The healers healed Hitori and his opponent near the grasslands. His opponent gave him glares from time to time, it was a tough fight after all and he did not think he could lose to a newbie.
Their fight lasted ten minutes until Hitori landed the final blow and threw his opponent out of the ring. He defeated a student from the top five rankings and made his way to the fourth spot, he was sure he was qualified for the expedition.
The wizards told him to go back to the room or sit in the audience or get his lunch. He decided to get his lunch.
It was afternoon, past lunchtime, when Hitori headed back to the arena after his lunch. He saw the leaderboards, his name was on the fourth spot, a girl was above him, and two boys were above her. Hitori was not expecting to climb to the first spot in his first serious attempt at the battles, as long as he was qualified, it was enough.