Michael was surprised to hear that. Right now, the current highest ranking company in New Sparta has to be Alaric Goldstone. The last time he heard it, they were ranked inside the top 200.
For reference, Michael remembered the Reborn Company's ranking to be in the 300s. And even though their company had advanced and expanded their influence far more than when they first received that ranking, it still hadn't changed all this time.
He hadn't wondered why because he didn't care all that much, but now he knew.
According to what he heard from Yuna and Jot'un, simply advancing one's commercial influence wasn't enough to actually climb up the rankings. They theoretically could, but that would take years, decades even, they said.
The reason why the Reborn company hadn't moved at all beyond the 300th spot these past few months was because he hadn't actually challenged anyone for their rankings.
This would have been the fastest way to advance. He just didn't know it.
