Project: Mage - The Frugal Mage

The students already knew that the Graduation Challenge would be like this, that the military would leave while attracting the sea beasts to the islands. This has always been the case since the beginning of the first Graduation Challenge.

Because of this reason that everyone preferred to enjoy the landscapes and play before preparing campsites for the evening. That was the time when the challenge will begin.

Time passed slowly when the clock struck 17 o'clock, the sun was beginning to down, the students began their work of picking up food and setting up camps in safe places.

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On the small island where Liu Yang's group is in charge of watching. The small group chose three tall trees to set up a camp. For it was safer to stay high than on the ground.

Liu Yang created a simple hut using leaves and branches, while Bai Yan and Su Min preferred to use magic equipment as it was a portable hut.

They have lit the fire and are cooking the fish they had caught before. The three were three meters apart.

"Su Min, did you learn anything after being relaxed during those hours?" Liu Yang asked casually.

"Liu Yang, I don't know what are you talking about?" Su Min did not understand what Liu Yang meant by his words.

"Aren't your joints body hurting right now? Or no part of your body? " Liu Yang asked curiously, he did not know about Su Min's situation, but Liu Yang knew that Su Min suffered from the horrible pain.

"How do you know about that?" Su Min was startled when he heard Liu Yang's words. That was a big secret of his. His gaze became wary when he looked at Liu Yang.

Bai Yan looked at Su Min with curious eyes, she didn't realize that he seemed to be in pain.

"Despite the small amount, it is still possible to smell poison and some kind of cold liquid inside your body" Liu Yang felt an icy cold when Su Min passed him in the director's office. The Little One managed to smell the poison and something trying to suppress the poison inside Su Min's body.

"Liu Yang, how did you notice that?" This was a secret he wanted to keep, but it was impossible. Because anyone with a high sensitivity could discover that there is something wrong with his body.

"It is not very difficult to find out, anyone who comes close to you may know that there is something wrong with you. But to poison you like that and use that kind of bad method, your enemy must have some kind of resentment against you "Liu Yang replied casually.

If Su Min had been poisoned while fighting a creature, he could have already healed, given his background. But as the poison was not cured and only suppressed with something even worse. Liu Yang has already imagined the scenario in his mind.

"I see ... So you must be that member of the Ye clan, who was born from the union of the current Ye clan leader and a restaurant waitress" Bai Min concluded after hearing Liu Yang's words.

As a member of an influential and powerful clan, but also a girl, Bai Yan liked to gossip, and one of those gossips she heard about.

"Don't mention that clan again !! They are a bunch of people worse than a beast. " Su Min spoke with a tone full of hate, he hated the Ye clan.

"So it's really you" Bai Yan received confirmation, before, she was ninety percent sure.

"Su Min, I must imagine that you tried several times more than the young mages your age to get where you were. If it weren't for this poison, you would already be much stronger than your current level. I believe that no one dares to cure your poison, right?" The Ye clan was not as powerful as the ten or five, but it was part of the hundred clans and they had some influence in the country.

"..." Su Min did not comment on Liu Yang's words, he was silent about it. Su Min knew that the Ye clan was doing everything he cannot cultivate in the best possible way. For he could threaten the clan, especially the heirs, the children of the current leader.

Su Min was also one of the children of the current patriarch of the Ye clan, but his mother was an ordinary waitress who had a relationship with the patriarch. Although he was not the son of the official wife, he was still the son of the patriarch and that will never change.

The Ye clan did not kill Su Min because he was the patriarch's son, just for that reason that he is still alive.

"I have a vague idea of why no doctor wants to cure you. If you want to become a much stronger mage in the future, you should consider removing this poison from your body. Otherwise, you stay at that level forever or die in agony when the poison explodes from your body "Liu Yang spoke while looking at the fire. He was being honest with his words.

"Liu Yang, you don't have to tell me these things, I already know about that. I have my reasons for doing this. You don't have to meddle in this matter. "Su Min spoke coolly. His problems had nothing to do with others.

Liu Yang just focused on his subjects. The affairs of others were not of importance, he was not even a friend or anything like Su Min, he had no reason to meddle in Su Min's affairs.

Bai Yan was not interested in the affairs of others, despite being curious, she focused on her fish that was roasting so as not to let it burn.

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The sun has already set and the moon has risen, the wind started to get cold while the sea got more agitated than before. Something was about to happen.

(It looks like it was almost time for the sea creatures to arrive) That was the thought of all the students in Penghu.

The sound of the waves crashing against each other drowned out the strange sound that came from the sea.

In the dead of the night, thousands of shadows began to appear on the horizon towards Penghu silently. The students already knew that it was almost time for the creatures to appear on the island, but they did not know when.

The first night in Penghu would be a sleepless night, at least for most students.

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After the meal, Liu Yang lay on the bed and slept. He put some protection around him before going to sleep, this was to prevent anyone or anything from attacking him during the night.

"Did he slept?" Bai Yan was surprised when she saw this scene. She couldn't imagine anyone sleeping in a situation like this, where thousands of sea beasts were about to invade the island.

"He must have some reasons for doing this. Just let him sleep. If he dies in his sleep, it's not our problem, it's his bad luck. " Su Min started meditating to stay in the best shape possible for the invasion of sea beasts.

Bai Yan did the same, she didn't have the casual mindset like Liu Yang. Their magic equipment was ready to be used.

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One hour later…

Roar !!!! Roar !!!! Roar !!!! Roar !!!!

Pang !!!! Pang !!!! Pang !!!! Pang !!!!

Zzzzzzzz ... Zzzzzz ... Zzzzzzz ... Zzzzzzz

Many sounds began to echo through Penghu. Sea creatures finally invaded the island.

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Hundreds of lights started to shine across the islands, this was the alarm created by the students to warn them when the creatures invaded the island.

On the island where Liu Yang was, Bai Yan and Su Min had solemn looks on their faces, they didn't know how many and how powerful the sea beasts that appeared were.

They could only pray that there is no beast of rank 4 or above in the invading group. If this happens, students will be slaughtered as if they were nothing by the rank 4 creature.

"They are coming!! There are at least several hundred that have invaded this island. The rank of these creatures seems to be only 1 and 2 "Bai Yan spoke solemnly, she saw the beasts that appeared on the island where she was watching.

In her hand was a mirror that showed the image of a large shadow of the group of sea beasts crawling and walking on the island's beach, because of the darkness, she was unable to see the appearance of the sea beasts. This mirror was a magic watch equipment, it had the function of a surveillance camera.

If only a few creatures had invaded, the two could deal with them, but fighting several hundred at once would be suicide.

"Even with all that noise, is he still asleep?" Bai Yan was surprised by Liu Yang's heavy sleep. All the islands of Penghu were noisy because of the alarms installed, but that did not wake Liu Yang from his sleep.

"Let him sleep. We need to run so as not to be surrounded by the creatures. " Su Min didn't have time to think about Liu Yang's situation, he just grabbed his things and jumped from tree to tree and went to the bottom of the forest.

Bai Yan did the same thing, she also ran to avoid being surrounded by sea beasts.

The moonlight shone and revealed the images of the sea beasts.