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

Stage,

done exactly what the

wasn't a

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

that was

possible for

over 600 years old, and he was only

Oliver was thinking about his life, the

was fighting contestant

the battle extremely

allow himself to lose against a warrior three

of his entire life, and it would also humiliate

his life

mind, if he lost, he would

fight started, and contestant 1 immediately charged at contestant

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

was not

He was deadly serious.

31 noticed that her current strategy didn't work, she also

SHING!

composite bow suddenly vanished, and a much larger bow appeared in

narrowed while everyone else grew more

Then, she fired.

BANG!

time, contestant 1 was halted in his charge,

bigger bow flew faster and were much more

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

was more powerful but

between them, her attacks became far more difficult to deal

bit, contestant 1 still managed to

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

was watching with

insanely

Mages were

a shot against an

could actually jump a

This was unreal!

win against an Archmage two levels below him but

12, Oliver, could fight a Mage

fight a

something that would give someone the opportunity to join an Empire when they

31 was a true

contestant 1 used all of his power and experience to

contestant

contestant 1

that moment, the fight

difficult, but contestant

He had done it!

had defended the honor of

of warriors shared his

were three levels between the

contestant

panting violently, and his entire body was covered in

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