The day after the test, in the main hall of the First Years building, a large crowd was gathered in front of the gigantic Rankings Board.
Zeke, who was feeling apprehensive and, for the first time ever, went out of his way to check the board, couldn't get close enough. Eventually, after a bit of shoving and squeezing around, he managed to push through and get a good look at the list.In total, there were five classes for the First Years; A, B, C, D, and E. Zeke was in Class E, however, the Rankings were for all the first-year students.Excluding the Defects, which included him until yesterday, there were exactly 121 ranked on the board, with the 121th being the weakest in terms of prowess.Zeke knew he had performed rather well in the three tests, especially the last one. Nonetheless, he did not expect a high ranking, after all, many students had remarkable abilities.Much to his surprise, Zeke found himself ranked 49th, which was above average and a worthy feat as
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