Chapter 114: The unremarkable Little Lunatic

GOQ was really a little excessive. They’d probably been scared by Wei Xiao after watching FTW’s game against LH yesterday and therefore banned the thieves like crazy.

There were six ban places in a professional game. The first three here had all been given to Wei Xiao.

After three bans, they could no longer continue to ban. Both parties had to choose three talents to play.

FTW also acted crazy. Wei Xiao was targeted to this extent, but the first three talents they chose still weren’t jungler positions. They just easily and skillfully snatched up a few strong talents.

The scrolling comments were quite lively, “Come on, come on, let’s guess if FTW is being too overconfident towards Quiet, or if they’ve already given up on treatment.”

“From what I understand about the grandmaster, it should be the former.”

“Enough already. The shadow thief, berserker thief, and immortal thief have all made it onto the ban spots. Does your Q Dad even have any other talent specs to use?”

“I just want to quietly say, please think about what kind of ending those domestic teams that targeted the great demon king experienced back then.”

The scrolling comments were filled with a bunch of ellipsis.

This was a good story that circulated around the China competition zone. All six ban positions had been used on Close, yet in the end, was FTW’s soul cut off?

No…

In the end, it was Close showing everyone a new jungler talent build.

Who said that only the shadow thief, hidden thief, berserker thief, immortal thief… could pull off amazing plays?

He could take a death knight and still send you down to hell!

“I don’t believe that FTW could have another great demon king.”

“I don’t believe it either!”

“There won’t be another great demon king, but a lunatic king might appear…”

Finally, after GOQ banned the hidden thief, the power thief, and the blade thief––

FTW’s last position locked in the blood thief.

The commentators’ eyes lit up, “The blood thief? This talent has been on the bench for a long time, and very few people have used it recently.”

“Its blood-sucking mechanism has been adjusted this season, its survival ability is lower, and its DPS isn’t very high, making this talent quite difficult to play.”

“The strong jungler talents have been banned, and GOQ snatched up the death knight. There really aren’t many jungler talents left.”

“Taking the blood thief is alright. At least it’s good at self-protection. It will be up to the immortal warlock and the frost hunter to turn the whole game around this time!”

Because GOQ had targeted Wei Xiao like crazy, FTW had taken the immortal warlock and frost hunter, ensuring Ning Zhehan and Yue Wenle had a level of strength

When the final line-up was determined, both sides’ jungler positions were a bit disabled––

FTW: Berserker warrior, Blood thief, Immortal warlock, Light priest, Frost hunter.

GOQ: Divine warrior, Death knight, Shadow mage, Giant shaman, Storm hunter.

From just looking at the line-up, FTW had the advantage.

The top-lane, mid-lane, marksman, and even their support players had obtained strong talents that they understood deeply.

On the other hand, GOQ had simply harmed themselves. Because they’d given all their ban positions to Quiet, the other FTW positions were able to move around like fish in water, taking whichever talent they wanted.

Was Ning Zhehan weak? Was Yue Wenle weak? Was God Tang weak?

In the GOQ team chat: “I know they’re very strong, but Quiet is so terrible ahhhh-hic!”

“Scared into hiccups even before we start playing, what kind of sins have Quiet committed?” ––The netizens who heard Glory’s Mic Explosion King later on would say this.

Everyone from the commentators to the audience to the players in the field all felt that Quiet taking the blood thief was expedient, a choice that had to be made, and he was now forced to rely on his teammates to carry the match.

There was only… the ‘true love fan’ LU who gave Quiet 520 roses.

Roses were five yuan each. They were cheaper than the hearts, but 520 roses was still amazing. In reality, it was also enough to buy a huge bouquet of roses!

There were special effects when LU sent out a scrolling comment. Inside the heart shaped bubble were a few cold, indifferent words, “The blood thief is very strong.”

“The big boss spoke up!”

“The blood thief is strong? Are they saying that the talent is strong or that Quiet’s blood thief is strong?”

“There are layers of context here, could this big boss know Quiet?”

All sorts of attention seeking scrolling comments appeared on the screen, aimed at the big boss–– “Little sister, look at me, I also want to be taken care of! Although I’m not as handsome as Quiet, and I’m not as strong as Quiet, I work very hard…”

Of course, there were others who were shipping CPs, “Fellow sisters, I’m going crazy, I feel that this tone of voice is very similar to Close. I’m done, I’m dead, I’ve already made up a 450,000 character sweet little article in my brain!”

At three o’clock in the morning, the jet lagged Lu Feng was watching the live broadcast again.

This time, Yuan Ze hadn’t tried to have dinner with him. However Yuan Ze had been bored, and with nothing to do he’d made his way back to the domestic competitions to watch a very small regular season match.

Then, he’d seen LU on Quiet’s support list, the pink heart bubbles, the 520 roses, and that line of cold words.

Yuan Ze: “……”

There was no doubting it, no suspense about it. If this wasn’t Close, then he would perform eating shit while doing a handstand live!

If he didn’t look, he wouldn’t know. But when he looked…

Yuan Ze was expressionless as he took a screenshot and sent it on along with a comment, “Men in love are really terrible.”

He’d known early on that Close was black bellied, but he hadn’t expected him to be this kind of repressed flirt!

Oh, this wasn’t being repressed, this was an obvious flirt!

Kim Sung-hyun: “?”

Yuan Ze reminded him, “Look at the ID!”

Kim Sung-hyun: “LU?”

If there wasn’t a hot dog eating Old G across from Yuan Ze, he would’ve called Kim Sung-hyun directly, “It’s Close!”

Kim Sung-hyun: “I know that.”

Now it was Yuan Ze’s turn to send over a question mark.

If he knew, then why wasn’t he going through the process of being shocked, dumbfounded, and stunned?

Kim Sung-hyun sent him an expression pack that was reserved for Old Dog Yuan––a steaming hot pile of shit.

“It can’t be that you still don’t know Close’s sexual orientation, right?”

Yuan Ze: “………………”

Kim Sung-hyun laughed at him ruthlessly, “And you even read seven or eight psychology books hahahahahahaha.”

Captain Yuan had just suffered 10,000 points of damage. He wanted to block this ‘beloved disciple’ of his!

Due to Yuan Ze’s ‘breaking news’, Kim Sung-hyun also went into the China competition zone’s live broadcast room.

Fortunately, there weren’t any special effects for professional players who joined the live broadcast room. Otherwise, if such a thing existed, the entire live broadcast room would probably explode––

What happened?!

Why would a regular season match between FTQ and GOQ attract two god level people in the Glory circle!

FTW’s starter list didn’t even have Close.

And everyone in GOQ were surnamed ‘noob’.

It was a game that held no value in watching it. How had it attracted two big guys like that!

Kim Sung-hyun had clicked in because he wanted to see the pink colored LU. And then… he was blinded by roses.

He showed his cell phone to Li Heran, “It hurts the eyes.”

Li Heran: “……”

“Brother,” Kim Sung-hyun tsked, “Do you think Close has a secret crush or have they already gotten together?”

This question stumped Captain Li. When it came to emotional problems, Captain Li was much more sensitive than Senior Teacher Yuan.

Kim Sung-hyun shook his head, “It’s nice to be young.”

They really dared to go wild. If this ID was picked out…

Oh, it wasn’t a big deal. Who would believe it?

Close was a cold, emotionless great demon king who had nobody in his heart. Who would dare to believe that he would first give out 520 hearts, then 450 roses, and even top it all off with a 1314?

Kim Sung-hyun thought about Close’s expressionless appearance as he sent out gifts and shook slightly––

Even an insider like him didn’t dare to believe it!

At first, Yuan Ze and Kim Sung-hyun were watching LU, but later on, their attention was drawn by the blood thief in the canyon.

Lu Feng had also grown serious as he watched the game and stopped sending gifts.

The game had been going on for ten minutes, and there was no doubt about the results. FTW was pressuring GOQ and beating them up until they were crying out for their parents.

The commentators were also trying to analyze the situation in an impartial tone, crazily giving GOQ a boost.

Only the discerning people could see the difference in this game.

Yuan Ze directly selected the blood thief’s perspective and stared at Quiet.

Kim Sung-hyun raised his eyebrows and propped up his cell phone, “This little lunatic is really good.”

Lu Feng didn’t even blink as he watched. At first, he remained locked on the blood thief’s perspective, but later, he began to frequently switch perspectives––

When Wei Xiao went to the bottom lane, he switched to Yue Wenle’s perspective.

When Wei Xiao went to the top lane, he switched to Tang Chen’s perspective.

When Wei Xiao went to the mid-lane, he switched to Ning Zhehan’s perspective.

Smooth and free.

It was these two words that appeared first in Close’s mind.

Yuan Ze was fascinated by the game. Old G came over, gnawing on a hamburger, “FTW’s game?”

“GOQ? Haven’t heard of them.”

“Oh, Quiet’s blood thief is pretty good.”

Yuan Ze stared fixedly at Quiet, “Cigarette.”

Old G: “Aren’t you…”

He didn’t dare to say more and took out a cigarette from his pocket.

Yuan Ze held the cigarette in his mouth and just barely managed to press down his surging emotions, “F*ck!”

Old G couldn’t see what the big deal was, “It’s just crushing the opponent… anyone can do that.”

Yuan Ze took a breath, “…… Yan Jiang.”

Gary was stunned.

On the other side, Kim Sung-hyun smiled lightly and said to Li Heran, “I didn’t expect to be able to see this level of compatibility with other players in anyone except Yan Jiang.”

Li Heran had never been teammates with Yan Jiang, and had never experienced this kind of compatibility, but as a support, he understood how important it was.

Kim Sung-hyun pointed at the screen, “It’s still very immature, but it’s really taking shape.”

Yuan Ze spoke to himself, “Did Close guide him?”

On the other side, Li Heran asked the same question, and Kim Sung-hyun answered, “Impossible. Even Close can’t understand Yan Jiang’s ‘smooth and free’.”

It sounded very mysterious, and it seemed even a little magical.

But, in fact, it was a very precise adjective. It was a kind of feeling that could only be felt by playing as Yan Jiang’s teammate.

Smooth and free.

These two words weren’t about Yan Jiang or Wei Xiao. It was about how their teammates felt.

A strong level of compatibility, an amazing observational ability, intuition, and a talent that couldn’t quite be described that made it so that all teammates felt at ease whenever they met him in the canyon.

It was like their field of vision had broadened, their pool of opportunities had deepened, and even their thinking could be simplified. The road ahead of them was paved, and they just had to make their plays!

It was a subtle feeling. It was hard to describe, but it was very real.

It was a trait that only the Team of Gods and the world champions Y1 had.

Now…

The new FTW had a bit of a prototype of the same thing.

In FTW’s team chat––

Brother Cai: “Little Ning, pretty good, that flying on the clouds just now was badass!”

Ning Zhehan spoke excitedly, “Reasonably speaking, even I don’t know how I managed to get a double kill!”

Brother Cai laughed loudly, “Not bad, the inherited putting on an act is there, too.”

For once, Wei Xiao didn’t say anything. He cleared out the stone creep and headed straight to the lower jungle zone.

Someone stepped on the vision that Brother Cai had inserted there. He spoke anxiously, “Old Wei, be careful.”

His voice had just fallen when Wei Xiao was ambushed. The giant shaman used an ultimate move to launch him up into the air. The GOQ that was basically hammered into seclusion had finally found an opportunity.

They were going to lose the game, and there was no hope of turning the tables, but…

GOQ shouted, “Kill the blood thief!”

Although it was hard to describe it clearly, they could sense that they would definitely die as long as the blood thief was around, even if none of the kill count belonged to the blood thief.

“Kill him, kill him, the three of us can definitely squeeze him to death!”

GOQ’s jungler was particularly excited, “Let me get the kill, if I kill this blood thief, Laozi will be able to show off for half a year!”

It had to be said that GOQ, who was showing ‘the last radiance of the setting sun’, was very fierce. The shaman’s ultimate move was very well executed, perfectly sending the blood thief flying.

GOQ’s jungler and shooter pounced over like they were crazy, the death knight not even having enough time to switch forms. It relied on its flexible movements to first land a set of skills on the blood thief while the storm hunter stepped on raindrops and rushed at the blood thief in a frenzy.

Wei Xiao’s health bar plummeted like crazy, falling into the red zone while he was still in the air.

Only when the health volume had fallen down to a seriously injured state, and the player was about to topple to the ground and die at any time, would a special effect appear.

A crazily flashing red bar indicated death. Everyone felt that Wei Xiao was done for.

It seemed impossible for him to survive.

However, dying one didn’t matter. It didn’t affect the outcome of the game.

The live broadcast camera cut to Wei Xiao, showing a close-up of his profile.

The youth who had a pale complexion and very dark eyes looked at the screen calmly and steadily, showing no traces of panic.

The camera shifted downwards, falling on his equally pale hands.

Beautiful fingers, amazing hand speed. The sound of the keyboard seemed to transmit through the silent screen straight into the hearts of countless viewers.

The commentators: “The blood raven thief turned back!”

“Quiet only has a sliver of blood left. He’s used a ‘feather transform’ to rush at the storm hunter, the ‘blood raven’s kiss’ to mark the storm hunter…Quiet’s started up his ultimate move!”

……

……

System Announcement––

FTW.Quiet killed GOQ.yuyu.

FTW.Quiet killed GOQ.qingtian.

FTW.Quiet killed GOQ.xiafei.

FTW.Quiet triple kill!

This wasn’t an ordinary triple kill, this was a reversal with only a sliver of health!

The commentators recounted the situation with very fast words, but unfortunately, everyone who was watching the game didn’t hear them.

Their scalps were numb. This wave of operations were so excellent that it had made everyone’s goosebumps jump right up.

His positioning, turning back, closing the distance, opening up his ultimate move to regain health, his passive healing…

In every sliver of every millisecond, if there had been even the tiniest bit of error, it would be impossible for him to play out such a wonderful series of moves!

North America, South Korea.

Yuan Ze & Kim Sung-hyun: “F*ck!”

The hot dog in Old G’s hands fell.

Yan Jiang was very terrible, but no matter how terrible he was, he was still confined to a support position that couldn’t deal DPS.

This kid…

Kim Sung-hyun exhaled gently, then leaned back against his e-sports chair, “The younger generation is really formidable.”

How shocking this little lunatic would be when he grew up completely.