Give Me Jungler and I'll Carry, Thank You - Chapter 8

Players from both sides shook hands, and the staff in the competition arena were making their final adjustments to the headphones and computers.

“Why are the VW people acting so weird today?”

SG’s mid-laner was sitting on pins and needles. Recalling the mysterious smiles on the faces of team VW earlier, they could not help but feel a little suspicious.

“Who knows, maybe it’s because there’s an extra number one jungler in the team, so they’re getting complacent.”

Cole fiddled with the headphones in his hand carelessly, not taking it seriously.

“But…”

The mid-laner still had a bad feeling about the situation. He wanted to warn his teammates but was interrupted mercilessly by Cole.

“Enough! The competition is about to start, don’t talk about pointless things. Just like before, defend me, let me level up.”

Recently, VW’s Xiao Di played ranked games like crazy, even briefly topping the national server before the spring games started. This attracted the discussion of many people on the internet, who said that Cole’s position as the number one ADC on the national server was not guaranteed. Cole had been avoiding the topic. Indeed, because he was getting old and starting to decline from his peak condition, that had also been discussed by many people. What’s more, they betted on their national server ranking, with Xiao Di winning Cole, angering Cole to death.

Hmph, when he played Xiao Di like a domestic pig in the bottom lane during the fall games, why did these people not jump out to defend that trash? Moreover, he was only a minor, how could he compare with the first AD?

In the deepest part of his heart, a burst of raging flames was eating away his sanity, and he was about to go mad with jealousy.

It seemed Xiao Di was not sufficiently suppressed last year for him to continue prancing around.

So what if he had talent? As his senior, he would definitely let this ignorant ADC realize who was the real number one on the national server.

“Hey, can you hear me?”

The headphone just connected, so it sounded slightly distorted with a pulsing sound of electric current. It rushed into Chu Ke’s ear, making him frown slightly.

Yin Yu turned the button and adjusted the volume. “Remember the tactic we discussed yesterday. Listen to my instructions.”

Recalling the strategy Yin Yu proposed at the meeting yesterday, Xiao Di wanted to laugh. When he accidentally put the headphones too close to his mouth, his manic laughter filled the entire team channel.

“Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Brother, you are such a genius.”

Chu Ke’s face was now completely dark. He took off his headphones calmly, the coldness emitting from his body almost froze Xiao Di to death.

“Brbrbr–brother Chu…”

Xiao Di, who had been giggling for a while, felt that something was off. His survival instincts made him laugh softer and softer. Seeing that a scene of cannibalism was about to take place, the commentator saved him in the nick of time.

“Alright, the game shall begin now. First of all, according to the new rules released by the Hammer company, the winter game will adopt blind selection. Each team has one chance to check the element of a certain opposing player. The banned element will be chosen in a random draw.”

“The first game features the previous year’s championship team, VW, against the strong senior team, SG. This year, both sides have new additions to their team. VW’s top jungler, Rafael, is sitting on a sky-high transfer fee. On the other hand, SG has a new mid-laner, Ka Lin, promoted from the youth team. This certainly makes this game more interesting.”

“Let’s take a look at our first randomly selected ban… The fire element actually turned out to be the chosen ban!”

The elements were divided into six types: water, fire, dark, light, wood, and wind. The six elements mutually suppressed each other. Each attribute also had different characteristics. The fire element’s main attribute was high damage, and it could activate Violent Flames and Heavenly Fire in the skill tree. The dark element was good with crowd control, and it could activate Plague and Undead. Light element dealt with healing and could activate Holy Light and Radiance. Wood element had a mixture of high damage and crowd control, activating Nature and Green. The wind element sat between healing and crowd control, activating Storm and Space. Lastly, the water element had combined damage, crowd control, and healing, activating Ice and Flood.

Since the launch of Diadema, the fire and dark elements had always been the top choices. It was not until the last two seasons that the officials weakened these two elements, but fire still sat firmly in the top spot. Now that this powerful element was banned, people could not help but look forward to the kind of new tactic the two teams would have on stage.

“Let’s go for the basic formation first.”

In the team’s headphones, Chu Ke’s voice was steady, and now it was Yin Yu’s turn to feel uncomfortable. The low, magnetic voice seemed to be whispering into his ear. The black-clothed boy froze, and half of his body went numb.

Yin Yu had a secret hobby, he was a voice-con. He had a voice complex.

No, no, no, no matter how nice it sounded, it was still Chu Ke’s voice. He was in a trance.

“The third floor?”

Bloody hell. Once again, a sentence that ended with a raised questioning tone.

Resisting the urge to turn off the headphones, he quickly selected the water-type jungler and gave a low “hmm”.

“Please select a target.”

“First.”

The card on the opposite side slowly opened. The first one was, shockingly, the ADC of SG.

“Unbelievable! He actually drew the opponent’s most important carry position! God Chu’s hands are indeed mysterious!”

There was an uproar in the audience.

“Wind-type ADC, of course.”

As everybody knew, Rafael, the number one assassin in the national server, was a water-type jungler. Now, the possibility of choosing the element of his forte in the first match was very high. At the same time, SG detected that Rafael was a water-type. Cole thought for a while and would rather give up the high-damage elements. He decisively chose the wind element, which could suppress the water element. Wind was mainly about healing and crowd control. Although the damage output was weak in the later game, it was strong in the early and mid-game.

SG would have to change up their late-game playing style now that they have transformed the early and mid-game. Against this lineup, it was indeed difficult for assassins to infiltrate, they could at most play outside the opponent’s boundaries or be a support.

But, so what.

“Interesting, targeting me like this?”

Yin Yu gave a low laugh and clicked to confirm the water jungler without hesitation.

Holding a long sword and wearing a black mask, the assassin suddenly turned his head. The black bandage wrapped around the wrist was fluttering in the wind, like a flying flag. The cross emblem on his chest, which symbolized the assassin, shone with a silvery light in the fog. The black mist hid his stern brows and eyes, giving him a mysterious and intimidating appearance. When he looked back, his sharp eyes seemed to be looking at his controller through the computer screen.

At that moment, it was as if Yin Yu had transformed into an assassin inside the small LCD screen. Setting foot on the continent of Ofinika, he moved stealthily, stepped in the shadow, and beheaded thousands of troops. The instant their heads fell, it blew away the scarlet blood staining the tip of the knife, leaving him standing on the peak of Diadema.

Who cared about element restraints? As long as he chose the water-type assassin, the opposing carry position was already dead to him.

He had been playing games for so long, he had this much confidence.

The young man in black had a wild and conceited smile on his face, which caused the camera to pan sideways and many close-up shots were taken.

“Follow the plan.”

He said into the headset.

“The fourth season of Diadema, the first game of the winter season, begins now! The minions have spawned!!”

Fierce battle drums sounded from all directions, a huge goddess in the sky of the arena spreaded its white wings, and starlight sprinkled every inch of the map.

The game had finally kicked off.