The battle between contestant 12 and contestant 31 went as expected.

Contestant 12 never stood a chance.

After contestant 12's Mana Shield was deactivated, he only looked at the ground with an expression of melancholy and acceptance.

"It was a good fight," contestant 31 said.

Contestant 12 didn't immediately answer. "You know, I've never been truly talented."

Silence.

"I've taken it easy during my earliest years. I couldn't imagine dedicating so much of my time to becoming more powerful as the truly outstanding people on my level."

"I never gave it my all."

"And then, my wife was killed by a beast that had been just a bit more powerful than me."

"If I had just put in a bit more effort, I could have protected her."

Contestant 12 sighed again.

"That's when I actually started trying, you know?" he said as he looked at contestant 31.

"But no matter how hard I tried, there were so many people that were much stronger and smarter than me."

"My hard work didn't matter."

"I know that this doesn't concern you," contestant 12 said, looking to the side. "I think I just lost control. Forget what I said."

Silence.

Most people were bored of the sob story. There were so many people in the world with similar stories. It was basically normal.

"How many people have you seen as superior to yourself?" contestant 31 asked. "More than 20?"

"Much more," contestant 12 answered.

"And yet, you are in the top four in this tournament," contestant 31 said. "In my opinion, your self-pity is unjustified. Stop looking at your failures and look at your successes."

After that, contestant 31 walked to the side of the arena.

Contestant 12 only sighed again before also walking to the side of the arena.

The match between him and contestant 31 had hit him on a fundamental level.

The Impose Stage.

Was the Impose Stage truly better than the Weapon Variance Stage?

Contestant 12 sighed once again. 'I thought increasing the overall power of warriors was my job,' he thought.

Contestant 12's name was Oliver, and he was Shang's successor.

Sadly, Oliver hadn't been chosen by the God due to his outstanding talent but due to his mindset.

He was an altruistic person that liked to help others.

To him, the benefits for the greater collective outweighed the benefits for the individual.

he had done quite a beautiful

created the Weapon Variance Stage, an actually useful Fifth Stage

what the God had

wasn't

already a miracle that he reached the Fifth Realm,

was his

Sixth Realm wouldn't be possible for

years old, and he was only at the Early Weapon Variance

about his life, the finals

was

took the

couldn't allow himself to lose against a warrior three levels below

humiliation of his entire life, and it would also humiliate

would fight with his life on the

he lost, he would

and contestant 1 immediately charged at contestant

jumping away while firing arrows, but contestant 1's body was too powerful. He easily blocked and parried the arrows as he shot

was not playing

He was deadly serious.

that her current strategy didn't work, she

SHING!

and a much larger bow appeared in

eyes narrowed while everyone else grew

Then, she fired.

BANG!

contestant 1 was halted in

the bigger bow flew faster

smaller arrows shot at him, and he did his best to

bigger bow was more powerful but couldn't fire as many arrows, while the smaller bow was the

switching between them, her attacks became far more

contestant 1 still managed to close the

31 also used her arrows to create several Magic Runes and

watching with bated

insanely

the Mages were

a shot against

that could actually jump a level against

This was unreal!

had to remember that contestant 1 could win against an Archmage two levels below him but not against

could fight a

fight a

to win against a Mage one level above oneself was something that would give someone the opportunity to join an Empire when they reached the Sixth Realm, and only 1%

was a true

1 used all of his power

more time passed, contestant 1's power also

contestant 1

moment, the

been far beyond difficult, but

He had done it!

the honor

minority of warriors shared

levels

that contestant

1 was panting violently, and his entire body was covered in

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