Chapter 70: I won.

[Victory]

I won.

Against the world’s strongest team, SY, who are indeed as powerful as their reputation.

[눈나헤으으응응 : Wow, hahaha, we actually won this.]
[IlIIIIIllIlIll : Rayze and Kamal, you guys were absolutely amazing. I will definitely keep this game replay as a treasure.]
[눈나헤으으응응 : Seriously, wow… I never thought I’d be able to beat SY.]
[냐미장인 오다혜 : Rainbow, I’m really a huge fan. If you don’t mind, could you add me? ㅜㅜ]

As soon as the game ended, the team couldn’t hide their excitement, chatting away.

Even though it was just a normal game, none of them had expected to meet SY in the first place, let alone defeat them.

Their tiers were, on average, barely Platinum.

Of course, I wasn’t too different.

Despite seeing the [Victory] text before my eyes, it still took me a little time to fully accept the win.

“Phew.”

To be honest, when I started the game, I didn’t really think we would win.

The gap between the two teams was just too large, and the actual course of the game showed that.

The biggest reasons I was able to win this game were twofold.

The first reason was that the opponents were essentially playing casually.

The opponents were SY.

If they had played seriously from the beginning, or even from the mid-game, there’s no way we could have won.

But they played carelessly from start to finish, throwing the game back and forth.

The second reason was the presence of Kamal, our top player, and Nightmare.

GRS Nightmare.

Maybe they hadn’t played much recently, or their condition wasn’t ideal, but despite their tier being lower, their skill was unquestionable.

In this game, they were embarrassed early on in top lane by Longbow, a marksman, but soon after recovered and performed admirably.

More importantly, starting from the mid-game, Nightmare joined me and, even without voice chat, immediately understood my intentions and followed them.

In other words, our synergy was quite good.

We even toyed with SY.

The ultimate backdoor play at the end was something I’ll definitely keep in my replays.

Although I’ve made countless amazing plays as Prisoner, making that kind of play against SY as Gamer was something I had never done before.

“Having once died, a compilation of epic plays of the deceased was quite nice.”

As I thought about it, I stared at the lobby screen.

“Well, I didn’t expect to meet them like this…”

I then glanced at the result screen.

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[SY TheOne]
[SY YunGi]
[SY Rainbow]
[SY Longbow]
[SY GuineaPig]
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It hadn’t been long since I deleted the Prisoner account, but seeing those IDs again in the game result screen brought a wave of nostalgia.

It wouldn’t have been unusual to meet Rainbow and the rest of SY back in the day.

But this was just a normal game.

One played by level 30 players.

“I think I understand why they chose a normal game…”

From my perspective in the game, all the SY players seemed to be playing casually.

Although I didn’t know much about SY as a team, I assumed this was a celebratory gathering for Rainbow’s return.

[SY TheOne left the lobby.]
[SY Longbow left the lobby.]

Soon, the SY players started leaving the lobby one by one.

Since they hadn’t been serious from the start, I didn’t think they cared too much about this loss.

“That’s how it should be.”

…

[SY Rainbow left the lobby.]

“Hmm. They’re all gone.”

After the game ended, all the SY players left the lobby.

Even Rainbow, who stayed until the end, didn’t say anything.

“That’s a bit unexpected.”

To be honest, I was a little worried that they would recognize me after the game and send a friend request or message, but fortunately, that didn’t happen.

“Well, it’s not like they would have recognized me by just watching my play.”

Of course, since it was right after Prisoner’s disappearance, there was some doubt, but that’s all it was.

It’s natural that Rainbow couldn’t be completely sure.

“Well, anyway, we’ll meet again soon.”

It’s not that big of a deal.

[Level 30]

With this victory, I finally reached the long-awaited level 30.

I had now reached the first milestone toward solo ranked.

“It’s been a long time.”

Since the experience gained is proportional to the game’s duration, it took me longer to reach this level because I had so many unfinished games.

The longer process was painful.

Leavers were tolerable, but intentional trolling was truly unbearable.

That’s how I ended up writing a 5700-character report every day without getting tired of it.

[NyaMiMaster OdaHye: Ah… they left ㅜㅜ I wish they accepted my friend request.]
[IlIIIIIllIlIll: Still, it’s amazing that we beat SY.]
[NunaHeeuung: Right? Haha, I never imagined we’d win this game. Just meeting them was an honor…]
[IlIIIIIllIlIll: ? Wait, Kamal was a pro in China? I didn’t know that! ㅋㅋ He was even a Red Cup runner-up.]
[NunaHeeuung: ? Really? Who?]
[IlIIIIIllIlIll: It’s probably Nightmare! ㅋㅋ]
[NunaHeeuung: Oh, then what about Rayze…?]

The team still seemed to be basking in the afterglow of the game, not planning to leave the lobby yet, but I didn’t feel like joining their conversation.

‘No need to stay here too long.’

I didn’t want to get caught up in any awkward conversation with Nightmare, just in case.

So, I quickly left the lobby.

Afterward, no friend requests or messages came, thankfully.

‘Well then…’

I thought about doing my placement matches, but quickly changed my mind.

There was something I wanted to check first.

‘Let’s take a look after a long time.’

Lately, I hadn’t been checking the community much.

I had been busy leveling up my smurf account, and above all, every time I checked, it was just the same old Prisoner-related posts.

But now, things were different.

SY had appeared in a normal game, so there was surely going to be some buzz about it.

‘I can’t resist.’

I couldn’t hold back my curiosity and logged into the community.

• Crazy ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
• Nightmare is insane! Alone, he crushed SY.
• Who is Rayze? Is he a Chinese trainee judging by his synergy with Nightmare?

As expected, the real-time reactions were off the charts.

I scrolled through the posts to see what people were saying about the game.

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(C1) SY TheOne – Yasuo
(C1) SY YunGi – Ezreal
(C1) SY Rainbow – Sylas
(C1) SY Longbow – Yune
(C1) SY GuineaPig – Jarvan III
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SY 5 “Divine”
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• Wow, is this the villain showing up?
• What did the other team do wrong? ㅋㅋ
• Their average tier is Platinum, what a joke!
• Wow, this is so enviable, this will be the perfect story for every drinking session.
• Seriously ㅋㅋ

• But wait, Rayze’s mid win rate is 100% with an alternate account?
• Damn, that’s true ㅋㅋ
• 100% win rate alternate account vs SY 5, the greatest showdown ㅋㅋ
• And Kamal is Nightmare, right?
• ? Is this normal?
• No, it’s not normal, it’s a smurf ㅋㅋ
• What the hell is this? ㅋㅋ
• The match between the invincible shield and the piercing spear ㅋㅋ

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If only I showed “this jerk” to Lishim earlier, I’d be getting upvotes ㅋㅋ
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[Prisoner]
Ranking 1st
Solo Rank

• Challenger
• 2000 LP / 271 wins 172 losses
• Win rate 61%
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Galju… I miss you.
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• Agreed, totally agreed.
• Ah ㅋㅋ Don’t bring back the dead.
• Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner!
• Is it really Prisoner?
• It must be just a normal player. Rayze made an amazing play.
• Mid difference. What’s this? Rainbow is already washed up? What happened to next Red Cup?
• No, it’s theone who’s the difference in mid.

• What’s going on? Is Galju back?
• But seriously, who is Rayze?
• Watching Rayze, he looks really serious. Is he a Chinese trainee?
• Damn, bring back Prisoner.
• This is the Prisoner board, this is the Prisoner board, this is the Prisoner board, this is the Prisoner board, this is the Prisoner board.

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The Great Battle) Diamond 3 Lishim vs GuineaPig
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(A cat meme that’s not cute at all)

The original ‘jungler’ Diamond 3, 53% win rate Lishim jungles better -> Upvote
No, ‘tool’ Challenger and Red Cup winner pro gamer GuineaPig jungles better -> Downvote
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• Upvote, seriously ㅋㅋ
• Who does this “tool” think they are, trying to jungle??? Should be warding!
• No, next please
• Information: Back in the day, junglers were all about warding.
• Tools popping out are hilarious ㅋㅋ Like cockroaches after spraying bug repellent

…

• Wait, what? How did it turn out like this?
• Rayze and Kamal combo ㅋㅋ That’s crazy!
• Wow… how is SY being completely dominated like this? What kind of comp is this?
• You guys are dumb ㅋㅋ Can’t you see? SY is just playing around. Look at them, they’ll win anyway.
• Yeah, next please
• But the objective control is still all SY, so it’s still really favorable for them. Bottom lane is absurd.

…

• What’s going on? What is happening right now?
• They’re making such decisions?
• Wow ㅋㅋ They purposely joined late and acted like they weren’t pushing top. They’re really playing like actors ㅋㅋ

…

• Wow… what’s happening?
• They actually won?
• ㅋㅋㅋ SY, you guys are idiots, losing like this. Next Red Cup, good luck.
• No, over-immersed person, out
• But seriously, Rayze and Kamal were amazing. How did they do that?
• A pro team getting dominated in a smurf game? A pro team getting destroyed in a smurf game? A pro team getting destroyed in a smurf game?

…

The long posts all led to one conclusion.

• So who is Rayze?
• They say he’s Chinese?
• The nickname is Korean, though?
• Probably used a translator.
• Nah, they’re Korean.
• How do you know?
• I guessed it.

As one of the heroes of the victory, naturally, my attention was drawn.

“Hmm…”

There wasn’t much to enjoy, but it wasn’t exactly bad either.

After all, being a pro gamer means living off the attention and support of fans.

“Well, maybe it’s time to decide.”

So, before diving into ranked games, I decided to take care of something I’d been putting off.

Choosing a new nickname.

[Store]

I spent quite a while thinking about it and finally came up with a good nickname.

“Of course, this is the only one.”

Without hesitation, I changed my nickname.