Crack!
The sound of yet another student breaking their pen echoed through the silent hall. This student wrinkled his eyebrow with clenched teeth, It was clear he was having a hard time. He hastily threw the broken pen away and took up another one, resuming his exam.
The exam hall was completely silent except for the sounds of scribbling pens and some haggard breathing. Practically every single person in the hall had wrinkled eyebrows and scowls on their faces. Some were so nervous they were even shedding tears.
Several students whose Mathematics ability was already very poor to begin with kept thinking No, cant solve this! Pass! Ill come back later! No! Pass! Pass! Fuck goddamnit! How the hell do I prove this? They were already on the brink of collapse with their bloodshot eyes.
Not even Drake was free, he also faced his own torment and today he finally realized why JAMB exams was so fucking hard back in ancient Africa. It wasnt that he did not have the answers to the damn questions, its just that time was way too damn short.
It was the same number of questions they had to answer back then that he had to do now he even had twice the time the people back then did, lets not forget the advantages of a mages sharp mind and writing speed. Yet, even with all this there was still not enough time.
With thirty minutes left to go, he was writing at break neck speed and sweat dripped from his forehead as he thought. Hurry, hurry, hurry. I cant waste too much time on this problem. Need to move faster.
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Time would soon be up and no one had finished solving. At this time, the old man returned this time with two teenagers pushing a large table with something on it, however the test takers couldnt see what it was.
They remained standing quietly in front of the class waiting. It was obvious they were waiting for the time for the test to run out.
What felt like a few seconds later Doctor Greene called for a stop.
When the two students standing behind him noticed the exam takers were still trying to get a few more things down they did something and everyones pens stopped working. They couldnt help but reluctantly put the pens down. Some who were already on the verge of breaking down instantly burst into tears.
Alright everyone the first Three rounds have been concluded and it is now time for Round 4, this will be the last part of this exam, the last 50 marks will be from this last part so buckle up.
Once he said this everybodys faces hardened and even those that were despairing raised their heads with determined looks on their faces.
Dr. Greene nodded at this then started, Round 4 is also called the bonus round! That is because it is possible for your answers to the challenge in this round to yield more than the originally designated 50 Marks. Every year we have different challenges for Round 4, this is because we like to make it something you cant prepare for. This is so we can test just how creative you can be and it is the same with this time. How detailed your answers are, how creative they are, all this will be taken into account when we assess your answers and the better you do the more marks you will get. Alright lets stop wasting time. He waved at the two students and they removed the covering revealing what was on the table.
Gasps filled the hall as soon as what was hidden was revealed, and fear was etched plainly on many peoples faces, and some people immediately threw up where they were when the stench hit them.
On the large table was a massive carcass of a boar. Even while lying on its side it was three meters tall and ten meters long. There were several wounds on it but the most prominent and eye catching, was an open wound that was nearly a meter long on the side of its neck, it looked like it was caused by the slash of a sword or saber cutting halfway through the thick neck. It was so deep it could be clearly seen that the blade had no only cut clean through the muscle but it had also gotten deep enough to reveal the vertebra of the beast and there was still a little blood leaking from the wound
For the final fifty marks you wont be asked fifty separate questions but one. Describe the specimen in front of you! The remaining fifty marks of your exam will be appointed depending on what your answer is and how your answer is given, and if your answers are really good you might even end up getting more marks. You have 30 minutes, your time starts now!
This exam isnt for regular academies. It is the mage academy entrance exam, so you will be tested like mages. Since you are a mage write like a mage! He repeated the same instruction he did at the start of the exam.
Dr. Greene was the head of the Science Department at Alpha academy and for this entrance he was the Examiner.
He knew that these students didnt really need the entrance exam and they would still get accepted in their choice academy, but he still liked the thought of testing the students. Who knows we might end up unveiling a few hidden geniuses among them? he thought.
As far as he was concerned, students writing exams was only natural since it would only bring out their strengths and weaknesses for them to see where they could improve. Also exams were the best way of separating the weak from the strong, a lot of talents got buried in the crowd just because they didnt have a chance to show themselves, exams gave them that chance. Who knows maybe the next great mind of science might be hidden among this set.
As far as he was concerned there were so many plus sides and no downsides.
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As Dr. Greene talked about how the round would be marked he understood just how much this round was worth. If you thought about it another way, this question alone could be worth more than all the other questions put together, which means it is possible to score the whole 400 Marks with only this question and even more but there was also the risk of not giving enough to get as much marks, with this it was all on the test taker.
Drake couldnt help but deeply admire the mage academies. Whoever came up with this exam really was a genius. It really tested the limits of their creativity.
When the Doctor was done talking he once again left the room, but Drake wasnt in a rush to continue the exam, since rushing wouldnt get him anywhere. This round required you to use your observation skills so he carefully looked at the magical beast carcass.
It was quite obvious that the beast had died not too long ago, yet even though it was already dead it still gave off a berserk bloodthirsty aura that pressured all the exam takers.
Drake slowly looked around the hall and shook his head when he saw that some of the exam takers still looking on and trembling in fear. these guys wouldnt get far, if they didnt get their shit together.
He was just about to continue with his exam when something in the corner of his eye caught his attention. It was another, guy seated a few meters away from him.
There was nothing really weird about him but when Drake looked at his hands he found that this guys hands were moving at speed so fast Drakes couldnt keep up with them. This surprised Drake but then he noticed that this guy wasnt the only one.
It was then that it hit him like a lightning bolt.
He remembered Dr. Greens words. You are a mage write like a mage. The old man never said dont cheat, he never said not to use magic powers. No there was only one instruction.. write like a mage!
Drake immediately activated his magic power and the moment he did he felt like slapping himself. Using his magic eyes he could see that over half of the guys taking the exam were all using magic power. Whether to raise their writing speed or vision or whatever they did it all he could even almost swear he heard Morse code.
One that made him grind his teeth in rage was the lady sitting right behind him. He noticed thin threads formed of magic power stretching from her hands down her body and into her foot that was placed on his shadow. The threads seemed to follow the path of his shadow. If you looked closely you would see that the threads were wrapped around his shadows arms so every movement his shadow made she would do the exact same thing.
Damn, this girl is from the Nara clan! he turned his head only to see a gorgeous black haired lady smiling at him. Definitely a Vixen. How ruthless! he thought.
He hastily circulated his magic energy around his body cutting off the energy threads.
These fuckers! I should have known better than to think that old geezer was a good person by not standing around and making us panic, no examiners are good people. That old geezer has definitely seen Naruto. Since thats the case then I wont be polite with you. With a thought violet cosmic energy rushed out of his seal, surging through his arms and to his eyes.
SHARINGAN!
Drake had made his decision he was going all out.