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.

done quite

Variance Stage, an actually

what the God had wanted

he wasn't

reached the Fifth Realm, and he deserved every praise he

that was

possible for

years old, and he was only at the

about his life,

1 was fighting

took the

to lose against a

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

would fight with his life

mind, if he lost, he would

contestant 1

but contestant 1's body was too powerful. He easily blocked and parried the arrows as he shot toward contestant

was not

He was deadly serious.

current strategy didn't work, she also

SHING!

bow suddenly vanished, and a much larger bow appeared in

while everyone else grew

Then, she fired.

BANG!

was halted in

arrows from the bigger bow flew faster and

arrows shot at

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

became

after adjusting his strategy a bit, contestant 1 still managed to close the distance

several Magic Runes and Magic Circles between

was watching with

31 was insanely talented

the Mages

a shot against an

actually jump a level

This was unreal!

could win against an Archmage two levels below him but not against

12, Oliver, could fight

31 could fight

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

was

of his power

contestant 1's

eventually, contestant 1 completely closed

the fight

been far beyond difficult, but contestant 1

He had done it!

defended the honor

a minority of warriors shared

levels between the

course, the warriors were still happy that contestant 1 had

his entire body was covered in

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