Chapter 13 – Sparring

On the next day, all the classes had finished for the day. Alan was alone in his room. He was waving his hand in the air. If someone sees this, they would think Alan become crazy again.

Alan was using the system window.

"I need to be at least level 35 to be a Crafter…I guess I need to level up, but where can I collect experiences?" Alan thought.

After a moment, Alan decided to put the enhancing Alice's staff to the side first. He needed to think about how to level up.

"Oh well, I think about it later. For now, I should practice my sword." Alan thought.

In the Academy, the students will go to the training center to practice. So, Alan asked Erica to stay at the villa and went there alone.

The training center was massive. Alan was amazed to see the building from afar. Once he arrived in front of the building, he saw that many people were trying to enter the building.

Alan was quite confused, "What's happening?" he looked at the group of students that were going to the training center.

"Quick guys! Our Prince, John, is going to have a spar with Shaun Cain! Come on!" One of the students said.

"Oh? I guess I should watch it too. Haha." Alan chuckled.

Alan went into the building within the crowd, and from afar, he saw John and Shaun was facing each other in the arena. He also saw Jessica, Tracy, and his sisters near the arena.

"What on earth are these girls doing?" Alan shook his head. He went further into the building and stopped near the arena in the crowd. No one noticed him as he wore a hoodie and a mask to cover his appearance.

Once Alan arrived near the arena, he heard Shaun said, "Jessica! Watch me, I will defeat John Pride today, and you will forget him once and for all!"

In the Academy, John is the vice president of the Academy, so both he and Jessica looked close, and people thought something was going on between them.

Alan smiled. He felt if he did not read the novel, he would also believe that John and Jessica had something going on, but fortunately, he did read and knew that nothing was going on between them. Jessica only thought of John as a colleague and a friend. Well, at least not until John saved her in the later arc.

All of that now was impossible because the wild card, Alan, had returned. Just because Jessica was his fiancée, and how she waited for him all these years, he took responsibility. If not, he might just ignore her till the end as he had no time for romance, Erica alone is enough. Harem was never his choice in the first place.

When Jessica heard what Shaun had said, she snapped out, "Don't be ridiculous! I have a fiancée!"

"Who is your fiancée? I will defeat him too." Shaun proudly said.

The engagement took place long ago, so people might forget about it.

"Hahaha! You want to defeat big brother? Don't you think you're just dreaming big?" Alice laughed.

"What do you mean? Big brother? Don't tell me-…" before he could finish the sentence, John interrupted.

"Hey, I don't have much time, you know," John said.

Shaun was gritting his teeth, not only him, but John was also quite sad hearing the word "fiancée" by Jessica. He, too, had feelings towards her.

Alan knew of it. He had read it in the novel. John liked Jessica but never told her until when he saved her in the later arc.

"You better forget about it, or you'll regret it." Alan thought while smiling in the crowd.

In the arena, Shaun looked at John, "Come on!"

John unsheathed his sword. He uses both swords and light magic. The sword in his hand was the Holy Sword. As the main character, John was a chosen hero by the Temple of Apostles, a temple that had the power of gods.

John hid his identity, and everyone did not know about this, well, except for Alan.

As a wind magic sorcerer, Shaun's movements are naturally faster than others. He made a move first. He stepped forward and suddenly disappeared. Only the wind residues can be seen from Shaun's original spot.

Many of the students could not see where Shaun was except for Alan, who can see clearly.

Some could also see but not as bright as Alan's. One of them was John. He could slightly see Shaun.

Shaun suddenly appeared behind John and attacked with a wind slash.

"Take this. Wind Slash!" Shaun said.

John sensed the attack from behind. He jumped to the side, dodging the attack. The attack did not hit John and continued towards the spectators in front.

"Oh, no!" someone shouted.

Tracy quickly arrived in front of the incoming wind slash and countered it.

"Hey! Be careful, will you?" Tracy was angry.

Shaun ignored Tracy and launched another attack on John. This time, John countered back the attack.

"Holy Sword Art: Light Thrust." John said. The sword emitted light, and John thrust the sword towards Shaun's attack.

*Boom!

The spectators were almost blown by the wind and blinded by the light.

"Wow, they are powerful." One of the students said.

Shaun gritted his teeth and disappeared. Shaun was so fast that many of his figures appeared above John.

"Wind Skill: Boomerang!" he shouted.

All of Shaun's figures launched the same attack towards John from the above.

"Damn!" John frowned. He beautifully dodged the attacks. Sometimes, he countered it with his attacks.

"Oh my god! John's movements are stunning! The movements almost reached the intermediate stage." One of the students praised.

Alan also nodded. John's movements were praiseworthy.

Shaun's attacks did not hit John at all. He saw John was smiling. He was furious.

"**** you! Take this!" Shaun said.

"Wind Skill: Sky Slasher!" Shaun shouted.

"T-that's a tier 3 skill!" one of the students said.

John was surprised before he smirked. "I admit your skill was quite strong, but if it doesn't hit me, it's basically useless." He dodged the attack, but after he dodged, he saw that the attack was going towards Jessica and the rest.

"Jessica!" John shouted.

Alice, who was beside Jessica, shouted, "Ice Wall!

Unfortunately, the ice wall could not withstand the tier 3 attack. Jessica could not dodge it as behind her were the spectators. As the president, she will guard them.

Jessica's magic also could not counter the attack. Most of her magic skills were a supporting type.

Suddenly, there was a voice, "What the **** are you doing? This is the second time you tried to harm the spectators." Alan said.

He waved his hand, and a firewall appeared in front and Shaun's attack was nullified.

"What the hell? Who is he? Instant casting? The fire is so hot! I can't stand this!" one of the students was shocked.

All of them were shocked. A hooded stranger was suddenly saved them from a tier 3 attack effortlessly.

Alan turned back and looked at Jessica and the rest, "You guys okay?" he flipped his hoodie and removed the mask.

"Alan?" Jessica was bewildered; this was the first time she saw Alan used his skill.

When Shaun saw the hooded guy was Alan, he was outraged. That day, he lost miserably by Alan. Today, he will revenge and trampled Alan under his feet.

Shaun took out a pill and ate it secretly. Suddenly, his power rose rapidly from his original class C middle tier to upper-tier instantly.

Shaun launched the same tier 3 attack towards Alan. This time, the attack was more powerful than before.

Alan was facing backward towards Shaun. He sensed the attack but was too late. The attack caught Alan off guard.

Alan did not dodge as the attack was too strong for the girls to handle. The attack hit him from the back, and he was thrown off and hit the wall before fell onto the ground.

"Alan!"

"Big brother!"

The girls were shocked by the attack. They ran towards Alan, who was lying on the ground. His back had a deep cut and was covered in blood. Alan's body was refined with God's blood. He can take the attack without too much severity.

Jessica and the rest were crying when they saw Alan's state. Alan ignored the pain and stood up. His body was in dark red covered with his blood. The spectators were scared, looking at Alan's condition.

The girls were heartbroken to see the injured Alan.

"No, you should not move Alan." Jessica worriedly said while tearing up.

At the side, Alan's sisters were furious while Tracy clenched her fist in anger.

"It's okay, I'm fine." Alan calmly said. He tried to calm them down, but how could they? Alan was obviously injured because of them.

"Believe me, I'm fine." Alan reassured them.

After for a while, Alan suddenly turned serious. "Come." He said.

Suddenly, Star Sword, which was on the ground, disappeared and appeared again in Alan's hand. He looked at Shaun, who was standing in the arena.

"You got guts, punk." Alan said. His aura turned sinister, and killing intent rushed out from him.

Shaun looked at Alan's eyes, and his pupils trembled in fear. Alan was like a predator looking at his prey.

"Why am I afraid? Calm down." Shaun tried to calm himself down.

"You mother****** you think you so fu***** strong, I'll show you what strong is." Alan cursed. He jumped into the arena.

*boom!

The ground cracked by the thrust force from Alan's jump.

Not too long after that, Alan landed on the arena forcefully.

*Boom!

The ground below Alan cracked.

Alan stared at Shaun for a while. Then, he stored back the Star Sword. "I don't need a sword to pummel you."

Alan looked at Shaun in the eye and walked slowly towards him. He stepped one at a time.

Shaun sneered and launched wind attacks on Alan.

*Boom! *Boom!

The attacks hit Alan but no damage taken at all. The spectating students were shocked especially Shaun himself.

Alan used Lightning Cloak on his body, this skill increases his defense for a period of time. People can see the lightning veins on his body.

"I thought he is a fire sorcerer?" someone said.

"He is a multi-element sorcerer!" someone shouted.

"Multi-element? I thought that was a legend?" a student was shocked.

"Look in front of you! Apparently it's real." Someone said.

Alan did not care about those who were watching. He just walked slowly towards Shaun. All the attacks Shaun cast on him did not leave a single mark.

Shaun's heart was shaken and now he was genuinely scared.

"Wind Boots!" he nervously said.

Shaun was trying to run. He jumped to the air escaping from Alan.

When Alan saw this, he suddenly vanished from people's sight.

"Eh? Where did he go?" someone asked.

"He suddenly dissapearred? Did he ran away?" a student said.

"Are you idiot? He's clearly stronger, why would he run away?" someone replied.

The one who replied was correct, the moment he said that, Alan appeared in the air slightly higher than Shaun who was also in the midair.

"Tyring to escape?" Alan swung his arm and punched Shaun to the ground.

*Boom!

The impact created a crater in the middle of the arena.

"Argh!" Shaun screamed in pain.

Alan landed in front of Shaun and grabbed Shaun by his neck. "You dared to make a sneaky move on me?"

Alan slapped Shaun by his other hand.

*Boom!

Shaun hit the ground again and the crater became deeper. "Argh! It's hurt! Stop it!" he screamed.

"Want me to stop? In your dream!" Alan said as he punched Shaun's face who was lying in the crater.

*Boom! The crater became deeper.

"S-stop…" Shaun begged.

"Hmm? What did you say?" Alan asked as he stomped on Shaun's face.

*Boom! The crater became deeper.

Suddenly, the whole arena crumbled *Boom!

The spectators were shocked. Alan was wild. No one knows if Shaun was still alive or not.

Alan knew that Shaun did not die. He was never tried to kill him in the first place. The system did not announce anything so he was sure that Shaun was still alive.

Alan stopped attacking Shaun. He just stood still in the crumbled arena.

The spectators were scared but looked at Alan in awe. He was covered in blood while his opponent under he feet.

Alan was like a killing god.

From this moment, all the students of the academy called him, Alan, the Killing God.

After a while, Alan gazed on everyone who were spectating.

"Jessica is my fiancée, so shut the **** off. If you still want to live, you better throw your puny feelings away or you'll regret it." Alan coldly said.

Alan was saying this to John.

For John, this was the first time he saw Alan. He just got back from a special training with one of the teachers from the academy. Alan was so strong.

John knew what Alan said was for him. He smiled at Alan behaviors. Alan was worried for nothing.

From the moment Alan showed himself to protect Jessica and the rest, John had already gave up on Jessica. In fact, he now had a strong interest towards Alan. Not as lover, but as a fellow combatants.

"Ding! Congrats to Host for obtaining a loyal aid." The system announced.

"Huh?" Alan was surprised.

He looked everywhere and suddenly there was a green sign on top of John saying,

"No. 1"