Chapter 373
She was the first female ‘Swordsman Game’ yer who made it to the Esports World Championship and
on top of that, she was a real stunner too!
Those geeky guys which made up most of the red team fans all cheered and growled lecherously at
Sophia.
Throughout the whole time Sophia was at the stadium right from her arrival until the registration for her
attendance, she maintained a poker-face and didn’t speak a word.
Still unconvinced, Stanley questioned her again, “Sophia, are you really Sirius233?”
“I’m your Dad,” Sophia repeated once again.
Stanley looked extremely puzzled.
Was Sirius really his aunt whom he had harbored a secret crush on for a very long time?
No one would believe a far-fetched tale like that!
Wasn’t Sirius the gay partner of Uncle Michael in the game? Wasn’t he a guy? Wasn’t he a scum?
Why did he suddenly be his aunt?
What was wrong with the world?
Everyone was getting anxious because Scary Phoenix had yet to make his appearance even though the
game was about to start. Although Stanley was equally worried just as everyone else, he knew Scary
Phoenix would be here because he had promised so. Moreover, Sophia was already here. Therefore, he
started reassuring the rest of the team, “Guys, please don’t worry because Scary Phoenix will be here
soon. Now, let’s offer some joss sticks to our Grandmaster for his blessing.”
Did they actually have a Grandmaster although esports had only be popr in the recent years?
Sophia strained her eyes, trying to see who could be their Grandmaster in esports.
Stanley took out several bundles of joss sticks from his bag and distributed them to the team before
cing a photo in ck and white in front of them.
It was Cooper in the picture.
Everyone on the red team went speechless.
Stanley introduced Cooper to everyone, “This man’s name is Cooper Mitchell and he was the one who
invented online gaming some twenty years ago. Hence, he’s our Grandmaster in esports and we should
pay our respect to him!”
Everyone lighted their joss sticks and bowed at Cooper’s picture.
After that, Sophia clutched Cooper’s amulet in her hands tightly in silence.
This was thergestpetition she had ever participated in. Although she had taken part in global
competitions in other countries before, she still had the jitters because none of them were as grand as
this one.
Keeping the amulet in her tight grasp, it seemed like she was hoping to channel some energy from the
amulet that could keep her going until the end of the game.
However, when she thought of how her husband was watching another woman’s piano performance with
admiration in his eyes or maybe even having a piano duet with her in the concert hall just opposite the
stadium, she felt disheartened.
Yet, she had no time to process her feelings at the moment. Michael was free to do anything he wanted
and he may even decide not to go home tonight!
She couldn’t care less about that!
The game was about to begin in no time as all the yers started logging into the game with their
ounts. After logging into his ount, Stanley peeked at Sophia who was sitting next to him. The sight
of how adeptly she keyed in the password for the ount ‘Sirius233’ still looked like a fantasy to him.
How could Sophia be Sirius, who was a jerk?
She didn’t look the part at all!
As for Sophia, she was stealing nces at Scary Phoenix’s position next to her.
Indeed, only a legendary yer like him had the guts to skip such a grand event like this. Didn’t he worry
that Stanley would really hang himself at the entrance of the stadium if their team ended up losing
because of his absence?
Before the game began, all the yers made their formal appearances in front of the audience.
The host first introduced the yers of the blue team, “Ladies and gentlemen, let’s put our hands
together to wee the King of Arthur Team from North America!”
Cheers and whistles erupted among the fans of the blue team with blue gs fluttering and flying around.
The blue team consisted of globally renowned esports yers and they were the reigning champion.
Last year, the Cethos team was defeated by them and ended up ranking second.
This year, the blue team looked equally confident and they had their eyes on the champion trophy. Most
of the blue team fans came all the way here from all around the world just to watch the electrifying battle
between the two teams.
The host began to introduce the background and the attributes of each yer in the team.
“The captain of the blue team is Bruce. His role is Swordsman and the weapon he uses is…”
Each time a yer was introduced, it would send the stadium uproarious and the big screen would show
the yer’s most recent results as well as the avatar he was going to be using in the game.
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While the blue team fans were all psyched, the red team fans reacted to the introduction rather calmly. In
order to show their support for the teams they rooted for, all the audience wore the lucky colors of the
team they supported, forming a sea of red and blue in the stadium.
At the same time, the seven yers of the red team were watching the information of their opponents
shown on the big screen backstage. Solemnly, Stanley pointed at their opponents and gave them a
briefing, “yer No. 1 of the blue team is their captain whom I defeated in an individual game before.
Since I know his strategies well, I can handle him. We’ll go ording to our n for the rest.”
Before the tournament, they had watched a lot of videos of both team and individual games of the blue
team yers in order to gain some understanding on how their strategies worked. However, their
opponents must have done the same thing to them as well.
The weakest yers of the red team were supposedly Sophia’s ‘Sirius 233’ and Sean’s ‘Dragon Belle
Warrior’ because the two were amateur and the rest of them were professional.
Seeing that the game was about to begin, one of the yers of the team started getting panicky because
they still had only seven yers. “Captain, why isn’t Scary Phoenix here yet? Is he going to stand us
up?”
“He just deems himself too important to appear too early. Don’t worry, he’ll make it in time,” Stanley
answered.
Sophia was so curious to see who was her ‘dom top’ in the game and she was worried whether it would
be awkward when they met each other in person. When they were merely gaming online, she was fine
with addressing other yers by cheesy nicknames but things were different when they were going to do
that in person.
She bet ‘Son of Scary Phoenix’ was somewhere at the stadium too…
Atst, she decided to dismiss the concern because winning the game was her priority now.
Since Michael, that scum, was allowed to have a date with Natasha, why couldn’t she have some
intimate interaction with her ‘dom top’ in real life?
Hmph!
Even if she ended up losing this game, she would still be rewarded with three points in credit, which was
going to put her in front of many other people.
Of course, it would be the best if she could get the champion trophy because that would give her five
points in credit.
After the introduction of the blue team was done, the yers went on to settle down in their seats to get
ready for the game.
The host’s enthusiastic voice came, “Now, let’s wee the home team to the stage! The Dragon Fox
Team is an outstanding team made up of prolific yers. First of all, let me introduce the captain of the
red team, ‘Snow Fox’!”
Stanley, who was wearing a traditional Cethos costume in red, headed to the stage. His punk style and
metallic look matched with a buzz cut made all the girls crazy over him. The moment he emerged, a
round of frenzied cheers erupted among the female fans all at once.
“Looking at ‘Snow Fox’ just makes us realize how important it is to work your hardest in your youth
because ‘Snow Fox’ has been part of the national esports team ever since he was in high school. He
was crowned as champion of many individual tournaments including ‘Swordsman Game’, and he is the
symbol of young talents in esports!”
The rest of the yers waited in line to make their appearances.
Still, Scary Phoenix was nowhere to be found.
At the same time, the piano concert in the concert hall opposite the stadium was still ongoing.
Cheerful and lively music resounded in the entire hall and rounds of ovation could be heard from time to
time. As the only star of the event, Natasha won everyone’s admiration with her scintiting performance.
Every now and then, she would nce down at a seat where a very important figure sat. In fact, he was
the reason why she held the piano concert.
At the end of a piece, she stood up and bowed to the audience but when she nced at that seat again,
she found that it was empty. At some point in time, the man who was very important to her had left
without her realizing.