Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!
Chapter 139: Entrance Exam

Chapter 139: Chapter 139: Entrance Exam

Along the pristine avenue, the Sky-reaching Library loomed like majestic mountains, formidable and magnificent.

If viewed from the sky, five Sky-reaching Libraries, the central meeting hall, and the surrounding roads formed a blooming purple-blue cherry blossom.

At the crossroads, signs shaped like arrows directed each candidate to their examination site.

Several Library members were cheering for Yang Yu and his group, but they were soon chased away by patrolling magicians.

For a moment, Yang Yu felt as if he were back in the college entrance examination.

Bai Jin, Yang Yu, and Shu Jing’s examination sites were different; they parted ways at the crossroads, with Yang Yu following the crowd to his examination site, occasionally hearing kind reminders from the magicians to prevent anyone from taking the wrong path.

After walking for about 20 to 30 minutes, Yang Yu arrived at the entrance of a Library, a long set of stairs leading up to the entrance.

Inside was the knowledge that Yang Yu and the others desired.

Unfortunately, the examination was not conducted inside the towering Library; most people never had a chance to explore the interior of the Library in their lifetime.

The real examination site was beneath the Sky-reaching Library, in small church-like stepped classrooms.

After joining the Library, one could choose to receive guidance from senior lecturers and enhance their magic skills. Naturally, a space was needed to teach magic and impart knowledge. These stepped classrooms were built for that purpose.

Yang Yu quickly found the examination site.

It was a large stepped classroom that could accommodate 200 people, with ten magicians wearing stars on their chests already waiting inside.

With only an hour between entry and the start of the examination, and considering the travel time, not much time was left before the exam would start. Soon, all 100 candidates had arrived in the room.

A silver-haired, beautiful mature woman and a muscular, sturdy old man slowly walked into the classroom and ascended the podium.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the examination is about to begin," she announced, her voice as captivating as an enchanting fragrance, commanding everyone’s attention. "I won’t say much more, as everything has been clearly stated on your admission ticket. If anything is unclear, read it again. Please, conduct yourselves with dignity and do not try to challenge our patience. We ask that you rely on your own abilities to pass the exam and join the Library."

Her name was Emily Titra, one of the youngest members of the Library Elders’ Council.

The muscular old man was named Ocarres, also a member of the Elders’ Council, benevolent and kind-eyed, he chanted magic spells, and from the Magic Array, an ancient black clock emerged and stood in the center of the examination hall.

The pendulum of the clock swung back and forth, the minute hand slowly rotated, and finally pointed to zero, the hour hand also turned to nine, and a small door on the clock opened from which a mechanical bird flew out, emitting a pleasant chirping.

Along with this chirping, a massive Magic Array appeared behind Emily, from which exam papers, like treasures from the "King’s Treasure Vault," flew out through the Magic Array and landed in the hands of each candidate.

"Well, let the examination begin!"

Her mature voice rang out again as numerous candidates opened their papers and began writing feverishly.

The exam lasted three hours, with a total score of two hundred points, spanning four sheets and sixteen pages—three types of questions: fill-in-the-blanks, short answer, and subjective questions. There were twenty-five fill-in-the-blank questions worth two points each, ten short answer questions worth five points each, and ten subjective questions worth ten points each.

After filling in his personal information, Yang Yu quickly scanned the exam paper.

One: The Kingdom of Sethis once waged wars against numerous nations, nearly uniting the Human World, but ultimately failed due to interference by the Dragon God Evaluation Country. Please name the king who was executed by the Dragon God Evaluation Country ( ).

One key point for the exam was never to waste time on questions you don’t know or can’t remember the answer to immediately.

Yang Yu actively skipped the first fill-in-the-blank question and looked at the second.

Two: The event that occurred in history, leading to the formation of the modern monetary system, was ( ).

Emmmm...

Fill-in-the-blank questions were too difficult; he decided to start with the short answer questions.

Short answer questions.

One: Briefly describe the modern process of sugar manufacturing.

"This seems like something Bai Jin mentioned before, not using sugarcane but some kind of fruit, and then... and then..."

Yang Yu looked like he was about to remember but then couldn’t, and finally, he gave up thinking altogether and turned his gaze to the subjective questions.

Subjective questions.

1. In the year 123 of the Lux Era, the southern continent of the Gem Continent sank into the sea, please explain the reason and discuss the impact of this event on future generations.

2. In the year 17 of the Lux Era, the War of Darkness began, please describe in detail the causes, process, and results of this war, and share your views on this war.

emmmm....

After scanning the exam paper from start to finish, Yang Yu realized he couldn’t answer a single question.

His situation was like a science student who had just finished their college entrance exam and had been thrown into a graduate history entrance exam.

He completely didn’t understand these questions about history or the laws governing this world; even if he wanted to blabber, he couldn’t come up with any reasonable answers.

Coming to this exam was simply like donating five hundred thousand to the Library.

If you asked Yang Yu whether he regretted it, of course, he regretted it.

But what use was regret, he might as well think of it as spending five hundred thousand to show up and join the commotion.

Looking again and still not knowing how to proceed, Yang Yu simply started doodling Panda Men in the question-and-answer section.

Don’t ask me, I don’t know.jpg

Why mention it, you think I’d sympathise with you?.jpg

Beauty.jpg Big bro, take me with you.jpg

Although you’re ugly, your dreams are pretty.jpg

Scratching head.jpg, A small middle finger not meant as respect.jpg

God showered wisdom upon mankind, only you opened an umbrella.jpg, You’re just a loser.jpg

I’m not, I didn’t, stop making stuff up.jpg

...

The most boring thing in the world is to have a duel with oneself over an exam paper you completely don’t know how to do.

Since the examination lasted three hours and no one was allowed to leave the exam room before it ended, and even going to the bathroom was monitored, Yang Yu simply filled his exam paper with Panda Men.

For the fill-in-the-blank section, naturally, he couldn’t leave it blank, so Yang Yu wrote it all out.

1. The Kingdom of Sethis had once conquered countless nations and nearly unified the human world, but their ambitions were ultimately destroyed due to the intervention of the Dragon God Evaluation Country. The king who was executed by the Dragon God Evaluation Country is (Right, it’s me Dio!)

2. The (Lao Ba Cheshuo) event in history led to the formation of the modern monetary system.

3. ...

Yang Yu let his imagination run wild, filling in whatever he wanted.

Since he had no hope of entering the Library anyhow, he might as well have fun, maybe the examiner would be amused by these drawings and decide to give him some points to avoid a total zero.

After finishing, he confidently sat back, folded his arms, and looked down on all the other candidates who were furiously scribbling away, sweating profusely.

The candidates next to and behind Yang Yu were slightly losing their composure.

Bro, there’s still half an hour left, and you’re already done?

Watching the confident Yang Yu, these examinees couldn’t help but admire the gap between themselves and a genius, perhaps the All Things Library needed talents like him...