Chapter 272 – 272. End of Round 1
ACK Summer, the first round of the 1st division is over, and even the rankings have been confirmed.
Mad Tiger Gaming, who won the entire season, ranked first, and Battle Angels, who lost to Mad Tiger Gaming, ranked second.
Mad Tiger Gaming’s jungler, Beyond, had a short break before the 2nd round, and was about to come back to his hometown after a long time.
“Welcome. The rice is cooked, so eat before it gets cold.”
His father, who was sitting in the massage chair and looking at his cell phone, said with a glance.
As he said, there was hot home cooked food on the table.
After a while, Beyond sat face to face with her father for the first time in a while and had an awkward time.
Dalgrak… Dalgrak…
While only the sound of dishes colliding quietly resounded, Beyond’s father opened his mouth in a heavy voice.
“I watched the last game well.”
“…”
“You were ranked first in the league.”
Most South Korean boys would have a face-to-face relationship with their father.
Beyond was also okay.
“I didn’t know my father would take care of it.”
“It’s my only son’s game, so I’ll have to watch it.”
At those words, Beyond felt the tip of her nose twitch.
It wasn’t that her father was vehemently opposed to being a pro gamer, but he wasn’t particularly fond of it either.
Her heart jumped as she felt that he had finally become a more confident son.
Beyond she ate her soup with a hearty smile.
“But I mean…”
But at that time, the voice of the father continued.
Beyond lifted her head and looked at him.
Then, somehow, the father, who was smiling shyly, said something unexpected.
“Are you on good terms with those Battle Angels?”
“… Yes?”
“It was nice to see him working hard at such a young age. You should make a girlfriend like that and bring her back.”
“…”
“Hmmm, and if we meet later, tell her that her dad is taking good care of him…”
As the story progressed to that point, he listened to his father’s words with one ear and finished the meal with one ear.
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Moments later, Beyond entered her room and turned on her computer to browse the arena community.
As a member of the ACK 1st team, it was always an act she did to recharge her pride.
‘Is there a story about our team?’
She wanted to find praise for herself.
But when she went into the biggest arena community and looked up her best posts, she was only talking about one team.
Battle Angels!
‘Under! Isn’t that the 2nd place team? Why are you so eager to suck me?’
Of course, I knew the reason all too well, even if I pretended not to know.
They’re pretty, they’re good at games, and they even have an amazing growth story.
In fact, the material that will become a star is born on board.
[When does round 2 start? I’m just waiting for the Battle Angels match.]
[Seriously, you think you’ll be able to win round 2 at this rate? It seems that only Mad Tiger can do it.]
[While the WM Winners are having a hard time, what kind of 2nd round victory? Lol]
[In the end, we won 2-0? In the end, we won 2-0?]
[Pseudo bastards are messing around again.]
[Still, there is no team that creates a legend game like Battle Angels.]
After searching through her community, Beyond realized that, out of countless posts about Battle Angels, most of them were references to the last game of Battle Angels.
‘What is it?’
Just because he’s a professional player doesn’t mean he watches every game all the time.
He searched video sites and looked for highlight videos of Battle Angels and WM Winners.
Then, the video with the overwhelming number of views and likes than other highlight videos stood out.
Even without looking at the title, I could tell that it was a Battle Angels video.
Beyond clicked on the video and went to watch it.
The Battle Angels draw combinations that are not easily seen in ACK.
He raised the corners of his mouth and smiled.
“Under… You mean this?”
I don’t know if it’s about the 3rd division, but I won with this combination in ACK, which is said to be the best club in Korea?
“The 2nd set match between Battle Angels and WM Winners starts now!”
Leaving Beyond’s doubts behind, a unique assortment of 2-set matches began with Caster’s booming voice.
Suddenly, when I saw the combination of Battle Angels in Beyond, I thought of Hwang Ji-yeon.
Her transfer from her own team to her Battle Angels.
When she first heard the news of her transfer, she didn’t think much of it, but it was regretful to see her active in another team.
Now that Hwang Ji-yeon is gone, it feels like there is no manager who can catch the players running amok like a foal.
“First of all, the laning situation is very important for operation, but surprisingly, it holds up very well against WM Winners’ aggressive combination!”
Since she is the same jungler, it was true that Wisdom’s movements caught her attention.
A Wisdom player from Battle Angels who runs through the opponent’s jungle as if it were his own home.
She entered only with the right timing and position for her allies to join, and seeing her come out with a narrow advantage, I could see what a sensible jungler she was.
Beyond swallowed her saliva.
Even before the game started, I laughed at the combination that was far from common sense, but when I opened the lid, a fairly high-level game unfolded.
Most of the first half was walking a tightrope, skillfully avoiding WM Winners, who were charging like a bull, trusting in their excellent physical abilities.
I wondered if this unconventional strategy worked because of WM Winners’ immaturity, but it was absolutely not the case.
WM Winners struggled to kill the Battle Angels with monstrous physicality, but the Battle Angels who beat him were also monsters in other ways.
‘If it were me, would I be able to play like that?’
A play that continues to accumulate small gains while taking control of the entire map and continuing to fight for Shia and head count.
It was said that it was a thousand stones, and it was an advantage to pierce a stone with water droplets, but if it failed, it was dangerous enough to be reversed at once.
As a so-called high-risk-low-turn play, there was a high probability that it would be even better at best.
The game is past the mid-point.
Because of repeated backdoors while letting go of the reckless WM Winners’ play, the WM Winners’ base was devastated before anyone knew it.
As one inhibitor is broken, the line containing the super creep advances endlessly.
I couldn’t be more frustrated than this when I looked at the situation in the position of WM Winners.
“I should have picked a character with forced initiation, but I already lost in the ban pick.”
I definitely thought that the combination of Battle Angels would be bad even until the ban pick was over, but after the game was in progress, my thoughts changed completely.
Did you say ban-picks are also a story of conclusions?
Looking back now, I think the strategy was very good.
‘Ban-pick fast, ban-pick fast. WM Winners have already lost about half of them, so how can they win?’
Continue watching the video with a sarcastic mind.
Ragnarok is not far off.
However, at this rate, WM Winners will collapse first in front of a million-strong army.
‘I have to throw the odds now.’
If you just organize the line at the base, the turret’s health will gradually decrease and you will eventually lose.
The only chance to turn it around was now, before Hel’s minions invaded.
The players of WM Winners seemed to have the same thought and hurriedly clung to Ryu’s heel.
Until now, Gaia and Prometheus had been blocking team fights, so it was not easy to melt Hel this time as well.
And at that moment, Luna’s Merlin uses Mass Teleport.
The red dots on the map quickly moved into the WM Winners’ base.
Realizing that the game could end at this rate, WM Winners hastily recalled, but when they made that decision, it was as if the game had already ended.
“It’s stupid, but I have to go home now to stop that.”
As expected, the core of WM Winners exploded and the game ended with Battle Angels winning.
Beyond bit her lip and looked at the stream of teamfights.
Would the content of the match be different if she were the Battle Angels or the WM Winners?
Numerous assumptions swirled in my head, but I couldn’t easily come to a conclusion.
But one thing was certain.
Battle Angels are now different from when they played against Mad Tiger Gaming.
If Shia and Goddog were selected as starters, it would become a physical battle, and if Battle Woman and Luna appeared, management had to be taken care of.
Beyond swallowed her saliva.
For some reason, it felt like her chest was getting tight and her breath was choking her chin.