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Chapter 158: Promotion tournament [4]

Chapter 158: Promotion tournament [4]

[Promotion Tournament:]

[Quarterfinal fixtures:]

>Chaos Inc. vs Crimson Vale<

>Winner- Chaos Inc.<

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>Apex Reign vs Iron Dominion<

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>Silverfang vs Nightshroud<

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>Echelon vs Aetherlight Syndicate<

Day 1 of the quarterfinal came to an end with a great upset.

It was the perfect game to set the expectations of the fans for the other games of the quarterfinal fixtures.

Immediately after the game, multiple highlights of Chaos Inc.’s legendary game against the old pro club went viral.

There were multiple bloodcurdling highlights from the game. Afterall, no matter how far Crimson Vale had fallen, it was still once a bonafide pro club. To beat them, every single player in Chaos Inc.’s 5-man squad gave everything.

Of the big performances though, the one of Chaos Inc.’s captain hogged the most attention. And after that unforgettable game, the captain enjoyed overnight popularity, shooting to fame.

While Warstar fans partly focused on the highlights of the incredible game, more of them decided to focus on Day 2’s matchups instead.

On the next quarterfinal game of the Promotion Tournament, Apex Reign would be taking on Iron Dominion.

Like their name reflected, Iron Dominion was a team dominated by their heavy-armor class use. Unlike Crimson Vale though, though Iron Dominion was also an ex pro club, it was more than 3 seasons ago since they last played in the English Pro Alliance.

Despite this fact, they recently recruited the services of a player that was listed in the new Warstar list of rising superstars.

Iron Dominion’s team comprised of 2 Paladins, 1 Blademaster, 1 Cleric, and a Ghostblade. A Ghostblade is not necessarily a heavy-armor class, but it still had better and heavier armor than paper classes like Assassin and Elementalists.

Iron Dominion’s captain was one of the 2 Paladins, but in this tournament, their secret weapon was their new recruit, the Blademaster.

Apparently, the boy was already good enough to play in the pro alliance but only signed for Iron Dominion because of their history in the pro alliance.

Also because the club was based in his hometown, Leicester City.

Abel was Iron Dominion’s trump card.

Excited Iron Dominion fans were already calling the teenage prodigy the next Sword Saint of the English Pro Alliance.

As for Apex Reign, the main thing going for them was their fame. Afterall, though they’ve never made it to the English Pro Alliance, they were well-known for regularly making deep runs in the Promotion Tournament every year.

Last year made it the 8th straight year that the Birmingham-based club made it to the semifinal of the Promotion Tournament.

Could they do it again this year?

Against Iron Dominion?

Well, this was the source of drama that every Warstar fan wanted.

Online, it was a storm.

The 2 fanbases clashed in notable social media platforms, creating more than enough banter, the exact drug that the tournament organizers needed to fan the flames of the growing popularity of the game.

The banter started in the evening, going well into the night and into the next day, fanning the flames of the blockbuster clash between the 2 teams.

And then...

Day 2.

In the blink of an eye, D-day was already here.

(Promotion Tournament:)

(Quarterfinal:)

>Apex Reign vs Iron Dominion<

[Location: Sword Domain]

[A fractured battlefield that resulted from a terrible battle between 2 Sovereigns, a Sword Saint vs the Queen of Worms. The Sword Saint won after a mighty clash, leaving vestiges of his power in the ruined battlefield, triggering a phenomenon of falling swords.]

Unlike the previous day’s battle that took place in the Ravaged Wasteland, Sword Domain was a relatively new arena location that a lot of players were not used to yet.

Afterall, it was introduced with the new update to the game, the update that came with the 11th server and the introduction of SSS-Rank, SS-Rank, and S-Rank unique skills.

An hour before the clash at 10:00am England time, the official lineup of both teams was dropped on the online platform.

Like expected, both teams started with their usual V lineup of players.

Iron Dominion started with 2 Paladins, 1 Cleric, the Ghostblade, and their trump card, the Blademaster.

As for Apex Reign? Theirs was a more conventional lineup of players and classes, covering the 3 main aspects of RPG game combat, an attacker, a tank, and a capable healer.

Apex Reign comprised of a Blademaster, an Elementalist, a Combat Mage, a Cleric, and a Thief.

Yes, a Thief.

The Thief class was one of the least popular classes in Warstar but in the hands of the right player, the Thief sub class was treacherous and powerful.

The venue of the game was the gigantic Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, one of the biggest stadiums in all of England.

Tens of thousands of Iron Dominion fans filled the gigantic stadium, dwarfing their opposition fans as they came out in droves to support their team.

And then, the countdown started...

10... 9... 8... ... 3... 2... 1!

START!

Both teams started in opposite directions in the gigantic map, and as soon as the signal was given, all hell broke loose.

Both teams didn’t hesitate.

They moved immediately after the signal to start the clash, rushing towards the middle of the arena, the already identified strategic point of the game.

The first contest in this battle was the contest of speed.

The whole of the gigantic Arena was covered by swords, swords that could damage players by just getting close to them.

But it was not the only hazard of the Sword Domain, neither was it the most devious hazard. Apart from the swords that lay scattered about, there are also unpredictable storm swords that erupt at intervals, exceedingly deadly to players.

And then, the final and most deadly hazard, the sword judgement.

Apparently, it was caused by the lingering will of the Sword Saint who once battled the Queen of Worms. And when triggered, it causes a literal storm of swords to erupt from the atmosphere, impaling any unlucky player in its region to death.

It was an insta-kill hazard!

This was the main strategic feature of this location. But there was a facet to it; there was a safe zone in the Sword Domain.

The only safe zone in the Sword Domain was located at its very center, the platform there. But it was only small enough to contain a team of 5 players.

Meaning victory in this battle was directly proportional to claiming ownership of the main platform. Any team that managed to solidify their hold over the safe zone would be the winner of this battle.

And so, the race started.

As soon as the fight started, Iron Dominion’s Ghostblade cast a swift boundary, a special spell that increased the speed of all allies that stepped into its boundary before the spell zone disappears.

Iron Dominion’s Blademaster stepped into the swift boundary alongside the others, and then he exploded away from the main team with speed.

His job was to secure the safe zone.

Unlike Iron Dominion that was comfortable with sending only 1 player along, Apex Reign did not dare employ the same bold strategy.

Apex Reign did not have the daring boldness of their opponents, but their captain was smart. And so, after a tactical meeting yesterday with his teammates, they made a gamble based on his guess.

He entered Iron Dominion’s head, predicting their first move.

He predicted that they would send their trump card to secure the safe zone as soon as the location for the battle was decided.

This was why he sent his 2 fastest players, his Blademaster and Combat Mage to intercept Iron Dominion’s Blademaster.

He knew that their only chance of victory relied on this gamble.

If they were able to double-team and kill the Blademaster before his allies arrived, Apex Reign had a big chance of winning.

But sometimes, plans fail to account for everything in a battlefield.

This time, what they failed to account for was the full depth of Iron Dominion Blademaster’s might.

The Blademaster was dubbed the new Sword Saint for a reason.

Despite watching old videos and highlight reels, analyzing his playstyle, nothing prepared Apex Reign’s Blademaster and Combat Mage for the storm that they faced against the teenage wonder.

Like a hurricane, he erupted as soon as he arrived at the safe zone, meeting the 2 players that the opposing team sent.

And just as he erupted, like an avalanche, he swept them aside.

A 2v1!

"...!"

The stadium went wild, roaring like mad dogs.

The teenager wonder announced himself to the rest of the Warstar eSports scene in mad fashion, and from there on, Iron Dominion’s advantage accumulated.

They were better than their opponents individually, and not just that, together, when the sword will be triggered, they managed to push the surviving 2 players of Apex Reign out of the safe zone, dooming them.

The sword will did the rest, the storm of swords annihilating the 2 players.

---<VICTORY>---

It flashed on the screen.

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was stunned... what a victory!

Apex Reign lost simply because they failed to account for the might of a single opposition player.