Initially, people were still hopeful and hopeful for this match. They knew that if the Minx Team won this match, the situation in Group D would change a little.
In the end, when Team God defeated Minx with their undeniable strength and achieved a perfect six-game winning streak in the group stage, the rest of Group D's situation was completely clear.
There was no other way out.
Only these three teams were left.
1 win, 3 loss.
Identical results in the group stage.
Tied for second place.
From this moment onwards, it would truly be a battle to the death between the three teams. If any of the teams lost any of the following matches, they would be completely eliminated from the competition, and would not be able to participate in the subsequent matches of this season's finals. Even their efforts this year would come to an end here.
"There's still another possibility, right?"
In the front row of the audience, Ceng Rui suddenly spoke up.
"If Assassin really loses to Minx …"
"But if they win another match against Fate, and Fate wins against Minx …"
An Xin raised an eyebrow.
"Then the result will be exactly the same as the first round."
This was the situation in the first round of Group D. Other than God, the other three teams had each lost a match to God. Then, a closed loop was formed between them. You win, you win, he win, I win. There was no clear winner.
If the situation in the second round were to repeat the first round, the score of the three teams would still be tied at the end of the group stage, and they would have to go into overtime.
But something like overtime …
It was something that none of the remaining three teams in Group D wanted to see happen.
"That's not Thirteen's style."
Lin Feng, who was the most familiar with Nian Thirteen, shook his head.
"Losing this match is tantamount to entrusting their fate to their remaining two opponents."
"That guy … hates this kind of thing the most."
…
Someone's comment was spot on.
At the same time, when the match between God and Minx had just ended, Nian Thirteen, who was backstage, was talking to his Hitman Squad teammates.
"Okay, the situation is clear now, right?"
"You've all seen it. Our next two matches are very crucial. I don't need to explain this to you all."
"Logically speaking, Minx's strength is a little scary. We've never won against them before, be it in the group stage or in the mock competition earlier. Tsk, I'm not confident at all."
"Besides —"
"Speaking of which, even if we lose against Minx, it doesn't seem like we're completely out of hope."
"Because as long as Minx loses another match to Fate and we win another match against Fate, we'll still have the same number of points, and we can still play the tiebreaker, right?"
As the captain, Nian Thirteen's tone was relaxed and casual, which was rare.
However, the other members of the Assassins in front of him all had serious expressions on their faces. They were no longer joking around like they usually were with the big guys in the club.
Thus, the atmosphere gradually became tense and oppressive.
Remembrance Thirteen finally paused and looked up at his teammates in front of him.
"Oh, this reaction —"
"Looks like they don't want to play overtime."
The support member of the Assassin Battle Squad plucked up his courage and added:
"No!"
The other team members also nodded subconsciously.
They were speaking from the bottom of their hearts.
Aside from other complicated reasons, playing overtime was not only a psychological torture for any team or professional player, but it was also a huge toll on their physical and mental strength. No one would like to play overtime if they could win without having to play overtime.
Seeing the reactions of his teammates, Remembrance Thirteen laughed.
"What a coincidence."
"I don't like overtime either."
"But what I don't like even more is putting the fate of our Assassins in the hands of others."
At this point, his tone changed, and the atmosphere became a little tense again. The Assassins members straightened their bodies slightly and looked at their captain. Remembrance Thirteen looked at his teammates and continued slowly.
"In the beginning, it was because we didn't fight well enough and didn't work hard enough that we ended up in this situation."
"So last night, I even asked my old friends from God Squad for help."
"Today, they won against Minx, which was a great help to us."
"I'll remember this favor."
"I'll repay them later."
"But —"
Remembrance Thirteen paused. His eyes narrowed slightly.
"Asking God to help us and placing our hopes on our brother teams in the Brothers division, even if it's just once, is already very wrong."
"So, it's just this once."
"God helped us to this point, it's enough to give us face."
"As for the rest …"
"We have to rely on ourselves and fight back!"
"Of course, the difficulty is still there. It's not going to be easy to win —"
The jungler captain of Assassin Battle Squad seemed to sigh with some emotion. At this moment, the eyes of the other team members were firmly fixed on him. Remembrance Thirteen met the eyes of his teammates, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
"Everyone."
"Let's give it our all."
The atmosphere was a little quiet.
The next moment, there was a loud roar of agreement.
"Let's give it our all!"
…
Thus, the last match of Group D on the last morning of the group stage began under the eyes of the entire world.
On the official commentary platform, several Western commentators reached a consensus after a heated debate.
"Assassin Battle Squad is strong enough, but there is no doubt that Minx's lineup is stronger than Assassin Battle Squad."
"Although Remembrance Thirteen is still one of the two junglers in the world …"
"But in this match, Minx has close to a seventy percent chance of winning!"
On the other side of the commentary platform of the China division, Old Mi, Mo Sheng, and Fei Yan were also analyzing the situation with solemn expressions on their faces.
"On one side is a rookie dark horse."
"On the other side is a veteran powerhouse that has been fighting for six whole seasons."
"Subjectively speaking, I think everyone in the Chinese server should be like us on the commentary platform, hoping to see Assassin Battle Squad win."
"But …"
"It's going to be very difficult for Assassin Battle Squad to win this match."
Such opinions were not limited to the commentary platform in the stadium. In the official livestream rooms of the major online streaming platforms in China, netizens and viewers' bullet screen discussions could not help but lean in this direction.
Everyone hoped that Assassin Battle Squad would win.
But based on various analyses and objective reality, the conclusion that was drawn was always at odds with their hopes and visions.
Amidst the dense bullet screen messages in the livestream rooms, there was a lone bullet screen that floated by. Even though it was quickly drowned out by even more bullet screens, there were still people who caught it.
"I'm an old fan of Assassin Battle Squad. Although most people probably don't have confidence in this match, I just have an indescribable feeling —"
"Assassin Battle Squad and Remembrance Thirteen … can create miracles."
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