'Agh!'

A punch in the stomach!

'Bang!'

A punch in the face! This time from a taller guy. Luckily the tall guy did not invest too much time in his strength training yet but it still managed to wobble Cor momentarily. As a response he puts his arms in front of his face again in a guard position.

'Agh!'

In the stomach again. He probably should have seen it coming. This is why punches to the face are so dangerous. How is one supposed to choose correctly so quickly after getting their brains thrown around in their skull. Luckily this group of students seemingly did not pay attention last physical combat class because with such a wide opening at least one of the three could have hit the liver and it would be over.

"RAARGH!!!"

Cor decided it would be best in this scenario to just wildly throw his hands around for a moment. Maybe the additional screaming will help intimidate the students as well?

And he seems to have been right. The three students jump back out of reflex to the loud noice and the danger of getting hit with one of Cor's hammer-like fists. This seems to be the only thing keeping him near the upper class of this year. His massive size sometimes seems like his only real boon.

After jumping back the group of three hesitates. None of them really want to go into Cor's range first because what if he manages to hit the poor fellow that decides to be brave. They had seen it happen before with a lower class student when confronting the big guy alone and the results where not pretty...

"Guys, stop this!"

The door of the classroom opens and in walks Jonah. A real upper rank student.

His build is not nearly as big as Cor's build but the confidence with which he walks towards him suggests that the smaller frame is more than made up for in technique and experience.

After arriving in between the group of three and Cor he continues talking.

"I know you all are in the middle of a fight, but a teacher heard you guys from 2 doors away. You know the rules. You three, report to the teacher. Big guy, since you didn't initiate this conflict and since you where outnumbered you just need to get yourseld fixed up and go to your room."

"Shit Jonah are you kidding me? We almost got him!" One of the three students exclaimed in frustrion. However, Jonah did not pay him any mind as he turned around to look at Cor. This is a prime opportunity to see the potential weak spots and wounds of a very strong middle class student after all! However, he was greeted by a dead eyed stare that told him not to push his luck too much. And even though Jonah has full confidence in his ability to dispatch of Cor, he does not have as much confidence in facing the consequences of being weakened thereafter. Thus, he looked away again and said "Shut up low ranker. That even three of you can't take the big guy down just proves your worthlessness. Go to the teacher, now!" before walking out of the classroom again.

The student looks infuriated as he watches Jonah leave. Before leaving with his two friends he looks at Cor and says neutrally "We lost this time. Next time we will probably try a different middle classer so we hope you won't hold a grudge for too long."

And he walks out, leaving Cor on his own in the classroom. Only the moved chairs and desks, and the traces of blood on the ground and on Cor's face remind one that a fight was going on here just moments ago.