Glory [e-sports]

Chapter 68: War Song

“Why!”

Wei Xiao’s mentality was collapsing.

This big hearted player who wouldn’t collapse even if he lost several dozen solo games in a row or encountered an extremely strong team who could turn him into a permanent ghost, actually ended up losing it due to the organizers.

Why were they limited to only one game? Why!

Hadn’t they said that those who were ranked in the top three could freely pick their opponents for the training match? Why had they changed it just like that!

What was going on with the organizers? Couldn’t they let people train properly!

However, there was practically nobody else out of the nearly 100 contestants from the 18 competition zones who thought the same way as Wei Xiao.

Most people, even if it was his good brother White Cabbage, were all relieved.

Playing only once was great, would anyone really be able to stand it if they had to play every day?!

Because this rule change was too big, the competition committee had to give the contestants an explanation for it, so the host was very careful when she explained the reason for the change.

This time, it wasn’t FTW’s fault. Although it was somewhat related to them, FTW’s inability to play according to common sense wasn’t enough to slap the competition committee awake.

It had been two teams from Group B who’d forced the competition committee to realize that there was a problem with their rules.

One of the teams was EVE, nicknamed ‘painkiller’ by others, and the other team was RR from the China competition zone.

EVE’s mid-lane was Xie He, a starter from the former Team of Gods, and RR’s mid-lane was China competition zone’s new starter, Moonlit.

At first, nobody had discovered that there was a problem. The scent of gunpowder was very faint in Group B on the first day of the points competition, and nobody had even tried very hard to score points during the free matches.

RR didn’t stand out in a training camp filled with powerful players. Even the domestic champion FTW was neglected, let alone RR.

However, RR’s captain, Money, was a special one. He used his own money to encourage his teammates, “Brothers, go for it! I’ll subsidize 10,000 yuan for every point you guys get!”

Winning a game was three points, and if they played seven games and won all of them, it would total 210,000 yuan.

RR’s team members immediately grew excited and started to score points like crazy.

As a result, RR charged into third place and was even able to push EVE out of the top three.

Captain Mo liked to indulge his team. Knowing that his mid-laner wanted to have a fight with Glory’s number one mid-laner, he waved his hand in a grand gesture and selected EVE for the training match.

In a sense, EVE’s mid-lane and RR’s mid-lane Moonlit had similar attributes. They were both hedgehog-type mid-laners, and they poked at others more fiercely than their own junglers. They fought over the lane soldiers super quickly and became even more extreme when they were given support.

EVE’s jungler was their team captain, and RR’s jungler was also their captain.

Both teams relied on the linkage between their mid-lane and jungler to madly stir up trouble.

The scent of gunpowder exploded within minutes as soon as the two teams met.

On the first day, EVE hadn’t taken it seriously. This was particularly the case for Xie He, who hadn’t placed any importance on Moonlit at all. Nobody could have guessed that RR would actually manage to turn the tables and win the game.

This matter really stabbed the hornet’s nest.

Back then in the Team of Gods, the one with the worst temper was this fellow with the word ‘”He”’ in his name.

God Xie belonged to the type who looked like they liked to spend their years quietly and steadily, but in fact, his character was very fierce, and his play style was very aggressive. When he went wild, he could fight one against nine––that’s right, he would even fight his own teammates.

Moonlit was really implicated innocently in this matter. However, on the second day, EVE charged to first place and picked RR for their training match.

RR was really different this year. Ever since the addition of Moonlit, the entire team had done a 360 degree turn. They changed from the previous Money-led ‘I might be silly, but I have a lot of money’ style and became a fierce, ‘kill, just f*cking kill’ style wild dog team overnight.

Think about it; Moonlit was someone who’d been tempered by the Grandmaster for hundreds of games, yet still insisted on continuing to play professionally. His mentality couldn’t be compared with that of ordinary people.

Xie He wanted to punish him?

Moonlit wanted to turn the tables and kill him again!

The conflict between these two teams had effectively reached a conclusion.

In fact, everyone could see that EVE was much stronger than RR. A Xie He who was playing seriously was completely able to hang Moonlit up then beat him down.

Reasonably speaking, the matter would be over after they won the game, but no, Moonlit’s unwillingness to accept his loss managed to stimulate Xie He.

So what if he won? This brat’s eyes still showed that he wasn’t admitting defeat!

So, on the third day, RR, who’d fought back into third place, picked EVE, who’d dropped off the top three again.

These two teams were really locked in, and their attitude seemed to say that this matter wouldn’t be over until the other party died.

The competition committee looked into it…

How the hell had it turned out like this?

The purpose of winter training was to promote interaction between many teams. How had it become two teams going back and forth like this!

The other teams also responded vaguely, “RR’s situation is a little too tragic. If this continues, they might retire from the game after they return home.”

The investors were also unhappy about it, “EVE will definitely win. There’s no suspense when watching this kind of game.”

“The fans are crying and kicking up a fuss.”

Group B’s management team talked to Group A’s team, and Group A immediately replied that their own top three teams had all picked FTW, already resulting in a change in the rules.

Both parties thought it over: F*ck, this wasn’t right!

The original intention behind this rule was that strong teams wouldn’t place so much effort into the points competition training matches, so they wouldn’t be so serious in the free matches. The ones who made it to the top three every day would be relatively strong teams, but not the top ones, and they hadn’t expected this entire mess to happen.

The really powerful teams had inexplicably developed a strong desire to win, and then they all picked easy targets from the China competition zone.

Wasn’t that just bullying China?!

China was one of the competition zones with the highest number of Glory players. The competition committee felt that they couldn’t allow this big daddy to feel aggrieved, so…

They changed the rules!

The 18 teams could only fight against the same team once in the points competition;

Teams who had a negative total score over three days would lose their qualification to compete for the final prize pool elimination battle.

The last day of training was changed to an elimination battle for the prize pool. All qualified teams could participate in the competition, and the teams would be matched together at random. If they lost, they would also lose their prize pool.

The final winner would take home all the prize money!

Everything was worked out.

The entire points competition process was completed and released!

After listening to the whole process, many teams who had been at negative points over the past two days suddenly had different expressions on their faces.

Originally, they’d wanted to take it easy and save their strength so that they could perform well in the last round. Yet as a result… the competition committee no longer gave them the opportunity to develop so casually.

The investor daddies expressed: To hell with developing slowly. If the teams didn’t come here to compete, then what were they here for?

Wei Xiao wasn’t worried about negative points. What he was concerned about was––

“RR is so strong, Moonlit is also pretty good!” He was looking forward to the domestic competition!

“Elimination matches for the prize pool are interesting. Caicai, do you want to make a fortune?” Laozi wanted to take first place!

Brother Cai, who’d just been cued, had no fighting spirit: Get lost, I don’t want to, I can’t do it!

What was he thinking? He even wanted to make a fortune? Was he treating PRO and L&P like decorations?

The prize pool elimination matches on the last day became a carrot on a stick that hung in front of Wei Xiao that barely pacified his collapsing mentality.

Alright then, for better or worse, the last day would be exciting enough, so these days in the middle could be considered as bitter training.

Wei Xiao cheered up.

Before the game, FTW and L&P had a friendly (trash talk) exchange.

Gary spoke in a very serious tone, “Play well. This is probably the last time for us to play against each other during training.”

It was the first time, and also the last time. Damn it, he just had to hammer the little lunatic!

Wei Xiao was surprised, “Old G, you should be more confident.”

Gary: ???”

Wei Xiao: “I think that there’s still a chance for L&P to fight their way out of the elimination matches for the prize pool. Work hard! I’ll be waiting for you at the finals in 12 days.”

The implication was that his FTW would definitely make it to the finals. As for whether or not L&P could, well… work hard, you guys.

Gary: “…………”

Yuan Ze carried away his own silly jungler. How useless was he? He couldn’t even beat Little Lunatic Wei when he was using English!

After checking over their equipment, both parties entered BP.

Whether or not it would be a wonderful game could already be seen from the BP part of the game.

In a perfunctory game, BP only took a matter of minutes to complete, and neither side would spend too much time on schemes.

In a serious game, BP was like playing chess. Each step required thinking three steps ahead, and it was filled to the brim with tricks and strategies.

Chen Feng’s expression was solemn, and those who were familiar with him were surprised.

Such a serious Coach Chen Feng had only been seen at the global finals before.

FTW’s 5v5 had never been on such a stage but Chen Feng, as Lu Feng’s only ‘teammate’ in the individual competition, had to participate in the BP part of the individual games.

He was showing such a serious attitude, and it was enough to prove how much importance he was placing on this training match.

Chen Feng adjusted the headset and asked, “What talent do you want to use?”

Their battle strategies had been prepared a long time ago, but picking which one they’d used was dependent on the immediate situation.

What the other side banned or snatched up would affect their own line-up for the game.

Chen Feng was used to asking his players what they wanted to use.

No matter what thoughts they had before the game started, once they sat down in their seats and came into contact with their keyboard, the feeling they had at that instant might be different.

Under the precondition of ensuring a viable line-up, it was Chen Feng’s duty to strive for the talent that the players wanted to play the most.

He’d originally thought that the first to speak up would be Wei Xiao, but unexpectedly, it was Lu Feng. “I’ll take the berserker warrior.”

Wei Xiao immediately followed up, “In that case, I’ll take the berserker thief.”

Chen Feng nodded, “Okay.”

This double berserker combination was very strong. For a team that liked to link together the top lane and jungler, having those two join together was like going up against heaven and earth.

Bai Cai said, “They’ll probably ban the giant shaman.”

The double berserker combination would become an immortal line-up when paired up with a tanky support. If L&P’s coach really allowed them to take such a line-up, he might as well curl up and roll home now.

Chen Feng evaluated, “We’ll take the berserker warrior first, then see if the other side will snatch up their jungler talent.”

FTW had first pick, then L&P got the next two picks. They could choose to take the berserker thief and giant shaman all in one go.

It was fine if they did; the berserker warrior was very flexible and could be matched up with various different line-ups. On the other hand, if they used their first pick on their support position, it would make their line-up easier to target.

L&P’s coach saw through Chen Feng’s intentions with a glance. They took the berserker thief, but the giant shaman remained free.

Wei Xiao chuckled, “Old G is done for.”

This little devil. Chen Feng knocked on his head, “You’re the clever one.”

Wei Xiao: “Isn’t it, though? Captain’s berserker warrior is enough to beat him into seclusion.”

The corner of Chen Feng’s mouth curved up, “Come on, then. Get the mid-lane and marksman positions.”

It was good having two all-around players in the team. The line-ups they could use were now much broader.

They had wanted to snatch up the double berserker combination, but the other side had seen through their intention and broken the line-up they wanted.

However…

For better or worse, Coach Chen was the man behind the great demon king. How could he not leave himself with some unplayed cards?

The berserker warrior was indeed the berserker thief’s best partner, but it was also the opponent that the berserker thief was most afraid of.

Old G already had a psychological shadow when it came to Close, and now that he was playing the berserker thief…

Haha. Work hard, Old G!

L&P was worthy of being a strong team. They weren’t willing to step back at all; their top-lane snatched up the blood warrior that was extremely strong in the early stages while their mid-lane took the immortal warlock that could overturn the skies.

After more than ten minutes of back and forth, both sides were able to lock down very good line-ups.

FTW: berserker warrior, immortal thief, spirit mage, holy priest, frost hunter.

L&P: blood warrior, berserker thief, immortal warlock, demonic shaman, laser launcher.

The commentators were already looking forward to the fight.

“Both sides have pretty good line-ups.”

“The berserker warrior and blood warrior are well matched, and the immortal thief and berserker thief are both team-fight type junglers. This time, FTW’s mid-lane was quite daring and took the spirit mage.”

“The spirit mage isn’t bad against the immortal warlock. Other short legged mages might end up dying very miserably.”

“White’s holy priest is second to none in the league. Last year, in China’s domestic finals, his second skill was enough to control the other side until they went into seclusion.”

“FTW.le’s frost hunter is good, too. As long as he’s able to survive calmly, he’ll be able to deal explosive damage later on.”

The audience listened as the commentators praised FTW and felt very hollow inside.

As everyone knew, the commentators would be biased towards weaker teams and give them a round of praise at the start of the game to prevent the players from being hammered too badly right from the beginning.

In this game of L&P against FTW, no matter how they looked at it, L&P was too strong, and FTW was too weak.

The Chinese audience all felt as if their hearts were tied up in knots, “Although I don’t really like FTW, I still hope that they won’t lose too badly.”

“As an FTW hater, I’ll say this first. If they’re able to win against L&P, I”ll become their fan for a whole season.”

“F*ck, can you guys stop talking crap, this old lady is an old FTW fan, and my heart is about to explode, okay!”

“Close against Marshall, they’re both from the Team of Gods!”

Regardless of whether it was the commentators or the fans, none of them were optimistic about FTW.

Not even mentioning these people, even Mother Chen Feng wasn’t optimistic.

However, he wasn’t nervous right now.

Just do it.

They could just move on if they lost. Let loose and really focus on enjoying this unique game!

While countless people were still filled with tension and worry, FTW took down First Blood in the game!

“F*ck!”

“Oh my god!”

“Too crazy!”

“FTW’s new jungler is really daring!”

Quiet killed Marshal!

What the hell kind of devil’s start to the game was this!