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

had created the Weapon Variance Stage, an

the God had wanted him to

he wasn't a

Fifth Realm, and he

was his maximum

Realm wouldn't be possible for

600 years old, and he was only at the Early Weapon Variance

Oliver was thinking about his

1 was fighting

1 took the battle extremely

allow himself to lose against a warrior

humiliation of his entire life, and it

his life on the

mind, if he lost, he would

and contestant 1 immediately charged at contestant

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

1 was not

He was deadly serious.

31 noticed that her current strategy

SHING!

vanished, and a much larger bow appeared in her

while everyone else grew more

Then, she fired.

BANG!

in his charge,

bow flew faster and

smaller arrows shot

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

her attacks became far more difficult to

strategy a bit, contestant 1 still

create several Magic

was watching with

was insanely talented and

Mages

have a shot against an Archmage

jump a level against a

This was unreal!

to remember that contestant 1 could win against an Archmage two levels below him

12, Oliver, could fight

contestant 31 could fight a Mage

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

31 was a true

all of his power and experience

more time passed, contestant 1's power also seemingly

contestant 1 completely

that moment, the fight was

been far beyond difficult, but

He had done it!

had defended the honor of all the

only a minority of warriors shared his

were three levels between the two

course, the warriors were still happy that contestant 1 had won, but it

violently, and his entire body was covered in sweat as his

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