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.

done quite a beautiful

the Weapon Variance Stage, an actually useful Fifth Stage

exactly what the God had wanted him

wasn't

already a miracle that he reached the Fifth Realm, and he deserved every praise he could get

was his maximum

Sixth Realm wouldn't be possible for him

old, and he was

was thinking about his

was

took the

himself to lose against a warrior three

and it would also humiliate every single warrior in the Lightning

would fight with his

mind, if he

fight started, and contestant 1 immediately

was too powerful. He easily blocked and parried the

1 was not playing

He was deadly serious.

her current strategy didn't work,

SHING!

suddenly vanished, and a much larger bow appeared in her

eyes narrowed while everyone else

Then, she fired.

BANG!

was halted in his charge, but

the bigger bow flew faster and were much more

stopped, two smaller arrows shot at him, and he did his

between her two bows regularly. The bigger bow was more powerful but couldn't

became far

bit, contestant 1 still managed to close

arrows to create several Magic Runes and Magic Circles between

was watching with

was insanely talented and

Mages were

power, wouldn't contestant 31 have a shot against an

actually jump a level against

This was unreal!

an Archmage two levels below him but not against

12, Oliver, could fight

contestant 31 could fight a Mage above

that would give someone the opportunity to

31 was a

contestant 1 used all of his power and experience to move

passed, contestant 1's power also seemingly

1 completely closed

moment, the fight was

had been far beyond difficult, but

He had done it!

defended the honor of

a minority of warriors shared his

levels

contestant 1 had won, but it was

and his entire body was covered in

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