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.

had done quite

Stage, an actually useful Fifth Stage

what the God had

wasn't a

the Fifth Realm, and he deserved every praise he

was

be possible for him to

he was only at the Early

Oliver was thinking about his

was fighting

the

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

the greatest humiliation of his entire life, and it would also humiliate every

fight with his life on

he lost,

and contestant 1

too powerful. He easily

was not

He was deadly serious.

31 noticed that her current strategy didn't work, she also

SHING!

suddenly vanished, and a much larger bow appeared in her

1's eyes narrowed while everyone else

Then, she fired.

BANG!

was halted in his charge, but he also hadn't

the bigger bow flew faster and were much more

two smaller arrows shot at him, and he

switching between her two bows regularly. The bigger bow was more powerful but

her attacks became far more difficult

bit, contestant 1 still managed to close the distance

31 also used her arrows to create several Magic Runes and Magic Circles between her and her

watching with

was insanely

the Mages were

31 have a shot against an Archmage a

jump

This was unreal!

two levels below him but

12, Oliver, could fight

contestant 31 could fight a Mage above

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% of Ancestral

was a

of his power and experience to move

more time passed, contestant 1's power also

contestant 1

the fight

had been far beyond difficult, but

He had done it!

defended the honor

minority of

three levels

were still happy that contestant 1 had won, but it was

body was

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