"Sorry for taking your place," Gellard said.
"Huh? My place?"
Evan blinked in surprise. He hadn't checked the leaderboard in over a month.
At first, they all kept track of it, but as they fell behind, the players stopped looking.
Arlon had reassured them that the level difference didn't matter as long as they honed their abilities.
But unlike them, not all players had this information. Most still believed that levels were everything.
They also sought out powerful skill books.
And where was the best place to find both rapid leveling and valuable skill books?
The Keldars' side, of course.
The Keldars secretly fed experience points to the players who joined them, offering their own kin as easy prey. This allowed defectors to level up far faster than the average player.
And since the Keldars occupied parts of Trion, they also had access to skill books left behind in the conquered territories.
Evan opened the leaderboard for the first time in ages.
Leaderboard (Level)
