Chapter 529 - 527: Annual Exam, Unbelievable Results

"What? You want to take the annual exam? Now?"

Alina looked at Hilia in surprise.

Hilia replied, "Yes, Ms. Ailina, I need to prepare for the ascension trial, so I finished learning the knowledge in advance."

"Actually, there’s no need to rush." Alina opened her mouth, but had nothing to say.

Last year, Hilia completed her coursework in a month and then started to relax, as everyone knew. Completing coursework in a month is actually not bad; any talented person can do it with effort.

But half a month...

Alina still felt it was a bit unreasonable.

She looked at Hilia and said, "If you take the exam early, your grades at the end of the term might be affected, causing you to underperform."

Hilia blinked her eyes, "By the end of the term, I’ll be a Tier Four Mage. Will I still need to take exams then?"

Alina: "...Alright, indeed there’s no need."

Tier Four already receives the treatment of a school mentor. To limit a high-tier mage with ordinary exams is clearly not something a magic academy would do.

If Hilia truly reaches Tier Four, the school might exempt her from the written exam, and even the practical exam might be waived.

After all, at Tier Four, she could even spar with the examiner, and if the examiner accidentally loses, it would be quite embarrassing.

Alina accepted Hilia’s application form and seriously asked, "Do you really want to take the exam early and focus on preparing for the ascension trial? You actually don’t need to take the exam; you can take your time."

"Taking the exam early means I won’t have to attend classes." Hilia put her hands on her hips, "Otherwise, I wouldn’t bother taking it."

Alina was left speechless.

The school indeed had such a regulation.

"I noticed that exchange student seems to like you a lot. If you don’t attend classes, your friends might be disappointed," Alina said.

"It’s alright, I’ll occasionally pop in to join the fun," Hilia replied.

"Alright, I’ll submit the application. You can take the exam by the day after tomorrow at the latest. However, if you don’t meet the required grades, you might not get the privileges. I suggest you study for a bit longer before taking the exam."

"No need, let’s do it now!"

"Alright then."

Alina shook her head and submitted the application form.

Although she felt Hilia’s request was somewhat unreasonable, since Hilia insisted strongly, Alina didn’t reject the application.

She also wanted to see if Hilia could really learn all the subjects in half a month.

It seemed too unreasonable to even think about.

days, 12 subjects, almost reading a book a day, even if she didn’t memorize it, just reading through would be nearly impossible to finish a book a day.

Even though Hilia had learned some subjects in advance, it was still quite unreasonable.

Very soon, on the next day, the school agreed to the exam. Several mentors were prepared, watching as Hilia battled it out with the test papers alone.

One of the mentors cast a small soundproof spell and asked softly:

"What do you think her results will be?"

"Even if she studied in advance, it should be hard to meet the school’s standards."

"I also feel she won’t meet them. To get privileges, she needs to score above 90 out of 100, and no one has achieved that so far."

"I remember there was a candidate who should be able to do it."

"That’s because the other person used their abilities to study long ago. She also can’t finish all the subjects in half a month."

"Let’s see how it goes. Even if we don’t think she could finish the studies, she is Hilia after all. What if she really gives us a miracle?"

"Hahaha, miracles aren’t that easy to achieve, how about a bet?"

"Forget it, betting is not a good habit."

"Let’s see how it goes; when grading, if the score is close enough, we can consider being lenient..."

All the mentors exchanged glances, showing expressions of understanding.

Out of twelve subjects, actually, only 8 were written exams. The rest like Flight, Meditation, Divine Realm Simulation, and Combat Simulation could be directly ignored, no need to be tested.

Hilia fought from morning until afternoon, finally finishing all the test papers.

When she finished the last question and dropped her pen, her hand was trembling.

Alina looked at Hilia with helplessness and cast a spell to soothe her mind and body.

"Hilia, you’re pushing too hard, there’s no need to finish in one day."

Hilia firmly said, "No, if I can finish in one day, there’s no need to take two."

In reality, it was because Rose required her to finish in one day.

The girl, with trembling hands, gazed at the image of Rose in her mind.

Rose smiled gently, generously praising, "You did great, you almost met the requirements, very impressive."

The girl smiled, so happy that it seemed her hands weren’t trembling anymore.

"Take the day off today, and start serious training again tomorrow."

Hilia was even happier.

After she left, the test papers were distributed among the mentors, who, under the supervision of a professor, began grading them.

After reviewing, everyone showed a look of surprise.

"The magic test papers are almost entirely correct."

"Not a single mistake in runes... no, some places are even more perfect than the reference answers."

"There are quite a few mistakes in Materials Science, but she met the passing standard, it’s okay. It seems Hilia knows quite a few materials."

"This test paper... is incredible!"

"..."

After swiftly finishing the grading, the examiners were buzzing with discussions.

The professor collected the test papers, reviewed them for a moment, and nodded with satisfaction.

"As expected of Hilia, this test paper would astonish even the principal."

"Oh? Even I would be astonished?" Blake’s voice came.

All the examiners stood up.

"Principal."

"Yes."

Blake entered, nodding and took Hilia’s test paper, skimming through it, revealing an expression of amazement.

"This test paper is extraordinarily perfect, as if blessed by the gods. It seems Hilia will be the first student of this year to advance to Tier Four."

Everyone exchanged looks, with a gleam of excitement in their eyes.

"If she completes the advancement before the year-end, Hilia’s talent will be no less than all former Holy Daughters and geniuses."

"If she can complete the advancement within a month of the start of the new term, that would break the advancement record."

"Hahaha, how could that be possible, completing advancement within the first month of the third year is unheard of, even those from the Beastman Empire who started training early can’t become Tier Four Mages before the age of 18."

"If I remember correctly, Hilia’s birthday is in July? If she can complete the advancement before July, that would also be a historical advancement speed."

"..."

The mentors present had good relationships with each other and had high expectations for Hilia.

Blake smiled and looked on, with a complex expression in his eyes.

There was a time when the school’s mentors didn’t have such good relationships.

Open and secret struggles were the themes of the Divine Magic Academy.

Or rather, the theme of Ista.

The reason they could unite...

The success of crossing the limit by the Holy Master made a significant contribution.

Blake thought.

He looked at the test papers in his hands.

"If Hilia can complete the advancement sooner, perhaps... she might also have a chance to cross the limit and become the second Tier Seven Mage, by then..."

Thinking about the ambition of the Holy Master, Blake suddenly felt that such ambition might not be unreachable.

The prerequisite is... the Holy Master not dying prematurely.

Thinking about the Holy Master’s health condition, Blake shook his head silently.