Project: Mage - The Frugal Mage 157 A strange scene

The size of the kingdom was equal to the Empire of Japan's half territory, the location was extremely large. Participants had a month to explore the site and complete missions.

To improve competition among participants, the kingdom had many rare natural treasures for cultivation. Participants were free to pick up these items to use or sell later.

Just as there are rare treasures, there are also powerful creatures protecting these treasures. The creatures' powers limit was that of a Warrior Mage, as there were participants with this level of power. That was the limit for young people up to twenty-five years old.

Fights between the participants were allowed, as long as there was no death. If this happens, the participant who killed other participants will be disqualified and punished according to the law.

Participants who are severely injured or those who give up will be transported immediately outside the mystical realm. They will return to the Olympic stadium.

The Olympic Games were to show the talent and strength of young people. Not a fight to the death.

Participants can use items they have brought in from outside such as pills, elixirs, magic equipment and other things to help during and after fights.

Most important of all, everything was being broadcast to the whole world. Each participant had a camera attached to them, so everyone can see the participant they would like to attend. This was for common people to be able to see and support acquaintances and idols.

The mystical realm was like a huge gigantic circular terrain with all kinds of different climates and terrains to test the suitability of all magicians in any type of situation.

Dangerous plains with creatures hidden by tall grass. Icy mountains with snowstorms and thunder. Boiling lakes of magma with interior explosions. Strange forests where danger lurks everywhere. Crystal clear lakes where hide hideous and dangerous creatures. Poisonous and sneaky swamps.

The areas of the mystical realm were too many to count on all kinds of dangerous situations for the participants to face in the competition.

One thing was certain: the greater the danger, the greater the reward.

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Within the mystical realm ...

When the representative team from Japan entered the portal, they were immediately transported to the mystical realm. The broadcast cameras immediately showed their locations.

All were sent to a place far from each other, to improve the chances of survival, players need to reunite with each other.

Every ten seconds, fifty points of light appear somewhere in the mystical realm. These points were the participants entering the portal and appearing from the mystical realm.

After a while, all the participants arrived in the mystical realm. The first thing they tried to do was to get together with the other members to have a better chance of survival.

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"Wind Blades!!" A beautiful young woman waved her hand and several blades of wind appeared at the same time before cutting towards several tentacles in the water.

Shuoooo… Shuoooo… Shuoooo… Shuoooo…

The blades cut the tentacles before going to the bottom of the river.

Booooom !!!! Booooom !!!! Booooom !!!!

Small explosions occurred before several parts of a giant marine beast appeared on the surface. The tentacles were part of that beast.

Looking closer, it was possible to see that the beast was a giant octopus, but it was cut into several pieces by the blades of wind.

"I was very unlucky to appear in this place ..." The young woman commented in a discouraging way. She swam and got out of the water. An electronic device was pulled out of her pocket. After activating, her clothes were dried as if it hadn't been wet moments ago.

"Much better" The young woman was beautiful and elegant, her aura seems to be more mature than the girls her age. If Liu Yang could see the girl now, he would recognize her immediately. The young woman was Xiao Mei.

After learning that Liu Yang was fine and that he was training in another country. Xiao Mei, Song Jia, and Xie Xinyue focused on their training to become stronger.

The months of not knowing about Liu Yang's whereabouts were difficult for them. Each day was another day of worry.

Fortunately, Liu Yang sent a message before leaving the city after killing Raul Elvira. He bought a communication device and sent a message to the house next door to his house, the house where he had gone after the auction when he was Liu Xia, Xiao Mei, and Song Jia two years ago.

That house was vacant and nobody used it, but the owner was Tang Chen, the house was used only as decoration, the houses around Liu Yang's house were the same. The nine houses around his house. All that territory belongs to the Liu family. But nobody lives in these houses and it was vacant.

Liu Yang's parents bought the nine houses around their home to build great protective magic around the main house.

After sending the message saying that he was fine and that he was training. Liu Yang asked old Tang to send a message to Xiao Mei and Xie Xinyue, as Xiao Mei would send a message to Song Jia after receiving the message from the old Tang.

"Liu Yang, I hope you can watch my performance and that of Sister Xinyue, we train hard to get a spot on the Olympics team." Xiao Mei murmured.

She and Xie Xinyue trained hard to get both places, before, they trained to try to forget a little about their concern with Liu Yang. But it was difficult, they were unable to train properly due to concern.

After receiving the news from him, their training was much more intense and relaxed, because their mind was already clear and a large weight was lifted off their back. Thus, the training was smoother.

The cultivation of Xiao Mei and Xie Xinyue was still of Great Mage, they did not have the advances for the Warrior Mage because they wasted a lot of time worrying about Liu Yang. Despite this, they still managed to secure a spot on the Chinese team for the Olympics.

Many team members were Level 9 Advanced Mages, few were Great Mages and rare Warrior Mages. This showed how difficult it was to advance to the Great Mages.

At the level of the Grand Mage, it is the first challenge for a magician to become an expert. If a mage fails to reach this stage, he will remain stagnant as an Advanced Mage forever.

More details on this will be revealed later.

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"I need to find Sister Xinyue first or meet with another member of the team" Xiao Mei took a compass out of her pocket and injected magical energy with it.

Zzzzzzzzzz ...

The compass started to spin wildly in all directions before it calmed down and stopped slowly and pointed in one direction.

"It looks like Sister Xinyue is over there. Let's see where the others are "Xiao Mei took out another compass and activated it.

"It looks like there's a team member nearby. I better go there first before I meet Sister Xinyue" Xiao Mei started walking towards the location pointed by the compass. As a member of the Chinese team, Xiao Mei needed to make decisions that would help the team win the tournament.

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Xiao Mei started walking slowly while around her had a gentle and serene wind was blowing, her hair danced in the wind.

(This chaser is patient. He's been following me for some time, but he hasn't shown himself yet. That person must know that I'm a Great Mage while he's just an Advanced Mage. He must be waiting for me to let my guard down) Xiao Mei was walking as if she knew nothing. She did not want to alert the hidden person who was following her.

Like a wind element mage, Xiao Mei was creating small breezes around her to locate hidden beings. After being taught by Liu Xia, Xiao Mei greatly improved her control in using magical energy.

To help Xie Xinyue, Xiao Mei also helped her in the same way that Liu Xia taught. But Xie Xinyue's doubts were difficult for Xiao Mei to answer because she was not a control mage like Liu Yang and Liu Xia. The two girls had to find their own solutions to these doubts.

Zzzzzzz ... Zzzzzzzz ...

The sound of some kind of animal crawling on the ground was heard. Not just one, but several.

(This is an opportunity to make that person show himself) Xiao Mei saw a great opportunity to beat her opponent. She started running towards the sound to see what kind of animal was nearby. Xiao Mei did not forget to keep the wind around her to continue monitoring her pursuer.

(Let's see if you will follow me or not) After running for a few meters, Xiao Mei finally saw what kind of animal was making the sound.

Plants. But they weren't just any plants. The plants were giant and were fighting a giant tree. The scene was very bizarre.

Chapter end