Rise

me?” Then she ruffled his hair and turned back to the chat.
Her eyes narrowed.
They locked down on a specific kind of comment.
There were many in the chat that thought they were being funny.
“Where is the cheese in the ears guy? Step out! Show yourself! Let me ban you out of this channel! My voice is angelic! Screw you all!”

「Cheese in the ears? Who said that? I didn’t hear anything about that.
Did you guys?」

「no no, me neither….
Maybe she’s seeing things again!」

「hey look! the next match is starting!!!! IT”S DUST!!! LEZZ GOOOOO」

「Ohhhhh h its duusstttttt!!!! GO DUST! GO DUST! WINN!!!!」

The previous three games of the day were exciting, to an extent.
But none of them had really grabbed the attention of the viewers.
They were all games between other regions.
This next game, on the other hand, featured Dust! The third team from the LPL after Hand of God and KG! It wasn’t going great for Dust.
They were in a group with two Korean teams and had ended Week 1, as could be expected, with one win and two losses.
They were on the brink of being knocked out.
The only way to stay in it was to beat at least one of the Korean teams.
They had to! For their fans! And then the viewers saw who Dust was up against in the first game.
All hope was gone.
This game was lost.
Dust could never win against SSK.
No one could.

All across the world, Chinese fans gave up.
There were even those who turned the stream off and went about finishing their homework or focusing on their job.
Anything was better than watching Dust getting their ass handed to them by SSK.
There were a lot of strong teams and most of them could face off against each other for a match that could, in theory, go either way.
But there were exceptions.
SSK was one of them.
With a King and the number one player in the world, they were a force no one could beat.
All hope was lost if you had to play against them.
It didn’t matter how people tried to spin it.
Dust would lose.
There wasn’t a single doubt in their minds.

SSK had it all.
The number one player in the world.
There wasn’t anyone who could even get close to shaking his position, not even the other three Emperors! Then there was the King.
Another phenomenal player.
The other three players that rounded out the team couldn’t be looked down on either.
They were all at the top of their game and played together with absolute perfect synergy.
Leading this group of freaks was a famous veteran coach and a strong team of analysts.
They were the perfect team.

Lin Feng saw the matchup and directly said, “Dust is going to lose this match.” There was no hesitation in his voice, no second to think about it.
He didn’t even consider Dust winning the game.
It was too ridiculous an idea, even in his mind.

The game played out as anyone would’ve expected.
Lin Feng gave some good analytical insight, but there was no need to build up the hype.
There was no hype to this game.
SSK played a clean game.
At 25 minutes, they’d destroyed two inhibitors and gotten a 9,000 gold advantage.
This was something no one could come back from.
In the last three minutes of the game, SSK just had a little fun.
They ran around the map, looking to pick up kills and even going so far as to camp Dust on their fountain, letting the Nexus survive for a few extra seconds.

Rake was the MVP of the game.
His Xerath ended the game with a score of 11/0/6.
He’d made full use of the long range of Xerath to shoot down the players from Dust even when they were hiding underneath their own towers.
No one was safe from him.
It was a display of absolute domination! The strength of the Emperor!

「…
hows anyone supposed to beat him」

「dust got crushed and left in the dust」

「OOFF that was hard to watch」

「Let’s give Dust a big F, guys!」

Su Xue knew, just like the others, that Dust was going to lose.
But there was a big difference between losing and whatever this game was.
Dust got stomped so hard that she wasn’t angry with them.
She just felt bad for them.
“Jeez! That Xerath was way too good.
Right, guys?”

Lin Feng didn’t say a word.
He’d reverted to his quiet self, staring at the screen, staring at that one name.
Rake.
He’s stronger.
The Rake that Lin Feng had just watched was so much better than the one he remembered from Season 1 that there really was no comparing the two.
If he were to face off against this Rake, he’d lose miserably.
It wouldn’t even be a game.
He dug his nails into his palm and bit down hard on his lips.
It was hard to admit.
He really didn’t want to admit it.
But it was also the truth.
He was the second-fiddle.
There was no beating this guy, not right now at least.

I have to become strong! I have to fight! Lin Feng stopped worrying and instead redirected that emotion into motivation.
Rake was strong.
But he was also really good at the game! He just lacked training.
Rake had four years on him on that front.
So he had to work hard and catch up.
His breathing calmed down.
I will.
He came to the decision he should’ve come to a long, long time ago.

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