First Request

Leo just finishing his food and drink stood up.

"Well Leon i'm going to go back to the training room in hunters association and keep up with my training."

"Come back soon."

Leo went back to the training room in the association, sitting back down he decided to keep a eye on his energy this time by keeping up the HUD.

Looking up at the current count 175,750Kj.

{Yuna can i put alert on usage of my energy to like when i've used 50,000Kj to alert me?}

{Of course i can save 50% of all energy consumed in a reserved space so you never have to worry about not having enough energy.}

{What side effects will this cause?}

{There are no immediate side effects, when your reserves get lower you will naturally feel hungry the upper limit has been raised to suit your needs its set to 30000Kj.}

{Ok lets keep it this way and please start a reserve tank.}

{Commencing.}

Leo starts practicing again to get better attuned a few hours pass when Lizzie comes walking into the training area.

"Hi Lizzie what can i do for you?"

"Hi well i'm here to help you train actually, i can see you can already grasp conjuring a ball but you can't gather more magic to manifest what you want."

"Yeah that's exactly what's happening no matter what i do i can't seem to use more."

"So you're thinking about this wrong, it's about how you connect with it, think about pulling it into your stomach first and feel the connection."

"Ok so i need to feel the connection."

Leo holding his hand out, he first thinks about what he wanted to do he then closed he's eyes to concentrate, he started to think about the energy gathering inside him thinking about the feeling of it swirling like sphere in the pit of his stomach.

Whilst he was doing this Lizzie payed close attention looking for anything out the ordinary.

Leo then feels as though this energy wanting to travel to his hand like a wave travelling through his veins and bones, he decides to go with this feeling not opening his eyes but visualizes a rose floating in mid air.

At this moment Lizzie is astonished as a shadow of a rose appears in front of his hand she can't believe the control and the intricacy.

Leo opens his eyes to see what he has accomplished he spins the rose to view it from all angles thinking about how there's now color and is not entirely happy with the out come frowning at the rose.

Lizzie notices this

"What's the matter you look unhappy with what you have done?"

"It's not that i'm unhappy but frustrated with how it looks."

"It's very impressive to say you have never controlled magic before."

"Thank you, i'll keep trying."

"Can i try to grab it?"

"Yeah sure."

Lizzie moves her hand to the rose to grab it as she makes contact the rose falls fades away like a shimmer of dust.

"So now you need to concentrate on density, this will take some time as its hard to grasp i'm still working out how to do that my self so i haven't got any tips."

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What Lizzie didn't know is that Leo was always very talented at trying new things, he thrived on learning something new he read all the time all types of books, when Lizzie mentioned that he need to feel the energy he remembered about a book and a technique he practiced called Qigong the use of spirit energy, this particular technique was widely used to calm your self and feel your inner energy.

Leo was well known for practicing many martial arts and various techniques merging them together to make his style unique to him, with the mma becoming the martial art to learn his journey naturally started there but after learning that the martial arts in mma derived from many techniques mixed together he decide to learn as many as could this is how he actually first met Max.

In the country side Leo had heard about someone teaching tai chi and qigong meditation techniques he drove for almost 3 hours to get to this place, on arrival he found that it was a house set in the country side, with a very impressive garden and small temple at its center, this was like something transported from the middle east to central England which was very unique, he spent a whole week learning of the teacher there before meeting Max, who made a rather grand entrance in his helicopter setting down in a field adjacent to the area.

Max came walking up to the Teacher and without any hesitation offered the teacher a job, to come teach at his gym once a week with all his travel sorted and a generous pay of £75000 a year, the teacher in question didn't hesitate to accept such a offer which only came around once in a life time.

Leo was practicing paying no attention to Max which Max found odd he walked up to Leo and Offered to spar with him saying.

"You look like a capable guy would you like to try your hand at a spar against me?"

The reason Max challenged Leo was because the teacher looked in his late 60's.

Leo smiling.

"I don't just train in this style, is that ok?"

"Sure."

Both of them walking over to a matted area within the temple design for working out and practicing, they both showed appreciation to the mat and the spar that was bout to happen by giving a small bow entering the mat, slipping there foot wear off on walking on.

They both walked onto the mat separating apart by about 4 m they quickly nodded at one another to say they were ready, Max stood with his left leg slightly forward with his toes facing toward 1 o'clock, his back leg bent slightly underneath him with his foot facing toward 2 o'clock, his left hand was slightly in front of his face with eye peering over it his right at the side of his jaw on his right side with both hands clenched into a fist, his whole body very slender.

Leo stood slightly more square on feet shoulder with apart with his left leg in front and right slightly back his hands very similar but both open palmed slightly curled but relaxed.

Max slowly stepped toward him leading with hiss left leg Leo slowly moving his upper torso to the right, Max noticing him self in range to punch takes a step and throws a left jab, when he does this Leo slips past the jab on the outside throwing a left him self with it connecting he ducks back under Max's jab which is returning and throws overhand right at the same time this also connects rocking Max backwards on his feet, Max taking a step back grins and proceeds to do the same left jab Max slipping again connects with his own jab again this time going to duck he feels Max's knee hit chest.

The problem here is that Leo was no novice and anticipated this taking the hit and grabbing his knee he swept Max's other leg as Max is midair Leo throws a right hand at his face again Max making a decent thud on the floor on his back is shocked but he has no time to be shocked as Leo gives him no time to think slamming his knee into his stomach and grabbing the back of his head with his left hand rains down a flurry of punches to Max's face.

Max defending his face moves his hips closer to Leo's foot he brings his right knee between Leo's legs he sweeps Leo reversing the position, at the moment Leo is still one step ahead using his left leg wraps it around Max's arm, off setting him to fall backwards, as he falls Leo wraps his left arm around max's head and his right arms ties up Max's right arm he is in a crucifix position across Max's back.

Leo start's to sink in the choke, Max taps Leo's Legs signalling Leo to let go as he does this Max Lets out a loud laugh.

"HAHAHA! that's the first time i've lost in 5 years."

Leo lets fully off him sitting max up and they both turn towards each other smiling and laughing.

"That's one of the most entertaining fight's i've had your good very good."

"Thanks, but your better."

"Hehe thanks the names Leo."

"Hi, Leo my names Max."

"Hi, so what do you do you're obviously very rich and have plenty of time on your hands."

"Indeed i am i run the most advanced research gym in the world leading the way forward for human science and technology."

"Wow!"

"So do you want a job?"

"You don't know anything about me."

"Well how about we get acquainted, let me take you back to my facility and we have some dinner and talk and you tell me all about your self, my treat for you winning."

Leo thinks for a moment seeing Max's eyes light up with the thought of friendship.

"Ok let's do that."

They both got up saying there farewells to the teacher there and thanking him for the use of the matted area for the spar.

They walked to the helicopter Leo noticed there was no pilot he looked at Max and kept walking with him Max got in the cockpit seat, he told Leo to get in the seat at the side of him which was the co-pilots seats, Leo got in asking Max question.

"You can fly this?"

"Yeah of course i can been flying for over ten years."

Leo looked at Max he only looked to be nineteen.

"What age we're you when you passed your flight test?"

"Nine years old the youngest in the world to do it."

Leo was impressed by this smiled a gestured for him to set off, Leo instinctively started helping Max set the helicopter up and running.

"I'm not the only one who can fly either your turning out to be a very interesting guy."

They helicopter engine started and they set off, they went to the facility this was the gym called Rebel they went to the fancy restaurant situated inside and talked for hours after this they became very good friends, he let Leo choose any job he wanted in the business's he had Leo passion had always been concept design and engineering and programming so this is what he chose to do within a medical facility that run along side the research gym Rebel.

*****

Lizzie Remembering what she had actually come to talk about she asked in a very soft and polite manner.

"So the Ripon you got can you get more?"

"Yes but not easily, its in a area surrounded by creature from the helm."

"Ahhh ok so we will need to prepare to do this and i need to control my own magic better before taking on something like that."

"Yeah if we mean to gather more Ripon we will need a party of at least 4 in my opinion as its right next to the forest."

Lizzie gasps.

"Wow! you were near the forest near the helm and you survived!!"

"Barely and it was definitely life or death until i found the Ripon i managed to muster enough energy to make the journey here."

"I know it's not far to the forest but normally it takes a party of at lest 50 on the road to the tree's to collect sap it cost the association millions to do that."

"Wow!"

"So will you help me get more Ripon?"

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