Otaku Witch

Chapter 2044 - 1036: The Top Student Takes Action

The atmosphere at the entrance of the Shipbuilding Workshop once again quieted down.

All the interns looked in astonishment at Dorothy at the front, with question marks popping up in their heads.

Everyone could understand the entry test as it’s a standard procedure, no need for much explanation, but the problem is we think, young lady, you need to explain whose entry test is conducted like this.

Are you really having us interns directly build a warship?

Do you think too highly of us, or do you think too little of the craftsmanship of warships?

Is shipbuilding really this easy? Let alone most of us aren’t even specializing in shipbuilding, even if we were, when first entering the field, we would start by screwing bolts, watching our seniors work and learning for years before we could get hands-on, right? How is this an entry test here?

Everyone turned to look at the pile of various materials like a small mountain, and then at the warship design drafts floating above the homebody witch’s head, so dizzyingly complex, feeling like cursed knowledge, each of their expressions more bewildered than the last.

Fortunately, under everyone’s "Are you kidding me?" eye stares, Dorothy scratched her head and then spoke again.

"Ahem, this is not requiring everyone to build ships alone. This is a group assessment, you can freely team up, choose teammates to act together, plus there’s ample time for this assessment, a whole week, and you can freely use the many facilities of this workshop. I believe with your talents, completing the assessment shouldn’t be too difficult."

The homebody witch said so.

Well, she had already lowered the requirements again.

In fact, the difficulty of these blueprints was about the same as building ships in the "World of Warships", just requiring you to create the warship’s framework and assemble many core components, and finally do a bit of testing.

Components like the main gun, Magic Furnace, and jump engines, the main warship cores are actually all omitted, there are ready-made finished products in the materials, as it was too much indeed to ask a group of interns to tackle such top-tier tech.

Dorothy’s intention wasn’t to make things difficult for others, though she didn’t deny this test had a bit of an intimidation purpose, but the main goal, as she previously mentioned, was to observe the interns’ talents and strengths for better job assignments later.

This test was mainly to let interns personally experience the assembly and testing process of warships, including teamwork during this process, to give them an understanding of future job content and difficulty.

This was also a phase to discourage the uncommitted.

After all, the homebody witch knew, among all these interns, many weren’t here to build ships, but to chase stars. Who knows if these starstruck would quit after two days?

And she couldn’t just tell those star-chasers to leave, we don’t accept, so she could only use this discouragement phase.

If they could still stick it out after a week’s test, even if they came for stargazing, they’d be considered good seedlings, worth nurturing.

As for whether a week is a bit too short, well, testing for a month might better judge perseverance.

Dorothy declared she really was quite busy, okay? Drawing the Legendary Battleship’s design had her losing some hair these days, sparing a week to assess the newcomers was already pushing it.

More than that, she truly didn’t have time, since in a month, it would soon be her birthday, and she planned to finish building the warship as a birthday gift to herself.

Besides, a week is actually not that short, since these young interns had no idea what kind of intense competition they were about to face.

Yep, time to bait them, let’s all hustle together.

Seeing that despite easing the assessment difficulty, everyone still looked troubled, the homebody witch spoke again, pulling out the Puppet Dragon Marionette from her pocket.

Hehe, aren’t you here for the stargazing? How about a bit of thrill from the Witch of the Forest?

"Now, let me introduce the head examiner of this entry test, Lady Witch of the Forest. She will observe everyone’s assessment progress throughout, and evaluate the final assessment scores. Oh, by the way, each team has three chances to seek Miss Witch’s guidance. Guidance content is limited to assessment-related matters, so please use them wisely."

"Hmm, the top three individuals with the highest personal scores in this test will also receive a personal autograph from Lady Witch of the Forest and a guidance opportunity."

As Dorothy announced this while inserting the Moon God’s consciousness into the Puppet Dragon Marionette to play the witch.

Hmm, sometimes wielding fame accordingly can be quite motivating.

A mere three signed names and three guidance chances were merely trivial to the homebody witch. Yet, upon hearing this, the interns who previously held some discontent about the entry test, thinking it too difficult, had their eyes lit up, like a starving wolf pack in the dark night.

"We have no problems at all."

"Exams, I love exams the most, please let me start the assessment immediately, I can’t wait."

"Hehehe, a chance for the witch’s guidance, I can talk to the witch, hooray."

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