CHAPTER 145

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[Frigga POV]

The Main Arena of Asgard was full to the brim of people, eager to see them battle once again, the announcement of Thor and Alex fighting once again had filled the arena in minutes, to the point some people were using flying carriages just to get a place to see the battle.

"Do you think he will defeat Thor this time?" I asked my husband who simply chuckled.

"I don't think so," Odin chuckled, "Alex is mighty as Thor says, but I'm not quite sure he's there yet,"

Then why was Alex so confident right now, before it was as clear as the sun of Vanaheim, that he wasn't fighting to win, just to get some experience, but now, his look is different.

"Don't worry mother, Thor will win this," Loki stated, "There's no way that dog can beat Thor, as stupid as he is," he added with a scoff.

"I'm not worried about Thor losing," I sighed, seeing how my behavior could hint at such a thing.

"Then what?" Loki asked, looking at me.

"Just… nothing," I smiled, kissing him on the head, my worries were not for Thor, or for Asgard, but for my baby, Loki… if Alex proved to be superior to Thor, then how long till he surpassed Odin's realm of power.

In months he had reached highs no mortal should or could before him, and if things continued the way they were going, and Loki didn't let his grudge go, there would be one day where our arms would no longer be able to protect Loki from Alex's wrath.

That I feared.

The day that I would no longer be able to protect my children.

"The fighters are up! Let the battle commence!" The Announcer shouted, getting everyone's attention.

Watched by thousands upon thousands of spectators, Alex and Thor got into their positions, looking at each other with friendly grins.

"Tell me brother," began Thor," Are you ready to taste defeat once again?"

Alex chuckled his arms crossed, "I was thinking of tasting victory for a chance,"

"Haha! Good one!" Thor chuckled, taking a step forward, twirling his hammer around for good measure.

"Let the battle! BEGIN!" The announcer shouted, and both fighters darted towards one another with great speed.

However, unlike Thor's aggressive way, Alex started the combat in a defensive position, and Thor noticed this with a smile, he attacked, confident the best defense was a good offense.

The blow Thor connected with Alex's face, sent him flying a few feet into the air, so Thor tried to press on with his advance, but against all odds, Alex recovered his momentum, and started parrying Thor's attacks easily with both hands.

Finding an opening in Thor's stance, Alex pushed into it, throwing a mana-charged punch towards Thor catching Thor off guard. Thor seeing this, dodged the attack by taking a step backward while grabbing Alex's arm in the process, taking Alex's momentum from his attack and his own Asgardian strength to sent him high into the air.

Smiling, Alex maneuvered around the air with incredible ease landing with grace on the ground of the arena, just in time to see Thor pounce on him once again at full speed. Still smiling, Alex slipped away from Thor's attack, blasting Thor with a massive ball of fire, that burned his enchanted cape off in a blink.

"As Edna Mode would say, no capes," Alex chuckled, as Thor stood from the ground with a frown.

"How interesting brother… last time we fought, you weren't this powerful, were you perhaps holding out on me?!" Thor replied, before attacking once again, sending his hammer flying.

The hammer connected due to the small distance between the fighters, giving Alex barely any time to react, however, Thor hit did apparently next to nothing because Alex recovered before Thor could even call his hammer, and blasted towards Thor, charging his fists and legs with mana.

Thor seeing this, called his hammer back to him immediately, and with a bit of ease parried Alex's attacks for a long time before all of the sudden Alex changed his entire demeanor and speed, catching Thor off guard, as he delivered a knee to his stomach, which made him spit in pain.

For a moment, Thor gasped in pain, looking at Alex in seeming shocked, and something else, something, childish, innocent…. He was looking at him in pure delight.

Then with a wild grin, he attacked swinging his hammer against Alex, who seemingly expected this, and immediately fell to his knees avoiding Thor's swing altogether, Thor seeing this tried to swing his hammer downwards to no avail as Alex pushed himself backward with his telekinesis, before rising up to his feet quickly.

"Yes! YES!" Thor laughed, "This… you truly have become the match I've been waiting for!"

"I aim to please… no-no, scratch that, that sounds wrong," Alex chuckled before he charged again at Thor.

With Thor charging at him.

Fast and powerful blows were exchanged at blinding speed, with Thor and Alex, delivering a few hits to one another to the point shock waves were felt far in the arena at it made the entire place tremble like it was under an earthquake.

"This… can't be…" Loki muttered, taking a step back.

Finally, after a few moments of exchanging immensely powerful blows, they separated, both looking battered and bleeding, but still grinning, as if the world around them had completely disappeared.

Perhaps they truly were brothers, soul brothers.

"This… is unbelievable," Odin commented, "I knew he would become a powerful warrior one day, but… this is shocking," so even with his mighty eye, he knew nothing of Alex's potential.

Sighing, I turned back to the fight, to see Thor and Alex breathing heavily, both now standing about six meters from each other.

"Don't hold anything back!" Thor howled the grin still in place as he pointed at Alex with his hammer.

"Never," Alex replied, wearing the same vicious grin my boy had.

With their small exchange of words done, Thor blasted towards Alex leaving a trail of electricity behind as he attacked, pouncing on him, Alex however surprised Thor once again, by instead of avoiding the attack, jumping towards him grabbing by the neck, before slamming him into the ground of the arena with enough strength to crack the arena in two, or what was left anyways.

However, as Alex did this, Thor called upon his godly domain and struck Alex with the full might of his thunder, bringing him down.

Falling to the ground, Alex gasped in pain his entire back completely scorched to the very muscle by Thor's thunder, however, Thor knew of Alex's regeneration, so he pressed on, slamming his thunder-fueled hammer to Alex's head, bringing him to his knees.

Smiling, Thor looked to the referee ready to call the match, when all of a sudden Alex jumped towards him with unbelievable speed, to point all I saw was a blur and blasted Thor with a ball of energy that sent him flying high into the air before exploding, covering the entire sky of the arena in a thick curtain of smoke.

"You have become stronger, brother," Thor praised once the smoke cleared, bleeding.

"That's is my power!" Alex shot back, grinning.

Grinning, both fighters blasted at each blurring out of sight, clashing with one another, creating a shock wave so violent that it forced both to separate, each one landing on the ground in a different corner.

Tired, and panting, both fighters struggled to stand up, as they got back into position.

They both knew, their next attack would be their last.

"Ready brother!" Thor asked, his blood dripping into the ground beneath him.

"Yes," Alex coughed, splattering some blood on the ground as well.

So, with that said, both fighters got into positions, Thor summoning all of his power to throw the mightiest thunder he could muster right now at Alex, and Alex, gathering a large amount of mana on the palm of his hands, both attacks ready, both warriors blasted at each other.

Thor's thunder striking Alex down, and Alex's beam of pure concentrated mana blasting Thor away.

Both attacks created a massive cloud of smoke that covered the entire arena, and when the sound died down, and there was nothing more than smoke and silence to be seen, a single figure stood amongst the rubble, his shadow giving us the result of this match.

"It… It can't be!" Loki muttered, trembling as he did so.

"I…" Even Odin was at a loss for words.

"Well? Call it… before I fall to my knees," Alex's voice was heard as the smoke cleared out, revealing a bleeding Alex standing with a wide smile, as everyone in the audience looked at him stunned, before turning their gaze to see the Thor, laying on the ground unconscious.

"The… winner is… Alex, from Midgard," The announcer said, his tone showing what everyone in the audience felt, pure and utter disbelief.

"He's… a monster," Loki hissed, looking at Alex under a new light, one that seemed to be ever escaping his reach.