Chapter 197
After the meal, Francis and Samantha left with the children.
On the way, Samantha asked Francis, “Are we just letting Quincy get away with this stuff?”
“Of course not,” said Francis in a cold voice, “This is just the beginning.”
Samantha understood in an instant.
That was why when Winston let Quincy get away with things so lightly, Francis didn’t pressure Winston about it.
Francis intended to drive Quincy out of Gurray Corp. first and make Quincy lose Winston’s trust and status.
He knew he wouldn’t be able to cause the second branch of the family to lose power completely with just one move.
After all, Winston was a person who cared about past attachments and the Gurray family’s reputation.
If the issue involving Quincy was revealed, it would only cause Gurray Corp.’s shares to drop.
“I think we can only carry out the plan slowly,” thought Francis.
A week later, it was Samantha’s Team Gorgeous‘ turn to compete again.
This time, their opponent team was Team King.
Team King did not fail to live up to their name. They were real kings when it came to gaming.
To date, there were three teams known as the strongest in Clusia
They were Team Skyblade, Team Sirius and Team King.
These three teams were all well–established domestic teams, and their members had also gone through many battles.
In addition, they had the monetary support of some financial bigwigs, so they did not lack money or fans and actually produced results.
These three teams have been competing for the top three positions in Clusia for the
past
three years.
Although this was a college competition, the members of Team King were not the old–timers who had experienced several competitions.
However, the name Team King alone was enough to terrify people.
Plus, this group of university contestants had been trained by Team King. Last year, they won the second place in the Collegiate National Championship.
Therefore, their strength could not be underestimated.
Before the competition, Samantha and others were all in the lounge to discuss countermeasure strategies.
In the past few days of practice, they had watched Team King’s competition video repeatedly and had a certain understanding of the opposite team.
At present, Team King’s top laner was quite formidable.
It could be said that the top laner was the one who had turned the tide when Team King had been in a deadlock several times last year.
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Therefore, Darwin was under great pressure today.
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Similarly, because Team King’s mid–laner and bottom laner were also quite strong, everyone’s performance, including Samantha’s command, was particularly important tonight.
Whether they could really turn the tides in the National Championships and become a team that was recognized and thought highly of, the game today was the crucial point to it.
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Before the opening ceremony, three commentators had been introducing their two teams‘ conditions to hype up the game.
The male commentator said, “The new team–Team Gorgeous, was very eye–catching in the last match against Team Mortal Kings. Especially the bottom laner, Wade, was attacked so badly that he couldn’t even counter their attacks. It has definitely attracted a lot of fans for Team Gorgeous.”
The female commentator said, “True. Team Gorgeous‘ bottom laner is indeed very impressive. However, Team King does not only have an impressive bottom laner. Their top laner, Xion, has also been on his usual high–powered performance. In the last round, he straight–off defeated his opponent five times single–handedly. Over the past year, Team King has obviously elevated their performances and is at international standards.”
“That’s right. I’m eagerly looking forward to seeing what kind of sparks will fly between Team Gorgeous and Team King today,” said the commentator.
Ten minutes later, the two teams came on stage.
This time, the fans of Team Gorgeous were noticeably more numerous than before.
Many female fans kept shouting and cheering for Howard.
However, Team King still had significantly more fans than Team Gorgeous.
After all, Team King had been a long–established team for several years. They had not only accumulated tactical strength but
also the number of fans.
Some of the female fans who came to cheer Howard today were only here for the sake of his looks.
Whereas the fans who came for Team King were die–hard loyal fans.
They were hysterically shouting and cheering for Team King.
After the competition officially started, both teams‘ fans quieted down.
They listened carefully to the commentator’s explanations and observed the battle situation displayed on the screen.
Their hearts clenched tightly as they watched their teams.
The team of characters selected by Team Gorgeous was still very conventional, while Team King obviously wanted to battle by centering theirs on their top laner.
Xion, their top laner, managed to get the most powerful top lane character, Heroes of Kings.
It could be said that as long as Xion played to his usual standards, he would be the strongest player in this game.
At the beginning of the game, Samantha said through her headset, “Darwin, make sure to give your best performance. If you win against Xion, those female fans who cheer for Howard will all be yours in the next game.”
Howard was rendered speechless by Samantha’s words.
Darwin smiled and said collectedly, “I will perform consistently and try my best to win. Just in case my skills are not up to par, I won’t be impulsive. I will ask you for help as soon as possibile.”
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Samantha replied. “All right. As long as you know what you are doing, I’m fine with it. Leila, keep an eye on the top lane.”
“Got it,” said Leila.
When the game began, Xion, the top laner, indeed started playing aggressively against them.
Darwin was thoroughly suppressed by Xion’s playing style.
Xion was almost going to topple Darwin’s turret.
Basically, Xion didn’t want to give Darwin any room to level up le wasn’t even allowing Darwin to swallow minions.
In an instant, Darwin was forced into his turret and didn’t dare to come out. He couldn’t level up at all.
These kinds of aggressive style of playing immediately made the crowd go into a frenzy.
Howard also asked through the headset, “Darwin, can you still hold on? Xion seems like he has gone crazy.”
“I can still hold on,” said Darwin, who was still calm. “The more arrogant he is, the faster he will lose.”
“All right. I trust you,” said Howard.
“Find his weakness and finish him off in one shot,” said Samantha.
“All right,” said Darwin.
About ten minutes into the competition, there were still no players who had been killed off.
The bottom lane was tied, while in the middle lane, Samantha’s performance was as steady and sure as usual.
In the top lane, Darwin was suppressed by Xion and could only swallow some neutral monsters to level up.
In the eleventh minute, Xion suddenly grabbed Darwin and tried to injure him by going all out with his abilities.
However, Darwin moved his positioning slightly and eventually managed to avoid Xion’s deadly attacks.
Then, he straight off fought back without showing even a slight fear.
Most often, in this type of situation, faced with Xion’s unmatched operation skills and leveled–up advantages, people would not choose to fight back.
After all, if one were even slightly careless, they would end up being their team’s first blood.
In this way, the other party would gain an advantage.
But it would get even harder for the team who lost their first blood to fight back.
However, such a cowardly way of fighting was not Darwin’s way of gaming.
Throughout the entire competition, there had never been a time when Darwin had cowardly accepted his defeat.
In this visibly disadvantaged situation, Darwin didn’t show even a slight panic. His positioning was accurate, and he inflicted as much damage as possible on Xion.
Because Xion had leveled up quite well and still had hit points left, he had returned to his turret.
But Darwin had already been injured earlier, so his hit points were insufficient to defend and launch attack against the
turret.
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Just when Xion thought it was safe and was preparing under the turret to teleport back to the city, he made a fatal mistake again because of his arrogance.
Because he wasn’t paying attention to the surrounding wards and was under the turret when he prepared to teleport back to the city right in front of Darwin, Leila jumped out of the bushes and directly rushed into the turret before kicking Xion out.
Darwin quickly reacted by activating a set of abilities against Xion.
Xion’s character was immediately killed off.
The first blood of the game had been collected.
Darwin, who had been overwhelmed and was in a disadvantaged situation, was the one to pull it off.
The entire audience was in an uproar.
