Marcus Kelly
Cambridge, United Kingdom
On the University of Cambridge's training grounds, all students saw the super announcement.
It was Natalie Russell again.
Another record-breaking and terrifying performance.
Moreover, the content of this announcement was even more explosive.
When Marcus Kelly saw the contents of the announcement, his eyes widened in surprise.
First, he was incredulous; then his face turned ashen; finally, he was so angry that he felt he could hardly breathe, his face full of pain.
"Marcus, what's wrong?"
The professor noticed Marcus Kelly's situation and quickly asked him about the problem.
Marcus Kelly waved his hand without saying a word.
The professor didn't know whether he couldn't say it or didn't want to say it.
It was a student nearby who told the teacher.
"Professor, we've received a super announcement."
The professor was taken aback and subconsciously asked, "Is it Natalie Russell again?"
"Yes." The student said and nodded.
The professor sighed.
He glanced back and, sure enough, saw that all the directors and managers looked grim.
However, the professor still dutifully said, "Recite the contents of Super Announcement to me."
Upon hearing this, the student read it aloud.
[Announcement. The Supernatural Team of "Natalie Russell" has successfully won the overall championship in the three-race fighting tournament that human, demon, and monster races participated in, accumulating a total of 3458 points in the third layer of the Supernatural Realm. Their outstanding performance has earned them a perfect mission grade of SSS!]
Upon hearing this announcement, the professor was taken aback at first.
Then he was shocked because this announcement revealed new information about the third layer of the supernatural realm.
It turned out that the fighting tournament in the third supernatural realm was not just a competition between new human beings but also involved other races.
Besides humans, were there also demons and monsters?
This was critical information, extremely valuable.
As for Natalie Russell...
All he could say was... she was really awesome.
The overall champion of the three-race fighting tournament.
This title was incredibly prestigious.
Moreover, Natalie Russell's score was as high as 3458 points.
What was Marcus Kelly's score just now? 81 points.
Marcus Kelly's points weren't even a fraction of Natalie Russell's...
That was terrifying.
No wonder Marcus Kelly looked so painful.
The professor knew that his student had always wanted to surpass Natalie Russell.
However, the gap between the two was indeed quite large.
Let alone surpassing it, even catching up with her had become incredibly difficult.
Thinking about this...
The professor could only sigh helplessly.
...
Matthew Atkinson & Natalie Russell
Oxford, United Kingdom
The University of Oxford, Training Grounds
When the super announcement arrived, all the students on the training grounds perked up and looked at Natalie and the others with shocked eyes.
Filip Walker, Denis Read, and others, on the other hand, were overjoyed.
Sam Harris, being straightforward, couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Professor, our results are out."
Filip Walker preemptively declared, "As expected, it's SSS-grade. Please check the details of the result, Professor Grant."
As soon as he finished speaking, he offered his hand to Professor Grant.
This guy has become arrogant again after leaving the Supernatural Realm.
Upon hearing Filip Walker's words, Professor Grant's face lit up with surprise, and she immediately tapped Filip Walker's hand with her fingertips.
Then, Professor Grant's pretty face turned excited.
In a highly excited voice, she announced everyone's results.
"Natalie Russell, Matthew Atkinson, Denis Read, Anastasia Bradley, Filip Walker..."
"Points Earned in This Layer: 3458"
"Comprehensive Grade: SSS"
"Overall Ranking: 1st. in Human Zone and 1st. among the Three Races - Champion of All Three Races"
"Historical Ranking: 1st."
"Obtained Basic Reward: 300 Attribute Points (Capped)."
"Obtained Additional Reward: 100 Attribute Points (Capped, Belongs to Team Leader Natalie Russell)."
"Achievement Reward for a Perfect Mission Evaluation: One Extraordinary Treasure Chest (Reward belongs to the main contributor and will be distributed upon entering the next layer of the Supernatural realm)."
...
Hearing what Professor Grant read aloud, the director, other university managers, and other teaching staff were somewhat surprised.
When they checked the other students' results, most received only around 10 points.
Even the three teams that received a B-grade mission rating only received a few more points.
How come Natalie Russell's score reached over three thousand points?
My goodness.
The difference was too big.
Those people's points didn't even amount to a fraction of Natalie Russell's.
Were they all incompetent idiots?
Besides...
Natalie was really fierce.
She brought nine people with her and had no mishaps; that was really amazing.
No wonder the higher-ups attached so much importance to her, and the principal treasured her also.
Such talent certainly deserved everyone's attention.
At this moment, a student suddenly raised her hand and said, "Professor, I have important news to report."
She was a student in Class B.
Professor Holland was secretly pleased to hear this and immediately stood up, asking, "What news?"
The student said, "The super announcement that just appeared said that the fighting tournament in the third layer of the supernatural realm is not only a competition between us human freshmen, but also involves two foreign races, namely the demon race and the monster race. Natalie Russell and her team won the overall championship of the three-race fighting tournament."
When these words were spoken, the other teaching and university staff members also began to take it seriously.
This was indeed important information.
Professor Holland immediately said, "Recite the announcement again, without omitting a single word."
The student read the announcement aloud as it was told.
After that, someone quickly left to relay the news to the vice principal.
Then the university management members stepped forward and said loudly, "Students, you've all had a long journey back from the supernatural realm. The cafeteria has prepared lunch for you. Go and eat. Have a good rest after you've finished."
After saying that, the management members left with a smile.
Once the university staff left, the teaching staff naturally dispersed as well.
The students glanced at Filip Walker and his group, feeling great envy towards them.
They had nothing but admiration for Natalie Russell.
This was the third time she had received an SSS-grade mission rating.
This was truly unprecedented and probably would never be repeated.
At the beginning, some people still harbored the ambition to compete with Natalie.
They didn't think the Flame-Flame Fruit was anything special.
Now, all they wanted was to curry favor with Natalie so they could hitch a ride with her in the next multi-person supernatural realm layer.
Because everyone knew that if Natalie continued to maintain this level of performance, she would likely become an unimaginable figure in the future.
...
"Miss Natalie, thank you so much."
"Thank you for letting me join the team. Without you, I wouldn't be where I am today."
"Ah… It feels so good to gain 300 attribute points all at once."
"Thanks to Miss Natalie, she helped us take off."
"Miss Natalie is awesome..."
Filip Walker, Sam Harris, and others thanked Natalie.
As for Matthew standing next to them, he was ignored.
Faced with everyone's gratitude, Natalie was a little embarrassed.
Only she knew best that she probably couldn't win the championship of the three-race fighting tournament.
The actual owner of this title was definitely Matthew, who stood beside her.
She became the team leader because Matthew made her one in the Supernatural Realm.
The professor had previously stated that the extra reward would go to the team leader and that only the team leader's name would be displayed in the announcements.
Matthew preferred to stay backstage. So naturally, she needed to be the one taking the credit.
Thinking of this, Natalie turned her head and glanced at Matthew.
Seeing that Matthew was smiling and didn't seem to care at all, she reluctantly accepted everyone's thanks.
Then the team left the training grounds and went to the cafeteria for lunch.
They continued talking as they walked.
"Three consecutive SSS-grade perfect ratings. Once the news gets out, Miss Natalie will probably cause a global sensation again."
"Absolutely. No supernatural has ever been as outstanding as Miss Natalie."
"Hehe, we can also benefit from this and make a name for ourselves."
"What's so good about becoming famous? Didn't you see that Miss Natalie has multiple bounties on her head? I'm sure that after this news gets out, the bounties on Miss Natalie will skyrocket."
"You're overthinking it. Miss Natalie was put on the bounty because she's outstanding and has become a threat to some people. We're just lucky to be hitching a ride. Who would target us?"
"I feel a little bad that Miss Natalie took the lead and bore all the danger."
"How about we take some time later and treat Miss Natalie to a meal?"
...
After lunch, Matthew returned to his apartment.
Then, he took a pair of glasses out of his pocket.
He brought out these glasses from the third layer of the supernatural realm.
From the item information, Matthew learned that these were the glasses Superman wore as a reporter and that they had magical effects.
Although these glasses were excellent, Matthew didn't really need them.
The glasses couldn't provide him with any boost.
And it was nowhere near as good as the necklace he got the first time.
As for the eye-protection function mentioned in the information…
He had a Steel Body, and even his eyes were highly protected, so he didn't need it at all.
There was even less need for light protection.
And once he activated his heat ray ability, his eyes would glow red, and he could kill people. Then even flash bombs wouldn't affect his eyes.
The only thing it was somewhat helpful for was concealing his identity, making it easier for him to get up to some shady stuff.
But only time would tell whether he really needed something like that.
Perhaps if Natalie got bored on campus, he could take her out on a date wearing these glasses.
He casually tossed his glasses aside, then lay on the sofa and started browsing the internet.
The Rund Table expert across the hall hasn't returned yet.
However, Matthew was not worried about his safety.
With his current strength, ordinary assassins wouldn't be able to take him down.
As for the top-tier assassins... Matthew believed that even if he couldn't defeat them, escaping shouldn't be a problem.
Besides, which top-tier assassin would accept a $2 million job?
"Natalie must be a sensation online by now, right?" Matthew muttered to himself.
As he spoke, he checked the internet.
As expected, on the internet, everyone was talking about Natalie.
In just the time it took to have a meal, Natalie's name has already soared to the top of the trending searches.
"Holy crap? Another SSS-grade perfect mission rating?"
"Three Supernatural Realm Layers, three consecutive perfect mission ratings? What kind of god-like, supernatural being is this?"
"Goddess Russell is just too outstanding."
"Won't she maintain this momentum and clear the Supernatural Realm indefinitely?"
"That's impossible… What do you think the Supernatural Realm is? There are plenty of dangerous Supernatural Realms, and no one knows how many layers there are in total."
"For others, it's impossible, but for Goddess Russell, anything is possible. Don't forget, she's succeeded three times in a row without ever failing."
"Hahaha. Mate is right, it feels like Natalie Russell's existence is solely for setting records."
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