High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 288: Chapter 212: Life as an Exam Taker_1

Every academy at First University has its own unique academic specialization.

For instance, Jiuyou Academy’s research in Philosophy of Magic is well-known among wizards; Alpha Academy stands out in the field of Alchemy; The empathetic divine people of Atlas prefer to put their hard work into healing studies; Even the Starry Sky Academy, has unique insights into the use of various ’practical magic’.

Besides, there is no significant difference among the four academies in fundamental subjects like Astronomy, Divination, and Talisman etc.

If one has to find a distinguishing factor, it would be from the perspective of the professors conducting the classes.

Take Professor Emma for example.

Although she serves as a professor in Astronomy similarly at all four academies, she implements entirely different teaching methods at each one.

At Jiuyou Academy, she practices intensive drilling, wishing that students could do three test papers every day; at Alpha Academy, she promotes natural quality education, teaching different magical characters to students with different inclinations; for Atlas students, she always emphasizes the ability of magical language to communicate with divine beings, encouraging them to translate theological works with magical language; for Starry Sky students, she emphasizes the quick effect of magical language spells, often arranging for students to fight using magical language spells.

The young wizards, educated in different ways, have their own strengths in mastering magical language.

Atlas students can recite prayers in long stretches using magical language and gain more grace under statues of gods; Starry Sky Academy students can proficiently use simplified magic spells for quicker caster speed to defeat their opponents.

But that’s about it.

Compared to the other two academies, although the students at Atlas and Starry Sky have very specialized knowledge of magical language, their perspectives are somewhat narrow.

Alpha students are different.

Maybe because they are wealthier, or maybe because of their nature, young Alpha graduates prefer to venture throughout the world.

From the farthest reaches of the galaxies to the edges of the new world, countless wildernesses bear their footprints. During their travels, they invariably encounter some mysterious tribes, and at these times, their knowledge of astronomy, which enables them to communicate without barriers, proves extremely useful.

Therefore, Professor Emma sets high requirements for Alpha students in terms of communication abilities using magical language.

Any Alpha person who cannot communicate naturally with nine different intelligent races simultaneously will not be able to earn enough credits in this old lady’s class.

In contrast to the young students in boarding schools, Jiuyou students are accustomed to living methodically.

Many may not even draw a magic circle that connects to hell in their lifetime, let alone communicate with a devil using magic scripts. The only reason they learn magic scripts is because it’s a necessity for registering as a wizard.

Purely for the purpose of exam preparation.

Hence, for Jiuyou’s young people, Professor Emma leans more towards training their examination-coping abilities.

”Based on the trend of past decade, the question-making department of the Wizard Alliance focusses the practical casting and brief understanding of the magic language in the test paper,” she informed.

”In Magic Language Writing, you are required to form coherent sentences using a stipulated number of magic characters... For example, in the 2007 Wizard Registration Examination, the wizards were asked to briefly explain the customs of the Duoni people, using standard magic character within half an hour.”

”In Magic Language Dialogue, you will typically be arranged to have brief communication with different life forms, and they determine your mastery on magic language by judging from your responses... For example, it was Sirens in 07, Feather people in 06, Multi-arm people in 05. Many people speculated that this year, exam center will choose a land species, but I hold a reservation towards it.”

”These two questions roughly amount to 80% score of the magic language test paper in the wizard’s registration exam,” she added.

”Apart from this, the examination center has a concealed type of question in the test paper, usually accounting about 20% of the score.”

”In the exam of 05, they required the candidates to simplify ’Binding Spell’ using magic language. That year, the scoring rate of Starry Sky Academy in this question was very high.”

The classroom was filled with humming discussions.

”It’s a scam!” Zhang Ji Xin turned his head angrily, lowered his voice and said, ”My brother said that the examiner for the 05 test was from Starry Sky Academy...They love to play these cheap tricks, they can go to any lengths for victory.”

This was the first time Zheng Qing had heard someone describe the wizards of Starry Sky Academy so harshly, and he couldn’t help but look askance.

In his impression, although the children of Starry Sky are hot-blooded and combative, they also value ’martial virtue’.

The two people he knew from Starry Sky Academy, a graduate named Thomas, and a freshman named Blue Bird, both left a good impression on him.

Professor Emma, evidently noticed the disturbance in the classroom.

She raised her voice, lifting her head, casting a stern gaze to warn these young wizards:

”Moreover, there is the 2006 year!”

The classroom suddenly reverted to its previous quiet atmosphere.

Zheng Qing could only suppress the doubts in his heart, planning to ask Zhang Ji Xin about his evaluation of the Starry Sky Academy after class.

”During the year of 2006, the exam center required examinees to calm an irritable fatty... In most cases, a fatty is a tame spiritual beast that can occasionally be mischievous, but when sexually aroused, a fatty shows distinct aggression.”

”Because the magic script inherently possesses excellent communication attributes, if one has a grasp of the amount of magic script required by the guideline, any wizard could soothe that irritable fatty.”

”If the level of magic script is not up to standard, you may inevitably suffer a ’brush’ from the fatty... I remember that the biggest score deduction in that year’s assessment was here. Any examinees who get ’brushed’ by the fatty would have half of their paper score deducted.”

Listening to the old lady on the podium patiently analyzing papers from previous years, Zheng Qing felt somewhat absurd.

He had assumed his magic career would be more fantastical.

But it turned out to be so grounded.

Indeed, anywhere there are people, there is order.

And where there is order, there can be no carefree living at will.

There will be no comfortable life where one eats, sleeps, and combats minor monsters, then watch one’s magic power soar to the sky.

Neither will there be lawless days of killing five people today and slaughtering ten cities tomorrow.

The Magical World will only be a world of stricter and tighter order than the ordinary world people live in.

When Zheng Qing was snapped out of his thoughts, Professor Emma had already finished analyzing the questions from the previous exams.

She walked down from the podium, holding a thick stack of papers in her arms, with firm steps.

”Today, we will start with the simplest descriptive words.”

Professor Emma slapped the stack of papers on the front row’s desk, and exclaimed loudly:

”In this class, you need to understand the basic formulation method of ’fire’ magic script, and attempt to mimic this magic script.”

Zheng Qing noticed Li Meng trying hard to tilt her head away, avoiding the spittle stars spraying from the corners of Professor Emma’s mouth, and couldn’t help but sneak a chuckle.

The little elves originally seated on the blackboard’s edge as if they heard some instruction, flapped their wings, swooped down in unison, took that stack of manuscripts, and distributed it to each student.

”Turn to Chapter 2 of ’Sky Text·University Freshman Year’.”

”Based on the description in the teaching materials, you can research on your own, and attempt to mimic the magic script described in this Chapter.”

”The first student to mimic it will be rewarded one credit point.”

This last sentence instantly ignited the atmosphere in the classroom.

Everyone was rubbing their hands in anticipation, hurriedly flipping open textbooks, vying for that valuable credit point.

Zheng Qing was no exception.

Professor Emma nodded in satisfaction, adding:

”The first time you write, you may encounter some difficulties. Don’t rush, take your time.”

”When mimicking, if you meet resistance at the tip of your pen and can’t go on writing, you can take a break and stop for a while. Remember, don’t force your pen when breaking off a stroke; otherwise, the stain nodes created will cause troubles for the subsequent flow of magic power!”