@hartex92 Not really that he grew older found himself useless, but it's more like he just finally accepted that there wasn't any more space for him to grow any stronger, so being a battle junkie he is, he decided to gamble with his luck to get his desired crest, the fourth one for CQC. Actually, in the first chapter of the main story, it's pretty clear he's way stronger than he's here, from the fact he's fighting what is basically the Superman of the dragons (from the way he talks about it) and wins in 27 seconds solo. So this one he's already strong and a story about what he tried to do to get even stronger before reincarnating himself, while the main one is basically a new game+