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Chapter 3 - Chapter 3 - Promotion Campaign

For Leo those three days were full of unrest. He quickly learned his duties. Trying to learn more about the world. 

'I should go out to buy myself some stuff after the campaign'

Even after fulfilling his own duties he still has finished his business plan. Which took about 4 hours a day. He was going to send this to the Merchant guild to receive an investment.

The idea was so people could easily order items from their homes and get people to deliver it. Though it was from his old world who could stop him here.

But there was a problem. People here don't have anything digital so he was trying to use magic to solve it. He didn't have any magic nor did Noir so it was bound to be a dilemma. Leo started to learn magical engineering and create blueprints for it but he was lacking knowledge.

The way it works is that a member who pays 25 minos per month gets a magic pen and paper. The magic stone in the pen, which allows you to write, is a stone that can only get from one mine which will be held by the business. The paper will store information and transmit it to a huge scroll acting like a database. 

All products will be shipped from Yopilan which is heavy in resources and very cheap. With this Leo can maximise his profits from this one business. 

'I will one day expand to a beauty and fashion store to make it look fancy to attract customers no matter the loss leaders!'

Leo looked down at his desk feeling weary. He clapped his cheek and turned jubilant. His expressionless face, and messy hair were now more defined.

Leo left his room going down the endless stairs of the mage tower.

Tip. Tap. Tip. Tap. Tip. Tap

His feet echoed around the cylindrical tower. His life was now much different. Around halfway there Vonica was standing there. She had some sort of circle above her fingers. Leo immediately recognized it. It was a magic circle, which delivers the spells of a mage. Vonica tinkered with it as she pleased but then saw Leo and came to an abrupt stop. She bowed her head.

"Good morning, Master Leo"

Leo replied with a wave, and a light smile. Without saying another word they descended down the stairs which spiraled down to the floor. Then after a few minutes they finally touched the floor. Leo chose to speak.

"Vonica open the gates, we can now go to the Forest of Galea"

Vonica slightly nodded, and channeled her mana to make a mana circle which was in white color glowing. She walked to the gate which was covered in deep black obsidian. I also went near it, knocking on gently. I then glanced back at my knuckles which were red as a tomato. The doors opened with a massive ray of light entering the tower. 

'Its time'

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After arriving Leo was sitting on one of the chairs which were lined up in the stadium. It was a dome with marble and wood. In the middle was a sand neatly lined up with the ground level with no bumps or piles. Leo stood up and touched his neck with his hands. 

"The promotion campaign is going to start here are the rules. All of you will have the opportunity to fight me. I will be seeing if your skills are worthy while Vonica will be seeing your potential."

Gasps circled around me. I raised my voice.

"Let it begin"

I called out Noir. Noir laughed.

"Finally I can stretch out!"

Noir told Leo many things about the power of the interferences. It first takes a lot of mental energy and all Leo needed was a single thought to activate so he gave it a go. He jumped out of the chair falling at a steady speed but then rode the wind?! It was from Noir's power of being able to manipulate the elements. Noir then came back to his soul.

Vonica called out the first name, and Leo quickly defeated them like an endless loop. First he called out a fireball the maid dodged and pulled out a dagger, but Leo used the wind to turn its trajectory to the maid but it stopped an inch away from her. She was frightened, sweating from her forehead.

Leo used all types of elements, earth, fire, water, ice, lightning, and wind. Some mages were quite a challenge though. He used his powers diligently and carefully using tricks to finish battles quickly but then there was a battle which pushed him to the limits. It was a maid, the same maid which made him tea before announcing the promotion campaign.

It was Leo who started first he used tens of icicles aiming for the maid but the maid pulled out a fan.

'Wait a minute don't people in japan sometimes use it'

She spread the fan and rotated it in a 360 degree deflecting all the icicles. She then charged towards me lunging. Leo quickly made a rock wall sprouting out of the earth and used the wind to go back. But to his surprise the maid broke the wall easily. Then three daggers slipped out of her fan. Leo spotted the slight glisten and used spikes of ice to parry it and dash to the side. Leo started hissing in frustration. He covered his arm in thin rocks. He used sparks of lightning around his body.

Tsk. Tsk. Tsk.

The maid threw stars which barely missed Leo's feet. Gritting his teeth Leo threw spears of lightning and fire. Which the maid easily dodged with her speed. He summoned a golem from the earth with each step it sent a thump through the ground. The maids' eyes widened. And with extreme precision she pierced with her fist through the golem's core, dissembling it quickly. This gave Leo enough time to prepare an attack of concentrated fire turning to lava coated by lightning. 

The maid with no other choice took out a blade and coated it with some peculiar energy and sliced it apart. 

'What was that Noir?'

Leo was left speechless and waited for a response to whisper into his mind.

'It was a blessing. Hahahaha'

Blessing the words only knights could wield because the gods chose to.

'A maid with a blessing?'

In such a precarious situation Leo decided to finish the battle rather than contemplating to satisfy his curiosity. He used wind blades to distract her. Then charged towards her with a tint of malice. A spike of ice spiked out of the ground and curved towards her head. The maid sensing it split it apart with one clean slice. 

Leo then summoned lightning from the sky striking the ground loudly. The crowd cheered and chanted. Excited from the fight. Fire balls escaped Leo's hand but the maid charged and split it apart. Then quickly in a blink of an eye she was in front of Leo. Her blade nearing Leo's shoulder. Leo reacted by parrying her blade with his arm covered in rock skin. It created a spark scattering down to the ground.

'Damn it'

He shifted the focus of the blade to the ground and dashed backwards. Leo created tornados infusing other elements with it. The maid had to step back from this so with the remaining time he dug his fingers to the ground. Trying to create an environment to benefit from. The sand was ashened, with lava sprouting from the ground the heat was unbearable.

'To defeat someone talented you must go mad'

Everybody screamed with frightened expressions. Bellowing to stop the match. Unfortunately for me the maid started to concentrate. She stepped around the surroundings to get an understanding of the place and used it to her advantage by spreading lava around making Leo unable to run around. She used some type of footwork technique to get right behind Leo. His eyes widened with fear. His heart beat wildly, his pulse as well. Survival was the only thing he thought about. Then the wind pushed the maid behind it was Noir , he appeared. Though nobody except me could see him. My mind was lifted from the weariness. The ashened ground turned to hard basaltic rock.

'So if Noir comes out of my soul that means my powers are boosted'

With his sudden boost of power Leo was confident he could push the maid to a corner. Spikes of ice spiked in flash. Leo covered ice over his abdomen and half of his cheek. The muscles in his body were over exercised and they needed rest. Leo hit his forehead on the basaltic rock and blood flowed down. And a trickle from his mouth. He barely stood up trying not to fall down. He poured his concentration on a spear made of lightning. There were bright yellow sparks all around. He furrowed his brows, and spat a mouthful of blood. Then the spear was launched , nearing the speed of light.

The maid accepted defeat just an inch away from her head. Then a shock ran through her making her collapse and unconscious. Her eyes rolled back and foam over her mouth. In reality it looks like Leo won but really it was just the maid's acting. Leo dispelled all the elements and the stadium returned to its normal state. 

Vonica who was inspecting the battle and battles before was astonished. That Leo did not lie and did have elemental magic from a spirit but also the maid whose battle prowess was to be praised. Her name was nothing special, her name was Shira Elione.

The Mage tower was going to be a buzz. In the end of the campaign some people were accepted to the guards but Shira was accepted to be the shadow guard specially appointed by Leo.

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Leo was lying down on his couch in his room. It had been a week since the campaign but Leo was tired. But his face went bright.

'If today is a day off that means I can go out!'

Leo was dying for rest. So he decided to go anyway. He left his room and descended down the mage tower by riding the wind. Noir came out.

"Enjoying yourself, huh?"

"Of course" 

But Leo didn't know that these trips would turn daily which in the end would turn to a disaster.

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