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

the Weapon Variance Stage, an actually useful Fifth Stage for

exactly what the God

wasn't

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

was

Realm wouldn't be possible for him to achieve in

over 600 years old, and he was only at

was thinking about

was fighting contestant

took the

allow himself to lose against

be the greatest humiliation of his entire life, and it would also

would fight with his life on

he lost,

fight started, and contestant 1 immediately charged at contestant

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

1 was not playing

He was deadly serious.

her current strategy didn't work, she

SHING!

composite bow suddenly vanished, and a

narrowed while everyone else grew

Then, she fired.

BANG!

halted in his charge, but he

bow flew faster and were

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 fire as many arrows, while the smaller bow was

her attacks became far more difficult to deal

adjusting his strategy a bit, contestant 1 still managed

used her arrows to create several Magic Runes and Magic Circles between her and her

was watching

31 was insanely talented and

the Mages

a shot against an

actually jump

This was unreal!

had to remember that contestant 1 could win against an Archmage two levels below him but not against

Oliver, could fight

contestant 31 could fight a

opportunity to join an Empire

31 was

of his

contestant 1's power

contestant 1 completely closed

that moment, the

difficult,

He had done it!

the honor of all the

minority of warriors shared his

three levels between the

contestant 1 had won, but it was

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

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