Chapter 245 – 245. A New Monster Appears (4)

We won the first set overwhelmingly beyond our expectations.
I had never won so easily in a scrim match, so I couldn’t believe that this performance was only influenced by the skill factor.

‘Perhaps there must have been a sluggish performance by the opponent.’

Looking at Ozone Frost’s roster, I saw a name that didn’t exist until last season.
OZ Fresh player.
I heard he was called up after 3 years of training.

‘Unfortunately, the pro world is like that.’

If I hadn’t lost my skills, I would have been a pro for 100 years or 10,000 years.
Because it was my wish to hear the world championship trophy.

However, the world of cold game is a structure where the winner takes everything.
It wasn’t part-time job for a guy with no skills.

“Good job. Let’s push forward with the same concept as the first set for the next strategy.”

So, I plan to go with a more spicy taste than the 1st set for the 2nd set.

Soon after, the second set of bans and picks began.
The ban card didn’t mean much.
The combination I am trying now has the strength to win any combination if our players are good at it.

‘But if I can’t do it, it can’t be as ugly as that.’

First of all, the point is to erase suitable characters enough to go unnoticed in the ban stage.
Next, when the pick phase came, he slowly bared his teeth and tightened the opponent’s throat.

Opponents across the street and Gamkojin’s faces were hidden, but their embarrassment was palpable.

That would be because the combination I brought out was an extreme physical style that could only be used in solo queue.

Team Battle Angels (Battle Angels)
Top: BA GODOG (Susaono)
Jungle : BA Wisdom (Oni)
MID: BA Sia (Amaterasu)
AD Carry: BA Ryu (Hydra)
Support   : BA White (Tsukuyomi)

Ilpong combination by name!

Not all characters, but most of them are physical characters, had the potential to wipe out enemies alone if they grow and control well.

[BA Battle: Show off your skills to the fullest.]

Leaving the girls who answered brightly, I came out of the capsule.

I didn’t know it when I was in the capsule, but when I came out, the shouts were no joke.

A loud sound that pierced the eardrums shook the arena.

I thought it was worth it because a combination that was hard to see in solo rank appeared.

As I stayed still, I also heard the cries of the commentators and casters.

“Battle Angels, this is amazing… !”
“Should I say that the liver is really big… Or is it a release of confidence from the first set… Anyway, thank you very much from our point of view!”
“To show such a combination, how much fun would it be for the fans?!”
“But Ozone Frost could be angry? You guys think you can crush us with all line physicals?! Ozone Frost should show you when you saw it?!”
“What kind of team is Ozone? Aren’t they the original ACK team that has never missed the top spot? Make such a cheeky pick against a team like that? Is it possible to say something like that?”

I thought that the win rate would be rather low if we stick with the classic teamfight combination.
After going through the first set, I felt that inducing a melee was the correct answer.

‘The opponent is a team with a lot of veterans who have gone through all sorts of battles, but the mid laner seems to have a weak mentality.’

Just the mere fact that Ji-ah Lee’s laning match against Ares stopped him was enough to show sluggish skills throughout the game.

Soon after, the game started.

Since our team’s characters are strong in interpersonal combat, the players put pressure on their opponents from the beginning.
If you fight 1v1, it is better to have more dealing skills than CC skills.

Ozone Frost chose to shrink for the moment and try to turn the atmosphere around with the help of ganking or roaming.

Except for one player.

“Fresh players! Are you exchanging deals too boldly? Do you believe in your own physical abilities?”
“I need to calm my excitement a little. You don’t have to fight one-on-one with the Battle Angels!”

His impatience was understandable.
He is a rookie player who wants to show even a little bit more, but if the opponent brings a strong character before the line and consistently overwhelms him, he would be embarrassed.
Especially if you are a player who has strong self-esteem and is confident in his physical skills.

That’s why Fresh, unlike the seasoned players on the team, actively battled Lee Ji-ah.

And that was his mistake.
He must have been confident in his own physicality, but his opponent, Lee Ji-ah, was the most talented kid I’ve ever seen.

If it was a one-on-one physical fight, I could be confident that I would not bow down to anyone.

[First take!]

The ozone frost was slowly crumbling.
It was right from the mid-line.

Fresh, who was overwhelmed by the pressure to show something, eventually dedicated the first point.
After that, the game started to work much easier than expected.

Whether it was because we had already won big in the battle of momentum, or if our players’ skills had grown to the point where they even took down top-tier players before we knew it, there could be many reasons, but the important thing was that the strategy worked completely.

“The Battle Angels are completely overpowering Ozone Frost?”
“I didn’t know that the strategy of inducing physical fights on all lines would work so well! Even though Battle Angels are openly trying to compete with control, Ozone is not coming up with any special measures!”
“Again, again, again!! How can you not counterattack even though you are just openly exchanging deals?! I feel like I’ve lost too much confidence!”

One of the characteristics of physical fighting is that once the hierarchy is determined, it is not easy to change its position throughout the game.
Ozone Frost’s players, who had already been threatened by the Battle Angels once, took a defensive position, and even when the opportunity came, they could not easily attack.

Maybe it was because they were veteran players with more experience, so their prudence became poison.

“Spade! Even the spade is broken!!”
“The Battle Angels keep on advancing, and there is no one to stop them! Even until 5 minutes ago, I thought I could solve it with a 5v5 team fight… Write now… Do you think even that would be difficult?”

If we look at the cause of Ozone Frost’s defeat, it was that he was unable to flexibly overcome the shock he received in the first set, and that he could not abandon the spirit of endurance unique to the Korean league.

At least in the beginning, they tried to take a bold teamfight by putting Fresh forward, but as the game entered the second half, they became discouraged and chose to hide their flesh inside their shells and endure until the storm passed.

If it had been our team in the past, we might have been blocked by this stance and could not roll the snowball properly, dragging the time and allowing a turnaround.

However, our athletes, who are now seasoned enough to become seasoned, did not lose hold of the reins until the end.

“GG!!”

The core of Ozone Frost that eventually exploded.
From the first game, it feels like the tension is a little relieved to enter by defeating the second-place team from the previous season.

The players who came out of the capsule came into the waiting room one by one.
Everyone’s faces were flushed, probably thanks to the unexpected achievements.

But among them, there was one girl whose expression didn’t change much, and that was Lee Ji-ah.

It wasn’t even a few months since he started his professional life in earnest, so he didn’t feel very good even though he left a big mark in the first division.

I asked with a questioning face.

“Good job everyone. But why is Jia’s expression like that?”

Then came an unexpected answer.

“…I think I was the MVP… I have to interview… ?”
“…”

Any professional player would not hesitate to wear MVP, the mark of Carrie, but this shy girl, who seemed to be born as a human being, was looking for a rat hole to crawl into just by thinking of getting attention from many people.

Han Yu-na, who did not hesitate to broadcast live to get her attention, was the complete opposite of her personality.

“I’m going into the MVP interview!”

However, Ji-ah Lee’s wishes were overshadowed by the determined staff’s cry.
His tone was as if he was busy with work, so people he knew would come out quickly.

Thanks to that, Lee Ji-ah looked up at me with a tearful expression.
There’s no way that would be the case, but I was worried about what would happen if I couldn’t show my skills because of the interview momentarily.

I patted her on the shoulder and encouraged her.

“I’ll tell you a secret when you come back after a great interview.”

At that, her eyes widened slightly.
Instinctive curiosity seemed to be stimulated, but it was not yet a decisive blow.

Then whisper in her ear.

“It’s a secret about her sister.”
“…Great. I will do my best.”

The sisters all care deeply for each other, so it can’t be this easy to deal with.
I looked at Lee Ji-ah as she entered her interview with a proud expression.

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Today’s match against Ozone Frost turned the arena community upside down.

Even though it was Battle Angels with a high degree of attention, they defeated Ozone Frost, known as the giant of the first division, in their first game, so it could be said that it was a cataclysmic event.

[Is your performance crazy?]
[As expected, Lord Gal… You make a fun angle right away.]
[Has Ozone weakened, or are Battle Angels strong?]
[The mid laner in Ozone can’t do anything, right? Why did you call up?]
[He was known as a physical monster in solo language?]
[It’s a team game, so the solo rank indicator is meaningless. If that’s the case, Mad Tiger Gaming should take all 1st to 5th places.]
[Arrest of syphilis ^^]

Moreover, it became an even bigger issue because it was not a general combination, but it brought characters known as the so-called Ilpong combination to win.

[It’s good hahaI’m going to pack a 5-person pot right now and run Team Rank haha]
[Shit bitches. What to do with solo lang, I’m going to have a combination in the competition… ]
[It’s gone. Our midfielder just chose Amaterasu.]
[No, I didn’t know that there would be a team that would suffer from this. Since we keep fighting separately, the opponent sees everything that will taste.]

Among them, Jiah Lee, who made a new appearance in Battle Angels, drew more attention.
Overwhelming physical that he consistently showed in the 1st and 2nd sets.
It was to the point where I felt a sense of alienation from the appearance as if it were not human.

[Sia? Who is he Didn’t the physical make sense?]
[He couldn’t say a word properly in the interview, but he flies around in the game.]
[I think this is enough to compare with Marvel?]
[Yes, it seems to be worth doing with Marvel. I just wait for the day when the two of us stand face to face.]
[Whether it’s fresh or not, the mentality must have been completely ruined hahaI developed a laning match for a kid who just debuted haha]

Although he only made two appearances, he showed super plays that thrilled fans several times.
If it was in the past, no matter how good it was in real life, I would have thought it was a mere coincidence or a temporary phenomenon, but now it was different.
They began to admit that their skills had reached a certain level.

Perhaps it was thanks to that, strange opinions were gradually emerging in the community.

At this rate of growth, I wondered if I could even go to the World Championship.