Chapter 366 – 366. World Championship Group Stage (14)

I could see the face of the Barnes Vortex players standing in the opponent formation.
Players who have not yet reached adulthood are fiddling with their fingers with a nervous expression.

On the other hand, our players showed a more relaxed expression.
It was hard to believe that he was experiencing the world championship for the first time, and he showed a relaxed reaction.

Of course, it’s thanks to the audience’s reaction to each and every little gesture or laugh of the girls.

Anyway, maybe because of that, if you look at the overall appearance of the two teams, our team used to feel like a more experienced team.

“Hello, Arena fans around the world. Greetings from the Arena World Championship Group Stage today!”

The voices of the Korean broadcasters could be heard from the monitor that was turned on.
I looked at the monitor with a relaxed mind.

“It was a really intense first round! It’s a situation where the ranks are clearly revealed thanks to the strong teams evenly distributed in each group, right?”
“You’re right! So far, the teams that deserve to advance to the round of 16 have won a lot and are solidifying their momentum. It’s not like there aren’t any surprises, but there is a saying that the winner is better than the winner.”
“And there is a strong candidate for the championship in Group A?!”
“Yes! A proud Korean team that advanced to the World Championship as ACK’s 1st tier! The Battle Angels are playing today!”

What did you bring up so far?

I feel ashamed of myself at the rave reviews of the commentators and casters.
Their conversation continues even when I am alone in managing my expression.

“Three wins in the first round, was it all?”
“That’s right. In addition, the contents of the game were perfect, strategically and in terms of strength.”
“To be honest, even before the group stage, Battle Angels didn’t get a lot of attention despite being tier 1 of ACK. It seems to be starting to get noticed by playing against teams that are in the middle of the league.”
“In the past, in terms of popularity alone, it was not as good as any other team. All offline seats are always sold out, and even online, it’s always just about Battle Angels!”
“The Battle Angels are now recognized not only for their popularity but also for their skills! Globally!!”

The evaluation of Battle Angels stops as the screen changes and shows a handshake between the manager and coaches.
Barnes Vortex’s director and Hwang Ji-yeon held hands and parted in opposite directions.

Immediately after that, the first set match begins.

The strategy we brought out this time was the palace palace combination.
It was known that if you select characters armed with wide-area ultimates that are good for teamfights and press the ultimates, you win.

“Battle Angels chose the easy and strong path.”
“Hey… Teamfights are too powerful to just look at. If you spread a few rugs, you won’t be able to fight.”
“I think from the standpoint of Barnes Vortex, we should start by taking advantage of the laning battle… Can we benefit from laning against the Battle Angels?”

The game starts and players from both teams run towards the line.
Then, an ordinary laning battle that is not much different from the outside begins.

The opponent’s line composition was better, so normally, there should have been a situation where Barnes Vortex would actively take the lead and shake it…

“Ah… Max player! Did you get hit too many times by White?”
“Why is the mid-CS gap so wide? Are you sure you spent the same amount of time and ate the same creep?!”
“Goddock took too much of the opponent’s turret health! You don’t hesitate to overfarm from earlier, are you going to leave this as it is?”

Yubuli was leaning toward us just by quietly conducting the laning match.
Afterwards, as teamfights took place, the gap between the two teams widened even more than during the laning match.

The palace combination that I had envisioned from the ban-pick stage clearly demonstrated its strength.

The first to cast the inish was Heo Sook-hee’s cattle king.
I went behind my opponent, hid in the bushes, and used my ultimate at the enemies who were stepping back.

Bang!

Her horse king, who lands nicely in the center of enemy lines.
Thanks to this, the five Barnes Vortex players around them jumped into the air.

Even if you cut your eyes and nose, you can’t help but be completely defenseless!

What covered it was the powerful flames of Han Yuna’s Cerberus.

Pop!

With a sound like a cannon exploding, burn damage was inflicted on five players.
Cerberus’s flame cannon had a very wide range because it came out of three heads, but when used on nearby enemies, the fire transferred and inflicted stronger additional damage.

That alone lowered the opponent’s HP to less than half, and in the case of the dealer, it was to the extent that it could be regarded as virtually dying.
However, there are still many ultimates that can be linked.

This time, Jihye Lee’s cockatrice uses her petrification skill to tie up the opponent who is trying to move again.
Ryu Seo-yoon’s solo dance of Hydra!

At that point, the dealers are all dead, and even the tanks have no health, so it looks like it will be difficult to escape.

It wasn’t too difficult to wipe out the remnants that would die if hit.

“Battle Angels ugh!!”
“An unbelievable teamfight came out! He said from the start that it was a palace palace combination, but I didn’t expect it to be this destructive!”
“If the first palace goes into a 5-person palace, then all subsequent palaces become 5-person palaces, right?”
“Barnes Vortex Teamfight!! It’s a big crisis!!”

I saw the commentators shouting with high tension.
I leisurely crossed my arms and watched the game come to an end.

Once the gap widened, there was no need to connect the ultimate as difficult as before.

Even if an AoE ultimate misses once, the next ultimate remains.

In reality, Heo Sook-hee’s Bull Horse King ultimate missed, but Lee Ji-hye’s Cockatrice, which penetrated the gap, hit the jackpot again.
Dealers’ ultimate skills linked after that!

Barnes Vortex had no choice but to run away in a hurry when he faced his 366th teamfight defeat in the season.

In the subsequent teamfight defeat, which is estimated to have been around 367, he did not spare the palace.
When Ryu Seo-yoon threw a rough one-person ultimate and caught Vans Vortex’s one-handed deal, the demoralized opponent ran away again.

“It’s so hard to dodge! All of their ultimates are wide-area, and you die just by brushing them, so how do you avoid all of them?!”
“That’s why you can’t avoid it! That’s why you lose!”
“Now we are slowly going to finish the game. It was an overwhelming game without a single sense of danger.”

Pushing the inhibitor tower, pushing the inhibitor, and getting to the front of the twin turrets was a breeze.
The players of Vans Vortex who are stuck in a well and do not come out even though all five of them were born.

Looking at the dejected expression and the posture of putting everything down, I felt like I felt a wall.

However, our players did not stop there and threw their ultimates into the well mercilessly.

The combo of the well-fed and well-bred Battle Angels was difficult for the size of Barnes Vortex, who had a very poor childhood.
In the end, despite being in the well, they were swept away by the wide area ultimate and died one by one.

“Ahhh… Too cruel, Battle Angels! The house of Barnes Vortex, who lived quietly in hiding… ”
“That’s really strong damage to the point of ignorance!”
“So who told us to give us a teamfight?!”

The girls who sent all five players of Barnes Vortex to the graveyard slowly destroyed their cores and enjoyed the joy of victory.

After the game ended, there was a short interview with Heo Sook-hee.

“Goddog, congratulations! With this, 4 consecutive victories are showing the momentum of the group stage! What do you think is the reason for the winning streak?”
“I don’t think there is any particular reason. Maybe we’re just good at it? Haha… !”
“As expected, you have a lot of confidence!”

And, as usual, he comes in after an interview with a story that is less social.

I did my part by hugging the players one by one as they came into the waiting room.

“With this, we have two games left!”

Han Yuna said with a bright face.

Our team, which has won 4 games so far, is in fact confirmed for the round of 16, so the remaining two games are not very important.
However, if I’m going to go up, I want to achieve 6 wins in a row.

“I’ll take care of the next match.”

When I said that, the players kept nodding their heads.

“Just leave it to me! I will win again!”
“Even if you’re just sleeping… “
“I’ll try to win faster this time.”

Hwangbo Jiyeon in particular had a very confident face.

“Was it us in the next game? Let’s rest a little and get ready right away!”

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Hwangbo Jiyeon held her trembling heart and slowly made her way onto the stage.

Her nervousness. Her young look made her look like she was the first to reach the world championships, but in reality she was a veteran among veterans.
From 2050, when the World Championship was first held, until now, whether as a player, coach, or manager, he has participated without missing a beat.

However, the meaning of this World Championship was very different from previous competitions.

Instead of being engrossed in mechanically to get good grades like in the past, she was working hard to achieve her dream with her colleagues who were like her family.
Every day her body was full of vitality and her heart was full of longing.
It wasn’t hard at all even if he stayed up all night to increase his win rate even a little.

‘I will definitely win the championship with this member!’

The more you work hard, the more the players’ skills improve day by day, so there was a taste of working hard.

It felt like I had finally found a sanctuary.
If it’s here, it won’t be too bad if you pass out while doing a ban pick.

“Wow… !! Battle Angels!”

As she fully stepped onto the stage, cheering fans were seen.
Fans of various nationalities were cheering for the players and themselves.

Chewing her lips with her hard face, she made her way to the center of the stage.
After lightly shaking hands with the opposing coach, he returned and saw players waiting for him in front of the capsule.

Girls making eye contact and nodding their heads.
Soon after, the girls go into the capsule and prepare for ban picks.

[BA GODOG: Is it possible to cut 15 minutes?]

Heo Sook-hee asked in her confident voice.
It was the similarly immature Ryu Seo-yoon who answered her.

[BA Ryu: What a 15 minutes! Let’s go to the 10-minute cut!]

Fifteen minutes is a historically rare record, so how are you going to make a 10 minute cut?

She smiled and tried to send it out of one ear, but soon a thought passed through her head.

[BA Peace: … Do you really want to do it?]

Her words cause a moment of silence among her players.
But it was never because I was afraid or scared.

[BA Sia: Try it.]

Even Lee Ji-ah, who usually doesn’t talk about how much she wanted to try it, quietly agreed.