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 quite a beautiful

Stage, an actually useful

exactly what the God had wanted him to

wasn't a

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

was

Sixth Realm wouldn't be possible for him to

old, and he was only

thinking about

1 was fighting

took the battle

against a warrior three levels

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

with his life on the

his mind, if he lost,

started, and contestant 1 immediately charged at contestant

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

was not playing

He was deadly serious.

that her current strategy didn't work, she also

SHING!

bow suddenly vanished, and a

eyes narrowed while

Then, she fired.

BANG!

time, contestant 1 was halted in his charge, but he also hadn't been

bigger bow flew faster

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

31 was switching between her two bows regularly. The bigger bow was more

attacks became far more difficult to

1 still managed to close the distance

arrows to create several Magic Runes and Magic Circles between

watching

31 was insanely talented and

Mages were

a shot against an Archmage a level

actually jump a level against a

This was unreal!

Archmage two levels below him but not against one just one

could fight a Mage

31 could fight a

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

31 was a true

his power and experience

more time passed, contestant 1's power also seemingly

contestant 1 completely closed

moment, the

beyond difficult,

He had done it!

defended the honor of all the

a minority of warriors shared

were three levels between

still happy that contestant 1 had won, but it was

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

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