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76. Malik, the Deity of the Heart of Nina, the Source of Areka Blasphemy
“An anticipated day has arrived. Now is the time for you to witness the history of who will be the winner in the prestigious competition of the most famous e-sport event in Indonesia.”
With great fanfare, the MC opened the show.
Luca mingled among the hundreds of spectators who also watched the event live with great enthusiasm.
“Before starting the final match, let's watch the final ranking of positions 3 to 8 Indonesian professional e-sport teams from accumulated points during the match starting from the preliminary round.”
Enthusiasm was heard from the audience bench accompanied by the emergence of the intended MC rating on the screen located in the middle of the stage.
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3. Clock Tower's
4. Lucifer
5. Sky Alps
6. Missile
7. White Star
8. Black Joker
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The audience was surprised. With just one team in existence, the Silver Hero Team, a top eight ranker who for the past 5 years has looked static, has now undergone a drastic change.
Thanks to the victory of the Silver Hero Team that reached the final round, The White Star team also gained an advantage by not experiencing a reduction in numbers that are too significant even though they cannot enter the semifinals this year and at least secure their position in rank 7.
Perhaps because of the Silver Hero Team's intense shine, no one noticed that there was one more team that had just entered the top eight for the first time, the Black Joker Team. Because of that, looks from the ranks of the top eight players who are also present today waiting to be distributed awards along with the determination of champions one and two, the event, the Black Joker fighter looks very frustrated and disappointed.
“Another one that most of you may be waiting for. How do ya roughly predict people in the community so far about who will be champions?” The MC immediately replaced the gear by reversing the atmosphere with a different feel of tension.
Instantly on the screen,
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Team Shadow Park 55 %
Silver Hero 45% Team %
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“Wow! Beyond a doubt! Our new team received a vote from the community of 45%, almost comparable to the vote of the former champion last year. Is this because of the achievements of each member of their team that so far no one has lost?” MC gave his opinion.
The event then continued with an interview session as well as questions and answers to each member of the prospective winning team, Team Shadow Park and Team Silver Hero.
Luca's gaze was apparently focused on Lia who was smiling full of an aura of elegance to answer every question the MC on stage. Or maybe Mark or Andra next to him? Because it is too far away, do not know for sure which is the object of Luca's attention.
Clearly, Luca's expression immediately furrowed as he took Krimson from the opposing team and waved at him. Or it could just be Luca's misunderstanding of their distance far enough that it would be difficult to recognize someone's face from that distance.
Leaving that aside, before the final match began, a special event took place with a royal battle between the envoys of players from the six teams holding ranks 3 to 8.
Almost all players sent their swordsmen, including the White Star Team who sent Malik, Nina's idol.
There were only two teams that sent out players other than swordsmen. They were Tim Lucifer who sent the shield he said was dubbed impregnable, but easily broken by Asario. Didi the Shield of Tim Lucifer. While others, the Black Joker Team sent out fighters who were their strongest members.
For archers, their class attack was also powerful, but it was only superior in long-range matches. They were too weak for the three classes that seemed to be devoted to that royal battle in close combat. On restricted arenas where players could not secure a considerable distance from each other, it was obvious an archer would be at a disadvantage.
For a cleric that focuses on healing and buffs, there is no question. They are weak in attack. Lia is an exception from her class.
Alchemists. Their potions were indeed something, but if without those potions, they were no different from an average strength NPC that was slightly stronger than a real human. Krimson, who is an expert at using daggers, is also an exception to his class.
For tamer, just finish the rest of the player before having time to summon the pets. This class is not much different from the mage, even worse when talking about the incantation time of the spell.
Scouts. Debuff and their stealth indeed make this class difficult to catch in the game of cats. But just ignore them as long as they hide and attack them when they get close. They were not as agile and dangerous as an assassin who had the ultimate deadly skill.
Last assassin. This class at first glance looks quite strong from its description. But as many have played the character, in the end many give up because of the low quality of his strength so that it is not effective in fighting. Even the current status of assassin, entered into the 3 classes that were said to be the weakest along with scout and cleric.
Of course this is the general view of each class. But there are also exceptions in some places, especially for talented players. And most are also not accurate anymore in one-on-one matches where each player can focus on one opponent in front of him.
Then among the swordsmen, shields, and fighters yamg were said to be classes that were indeed devoted to royal battles, swordsmen became prima donna among the three because they were the most balanced among strength, dexterity, agility, and strength, and vitality.
A fighter is too wasteful of energy because of the imbalance of his dexterity and vitality, or in other words their style of attack is too broad to reach so it takes more power to provide meaningful damage, he said, like putting out a candle with a water bottle.
As for the shielder, it fell on his agility. Shielder is unable to move quickly.
And this is where the six fighters, while fighting, connect their bodies into the virtual world through a mindfulness bando that can be seen by hundreds of spectators through the large screen in the middle of the stage.
As I said, there are all exceptions. Evidently with two players who were eliminated the first time almost simultaneously was from the swordsmen class.
As soon as the match started, the players immediately made their move. As expected, the players will target the opponent who they think is the weakest first.
With such consideration, Malik from the White Star Team teamed up with the Didi shield from Team Lucifer to eliminate the swordsmen players and the Sky Alps. While the fighter from the Black Joker Team immediately raised his fist to the swordsmen of the Missile Team, then was greeted by a stab by the swordsmen from the Clock Tower.
Not enough 2 minutes of the match, two players have been killed leaving four players alone. There is a raw face among 4 players who are side by side and face in four directions like a cardinal direction.
It was the fighter from the Black Joker Team who broke the silence for a moment by attacking Malik, the swordsman of the White Star Team. He had decided that among the three, Malik was the weakest by looking at his rank.
But he was wrong, Malik from the White Star Team was strong. During this time his team was static in the fifth rank, even down this year in the seventh rank due to losing to the Silver Hero Team, was because his team only had a few talented players. Yes, a few talented players, which means that this little one is very talented who will be able to fight on balance and can even win against other big players from both teams who enter the final round.
That's how great Malik is, Nina's love interest, and also her senior who is a mage in his team, Brian. Their team lost due to a lack of talented players. After all, an e-sport match is a team game rather than an individual one.
With an agile movement, Malik actually uses the fighter's own attack power to knock him down and reverse defeat him with the last attack of his sword.
The Swordsmen Clock Tower advanced after that, taking Malik off guard because of the focus on facing the fighter. But then again, that player also underestimated Malik. Malik dodged his sword attack and slashed it back. The swordsmen of the Clock Tower Team also ended up losing.
And now there's Didi the shield from Team Lucifer against Malik. Malik also recalled, if you think about it, this is the first time he faced Team Lucifer in this welcome match because Team Lucifer always entered the final every year. Well, although not once their team can beat Team Shadow Park who always occupies the first position.
There was a sword and shield fight in a long time. The sound of metal clashing added to the tense atmosphere of the fight. Didi remained persistent not wanting his shield to be pierced. But eventually, the gap arrived.
Didi was too focused on the opponent before him. He dodged brilliantly the sword aura moves by Malik. But from the beginning, the attack was indeed not aimed at directly attacking him.
Sword aura also hit the debris that eventually fell on Didi's head. Although Didi felt the pain of falling over, but not something that meant for the body of a player who was designed stronger than a normal human body.
However, it was enough for Malik to interrupt Didi's concentration for a moment. He finally took advantage of the small gap to first slash Didi's leg to make the shield lose its balance. After his balance was gone, only then did he unleash his ultimate sword skill, ice aura.
Didi could not avoid the attack. Instantly Didi's body turned to ice and cracked, then the cracks increased, and he disappeared into dust. Didi eventually lost and an absolute victory for the White Star Team represented by Malik.
That's how Malik of the White Star Team for the last five years has always been the winner in the royal battle of the welcome match every before the final match starts. That is why even though for the last five years the White Star team has never qualified for the finals, even this year it did not qualify for the semifinals, either, no one can underestimate the team because of the presence of Malik and Brian in it.