The Last King of Darkness

The arrival of exams made the entire academy busy.

Due to the existence of patrol tasks, the students ’ schedules were uncertain, and the teachers had to divide them into two groups for the exams.

This doubled their workload.

For the first-year students, all of their exam content was cultural courses.

The exam mode was the same as before, with the students receiving the test paper to complete on their own.

This was too familiar for Rode, and no one was better at taking exams than someone who had grown up in a family of gardeners.

What was even simpler was that there was no supervision in the exam room.
The academy used a large maze lock to create a fog that covered the exam room and separated the students.

This had no effect on Rode.
When he opened his soul eyes, he could see everything clearly.
He could even put his hands in his sleeves and enter a dream on the spot to ask the Book of Knowledge questions.

The Book of Knowledge rolled its pages and seemed to disdain Rode ’s behavior, but its body was very honest and carefully answered every question Rode asked, giving detailed full marks answers.

On the morning of the eleventh day, there were exams for ”Sacred Fire ” and ”Numerical Arts and Combat Applications. ”

In the evening of the eleventh day, there was an exam for ”The Last Hope of Humanity: The Establishment and Continuation of Thalorian. ”

On the morning of the twelfth day, there was an exam for ”Common Monster Habits and Characteristics. ”

In the evening of the twelfth day, there was an exam for ”Extraordinary Souls. ”

All the main courses were finished in two days.

Rode fed the Book of Knowledge with half a ton of redstone and had already reserved the first place in his grade.

The sub-courses and electives would be tested at the end of the term, so there was no need to worry about them in the meantime.

After the exams, the entire academy breathed a sigh of relief, and laughter and joy once again appeared in every corner of the academy.
The lakes under the firelight sparkled again as students walked in pairs.

The deserted market area became lively again.

The taverns in the living area, such as ”Fairy ’s Hometown, ” ”Blues Melancholy, ” and ”Warm Big Stick, ” became lively again.

The teachers at the academy also relaxed a lot.
This was the most tiring time for them.
In addition to the heavy teaching tasks, all of the students ’ patrol tasks, except for the resident students, had to have a teacher present.
This was a very heavy responsibility, and no one wanted these lovely seeds to die during their growth period.

The responsibility was so heavy that the teachers almost stayed up all night for the exams.

With the exams ending smoothly, everyone could finally let go of their worries.

The ”Kimberly Star ” selection would be completed by the Kimberly Society and the Mechanical Research Institute, and they didn ’t have to worry about it.

For the first-year students, the selection content was very simple.

It was just a comparison of the test data when they entered the school with their current test data.
The greater the difference, the higher the score.

In addition to a quarter of the teacher ’s score and a quarter of the exam score, the student who made the most progress would win.It seems that Rode has a great advantage and basically locks in the first prize medal.

The only thing that makes Rode unhappy is that the inspector messed with him again during the testing of the fire seed.

”Green, blue…thin and pointed, what the hell is this?! Why are all your fire seeds of unheard-of types? ”

The inspector flipped through the thick book for a long time and finally named his second fire seed.

【Grass】

Rode didn ’t care about this at first, but the translation was so ridiculous, with both ”rice bucket ” and ”grass ”, that he found it hard to accept.

He argued that he wanted to change the name of the fire seed back to 【Chilly Blue】.

As a specialist in ancient languages, the inspector was questioned about his translation skills, and he suddenly became very angry.
Not only did he refuse to correct it, but he also criticized Rode ’s translation as meaningless and not understanding the concept of elegance and clarity.

The tragedy is that Rode specializes in ancient languages, which are less commonly used and more obscure.
There are not many people who study them.

The sequencing crystal ball uses ancient languages, such as Majis, Nalaka, Sasorania, and other languages.
Most of the ruins excavated in the royal city use this language.

This is the mainstream ancient language, but Rode doesn ’t understand it at all.

After the scholars who came to mediate the dispute had a basic understanding of the situation, they warned Rode that if he disrupted the order of the venue again, he would be disqualified from the selection.

Rode had to give up.
Let the grass be grass, as long as it doesn ’t affect the selection.

But unexpectedly, it did affect the selection.

In the final round of the first prize medal selection, Rode ’s competitors believed that his fire seed was too useless, with an unclear function, and should not be given so many points.
The rewards of the Kimberly Academy should be given to the most hopeful students, not wasted on trash.

Although the words were not pleasant to hear, many of the evaluators were shaken.

Although Rode ’s score was crushing the other competitors, his fire seed was just too inconspicuous.

In the final round of the selection, almost everyone had very strong soul characteristics or fire seed abilities, and only Rode had the unclear function of the 【Black Rice Bucket】and 【Grass】.

It was just too shabby, making people doubt whether he had any prospects in the future.

”Train the strongest person with the best resources ” has always been the mainstream idea in the royal city, and it has only gradually changed in the past twenty years under the rule of the new king, but it is still deeply rooted in people ’s hearts.

Mina, a researcher at the Mechanic Research Institute, is also one of the evaluators, but she strongly opposes this opinion, believing that it violates the rules and fairness of the ”Kimberly Star ” selection. ”Rules and fairness are the foundation of our survival.
The Holy Fire and the Kingdom do not rely on one person, one family, or one group to protect them.
They rely on the efforts of everyone.
Unity is our greatest strength.
If we lose fairness, we lose the power of unity. ”

Her words gained the support of many followers, and many scholars were also shaken.

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Her teacher, the venerable Amides, had used his wisdom to solve many problems for the royal city and was one of the most respected scholars.

As his closed-door disciple, Mina ’s opinion was worthy of respect.

In the end, the presiding judge chose a simpler solution–

Give everyone a difficult problem, and if Rode can solve it first, he will receive the first prize medal.

If not, then a re-examination will be conducted, and the potential of the students will be considered for extra points.

”I have two empty water bottles here, with capacities of 5 and 6 cubic units respectively.
How can you obtain 3 cubic units of water from the lake? ”

The competitors fell silent, and only Rode showed a cold smile.

This simple problem didn ’t even require asking the Book of the Fool.

He said in a few words:

”Fill the 6-cubic-unit bottle with water, pour it into the 5-cubic-unit bottle, leaving 1 unit. ”

”Empty the 5-cubic-unit bottle, pour the 1 unit of water into the 5-cubic-unit bottle, fill the 6-cubic-unit bottle, pour it into the 5-cubic-unit bottle, leaving 2 units. ”

”Empty the 5-cubic-unit bottle, pour the 2 units of water into the 5-cubic-unit bottle, fill the 6-cubic-unit bottle, pour it into the 5-cubic-unit bottle, leaving 3 units. ”

Neat and concise.

The scholars all applauded.
The problem was not difficult; what was difficult was clear thinking and clear expression.

But the presiding judge ’s face darkened.

”This problem doesn ’t count.
You may already know it.
Let ’s change to a new one. ”

”There is a pool of water that takes 4 hours to fill and 8 hours to drain.
Assuming the manager fills and drains the pool at the same time, how long will it take to fill? ”

As soon as the words fell, someone protested, ”Isn ’t this problem a bit beyond the scope? ”

Another person shouted, ”It ’s a waste of clean water resources.
The manager should be investigated.
He might be a doomsday cultist. ”

Rode almost laughed and answered directly, ”8 hours. ”

The noisy voices suddenly disappeared, and the presiding judge sat down.
He knew that he couldn ’t fulfill his promise as Hablin wanted.