Chapter 9 -9-Leveling Frenzy
"How do you think Daniel pulled it off?"
"I heard there's a chance for talents to mutate after awakening. What if His Highness Daniel's talent mutated?"
"That does ring a bell. I remember hearing about some trash-tier F-rank who awakened a mutated version and ended up with an S-rank talent—Executioner, I think it was."
"No, something still doesn't add up. Even if Daniel's talent mutated into S-rank, how would that allow him to shave off two minutes and fourteen seconds from a dungeon clear time? That's not even remotely realistic!"
"Everyone, listen! I have a theory: What if Daniel triggered some sort of mechanism or trap inside the labyrinth that accidentally wiped out most of the monsters? I mean, it's rare, but there are historical cases of that happening."
That theory immediately drew agreement from many of the students nearby.
After all, it was the most reasonable explanation so far.
"Then what do you guys think? Will His Highness Daniel break another record now that he's entered Mournwood?"
"No way. Absolutely not. He can't possibly be that lucky!"
"I'm telling you right here, right now—if Daniel breaks another record, I'll lick every toilet in this academy clean!"
With that loud, thunderous proclamation, a towering figure stepped onto the scene.