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The Rival and the Ridiculous Hero
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Ethan’s fame spread faster than he could even comprehend. Children waved sticks pretending they were monsters, villagers greeted him with cautious reverence, and even the local blacksmith stopped charging him for repairs—though Ethan was still careful not to break anything intentionally.

Today, however, his “celebrity status” would be put to the test.

> SYSTEM ALERT: HIGH-RISK SOCIAL FAILURE POTENTIAL DETECTED.

---

The village square was buzzing with activity when a new hero arrived. Tall, muscular, clad in pristine silver armor that gleamed in the sunlight, and carrying a sword that looked like it could split a mountain in two. He strode in with confidence, exuding the kind of aura that made ordinary people kneel and heroes take notice.

Ethan blinked.

> “Who’s the new guy?” he muttered.

The red-haired archer leaned over, whispering, “That’s Kael. Top-ranked hero from the southern kingdom. Arrogant, skilled, and obsessed with perfection. And he hates messy heroes.”

Ethan swallowed. He had just tripped over a puddle and accidentally drenched a villager’s laundry. This wasn’t going to go well.

---

Kael’s piercing blue eyes landed on Ethan.

> “So… this is the so-called hero everyone’s talking about?” Kael sneered. “The one who barely knows how to hold a sword?”

Ethan froze mid-step. Then he tripped over the edge of a cart and fell flat on his face, arms flailing wildly. His hat went flying into a barrel.

> FAILURE DETECTED. EXPERIENCE GAINED. ABILITY UPGRADE: ACCIDENTAL PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT.

Ethan groaned from the dirt. “Yeah… that’s me.”

The villagers—already enchanted by his previous “heroics”—gasped, laughed, and cheered.

Kael raised an eyebrow. “You… get cheers for falling?”

> SYSTEM ALERT: SOCIAL CHAOS DETECTED. PUBLIC REPUTATION INCREASED.

Ethan muttered under his breath, “I have no idea, but I’ll take it.”

---

Kael wasn’t satisfied with verbal humiliation. He drew his massive sword, spun it with precision, and shouted, “If you want to be a hero, prove it. Clear the training grounds of the summoned beasts before sundown. No excuses.”

Ethan gulped. Summoned beasts? Already?

> SYSTEM ALERT: FAILURE POTENTIAL EXTREMELY HIGH.

He nodded weakly. “Sure! Totally… no problem.”

> “Good. I expect perfection.”

Ethan turned to leave, tripped over his own foot, and accidentally bumped into the village well, which rolled a bucket of water right into a passing patrol of small magical constructs. They fizzled out spectacularly.

> SYSTEM MESSAGE: ACCIDENTAL SUCCESS. ABILITY UPGRADE: CHAOTIC COMBAT ENHANCEMENT.

Ethan blinked. “I… did that on purpose… sort of?”

> SYSTEM MESSAGE: INTENTIONALITY IRRELEVANT. FAILURE WAS STILL CATASTROPHIC AND SUCCESSFUL.

---

At the training grounds, Kael’s summoned beasts were waiting: a mix of griffin-like creatures and fiery elemental spirits. The other heroes attacked with precise strikes, but Ethan… immediately tripped on the first step.

> FAILURE DETECTED. EXPERIENCE GAINED. ABILITY UPGRADE: UNPREDICTABLE MOVEMENT.

As he fell, he swung his sword blindly. The blade ricocheted off a rock, deflecting a fireball directly into one of the beasts, burning it to a crisp. Ethan scrambled to his feet, amazed.

> “I… just… wow.” he muttered.

> SYSTEM MESSAGE: MULTI-ABILITY CHAOS COMBO TRIGGERED. NEXT LEVEL UNLOCKED: WILDCARD HEROICS.

---

The battle spiraled into pure madness. Ethan tripped, rolled, slipped on mud, and somehow:

Accidentally summoned a tiny fire elemental that distracted multiple beasts.

Knocked over a fence, creating a trap that corralled a group of griffins.

Fell backward into a pond, causing a splash that extinguished a fire elemental’s flames.

By the time Kael reached him, all the beasts were either incapacitated or defeated—mostly due to Ethan’s chain of failures.

Kael’s jaw dropped. “How… how did you—”

> SYSTEM ALERT: RIVAL HERO MENTAL FAILURE DETECTED. PSYCHOLOGICAL ADVANTAGE ACQUIRED.

Ethan stood, covered in mud, soaked, and grinning wildly. “I… don’t know! But I think… I just won?”

> SYSTEM MESSAGE: PUBLIC REPUTATION SURGES. RIVAL HERO DEMORALIZED. CHAOS-BASED POWER CONFIRMED EFFECTIVE AGAINST HIGH-RANKED OPPONENTS.

Kael’s face twisted with disbelief. He had faced countless heroes and monsters, but no one defeated his summons purely through a chain of accidents.

Ethan grinned. “Hey, Kael… want some tips? Step one: trip. Step two: flail. Step three: somehow win.”

The villagers, watching from the sidelines, erupted into cheers. Ethan’s legend as the wildcard hero grew larger by the minute.

> SYSTEM MESSAGE: FAILURE LOGGED. EXPERIENCE GAINED. NEXT ABILITY POTENTIAL: UNCONTROLLABLE HEROIC CHAOS.

Ethan dusted himself off, looking at Kael. “Don’t worry, I’ll teach you how to fail spectacularly someday. It’s… a lot of fun.”

Kael simply stared, utterly dumbfounded.

Ethan, the weakest hero, had just outshone a top-ranked rival.

And the world didn’t know it yet—but this was just the beginning of his legendary rise through spectacular failures.

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