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

the Weapon Variance Stage,

done exactly what the God had wanted him

he wasn't

miracle that he reached the Fifth Realm, and he deserved every praise he could get

that was

Sixth Realm wouldn't be possible for

he was only at the Early Weapon Variance

about

1 was fighting

the battle extremely

allow himself to lose against a warrior three

and it would also humiliate every single warrior in the Lightning

with his life on

mind, if he

and contestant 1

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

was not playing

He was deadly serious.

current strategy didn't work,

SHING!

suddenly vanished, and a much larger bow

while everyone

Then, she fired.

BANG!

time, contestant 1 was halted in his charge, but he

bow flew faster and

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

31 was switching between her two bows regularly. The bigger bow was more powerful but couldn't

them, her attacks became far more difficult to

strategy a bit, contestant 1 still managed to close the distance between

31 also used her arrows to create several Magic Runes and Magic Circles

watching with bated

31 was insanely talented

the Mages

a shot against an

could actually jump a level

This was unreal!

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

fight a Mage on

could fight a

something that would give someone the opportunity to join an Empire when they reached the Sixth Realm, and only 1%

31 was a

of his power

time passed, contestant 1's power also

1 completely closed the

that moment, the fight was

had been far beyond difficult, but

He had done it!

had defended the honor

only a minority of warriors shared

were three levels between the two

were still happy that contestant

body was covered in sweat as

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