Chapter 40: Elevator (3)

“Did we get reversed in the second set?”

The third set that followed was a game with nothing to say.

“They just gave up.”

“They threw from the draft anyway.”

“We’d have our mental broken too if we got reversed in front of our twins.”

“They lost the will to fight after seeing my super play.”

‘Do they just think it’s over?’

Usually, comebacks didn’t happen often in professional League of Legends games.

But there are no absolutes in everything, and I had experienced so many comebacks in my past life that I couldn’t count them.

Why would the term “10,000 gold club” even exist? It means that even with a difference of only 5,000 gold, comebacks are difficult, but there are quite a few cases where they make comebacks even with a difference of 10,000 gold.

‘That’s just whining.’

Of course, for a comeback, it wasn’t enough to just accept what the opponent was throwing.

Someone’s super play had to come out for it to be possible, but what the opponent was doing now was just a head-in-the-sand play.

‘…Annoying.’

I didn’t feel good watching the opposing team, who had lost their will to fight and started playing carelessly.

What is a pro? When a game starts, they have to play a game that can give satisfaction to those who are watching, regardless of winning or losing.

Even if they lose due to a difference in skill, they have to give a little hope to the fans who support them.

No matter how ugly they lose, they have to show that they cling to the opposing team until the end.

‘That kind of thing.’

It’s not a game that a pro plays.

No matter how boring and certain a defeat is, this isn’t solo queue.

It wasn’t a game where you could press the happy button because you didn’t want to play.

“Let’s just take it a little slow this game.”

“Suddenly?”

Looking at such an opponent, I didn’t want to just end it like this.

“It’s good to finish cleanly.”

“That’s true. Then shall we end it after eating the 4th dragon?”

“Either just secure vision until the next dragon and farm the lanes.”

This was a penalty for playing the game carelessly because they didn’t want to play in a professional game.

“Ah, ARK. They’re really good.”

“Clearly, they showed some precarious moments until the 2nd set, but now the 3rd set! Here, they show a perfect game.”

“If you take away the name, they show operations that wouldn’t be strange even if they were a top-tier LCK team. They are gradually tightening their breath.”

“It’s a word that doesn’t come out often these days, but it’s a so-called washing machine operation.”

[Wow, they never touch Baron]

[The game is already won anyway, and are they not giving a steal angle?]

[ARK’s game is also boring, I’m turning it off ㅂㅂ]

[It was boring from the beginning when TH got screwed up in the early game and threw ㅋㅋㅋ]

[ᄅㅇ It was a total overreach to just throw because they were screwed up in the early game;; They’ll be relegated if they lose this]

“It seems like they won’t fight until the dragon timing that will come out a little later.”

“ARK is really vicious, they are saying that their strength is not just the best.”

“As far as I know, Para is the main order, is that right?”

“That’s right. Resher used to be the order, but I remember hearing that the main order was also changed with Para’s recruitment.”

“Where do you hear such information?”

“I also lived with ARK’s coach Kim Hanseong while I was a player. After the promotion match was confirmed, I asked him slightly.”

[ㅋㅋㅋ The legendary 1st generation bot duo]

[What are the kids who didn’t even see it back then pretending to know?]

[If you saw it from the beginning back then, how old are you now…is that a boast?]

[Thinking back, they went to the Worlds finals with that member]

[League of Legends back then wasn’t League of Legends? League of Legends in those days was just an indie game ᄋ]

[Is it still an indie bug good-bye game?]

“But Para’s career isn’t that long, how is it possible to be the main order?”

“I was also curious about that, so I kept asking, and he said that he felt a veteran-like energy even though he was a rookie. I heard the answer in that way.”

“A veteran despite being a rookie…I think I know what that feels like too. How can you think of that play as a rookie?”

[No way, Para is the order too?]

[But if you look at the in-game voice, it’s a team where all 5 people talk]

[Resher gives a lot of sub-orders from the beginning, so there’s probably no burden]

[He also orders, carries, and is the face of the team. He just did everything]

“At the moment when the long-awaited 4th dragon comes out, we can’t give the 4th dragon! TH also advances in earnest.”

“I guess this is the teamfight that will determine the win or loss.”

[Aren’t you reviewing the game that’s already over?]

[If ARK gets promoted, will they be able to go to the playoffs?]

[It’ll be a little tough based on this season]

[The fact that AX came to the promotion match is already ᄅㅇ]

“After all, TH has to use their skills one by one well to win.”

“They have to push with Jason and Caitlyn’s range.”

“Ah…Olyun is too solid. The damage isn’t hitting.”

“As expected, caster! He’s showing why he picked 3 consecutive Olyuns!”

[The god of tanker garbage disposal]

[Tier 1 tanker ban? I’ll do Olyun? Olyun ban? I’ll do Tier 1 tanker ㅋ]

[Para does the carry anyway, it’s right to do a garbage ban pick in top]

“Olyun doesn’t die!”

“And Para! He steals the opponent Arin’s ultimate and starts wreaking havoc on the battlefield!”

“Yoone, Silas. I really don’t think we’ll lose if Para catches a champion with a high ceiling.”

[All carries lead to Para ᄋ]

[This guy is just good at League of Legends]

“ARK is advancing with an ace!”

“The moment when ARK’s journey comes to an end.”

“I’m curious to see what kind of wind this team that caused a sensation in CK will bring to LCK next season.”

“As the Nexus breaks like this.”

“GG~”

[Welcome to the promotion]

[Ah…this is the Hwangbu League]

[LPL got Worlds Ugh and Hwangbu League is ㅋㅋㅋ]

[Let’s do 1.5 divisions ᄋ]

“Nice!!!”

The team members’ shouts pierced my ears.

But I just let it go because it was the right of the winner to enjoy this feeling.

[ARK declares to LCK! Can you handle us, hyungs?]

[A real bloodbath will blow in LCK, where there has been competition between the same teams for a while]

[What kind of image will they show, many people seem to be looking forward to next season]

‘It’s a big deal.’

The team members who watched the victory screen pop up got up and hugged each other without anyone saying anything first.

There hadn’t been a team promoted from CK for the past few seasons, so it was okay to acknowledge that.

“Everyone did well!”

The coach, who was watching from the coach booth, also ran out and squeezed between the team members.

He said that we could win from the beginning, but he must have been uneasy inside.

‘How long are they going to be like that?’

In LCK, there was a culture of the winning team approaching the losing team and greeting them.

But the team members forgot that and were drunk on victory, and after I spoke, they headed to the opponent’s formation.

‘Their expressions aren’t good.’

The last set was so miserable that they self-destructed, so they would have nothing to say as a pro.

Still, if there is an opportunity to meet again next time, I hoped that they would show a more mature game with today as an opportunity.

As I returned to my seat, a camera approached me.

[Ah, isn’t it the main character of today again]

[It’s no exaggeration to say that Para dominated the game in sets 1, 2, and 3]

I could hear the commentators’ voices as they were without wearing a headset.

Listening to that story, it was clear that the camera was filming me.

[Wow, the finger heart shown at the entrance!]

[Can you believe that this cute and lovely girl is ARK’s mid?]

It was nothing to call it a signature pose, I just did the pose I did at the entrance one more time.

There was also a team logo on my cheek, so it was a ceremony that could be done in one go.

[Let me introduce you again! The name of the team that joined LCK is, ARK!]

The day after ARK’s victory, the players all returned to the dorm under the pretext of vacation.

Kim Hanseong, who came out to the balcony, was smoking a cigarette as usual.

Promotion to LCK, the first division league, was the long-cherished desire of all CK teams.

He should have been happy to have achieved this, but the reality in the name of money blocked his joy.

‘The current roster is good.’

Caster, Resher, Para, Plea, Kai.

It was the ideal roster that Kim Hanseong was thinking of, and the talents that he had gathered with difficulty one by one.

But now that they have been promoted to the first division, they had to take care of the salary that matched the level.

‘It’s hard enough to match Yoon Seoha.’

To be honest, if a top team or a team with a lot of capital targeted Yoon Seoha, the reality was that they would have to give up without being able to do anything.

‘A lot of sponsors will come in.’

Due to the abnormal salary structure of e-sports, one large sponsor was more important than several small sponsors.

But it was not easy to find a new large corporate sponsor in the e-sports market where all the large corporations that had already jumped in had already jumped in.

Just as he was about to smoke another cigarette because he was frustrated.

“C, Coach!”

Seo Yeeun, who was working on the first floor, ran up urgently.

“What’s going on.”

I wondered if a team had already started trying to tamper with the players.

“H, Hansan.”

“What?”

“Hansan is going to sponsor our team!”