Not long ago, in the Dragon Whisker Forest located between the Asura Kingdom and the Three Magic Nations, there was an adventurer party that had come to complete a request.
"Why is it so hard to find a single mantis? We've been searching for so long and still haven't found one—this is just a B-rank monster." A man complained, then decisively found a spot to sit down and rest for a while.
"Don't rush. Hunting monsters requires patience." The only female member of the adventurer party also sat down, comforting his restless heart.
"After all, we've been looking for half a day and haven't even found any traces of a mantis. Is the request fake?"
At that moment, the tank in the party found a stone tablet to lean against for a rest. Just as he was about to sit down, he suddenly noticed the patterns and text displayed on the tablet.
"Wow, you guys, come look at this! What is this thing?" The tank called out to the others who were resting nearby, his tone filled with surprise.
"Tax, what's up?" Hearing Tax's exclamation, the rest of the party quickly stood up and walked over to him.
"Look at this—such a strange stone tablet, and it has these weird patterns on it."
"Hm? Let me see." The man leaned in to look, then scoffed dismissively, "Look at you getting all excited over nothing—this is just the Monuments."
"So this is the Monument? It's said the seven on it have held their positions for hundreds of years." The woman looked at the number one ranked Technique God and said slowly.
"[Technique God], [Dragon God], [Fighting God], [Demon God], [Death God], [Sword God], [North God]—these seven are the strongest in the world."
"Hm? Wait, isn't the second supposed to be the Dragon God?" Tax looked at the name in second place with confusion.
"How could it not be the Dragon God?" Hearing Tax's words, the woman's gaze slowly moved downward. Sure enough, the second place was no longer the Dragon God—the Dragon God had dropped to third, and the North God's name and emblem had disappeared from the stele entirely.
"[Imbibitor Lunae]?! Who is this?"
The group stared at the new second-place name in stunned silence, utterly shocked.
This Powers ranking had remained unchanged for centuries, and now the second place had changed—wasn't this some earth-shattering gossip?
"Aren't we the first ones to get this intel? We're going to make a fortune!" The man's face flushed red—he was clearly overexcited.
The party hurriedly packed up their things, preparing to sell this valuable information to the Adventurers' Guild for money.
The Monument was not a single tablet but existed in multiple locations scattered across the world.
Thus, when adventurers in other places also discovered the change in ranking, they immediately chose to sell this major piece of news to the Adventurers' Guild without hesitation.
In just half a day, the news spread like wildfire, reaching every region.
Soon, the term [Imbibitor Lunae] became the center of attention and was known to every major kingdom.
For most people, [Imbibitor Lunae] was a completely unfamiliar name.
However, to the Adventurers' Guild in Sharia, the name was all too familiar.
Even so, they did not connect this [Imbibitor Lunae] with Dan Feng.
After all, in their understanding, [Imbibitor Lunae] was merely a second-year genius student at Ranoa Magic University. Though exceptionally talented, he was clearly not on the same level as the Powers.
So many believed it was just a coincidence—two different people happened to share the same title.
"You guys really don't think this is that Imbibitor Lunae?" Someone raised the question.
"Come on, stop overthinking. It definitely can't be him." Another person replied dismissively. "How could an S-rank student possibly defeat one of the Powers? That's simply impossible!"
"Yeah, if an S-rank adventurer student could beat the second-ranked Dragon God, that would mean he's reached god-level. Think about it—possible?"
"Exactly. Every god-level powerhouse took years of cultivation to reach that point. There's no way a young man who looks barely twenty could do it."
Numerous adventurers gathered in the Adventurers' Guild, chatting and discussing this new second-ranked Power.
At that moment, a black-haired young man on the Begaritt Continent—attempting to accomplish the same feat as his father—stood holding a greatsword, staring blankly at the Monument before him.
"How could this be? Why is the North God's ranking gone? And who is this [Imbibitor Lunae]? He actually defeated the person I wanted to challenge!" The youth looked at the changes on the stele in shock, his red eyes filled with disbelief.
His original name was Alexander Kalman Ryback—the current North God, the third-generation North God.
"Since even the Dragon God has been defeated, that means this Imbibitor Lunae is stronger than the Dragon God. Then I'll just go challenge him directly!" The youth said slowly. He slung the greatsword diagonally across his back and prepared to leave the area.
He had come to the Begaritt Continent to defeat Behemoth—the creature the second-generation North God had once defeated—to prove that the third-generation North God surpassed the strongest North God in history, the second-generation.
However, he had been here for some time and had yet to see even a single Behemoth.
So he figured they were gone. After all, Behemoths were enormous, hundreds of meters in length—easy to spot.
"[Imbibitor Lunae], you should be grateful I haven't challenged the Dragon God yet—letting you take second place. Just wait until I defeat you and put [North God] in second!" Alexander laughed heartily, looking exactly like a chuunibyou youth lost in his own fantasies.
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"What did you say? A new [Imbibitor Lunae] has appeared on the Monuments?" The Human God asked in confusion.
Before Him at that moment stood a middle-aged man in his forties. His gaze looked utterly repulsive—he was none other than the current vice-principal of Ranoa Magic University.
He was also an apostle of the Human God, though normally the Human God did not control him.
Because the Human God could only control three apostles at a time, many of His apostles existed, yet sometimes He could not use them.
If an apostle currently under His control were to break free, the consequences would be disastrous—He would lose that pawn's trust, effectively losing a tool to drain the Dragon God's mana.
That would be far more loss than gain for Him.
"Yes, Lord Human God. The second place on the Monuments is now held by someone titled [Imbibitor Lunae]. He defeated the Dragon God and took second." The vice-principal said respectfully to the Human God. Since the Human God rarely sought him out, this time he had taken the initiative to report.