Chapter 288 – 288. We’re Not Defeated Yet! (4)

There are only four games left until the end of the spring season.

WM Winners, Mad Tiger Gaming, Max Dragon Knights, and Extreme Korea Telecom were in that order.

Our score so far is all wins except one loss.
It was all about being defeated by Mad Tiger Gaming in the first round.

“Even if I lose to Mad Tiger Gaming in the second round, I think I can advance to the World Championship with the point system.”

Now that it was time to think about whether or not I could advance to the world championships, Hwang Ji-yeon said with a puck or a serious face.

I nodded.
This year, ACK had a total of three selection methods for the World Championship.

The first way is to win the first division summer season.
In this case, even if the results were poor in the spring season, it was to raise a team with good form in the summer season close to the World Championship period, and it was a method that only needed to show outstanding skills for one moment, so even a weak team had enough potential.

The second method was the sum of the points in the spring season and summer season.
It is a way that is advantageous to the team that consistently showed strong team moments, and it feels similar to going to college by building up good grades.

The third and final method was the loser’s resurrection.
Although it was officially called the World Championship qualifier match, it was no different from the loser’s resurrection match in that the match was played except for teams that were confirmed to advance.

Last year’s World Championship teams were Mad Tiger Gaming, Ozone Frost, and Extreme Korea Telecom.
And this season as well, it was right that those three teams were classified as strong teams.

‘If there is a difference from last year, it will be that our team is under Mad Tiger Gaming.’

Currently, the team with the most advantageous point system is Mad Tiger and our team.
In other words, it was a story that Ozone Frost and Extreme Korea Telecom would be aiming for the summer season championship or advance to the loser’s revival match.

‘I’ll probably grind my teeth during the summer season.’

“So the results of the summer season may not matter too much to them, but… We have to risk our lives.”

At Hwang Ji-yeon’s words, I nod my head again this time.

It is true that the ACK League is a competition where you have to do well consistently like a marathon, but it is true that there are times when you have to do better than usual.
That’s why teams that do well at important moments often get nicknames like that.

Nicknames such as Prince of Summer and XXX of Autumn were the same.

‘But in the end, it’s best to advance through a point system.’

It was cool to advance with a victory in the summer season, but from the team’s point of view, securing points and winning was the icing on the cake.

“That’s why today’s scrim must be very important, right?”

Hwang Ji-yeon smiled and said.
Her smile was like a refreshing breeze blowing.

There are only a few days left before the match against WM Winners.
Today’s scrim match was none other than the WM Winners, so it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that it was actually a preview match.

“I don’t think I will lose.”
“Me too, but… Because carelessness is forbidden. Today, rather than bringing out the joker pick, let’s focus on tier characters.”
“Okay.”

After a while, we gathered in the practice room with the players and started preparing for the scrim while talking to the WM Winners.

[BA Battle: We are all ready.]
[WM Master: This way too.]
[BA Battle: Then let’s start.]
[WM Master: Yes.]

The match started after the chatter of the master coach tickling whether he was rebelling or not.

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WM Winners’ one-dealer, HAN.
He has been developing his dream of becoming a pro gamer since middle school and has been stepping on the elite course.

Since the children of their age were focusing on their studies, they were able to focus solely on practice because their parents and teachers had already recognized their talent for games.

It was just around the time that virtual reality game arenas started gaining popularity.
As a result, it was the timing when the youth system of the 1st league professional gaming team was just emerging.

He joined the youth team of Mad Tiger Gaming, known as the best club.
There were only three players including him, but the merit of being able to experience a curriculum with a certain future and a professional league, even indirectly, was more valuable than anything else.

What’s more, the attention he could enjoy at school was extraordinary.

The third year of middle school is a time when you worry about your identity for a long time and even rebel.
At an age where he couldn’t help but worry about his future, he seemed to be on a solid road as a professional gamer, so it was only natural that he would be looked upon in awe by his peers.

“Do you know of a kid in my class preparing to become a pro gamer?”
“He is also an arena? So, are you a Challenger?”
“I don’t know about that, but I heard you’re joining Mad Tiger Gaming?”
“Wow, that’s crazy.”

However, when he reached high school, he realized that the reality was not as easy as he thought.
Is there any other job where talent is as important as a pro gamer?
Thanks to the gradually growing arena professional game industry, quite a few trainees entered Mad Tiger Gaming’s youth game team.

Naturally, his position recedes.
Pro gamers, it’s not just anyone.
Unknowingly, such words were heard from those around him.

‘I’m still fine though. There are many kids who are worse off than me.’

I couldn’t help feeling nervous when I saw the trainees who came in earlier than him get tired of the continued sluggishness, or the ones who seemed to be doing better gave up feeling the wall.

As a result, it was to the point where I felt resentment when I saw people who dared to become pro gamers.

“Han Seong-ah, are you worthy of being a pro gamer? I think I’m going to take a diamond this time too, shall we try it?”
“These days, I heard that pro gamers’ salaries are higher than most sports players, but wouldn’t it be possible for me too if I worked really hard?”
“All you have to do is lie in a capsule and play games, but it’s a really good job.”

‘They don’t even know. If it looks so easy, why are you just shaking your mouth instead of doing it right away?’

And when he becomes a sophomore in high school, an object suitable for relieving that anger appears at school.

Right after that, there was a girl who said she was trying to become a pro gamer.

What was your name

‘It’s not that important.’

What really mattered was his ego, which had fallen to the ground because of his long trainee life.

She said that she received an offer from a second division professional club.
Thanks to her, rumors like that were circulating at school.

“Hasn’t Hansung made his professional debut yet?”
“Then aren’t you behind the kids who entered the second division this time?”
“No way… But if you only go into Mad Tiger Gaming, your life will be turned upside down. There, the basic salary is billions of dollars.”
“Still, I heard there are a lot of kids who quit after only living as trainees… Isn’t it right to start at least in the second division before it’s too late?”

He didn’t want to care at all, but the rumors he was hearing couldn’t help it.
After searching for the guy’s club secretly, he realizes that it’s not a surprisingly good club.

‘What, it was nothing.’

And as time goes by, the opportunity to prove himself comes.
The game competition was held by the school itself.

“There are two pro gamers at school, and I can’t stand this!”
“Hanseong-ah, are you going to participate in this? I’ll do the jungle, let’s go out together.”
“Honestly, if you, a professional trainee, go out, you win.”

Without the slightest hesitation, I applied for participation.
I hear rumors that he also formed a team to participate.
It seems that he is a guy whose competitive spirit is not normal.

‘Then I have to clearly show the difference in skill.’

It was a competition with only a few teams even if the grades and classes were combined, so it was a matter of seconds to get to the finals.
Standing out with his overwhelming skills, he has definitely established his dignity as a professional gamer.

And in the end, he and the girl faced each other in the finals.
At the same age, in the same position, chasing the same dream.

Ryu Han-seong gritted his teeth and focused on the game.
I realized after that
She was weaker than she thought and she did better than she thought.

In the end, he wins with a score of 2-0, and succeeds in leaving an implicit warning to the students of the former school not to compare the two again.

“As expected, the difference between the second division and the first division is huge.”
“The content of the game was just one-sided, right? Are you both pros?”
“Ah what is it? I heard that I debuted again, so I thought I would show a somewhat thrilling game… It’s worse than I thought.”

Besides, it wasn’t long before he joined the first division, and she was kicked out of the second division as well.
Now, the two of them were so far apart that they couldn’t even dare to look at them.
Ryu Han-seong no longer cared about her.

He dropped out of high school and took his GED, so he didn’t run into school any more.

‘Hmm… The last thing I heard was that after leaving the 2nd division team, he entered the 3rd division… I will never see you again.’

And now, about a year later.
He comes across a very familiar name while facing a team.

It was a name that remained vaguely in my memory because my last name was like that.

Seoyoon Ryu.

He twisted his face in embarrassment.

‘What. Could it be that he really was that guy back then?’

I couldn’t believe it, but it was real.
She seemed to be always below her, but she was looking down from above herself before she knew it.