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Chapter 12 - Right Here Right Now

As I walked to the resting area it was all the guards to do too close off the doors to stop the wave of people fighting to get closer to Kasper. With a final heave the great oak doors slammed shut and the guards fell to their knees gasping for breathe from the effort that took. "Whatever you did must've been pretty fucking great." One managed with a slight smile as he was gasping for air. Kas couldn't help but grin at that as fetched some water from the barrel and sat down as well. The crowd, he'd assumed were sponsors all clamoring to try and get a turn to speak with him and get him under wings. Such a powerful prospect this could only be rivaled by perhaps one other, the son of the late Hero Icarus has appeared on the scene demanding the spotlight with his devastating talent and unmatched genes. His name, as many a great people already knew, was Leo, an already well known Wind user he was a natural just like his father. Meanwhile, Mango ushered himself into a small room and seeing it occupied as well he quickly shut the door behind him. Lowering his hood the man was revealed to be the old man from the earlier conversation when Kasper first arrived at the arena. They both shook hands and took their seats and without even a second passing after Mango couldn't help but utter "So what did you think, I told you he was a natural, Felton!" Felton, wasn't just an ordinary old man, he had once been an inspiration for Mango and thousands of others for Felton used to be one of the Knights of Dawn. The Knights of Dawn takes the three strongest of each magical affinity and brings them together to help protect citizens on a kingdom wide scale, generally they combat the strongest of enemies and clear the deepest of dungeons. They got their name from their founder, Cedric Dawn the first recorded light user in the kingdoms history. Because of this when the world is blessed with a light they generally lead the council and are the right hand of the king though this position is currently absent. Only a handful know the true dark origin of this elitist group was to combat Cedrics cousin, Mammon the first and most powerful ever recorded Dark magic user. He had grown so powerful and greedy his grasp would have soon encompassed the world if it wasn't for the founding of cooperation of the knights. Felton tried and ultimately failed to contain his joy, "Mango my friend, this boy is like a moving painting. He seems to move and fight without regard to old techniques but uses his own and oh the way it all connected at the end. The whole arena was bursting from the sight of it, where on earth did you find this lad?" Mango's face grew more serious after that question, " Felton, i'm not sure how else to say this so i'll just be brief. I met him in the middle of a backwater town and he was stuck barefoot in clothes that would have him freeze from a slight breeze claiming he had no knowledge of what he had transpired and no recollection of any friends or family. Not wanting to leave him to starve i brought him with me but I never imagined in just a handful of months he would change the stars to this degree." With this sudden surge of information Felton could see why Mango seemed a little off put for he himself found it unusual as well. "Well now, why don't we really test him, bring his anger out and see what he truly possesses and let him scream it to the world!" Mango held a quizzical look as he asked "And just how on earth do you plan to do that when i've failed from the get go, not from lack of effort mind you." Felton snapped his fingers and a guard entered the room " Yes sir?" he said.

"Go and tell the board the second round will start with a match for the ages and spread the news around quick, we want there to be no empty seats. The second round will start with the son of the great hero, Leo the wind user vs the unknown prodigy Kasper!" With a bow the guard left in a hurry and once the door closed Mango couldn't help but slow turn to Felton, "I'm not sure the world will be ready for this Felton Leo is the unquestionable number one young talent what if something were to happen to Kasper before he even gets started."

Felton couldn't help but grin one last time and said " Mango, I think our world is about to get shaken down to its very roots. This could very well be the origin story of the worlds greatest heroes right here, right now."