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Chapter 159: Promotion tournament [5]

Chapter 159: Promotion tournament [5]

(Promotion Tournament:)

(Quarterfinal:)

>Silverfang vs Nightshroud<

[Location: LO49]

[LO49- Lunar Observatory Forty Nine. An ancient lunar observatory close to the ocean in Antarctica that succumbed to a Nightmare apocalypse, overrun by Nightmare Creatures.]

[NOTE: Beware! There are rumors of an impossibly powerful Nightmare Creature that beguiles its prey into a mind hex, before devouring them!]

Day 2 of the Promotion Tournament ended in spectacular fashion, Iron Dominion completely blowing Apex Reign out of the way with their tyrannical might, mostly due to the MVP display of their Blademaster prodigy.

After all the banter leading up to the game, trust Iron Dominion fans, they trolled Apex Reign fans all day after the end of the game.

With that out of the way, like usual, all attention went to Day 3 and the exciting matchup that was assigned to it, a clash between the underdogs, Silverfang and another ex pro club, Nightshroud.

Like Iron Dominion, it had been a long time since Nightshroud played in the English pro alliance, precisely 5 years.

In all this time, the once mid-tier Pro Alliance club failed to retain the services of their best players as they ended up being poached by other pro clubs.

Nightshroud lost all its star players, but like the big pro clubs in England, Nightshroud employed a strategy that now saved the club from dying completely.

Like the big clubs in the name of Scarlet Rose, Phoenix Rising, and Cyber Squad, Nightshroud had a Warstar academy.

Just like famous football clubs have football academies where they train talented players from a young age in the football doctrine of their club, this strategy started being employed by Warstar pro clubs a few years ago.

Nightshroud was one of the first pro clubs to adopt the strategy, and now, their academy kept them afloat.

All 5 players of team Nightshroud that were registered in the tournament came from their academy.

They may not be bonafide pro players yet, relatively obscure, but they’ve spent at least a year learning under Nightshroud’s Warstar coach, polishing their skills and gaining experience to become pro players.

Now, they were put to the test against Silverfang.

And just like in Day 2’s clash, the arena of the clash between Silverfang and Nightshroud was a special one.

Afterall, it was another new arena that came with the game update.

LO49 had a simple design divided into 3 main locations; the road leading to the ruin of the once heavily fortified Lunar Observatory, the ruin of the Lunar Observatory itself, and then its edges where a part of the ocean was visible.

The ocean was not a big feature of the arena, players rarely went to fight underwater, but well, things came from the ocean to meet the players.

Like the arena description said, strange creatures called Nightmare Creatures were responsible for razing the lunar observatory to the ground.

In most situations, Nightmare Creatures randomly crawl out of the Ocean, flooding the lunar observatory to attack players.

And then there was the most devious of the Nightmare Creatures, the Beguiling Demon Queen.

The powerful boss was obviously modeled after the Psychic class, as all of her powers entailed dealing high mental damage through psychic attacks, including a strange mind hex.

Once players are caught in the mind hex, there are only 2 ways to survive.

You survive either by having enough mental resistance to break the hex, or to be intercepted by teammates before you enter the ocean to be devoured by the terrifying Beguiling Demon Queen.

Of course, even after being intercepted by teammates, unless the hex is broken, the passive psychic attack attributed to the hex can kill an Avatar.

All the Beguiling Demon Queen needed was time.

LO49 was an even more unique arena location than the Sword Domain.

And finally, D-day was here.

Day 3...

Like expected, neither team tweaked their lineup for the epic clash.

Silverfang played with their already familiar lineup of 2 Combat Mages, a Summoner, an Elementalist, and a Cleric. It was a relatively balanced formation covering offensive DPS, adequate battlefield control, and a healer.

Their only shortcoming was perhaps the last of a defensive minded player, a tank, but Silverfang had been successful with this lineup so far.

As for Nightshroud, embodying the focus of the club’s academy, Nightshroud’s lineup comprised of 2 Assassins, a Thief, a Warlock, and a Paladin.

Their Paladin was just like Gabriel’s Dain Ironvalor. Though much weaker, the Paladin Avatar could substitute as a healer.

Nightshroud’s lineup was one of the most peculiar in all of Warstar history.

It was extremely rare to witness a lineup of players comprising of almost only dirty and rogue classes, all they needed was a Brawler instead of a Paladin to complete a street gang lineup.

But this was Nightshroud’s ideology, theirs was a club that believed in staying in the dark, staying elusive, scouting and then delivering one debilitating attack to disable their enemies.

All night, Silverfang practiced, targeting to neutralize their opponent’s usual strategy and lineup of players.

But in the end, the outcome was not set in stone.

Both sides had their advantages.

Silverfang battled hard, their Cleric constantly casting Holy Light that bathed the battlefield in light, limiting places where their opponents could hide.

But then, LO49’s monster struck.

The terrifying Nightmare Creature became the catalyst of change. Compared to classes like Thieves and Assassins, classes like Combat Mages had far more mental defenses against the hex of the terrifying creature.

At the same time as majority of players in both teams succumbed to the hex, Silverfang went all out, taking the risk of attacking Nightshroud’s players.

They saw the Thief, the Warlock, and the Paladin especially who did a good job at protecting his teammates as he also evaded the mind hex of the creature.

Despite this, Nightshroud was comfortably losing.

No Silverfang player succumbed to the mind hex immediately, and so they swarmed their opponents.

Beasts summoned by the Summoner attacked, the Elementalist drowning them in terrible elemental attacks, while the Cleric stood at the ready in the dark.

It was a terrible and intense battle filled with thrill and passion.

But, everyone, including the spectating fans forgot one thing...

Nightshroud’s 2 Assassins were nowhere to be seen on the main battlefield.

Where were they?

By the time they realized, it was already too late...