About two months later, in the arena of the unarmed martial arts club, there were two students fighting. One of them looked overwhelmed by the barrage of punches and kicks.
Bam! Thud!
One of the two students collapsed and admitted defeat. After the fight was declared over, the students who were watching it cheered.
"The winner is Jono Sagara, a class [D] student," the arena supervisor announced loudly.
"He finally won again after two consecutive losses," one of the students sighed.
"That's right, Jono has advanced to the fourth stage now," another student agreed.
Jono has lost several fights in the last two months after being challenged by students from other classes. Even in his last two fights, Class [B] students beat him.
But he had finally won today against the student who had previously defeated him. This was due to his advancement to the fourth stage in order to match that student's power level.