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Chapter 169: Level 100

Chapter 169: Level 100

[You have been rewarded with XP!]

[You have leveled up!]

[You are now Level 100!]

"Ah... finally". Noah sighed with satisfaction.

Swirling his chair round, he stood up and went to the nearby refrigerator, picking a bottle of water to celebrate the occasion.

Noticing him stand up, his teammates turned to look at him.

Aria had a resigned but still competitive look on her face, Caleb and Genevieve were calm, while Benjamin had an indignant look on his face.

Noah drank the water and chuckled. "What?"

"You cheated". Benjamin spat.

Noah only laughed. "Thank heavens I’m not stuck in the game or something. My computer is right there before you, you can check my logs to see if I cheated or if I used some mod, if those are even possible in Warstar".

Benjamin glared at him some more, then suddenly stood up, going to pick a bottle of water too as he puffed his chest. "Well, I’m second".

"You’re not". Noah laughed. "Aria’s second".

"One more kill of those monsters and she’ll be level 100 too".

Benjamin glared at him again before focusing on his bottle of water.

The others focused back on their computers, continuing the dungeon raid in their absence. And like Noah predicted, after 2 more kills, Aria’s Reckless Storm also leveled up to the maximum level of Warstar, Level 100.

Aria nodded in satisfaction. "I’m second".

Well, it was already a few months since the operation to retrieve Noah’s body from the offshore building where he was kidnapped and held.

Only the top executives of Club Echelon knew about the operation, and so the news did not spread.

All the workers in the club building knew was that one day, they just started to see God Noah in the building, finally.

Considering Noah’s popularity, his life soon fell back to default settings.

During the first week of his body being rescued, all the workers in Club Echelon heckled him, asking for pictures and signatures.

Having spent the past 5 months stuck inside Warstar, Noah was not annoyed by the requests. Rather, he embraced it, meeting their wishes.

During these months since he was found, Nightingale did his job to perfection as a sponsor. Apart from putting Noah finally on the payment system, officially becoming employed, he also made sure that they were comfortable.

Nightingale provided the best environment for them to fully focus on the game. And with Gabriel, Aria’s boyfriend, even though they were not in the Pro Alliance yet, they already started the work of dissecting their future opponents.

1 year may not seem like a lot but during this time, the Pro Alliance already changed.

Some pro clubs remained the same, but most changed, even stalwarts like Scarlet Rose. After so many years of Jonathan holding the helm and leading the charge for the big Warstar pro club, he was finally making way for someone else, Chris.

Chris was Jonathan’s successor, the teenage prodigy that he was personally mentoring to take over his Crimson Saint Avatar.

Noah already verified the kid’s skill when Jonathan ambushed him in the game months ago, but still, he did not expect what Chris would do this season.

Jonathan was still the main star of Scarlet Rose this season, but Chris was definitely the overachieving underdog.

The kid was on course to winning the best young player award for the season as with his clutch performances on a consistent basis, and with a solid mentor like Jonathan leading him, Scarlet Rose was having a resurgent season this year.

This year, Phoenix Rising was even more dominating as Cyber Squad faltered.

Gabriel’s Dain Ironvalor was the clear MVP favorite of the season due to his impressive performances. The World Championship experience seemed to have made the captain and his team even more formidable players.

But despite Phoenix Rising’s imperious run, another pro club managed to keep up with them this season..., Scarlet Rose.

Jonathan played a big role, but the big secret was Chris.

With his introduction into the fold, this season, Scarlet Rose employed a double Paladin formation and it was working wonders.

With Jonathan’s Crimson Saint and Chris’ Paladin, Scarlet Rose was as solid as a rock this season. Few teams could break them down, even Phoenix Rising.

The 2 times that both clubs clashed this season, both in home and away ground, they ended up in a stalemate, sharing the spoils.

And it was already the penultimate part of the season.

It was remaining just 1 matchday to conclude the regular Warstar season, after which the top 6 teams of the season would progress to the playoffs.

At this stage of the season, this was how the Warstar table looked like.

(English Warstar RPG Pro Alliance Table:)

Phoenix Rising- 88 points) Scarlet Rose- 88 points) Juggernaut- 76 points) Imperium Tyrannus- 74 points) Nightfall- 73 points) Midnight Revenants- 69 points)

These were the 6 pro clubs that were currently locked in the top 6 spots, the requirement to qualify for the playoffs.

But it was not over yet.

Tonight, matchday 38 of the Warstar Pro Alliance would start.

In the top 6 ranking, there were surprises and upsets. Afterall, despite the summer offloading and spending that Cyber Squad engaged in, they were nowhere near the top 6 this season.

By matchday 38, Cyber Squad was left trailing at 9th position.

Considering that this was a club that always stayed in the top 3 of the Warstar RPG Pro Alliance table every season, it was a fall from glory.

And finally, the club executives were feeling the heat of the retirement of their legends. By now, Cyber Squad fans were beyond impatient already.

In every home game, the fans come out in numbers, carrying banners showing their dissatisfaction with the owners. They demanded for the owners to either sell the club or sack the club manager, or both.

It was safe to say that the mood these days in Cyber Squad was far from harmonious. The club was going through a period of crisis.

As for the very top of the table though, there was a compelling battle this season between the 2 top clubs, Phoenix Rising and Scarlet Rose.

With Cyber Squad out of the way, Scarlet Rose was Phoenix Rising’s biggest challenge from clinging another Warstar RPG league title.

At the end of matchday 37, both pro clubs were tied at 88 points each, giving the nearest club a sizeable distance.

A same-point finish at the end of the season by 2 pro clubs was not the first of its kind, but it was exceedingly rare.

If by the end of matchday 38, both clubs were still tied on points, it would mark only the second time that it would happen in the history of the Pro Alliance.

As for the solution? There were simple ways to remedy it.

First, the 2 clubs tied on points would progress to the playoffs like usual. And if of the 2 clubs, one of them manage to go all the way and win the Warstar RPG Champions League trophy, they automatically edge their rivals and also claim the Warstar RPG league title.

But if neither club win the Champions League, the English WA (Warstar Association) organize a final game of the season between both clubs.

Due to the rule changes at the beginning of the season, that final game would use the new 11-point system that was used in the World Championship.

In simple terms, what all these meant was that the season was coming to an end, and with it came excitement, and thrilling final matchups.

Among the clashes of matchday 38 of the Warstar RPG league season, the most attention went to 2 specific features; Scarlet Rose’s battle against Lionheart Legacy, and the epic clash between Cyber Squad and Phoenix Rising.

To Cyber Squad, it was a terrible matchup and it could make or break their season. It was the difference between a slightly horrible season and an utterly horrible one.

To Phoenix Rising, it was a must-win game if they were to win the league title this season.

To Scarlet Rose, it was also a must-win game.

But hours before the first game of matchday 38, after almost a year of staying under the radar, news of his retirement causing a storm since, he finally decided to make it official, coming to face the media again.

To Noah, it felt like a lifetime already since that fateful night, and game when Gabriel’s Dain Ironvalor doomed him and his teammates.

The memory of being forced into retirement was still fresh in his mind, the wound gaping and still bleeding despite all this time.

The scar lingered.

He still remembered as he and Genevieve tried to move through the sea of reporters, who uncaring about how they felt kept on throwing questions at them, pushing him to the edge of despair mentally.

That time, Noah wanted to drown it all by playing Warstar. He never expected that to lead to him being stuck in the game for months though.

And now, almost a year later, he was to face the media again.

’A complete cycle, huh?’

He chuckled.

"Well, what’s the worst that could happen?"

He grinned. "Let’s face it".

He walked out.