[Ruric Town, Adventurers Guild, Test Area]
Despite the intense, jaw-breaking, and hard battle, everyone who saw this, couldn't help but et excited as cheers begun erupting everywhere. Some were supporting Alex, while others are supporting Shun.
Hearing their cheers, Alex then gathered his fiery mana towards him, as he roared his lung out as his whole body became covered in flames. In that moment Alex had used Dragon force, making him even more dangerous than he originally was.
Crouching on all four Alex targeted Shun with his sharp eyes as he lunched himself forward and tackled Shun across the field.
"Guh!"
Of course even though this may come in surprise for Shun, as the tackle squarely hit his guts causing him to gasp loudly in pain, he then quickly planted his good foot on the ground, in order to contend against Alex blow.
After that he then begun punching Alex on his back, flowed by kicking him three times. However no matter how much Shun punches and kicks, none of their attacks dealt any significant pain, considering as Alex now has dragon scales all over his body.
Following the fact that Alex was up close or too close, Shun couldnt even throw a proper punch strong enough to knock down Alex.
With that he clasped both of his hands together and smack it down on his back. However instead of letting go, Alex instead lifted Shun and slammed him down with a huge force.
After that he grabbed Shun by the ankle as he slammed him unto the ground once more, before throwing a knee strike, which sent him flying away.
"Why don't you give up now brother Shun? Your just making it hard for yourself"
"Says the guy who donned a dragon scale, that's cheating" Retorted by Shun
"A wins win, you know" said by Alex
"Ahahahaha of course I won't deny that, however who says I already lost?"
After using heal on his stomach, Shun slowly stood up , before charging towards Alex.
Seeing this Alex thrusted his claws forward, only to miss Shun by a hair's thread and giving an opening for Shun to surprise Alex with an uppercut.
After that Shun stepped unto Alex foot as he begun pummeling Alex on the face with hook and straight punches.
But on his 30th combo, Alex suddenly grabbed Shun by the head, as he headbutt him, causing the latter to get stunned by a few second, before getting shot back with a double kick straight to his chest.
However despite that attack, Shun manage to anchor himself just in time, as he quickly recovered and charge once more towards Alex.
This time Shuns puts multiple feints in his attack and succesfully landed a few blows towards Alex. Buy the moment Alex caught his arm, Shun quickly jumped in closer and shot a knee kick towards Alex Chin.
Afterwards Shun swung an elbow swing towards Alex head, followed by a series of combo that left Alex unable to defend.
After those combos, Alex fell to his knees once more as the impact from the attacks literally greatly affected his internal organs on his face. Despite his outer surface skin durability, the amount of attacks was enough to shake his resolve.
"Guh! This was supposed to be only a hand to hand combat and I lost? Well... that's a surprise"
"Well I indeed only kept targeting your face, looks like it worked" said by Shun
"Tch! Don't mistake this brother Shun, if this was a weapon combat, the result would've been different"
"Well I wonder about that"
With Alex finally giving up after falling to his knees for the second time, Shun had succefulky completed his test and his reinstatement had been issued and with the change in the rules, his rank fell back to the second lower rank the E-Rank.
With everything change now, the following ranks are as follows
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First level (Bandit level) = F-rank
Second level (soldier level) = E-rank
Third level (Veteran level) = D-rank
Fourth level (Knight level) = C-rank
Fifth level (Commander level) = B-rank
Sixth Level (General level) = A-rank
Seventh level (Boss level) = S-rank
Eight level (Titan level) = SS-rank
Ninth level (Raider level) = SSS-rank
Tenth level (Hero level) = L-rank
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Upon seeing the new statistics and added ranks. Shun understood the reason why such additional ranks was made after revision. This was to identify the best of the best in this field. Alongside it, this could also scrape off people who only achieve high status with stacked achievements rather than actual achievements.
From then on ranks would determine the strength of a person.
"This list of rankings feels a bit overwhelming" said by Shun
"Well thats just how it is for people who saw it the first time... in the end you'll get used to it" said by Alex
Not long after Lana then finally returned with the updated card for Shun, as it shows that he is exactly at E-rank.
Upon seeing the rank, Shun just scoffed at it since the next objective that he will do, will naturally raise his rank.
"By the way thanks for returning Shun, we really thought that you wouldn't return" said by Lana
"Hahaha well here I am now"
"So what are your plans next?" Asked by Lana
"Well I will be staying here for a few days before heading further south from here near the borders"
"Eh? Are you planning to cross into another territory?" Asked by Lana
"Well yes, since I'm planning to get something from there, but first I will need to prepare"
In that moment Alex and Misha perks up.
"Brother Shun! Can we come?" Asked by Alex
"Yeah! It's been so long since we've gone on an adventure, we should atleast fight side by side once more, it wouldn't be hard right?" Added by Misha
Hearing their words, Shun pondered for a bit, until he nodded. After all the next destination he is going will be a place where earth reign supreme and Alex durability and Misha's huge line up of spells would be a great asset. But first preparation is needed.