Chapter 380 Protracted War and War of Attrition

As long as you don't leave the examination room, you can answer the questions step by step. In other words, as long as you leave the examination room, even if you go to the toilet, the examination is considered over. This unkind rule was promulgated by Principal Dippet on the grounds that he values ​​students' persistence and quality more. However, someone has calculated that it will take up to eighteen hours to complete the three grade exams. As long as there is some preparation, most people can still persevere.

However, none of the students and teachers expected that anyone would try to get to the end of the exam. "No one can learn so much in three months, let alone persist for that long." This is what Principal Dippet thought and said: "Who would think that they can definitely pass the exam? Then? Are you still arrogantly challenging the next grade?"

But this is what Zhao Mai planned.

Just like the time in the Druid community, Zhao Mai knew that the more outstanding his performance, the more attention he would receive. And this is a rare opportunity, as all the questions are written tests. In other words, the ordinary wizard examination and the ultimate wizard examination will also be written examinations, and normally they are based on half of the written examination results and half of the practical results. Only in later generations, when the pedantic and vicious Dolores Umbridge briefly served as Hogwarts Headmaster, were exams entirely written. Zhao Mai still has no good way to solve the problem of reciting magic spells, so this written test is a rare opportunity for him to pass the wizard exam.

If he can pass the ordinary level wizard examination, he will have the true qualification of "wizard". There will be no restrictions on buying and selling things in the wizarding world, and he can better "deal with" Gringotts. Zhao Mai doesn't have many wizard gold coins left, and his money-making plan requires wizard status. It would be better to pass the ultimate wizard level exam and become a completely free person, but the bottom line must be at least the fifth-year ordinary wizard exam.

So, use whatever method you have!

Except for the arithmetic (divination) class, which took a little longer, Zhao Mai was equivalent to directly copying books for other exams. The quill brushed in his hand, almost without stopping, which surprised Principal Dippet and couldn't help paying more attention. ‘Why so fast? ’ He had doubts in his heart, but no matter how he looked, he couldn’t see any cheating behavior on Zhao Mai’s part. In the arithmetic test, Zhao Mai did calculate one question after another, and went through the derivation process, instead of writing straight up after knowing the answer.

Before, his understanding of this group of students basically only limited to their names, genders and ages. Mike, Tolkien and Ado listened more. On the one hand, Professor Dumbledore fought for policies around them, and on the other hand, magic Ministry notification. In fact, the Ministry of Magic secretly hopes to exclude these people because they are likely to be "Muggle sympathizers", that is, they will sacrifice the safety of the wizarding world for the benefit of Muggles and are troublemakers. But Professor Dumbledore was right. The school couldn't just take a hint from the Ministry of Magic. If the Ministry of Magic really wanted to do something, they could give the order directly or send Aurors (the Ministry's elite wizards who capture dark wizards).

However, in Principal Dippet's mind, it is a good thing to have less trouble when these people are not students yet. But after seeing Zhao Mai's answering speed, this feeling has changed. He began to feel that people who can attract the attention of both Dumbledore and the Ministry of Magic must be extraordinary, and such people will eventually shine. If after he shines, he discovers that he, the principal, was expelled from the school because of unreasonable things, wouldn't it mean that there is something very wrong with his vision and wisdom?

Six hours later, Zhao Mai started working on the third-grade papers. He was not the fastest, but that was because he answered every question, unlike some people who would selectively skip some questions. At this time, Xiaohua encountered some troubles: due to limited endurance, she could not be possessed for too long each time, and then she needed to rest, which shortened her available answering time. In addition, the order of questions on each person's paper is different, and the order of selecting answer sheets is also different. As a result, the further back she goes, the less likely she is to peek at other people's papers to find answers.

So she flew to the front row to find Zhao Mai.

"Huh?" Principal Dippet frowned. He clearly felt a trace of energy fluctuations, but he couldn't find the source. When he picked up the wand, Xiao Hua had already flown back and hid in Ado's body.

A burst of magic light swept across all the candidates, but nothing was found. Principal Dippet thought for a while and thought that he had just delusional. However, it was a good result that no problem was found. He continued to pay attention to Zhao Mai's exam progress.

Everyone will finish answering the third-grade questions, and then some will stop answering based on their feelings. All tutoring students have no wizard elders. Everyone has the same level before coming to Hogwarts. They can complete all three years of courses in less than four months - of course, they still have to make up for the enlightenment part. ——It’s already not easy. Therefore, people began to leave the examination room one after another. Every time someone left, Dumbledore would come to the door to congratulate them. In his opinion, students who can withstand the test are good students.

The students who left the examination room all went to solve their personal problems first, and then returned at the same time to discuss the examination situation. Although everyone is competing for a spot, the recent attack on tutoring students and the experience of tutoring together have united everyone.

A small number of people completed the fourth-grade questions, and their bodies were almost unable to hold on. The combination of hunger, thirst, drowsiness and the need to go to the bathroom greatly reduces their ability to concentrate. Moreover, the questions on the paper will wander around, and the black words and pictures often turn into lively little people. Only by grabbing one of them can a question be stabilized. But after I started answering, other questions would still come and go, exacerbating the feeling of dizziness.

Tolkien also used psychic memory crystals, but the total amount of his powers was insufficient and the number that could be maintained was very small. To be on the safe side, he only prepared all the questions for the third grade and part of the fourth grade, so when he started to answer the "General Wizarding Examination Questions" for the fifth grade, many of the answers were based on guessing. He shook his head, decided not to endure the torture anymore, handed in the paper and left. He saw Hodor in the passage outside. The giant had been out for a while and had brought a basket of food to share with everyone. There are obviously people taking exams inside, but it has become a tea party outside. Even the teacher thinks it is a benefit not to have to go in to invigilate the exam.

After all, as long as the candidates stay, the invigilator will stay. Even if I can eat and drink, it is very painful not being able to leave to go to the toilet.

In fact, Principal Dippet was in more pain than people outside imagined. Zhao Mai answered the questions meticulously and seemed to have no problem with his mental and physical condition. But after eighteen hours, the principal began to get hungry. As soon as he took out a piece of biscuit, Zhao Mai glared at it, the meaning in his eyes was clear, "You can eat it if you want, but you can share half of it when we meet, otherwise we will say that he affects the candidates and interferes with the order of the examination room." Principal Dippet hesitated for a while, He put the biscuits away and continued to drink his tea.

Milk and honey are added to the tea. The hungrier you are, the more you want to drink it, and the greater the pressure on your body. When Zhao Mai lowered his head and wrote the fifth grade question, Principal Dippet no longer dared to drink water. By the time Zhao Mai finished writing the fifth-grade paper at the twenty-sixth hour, Principal Dippet's legs kept switching positions and clamping together, and he could no longer hold on.

"Mr. Principal, please give me your sixth grade papers." Zhao Mai also looked a little tired, but it was only mentally. There was no physical problem, and he could still sit still.

"You want to continue answering questions? Look, you are the only one left. The possibility of you staying is already extremely high. Don't be so tired, okay?"

"I'm okay." Zhao Mai said, "I'm the only one left anyway, and I don't have any goals to copy. If you're tired, you can go rest first. I can take the exam by myself."

"That's okay, I'm the principal in charge of the exam." Dippet smiled bitterly and handed him the sixth-grade questions. He found that he had no other choice but to continue to invigilate the exam.

The tea party in the corridor outside was over, leaving only Professor Binns (who was a ghost), Hodor, and the reserve. Dumbledore went back to rest for a while, and then came back at this time. "You haven't finished the exam yet?" he asked Professor Binns.

"It's already the sixth grade questions, and his answering speed has hardly slowed down." Professor Binns rubbed his hands vigorously and praised sincerely: "That's awesome! From the looks of him, he has a high probability of passing the sixth grade. You Is it possible for him to directly complete and pass all the courses?"

"This..." Dumbledore was stunned. Although he had prepared for the Ultimate Wizard Exam as a roadblock, wouldn't Mike graduate if he passed all the courses?