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

Variance Stage,

the God had

he wasn't

the Fifth Realm, and he

that was his maximum

wouldn't be possible for him to achieve

years old, and he was only at the Early Weapon

was thinking about his life, the

was fighting contestant

the

against a

it would also humiliate every single warrior in the Lightning

fight with his

he

and contestant 1 immediately

kept jumping away while firing arrows, but contestant 1's body was too powerful. He easily blocked and

was

He was deadly serious.

current strategy didn't work, she also got

SHING!

and a much larger bow appeared in

narrowed while everyone else

Then, she fired.

BANG!

time, contestant 1 was halted in his charge, but he also

bigger bow flew faster and

arrows shot at him, and he did his best to

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

attacks became far

a bit, contestant 1 still

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

was watching with

31 was insanely talented

Mages were

power, wouldn't contestant 31 have a

warrior that could actually jump a level

This was unreal!

an Archmage two levels below him but not against one

could fight

contestant 31 could fight

a Mage one level above oneself was something that would give someone the opportunity to join an Empire when they reached the

31 was a true

used all of his power and experience to move

passed, contestant 1's power

eventually, contestant 1

moment, the

been far beyond difficult,

He had done it!

had defended the honor of all the

only a minority of warriors shared his

three levels between the two

happy that contestant

his entire body was covered in sweat

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