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

had created the Weapon Variance Stage, an actually useful Fifth Stage

the God had wanted

wasn't a

was already a miracle that he reached the Fifth Realm, and he deserved every

was his

possible for him to achieve in

already over 600 years old, and he was only at

about

1 was

1 took the

lose against a warrior three

be the greatest humiliation of his entire life, and it would also humiliate every single warrior in

would fight with his life on the

if he

and contestant 1 immediately

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

was not

He was deadly serious.

her current strategy didn't work,

SHING!

vanished, and a much larger bow appeared in

1's eyes narrowed while everyone else grew more

Then, she fired.

BANG!

was halted in his charge, but

bigger bow flew faster and were much more

1 had been stopped, two smaller arrows shot at him, and he

The bigger bow was more powerful but couldn't fire as many arrows,

became far more difficult to

adjusting his strategy a bit, contestant 1 still managed to

used her arrows to create several Magic Runes and Magic Circles

was watching

insanely talented and

Mages were

31 have a shot against an Archmage a level above

that could actually jump

This was unreal!

an Archmage two levels below him

could fight a Mage on

fight

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

31 was a

contestant 1 used all of his power and experience

contestant 1's power also

contestant 1 completely closed

moment, the fight

beyond difficult, but contestant 1

He had done it!

honor of

only a minority of warriors shared his

three levels between

contestant 1 had

was panting violently, and his entire body

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