He said, "The student who has secured the position of second runner-up with twenty-four thousand five hundred sixty battle points is Alex from the Golden Guardians Team of Golden Knight Academy."
Alex, from The Golden Guardians team, stood up from his seat, his face painted with confusion and frustration. Despite being third in the ranking, he couldn't believe that he had only come as second runner-up.
Alex couldn't help but ask, his voice ringing out with mana enchantment, "This can't be right. There must be some mistake. I can't be only third."
The murmurs in the audience grew louder as the boy from Golden Guardians spoke out of turn, his face etched with disbelief. The officials and his own headmaster shot him disapproving looks, but the boy remained undeterred.
As the tension in the room mounted, the old man fixed his cold gaze on the boy and posed the question, "And why, pray tell, is it not possible?"