[TS] The Return of The Gamer - Chapter 205

Amid everyone's concerns…….

Finally, the third match began.

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[SCV / GRS]

Top: Jason / Aurelia

Jungle: Lexi / Reem

Mid: Malzahar / LeBlanc

AD Carry: Lucian / Jhin

Support: Nami / Leona

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Did SCV take out their swords?

Along with Malzahar, one of All-Day's secret weapons, Lexi came out in the jungle.

I think they were originally going to pick Bbippo, but it seemed that the pick-ban changed because GRS banned him.

‘Lexi isn't a bad pick if they're up against that composition.’

No, it could even be considered good.

This is because the champion Lexi is not only strong against melee champions like Aurelia and Reem but also has a strong aspect against immobile AD carries like Jhin.

『“Here it comes! If not now, there may be no other chance to pick him!”』

『“That's right. In fact, All-Day's Malzahar has even shown good performance against Rainbow's LeBlanc!”』

『“And Vendetta's Lexi has appeared. It's a pick that doesn't come out often in the recent meta... I guess it came out after seeing the opponent's composition?”』

『“That's right. Although Lexi is definitely a limited and restrictive pick in the current meta, if you look at the opposing composition, it's not a pick that loses power even as time passes. I think it'll be worth a try.”』

The match began.

GRS started by focusing on a strong mid-jungle to kill the jungle, that is, kill Vendetta, as in the first and second games.

But SCV wasn't a pushover to fall for the same trick again.

『“Look at this, Jason's movements!”』

The reason Jason, who is strong in the early-game lane phase, was quickly picked as the first pick in the top lane.

SCV proved it.

-First Blood!

-Enemy Eliminated!

When the opposing mid and jungle entered to gank Lexi, SCV won the 2:3 exchange with Jason's quick backup.

"That's right!"

"Wow, that King's play just now was insane. Right?"

"Yeah. That was really well done just now."

Unlike the first and second games, the start was quite good.

According to the statistics so far, GRS is a team that's fast at snowballing, but also quick to fall.

For now, since they've put in the first stitch well, if they sew the rest well, there's absolutely nothing they can't win.

No matter what anyone says, SCV was the team that defeated even SY and took the throne of LCKR.

And…….

The game continued.

Nightmare, GRS's mid laner, is definitely a world-class player, but he's not known for being particularly strong in the lane phase.

In a way, he's a player with a similar tendency to All-Day.

As if knowing that fact, Nightmare played a jungle-focused game in a blatant way.

Even if he took a slight loss in the lane phase, he didn't care and kept moving constantly.

If SCV hadn't been caught by those movements, the loss would have eventually accumulated, and the victory would have tilted toward SCV.

However, GRS wasn't ordinary either.

『“Bot, bot!”』

Is this what they mean when they say that there's no tree that won't fall after hitting it ten times?

After persistent attempts, a gap finally appeared in SCV's bot lane.

『“They're aiming for this!”』

Of course, GRS also had some cost, and SCV scratched their mid shield and took the Herald in that gap, so it can't be said that they suffered a unilaterally huge loss.

Even so, it was undeniable that the game's advantage, which had been unilaterally tilted toward SCV, had now reached a balance.

When Vendetta tried to dive the top lane with the Herald, Aurelia also didn't act rashly and retreated obediently.

Thus, the top-bot defense exchange was made.

However, considering that both teams' aces were AD carries, it didn't feel so good.

『“It starts from now!”』

The intense fight continued.

It was a fierce exchange with neither side giving an inch.

When SCV seemed to be at an advantage, GRS chased after them like a ghost, and conversely, when GRS made a gambit, SCV retaliated.

Perhaps because there was no main tank in each other's composition.

It was a truly spectacular super play, which went back and forth without even a chance to blink.

"...Seriously, it's crazy, it's crazy. Amazing."

Even Kim Jae-min, who prides himself on being a super play maker in his own words, was stunned by the scene.

Seo Yeon-woo, who had quietly joined in as the solo queue ended, was also staring at the screen, dumbfounded.

"They're really... good. Both of them."

Four-dragon team fight.

Baron team fight.

Elder Dragon team fight.

Even in all those team fights, only the owner of the objectives was decided, but the winner of the game was not determined.

The game time was already over 40 minutes.

It was an unusual, if not rare, occurrence in the current meta, which was made to blatantly prevent long games.

『“It's a bloodbath, a bloodbath! SCV! You have to keep your focus until the end! It's not over yet!”』

『“That's right. Loss-loss-win-win-win! It's not difficult. In fact, Korean teams have done it!”』

The Baron, for who knows how many times.

The Elder Dragon came out again.

And the final team fight followed.

"Uh, uh? Ugh!"

As a scream, whether it was shouted by the commentators or by someone next to them, echoed out,

──────!!!

The winner of the third game was finally decided.

Game 3.

53 minutes 41 seconds.

SCV Victory.

『“This is it, SCV! Even GRS, the best in the world, isn't invincible. In fact, there were also games where they lost miserably in this MSL!”』

『“That's right! SCV, since you've taken a step forward, you have to keep walking! You can do it!”』

The 3:0, which everyone had been worried about, didn't happen, but the atmosphere was still at the level of ‘barely heaving a sigh of relief.’

"Ha……."

"I really thought we were going to lose."

"Me too."

SCV's counterattack.

But, for some reason.

I felt like that counterattack had squeezed out the last energy that SCV had.

‘……It must be a feeling.’

Actually, the game time was also a time that was not lacking to be called a bloodbath, but I tried to think positively.

"Wow… Am I the only one who's nervous?"

"I'm nervous too."

Even Baek Seong-an openly revealed his anxiety, and SCV was still uneasy.

Is that why?

『“Oh? SCV, you need to focus now. No matter how hard it is, you can't lose your focus!”』

『“Ah, from the beginning… Ah ah ah!”』

『“And Marvin takes the first blood! Really sharp, GRS!”』

In the fourth game, which began soon after, GRS began to push SCV from the start, just like in the first and second games.

Did they use too much power in the third game?

Or did the players despair at the fact that ‘we have to win like this’ in the intense long game of the third game?

SCV began to collapse.

Much faster and more powerless than in the first and second games.

『“Ah…….”』

『“No way. No way! GRS is too strong!”』

When GRS's champions burst Baron at 20 minutes, SCV no longer had the power to stop them.

‘What is this?’

It's not that I was particularly cheering for SCV.

But what should I say… Somehow, since our team was losing, I felt a strange emotion that I didn't understand.

And,

As all ominous premonitions always come true, my sense of foreboding soon came true.

GRS's champions, clad in the Baron buff, advance.

SCV's champions fought back, but they fell one by one, proving their inadequacy.

Eventually, SCV's nexus was destroyed.

『“Just like that, GRS becomes the main character of MSL!”』

『“GG!”』

GRS won the fourth game and was decided as the MSL champion team.

"Oh, damn……."

"……It's turning out like this after all."

Kim Jae-min and Baek Seong-an, as if they shared my feelings, couldn't hide their respective frustrations.

"...It's a shame."

Seo Yeon-woo was truly heartbroken.

As if it was his own team that had fallen.

I couldn't understand how my father supported his baseball team in the past, but now I understand.

I've been starting to get annoyed for a while now.

"……."

Maybe that's why.

I'm saying words that I would never usually say, words that would make me embarrassed.

"...It's okay."

"Yes?"

"We, we'll pay them back next year."

And with that, the gazes of our team members, excluding Kim Ji-hoon, turned toward me with wide-eyed gazes.

It's not just a casual remark.

We must win this promotion match in the second division league, so we'll play the summer season in the second division league this year.

And,

We will be promoted to the first division league within that season and then take the championship cup of the LCKR spring season next year.

If we do that, we can naturally participate in next year's MSL as the LCKR champion team.

We will be able to repay the humiliation that LCKR has suffered this year.

"That's… uh, um. Yes!"

Kim Jae-min was momentarily dumbfounded, then shouted cheerfully.

"MSL championship! We'll do it!"

It's nice to be simple like this.

Watching me, Baek Seong-an, who was making a strange expression, said to me.

"Why? Is there a problem?"

"Um, well… No?"

"Then?"

"What?"

"Are you confident?"

"Of course."

Although a moment of hesitation was felt, well, that's just how he is.

"...Me too, I'll help."

Seo Yeon-woo awkwardly responded, thinking he couldn't remain silent in this atmosphere.

You punk, pushing yourself a little too hard.

"Yeah, let's cheer up."

Even though SCV had lost, we took that loss as a driving force and further strengthened our fighting spirit.

Now, the promotion match is not far off.

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The day of the promotion match finally arrived.

"Is everyone ready?"

"Yes."

"Okay, we can go right away."

"Yep."

"All set."

"Then let's go."

We headed towards the stadium.