USING FAKE NEWS TO DEFEAT A MAJOR FAMILY
"Announce the winner", I shouted to the referee in the Magic Arena, and they quickly announced my win.
"Impossible, how did you kill my best prodigy?" Prince Heller questioned me from his VIP cubicle.
"Thanks to you for letting him learn Dark magic", I replied to the prince who quickly became silent.
Learning Dark magic was banned in Drachia kingdom. Even though the influence of the church was much reduced in the kingdom after their retreat from the demon army, there was still a strong religious force in the city.
"Mithridocus, this will not be the end of it. We will report this to the Church about your family's dabbling in dark magic", the priest who chided me earlier started to suspect Prince Heller and his family.
"This is all Khaleaf's own doing. That has nothing to do with our family", Prince Heller replied to the priest as he quickly moved his cubicle back to the ground, leaving the Magic Arena soon after.
"Are there no more challengers from the coward Mithridocus family?" I shouted to Prince Heller as he left.
Khaleaf revealed a dark side of the Mithridocus family. It was possible that they were dabbling in dark magic despite the practice being banned in the kingdom. The prince realized the seriousness of this matter far outweighed his original intention of punishing me, so he quickly left.
"How did you cast our holy magic?" the priest asked me.
"I'm not telling you and I definitely never learned any of your bloody magic", I replied to the priest before leaving.
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"How did you cast the holy light at the last moment?" Cassandra asked me immediately after I returned to my friends.
"Remember we saved a priest in Starri city. He used a magic chalice that cast a holy light when we fought against the Flesh Meat monster. I took the chalice from him and kept it. When I realized the only way to neutralize the skeleton head's dark magic was holy magic, I brought the chalice out to cast its light", I explained to her.
Suddenly, Hugo ran toward me, panting as he ran.
"What is the matter, Hugo?" I asked him.
"I've collected the winnings, less my commission, here's five million Aurs", Hugo told me and gave me the money.
Before our fight, I asked Hugo to bet on me winning.
So, he went to place bets on me with the Betting Stations in the Magic Arena and we won both fights, making us a lot of money.
"This winning is pocket change compared to the wager that he won from the Mithridocus family", Ratatouille told Hugo.
"Hahaha, the money is only subsidiary. This feeling of exhilaration, I've never felt for a very long time", Hugo said to us.
"You got that right, old man. I miss the good old times", I replied to him.
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[The Herald Times]
"The Mithridocus Family Practices Dark magic."
"The Bully of Starri city foiled the dark magic of the Mithridocus family with the help of the church."
"The Bully of Starri city bullies the Mithridocus family."
[In the dining room of the Prince of Tarah city]
"What nonsense are this news?" Minister Holden asked as he threw the newspaper on the table that he was having tea with the prince of Tarah city.
"This newspaper is a powerful tool if wielded properly. It is a pity we didn't learn about it earlier otherwise we would be able to control the people's minds and opinions about events in our city", an advisor told them.
"I wanted the noble families to shame this Kaleon family, put them in their place, so that they will come to me for help and become indebted to me. They ended up shaming the Mithridocus family in return. The Mithridocus? One of the four major families. Brought down by a mad boy", Prince Raslee said to them.
"We can't touch the Kaleon family now, they also have the support of the Church", the advisor told them.
"The Church denied it immediately after the news came out", Minister Holden said.
"They will obviously deny it even if they are aligned with the Kaleon family. We will never know for sure", Prince Raslee replied to the old minister.
"What are we going to do about the Kaleon family now?" Minister Holden asked the prince.
"We have no time to think about the Kaleon family now. We should think about how to deal with the Mithridocus family. The King and my brothers all know about the Mithridocus practicing dark magic with this Herald Times announcing it to the world. They will come after me for my incompetence to allow it", Prince Raslee told them sadly.
"But the Mithridocus's actions have nothing to do with us", Minister Holden told the prince.
"It doesn't matter. The dark magic appeared here in my city, it becomes my responsibility now", Prince Raslee told the minister.
"Damn", Minister Holden cursed to the prince.
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"Oriese, you gave me a scare in the Magic Arena. Can't you just stop doing dangerous things?" Orol asked me.
"I am alright now, ain't I?" I asked him in return.
"What are we going to do about the Mithridocus family now? They will hate us forever", Orol asked me.
"Mithridocus? Father you better run as far away from them as possible from now and don't go to their parties anymore. They are demon worshippers", I told Orol.
"Yes, you are right. I never thought the main family would go so low as to practice Dark magic, do you think they really did that? Practice Dark magic", Orol told me and asked.
"It doesn't matter whether they did it or not. They are presumed to be Dark magic practitioners now after my newspaper ran articles after articles condemning them every day", I replied to him.
"Should we continue with our officiating of the new Town Hall in Kaleon town, with all the happenings around us?" Hagar asked me.
"Of course, we should. Nobody would dare make trouble for us now in Tarah city", I replied to him.
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