Chapter 26 Practical Testing
In the empty room, Lizzie's battle with the scroll in front of her comes to an end.
The room that had been temporarily used as an examination room was not large and unadorned, and the rough whitewashed walls on all sides and the not-so-clean floor panels seemed to reflect the fact that the room was rarely used, and it was probably used to accumulate unused clutter.
There was only Lizzie and the invigilator in the room, and a simple metal table and two slightly old wooden chairs were all the furniture in the room. The electric lamp hanging from the ceiling glowed with a monotonous white light, and the bright room was so quiet that only the rustle of Lizzie's writing could be heard.
After overcoming the questions that made it difficult for her to write, Lizzie's answers improved dramatically. Originally, the purpose of this exam was only to test the applicant's level of mastery of theoretical foundations, and these questions were purely a test of theory and memory.
The first part she solved was the "short answer question", and Lizzie looked at the question of this type of question in confusion, and the requirements on it clearly stated that the answer should "briefly answer" the following questions, but a large part of the questions were not clear in a few words.
However, the answer was quite simple, basically just asking her to explain the meaning and use of some ancient words, or to fill in the recipe of a simple alchemical potion. One of the most difficult questions is simply to explain the principle of the steam mechanism.
Basically, these questions can be easily answered as long as you read books regularly and properly memorize the knowledge recorded in the books. However, in order to avoid suspicion, when Lizzie poured the knowledge out of her head, she still modified the wording to make the answers easier to understand.
Could it be that the questioner misspelled the question when he carried the question, and misspelled the "simple question" into a "simple answer"?
The next question is the "Fill in the Blanks", which asks for the correct filling of the required driver text on a standard Rubik's cube - when answering this question, Lizzie's energy is focused on asking herself not to change the inefficient Rubik's cube on the test paper in a fit of rage.
After two hours of hard fighting, Lizzie answered all the questions on the pile of exam papers in front of her as normal as possible. In fact, the difficulty of this entrance examination is not too large, but the number of questions is a bit large, and the layout is too tight, which is easy to make the respondents become impetuous.
This may also be part of the test, a sorcerer must always be calm and attentive. Because of the precise and effective operation algorithm required to drive spells, it is extremely easy to cause spells to get out of control if they are a little careless or laissez-faire, which is likely to put the caster and the surrounding in trouble.
"The more powerful a person is, the more he needs to know how to control his own power" - these are the words of the "Silver Dragon King" Huey Grosteste. As we all know, his most proud disciple was swallowed by the storm of rampaging magic because he didn't control his spells.
Presumably, part of this "investigation" was to carry out his will.
After making sure that nothing had been missed, Lizzie let out a long sigh of relief and handed all the papers to the invigilator waiting for her. The woman yawned heavily before accepting the scroll, and if it weren't for Lizzie handing it in now, she might have begun to doze off.
Walking to the door, Curt and Taturis were already waiting outside the door. For some reason, Taturis, who had been a little dark-skinned, was now slightly pale, and Curt standing next to him still had a hippie smile, and his empty eyes were much more lively than usual.
"Lizzie worked the exam, how does it feel?"
It seems that while "drinking tea", Curt also pulled out some interesting information from Taturis's mouth. He's in a good mood right now, and even when he says hello to Lizzie, he has a lot of smiles on his lips. Looking at his malicious smile, Lizzie felt that he looked like a fox with a trick.
After giving him a look, Lizzie pretended not to notice anything and said, "Overall, it should be okay, but I don't know why there are still history-related questions in the exam of the basic theory of spells." Other than that, there's no problem at all. ”
"It's true, you love to read, but you don't seem to read much about history. Curt noticed Lizzie's eyes, but on the surface he didn't care, and dealt with her as always, "Isn't it time to consider putting the history books in your study?"
The corners of Liqi's mouth curled, revealing an unorthodox smile: "Forget it, you know I don't like history, it was like this in the past, it is now, and it will be in the future." ”
"Then forget it, I shouldn't interfere with any books you want to read. ”
Curt said he had no opinion.
Then he turned a little and said to Taturis, who had handed the exam to another staff member, "Mr. Taturis, where are we going next? I remember you said earlier that in addition to the written test, Lizzie has to take a practical test in addition to the written test. ”
"That's right, because Miss Leinster has written her wish on the admission form to study in the Academy's summoning department, so we must test her summoning skills next. Taturis replied, probably because of the poor air circulation in the building, and his forehead was covered with beads of sweat.
"We're going to summon the site now, please come with me. Our staff will correct Miss Leinster's papers during the practical test, and I think we will know the results soon. ”
After speaking, he whispered a few more words to the staff holding the test papers, and then took a step and led Curt and Lizzie to the staircase at the end of the corridor.
The area of the college is not small, and in order to ensure that each area can be easily operated, there are many stations near the main buildings that provide convenient transportation methods. As they moved with Taturis at Curt, they could see many passing students saluting him.
The exhibition of modern technology made transportation easier, and in a short time, the three of them took a four-wheeled bicycle from the side of the building of the Academic Affairs Office to a vast sports field. The academic affairs building in view has shrunk to the size of a fist, a distance that used to take a lot of time to cross.
The summoning arena is located at the very edge of the stadium, and it is a circular building that resembles an arena from the classical era of the old Big 6. At a glance, you can see that all the doors and windows of the building are fully equipped with reinforcement strips, and it is equipped to be a prison.
The interior of the building is the same as the outside, with a classical era vibe. A wide corridor connects the many rooms separated by sealed doors. Faintly, I could hear some indistinguishable voices coming from the sealed door, presumably the students of the Summoning Department were in class.
Lizzie followed Taturis into one of the sealed doors, while Curt followed her and looked at the paintings and decorations in the building with interest. He had always been fond of ancient buildings, and the architectural style of this summoning site seemed to be quite an appetite for him.
The structure of the room inside the sealed door is also quite interesting, with all the walls made up of hexagons, and the wonderful geometry is constantly spliced together to form a slightly spherical room. In the center of each hexagon is an ancient inscription that is some years old, and its shining silver light has dimmed.
In the center of the room is a circular platform separated from the rest of the room by six amber columns. There are also three smaller circles in the circular platform, which take on a triangular structure that fits snugly into a hexagon, sandwiching it inside.
These are all settings used to protect the mage when summoning, especially the apprentices who are not good at summoning, their behavior needs to be guided, and their safety needs to be protected.
"Miss Leinster, now that we're testing the summoning technique, please wear this. ”
He handed Lizzie a pair of white gloves, the same style that Oscar had worn on his hand to cast spells. The white fabric is woven with soft metal threads that are difficult to discern with eyesight, and a thin metal plate is attached to the back of the hand.
It seems that this is the magic machine that the academy uniformly alleviates to the apprentices.
Seeing that Lizzie had put on her white gloves, he continued, "Now please stand in the circle on the platform in the center of the room. Then face the hexagonal area in front of you and start summoning. When casting spells, summon the things you know best, and don't challenge difficult operations just to get a high score. ”
Lizzie nodded, and walked to the designated position as he asked to start casting.
Although both summoning spells and elemental spells are a type of spell, their principles are different. Elemental spells are algorithmically converted into "phenomena" and harnessed, while summoning spells convert magic into "doors" that bring the corresponding thing to you.
When using a summoning spell, you must know the situation of the summoned person and know the specific location it is in. Transform these magic powers into "doors" in order to successfully bring the object to the surface. Lizzie calmed down and began to mentally trace a few flowers in a vase outside the exam room.
Magic is infused into the glove-shaped magic machine to create a spell structure. The information in the mind is then converted into the conditions necessary for casting the spell, and in turn it is filled in the space of the prepared structure. Finally, the refined mana is infused once more, driving the spell structure to work.
It's a hassle to say, but it's only a blink of an eye to actually operate. Soon, after an inconspicuous flash of light, a flower that had been almost torn apart lay in its designated place.
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