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Chapter 171: Matchday 38 [2]

Chapter 171: Matchday 38 [2]

(English Pro Alliance:)

(Matchday 38 of 38:)

(Lionheart Legacy vs Scarlet Rose)

(Time: 7:20pm)

It was 7:20pm..., just 40 minutes to the end of the matchday and when the new league champion of the English Pro Alliance would be crowned.

It was matchday 38 of the English Pro Alliance, and with it, the second to last game of the matchday.

By now, fans of the popular video game across England already enjoyed a feast of exciting games. Different fanbases across England participated in the last matchday festivities. Of them, 3 fanbases were already doomed to pure agony as they watched their clubs being relegated from the English Pro Alliance.

Others were neutral due to their clubs losing their last game of the season, and other fanbases celebrated their final win of the season.

And yet, despite all that excitement already, the thrill caused by underdogs clawing their way from the jaws of defeat, Warstar fans across the country still couldn’t calm their nerves and excitement yet, and this was simply because the most important 2 games of the matchday were reserved for last.

The WA executives were smart.

To create the most excitement among the fans in the last push to increase ticket sales in the home stadiums where the pro clubs clashed on the night, they reserved the head-to-head battle between Scarlet Rose and Phoenix Rising for last, just 40 minutes till the end of the matchday by 8:00pm.

The 2 top clubs were not exactly playing against each other, but due to being tied at 88 points each, it felt like it.

And since the time was scheduled cleverly so both clubs could face their battles at the same time, the 2 home stadiums where the battles took place were filled to the brim.

Unlike Scarlet Rose who did not have the privilege of playing at home ground against another bitter rival, at least, the reigning champions, Phoenix Rising had the opportunity of facing Cyber Squad at home.

That in itself was an advantage.

The 2 final games were bound to be drama-filled. Afterall, all 4 clubs involved in the clash had prior history in the English Pro Alliance.

Unlike Scarlet Rose, Lionheart Legacy may not have won the RPG champions league yet but they were staunch contenders every season. And just like Scarlet Rose had a skilled veteran and shameless captain in Jonathan, Lionheart Legacy also had Harvey, another star player in the Pro Scene.

Neutral fans dubbed it the clash of the shameless mongrels.

Another fact was that both clubs thrived due to their singular God-level account Avatars, Crimson Saint for Scarlet Rose and Charging Vale for Lionheart Legacy, both God-level Paladin accounts.

In their long years in the Pro Alliance, both players and Avatars have a long history of always competing every year for the best Paladin award.

It was a clash of shameless mongrels, but it was also a clash of God-tier Paladins.

As for Phoenix Rising and Scarlet Rose?

Simple. It was a derby game.

Not just that, the 2 London clubs have a lot of history. Cyber Squad fans hated Phoenix Rising’s gut. Afterall, the bastards beat them in last year’s champions league final, depriving them of a record-extending 6th champions league win.

And to lots of Cyber Squad fans, Phoenix Rising and Dain Ironvalor were the reason for God Noah and the original Cyber Squad team’s retirement.

In Phoenix Rising’s home stadium in West London, the atmosphere was cracking that night as the game was scheduled to start.

Lionheart Legacy and Scarlet Rose’s battle started first with the individual battle.

[First Individual Battle: Crimson Saint vs Charging Vale!]

Neither of the 2 captains shirked the responsibility of starting first, and yet as soon as their Avatars spawned in the arena, their other side was already rearing its head, the shameless side.

The chat exploded even before battle started.

*Crimson Saint: "You actually started? I thought you wouldn’t have the courage to face me".

*Charging Vale: "Haha, afraid to face a eunuch like you? Nah man, I still got balls, unlike you".

*Crimson Saint: "Referee! Did you see that? Is that allowed?"

*Charging Vale: "What do you mean? I’ve got balls of steel man, guts, what else did you think I was saying?"

*Crimson Saint: "You shameless bastards, kids are watching!"

*Charging Vale: "Right back at you".

Charging Vale laughed as he went that last message and yet, the battle already started as he charged towards his opponent, his spear igniting with incandescent light as he activated an augmenting skill.

Charging Vale’s weapon is an S-Ranked weapon, a unique one with a transformation enchantment.

The weapon had 2 forms, a long sword and spear form and it was with this weapon that he competed head-to-head against Jonathan, one of the best players in the game at the pinnacle of all other Paladins for years.

And tonight again, these 2 legendary Paladins clashed again at the highest level of the English Pro Alliance, in the final game of the season.

Bam! Bam! Bam!

As elite Paladins, both of them knew the class like the back of their hand; every single skill, every attack sequence, every secret technique, they knew it all and predicted each other’s attacks as easily as breathing.

It was an even battle. And so, in the end, it became a battle of trash talking, who of the 2 had the higher mental resilience to out-trash talk the other and make him falter first.

Fortunately or unfortunately, both were also grandmasters in the vile arts of the game.

Even some adults in the stadium could not help their faces turning a bright shade of pink at some of the words these 2 captains spouted in the chat.

At some point, the referee had to intervene, warning Jonathan with a yellow card as he became too unbridled at some point.

Both Avatars hit red health at almost the same time. Still, they couldn’t finish the battle. Rather, time was exhausted before their grueling duel could be completed.

---<VICTORY>---

The victory screen flashed.

In the end, the crimson Saint own.

Not due to killing Charging Vale, but due to the simple fact that after the end of 10 minutes allocated to the duel, Crimson Saint had more HP remaining than his opponent.

[Charging Vale: 5% HP]

[Crimson Saint: 6% HP]

Harvey stifled a curse as he briefly left his gaming booth to rest and catch his breath. While he rested, the individual battles continued.

After 2 more individual duels, Scarlet Rose ended up stealing 2 wins to their opponent’s 1.

[Scarlet Rose: 2 points]

[Lionheart Legacy: 1 point]

In the 3 vs 3 battle rush, Harvey went all out.

Not just in terms of effort and skill, Harvey also went all out with his trash talking to offset the tempo of his opponents. Not just trash talking either, Harvey went all out in tactical arrangement too, using a radical formation that took advantage of the unique environment of the arena where they clashed.

Harvey truly went all out and maybe against any other team in the Pro Alliance, his team may have won the battle rush, even against Gabriel’s Phoenix Rising.

Afterall, no matter how skilled and talented that scary team was, they were less experienced than Harvey.

But Jonathan? Not only was he sufficiently skilled at the game, but he also had as much experience in the Pro Alliance as Harvey if not even more.

Both of them were some of the oldest players still going in the Pro Alliance. And so, Scarlet Rose won again.

(Scarlet Rose: 4 points)

(Lionheart Legacy: 1 point)

Lionheart Legacy was pushed to the wall. Their only hope of turning the tides now was to win the ensuing team battle, the round of the game that would give the most points, but could they even beat their opponents?

Asking if they could was meaningless, Harvey simply approached the team battle with as much shrewdness and treachery that he could, and Jonathan responded in kind.

To the OG Warstar fans, this game was a thriller.

It was a game of vulgar trash talking that involved 5 yellow cards being issued to 5 different players, including a second yellow card to Jonathan’s Crimson Saint, culminating in a red card that sent Scarlet Rose’s captain out of the game.

But by then, Jonathan already did what he needed to do for his team; he already laid the groundwork for a decisive victory.

As soon as he received a red card, automatically being kicked out of the game, Scarlet Rose’s reserve player for this game entered, his successor.

And due to exploiting the changing rules of the game, Chris had the chance to play with Crimson Saint for the first time in the English Pro Alliance. Substituting in, since his personal Avatar was also a Paladin, Jonathan exploited the rules, allowing Chris to pilot his God-level account Avatar.

"I’ve laid the foundation boy. Now, go show that old man hell!"

"Yes, captain," Chris responded solemnly.

That night, for the first time in a long time, Harvey felt what Noah felt in the champions league final last season.

’Ah... I think I’m getting old’.

Piloting the Crimson Saint, riding the advantage that his captain set for him, Chris showed that he was ready to inherit the legendary Avatar as with his blade and shield, he went on a rampage on the arena, leading his teammates along.

The boy was supremely talented but unlike other newbies with such talent, he didn’t let it get to his head.

Mentored by Jonathan himself, Chris had a mature and grounded style centered around teamwork and bringing the best out of his teammates.

Led by his unstoppable charge, they literally pulverized the Lionheart Legacy players!

It was a one-sided massacre.

The atmosphere in the stadium climbed to a fever pitch as the excited fans watched their prodigy cause havoc across enemy lines. And close to the end of the game as the last Lionheart Legacy player was to be killed, a new chant burst out in the stadium.

"Chris!" "Chris!" "Chris!"

Chris chants filled the stadium, rising to the roof, and exploding outside into the atmosphere in a deafening cacophony.

In the Scarlet Rose player booth, Jonathan was grinning from ear to ear like a fool; like a proud father watching his son grow up into a man.

Scarlet Rose won the team battle, and in extension, they won the game.

[Scarlet Rose: 8 points]

[Lionheart Legacy: 1 point]

It was a one-sided rout, a humiliation.

Harvey and his team were humbled.

And with it, Scarlet Rose secured their last 3 points of the season, moving on to 91 points!

What of Phoenix Rising?

What happened to the reigning champions?