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 a

Variance Stage, an actually useful Fifth Stage for

done exactly what the God had wanted him

he wasn't a

a miracle that he reached the Fifth Realm, and he deserved

that was his maximum

for him to achieve

he was only at the Early Weapon Variance

Oliver was thinking about his life, the finals

was fighting

took the battle extremely

lose against a warrior

his entire life, and it would also humiliate every single

fight with his

his mind, if he lost, he would

contestant 1 immediately charged at contestant

too

was not playing

He was deadly serious.

her current strategy didn't work, she also got

SHING!

a much larger

while everyone else

Then, she fired.

BANG!

in his charge,

arrows from the bigger bow flew

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

two bows regularly. The bigger bow was more powerful but couldn't fire as many arrows, while the smaller bow

her attacks became far more difficult

1 still managed to

to create several Magic

watching with bated

was insanely talented

Mages

wouldn't contestant 31 have a shot against an

actually jump a level against

This was unreal!

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

could fight a

31 could fight

level above oneself was something that would give someone the opportunity to join an Empire when they reached the Sixth Realm, and only

was

of his power and experience to

more time passed, contestant

eventually, contestant 1 completely

moment, the fight was

been far beyond difficult, but contestant

He had done it!

the honor

of warriors shared

were three levels between

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

1 was panting violently, and his entire body was

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