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Chapter 223: Rivalry [15]

Chapter 223: Rivalry [15]

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[Cyber Squad: 4 points]

[Phoenix Rising: 6 points]

Gabriel said they would do it, and they did.

In the buildup to the game, for the first time all season, Phoenix Rising were voted as the underdogs in an English Pro Alliance game between 1 of the top 4 clubs.

It was no secret that among the top 4 clubs, Phoenix Rising was the club with the worst form. This was why in the buildup to the epic clash in Cyber Squad’s home, Phoenix Rising were scored as the underdogs.

Cyber Squad cooked a hostile atmosphere to welcome their bitter rivals; boos, banners, chants, they served it all to them cold.

Despite it all, Gabriel was forced to engage in a brief pre-match interview.

When the reporter asked him what he thought about his team’s chances of winning though, Gabriel simply looked at the reporter and said.

"100%".

"You mean your team have a 100% chance of winning?"

"Yes".

"What makes you think so? Statistically..."

Gabriel cut her off. "It doesn’t matter. It’s our will to win, so we will".

Well, fast forward to now, and Phoenix Rising actually did it, traveling to the home of their rivals for a derby game and winning it was just next level stuff.

It was a statement performance from the reigning champions.

Despite the incredible win though, journalists did their jobs, finding one or two things about the Phoenix Rising performance to question.

"Gabriel, congratulations on your victory. Your team’s performance truly left the English Pro Alliance stunned. Thinking of it, I could not help but remember your pre-match talk, did you know you would win?"

Gabriel looked at the reporter, the usual lighthearted humor that he was known for nowhere to be seen.

His reply?

"Do I look like a seer?"

The reporter blinked.

Gabriel continued. "Of course, I could not see the future. I simply envisioned a future, and I and my team worked towards it. As you can see, it worked out".

"Ok...," the reporter trailed with his words as he took a quick peek at his paper. "Before you leave, I have one more question". He smiled. "I could not help but notice that you made a few changes in today’s game".

"The Phoenix Rising that we know, the Phoenix Rising that we’re used to will never throw the towel, forfeiting points just to prepare for the team battle".

"After your win against Stinger of War in the individual battle round, fans noticed that your team visibly lowered the tempo. You didn’t even play in the 3 vs 3 battle rush. The fans made their displeasure clear at your decision, so we want to know, why did you lower the tempo?"

Gabriel looked at the reporter as if he was wondering if she had a screw wrong in her head.

In the end, he responded. "Every decision that I took, I took to win".

"We won, right?"

"..." The reporter was speechless.

"Well, if that’s all, I’ll be taking my leave".

With that, an exciting derby game in London came to an end.

Phoenix Rising managed to do the incredible in enemy ground, stealing all 3 points but at the end of the game, the media didn’t focus on Phoenix Rising’s victory, rather, they focused on Gabriel’s tactics and his changed mannerisms in front of the media, scrutinizing it with great detail.

The media focused on Gabriel’s personality change, and they managed to trace it back to Phoenix Rising’s humiliating 10-0 loss to Echelon.

While fans and the media kept on dissecting the catalyst for Gabriel’s change and his tactics in the derby game, matchday 32 of the English Pro Alliance continued.

The other powerhouses of the English Pro Alliance this season took on their opponents; Echelon, Scarlet Rose, even Juggernaut, and every single one of them totally demolished their opponents.

With that, another exciting matchday of the English Pro Alliance came to an end.

The English Pro Alliance table updated.

[English Pro Alliance League Table – Matchday 32]

1) Echelon – MP: 32; Points: 90

2) Scarlet Rose – MP: 32; Points: 87

3) Phoenix Rising – MP: 32; Points: 85

4) Cyber Squad – MP: 32; Points: 83

5) Juggernaut – MP: 32; Points: 74

Matchday 32 was a significant matchday in a crazy season, it was the matchday when Phoenix Rising regained their momentum, surging ahead of Cyber Squad in the English Pro Alliance league table.

That was a significant event, but it was not the only thing that made matchday 32 of this crazy season of the English Pro Alliance unique.

For the umpteenth time this season, a new record was broken.

It was the first season in the history of the English Pro Alliance when a club got to 90 points at matchday 32 with 6 matchdays remaining till the end of the season.

Echelon were on course to a 100-point season and beyond.

This was a truly record-breaking season.

And the crazy thing was the fact that it was not just Echelon. The title race this season was so steep that it triggered the true potential of the top clubs competing in the title race this season.

The rivalry this season was so fierce that all top 4 clubs went beyond plus ultra, going beyond their limits to play the best seasons of their respective club histories statistically.

Echelon was at 90 points, Scarlet Rose was at 87 points, Phoenix Rising was at 85 points, while Cyber Squad was at 83 points.

Since there were 6 matchdays of the 12th season of the English Pro Alliance remaining to be played, theoretically, all 4 clubs could still get 18 points each.

In an ideal world, that would translate to a total of 108 points for Echelon, 105 points for Phoenix Rising, 103 points for Phoenix Rising, and 101 points for Cyber Squad.

That would mean all 4 clubs would break the current existing record for the most points gotten in a single season of the English Pro Alliance.

They won’t just be breaking records, they would be obliterating records.

And of course, that was just an imaginative points chart, reality may not follow the same script, even more so when there was still two more final top of the table clash in the English Pro Alliance.

The first was between Scarlet Rose and Phoenix Rising, while the final one was between Echelon and Juggernaut.

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The next week, matchday 33 rolled into town.

There was no top of the table clash, giving the top 5 clubs the leverage they needed to go on a rout across the English Pro Alliance.

Across 3 days, the top 5 clubs shined with varying levels of success.

After straining their team across so many matchdays without rest, overstressing their fingers, Noah decided to rest for the first time in 33 games, leaving himself out of the team and leaving the task of winning to Aria.

Without their talismanic captain leading them, Echelon showed cracks for the first time in 33 matchdays, and for a time, their opponents took advantage.

Their opponents managed to snatch a point in the individual battle round, while fighting to a shock win in the 3 vs 3 battle rush to secure a total of 3 points to Echelon’s 2 points by the end of the 2nd round of the game.

Their opponents were leading, but that was where their purple reign stopped as Aria took charge in the team battle, giving a dominant performance to doom their opponents to defeat in the team battle.

Echelon secured a hard-fought 3-7 victory.

On the other side of town, Phoenix Rising did the same thing, Gabriel taking the uncharacteristic decision of rotating his team heavily, excluding himself from the individual battle round as he gave his teammates opportunities to shine.

"We practiced in training, don’t disappoint me".

Well, you could say they didn’t disappoint him because Phoenix Rising lost only 1 individual battle, before going on a clean sweep across the other rounds of the epic battle in London.

Phoenix Rising won with another statement 9-1 victory.

The next day, Cyber Squad also proved their credentials, completing an 8-2 score line victory against their opponents in a game where Stinger of War went loose, rolling back the years again for OG Warstar fans, fighting like the Battle God.

The next day, in another part of England, in Leeds, Scarlet Rose took on their opponents and demolished them completely.

Having held back for so long all season, playing a peripheral role, Jonathan finally felt the need to stretch his finger joints.

He played in all 3 rounds of a game for the first time this season, dominating in all 3 and leading Scarlet Rose to a dominant 8-2 score line victory.

Juggernaut also won against their opponents with a 7-3 score line.

And then came matchday 34.

Matchday 34 followed the same script as matchday 33, all top 5 clubs winning their games with relative ease but then, England buzzed again as matchday 35 of the English Pro Alliance arrived.

England buzzed because on matchday 35, another top of the table clash was to take place.

And this time, it was between Scarlet Rose and Phoenix Rising.

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