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

had created the Weapon Variance Stage, an actually useful Fifth

what the God had wanted him

wasn't a

Realm, and he deserved every praise

was his maximum

wouldn't be possible for him to achieve in

over 600 years old, and he

about his life,

1 was fighting contestant

took the battle extremely

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

his entire life, and it would also humiliate every single warrior in the Lightning Manor's

would fight with his life on the

mind, if he lost, he would

started, and contestant 1 immediately charged at

contestant 1's body was too powerful.

was not playing

He was deadly serious.

her current strategy didn't work, she

SHING!

vanished, and a much

eyes narrowed while everyone else grew more

Then, she fired.

BANG!

in his charge, but

bigger bow flew

had been stopped, two smaller arrows shot at

bows regularly. The bigger bow was more powerful but

her attacks became far more difficult to deal

a bit, contestant 1 still managed to close the distance

arrows to create several Magic Runes and Magic Circles between her

was watching

31 was insanely talented and

the Mages

31 have a shot against an

could actually jump a level against a

This was unreal!

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

could fight

could fight a Mage above

the opportunity to join an Empire when they reached the Sixth Realm, and only 1% of Ancestral

31 was

1 used all of his power and experience to move

passed, contestant 1's power

1 completely closed

the fight was

beyond difficult, but contestant 1

He had done it!

honor of all the

minority of warriors shared

levels between the

the warriors were still happy that contestant 1 had won,

his entire body was covered in

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