Above the mage!

Chapter 166 Final Assessment
In addition to the thirty-six classic compound rune diagrams, He Xi also prepared a stack of information half a person's height for Gao De.

All of this information combined constitutes all the knowledge points of the third and fourth stage courses of "Symology".

It would have taken two years to complete the first two stages of the course, but Gaode only needed two and a half months to master all the knowledge.

He Xi was actually looking forward to how much time Gaode would need to spend to master the knowledge of the third and fourth stages of the courses.

In particular, the teaching method he chose is still very "unreliable": he only provides materials, and leaves the rest to self-study.

But this does not mean that He Xi is irresponsible.

The fundamental reason is that "education" is a very contradictory thing.

Let’s just take the field of runes as an example.

Anyone who wants to develop in the field of runes may take many detours or even go astray if he does not receive systematic education.

Even if the former gets back on track afterwards, precious time has been wasted. All in all, there may not be enough life left to explore the more advanced knowledge of runes.

Needless to say, the latter is completely wasted.

However, if the education received is too systematic, and one relies too much on the theories and experiences of mentors or even predecessors, then in the later stages one will often become a "craftsman" without the ability to think independently.

All the "craftsman" can do is simply draw the magic circle according to the blueprint.

The balance between these two needs to be grasped not only by the instructor but also by the students themselves.

Fortunately, Gaode has enough talent, so He Xi, as a mentor, can be lazy but rest assured and let Gaode learn everything on his own. He is only responsible for providing knowledge and answering questions.

This kind of educational method would be misleading if used on other people, but it is extremely suitable for Gao De.

Gaode has no objection to this.

He is a person who likes to study on his own, so he can freely adjust his learning progress according to his own situation without wasting time.

Time passes day by day.

The days in college always go by quickly, especially when your life is filled with various things, you will find that time goes by even faster.

This is even more true for Gaode.

After taking sixteen courses, he would have at least two courses to attend every day.

As for rune literature, one has to take time out every day to study it.

The time for cultivation is also fixed and cannot be shortened.

To outsiders, this kind of life is no longer lived by humans, but by machines.

But for Gao De, the feeling of gaining knowledge every day brings him infinite satisfaction psychologically.

This kind of satisfaction can largely cover up the fatigue.

After the turbulence at the beginning of the month, the Frozen Moon gradually returned to calm.

The waves seem to have subsided, but the undercurrent is still brewing.

At least more than half of the people are waiting to see the fun of this class of freshmen, waiting to see how many courses the "madman" Gao De will pass and how many credits he will get.

And in this kind of superficial attention, Frozen Moon came to an end quietly.

The end of the Frozen Moon is somewhat special.

At Seres College, a large course like Runeology would take a whole academic year to complete.

However, the branch courses below generally do not span that long.

Most branch courses last only three months, and the longest is only half a year at most.

Of the eight elective courses that Gao De chose at the beginning, three were compulsory courses, and there was also a large course called "Character Literature".

The remaining four courses are all branch courses.

Except for "Magic Plant Cultivation", which gives students some time to cultivate magic plants and the course time spans four months, the remaining three branch courses: "Geography of the Nolan Continent and War Geography", "Understanding of General Spells (0-3 Rings)", and "General Knowledge of Medicinal Materials" all have a standard course time of three months.

And the final course examinations are all scheduled at the end of the month.

In other words, Gaode will usher in his first "exam week" at Seres College.

The first test was on "Understanding of General Spells (0th to 3rd ring)".

This is a purely theoretical course.

The form of course assessment is not complicated. The college will issue a test paper, and then the students who choose to take this course will answer the questions within an hour.

Morning of the 30th day of the Frozen Moon.

The examination classroom arranged by the academy was packed with students.

The attendance rate of this easy course has always been among the highest in the college.

"All students participating in the assessment are requested to place their identity badges on the upper left corner of the table for inspection."

"This is a closed-book exam. If anyone is found cheating, we will not tolerate it and will report it to the committee for handling. I hope you will not make such a principled mistake."

An unknown old wizard entered the classroom with a stack of "test papers". After giving a lecture on the examination room discipline, he nodded to the staff member next to him.

The staff member understood what he meant and took out a small alchemy machine. He started checking the identity information of the first student who entered through the gate in order.

Gao De sat in his seat in a daze, waiting for the papers to be distributed.

The final examinations for all courses in the college, regardless of the form of examination, are scored on a 100-point scale.

Sixty points is the base score. If you achieve this score, you will pass the assessment and get credits for the course.

However, in addition to credits, there is also an indicator to assist in evaluating students' performance, called "grade point."

This is also one of the important supporting measures for Seres College to implement the credit system.

The GPA is 10% of the course score minus 5.

For example, if you get 0 points in the final examination of "Understanding General Spells (3th to rd Ring)", then your GPA is % of the points, "six" minus "five", which equals .

The biggest role of GPA is to remove water. The college clearly requires that in most of the college's rankings and weight calculations based on credits, the average GPA must be above three to be allowed to participate in the calculation.

If the credits are the same, the candidate with higher GPA will be given priority.

This can prevent students from taking a bunch of courses and trying to get credits by just passing the assessments.

After checking the identity information, the staff started distributing the papers.

The title was neatly copied on fine parchment, and the ink smelled pleasant.

Gao De narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the test questions.

There are not many questions, and they are all variations of the knowledge points in the course.

"As a 1st level mage, can you go deep into the Hejian Snowfield? And by what method?"

The first question is a classic easy-to-scoring question that builds students’ confidence.

The answer is also very simple.

"Yes, through the 1st level protective spell [Endure Environment]."

"In the Dark Forest, as a 2nd-level wizard specializing in illusion spells, you encounter a group of leyline creatures entrenched in this area. How can you safely pass through this area without direct combat?"

This question is a little bit difficult. First of all, you need to pay attention to the question: "A 2nd-level wizard specializing in illusion spells."

Therefore, the scope of the spell is limited to the school of illusion and within the 2nd level spell.
"In an encounter with bandits, you are surrounded by enemies and want to break out quickly and ensure safety. Please describe the spell you would choose and why."

Gao De wrote without stopping.

To Gao De, who had thoroughly mastered all the teaching materials of this course through [Divine Guidance +], these questions may seem complicated, but in fact, none of them are difficult.

As soon as I saw the question, the answer came to me naturally.

They are all free points questions!
After writing for a while, Gaode soon came to the last question.

It is indeed the last question, because a whole page is reserved for this question, and it is obviously a big question.

This is also the question with the highest score in the entire test paper, accounting for 40 points.

However, when Gaode saw the question, he felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

It's not that someone leaked the questions to him in advance, but because
"Suppose you are a 3rd level wizard proficient in various spells. You are sent to investigate an area occupied by new leyline creatures. In order to investigate the level of the new leyline, please design a comprehensive spell strategy to enter the area as safely as possible, obtain the required information, and leave safely."

Gaode looked at the question and found it looked more and more familiar.
"Isn't this a title adapted from Hogan's Leyline?"

"Forehead"

Moreover, is the so-called last question just this level?

It’s worthy of being called a water course!

When Gao De thought of this, he stopped hesitating and started writing.

I wrote quickly and solved the last question in a few minutes.

After picking up the "test paper" and checking it to make sure there were no omissions, Gao De packed up his things and stood up to hand in the paper.

The old wizard who was sitting at the top supervising the students raised his eyebrows at Gao De who came up to hand in his paper.

The course "General Spell Knowledge" is not difficult, especially the last question, which is always an open-ended question. As long as students can make sense, they can generally get most of the points.

If you can get half of the first 60 points, you will pass the test.

Therefore, the pass rate of this course is almost 100%.

However, it is still rare to see students handing in their papers so quickly.

Thinking of this, the old wizard glanced at Gao De's "test paper" out of the corner of his eye.

The next moment, his eyes, which were already small to begin with, were narrowed into a slit.

Huh?
It’s very full.

He reached out and took the test paper, staring at the full page of Gao De's answers behind the questions, and reviewed it line by line.

The first question is correct, a free point question, normal.

The second question is also correct and quite serious.

Question 3.
After reading all the way through, the old wizard found that he couldn't find any mistakes on Gaode's part.

The passing rate for "General Spell Knowledge" is high, but this is only because spells are a basic ability for mages and are closely related to their lives. Students already have a certain foundation of course knowledge before attending class.

Moreover, many questions in the examination only require reasonable statements and have no fixed answers, so it is easy to score points.

But this does not mean that this is an easy subject to get high scores.

This is a subject very similar to "Chinese".

It’s hard to fail if you want to;
But it is also difficult if you want to get high scores.

Getting full marks is even harder than in "Mathematics".

The old wizard's expression became more and more solemn. When he read all the way to the last line of the last question, he couldn't help but nodded slightly.

If he were asked to grade Gao De's paper, he would give it a high score of over 95.

All the previous answers are correct, and you get all 60 points.

The only point where points were deducted was the last big question.

But it was not because he discovered any omissions in Gaode's answer to this question.

But for this kind of open-ended questions, no matter how you answer, no matter how casually you answer, you will get some points more or less.

Similarly, no matter how perfect it is, some points will be deducted more or less.

Because there is no perfect spell strategy.

(End of this chapter)