Shadows Reveal Hidden Light — Wayne Sanders novel Chapter 20

Chapter 20 Scolding

Clear Time: 9 seconds

“What?!”

Maverick’s eyes went wide when he saw the nine-second record.

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What kind of power could wipe out every dungeon monster, including that giant Fang Imp 1.2 miles away?

Is it a forbidden spell?

Something is seriously off!

“Joanna… I’ve never heard of her. Is she a newly awakened genius this year?”

The secretary immediately pulled up her file. If he couldn’t answer the minister’s questions, he wouldn’t be able to keep his position.

“Joanna is a Grade 12 student at Trinity High. She’s a summoner and has been on her team for three years, but never succeeded in summoning. This morning, she was kicked off the team and formed a new team called Shattered Dawn. The three new records we detected all came from her. We think she finally summoned a contract beast with huge potential.”

A stream of information appeared on the screen.

“All three records by her?”

Maverick quickly checked the other two.

Zombie Hospital Dungeon, Clear Time: 11 minutes 23 seconds.

Desolate Castle Dungeon, Clear Time: 39 minutes 12 seconds.

“Gasp!”

Next to those records were the previous best times.

Zombie Hospital’s fastest clear had been 11 minutes 42 seconds.

It was achieved by a team of Level-10 SSS-ranked players farming weaker content.

But no matter how fast monsters spawned, movement still took time-especially things like waiting for the boss to exit the elevator or opening the zombie director’s office.

Beating the record by just 19 seconds was still impressive.

As for Desolate Castle?

That dungeon had only been around for half a year. Guides weren’t complete, and the fastest clear had been 5 hours 21 minutes.

Joanna’s 39 minutes 12 seconds was blindingly eye-catching. Just crossing a castle that size would take

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longer.

A regular summoner suddenly matching an SSS-ranked team?

There was only one possible explanation.

She got a ridiculously strong summoned beast.

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“Good. Very good. Contact Trinity High’s principal immediately. Arrange scholarship funding for Joanna. More importantly, stabilize her-don’t let her transfer or get poached by other cities.”

The secretary’s expression turned anxious.

“That’s the problem. This morning, Joanna was kicked off the team. She got into a fight with her former teammates, and her homeroom teacher expelled her. Right now, she’s technically a non-student worker.”

If she weren’t a student, then even getting into a top university wouldn’t count as an achievement for the Department of Education.

Worse, if she made it into a prestigious university and spoke up about the injustice, higher-ups would start asking questions.

Even the teams going in and out of Desolate Castle became noticeably cautious.

Everyone kept their distance, curious why Maverick was here. Was he meeting some junior who was inside. the dungeon?

Jealousy bubbled up toward those rich kids with all the connections.

At that moment, the secretary finally caught up, panting.

“Mr. Lopez, we’ve got Trinity High’s principal on the line.”

Maverick grabbed the call.

“Jacob, you idiot! Is this how you manage students? If you’re done with this job, there are plenty who’d take it. Get yourself to Dungeon Plaza now!”

Trinity High’s principal, Jacob Watson, already knew everything from the earlier briefing.

Even while being scolded by Maverick, he could only take it.

“I messed up, Mr. Lopez. I’ll fire Drake. I’m heading there right away!”

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