Chapter 38: Hello everyone, I am FTW.Quiet
Glory [e-sports]
Host: ââ¦â¦â
Translate? To hell with translating, hey! This segment could be completely cut out!
The host showed excellent professional qualities as she began interviewing Yuan Ze.
Yuan Ze smiled slightly, his manner polite.
Never mind what he was like in private. On the surface, God Yuan was elegant, and extremely gentlemanly, but there was a reason fans from all over the world called him a scum man.
What was a scum man?
Handsome, good at holding conversations, looked very polite, but was in fact a beast dressed in human clothing.
For better or worse, God Yuanâs compatibility with this term was as high as 99%.
The host grew brave under his slight smile and even dared to suggest, âMarshal seems to have a good relationship with God Kim.â
Yuan Zeâs smile became even more charming, âYes, we often have training matches together.â
The host felt that this was someone who was easy to talk to and tried to further interview him, âL&P and Pro had a wonderful match in the global finals last year. I wonder if the two sides have developed any new tactics during the off-season?â
Yuan Ze: âWe have.â
The host quipped, âIt must be inconvenient to disclose them. How about weâ¦â
Yuan Ze continued directly, âThereâs nothing inconvenient about it. Iâll share it with everyone.â
Host: ââ¦â¦â
She had a hunch that things werenât good.
Yuan Ze maintained his perfect gentleman tone while speaking derisive words, âWhen facing Proud Flower Kim, just screwing him over will do the job.â
Host: ââ¦â¦â¦â¦â
This old lady just knew that she shouldnât have learned Chinese!
Were these words that she could f*cking translate?!
As soon as the words âProud Flower Kimâ came out, Kim Sung-hyun instantly gave off a murderous aura!
There were many players off-stage who wanted to laugh, but didnât dare to.
This demeaning title âProud Flower Kimâ was the eternal pain that lingered at the bottom of God Kimâs heart.
As an ADC who played hugely squishy heroes, Kim Sung-hyun required the full protection of his team in order to play out tons of DPS and reverse the game situation.
However, in FTW that year, all his teammates were bug-like existences who didnât need to wait for their marksman to develop in the late game before already winning the game.
Kim Sung-hyun was unable to play out his full strength and was extremely angry.
Yuan Ze felt sorry for him and promised to help him think of a solution.
So, during the trash talk session before the game, God Yuan spoke these words very reasonably, âEveryone, please donât take pity on our teamâs proud flower and ravage him to your heartâs content.â
âWho is this proud flower? Our ADC, hey.â
âYes, the one who looks the most like a flower.â
âClose isnât the proud flower. Donât mess with him, you might end up having the tables turned on you.â
How that game had gone was already long forgotten, but this trash talk was something that everyone remembered.
Yuan Ze and Kim Sung-hyun could provoke each other to such an extent for a performance match; this was enough to show how strong the fiery scent of gunpowder was between them.
The scent of gunpowder was no big deal. Matches were more fun this way.
Everyoneâs mood was high, and it was as though this wasnât just a performance game, but rather the scene of the global finals!
BP went quickly. The two teams were too familiar with each other and werenât polite as they put their opponentsâ ace talents in the ban position, preventing them from dominating the entire court.
In fact, Kim Sung-hyun and Yuan Ze hadnât been targeted much.
The ace players in a strong team werenât afraid of being targeted. There were six positions in total, and even if the ban positions were all filled up with the talents they were strong at, the ones that were left would still be enough for them to play well with.
Whatâs more, their teammates werenât easy targets, either.
Take Gary as an example. Calling him Crazy Old G wasnât an exaggeration. If all the ban positions were used on Yuan Ze, then his thief could still slaughter their opponents until they went into seclusion.
This was the difference between Close versus Yuan Ze and Kim Sung-hyun.
The latter two had teammates, while the former worked alone even in team games.
Perhaps it was because theyâd spoken too much trash talk before the start of the game. Two minutes after the match began, a fight broke out in the mid-lane!
Gary had taken the berserker thief, and his rhythm in the early stage was so fast that he forced Pro to withdraw behind the tower and lose two soldiers.
Proâs mid-lane was pressured, but their jungler wasnât anxious, taking advantage of the berserker thiefâs arrogance to sneak into L&Pâs jungle area and steal two jungle monsters.
This area was close to the top-lane, and Yuan Zeâs sense of smell was extremely keen. He flew over to explore the grassy area and managed to hit Proâs jungler.
âAwesome!â Wei Xiao exclaimed quietly.
Although he disliked Yuan Ze, he had to respect Yuan Zeâs strength, especially after theyâd fought in the training match before. Wei Xiao could still remember that strong, oppressive force.
First Blood!
Yuan Ze killed Proâs jungler on his own and took down first blood!
Chen Feng sneered from his seat behind them, âHe even dared to go for Marshalâs area. Proâs jungler is still too tender.â
Tang Chen laughed, âNo rush, Pro has always been better in the later stages.â
Indeed. A team with a marksman as the core was bound to be weaker in the early stage. Proâs jungler was a famous toolman who didnât rob resources, didnât mess up the teamâs rhythm, and was extremely stable. Although the top-laner couldnât pressure Yuan Ze, it still wasnât to the stage where Yuan Ze could do a tower dive, and he could still pull him back slightly.
The middle lane suffered a bit of a loss, but their bottom lane was in a good situation.
Kim Sung-hyunâs ADC was by no means the type of marksman who relied solely on the late stage.
His experience in FTW had made him particularly focused in the early stages.
Were they kidding?
If he wasnât able to start killing in the early stages, his beastly teammates simply wouldnât let him have a later stage, okay?!
So, Kim Sung-hyun, along with his own support, hammered the L&P marksman into a little shrimp.
The commentator praised Kim Sung-hyun exaggeratedly, making listening to Chen Feng the better option, âIf Old G doesnât go help, L&P will lose a tower.â
It was as he said. One minute later, the first tower in L&Pâs bottom lane exploded, and there was suddenly a gap in the canyon.
Wei Xiao stared at the big screen and said, âYuan Ze is switching lanes!â
Chen Feng: âChanging lanes at this time is irrational.â
Their tower had already been lost, so Yuan Ze going over now would be useless. It was better to continue developing in the top lane.
Wei Xiao shook his head, âBut he can restrain Kim Sung-hyun and Li Heran.â
Chen Feng was stunned.
Lu Feng glanced at Wei Xiao out of the corner of his eye.
The situation in the canyon changed abruptly.
Yuan Ze went to the bottom lane from the top lane and didnât retreat even after he encountered Kim Sung-hyun and Li Heran together. In the situation where he didnât have the protection of a tower, he attacked both of them himself!
The whole scene exploded, âHoly shit! Is Marshal this crazy?!â
In the eyes of countless professional players, this action was tantamount to death.
Were they kidding? Kim Sung-hyun, who was protected behind the paladin, could kill him with three arrows.
Wei Xiao didnât blink, âKim Sung-hyun is retreating.â
His voice had just fallen when Yuan Ze had already finished using a set of skills and sent Kim Sung-hyun and Li Heran back to their tower.
If Kim Sung-hyun came out at this time, Yuan Ze, who had just used up his skills, could easily be taken down, but Kim Sung-hyun didnât come outâ¦
Yuan Zeâs actions had been too calculating.
His one against two attack was too brazen, and he acted as though he had thousands of troops behind him, forcing Kim Sung-hyun to retreat.
Kim Sung-hyun indeed had some reservations. He couldnât find Old G on the map, and Yuan Ze was acting so aggressive. According to L&Pâs style, there would be a Gary hidden somewhere behind him. As long as Kim Sung-hyun moved forward slightly, he would be a dead Kim.
However⦠there was nobody behind Yuan Ze. Gary took the mid-laner with him and went to the top lane at the same time, going three against one to kill Proâs top-laner and protecting the top lane tower at the same time!
This operation ushered in a wave of cheers across the whole scene, âBeautiful!â
The audience had an omniscient view and could see more, but even if they could see it, they wouldnât have had the confidence to do it.
Yuan Zeâs determination and bravery, and the perfect cooperation in L&P created a situation in which it wouldnât be Proâs top-laner who toppled but Yuan Ze instead if there had been even the slightest mistake!
A small difference was like a distance of a thousand miles.
In a close fight between equals, even a millisecond mattered!
It was a performance match, but both teams played unreservedly.
Kim Sung-hyun had been tricked once by Yuan Ze, but he quickly followed up with a counterattack and took down L&Pâs mid-laner while taking down a mid-lane tower and returning back to the city!
For a full forty minutes, Wei Xiao watched so intently he forgot to blink.
The youth who normally had a smile hanging from the corner of his lips was fully absorbed in the duel on the screen.
This was a war without gunpowder or smoke, a duel fought without bloodshed, but this insubstantial canyon was loaded with everyoneâs powerful fighting spirit.
Each blade and each shot.
Each stab and arrow.
The brilliance and splendor made oneâs blood boil with excitement!
A real team competition involved trusting oneâs back to others, an exchange of trust. It was arriving at a powerful tacit understanding within the team that didnât require speaking!
Teammates, team.
Sacrifice, revenge.
This was the unique charm of this ten person battlefield!
The fight was still in full swing forty minutes later.
Both sides had equal strength, and the two sides kept ending up in a deadlock.
However, the final battle broke out in the dragon pit.
This back and forth battle that lasted around five minutes made the scalps of everyone present go numb.
Everyone had already developed to the extreme, and every hero had reached their pinnacle state.
Regardless of whether it was L&P or Pro, they had all put into play everything they could think of, and they had done it all!
Without reservation, a desperate fight to the end, all for the sake of one wordââ
Victory!
Both sidesâ supports fell.
The mid-laners fell.
The junglers fell.
Proâs top-laner was killed off by Yuan Ze, and L&Pâs bottom laner was shot down by Kim Sung-hyun.
In the empty canyon, only Yuan Ze and Kim Sung-hyun were left.
In this kind of situation⦠reasonably speaking, Kim Sung-hyun was as good as dead.
However, Yuan Ze only had one tenth of his health bar left, while Kim Sung-hyun still had a piece of resurrection armor.
Without even a millisecond of delay, Yuan Ze pushed to the limit and pierced Kim Sung-hyun, but Kim Sung-hyun shot Yuan Ze with an arrow and then stood up again after resurrecting.
In the grand canyon, only Kim Sung-hyun was left, butâ¦
Victory!
L&P won!
L&P, who were all dead, had actually won the game.
Yuan Ze took off his headphones and said modestly, âAn unequal contest brings no honor to the victor.â
At the very end, it had been L&Pâs super soldiers who had pushed all the way to Proâs resurrection crystal!
Glory was a MOBA game. Killing was secondary; the prerequisite for victory was to take down the enemyâs crystal.
Yuan Zeâs ruthlessness lay in the fact that heâd created the conditions for his own line of soldiers to advance even before starting the last wave of team fights.
So, even if they lost the group fight, even if Kim Sung-hyun remained standing at the end, it would be L&P who won the game!
At this moment.
Everyone at the scene had these words in their heartsââ
Old dog, your heart is really dirty!
Losing was losing. Pro didnât get angry.
It was true that their skills had been inferior. Their top-laner hadnât thought of controlling the soldiers ahead of time.
This wasnât L&Pâs luck. They had won through the details of the game.
Both sides shook hands, and Kim Sung-hyun stared at Yuan Ze.
Yuan Ze smiled.
Kim Sung-hyun: âYou can waive the live broadcast, but donât forget the shit. Iâll be waiting.â
Yuan Ze: ââ¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â¦â
These words were caught by the microphone, and everyone who understood them burst out into laughter.
Oh, indeed. God Kim had only said to forget about the live broadcast, but he never said there would be no eating shit.
Little Ning laughed until his stomach hurt, âOur God Kim is a good and proper cold and aloof flower, but why does every other sentenceâ¦â
This was also one of Kim Sung-hyunâs characteristics. He was very polite when he spoke in Korean, but he couldnât do without âshitâ and âpeeâ once he started speaking in Chinese.
Chen Feng spoke darkly, âDo you know who taught Kim Sung-hyun Chinese?â
Little Ning: ââ¦â¦â
Chen Feng: âIndeed, it was Yuan Ze. This harm is all self-inflicted!â
This 5v5 performance match could be described as brilliant.
Everyone was all impassioned from watching, and they expressed that one match was not enough. They wanted to have another one!
The competition committee had already made preparations. After the host came up onto the stage, she stated, âNext up is the doubles performance match.â
Everyone booed. It was obvious that this wasnât exciting enough.
The host gave a mysterious smile and added, âThe doubles match participants will be picked by the winner from the 5v5 game.â
One sentence was enough to mobilize everyoneâs mood. What did this mean?
There was no need to explain too much. Yuan Ze returned to the stage, and the host asked him, âGod Yuan who would you like to choose as a teammate for the doubles match?â
Indeed. In the upcoming doubles match, the L&P whoâd won the 5v5 game would be the challenger, and the candidate theyâd pushed out was the MVP Yuan Ze.
He could choose one of his teammates to form a team or choose a teammate from another team.
At this time, the entire scene was boiling once again.
The competition committee really knew how to set things up!
Making a performance match this tricky was the way to make things exciting!
Yuan Ze held the microphone and scanned the whole room before slowly pronouncing one nameââ
âQuiet.â
The entire scene was in an uproar!
Who was this?
Who was Quiet?
Everyone had thoughts about who Yuan Ze would choose. For example, Close. For example, Kim Sung-hyun, or maybe even his own Old G, but⦠who was Quiet?
Donât mention how everyone was confused. The people from FTW were also stupefied.
Lu Feng looked at Wei Xiao.
Wei Xiao was not panicked or anxious. He stood up, then reached the stage with a few steps.
The youth was tall, with long legs. Wearing the black FTW team uniform, his pale face looked quiet and elegant beneath the dazzling lights. However, his eyes were completely divorced from the word âquietâ, and they were full of wanton flamboyance.
âHello everyone, I am FTW.Quiet.â
A newcomer who showed no stage fright and even seemed eager for the chance to fight.
Even those who didnât know who he was couldnât help but take a fresh look at him at this moment.
Those with sharp eyes could already seeââ
âIsnât this the kid Marshal invited when he came in.â
âAh, itâs FTWâs top-laner!â
âMarshal is serious? Does he want to be teammates with him that much?â
Wei Xiao finished his self-introduction and looked at Yuan Ze. He spoke in English, âGod Yuan, arenât you afraid that Iâll screw you over?â
Those who knew what had taken place between the two previously were instantly very excited!
This kid, there was something to him!
Yuan Ze smiled like a fox, âWill you screw me over?â
âNo.â Wei Xiaoâs voice wasnât light, but it wasnât heavy either. âI never screw my teammates over, even when my teammates arenât human.â
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