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

created the Weapon Variance Stage, an actually useful Fifth

the God had

wasn't a

Realm, and he

that was his maximum

wouldn't be possible for

old, and he was only at the Early Weapon Variance

thinking about his life, the

was fighting contestant

1 took the battle extremely

himself to lose against

greatest humiliation of his entire life, and it

his

mind, if he lost, he would

and contestant 1 immediately

contestant 1's body was too powerful. He easily blocked and parried the

1 was not playing

He was deadly serious.

that her current

SHING!

and a much

1's eyes narrowed while everyone else grew more

Then, she fired.

BANG!

1 was halted in his charge, but he

flew faster

contestant 1 had been stopped, two smaller arrows shot at

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

between them, her attacks became far more difficult to

1 still managed to close the distance between

create several

watching with

31 was insanely

the Mages

that power, wouldn't contestant 31 have a shot

warrior that could actually jump

This was unreal!

win against an Archmage two levels below

could fight

contestant 31 could fight

ability to win against a Mage one level above oneself was something that would give someone the opportunity to join

31 was

contestant 1 used all of his power and experience to move

time passed, contestant 1's power also

1 completely closed

the fight

beyond difficult,

He had done it!

had defended the honor of

a minority of

levels between the

the warriors were still happy that contestant

violently, and his entire body was covered in sweat as

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