The Newbie Is Too Strong's
123. Leo's determination and hope
The excitement of the individual qualifying round matches in the last 128 continued.
Just after the game Toni, Omiroz, the rider of the Goliath Team, performed brilliantly in the tenth session match. With his whip that is able to split the mountain, he was able to defeat by a landslide one of the players from Team Ghayal, India.
Then in the twelfth match, there was the 16th favorite player, Pei Yu from Team Ying Xiong, the other team besides Pang Long who was from China.
His opponent is the number two player of Team Exdeus, Seon Yujin.
Who would have thought that the woman armed with the shawl could catch an Exdeus player soaring high in the sky with her shawl that suddenly stretched unnaturally and then crushed the Exdeus player with the shawl fabric is also up to gameover in the match.
Because of Pei Yu's dazzling appearance, Luca also imagined himself using the technique with his soul shawl to support his assassin technique.
Until finally he realized when he imagined himself moving with a shawl on his shoulder that it was not the right technique for a real man like him.
Continuing the next match, there was also the match of the seventh favorite knife thrower and the ninth favorite blood curseer. But Luca himself was not very interested in them.
Simple reason. Luca is not at all fond of cowardly fights that only dare to attack people with surprise attacks from behind when he himself is an assassin whose work should always demand him to do that.
Luca was more interested in the match of non-favorite players from the Metamorphosis Team in the 21st match. He is a burly swordsman player with his red skin.
His opponent also happened to be a swordsman warrior so the match also looked fun to watch because it showed a burning sword fighting spirit.
Well, even though the result of the match was predictable from the beginning, thanks to the difference in their strength that is quite striking. The red-skinned swordsman won the match easily.
Next in the 23rd match, Luca watched the fight of the number six favorite. He was an overpowering mage like Silua from Team Lost Child who apparently came from the same type of game as Team Epic Fantasy, despite being different countries.
Thanks to his incredible burst of magic power that was very far from the shadow of an ordinary mage, the overpowering mage could also surpass the match easily.
After that, there is also the battle of the military sci-fi robot player who obtained the 14th favorite position. However, Luca is also less interested in this fight, although the favorite in the end can also successfully penetrate into the next round.
Then as the closing match in the 32nd match, there is Ekila, the seeded player from the Lost Child Team as well as the winner of the number one favorite title. With the power of his twin dragon overpower, he sealed the victory of the match that day with great grandeur.
As for in the virtual room B, it seemed that the match was over. Both Asario and Glen, both can penetrate into the next round.
Thus, the fight of the day ended leaving 64 individual contestants standing.
***
After the match, Leo coincidentally sees Luca up front. That night after the game, the participants were given a moment of flexibility to meet with their family members to rebuild their mental who might have had a slack about homesick.
Leo became interested to meet his grandmother's brother and immediately greeted him.
“Luca!” Shouted Leo as he waved his hand.
“Ah, Brother Leo.” Luca waved his hand.
But beyond Leo's expectations, apparently Luca was talking to other participants who were none other than Lia, the next opponent in the individual qualifying round.
Leo finally became awkward and hurriedly looked for an excuse for how he could get out of the place immediately.
But before he could think of anything, it was Lia who suddenly greeted him first.
“Ah, so this is Brother Leo who has been taking care of you while in this place, Luca?”
“Yes, that's right. Brother Leo even had time to take a break out of the dormitory for a while just to accompany us for a walk. Brother Leo is a good man, Lia.”
“Oh, yes, greetings know also.”
Leo saw the woman smiling kindly at him, but for some reason all of her hair was goosebumps. Leo was somehow able to feel a very strong jealous aura from the woman that a woman would normally only address to an actor.
But gradually they chatted, the atmosphere melted and they quickly became acquainted with each other under Luca's supervision.
Leo soon returned to his consciousness.
“No. I can't be like this. Among the members of Team Max Squeeze, the rest of me alone managed to advance to the next round. And this woman in front of me is an opponent that I will soon have to defeat. I can't build even the slightest feeling that doesn't matter at all.”
However, responding to her silence as if knowing her heart, Lia suddenly said to her, “Let us both fight in the next round with the maximum of our abilities honestly and fairly. I won't give Senior any mercy, you know.”
Hearing the statement, Leo replied with a determined smile.
“It's true. No matter who the opponent was in this second round match, I was the one who had to win. I'm the one who's gonna give that goddamn Goruth a lesson to be battered and lose his face.”
***
Happened a year ago.
At that time, Team Max Squeeze failed to go to the international level match with dashed in the last eight because it was blocked by Team Lost Child.
After that game, the only woman in the Max Squeeze Team suddenly resigned from his team.
“Lucy, what does all this mean? Why did you suddenly resign from the team?”
“Let me go, Leo. I. i.. hiks... hiks. You also admit that right?!”
“What's..”
“You are a great player and very talented, but because our team is too weak, we lose. We all just hampered your success. So why don't you just go to the Lost Child Team and become a champion player with them?!”
“What you say Lucy, our genre will be different from theirs.”
“Then, let go of me, Leo. I don't want to see you again. Frankly, I am burdened by your dazzling talent!”
And so Leo eventually lost one of his team members named Lucy.
Then after finally Leo began to investigate the cause of Lucy can think so, so, the discovery was an interesting fact from the sound recording of the match when they lost in the round of eight that was enlarged in volume by a certain sound decibel magnifying program.
“Junk like you guys only burden talented players like Leo to shine. So what if an untalented player like you better just resign and go farming there to make some money?”
Leo's anger was ignited when he heard the recording of the voice.
Apparently Lucy resigned from her team because it was consumed by the provocation of opposing players from the Lost Child Team. His anger was immediately directed at the player who said such cruel things to Lucy. And that's Goruth, the talented assassin from Team Lost Child.
“I'm sorry, Luca. But I'm the one who will win that second round match by removing your girlfriend from the arena.” Said the young man with determination.
But instantly, that ignited anger turned into a livability. Leo softly continued to say,
“This is probably my last chance to enter this competition.”