Chapter 39 Wei Xiao: I choose Close. (1/2)
translator: xiin
editors: apricot & juurensha
Shit, he really dared to say it!
The entire audience followed suit and grew excited.
The audience in the banquet hall was full of professional players, some of whom were famous. They understood Marshal better than the fans did, and they also understood more about the value of the Temple of Glory.
For Marshal to be listed in the Temple of Glory, there was no doubting his strength.
When facing the strong, many people would become nervous and afraid.
This was human nature. It was understandable, but it wasn’t appreciated.
It was different with Wei Xiao. He wasn’t afraid or nervous, and could even dig a trap for Old Thief Yuan and launch a perfect verbal attack.
Powerful! No matter what his technical abilities were like, his mentality was very strong!
Yuan Ze was a pure sadist through and through. The stronger his opponent was, the more interested he was. If Wei Xiao quailed, then he would forget who this person was at any minute.
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However, not only did Wei Xiao not back down, he could always surprise him with a ‘counterattack’.
Yuan Ze liked this child and had a very sincere appreciation for him.
The host was really sad. Was the e-sports circle all so flashy? One person after another had no filter over their mouths and really dared to say whatever they wanted to!
Fortunately, she didn’t have to translate this time. Everyone had understood.
The host tried to forcibly soften up the atmosphere, “In that case, please pick your opponents. Will Marshal choose?”
The opponents could be picked from any doubles team that had registered in professional competitions.
Yuan Ze reverted back to being a gentleman again, “Let the kid choose.”
Wei Xiao wasn’t polite and accepted the button that the host handed over.
This doubles performance match was already full of drama. First, Yuan Ze had selected his teammate, and then it was Wei Xiao who picked an opponent.
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After layer upon layer of unexpected occurrences, everyone’s expectations had already been roused to the highest peak!
The opening game was an explosive 5v5, followed by a dramatic doubles match. These opening games were really great!
Before long, the names that scrolled across the screen stopped, and the selected opponent appeared.
It wasn’t Kim Sung-hyun and Li Heran, nor was it Asleep and Cong Yi from China.
However, the two names that floated on the screen weren’t unfamiliar––SK.Ali, SK.Ayu.
This Carp combo was the new rising star of the doubles competition.
SK was a new South Korean team. They focused on the doubles competition and were eager to achieve results.
Although this group hadn’t officially participated in the global competitions, they had the immortal partners Kim Sung-hyun and Li Heran in their domestic competition zone, and they’d honed their skills significantly under them.
Pro was more focused on obtaining the top spot in the team competition this year, so they had relaxed their attention on the doubles.
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Since SK, as a brother team in the same competition zone, wanted to fight for recognition in the doubles competition, Pro was willing to help.
So, even though Ali and Ayu weren’t sufficiently experienced in big competitions, there was no doubt that they were very strong.
Their strength was probably higher than that of last year’s doubles runner up.
Yuan Ze laughed, “You’re really quite lucky.”
To be able to draw out a pair who were almost equal to drawing Kim Sung-hyun and Li Heran.
Wei Xiao glanced at him, “Scared?”
Yuan Ze: “……”
Wei Xiao didn’t give him a chance to open his mouth and speak, “Get offstage if you’re scared. I’ll change partners.”
Yuan Ze looked at Lu Feng seated off-stage from the corner of his eye and said in a low voice, “Your captain isn’t good at doubles.”
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Wei Xiao tsked, “There’s nothing my captain isn’t good at!”
Yuan Ze didn’t say anything else. He shook his head and said, “Come on, the game is going to start.”
The four people took their seats and entered the ban & pick stage.
There were also six ban positions in a doubles competition. This wasn’t just for the sake of targeting the opponent, but also so that some talents that were overpowered in the current version of the game could be banned, saving everyone from suffering if they weren’t able to snatch it up.
The commentator finally became aware of a problem.
“If I remember correctly, Quiet is also a top-lane, right?”
“Yes, the China competition zone FTW’s new top-laner.”
“As we all know, Marshal only plays top-lane heroes.”
Regardless of whether it was team competitions, doubles, or even the singles competition he had participated in three years ago, he used top-lane heroes.
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Yuan Ze had a famous quote, “The top lane is a faith. Using other talents is insincere, like cheating.”
Later, Gary exposed the truth after drinking, “Oh, our captain can’t play other positions. To be honest, I saw him take the shadow thief once. Tsk tsk tsk, it wasn’t like cheating, it was more like domestic violence, yes, being on the receiving end!”
In any case, no matter what the truth was, Marshal only used top lane heroes––Old Dog Yuan wanted his dignity, and he wouldn’t shame himself in front of over 100 of his colleagues.
So, that led to the problem…
Commentator A: “It’s not that you can’t play a doubles game with two top-laners, but the win rate isn’t high that way.”
A doubles match depended on cooperation. Using heroes with different positions could play out a better effect.
Commentator B: “After all, it’s a performance match. Winning or losing isn’t important as long as it’s fun to watch.”
As soon as these words came out, the people from the China competition zone who understood the truth all expressed, “Ha-ha.”
Winning or losing didn’t matter?
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Did you take a look at who was sitting up on the stage!
That was the little beast who picked fights with half the Glory circle and would love dearly to stick the word ‘Victory’ on his forehead!
How could he concede defeat!
Commentator A: “Well… Quiet took the shadow thief.”
Commentator B: “He isn’t taking it for God Yuan to play, right?”
Commentator A: “God Yuan’s shadow thief…”
Old G’s drunken words were still fresh in everyone’s memories.
Commentator B: “He locked it! FTW’s new top-laner will be using it!”
Not only were the commentators surprised, most of the players in the banquet hall were also surprised.
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The shadow thief was a hero that was practically linked up with Close.
Who at the scene had never thought of competing in the individual competition?
However, what was the use of thinking about it?
Just look at the great demon king that stood at the peak, and they could f*cking only think about it!
Countless top players liked the shadow thief. For no other reason, but because the upper limit for this hero was too high, and how it was operated depended on each player’s own level.
How the shadow thief played out was directly related to a player’s real strength.
It was so simple and so rough. Who wouldn’t want to use it to prove themselves!
Unfortunately, the great demon king in front of them was too fierce. The shadow thief could only become the white moonlight in everyone’s heart––sacred and inviolable.
One of the contestants off-stage spoke brainlessly, “Trying to drive a duck onto a perch?”
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“Marshal probably plans to use the divine warrior. As we all know, the divine warrior and shadow thief is an immortal pairing.”
“Quiet is a little miserable; is he going up on stage to act as a foil?”
“There’s no helping it. Who told him to meet Marshal.”
“Tsk tsk tsk, you can mess with anyone, but don’t mess with that old dog.”
“Feeling heartache for Quiet.”
The 3U team who had heard all this: There’s really no need to feel heartache.
Ever since Wei Xiao went up on stage, Lu Feng hadn’t spoken a single word.
Chen Feng looked at him several times. He wanted to say something, but he didn’t know where to start.
Tang Chen was less careful and opened his mouth to start with, “Speaking of which, Old Yuan’s divine warrior was trained up for Old Lu.”
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Chen Feng: “…………”
Would you die if you f*cking spoke less?
The White Cabbage who loved gossip and didn’t know the truth perked up his ears.
There was content! And it was a huge piece of ancient gossip!
The Gossip Emperor’s heart was perked up and ready to make trouble.
However, Chen Feng avoided the topic and didn’t dare to discuss it while the person involved was very calm. Lu Feng could be heard saying, “That’s not it.”
He was actually willing to talk. Top-lane was immediately interested and asked, “Is it true? Yuan Ze was the one who said so; he said that the team wanted the two of you to play doubles, and at the time, the combo of divine warrior and shadow thief together was incredibly strong. You were particularly good at the shadow thief in the team, and Yuan Ze…” Had been the team’s top-laner, and practicing the divine warrior was very necessary for his position.
Although Yuan Ze’s divine warrior wasn’t weak, at the time, he’d been better with the heroes like the death knight and shadow gunner, and the stable divine warrior wasn’t something he was good at.