Chapter 220 – 220. Cacophony (2)

Before the game started in earnest, the trash talk exchanged between the two teams was shown on the giant monitor in the venue.

[GR Performance: Battle Angels? A team that has not yet been founded for less than a year is a little fundamental to rise to the first division.]

Trash talk in eSports means to heat up the atmosphere by provocative lines between players.

There were no fans who sincerely accepted the comments in the trash talk unless it was a strong level.

[BA Wisdom: I wasn’t even thinking about the Gaya Riders. Because our goal is more than that.]

[GR Byul: We have much better unity in the bottom line. Maybe it’s because the length of my professional life is different… ]

The trash talk, which started lightly as if tossing it, quickly turned into a diss match against the opponent.

[BA Ryu: Hmm… So did you come down to the promotion match? Anyway, we’ll go in there and lift the trophy instead!]

[GR Ghoul: As expected, kids these days are spoiled. As a senior, I will give you my soul.]

[BA GODOG: It’s okay, but don’t you ride the poop rope?]

Of course, the words were thrown as a joke, but the desperate hearts of the players on both teams were as real as they were.

If you lose today, you will have to wait at least half a year before you can challenge the first division again.

No team wants to spend days that will be dark for both the players and the team officials.

[GR Hansu: I’ll show you the difference in strength so that you won’t even come close to the first division again.]

[BA Battlewoman: I think it’s a perfect warm-up before playing in the first division. I’ll warm up and go.]

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Rattling…

The Gaya Riders’ one-dealer, Performance player, who was shaking his legs like crazy, was on the verge of death because his throat his was stuffy.

‘Why are they Battle Angels?’

Still, his team finished 7th in the league in its own way, so he thought it was fortunate.
It was because he thought he would never meet the Eye of the Storm in the current League itself, the Battle Angels.

However, the head coach and coaches thought differently.
I didn’t know if it was their intention to jump on the bandwagon of the Battle Angels’ popularity, or if they really seemed easygoing.
I didn’t even ask because he would give me an obvious answer anyway.

‘I can’t play because of the pressure.’

My hands naturally trembled, and my legs had switched to vibration mode without my knowledge.

It was the same with other team members around.
A match against girls who seem to be getting the attention of the whole world.
Whether you win or lose, it was obvious that it would be talked about for a very long time.

‘Let’s really do well just this time.’

Performance player looked at his teammates and let out a small sigh.

How the hell did you come all the way here?

Obviously, even until last season, I grew up with the expectation that I was the team’s only hope while receiving a carry role from my parents’ team.
It was also revealed in the actual placer in the game.

It was a burden because the only person on the team who could carry was himself, but in the end, there were many games where he was able to do it.

[What would have happened if there was no real performance?]
[Other players bow to Performance once a day haha]
[Can I please transfer to another team? ㅠㅠ It’s a waste of talent to rot in a team like this… ]

Thanks to that, I heard this kind of reaction in most matches, so I thought that if I met better teammates, I could even aim for the World Championship.

And when the members of the new team were actually revealed, he wanted to cheer.
All positions were composed of players who were known to be good in the community.

‘With this lineup, I can definitely go to the World Championship!’

It was the same with the opinion of the head coach and coaching staff and the reaction of the community.

Finally, the Avengers team of the ACK League has appeared!

However, the actual results were contrary to expectations.

What awaited them was not the vast sky where the warm sun could touch them, but the cold ground where the end was unknown.

The losing streak continued for no apparent reason.
The splendid plays they showed when they were on different teams went nowhere, and they continued to play to push the backs of their teammates.

In an all-or-nothing situation, the situation went beyond the degree and hit the white sword.

It was now that the Gaya Riders ended the year with a 7th place in the season.

‘Okay, let’s think positively. It’s rather fortunate that we were given a chance for the promotion match.’

If they made it to the playoffs by finishing 6th, there was a high probability of losing the game just like in the previous games.
Then I would have entered the Stove League without ever having a chance to show off my good side again.
Far from transferring to another team, the same results would have come out next year with the same team members.

‘If I meet the relatively weak but controversial Battle Angels and show them a good performance, it will work in my favor in the transfer market.’

His opponent was Ryu, who also plays a carry role in Battle Angels.
Since she is the most recognizable player among the popular Battle Angels, if she is destroyed from the laning stage, she will be able to bring her popularity to some extent.

He turned his gaze to the side for a moment and looked at his supporter his, Byul.
The star player also nods his head to see if he was thinking similarly.

‘I know it’s a poisoned chalice, but I have no choice but to try it.’

Soon he rises from his seat with a face full of confidence.

But at that time, the Battle Angels’ coach, Battle, comes out of the booth on the other side and meets his eyes.

Shit.

The battle coach looks at him with a deep smile for some reason.
The performance player felt cold sweat running down his back.

It was something radically different from the confidence he had gained by guiding himself for several minutes.
When a tiger hunts a deer, it won’t attack you with mind control saying ‘you can do it’ in your mind.

The battle coach was the same.
The appearance of a predator who is only thinking about how to hunt efficiently without any fear of the enemy.

The performance player headed to the stage with unstoppable steps, wondering where the confidence he had regained earlier had gone.

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The ban pick did not deviate much from the scenario planned in advance.

In the first place, writing a character out of a high tier is only when there is a benefit worth enduring that much advantage.
Tier characters are not ranked high tier for nothing.

[BA Battle: It would be nice to put pressure on all lines, but it’s basically a combination that puts power on the bottom, so play the rest of the lines little by little. Wisdom focuses on the bottom in the beginning.]
[BA Wisdom: Yes.]

The strategy for this set is quite simple.

The advantage taken from the laning stage is rolled until the end of the game.

Even if you search the leagues around the world, there is no place that does this fight for leadership better than the Korean league.

I don’t know if it’s because Korea’s style likes systematic and intelligent play, but it’s because they’re very specialized in playing snowballs with a single initiative.

This time, our team also decided to follow the unique tradition of the Korean league.

“The game begins!”

Upon returning to the booth, 10 players head to the battlefield with Caster’s loud cry.

The top pick for this set was Heo Sook-hee.
Kang Yul is next to me holding a notebook and pen for feedback after the game.

In the meantime, the commentator’s explanation continues.

“How do you see this match?”
“You can say that the Battle Angels have been aggressive with picks and bans since the laning stage. That’s why it’s important for the Gaya Riders to get through the early stages well. The Battle Angels should take the lead and shake it up!”

As he said, our bot duo, Helios and Gabriel, were quite strong in laning among bot duo characters.

Even at the moment of thinking like that, Ryu Seo-yoon and Baek Ha-yan boldly break into the opposing liners.

“Show me the bottom line! Do you fight like this from the beginning?!”
“The deal exchange in Battle Angels is very good. If it’s Helios and Gabriel, it’s a duo that can’t be defeated. Gaya’s bot duo must hold on!”
“Oops! I don’t know if I can survive this!”

Helios’s arrows and Gabriel’s magic attacks slam into the performance players.
A performance player who falls into a moribund state in an instant and steps back.

Obviously, even until last year, he showed such an impact that when it comes to physicality, the word performance was added, so the shock people felt was great.

“No, how did this happen? It’s dominating the deal exchange against that performance!”
“That’s right, when we usually talk about second league players, we never say they lag behind first league players in terms of physicality!”
“I really don’t know how Ryu can come out with such strong power from such a small body. He’s helpless enough to cry the path!”

But it’s not just the bottom line that is widening the gap.
Heo Suk-hee, who was second in aggression, Lee Ji-hye, who was skilled at playing, and even Hanyu-na, who had a defensive style, were widening the gap little by little from the lineup.

The return flow was unusual.
It’s like

“Weight difference… Shall? Somehow, it seems like Gaya is getting pushed back little by little even if she’s just breathing!”
“Obviously, Battle Angels took a lot of characters that were advantageous in the laning stage. But that’s right. The speed at which the snowball rolls is a bit fast, right? We haven’t even gotten a kill yet, but the global gold gap is widening significantly.”

If widening the gap in CS means putting damage with a jab in terms of boxing, then feeding an effective hit with a straight or hook can be seen as a teamfight victory.

Even if you can’t knock down the enemy with a jab, as the damage accumulates, you can’t avoid the one-two punch that follows.

The more the Gaya Riders were beaten, the narrower the Shia and the shorter their activity radius.
It felt like it was being cornered little by little.