000.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The academy where John Wicked started working as a teacher, by forming a contract with a Grimlord who owned it, was one such academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the moment, in a faraway star sector floating in the void of the Grimverse, a hall gleamed with a crystalline sheen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its walls shimmered like liquid glass, displaying streams of data and glowing lines of symbols that updated in real time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heavy doors at the end of the hall slid open, and a tall figure stepped in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was strikingly handsome, with ink-black hair falling slightly over his forehead, and a lean, muscled body that spoke of someone who was never idle, never undisciplined. Broad-shouldered yet fluid in his stride, he carried the weight of a man who had seen too much — and still smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his most distinctive feature was his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each time he blinked, the pupils shifted — first into crimson rings, then into purple spirals, then into golden starbursts — as though every truth he had ever seen left its mark on his gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>John Wicked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he entered, the hall lights adjusted, bathing him in a faint golden glow, as if acknowledging his presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, Zephyr,\" John said casually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the side of the hall, a swarm of particles solidified into a humanoid robot. Its body gleamed with polished chrome, its head a smooth oval with glowing blue streaks running like veins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s up, John? Was it your duty to observe the leaderboard today?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nah, but I am interested today for a reason. Show me the leaderboard.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lines of golden text formed in midair, floating like holographic constellations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[ Grim Student Examination — Top 1000 Leaderboard ]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rank 1: Ruh L’Abilom Maxim – Titled: Dominion of Spirals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rank 2: Jutain Veyra – Harmony of Myriad Songs\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rank 3: Krex Voltath – Storm Tyranny\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rank 998: Zerrik Olis Malhos – Piercing Clarity\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rank 999: Tarek Junno – Bleeding Will\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rank 1000: Loma O’lsors Vector – Mechanized Doom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Not in top 1000 yet, eh?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It’s round 11. If they are legit, they should start improving now and get into the leaderboard by round 20.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>John wryly smiled. ’Regalons. You can do it, right?’\u003C\u002Fp>",1082,"2026-06-10T06:08:51.439Z",1,"novelbin.me","136dbee982d11e541ea31c7ac8da917a27d400517ad332e6127e79562d875a9a","re-awakening-i-ascend-with-a-legendary-class-chapter-523","re-awakening-i-ascend-with-a-legendary-class-chapter-617",685,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fre-awakening-i-ascend-with-a-legendary-class-cover.jpg"]