In fact, Nian Thirteen did not really care about the outcome of this match.
Winning or losing was just a small matter. Before the actual finals, these training matches were only used to help the teams familiarize themselves with their opponents and to make up for their weaknesses.
What truly annoyed and frustrated him was the things that his opponent had displayed outside of the match.
The coaching staff of the opposing team, BW, must have put in a lot of manpower and effort. They actually managed to get a good grasp of his jungling style, rhythm, and habits. He almost failed to grasp it completely.
For a top-tier jungler, it would never be a pleasant feeling to have his or her strategy and playstyle completely figured out by his or her opponent.
It was as if someone had peeked through every part of your body.
You could not hide anything.
It felt exactly the same as standing naked in front of everyone's eyes.
Speaking of which —
This kind of loss really made people feel like they were punching cotton and unable to exert any strength.
Before this match, Nian Thirteen already knew that his opponent, BW's rookie jungler, Nate, might have also surpassed the Seven Kings realm. Even if there was still a gap between him and Nian Thirteen, he was definitely the third male player, after Li Shiyi and Mafa, who was qualified to face him head-on in the jungle and the three lanes.
He was looking forward to this kind of heroic confrontation between King Seven.
This was the pinnacle of jungling in the esports industry.
But everything was beyond his expectations and expectations.
His opponent, Nate, displayed the strength of one of the Seven Kings, but he didn't use his full strength. Instead, he relied more than half of the time on the tactics that the coaching staff had analyzed and dissected against him. He played the role of an executor.
That was why he did not feel good even when he lost.
Just like what Shi Hang had complained about earlier, Nate did not win by himself, which made it hard for the spectators to accept.
As a participant and opponent, Nian Thirteen's frustration was even more intense at this moment —
If you have the ability …
Let's fight fair and square!
…
Of course, this was just a subjective venting of his personal emotions. After calming down, Nian Thirteen naturally knew that such negative emotions were meaningless. The opponent had won fair and square, and the role of the coaching staff was indispensable in the game. It was the Assassins who had overlooked and underestimated the enemy —
So when his teammates cautiously came up to comfort him, he only took a deep breath and waved his hand.
"I'm fine."
"This is my own problem. I've implicated you guys."
His tone was unusually gloomy.
They were usually taught all kinds of lessons by their leader, but when they saw Nian Thirteen in such a state, the other members of the Assassin Squad felt even worse.
"No, it's our fault."
"I should have been on the road in the early stages of the game as well."
"If I were to do it, Captain, you wouldn't have been caught to death by the leopard girl alone."
Compared to the gloomy atmosphere on the Assassin team, the BW team on the other side appeared to be in a very relaxed mood. A few of the main players stood up and walked back to the other members of the club, high-fiving each other in celebration. Vaguely, the sounds of discussion could be heard.
Even though it was blurry and unclear, there were still some keywords like "jungler", "he really knows how to play like that", "his strength is only so-so", and so on.
In any case, the training match had come to an end.
The players from both teams had to shake hands with each other out of courtesy. When Nian Thirteen walked up to Nate and saw the rookie jungler of BW, he forced a smile and extended his hand.
"Not bad."
"Leopard Girl is very good."
Even though he had lost, and even though he was unwilling to accept his loss, at that moment, Nian Thirteen still maintained the demeanor of a veteran Seven King Level jungler and congratulated the rookie.
The rookie jungler of BW had an ordinary appearance. He had blond hair combed back, and his skin was pale. There were freckles on the bridge of his nose, and there was a hint of arrogance between his brows. When Nian Thirteen extended his right hand in a friendly manner, he looked down at it as if he was looking down on him. Then, he casually extended his hand and shook Nian Thirteen's hand.
"Hmm, you're not bad yourself."
At this point, even though the ace jungler of BW seemed to be a little disrespectful, it could still be considered a harmonious ending.
But …
In the next moment, Nate paused for a moment before a smile suddenly appeared on his face.
"But I was hoping that you would be better."
It was a sentence that came out of the blue.
The members of the Assassin Squad were pretty good at English, so they did not need an interpreter to understand what he said. A few Assassin Squad members who were standing close to him immediately became angry.
"What do you mean?"
"Hey, don't be so arrogant just because you won one round!"
"Stop talking big!"
Nian Thirteen's pupils shrank slightly. His gaze suddenly became piercingly cold as he stared at the jungler of BW in front of him. He remained silent and did not speak immediately. Nate, on the other hand, acted as if he did not care and continued speaking.
"I've always heard that you and SSK's Mafa are the two King of Junglers, right?"
"But since you're only at this level, perhaps Mafa is only at your level?"
At this point, only the word 'arrogant' could be used to describe his words.
A rookie jungler.
Even if you're already strong enough and have already crossed the threshold of the Seven King Level, it's still a little too shameless to comment on two of the top junglers in the world in such a disrespectful manner.
Lin Feng and the others who were standing nearby frowned slightly. Ceng Rui's expression especially turned cold.
"So this is how the people of BW behave."
The BW Team Two member they had met in the elevator yesterday had already left a terrible impression on them. However, they had thought that it was just an isolated case. Now that they saw the other members of the BW Team … as well as Nate's behavior, it seemed that birds of a feather flocked together.
"It feels like a nouveau riche."
Tang Bingyao also commented.
An Xin couldn't help but laugh. "I do feel that way."
They were just a rookie team. Perhaps it was because of their outstanding results this season that they were praised and praised by the public that they could not help but become complacent.
Even at this moment, Nian Thirteen surprisingly did not get angry. Instead, he calmly looked at Nate and shook his head.
"Your coaches are very good."
"They did a good job targeting us."
"But —"
"Even so, you are still no match for Mafa. It's just like how BW stood no chance against SSK."
His tone was calm, as if he was stating an objective fact.
Ceng Rui, Li Shiyi, and Shi Hang nodded in agreement. Shi Hang rolled his eyes at Nate and said, "That's right, it's time for a fight.
"This kind of trash …"
"He's just afraid of the hard and soft."
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