Cola Mania Club. Caramel did not watch the draw. He sat on a chair in the training room, panting heavily. Large amounts of sweat dripped down his chin.
"Caramel, Pig Head!" Coffee pushed open the door and entered the training room.
"The draw has begun?"
Caramel wiped his face with a towel. He had been training with a sword at his neck for the past three months.
According to incomplete statistics, there were 147 types of Legendary-tier equipment that could be categorized as swords. There were also countless Epic-tier equipment.
Caramel could not use every weapon with ease, but he could at least use every type of weapon with proficiency.
But it was still not enough …
"Not yet, but Pig Head's father is here to cause trouble. He said he wants to meet you." Coffee sounded unhappy. Caramel could understand why she was unhappy.
Air Bubble's father had not been seen since the establishment of Cola Mania Club. Air Bubble's father was a real estate developer. He did not know much about games, let alone eSports. He was a pure businessman.
Although Air Bubble took the money from his father to establish Cola Mania Club, it was Air Bubble and Sprite that were able to develop Cola Mania Club to its current scale.
"I'm not interested. It's just some useless stuff anyway."
Caramel wasn't very interested in this sort of investigation. Before becoming a professional player, Caramel had worked as a substitute leveler, and it was in a substitute leveling studio. The boss of the studio didn't know a thing about the game, and the heavy responsibility fell on his shoulders.
He would have resigned long ago if not for the fact that he had no other way out. Fortunately, Air Bubble discovered him … and brought him to a wider stage.
However, Caramel's years of experience had made him extremely disgusted with 'leaders who knew nothing but insisted on talking nonsense', not to mention fawning on them.
"I don't want to meet him either, but he's sitting in the conference room watching the draw. We'll bump into each other eventually." Coffee looked helpless. "Pig Head is busy dealing with him."
"I might as well just watch it in-game."
Although Caramel said so, she still followed Coffee to the team meeting room. In the training room, all the participants of Cola Mania had already gathered. Queen Mey's lot-drawing ceremony was being played on the big screen in the training room.
But before Caramel could see what stick Queen Mey had drawn, a middle-aged man in a suit walked up and took the initiative to shake hands with Caramel.
"You must be Contestant Caramel. You really are a hero among youths." The middle-aged man said something that made Caramel so embarrassed that she didn't know how to respond.
"Hello," Caramel replied politely.
Air Bubble's biological father, Caramel, had met him once or twice. Even if he hadn't met him, he had seen him on television. Air Bubble's father was a well-known entrepreneur in China. He was so well-known that he was a household name.
"What do you think?
Young man, do you have confidence in this competition? "The middle-aged man patted Caramel's arm and said.
Caramel wanted to go back to her seat, but a sigh suddenly came from the training room.
"Oh my god!
Queen Mey, I'm going to turn from a fan to a hater. "
"Why do I feel like this is rigged?"
Cola Frenzy's players, whether they were from Team One or Team Two, all let out mournful wails.
The middle-aged man released Caramel's hand and looked at the live broadcast on TV.
"What's wrong?" the middle-aged man asked.
"Our opponent in the top 16 is Team Holy Ghost. This … is not going to be an easy fight."
Air Bubble rubbed his forehead in frustration. He had always thought that Queen Mey should play the role of a Goddess of Luck or something like that.
But the cute Miss Cat was a Goddess of Bad Luck!
She had forced the worst draw of the competition to Cola Mania.
"Team Holy Ghost?
Is it a strong team? "
"It's a team of humans and machines created by the Holy Ghost officials," Air Bubble explained to his father.
"Humans and machines?
It's just a computer team. Your athletes are so strong, but they can't beat five computers? "
The middle-aged man didn't realize how strong the NPCs of the Holy Ghost were. From the way he referred to professional players as athletes, it was obvious that he knew very little about video games!
"Dad, don't talk nonsense if you don't know anything!
The computer characters in the Holy Ghost are not as simple as you think. One of the computer characters is called Thorne, and our athletes have never beaten him. "Air Bubble was so distressed that he kept pulling his hair.
When he said this, the atmosphere in Cola Mania's training room fell into an oppressive silence.
"Little Li!
Your dad has played games before. Don't joke with me. Aren't the computer characters in games used for training? "The middle-aged man looked a little unhappy when he heard Air Bubble's depressing words." Anyway!
You must be the champion of this competition!
Do you hear me? "
"The champion of the Holy Ghost League is not a cabbage!" Air Bubble faintly looked like he was going to quarrel with his father.
"We are about to prepare for the competition. Mr. Yu, I have arranged for someone to explain the details of the competition to you. Go outside and listen."
Sprite, who had been silent all this time, suddenly interrupted. The stiff atmosphere in the meeting room finally eased under Sprite's guidance. The middle-aged man also left under the guidance of the person called by Sprite. "We must win this competition."
"My parents are also paying attention to this competition."
Sprite looked at Air Bubble, who was pulling his hair on the table, and said, "They have already discussed this with your father. A 20% share in Strife is a big temptation to anyone."
Air Bubble's father and Sprite's parents both had shares in Cola Mania. Although it wasn't to the extent that they could influence Air Bubble's decision, Air Bubble's parents were more like enemies in the eyes of Air Bubble.
"I know!
But it's not that easy to win the Holy Ghost League championship!
That's why I'm so annoyed by these outsiders … Moreover, the Holy Ghost League championship is not just a 20% share! "Air Bubble suddenly looked at the large pile of trophies and medals displayed in the training room.
All of them were silver and copper … Not a single one was gold.
That's right, Cola Mania had a history of eight years since its establishment. In these eight years, Cola Mania had not won a single championship.
Cola Mania had always been a mediocre team in China's esports circle. They were the least favored team.
Now, in this Holy Ghost League, Cola Mania was in second place and was close to the top 16. Air Bubble only wanted to win the championship!
If he won the championship, he wouldn't even have to give up the 20% share!
"Let's go. The first competition will start in three hours. Don't tell me you guys are going to forfeit without even fighting?"
Caramel finally broke the silence in the team. He clapped his hands, and the players began to waver.
"This is a team competition!
Thorne isn't strong enough to fight the five of us alone. Also … I've been looking forward to fighting Thorne for a long time. "Caramel tried to encourage his teammates in a way that didn't inspire the team at all.
The players of Cola Fanaticism were amused by Caramel's words. After everyone laughed, the atmosphere in the team became much better. In the end, under Caramel's lead, the members of Cola Fanaticism walked toward the stage to prove themselves.