Project: Mage - The Frugal Mage

Chapter 126: Traps

"What???????????!!!!!!!!!!!!" Those words were like a bomb in everyone's ears. Even Bai Yan, Long Chen and Cai Tu were shocked by this.

The three imagined that Liu Yang had taken something precious, but never imagined that he would have found one of the items that belonged to the God of Elements.

"If it wasn't something like that, the Return God Sect would never appear. It looks like we're screwed this time. If Liu Yang really threw the item away, at least it won't fall into their hands." Another young man commented. He felt great envy and jealousy of Liu Yang at the time.

The item that Liu Yang found was much more precious and rare than they had imagined before.

Equipment of the God of the Elements was invaluable and there were only ten in the world. And Liu Yang had a chance to find one of the three who were missing.

(This is very wasteful !!! How could he throw away something valuable of that kind ??? Even if it is something that attracts misfortune, I would not have the courage to throw away something like that) That is the thought of everyone in the place.

If they were in Liu Yang's place, they would have kept the item and not thrown it away. Because it was so rare and so precious, moreover, none of them had ever seen one of the God of the Elements' equipment before. Even if they couldn't keep the item, they can still sell for an absurd amount of money.

"Cai Tu, we need to prepare for the fight. These members of the Returning God Sect will attack with all their might. "

"Yes. We will fight and survive this ordeal and pass the Graduation Challenge "

"Yes!!!!"

"We will divide into groups and set up traps with our spells and try to cause damage and delay them as much as possible"

"Yes!!!" The groups were separated according to their elements, this was to increase the power of the traps.

Holes with thorns, hidden bombs, poison, mud and many other types of common traps, but combined with magic. These traps can be deadly if someone doesn't pay attention.

The groups were quick, they managed to set up small traps in just a few minutes. Although they are simple, these traps can cause great problems for members of the Return Sect God.

"Is everyone ready?" After finishing the traps, the students got together again.

"Yes."

"We just need to endure as long as possible, we don't need to fight unless it is necessary. Okay?"

"Understood."

The students separated again and waited for the sea beasts and the invaders to arrive. They started to burn the meat of the sea beasts to lure the invaders away from the traps since they were following the sea beasts.

The students' real aim was to confuse the invaders and make them separate from the sea beasts. Thus, they will have to search more slowly.

To guard the invaders, several surveillance devices were installed close to the site, while some had already been installed in various parts of the forest.

(They are coming !!!) The students screamed in their minds when they saw the shadows approaching as they held the swords and daggers covered in blood. They understood that the blood was from the students they killed on the way.

"Leader, I feel something is wrong," One member asked.

"I know that the forest is too calm. And the smell of food is very obvious, it even looks like a trap set by these children. They want to buy time "The leader was able to see through Cai Tu's plan and the other students.

As a professional killer of the sect, the group leader was used to this sort of thing. He knew he needed to be quick and he couldn't let students reach their goal.

"It's time to stop playing. They just want to buy enough time so that they can alert the outside. These children must have some communication device that requires time to activate. Kill everyone and search their bodies, we need to find the item that was found on this island some time ago "

"Yes, leader" The several dozen subordinates started to run and split up into small search groups.

"Let's see how long you can hide" The leader spoke funnily, he seemed to be a predator that was playing with its prey. Their steps become silent before disappearing into the darkness. The leader was like a snake sneaking in search of prey.

Slash!!! Slash!!! Slash!!! Slash!!!

Many sounds of cuts were heard, as blood spilled on the floor.

The members of the Return God Sect began to kill the sea beasts that appeared in front, as they will hinder their mission.

As they were highly trained assassins by the sect, they were experts in hand-to-hand combat and magic. To kill sea beasts, they only needed to attack with swords and daggers, as this was magical equipment.

To kill mages, assassins used magic and martial arts. Mages had weak bodies because they prioritized mental training over physical ones, in the world, there were magicians like Liu Yang and Long Shui, who trained both body and mind at the same time. This type of person was the greatest nightmare of ordinary magicians who trained only the mind.

"We are going to clear this area as soon as possible. Those kids are trying to buy time "

"Yes"

"But be careful, they must have set traps for us"

"Y..." But before the small group of invaders could agree, something happened.

"Ahhhh !!!!!"

"Ahhhh !!!!!"

"Ahhhh !!!!!"

"Ahhhh !!!!!"

The group of seven people suddenly fell into a hole, and they were all pierced by a giant, sharp spines at the bottom of the hole. The scene was bloody and horrible.

The thorns pierced the vital organs of the seven and killed them instantly. The hole was about twenty meters deep.

The students did this to make it certain death when the invaders fell into the hole.

A few meters away, a group of young people was looking at the hole through a digital screen. They were happy to see the result, they ran right away.

"I heard screams from this side, it looks like the other group is in trouble" Another group appeared after hearing the screams from the previous group. Each of them was holding swords in hand as they looked around carefully.

When they approached the hole, they were shocked by what they saw. The other group was completely dead because of the stone spines pierced in their bodies.

"Shit!!!! They set traps and hide it!! " One of them screamed after seeing his companions terrifyingly dead.

"We need to be careful. You two, use the earth element to detect any abnormalities in the soil. " One of them spoke after seeing that there were traps on the floor.

The two mages who had elements earth began to use their powers to analyze the terrain below and around them.

"We couldn't find anything, it seems that this hole was the only trapped place."

"Let's continue. You two go ahead and check the terrain first. You, use your wood power to detect if there is something wrong with the trees. While the rest, take care of your surroundings. There must be a few more pitfalls around. " Someone gave the orders, and the group started walking again.

The atmosphere was tense, as none of them knew when a trap could be activated.

"I haven't detected anything yet, how about you two?" The magician, who was checking the trees, commented.

"We also found nothing wrong with the terrain. We can move forward "

"Wait!!!" One of the land magicians shouted.

"What happened??"

"Five meters ahead, there is another hole, we have to be careful and go around the place. The hole is five meters in diameter "

The group walked a meter from the hole before going around the site.

"Watch out!!!!" The woodworker screamed. But it was already too late.

Several roots emerged from the trees near the hole and hit the bodies of some invaders as if they were whips. They flew and fell into the hole.

"Ahhhh !!!!!"

"Ahhhh !!!!!"

"Ahhhh !!!!!"

Of the seven people in the group, three were killed because of the thorns.

"They're over there!!!"

"Die!!!!" A strong light shone and a spear of fire was created.

Shuoo !!!!!

The spear fired and hit a spot behind the trees.

"Ahhhh !!" One of the students was hit.

"Kill them !!!"

The remaining four charged towards where the student was killed, they cast their spells at the same time. As they were advanced mages, their powers were very strong.

Booom !!! Booom !!! Booom !!! Booom !!!

"Ahhh!!!" Another student was hit when he tried to escape.

"If I'm going to die. I will take you with me !!! " In a desperate action, the young man clenched his teeth and waved his hand. A strong green light shone and the tree branches grew quickly, the branches became as thick as an elephant's leg.

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

Three invaders were hit and sent away, two fell into the hole and were killed. The third was more fortunate and fell elsewhere.

Slash!!!

The invader who was not hit by the branches reached the young man and cut off his head without thinking twice. It killed him instantly.

"We need to get together with others and form a larger group. Let's go "The two remaining members of the group started to come back and regroup with the others.

In many places in the forest, there were clashes between invaders and students. Bloody fights were going on. The magicians who died most often were those who came from common backgrounds and did not have much magic equipment.

Five minutes had passed after the fighting started, there was still at least ten minutes left before the flags could be activated.