Project: Mage - The Frugal Mage

"Junior Xie Xinyue, I found the treasure site, but there are other participants at the site waiting." Yuan Chun showed Xie Xinyue the images of his drones.

The images show several participants from different federations in various distant locations around a giant wolf made of ice. Some federations had two or three members while others had only one member.

The wolf was the size of a large mansion, its scales were made of frozen crystals. Around the wolf there were a lot of creatures walking around, monkeys, snakes, bears and other types of creatures made of ice. The giant wolf appeared to be the leader of the group of ice creatures.

The number of creatures was around several hundred.

"A rank 5 creature. It must be protecting the treasure. But what kind of treasure is it protecting? " Xie Xinyue came to that conclusion. But she didn't know what kind of treasure could be protected by the giant wolf.

"This is a little difficult to know, but I can say that the treasure is emanating great heat. The drones are showing that under the giant wolf there is something that is emanating a lot of heat. " Yuan Chun looked at the monitor on his arm and saw a red thing under the wolf. Not only below the wolf, but also underground, at the bottom of the ice there was something very red in color. This means that there were two things emanating a lot of heat.

"Senior, do you have any hints about this treasure? Try to raise the camera higher, I would like to see the treasure over the wolf. " Xie Xinyue saw that there was something underground, but she didn't know if it was earth or ice.

"It's all right. Try to see now. It seems that this has attracted many other participants from several countries. " Yuan Chun made the drone fly higher and go over the wolf.

The camera showed something like half a flower, it looked like the flower had two sides, a hot side and a cold side.

"It looks like a Fire and Ice Lotus, but why would there be something like that in that location? Unless what is underground is a very powerful element of the fire element. Underground there must be magma or something. But why isn't it frozen ?? " Xie Xinyue looked at the image format and did her analysis, she came to the conclusion from the image she saw on the screen. But another question arose after looking at the images.

"Sister Xie Xinyue, you may not know, but look. These lines represent the surface, while this represents the subsoil, this line is the middle layer. It seems that we are no longer on top of a block of ice as before. Now, we are on top of the ice, but underneath there is a large piece of land.

"I see ... So beneath all that ice there must be something that is creating a great of heat to make the Fire and Ice Lotus rise." Xie Xinyue came to that conclusion. Despite her indifferent face, she was surprised. If Yuan Chun hadn't talked about it, it would take some time to realize it.

"But why would an ice wolf lie on top of the lotus? Isn't it weak against the heat? " Xie Xinyue asked next.

"This question is difficult to answer. The Fire and Ice Lotus may have some use for this giant ice wolf, but we don't know. It will also be extremely difficult to find that out. " Yuan Chun was not curious about why the wolf was lying on top of the lotus, he wanted to know how they were going to get the lotus. For the treasure was far more important than the ice wolf.

"Senior, do you know how to find out which countries are those other participants?" Xie Xinyue asked as she looked at the projection on the snow. To avoid getting too close to Yuan Chun, Xie Xinyue asked him to do so.

The drones had two types of camera, the thermal ones to see the heat, and the normal ones to see the participants.

"I need to search the database." Yuan Chun started to type on the screen of his arm. Images of the participants' faces began to appear.

"According to the data, around the ice wolf there are a total of eight federations at the site. The participant with the most level is at the level of Advanced Mage level 9 and the highest is Warrior Mage. What??? Warrior Mage??? Did one of them show up here ?? " Yuan Chun was shocked when he read the data about the participants.

The Warrior Mage appears on the place surprised him. Only a few federations had Warrior Mages as a participant, and they were very scarce. The total number of Warrior Mages who were twenty-five years old was very few.

In the competition there were approximately five Warrior Mages. To have found one of these mages in such a place was very unlucky.

"Senior, this Warrior Mage belongs to which federation?" Xie Xinyue was also surprised to find this out.

"According to the information, she is called Alex Gordon and belongs to USANF. But information about her elements is very scarce, we only have information about three elements. The first element is Healing, the second is Darkness and the third is Blue Thunder. Her fourth element must be something related to water for her to be around here "Yuan Chun looked at Alex Gordon's sides. He deduced that she would have some element related to water because she was there.

Each participant was sent to a nearby location of their respective elements. This was to help the participants to become stronger.

"Senior, do you have any plans? Are we going to try to get that lotus or are we going to go our way? "

"Having a Warrior Mage as an opponent is a waste of time, she is much stronger than at least three pairs together. I'm calculating this without adding the very powerful magic equipment that she must have. I looked for information about her.

According to what I found out, she came from a city called Gotham City, former Manhattan City on the USNAF. It seems that an ancestor of the Gordon family liked a DC Comic hero named Batman. He decided to change the name of the city after he became an extremely powerful and influential mage at the USNAF.

According to the story, Manhattan City was called Gotham City by the creator of the comic. The Gordon family is one of the most powerful in the USNAF, they have a lot of mages in politics and in the military. "Yuan Chun was surprised to see Alex Gordon's information, he didn't imagine she had such a powerful background. But he soon calmed down, because it was normal for this to happen.

A Warrior Mage was not something that a person of ordinary background can achieve at such a young age and without any help.

"I see ..." Xie Xinyue found it normal for someone like Alex Gordon to be from a powerful and influential group. She had the same thoughts as Yuan Chun.

"Our situation is a little difficult. They must want to attack the ice wolf, but before that, they need to defeat these several hundred ice creatures. The wolf will also not be easy to defeat, it must have absorbed a lot of cold and hot energy from the lotus. This must have given resistance to its weakness and made it even stronger "

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While everyone was planning what to do to deal with the wolf and the ice creatures none of them imagined the scene that would happen next.

Auuuuuuuuuu !!!!!!! The giant ice wolf rose, it looked like a majestic and powerful creature. It howled loudly.

A beautiful flower appeared when the wolf got up. A red colored flower with a stem made of blue ice. The petals were small flames in contrast to the frozen stem. This was the Fire and Ice Lotus.

(Fire and Ice Lotus !!!!!!!!!!!!) All participants shouted in their minds when they saw the flower. That was the item they were looking for.

The crowd watching this scene were also shocked by the appearance of the lotus. The big shots hoped that some member of their families or clans would get the lotus. For it was a treasure of very rare and precious cultivation.

The Fire and Ice Lotus can be used for many other purposes besides cultivation, it can also be used as an ingredient to create medicinal pills and elixirs and many other things.

The surrounding ice creatures began to disperse, but not far away. They moved away just a few feet before a few hundred more ice creatures appeared in the snow.

This scene shocked all participants at the place. They didn't know what the giant ice wolf was going to do.

"Auuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu !!!!" The giant ice wolf howled again. It stepped off the lotus and looked at the flower with its glass eyes.

Suddenly opening its mouth, the giant ice wolf bit the snow. The land around the lotus was devoured by the giant ice wolf.

(Noooooooooooooooooooooooo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) All participants shouted in their minds when they saw that scene. The wolf swallowed the flower completely and without any care.