Chapter 377


    Toward the end of the game, both teams were left with three yers and for the red team, they were


    Snow Fox, Scary Phoenix and Sirius233, who was incredible and had performed exceptionally well by


    using the move ‘Turbo Tornado’ to her advantage. The three yers had great rapport as they worked


    seamlessly together to defend round after round of attacks from the blue team and finish off their


    opponents one by one.


    Sirius233 was no doubt the most outstanding yer of the game today. She started off as the weakest


    yer of the team but surprisingly, she managed to fight her way to the very end and she seemed


    invincible despite only having a dangerously little amount left in her health points.


    In the end, Sirius ughtered the captain and also the strongest yer of the blue team with her sword.


    After squealing miserably, the character died and the entire blue team was wiped out while the red team


    still had three yers standing.


    “Ladies and gentlemen, the champion of the Esports World Championship this year is—the Dragon Fox


    Team!”


    All eight yers of the team leapt to their feet in excitement as they waved at the audience to thank


    their support. Stanley was so thrilled that he jumped from the spot he stood and swept Sophia off her


    feet.


    “Sophia, we won! We won! We’re the world champions!”


    Sophia felt exhrated for the victory too.


    Winning the world championship would give her five points in credit hours!


    Amidst the excitement, Stanley suddenly felt a chill down his spine as though he was targeted by a


    predator. Trembling in fear, he immediately let Sophia down.


    As soon as Stanley loosened his hold on her, Sophia turned round to throw her arms around Michael


    excitedly. She nearly went on to give him a smooch just like how they usually did at home but fortunately,


    her mind was pulled back to reality by the thunderous pping and rapturous cheer from the audience.


    In the end, she only gave him a courteous hug.


    Her action revved up the audience at once because not everyone had the honor to hug Taylor Murray,


    the hottest movie star at the moment!


    After hugging Michael, Sophia immediately gave Sean a hug too to distract the audience’s attention.


    Stanley was so ecstatic that he lunged forward to Michael and clung to him.


    “Uncle Michael, I won! I won!”


    Michael caressed his head and urged, “Be calm.”


    As he had won the championship once before, Michael looked moreposed at the moment but still,


    he was delighted.


    In the midst of cheers and apuse, the representative of the International e-Sports Federation


    presented the medals to the champion team. A gigantic trophy was then lifted up to the air by the eight


    yers of the team!


    The inside of the stadium which contained almost a hundred thousand spectators were immersed in a


    lively and heated atmosphere. Looking at the sea of red gs fluttering and waving vigorously in the


    audience, Sophia’s heart was thumping fast with an excitement which was beyond words.


    Never in her wildest dreams had she thought that she would one day be able to receive an award at


    Bayside National Stadium!


    Her eyes then moved away from the glittering trophy to the man standing next to her.


    This man was just like an angel that had fallen from his pedestal in the sky and came to brighten up


    every aspect in her life. He was so talented and strong in a way that was beyond her imagination


    because every time she thought she knew him well enough, he could immediately surprise her.


    He was her husband, her ‘dom top’ in the game!


    As the cameramen were constantly snapping photos of them, Sophia tried to tone down the admiration in


    her eyes and she tried to stop herself from constantly staring at him.


    When it was time for a team photo, they ced the trophy on the floor in the middle and the eight of


    them stood horizontally in a line.


    As the strongest yer of the team, Scary Phoenix was urged to stand in the middle just in front of the


    trophy on which he ced his slender fingers. Although he would be awarded prize money from winning


    the championship, which was actually an amount that he would be able to earn by working for only a few


    days, what really gave him the joy was winning it together with the yers in his team.


    While Michael stood in front of the trophy, Stanley the captain stood to his left and beside him was Sean


    the vice captain.


    Needless to say, Sophia stood next to Michael. At first, she nned to stand further away from him with


    the intention to avert suspicion but everyone was egging her on to stand beside him because her


    character was Scary Phoenix’s ‘bottom’ in the game.


    Their characters were a famous couple in it.


    The tournament came to a sessful conclusion.


    As the news of Taylor’s sudden appearance at the game soon spread around, the area outside the


    stadium was now crowded with not only esports enthusiasts, but also tons of Taylor’s fans who hoped to


    get a glimpse of their idol.


    After the tournament ended, yers of both teams walked down the stage and went backstage. Some of


    the yers from the blue team who recognized Michael as Taylor Murray started approaching him to


    take pictures with him. Taylor was not only a popr figure in Cethos, but the entire world as well


    because he had acted in movies produced in both Cethos and in Europe. In fact, he was the first Cethos


    actor who was able to make a name in Europe.


    Earlier this year, he had just finished shooting the movie ‘Doctor Invincible’ which was a sci-fi blockbuster


    much-anticipated by both local and foreign fans. The movie was currently in the editing phase and it


    would be shown during the next New Year.


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    However, Michael was besieged by a bunch of reporters who materialized out of nowhere as soon as he


    walked down from the stage.


    “Mr. Murray, may I know when did you start ying online games?”


    “Mr. Murray, I heard that Sirius233 and you are a couple in the game. Did the two of you meet each other


    before in real life?”


    “Mr. Murray, can youment on the performance of your partner?”


    Usually, Michael would ignore the reporters because he couldn’t be bothered to answer their pointless


    questions.


    But when he saw Sophia who was having an interview with a reporter together with Stanley from the


    corner of his eyes, he decided to answer the reporters.


    “I started when I was just a kid and it has been over ten years since I started ying online games. In


    fact, I’ve been participating in esports tournaments even before I debuted as an actor and ying games


    is my lifelong passion which I will never give up. I hope no one reads too much into my rtionship with


    Sirius233 because we shouldn’t confuse what happens in the virtual world with those in reality. In fact,


    the two of us only y as a couple to aplish the missions in the game. As for Sirius233, I must say


    she is a very excellent esports yer who has great potential in the future.”


    With that, he ignored them and walked away under the escort of the security officers.


    While Sophia was doing interviews with the reporters together with the rest of the team, her eyes had


    been tracking Michael’s slender andnky body until the moment he vanished out of her sight.


    The Esports World Championship came to an end and Taylor Murray’s surprise appearance sessfully


    attracted everyone’s attention.


    No one had expected that Taylor Murray, the winner of multiple Best Actor Awards, would also be a


    prominent esports yer. On top of that, he had started participating in esports tournaments even before


    he started his acting career.


    Once again, his poprity soared to an all-time high.


    The tournament which had been a global sensation for around half a year finally ended. The fact that the


    tournament was won by a young team made up of Asians who had an average age of only twenty five


    caused a great stir in the esports world, and the surprise appearance of Taylor Murray gave the event a


    perfect ending.


    After that, the crowd inside the stadium filed out in an orderly manner.


    It was only then did Natasha get released from the locked room. She was green with envy when she saw


    the sea of people wearing a mixture of red and blue outside the stadium.


    As she had been watching the livestream of the game just now, she spotted Sophia and Taylor together.


    She was not a gamer but she could see that they actually had even more fans than her.


    What was so special about that b*tch that made so many people love her?


    Why did she get to take part in the samepetition with her crush?


    She was not worthy of having all those!


    Taylor was supposed to date her, not that b*tch!


    Natasha then spotted Joel somewhere outside the stadium and she threatened him menacingly, “You’d


    better be careful because I’ll remember you!”