The Great Thief

If Glory Capital didn’t understand this big picture, they would have no hope of winning, even if Sorrowless was present. After all, it was impossible for any individual player to make such an exaggerated impact.

Of course, if Glory Capital did understand this big picture, then they would have to rely on their resources.

Lu Li carefully observed the expressions of the Glory Capital players entering the game, hoping to gain a few clues. Generally, a person’s expression was a reflection of their mood. A scowl would obviously mean they were unhappy, especially if they had received an unfamiliar map.

Unfortunately, this group of players seemed to have been trained to not give anything away. None of them had particularly vivid expressions.

Lu Li then resolved to train everyone’s inner fortitude when he got back. They couldn’t let anyone read their faces, and they had to learn not to give anything away when they received a bad map.

The battle between the two sides took place at the turn of the broken walls. Drizzle Court had succeeded in ambushing Glory Capital.

Unfortunately, Glory Capital was quick to react after the initial panic. Not only did they stabilize the situation, but they also carried out a powerful counterattack. The final result was that neither side lost had players and both sides retreated.

After this confrontation, it was clear that Glory Capital wasn’t familiar with this map – otherwise, they wouldn’t have been so conservative.

On the other hand, this also demonstrated the quality of their players. Someone once told Lu Li that Glory Capital’s training system was the best in the world and he really did believe that now.

Lu Li changed his train of thought and considered the same situation with Glory Capital replaced by Ruling Sword. If they faced this same ambush, Fat Monkey probably would have died.

In this kind of map, having the Mage in the front was just asking for death. However, Fat Monkey was exactly the kind of person that would push ahead regardless. Blood Dagger had stayed with the main force and Drizzle Court focus-fired White Westhill. At a crucial moment, Blood Dagger’s Kick interrupted Deadly Green Orange’s Ultimate skill.

If Lu Li had been out scouting the area, he would have been too late to get back.

The second confrontation was also a well-executed ambush. This time, Drizzle Court’s Paladin rushed in and crowd-controlled White Westhill, then focused-fired Demigod Asura.

Demigod Asura had a fairly ordinary performance today and was rather unlucky. He was eliminated in the first round of the individual rounds and was also the first to die in the team round.

This time, Drizzle Court didn’t retreat. Instead, they pressed on and took advantage of Glory Capital’s loss to kill another player, which further increased their advantage.

With a flash of light, Drizzle Court won with a score of 6:4. After this was added to the previous score of 5:6, Drizzle Court was leading with a score of 11:10.

This was already quite a good result.

The next match was between Ruling Sword and Gale Legion in Gangnam and was taking place tomorrow.

For now, they obviously couldn’t just sit around and wait.

However, levelling wouldn’t be of much benefit now. Or at least, it wouldn’t be for the next four matches and the finals. The Game Company had probably not anticipated this many teams to compete, so the whole season had actually dragged on for quite long.

In the previous years, it would have taken until the Spring Festival for the champion to be named.

Ruling Sword had to develop a strategy. They had been having these kinds of meetings almost every day, and they were part of their psychological training.

Today, everyone had gone to see the game between Glory Capital and Drizzle Court. After getting back, they all had some things they wanted to say.

“Glory Capital will probably win in the end, but only by a little. If they perform like they did today, then we can be happy,” Fat Monkey gloated.

Glory Capital had never offended him, but they were currently blocking his path to stardom.

“Drizzle Court is playing at home with 1 point ahead. There isn’t a bit difference,” Moonlight said calmly, but his eyes were intense. These last few days he had been trembling, and it obviously wasn’t because of the cold.

After such a long time, he had finally reached the championships again. It must have meant a lot to an old player like him.

“Let’s just make sure we play well.”

March Rain saw that everyone was looking at her, so she said something but didn’t really add anything to the conversation. She was quiet and restrained, and seemed like she didn’t mind being at home.

“I think today was a bit of a surprise,” Wandering commented. “It’s hard to say that Glory Capital will definitely win, but they underestimate Drizzle Court. In fact, they underestimate everyone except themselves. They can’t lose in the semi-finals; it would look very bad for them.”

“So you think they believe they are better than everyone else…” Cat Dad seemed to understand Wandering.

“Underestimating them is only part of it. Drizzle Court has significantly increased in strength,” Lu Li said, but didn’t bother explaining how this happened. Ruling Sword had lent them some of their equipment, and Peerless City had also provided their support. In short, Glory Capital was their common enemy.

“So will they go all out in their next game?” Kitty Likes Meat asked.

“Nope,” Cat Dad said, shaking his head, “But in the current situation, the more strength they hold back, the less likely they are to take back the point advantage.”

“This is good for us; we’ll be able to see more of their skills,” Lu Li muttered while in deep thought.

“Well, none of this really matters anyway, because Drizzle Court most likely won’t beat Glory Capital. Let’s think about how to fight Gale Legion. We can’t make it look like how Glory Capital fought today; that was embarrassing,” Fat Monkey said impatiently.

“Three Bro, what are they saying at Drizzle Court?” Lu Li asked Square Root 3.

“What else is there to say? They hope that we can increase our support, but it might be best if you asked Water Fairy yourself.”

“We can’t increase our support any further. We’ll just have to see what happens when the finals get here,” Lu Li said as he pulled at his collar, feeling like everyone was staring at him.

“Oh, I want to know what would we do if we run into Drizzle Court in the finals?” Fat Monkey smirked.

“It’s not likely that this will happen,” Lu Li frowned.

“But what if?” Fat Monkey was unrelenting.

“Then we’ll fight with all we’ve got!” Lu Li declared without hesitation.

“Hrm, there’s no way that this person isn’t destined for a life of solitude…”

Cat Dad shook his head; this response was what he had expected.