Above the mage!

Chapter 179: End of the First School Year
As it turned out, Gaode's worries were unnecessary.

It seems that he is busy learning magic and has no time to study with Gaode.

Or maybe after his image as a genius student became more and more popular, Youlan realized that he couldn't beat Gaode in terms of credits, so he rationally chose to give up.

In short, when it came to Huayanyue, Youlan did not take any additional elective courses.

This also means that, if there are no other circumstances, his credits in the first year will only be 31 points.

It has completely lost the possibility of competing with Gaode for the first place in freshman credits.

Without the competitive pressure, Gaode also breathed a sigh of relief.

——It’s not difficult to study, but the tuition is expensive!

If the situation continues like this, we will be in financial crisis before the next school year even starts.

The remaining courses have also come to an end one after another.

The first thing to start was the final examination of the course "Spell Application and Combat".

Since it is called Application and Combat, the assessment content is naturally not theoretical, but a practical assessment that tests students' ability to apply and control magic.

Mentor Faron set up ten different tests for the ten most common tricks for wizard apprentices.

For example, the assessment of [Mage's Hand] is to use the Mage's Hand to disassemble and assemble the parts of an alchemical machine.

Students choose two spells from among them for corresponding assessment.

Then, Instructor Faron will give the final score based on the students’ performance in these two spell tests.

Gaode chose [Hand of the Mage] and [Flame Arrow] as his assessment items.

The assessment content of [Flame Arrow] is to hit two fast-moving trial puppets within the specified time.

Obviously, for Gaode, both of these assessment items are easy.

"It's done, instructor." Gao De spoke out as he finished the two tests so quickly, as if he had really cheated.

"Gode!" Instructor Faron, who had just finished arranging the assessment content and precautions for Gode and turned to explain things to another student, turned around with an expression of disbelief.

He stared at Gao De, who had completed two assessments in almost a minute, and shouted at him, unable to suppress his emotions: "Why did you complete all the assessments so quickly?"

"You told me to do this, Mentor."

“Oh my god!” Teacher Faron’s voice became louder and louder. It shouldn’t be called talking, but a roar with ecstasy:

"This is a new record for this course!"

"If the academy hadn't clearly stipulated that required courses must be taken in order of stages, I would have made you take the third stage assessment directly and graduate directly from this course!"

"And now, I can only give you full marks!"

At that moment, all the students on the field heard what Instructor Faron said and looked at Gaode in shock.

Gaode’s image as a learning genius has been deeply rooted in people’s hearts, and it is not the first time that he has received full marks.

So, it shouldn't be surprising to them that he once again received full marks.

The problem is, this is the "Spell Application and Combat" class!
What is assessed is the magic, not learning.

How come Gaode also has a talent in this area that even Teacher Faron is shocked?
Gao De pretended not to notice the surprised and envious looks around him, nodded to Teacher Faron, and then quietly left the stage - having been a top student all his life, he was very familiar with this routine.

Gaode also passed the final examinations of the remaining courses, including the first phase of "Mage Fundamentals", "Cultivation and Utilization of Spiritual Lands", and "Survival Skills in Extreme Environments" with high scores.

As for the "Character Literature".
Since I have been learning from He Xi and studying on my own, I don’t have any reference.

Therefore, Gaode only knows that his learning content has exceeded the first stage, but he is still a little unsure about the specific assessment.

Therefore, Gao De, who had been concentrating on practicing calligraphy during this period, took out half a day before the test to review the previous rune literature materials.

However, when it came to the assessment, it was discovered that the assessment content actually required students to choose five out of the ten given level 0 basic runes to draw.

For each rune, there are three chances to draw it.

In other words, as long as you can master half of the level 0 basic runes and your luck is not too bad, you can pass the test.

When I saw the assessment content, my first thought was: That’s it?

"Character Literature" is a long course that lasts for a full ten months, but the fact that the examination content is so simple is beyond Gao De's expectations.

After all, after two and a half months of studying runes, he had already mastered all 651 level basic runes.

Not surprisingly, Gaode also passed the test with full marks in "Rune Literature".

Finally, Gaode's first academic year ended.

Then there is a one-month waiting period.

By the Frost Gold Moon, the first year of school for all freshmen has ended.

The final first place in freshman credits fell to Gao De without any suspense.

This year he completed a total of 18 courses and passed all the assessments.

And more than half of them received full marks in the final examination, with a total of 36 credits.

All I can say is that Gao De had an extremely fulfilling first year at Seres College.

The second is Youlan, who obtained a total of 31 credits.

The third one is naturally Jelica, who obtained a total of 25 credits, which is also a very high score.

Because in the ninth month after she entered Seres Academy, the Flower Flame Month, after drinking the Water of Uplifting Spirits, she successfully advanced to the first-ring mage and was rewarded with 1 extra credits.

25 credits, which would have ranked first in credits among all freshmen classes in the past twenty years.

But this year, it could only rank third.

It is conceivable how fierce the competition for credits is among this year's freshmen.

Gaode's first place in credits was snatched from two first-level mages, so its value is naturally needless to say.

After the credit rankings came out, the titles of the three geniuses of the 9655th freshman class of Sirius College, Gao De, You Lan and Jie Lika, were also upgraded, removing the prefix of the 9655th freshman class.

However, among the three geniuses, Gaode, who had the highest credits, was ranked last.

After all, in the world of mages, mage talent is always the most important criterion for judgment.

Gao De's learning talent has been fully demonstrated, and his talent for spells is also well-known, but the mage level of a second-class mage apprentice is still too backward.

But in fact, thanks to the boost of his mental strength, Gao De had already practiced the Guidance Method to the 18th level of magic on the last day of the Harvest Moon.

Moreover, the next breakthrough is only a matter of days.

At the middle of the Dark Night, the last petal of the Apprentice Meditation Technique was also materialized by God.

This announced that the apprentice Gaode had already mastered the meditation technique to perfection, and he only needed to catch up with the guidance method before he could try to be promoted to a 1st-level wizard.

The most important thing for Gaode is to expand his spell library.

It can be said that it is imminent.

The reason why Amap has not taken action yet is very simple, and it can be summed up in one word:
poverty!
Uninterrupted rental of a first-level training room represents an expenditure of 10 silver coins per day.

In addition, even if you live frugally, daily living expenses will still require at least 1 silver.

From the Green Leaf Month to now, there has been only outflows and no inflows, and Gaode's once three-digit deposits have now dropped to single digits.

To be precise, it is 1 gold and 18 silver.

This amount of money is barely enough to buy a meal, and is not enough to pay for the next training room expenses, let alone buy spell formulas.

Fortunately, Gaode finally waited until the end of the first school year.

The freshman credit rankings have been finalized.

The 100 gold reward for the freshman with the highest credits will soon be credited.

(End of this chapter)