The Great Thief

Chapter 1278: Challenging Sorrowless

Lu Li attended the final draw of the league and it was quite a grand ceremony.

In the past, the clubs would send a random player to draw straws. Whoever drew the longer straw would have the first game on home ground. In fact, this didn’t really matter because both teams would eventually have to play a game at home and a game away. It was just a matter of the order.

This time, the media had arrived to witness the event. Lu Li represented Ruling Sword, and was naturally standing next to Sorrowless for the onlookers.

Three days later, Glory Capital would be fighting Ruling Sword at home!

Lu Li was somewhat disappointed that their first game wasn’t going to be a home game. On home ground, they would probably do much better and dominate the initial scores. This would mean that there would be less pressure in the second game.

However, when he was questioned by the media, he naturally didn’t show any of his worries. He calmly stated that Ruling Sword wasn’t afraid of this challenge and was fully prepared to take fight a decisive battle. He was in the spotlight shaking hands with Sorrowless. The two looked at each other and laughed as they both appeared very calm in this situation.

After returning, Lu Li continued to level with Water Fairy.

Water Fairy was responsible for pulling the monsters while the Mages would deal their area of effect damage. Meanwhile, he was sitting next to them reading up on poison making.

This was a calm moment before the storm, but Lu Li knew that he wouldn’t be able to do this for long and this little bit of EXP probably wasn’t going to do him any good.

In Dawn, you couldn’t see any difference in strength when in combat if there wasn’t at least a three-level difference between the players. However, you had never fought before, you wouldn’t improve your technique when it came to using skills. The Skill Points were always hard to come by and practice made perfect.

This time, Lu Li didn’t bring Lu Xin to the Imperial Capital.

The Imperial Capital had been smoggy for the last two to three hundred years. Not only had this situation failed to improve, but it had actually intensified.

When Lu Li was leaving, Square Root 3 advised them to stay in the hotel. After contacting Glory Capital, they had booked some high-end hotels which had air purification systems in them. Eventually, they had no choice but to go out. There were so many people living in the Imperial Capital smog, but they hadn’t died yet.

However, Lu Xin definitely couldn’t be brought with him.

Her body was weak and she had grown up in Jiangnan. How could Lu Li allow her to suffer in the smog of the Imperial Capital?

The person that came to pick them up was White Westhill; Sorrowless hadn’t come himself. He explained that Sorrowless’ health hasn’t been great recently. Lu Li wasn’t angry about that, as it was normal to be in poor health some times. Most players lacked exercise, so it would be strange if they were healthy all the time. The guy that first started marketing this gaming technique was probably already dead.

The media interviews now were clearly more enthusiastic then before.

At the beginning, the questions were quite benign, but now they were growing more intrusive.

“Sorrowless didn’t appear today for you. Are you offended?”

“No!”

“This time you will be competing with Glory Capital for the Championship. How are you feeling?”

“I am excited and very grateful. In fact, some reporters and friends have already asked this question a few days ago. I answered candidly then, and I’m sure you will be able to find those records.”

“Glory Capital has the support of millions of fans. Do you think you can defeat them?”

“In terms of number of fans, I am willing to concede defeat…”

“So, you’re saying that you would lose to Glory Capital in terms of number of fans. But in terms of strength, Ruling Sword will crush Glory Capital, right?”

“Those are your words, not mine.”

“As a club that has been established in the first year of this league and has achieved outstanding results, what do you think contributed to your success? Do you think luck had to do with it?”

“There is no luck in success.”

“If Ruling Sword takes the Championship, it will be the sixth club in history to acquire such an achievement. When Ruling Sword’s market value reaches new heights, do you plan to go public?”

“Not for the time being and not in the future either.”

It was mainly Lu Li who had stood up to answer this questions, regardless of whether they were sharp or innocent. Lu Li’s style of talking to was to say whatever came to mind, and disregard whether it sounded nice. No one could really fault him for this, but it was just a matter of moderation.

Although they didn’t receive the kind of rhetoric that they expected, Lu Li’s attitude in answering each question made the reporters very happy.

After Lu Li answered the questions, it was time for a round of spontaneous questions. This time, the questions were more scattered in their targets. Several players had received questions, but March Rain received the most. She replied simply by giving yes or no answers to most of them.

When asked about her future boyfriend, she answered very seriously that she hadn’t considered it.

The other players were also cautious. They said what they could, and used the techniques that they had learned to dodge the things that they couldn’t reveal. The most important thing was that they couldn’t say anything wrong, as it would have a major impact. After all, they were all still newcomers and newcomers were often held to a very high professional standard in the gaming circle.

“I want to challenge Sorrowless!”

Fat Monkey was the kind of person that couldn’t control his mouth. When he was stumped by the reporter, he loudly exclaimed that he would challenge Sorrowless in the individual matches. This was the first sensational event that occurred in the press conference.

When he saw the reporters rushing in, Lu Li held his head in pain.

They then returned to the hotel to rest. The match was going to start in the afternoon, so they didn’t have to go out for leisure. The smog outside on that day was really serious as well, and no one wanted to breathe it in. They said in the Imperial Capital that you shouldn’t call the police when something happened because they probably wouldn’t find you. You also shouldn’t leave your car because you would lose it in the smog…

The venue for the match in the afternoon was in the Workers Indoor Arena.

This arena, which had been in existence for three hundred years, had undergone several repairs and expansions. It currently could accommodate up to 50,000 people, and the tickets were quickly sold out a few seconds after the opening sale the day before.

Players from both teams entered the venue, and everything was going smoothly.

There wasn’t actually that much interest in fat Monkey’s challenge as he realized that he had made it on impulse. If it really was a challenge, it had to be a fair showdown. This meant that Sorrowless and Fat Monkey had to start in the individual rounds.

However, according to the plan that they had previously formulated, the starting player was Moonlight.

“We should let Monkey go first, since he opened his mouth. Regardless of what the outcome is, this is the most important challenge of his career,” Moonlight said.

Lu Li remained silent.

He had actually considered this matchup, but if Fat Monkey went, he would definitely lose. It was just a matter of by how much.

If Fat Monkey was used well, he would be as valuable as a first-class professional player. However, if he was thrust into a situation where he had to control his opponent, Sorrowless would be one of the worst matchups.