A little more than three weeks had passed. There were only a few days left before the grand tournament.
Deep underground, a deafening rumble resounded again and again in one of the most fortified rooms of the Cernos training building.
~bа-а-аm~
The blow, surpassing all the previous ones, smashed a mighty metal dummy to pieces. Drenched in sweat, exhausted by long, hard training, Charles threw back his head and smiled: «I did it… Right before the tournament. After many months of painstaking training, I've finally reached the damned tenth stage!»
The image to make the imagination run wild, not to show the reality: https://ibb.co/RvWKFgN