Project: Mage - The Frugal Mage

Going back a few hours ago ...

In the place where the old Middle East was, but now, it was known as the Infernal Anthill. After the Great Change, the desert dried up and the giant ants invaded the place, creating a nest that covers the entire territory of the ancient Middle East.

Somewhere in the middle of this gigantic anthill was a few mountains made of red rocks. Thousands of ants came and went from place to place.

Entering one of these mountains, it was possible to see a small town made of black rock. The people in the place wore white robes with various types of strange designs. The mood in the city was strange and heavy as if the place were a place of death.

The largest building in the city was right in the center. In the main room, there was a group of six people wearing white robes, but the designs and materials were much better than those walking the city streets.

"Any news?" An aged voice was heard, one of the hooded people spoke.

"Yes, we detected the energy from the other half of the fork." These words caught the attention of others.

"Where?" 

"Somewhere in China, we are still trying to find the exact location. The energy was detected for a few moments before it disappeared. It seems that the person who found the other half knows the importance of the item and sealed it again. "

"It seems that China is very lucky, they already had two magic equipment and the third one appeared somewhere nearby. This is very coincidental "

"China having two pieces of equipment is something that everyone knows, they had two people who made it, that's their merit. But for half of the third to show up there, there must be some special reason for that to happen. "

"We will wait for the results of the analyzes so that we can conclude."

A few moments later ...

"Great elder, we were able to find the location of the energy. According to calculations, the site is a cluster of islands called Penghu in the west of the ancient island of Taiwan. I did some research and found out that something is happening on the island called the Graduation Challenge, a kind of test to see if young students can survive or not in an invasion of sea beasts.

I asked some members of our branch in China, they said that the challenge site was totally isolated and there is no communication with the outside of the island. Usually, few sea beasts invade Penghu, but using some peculiar methods, tens of thousands of sea beasts were lured to the island to make students fight to their limits.

I was able to confirm that there are at least a thousand students in Penghu, the vast majority of whom are advanced magicians while a small minority is intermediate.

To my surprise, I found someone interesting on the list of participants' names. Liu Yang, it looks like the young man who sold his magic equipment to the Europe Union Nation is participating in this challenge. "A hologram appeared in the middle of the room and made his report.

"Interesting… It seems that it was a coincidence that half of the fork appeared in a place close to China. I never thought it would be inside a fish's stomach "

"What are we going to do with Liu Yang? Are we going to kill him? He has contacted one of our members before "

"Just left him, he has already done us a favor by selling his magic equipment to another country. It is easier to steal from them than from Liu Yang and his girlfriend "

"And about half the fork? What are we going to do about it? "

"We will send troops to Penghu and look for clues about half the fork. If we manage to obtain the other part, we will have three magical pieces of equipment from the God of the Elements. We will be closer to our final goal "

"Everyone according to that decision?"

"Yes"

"So it's decided. Some troops will be sent to Penghu to look for information about the fork, if someone gets in our way, they will be killed, no matter who it is. This war is our"

"This war is our"

"The great power of the Lord protects us from all evil. The power of the Elements lives in each one of us. Long live the Lord of the Elements "The people inside the room started to pray after the meeting was over.

These people were members of the Returning God Sect. This place was one of the sect's hiding places.

Liu Yang's suspicions were about to come true.

…

Returning to the island of Penghu ...

Liu Yang was still lying as before while enjoying the scenery and roasting sea beast meat.

Bai Yan and Su Min were in the forest fighting the sea beasts to train. The two could not leave all the work to Liu Yang.

The two also wanted to earn points for killing a sea beast, but their powers were not strong enough to fight a large group of them. Only Liu Yang was able to do that, he already got thousands of points in one day in the challenge.

(How long will it take before they appear??) Liu Yang was imagining that someone or a group will appear because of half of the God of Elements' magic equipment.

Liu Yang continued to think about the possibilities while roasting the meat of sea beasts and then eating.

"Liu Yang, do you want to go to the other islands?" At that moment, Bai Yan came back and asked. She sat next to Liu Yang.

"Can we do it? Leave one designated island and go to another? " Liu Yang did not know about this. For him, he just had to stay on the island they chose for him.

"Yes, we can go to the other islands, all the sailors have already left the island. The only ones on site are the participants "

"Is this serious?" This discovery shocked Liu Yang. What made Liu Yang more concerned was the fact that there was no one else besides them in the place. If a strange group invades the island, everyone can die.

"Yes. Communications with the outside have been sealed, and no one can leave the island, otherwise, that person will be disqualified from the Graduation Challenge. "

"I see ..." Liu Yang replied vaguely.

(It seems that the situation is worse than I thought. What I did could trigger a massacre on the island. What should I do in this type of situation?) Liu Yang started to think about the best way to resolve this issue.

How Liu Yang was the person who found half the fork. He had to find a solution to this situation.

"Bai Yan, do you know if there is any safe place on this island?"

"Safe place? There are a few, but only the military can open these places. During the Graduation Challenge, everything will be turned off and blocked, cell phones and the like will have no signal. The only method to get out of here is to survive until the end. Liu Yang, are you trying to hide? " Bai Yan was surprised by this. She did not imagine that someone like Liu Yang would want to hide from sea beasts.

"I wanted to, but it looks like it won't be possible ..." Liu Yang was thinking of some method to try to survive the invasion. He knew that the other side had a great chance of knowing about the Graduation Challenge.

"Why would you do something like that? You have the strength to fight thousands of sea beasts as if they were nothing. Why would you hide? " She was curious about this.

"If it were just sea beasts, I would lie down and sleep. But the situation is different this time. " Liu Yang spoke vaguely, but the other side understood what his words meant.

"Liu Yang, do you mean that someone or some group is going to invade Penghu? This is an international crime "Bai Yan knew that it meant invading another country's territory.

"What the other side wants is worth the risk"

"What do they want on this island?"

"I cannot say what it is, but I can say that it is no longer on this island."

"Liu Yang, what did you find? If it is very precious, the military must have found it on the island a long time ago "

"It wasn't on the island. I would say it is a coincidence that it appeared in the stomach of one of the sea beasts I killed "

"What did you find?"

"You will find out when the island is invaded. You will not believe what I will say. If I were you, I would hide in a place that they cannot find. Depending on the mood on the other side "

"What are you going to do? Dig a hole and hide? "

"This is the best possible idea. If others can be warned it would be the best situation. Since it would prevent unnecessary deaths "

"Will you let me know?"

"No, no one would believe my words. If it were someone else it would be better. Do you know someone influential who is on the island? "

"Yes, I know two people. But they are on the central island. We have to go there to talk to them "

"Call Su Min, I will take you to the central island"

"Liu Yang, we need a boat for this. How are you going to get us there? "

"Just call Su Min, you will see when the time comes"

"Okay," Bai Yan went out to look for Su Min.

"I hope there is still time to reach the island safely. Otherwise, a big problem will start "

"Liu Yang, I brought him." Bai Yan came back a few minutes later, she brought Su Min with her.

"Liu Yang, what's going on? Bai Yan explained some details of the situation "

"We are going to the central island first. I'll explain the situation later "

"Okay. Do you have a boat? "

"We don't need a boat. I have a faster and more practical method "

"What method?"

"Luckily, we're looking at the main island and we don't have to walk much. Tie it to you, and hold on tight "Liu Yang gave them two ropes.

"Do you want us to tie it to our bodies?"

"Yes, preferably, you tie yourself to some armor so as not to hurt your bodies"

Liu Yang tied the two strings to his body, he will not be hurt when carrying both. Bai Yan and Su Min took off some magical protective equipment and tied the ropes to them.

"Are you ready? Are you holding on tight? "

"Yes," The two understood that Liu Yang would carry them both to the island. But how?

"Don't let go under any circumstances" Liu Yang closed his eyes, a strong wind started to blow and four hurricanes appeared in his feet and hands. He would use his created magic: I am Wind Man.