Chapter 9 – Tit-For-Tat

Alan walked away from the arena. He looked calm of what he did on the stage as if, being ruthless was a norm for him to do.

In the whole Unity, only Erica knows how cruel Alan can be. In Alan's previous life, he was kind to his allies but cruel to his enemies, especially the one who wanted to kill him as Nolan did.

"Man…He truly is on another level, worthy of being the genius prodigy ten years ago. I wonder why he never showed himself to the public these past years." One of the spectators said.

"Yes, the so-called geniuses in the whole Unity seems pretty paled compared to Alan." Someone commented.

Alan ignored the gazes that were cast on him. He straight away went to his seat beside the arena, waiting for his next opponent.

He watched other contestants match lazily, other than his sisters and maybe James, all the matches like kids fighting.

"Mary and Alice are excellent. They can use their abilities in perfect techniques and coordinations. Although, they look adorable, acting so fierce on the stage. Hehe." Alan chuckled.

Alan felt quite sleepy watching matches. He was bored.

He stood up from his seat and went to the Snow family VIP section, where Erica and his parents were.

Rufus noticed that Alan was walking towards them.

"Look, Andrea, Alan is walking towards us!" Rufus excitedly said.

When Alan entered the room, all the members of the Snow family cast a glance towards him.

Some were showing the look of reverence, while some looked at him in disgust.

Alan was too sleepy to care about these trivial stares on him, he walked in and greeted his grandparents, Rufus and Andrea.

"Grandpa, grandma, I'm happy to see you guys again," Alan said happily.

In all of the Snow family's younger generation, only Alan and his sisters were the only ones who called Rufus and Andrea, 'Grandpa' and 'Grandma' instead of 'Grandmaster' like what others would call them.

Rufus and his wife, Andrea, were so happy hearing Alan called them. It's been ten years since the last time they heard his voice, although it's not entirely the same anymore, the immature child voice was still indistinctly present.

"Look at our little Alan, all grown up and more handsome now! Grandma misses you so much!" Andrea came forward and hugged Alan before she kissed Alan's cheeks.

"G-grandma! People are watching!" Alan shyly said while looking at the other Snow family members.

"Grandma does not care about others! Come, kiss grandma here." Andrea was pointing at her right cheek.

"I'm not a child anymore! Humph!" Alan felt quite weird. He never had this side of him before, "I guess this is from the previous Alan Snow. Well not bad though, I was an orphan and never had a loving family, it's quite lovely." He thought.

"Grandpa doesn't care. Grandpa wants to kiss him too. Come here." A sudden voice appeared behind Andrea.

Rufus walked forward and hugged Alan before he kissed Alan on his cheeks too. "Now, grandpa will take care of you better from now on."

Alan gave up and let whatever his grandparents want to do to him. His parents were smiling at the side, watching the loving scene.

Some of the members were watching with contempt.

"Ermm…Grandpa, Grandma, I want to sleep for a bit before my next match." Alan said.

Alan was quite tired. The dungeon was an exhausting trip after all.

"Okay, go rest, you looked tired." Andrea looked at the guards nearby and told them to bring a bed.

"No, it's okay, grandma," Alan said.

Alan walked towards Erica, who was sitting leisurely on a big and grand couch that was prepared for her. He sat beside her before he landed his head on her lap.

"Lend me your lap, Erica. I want to sleep for a while…hmm…you smell so nice…" Alan muttered before he fell asleep.

Erica was blushing. She caressed Alan's beautiful hair while looking at his peaceful sleeping face dearly.

Silence. Every member of the Snow family was shocked at the scene that happened before them.

"Alan was sleeping on my lady Sovereign's lap!" they thought.

Some were jealous of Alan. Even though they never saw their Sovereign's face as she always wore a mask or veil, everyone knew she was a supreme beauty.

They knew that no one is worthy of her, but now, Alan was casually sleeping on her lap.

"This brat! How dare he acted rudely in front of my lady!" someone from the Snow family members shouted.

Alan's sleep was disturbed by the shout. He frowned in his sleep.

Erica was angry. She looked at the one who shouted while her aura burst out, affecting everyone in the room except Alan.

"Any more sound, You're dead." She warned everyone.

They were shocked again. The Sovereign protected Alan like he was her baby.

Alan's grandparents were also in utter shock.

Rufus still cannot believe the scene in front of him. He looked at Lukas and quietly asked, "What is this?"

Lukas can only smile before he replied, "It's complicated."

"Is My lady Sovereign will seriously become my daughter-in-law?" she thought while blinking her eyes on the unbelievable scene in front.

Erica did not move at all. She was looking at Alan all the time while her face flushed in red. "He's so beautiful." She thought.

All the members of the Snow family watching Alan and Erica silently. They were afraid of Erica, who warned them to be quiet or die.

After almost half an hour, Alan opened his eyes slowly and met with Erica's above him.

"Erica's eyes are so beautiful…" Alan smiled while caressing her face.

"Did you sleep well?" Erica lovingly asked.

"I did. Your lap is the best. Let me sleep on it again in the future, okay? " Alan smiled at her.

"You can sleep on it anytime," Erica passionately replied.

Alan smiled at her. "This girl…when did she become so beautiful?" he thought and subconsciously pinched her cheeks.

Alan got up from Erica's lap who was blushing and looked at his surroundings. What he saw was the stares of various means from the members of the Snow Family.

He looked at them, "What are you looking at? Never see someone sleeps before?" he proudly asked.

"This kid…is something." Lukas thought.

Rufus looked at his grandson and asked, "Grandson, did you know who she is?"

Alan cast a glance at Rufus for a while before he looked at Erica beside him.

"She is my girl, in the past, now and the future." Alan calmly said.

"What do you mean?" someone asked.

"It means that she will always be mine," Alan said calmly.

"Don't act mighty in front of us, kid! She is the Sovereign of the Snow Family, and you are just a brat who doesn't know their place." Someone shouted.

Alan ignored them and looked at Erica, "Don't you?" he asked.

"Un," Erica replied. Her face was blushing in red, and her body was hot. This was the first time Alan said something like this to her.

The Snow family was in silence again.

"Did the Sovereign agreed just now? I'm dreaming, right?" someone thought.

"You heard that? So shut your stupid mouths. It's annoying." Alan coolly said.

"Well then, now I had a nap, let's continue with the match. Bye." Alan said and went out of the room, ignoring the stunned faces of the Snow family members.

"My son was astounding, well as others said, Like Mother like Son," Rose said.

"No, No. He takes after me. That's how I got you." Lukas said and stared at Rose, who was blushing after she heard what he said.

"Alan is my Grandson, after all!" Rufus laughed.

"He is our grandson."Andrea glared at Rufus.

"Y-yes, dear. I know that." Rufus carefully said to his Queen.

Alan went back to the arena, his sisters and the other contestants had finished their first match.

As expected, Alan's sisters won their matches easily. He walked towards them, who were sitting on the bench beside the arena.

Mary and Alice saw Alan walking towards them.

"Big brother! We won!" Alice ran towards Alan and hugged his left arm while Mary hugged his other arm.

"Congrats to both you. When you get stronger, please don't bully your big brother, okay?" Alan coolly said as he patting their heads.

"That depends on you, big brother. If you're annoying, we will punish you." Mary happily said.

Their responses dumbfounded Alan.

"Where is your 'No, big brother! We will never do that to you. We love you!'." Alan thought.

"By the way, big brother, you're so cruel just now on the arena. Your match was the bloodiest and most heartless in the competition's history." Alice said.

"That is his punishment." Alan calmly said.

Not long after that, the second match begins. Alan walked onto the arena, waiting for his opponent.

His opponent was a boy teenager who had the same age as him.

The boy looked at Alan, who stood in front of him. Alan's aura was very oppressive to withstand.

"I concede." The teenager walked out of the arena. On the last match where Alan fought with Nolan, the teenager's arena was beside Alan's, and he saw how powerful and relentless Alan was.

Alan shrugged his shoulders and went back to his bench to wait for his third match, which will be the semi-final.

After a while, the third match started. The contestant who got into the semi-final were Alan, his sisters, and James.

Alan's opponent for the third match was his sister, Alice.

Alan and Alice stared at each other in the arena.

"Start!" the referee shouted.

"Big brother, I don't care. If you're my big brother, but this match, I will defeat you." Alice said.

Alan did not use any weapon on his sister, "Come." He said.

Alice raised her hand, and a staff made of Ice appeared levitating in front of her.

Ice mist appeared throughout the arena, and Alan can't see her anymore. She looked at Alan and ran towards him.

"Snowballs!" Alice shouted.

Alan was bewildered after he heard Alice shouted, "S-snowballs?"

Once the ice mist cleared out, multiple snowballs hit Alan's body, and suddenly a figure hugged him.

"Hehe, just kidding ~ I don't want to fight with big brother." Alice snuggled into Alan's embrace.

The spectators were speechless.

The girl who said that she will beat her brother just now was snuggling in her brother's embrace comfortably.

"Silly girl." Alan hugged her back before princess-carried her out of the arena.

"Yay! Big brother like a princess." Alice thought while smiling happily. That day, she watched Alan carried Mary like this but can only clench her fists. Now, her wish came true.

"Oh, those two…acting so passionately in front of many people who were watching." Rose said while shaking her head.

"Let's go see Mary's fight," Alan said.

"Un." Alice nodded while hugging Alan's arm.

Once the two arrived at Mary's arena, both were shocked to see Mary was covered in blood while fighting with James.

Alan clenched his fists. He wanted to stop the match, but Mary may still want to fight and do not want Alan to disturb her.

"Hahaha! Snow family's Princess, Mary, what's wrong? Can't you fight anymore? So what if I tell you Alan is stupid ass trash? He deserved that title."

"Don't talk about Big brother that way! You pay for this!" Mary was trembling in anger.

"What kept her fighting is because someone insulted me?" Alan thought.

"You are so stupid. I'm a class D low tier combatant, and you dared to fight me? Just because of your mother****** brother." James sneered.

"I told you to stop!" Mary shouted.

She dashed forward towards James, to strike with her rapier, but unfortunately, James jumped over and dodged the attack effortlessly.

From Mary's behind, James attacked with his lightning magic.

Lightning magic formed in James's hands, and he threw it to Mary's back.

"Lightning Arrows!"

*Boom!

Mary was thrown away by the arrows. "Ahh!" She screamed.

"Hahahaha! Still, want to fight me? A brother and his sister are both trash! I heard you rejected the Flynn family's engagement proposal. You acted so proudly when you're a weakling like this?" James looked at Mary in disdain.

"Mary, dear! Concede this fight!" Rose shouted worriedly.

"Mary! Listen to your mother!" Lukas shouted.

The spectators looked at Mary worriedly. Their goddess was injured severely.

"It's okay, goddess! It enough, please concede!" they worriedly shouted.

James's fans were also worried at the Snow Princess condition. Today, James crossed the line.

Mary, who was on the ground, used all of her strength to stand up.

"You insulted big brother." She grunted in pain.

"So, what will you do about that?" James smirked.

"I will make you pay for that, you ugly jerk," Mary said.

"What did you call me? How dare you, b****?" James shouted angrily.

"Mary, concede defeat." Now, it was Rufus who said that.

"No, I will kick his ugly face to the ground." Mary coldly said.

"You!! Still, dare to insult me? Take this!" James shouted.

He raised his arm towards the sky, "Lightning Magic: Thunderstrike!"

Mary looked up at the incoming lightning strike and spurted out blood from her mouth. She cried, "Big brother, I can't fight this. I'm so sorry…" she muttered.

"Mary!!" Rose shouted.

"JAMES!! Stop it!" Lukas shouted angrily

"She did not concede," James said before she looked at blood-covered Mary, "Die!" he thought while sneering.

Suddenly a figure appeared in front of Mary, "B-big brother?"

"Alan! It is dangerous!" Rose shouted.

"Grandson!" Rufus was worried.

*BOOM!

What happened in front of them was so fast, they could not see how Alan suddenly appeared in the arena.

The lightning dispersed throughout the stadium. After it cleared, everyone saw Alan was carrying Mary.

"Mary, you did well. Next time, leave people like this to your big brother. Will you promise me?" Alan calmly said.

"I promise. I'm sorry big brother." Mary weakly said.

"It's okay. It's fine now." Alan said.

Alan brought Mary to the side, "Both of you go to where Erica is." Alan said to his sisters.

"Okay." They both nodded and quickly went away.

Alan turned back to the arena.

"You know, I gave you a face, but that doesn't mean you can look down on me." Alan looked at James.

"If you have a problem with me, come face me yourself, not to others." Alan calmly said.

Erica turned super quiet. Alan was furious. People might not see it, but she can. This version of Alan is dangerous.

"But look at what you've done, you bullied my sister, Mary. So, you will receive a divine punishment from me. What you did just now, I will give it back to you several times more painful that'll make you wish to die." Alan looked at James while he was walking towards the arena.

"Star Sword." a sword appeared on Alan's hand. He looked at James, "Should I kill you?" a supreme killing intent gushed out from Alan.

The whole stadium turned cold. They were shocked by the killing intent. Some of the spectators fainted because of the suppressive force of the intent.

Alan flashed and disappeared.

James was scared, "What can you d-…..Ahh!! Ahh!!! My arm!!"

When people can already spot Alan, he had arrived at James's behind and already cut one of his arms.

"So fast!!" they thought.

James, while in pain, "You!! Lightning Burst!" he tried to attack Alan, but Alan had flashed again and vanished from his sight.

Alan appeared in front of James. "What are you running for? You coward!" James shouted.

James shot out lightning streams towards Alan, who was standing in front of him. Alan did not vanish again. Instead, he slashed the lightning streams, and the lightning did not hit Alan at all.

James was shocked, "You can never compete with me, I'm the lightning god! Lightning Cloak!" James's body was covered in lightning.

Alan stored his Star Sword. He dashed forward and grabbed James's head from the above and punch the face with his other hand. James stumbled back, but before he fell, Alan flashed to James's side and kicked him to the ground.

"Argh!" James grunted in pain. Alan took one of James's legs and twisted it until it was broken.

"Ahh! Stop it! I admit defeat!" James shouted.

"Admit defeat? This is not a fight. This is your punishment." Alan said as he punched again on James's face.

James spat out blood. "I'm the genius lightning Sorcerer, the lightning God will not lose to trash like you!" he shouted.

"Lightning god? Genius? I'll show you what lightning is." Alan said.

"I'll show what God of Lightning is." He thought.

Suddenly the sky turned cloudy and dark. The stadium was in the middle of a storm. Alan was levitating on air. His eyes turned white, and lightning was covering his whole body.

"He's the God of Lightning…" someone shouted in fear.

Alan looked at James from the above. "Yes, you should die. That is your divine punishment."

Countless lightning strikes came down from the sky, *Boom! *Boom! *Boom

"Protect yourself!" everyone was in fear.

Alan raised his palm facing the sky, and a giant ball of lightning appeared above him. He threw it towards James, who was below him.

"NO!!! SAVE ME! SAVE ME!!" James screamed in pain.

BOOM!

The arena exploded.