Every Seven Monarchs had their own pride.
Especially as the number one seeded team in the European LCS this year, all of MLG's members, including the mid laner core Spoon, were in excellent condition. Even their old rival, Legend, was defeated. It could be said that they were ambitious and ready to fight for a higher place in this year's finals.
But now …
Not only did they inexplicably lose to a new team from Korea.
They were even ridiculed by a new mid laner.
Spoon's temper was not very good to begin with. It was only in the past two years that he had slowly developed a bit of tolerance. After all, he was considered a senior in the circle. With his qualifications, he was willing to give advice or help when he met a newcomer.
But Fly's words had completely ignited his anger in an instant.
Damn it!
All they did was win a match …
Moreover, the mid lane did not really give you a significant advantage. How dare you be so arrogant!?
But in the end, Spoon still forcibly suppressed his anger.
On one hand, there were so many people in the training room. It would be too troublesome if he really quarreled with them, and he would lose the demeanor of a senior in the circle and a veteran Seven Kings. It would be too degrading.
On the other hand —
In fact, MLG had indeed lost this mock competition.
They had nothing to say about their loss.
Even if he was extremely disgusted and dissatisfied with the opponent's attitude, he could only admit it in frustration and annoyance.
Just the midlaner called Fly was enough to tie down all of his energy, not to mention the top laner on the other side who was no weaker than the midlaner. Damn it, when did the Korean region have such a new expert? What The-Sword … His mechanics were even better than Seven's.
Perhaps only YGG from China's KG team could compete with him.
…
His thoughts turned, and Spoon walked back to his club's side with a sullen face. The MLG team leader came up to him and patted him on the shoulder with a complicated expression.
"Are you alright?"
"Don't be discouraged. The problem this time is with us, it has nothing to do with your team members."
"It was our negligence. We should have paid more attention to this Korean team and collected more information."
In reality, MLG's coaching staff and team leaders were regretting their decision. They were in the same situation as most of the other teams. Their attitude towards the Korean LCK region was more focused on researching SSK and Fate.
They had indeed neglected the Minx team that had suddenly appeared this year.
After all, who would have thought that?
Korea's LCK region had SSK and Fate, and both teams were strong enough to make it to the semifinals this year. Who would have thought that the other team in their region … would have such a terrifying lineup as well?
While they regretted their decision, MLG's coaching staff and team leaders were also glad that it was not too late to mend the pen after the sheep was lost. Although they had not done enough preparation, they had at least discovered the strength of this Korean rookie team through today's practice match.
In this way … he could hurry up and catch up on the information gathering work.
Losing a match in the mock competition was not a big deal. It was much better than suffering a huge loss when the finals began.
Of course, since they had lost this match, they still had to take care of the morale and confidence of their team members. Therefore, the team leader was prepared to comfort their ace mid laner.
Spoon only shook his head at the team leader's concern and consolation.
"I'm fine."
He did not care too much about winning or losing a match, and the team leader and the others in front of him did not hear the taunting words of the Minx mid laner. However, he was too lazy to mention it to the others. There was no need to make them feel as bad as him.
But —
He still felt suffocated.
"I'm going out for a walk. I'll come back later when there's another match," Spoon said to his team leader.
The team leader nodded in understanding. "Hmm, that's a good idea. Go out for some fresh air and get yourself in shape. The morning match is almost over. Let's go downstairs for lunch later —"
…
Then he walked out of the sixth training room. As soon as Spoon pushed open the door to the corridor, he saw Phoenix, Lin Feng, and the others standing not far away, chatting against the wall.
Lin Feng and the others in the corridor were also finishing their conversation with Phoenix. They noticed that the door of the sixth training room had been opened from the inside. They subconsciously looked over and saw Spoon walking out of the door.
Phoenix immediately waved at his old opponent in the same division. The latter also walked over quickly. Phoenix smiled and said, "We were just talking about you guys playing MLG. Are you done?"
As he approached the crowd, Spoon only glanced at Phoenix when he heard the conversation.
"You're well-informed."
"Some of your players were watching our training room just now."
As he said this, his eyes quickly swept over Lin Feng and the others beside Phoenix. When his eyes fell on a certain person, the eyes of the seven king-level mid laner of MLG suddenly froze for a moment. Then, he relaxed and nodded at a certain person.
They were old acquaintances, so there was no reason for him not to recognize him. Moreover, he had heard from Phoenix that someone had come to Manchester City, so he was not surprised to see him here.
Lin Feng did not stand on ceremony with Spoon and asked directly,
"You lost?"
"Twenty-eight minutes?"
Spoon's face darkened a little when his old wounds were exposed, but he still nodded with a sullen face. Ceng Rui, Li Shiyi, and the others could not help but take in a breath of cold air when they got confirmation from the person in question —
It … was actually true!
"Beating Season and MLG one after another … This Minx is really something," Phoenix lamented.
There had been dark horses in the previous finals, but never to such an exaggerated extent as Minx.
Season and MLG.
These two were the number one seeds in the European and North American LCS divisions.
They were the top teams that had the ability to make it to the semifinals or even the finals this year.
But they were defeated by Minx in a row. No one would have dared to imagine such a thing in the past.
Lin Feng frowned.
"Didn't you lose a little too quickly?"
"You couldn't hold on in the mid lane?"
His tone was a little doubtful.
He and Spoon were old rivals, and they had fought against each other several times during the Nightingale Dark War, the European server's Challenger Group, and even the MSI Mid-Season Invitational. He clearly knew that the strength and condition of this MLG mid laner were close to or even above the seven king-level players.
If even this level of mid couldn't hold off Fly's attack, it would be a little shocking.
Spoon looked over coldly, his tone a little angry.
"Of course not."
"There's only one mid on the other side … How could he cause so much trouble for MLG?"
Then, he briefly repeated the general situation of the previous match to Lin Feng and the others. At the same time, he chose to skim over the first wave of mistakes in the mid lane and get killed.
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