Monster Hunting High School

The eight-hundred-mile forest is silent, and the ninety-turn river is silent. Winding around the quiet riverside of Phuket Island, there are always many special visitors coming uninvited.

With their superb magic skills and proficient fighting abilities, the students of First University have always been the leaders in the wizarding world. And now, this honor has been continued by the freshmen of this university.

As of this weekend, although the first-year freshmen have only been admitted to the school for one semester, even though they only got a poor 4 points (out of 10 points) in the "Previous Freshman Evaluation" last semester, and on the flight to the school last semester, These first-year students were once knocked unconscious by a malevolent banshee, but they still achieved great success in a short period of time.

This is mainly due to the performance of the freshmen from Jiuyou College.

Their freshmen won the championship in the freshman competition of the school hunting club, and their points even surpassed the top 34 freshmen in the "Previous Freshman Evaluation". In addition, among the nine freshmen in the first grade, the youngest recipient of the Major Arcana in history was born, as well as the youngest recipient of the Order of Merlin in the past ten years.

Some education experts regard the success of these freshmen as a successful example of Jiuyou's education method - the total points earned by students at Jiuyou Academy increased by 12.34% last year, and the total number of points is even comparable to that of Alpha College. In the summary of the academic year at the end of last year, the new student union of Jiuyou College set the total number of points surpassing the Alpha College as this year's work goal.

This trend has the potential to completely reshape the overall landscape of First University.

However, although there is no denying the rapid growth of student points at Jiuyou College, more details need to be considered to evaluate the success of the educational method.

Like Alpha College, the points value of Jiuyou College’s student standings shrank significantly after the top 10% of students - the top 10% of students received 70% or more of the points rewards, and the following 60% Students have received more than 20% points bonus, and nearly 30% of students cannot even smoothly advance to senior grades - this means that Jiuyou Academy is strengthening its elite education.

"I have repeated the grade twice, and the professor told me this time that if the total points for this academic year are still insufficient, I will probably be asked to drop out." A freshman from Jiuyou College, who did not want to be named, faced reporters. Asked, crying desperately: "I don't even dare to mention the school to my family. I have always been the pride of the whole family to be able to enter this school."

This typical pressure permeates every corner of Jiuyou Academy.

Since Professor Yao Xiaomi became the dean of Jiuyou College in 1990, the total number of points earned by Jiuyou students has been growing rapidly at an average annual rate of 10% - setting a record for the entire First University. More than half of the points come from those 'elite' students, where there is a hidden rule: exams are everywhere.

Just like the danger of encountering evil spirits in the Silent River not long ago, it was just a special test for the students of Jiuyou Academy.

"The spell we learned in the first spell class was 'Ge Shen Lei Zhi'. I remember that Professor Yao summoned a three to four meter tall gorilla to be our sparring partner."

Facing the reporter's interview, a freshman from Jiuyou College named Zheng Qing seemed very positive - he was one of the freshmen hunting evil monsters this time, and the hunting team he formed was a newcomer to the 'College Cup' last semester. The champion in the hunting game. But he is more well-known for being a publicly-funded student of the Nine Colleges, a recipient of the Order of Merlin, and the title of the Major Arcana 'World' (about the many doubts about the title of 'World' during the review process, this newspaper reported on the eleventh page The 'Focus' column has been specially interpreted).

During the interview, the reporter found that in the face of death, the boy named Zheng Qing had no reverence for life in his eyes, but only the excitement of being rewarded. Only when reporters asked about the taboo experiments being conducted by some of his mentors did the freshman become unusually silent.

Journalists can understand this reticence.

According to the Beta Town Post, there is an 'unspoken rule' at Jiuyou College: any student who publishes unconfirmed information in the public media may have certain credits deducted. It is in this way that the management of the relevant colleges suppresses the students' freedom of speech.

For students at Jiuyou College, nothing is more important than credits.

This is especially true for classmate Zheng Qing, who has the status of a publicly funded student and many titles.

The students at this college are astonishingly eager to pursue credits. In order to gain praise from their professors, they often stay up all night immersed in the laboratory or library. There are also special "learning interest groups" in the club federation, and people with excellent test scores are called "student masters" - they are as respected as excellent hunters.

This unbridled diligence is related to the families of the students of Jiuyou Academy. Most of them come from Baiding families in the mortal world. Due to the uncontrolled examination admission model of Jiuyou Academy, many magicians who have never been exposed to advanced magic knowledge have also signed up to take the exam, trying to sneak into this long-standing magic university.

Last year, more than 15,000 candidates took the "Global Unified Examination for Advanced Wizarding Schools" of Jiuyou Academy - this exam is equivalent to the talent test of Alpha Academy - but the number of admissions was less than 150, and the acceptance rate was less than 1 %. Magical fluctuations caused by exams were so frequent that the International Department of Magical Security Affairs had to establish an Emergency Response Office to deal with these troubles.

Even passing the entrance exam does not reduce the competitive pressure.

In an institution where exams determine everything, every new student who steps into the school will have a credit card to check their accumulated credits at any time. From the beginning of enrollment until graduation, insufficient credits will seriously affect students' campus life. Compared with the Alpha College of Law, which focuses on the guidance and development of students' talents, this system that simply emphasizes examinations is undoubtedly killing the students' instincts.

In this suffocating environment, every successful adventure will attract great attention from the students. They regard these adventures as a shortcut to gain credits without considering the dangers of injury or even death if the adventure fails.

"Even if the students (of Jiuyou College) admit the difference between blood and talent, their choices are very limited." Zhou Buchu, a retired sociology professor at Jiuyou College, told the Beta Town Post: "So they can only Keep up the hard work.”

According to a special report in the "College Daily" published by the Jiuyou Academy Student Union, the academy's administration is happy to encourage ways of earning credits like monster hunting as a harmless outlet for students who are essentially 'enslaved' . The college (management) is obviously supporting these hunting behaviors that exceed the requirements of the school syllabus - more students of Jiuyou College will obtain points and win rewards through channels other than Jiuyou. This special guidance is one of the more secret ways of 'slavery'.

"The college (management) doesn't like students to show off their blood or talents," Professor Zhou Buchu shook his head and sighed: "This is a violation of the college's principles of running schools. Correspondingly, showing off achievements or risk-taking results are more likely to be ignored by everyone. accept."

Rigid education methods, dangerous teaching content, and harsh examination mechanisms not only suppress the nature and freedom of students, but also cultivate a large number of registered wizards who have no regard for life. But under the cover of Jiuyou College's gorgeous achievements, these risks were deliberately ignored like shadows in the sun.

"I heard that I can get credits for being interviewed by you?" When the reporter ended the interview, these brave young people were already looking forward to the rewards on the credit list.