Chapter 87: 5 seconds (1/2)

When the VSW club members had arrived into the Gym, the Montem fan clubs immediately cheered upon seeing their members but the cheers stopped quickly and turned into whispers and gossip as they saw the state of the team.

”OMG what happened to Dan?”

”Is this why they were late?”

”Even Scarlett and Ashley look a bit strange.”

Dan was still bruised up all over and he even had markings on his face that were impossible to hide. While Ashley and Scarlett had looked like they had just run a Marathon. The only one that looked half decent was Novis but most of the students didn't pay any attention to him in the first place.

”Coming at the last second and in a state like that, how unprofessional,” Burney said as he looked at the Montem team.

Alex too was wondering what on earth happened to the four of them. He wanted to ask them but now was not the time. The four members had just made it and the game was due to start any second now.

With no time left, the two teams immediately put on their headset and it was started the game.

Frank who was the leader of the VSW club for Hershal gave one good look at Dan just before he put on his headset. He couldn't imagine what the team had gone through to get like that, yet still want to play the game.

Unlike the coach who thought Montem wasn't taking this match very seriously, Frank thought that this team truly cared about this game for some reason and it went beyond just wanting to win.

Both teams logged into the game and selected their warriors. Montem chose the same warriors as they did last time while Hershal all chose the same warrior called Iron grid. It was a fairly well-built warrior who used a shield that was as big as the warrior. In their dominant hand, they would hold a single-handed sword.

Players were allowed to select the same warriors in the game but teams rarely did this. There were counters to every type of warrior and if you knew a team would select a single warrior, you would be able to select a counter. But this was how Hershal had always played and their unique formations made it difficult even if playing with a counter.

Each warriors armour was tinted a different colour for the players to differentiate between each warrior.

Burney had done all he could. The rules stated that he was not allowed to give advice once the match had started. Coaches had a special role. In the later rounds of the tournament, matches became a best out of three. This was where a coach would shine.

After watching a game and seeing how the enemy team played, they would then be able to step in and advice their players best but at the start of the tournament games were a simple one-round match.

”Alright everyone, remember the plan, right? on my signal that's when we start,” Alex said looking at Scarlett.

Each of them then went into the respected lane as normal. Although Alex knew that Hershal would team up as a group of five, he didn't know which lane they would choose. This was the only thing that Hershel changed on the regular and there was no way for him to predict.

This time instead of having Dan roaming around in the forest he was instructed to go top with Novis, while Ashley and Scarlett went bot leaving Alex with mid.

”Hey, do you think they can win?” A student from Montem asked watching the game.