"This is 8 p.m. on August 12, 35, the second round of the League Cup Qualifiers round of 32 group stage officially begins, and what you see in front of the live screen is the match of the lower bracket, where the Sword of Justice team, ranked fifth in the league guild, faces the Zhushan team......"

The voice of the commentary continued to echo in the scene above the arena, and the second round of the League Cup qualifiers, which was starting at the same time as the other matches, finally kicked off on another night, although the atmosphere and enthusiasm of the game still did not subside, but this game was already the second game of the night - according to the past practice, the first thing that needs to be played in the double elimination knockout round is often the two group stage winners of the previous round, and the winner of them again will step on the corpse of the loser to advance directly, And as the losing side, they can only stay and wait for the next opponent to climb back from the loser's match.

Although this is a loser's bracket match between two "underdogs", except for certain people, not many people seem to be paying attention to it.

"Is this the map for this tournament?"

After gradually scurrying back and forth in the map in the center of the arena for a long time, Duan Qing commented in a low voice, "It looks like it's still some form of brawl......

"No, it's just that the map looks bigger." Black Corn, who was standing beside him, immediately took out his adventurer's manual: "And...... They have already announced the rules of the game. ”

"Kill all members of the opposing team to win...... That's it, is that? The thousand-fingered crane on the other side read in a little panic: "And it's a best-of-five ......."

"It seems that the previous training will be in vain again." Standing at the front of the team two steps in advance, Mengzhu, crouched on a rock, looked at the vast scene mixed with swamps and woods: "It's really unpleasant......

"Okay, okay, stop complaining." Duan Qing, who took two steps forward, patted the little girl on the shoulder: "At least we have practiced the cooperation of the training team, don't worry, they will definitely work." ”

“…… Don't comfort me, I know what to do. Mengzhu, who didn't look back, muttered quietly: "There are still so many people watching outside, at least it can't be as embarrassing as last time......

"Don't worry, we don't have any big-name stars and gimmicks in this game, and no many people will pay attention to it." Duan Qing comforted with unspeakable words: "At most, those who like to fall into the well, let's see how miserable the Sword of Justice can die......

"Hey, don't just put up a flag for us." Mengzhu hurriedly jumped up from the front: "It's like people will lose......"

The screams then came from a certain direction in front of them, as if to remind several people of the start of the match, but the screams that echoed in their ears were clearly mixed with the voices of non-player NPCs. A few people who stopped talking then followed the sound to look at the corner of the swamp, and unsurprisingly found some fires rushing into the sky, and the first to take out the map to record the direction of the black corn ear, the first thing that came came was a whispered reminder belonging to the thousand fingered crane: "Those fires...... It's not natural fire. ”

"Magic Flame? Is it the player who put it or the game event? ”

"Maybe we're thrown into a special scene again, like the middle of a battlefield that's about to break out......"

"No, it should be some game event."

Looking around here, Duan Qing's gaze kept swaying back and forth on the left and right of the swamp in front of him: "Because ......"

"This place seems a little familiar to me."

He took out the map, glanced at the outline shown on it, and then, in the dissatisfaction of the little girl beside him, he took the lead in rushing in the direction of the fire in front of him, more and more swamps and hills passed him again and again as he continued to move forward, and there were not even dangerous creatures such as familiar swamp crocodiles in between, Duan Qing, who ignored these monsters, easily climbed over the last small hill, and then took a certain village that was being burned into his eyes.

"Sure enough......"

"You're here."

Duan Qing's self-talk was interrupted by a voice from afar, and at the same time, the scene of a great sword warrior in golden armor walking out of another corner of the village was displayed in front of him, and he grinned and showed a confident smile after walking out of the hiding place with a few teammates such as Banzhuan, as if he was very satisfied with the result he expected the other party to appear here: "Even if it's for fairness, we don't have to sneak attack or something to bully you...... Come on, come on, do you want to start fighting now? ”

“…… Grayson. Duan Qing also gave the other party a smile: "Are you also attracted by this firelight?" ”

"You don't care how we got here, it's enough to find you anyway." Graeson laughed and shook his head, "I don't know why this village is being burned and looted, but ...... As long as the match gives a logo that attracts players to come and fight the showdown, right? ”

"It seems to make a little bit of sense." Duan Qing shrugged his shoulders with a smile: "Otherwise...... With such a large map, it would take you half a day just to find an opponent. ”

"I'm glad you didn't play any other tricks." Gragerson looked around them quietly, "What about your amateur teammates?" ”

"They probably haven't arrived yet." Duan Qing pointed behind him with a finger: "Or maybe you're searching for other places on this map like in the previous brawl match, maybe ......"

"Searching for other maps? No kidding. A mocking smile appeared on Grayson's face: "I'm afraid you haven't found a place to hide, ready to play hide and seek with us, right?" ”

"We're not going to use those nasty tricks."

Looking back at the villagers in that village who were constantly being cut to the ground, and the other group of red-clothed people who were even more strangely dressed who attacked those villagers, Duan Qing's smile and his furrowed brows became deeper and deeper: "It's just ......"

"If you underestimate the elements of the game map, you will suffer sooner or later."

Ignoring the great sword warrior's next provocation and roar, Duan Qing rushed into the flames of the village behind him without looking back, and then came to the front of the largest house amid the louder and louder shouts and screams. The flames were also filling the wooden house, illuminating the back of a figure sitting in front of the wooden house, as if it was begging for something, and the slender figure kneeling in the doorway was also shouting loudly into the room what the player could not understand: "...... Scold. ”

"Ayina!"

With a secret sigh in his heart, Duan Qing, who had blocked the attacks of several red-clothed aliens around him, ran behind the slender back figure in a few steps, and then pulled the equally surprised woman up from the ground in the surprised eyes of several people who were chasing after him: "Use this!" ”

He reached into his arms and raised a green stone in front of the other party's eyes, and then in the reaction of the woman wearing a cloth belt and a dance skirt with wide eyes, he turned around and raised his sword to block the attacks of several scimitars that followed: "Quick! ”

"What are you doing......

Whew-

A strong wind then appeared behind Duan Qing, who was trying his best to resist the siege of other NPCs, and covered all the questioning words of Graerson not far away, and the woman who seemed to have no trust in Duan Qing at all finally took the green stone in the other party's hand in a hurry, and then raised it high above her head. The blinding light then overshadowed the sky-high flames that surrounded the area, and with a roar in the sky, it erupted straight upwards, enough to overwhelm everything, and then quickly spread with the surrounding red-black flames, enveloping the entire village, including Duan Qing and the Sword of Justice team.

"This power ......"

With a faint singing voice echoing in his ears, Duan Qing looked back at the closed eyes of the woman with her hands folded, and then a wry smile followed by her own body, wrapped up and flew into the sky: "It's really beyond my imagination." ”

Boom –

[The first battle is over.] 】

[Winner: Takeyama.] 】

"Like, such a strong magic! Mo Shang Qingshan actually caused such a strong magical brilliance! Grayson and his Sword of Justice certainly didn't expect such an accident, and their team was involved in that tornado along with Moshang Aoyama! ”

There was a passionate cry from the outside commentary, and Mengzhu and the others, who had just arrived at the edge of the village, then stared blankly at the rotating and rising tornado, and finally before their bodies were about to disappear in place, they turned over the system prompt that appeared in their field of vision: "...... That's it? ”

"Are the people of the Sword of Justice dead? Was it scraped to death or fell to death? ”

"A magical mechanism of such great power was activated in an instant...... What is this place? Why is Boss Aoyama so familiar? ”

"This is the Anderson Independent State."

Duan Qing, who was also reborn in the waiting room of the contestants and confirmed that the Stone of Okonos still existed in the bag, replied in a low voice, "It's where I passed by some time ago. ”

"Anderson? No wonder there are so many swamps and woods. The black corn who recalled the information in his mind nodded slowly: "But ...... And what about the burning village? What about the later tornadoes? ”

"Tornadoes are man-made, you can think of them as map mechanics." Duan Qing replied casually, "As for the burning village...... I guess it was also an incident that I encountered when I was passing through that place. ”

"So...... You took advantage of that incident and wiped out the sword of justice? ”

"It's they who look down on the map mechanic, what can I do?"

In Mengzhu's skeptical gaze, Duan Qing shrugged helplessly: "But this method can only be used once......

"If they had to do this again, they probably wouldn't have been so easily fooled."

The humming sound of the system prompt then sounded in everyone's ears again, and at the same time, the bodies of Duan Qing and the others were teleported into the vast swamp area again, Duan Qing, who was looking at the same firelight, then spread his hands to his companions around him, and pointed towards the other end of the burning village that was being attacked: "Look, the IF line is coming, the same scene and the same starting conditions......"

"Let's discuss how to operate this time."

Saying the same thing, Grayson, who was reborn in another corner of the map, said in a gloomy voice, and the anger in his stomach carried the steps of several teammates behind him who were silent, and quietly moved towards the center of the map. After bypassing the village that had just killed them in seconds, and avoiding several swampy ponds that seemed dangerous, they finally found Duan Qing's sneaky figure at the gate of another tribe close to this map: "What do they want to do?" ”

"Probably the next trap that is ready to take advantage of this map."

"Anderson Independent State...... I've heard that there are a lot of tribes out there, and they all have some weird tricks that they can't guard against, if that guy really knows more than we do......"

"No matter, the enemy is bright and I am dark, not at this time-when will it wait!?"

The golden sword qi then burst out with Grayson's shout, smashing towards the corner of the staggered forest, and the straight light with the whistling sword wind then broke through the line of sharpened stakes and stones like a devastation, slashing straight at the center of the crowd of players. The loud explosion then blew the three or two figures with their backs to them into splinters, and then scattered them into prototypes of dirt and ice in the air, and a few vigilant shouts then interrupted the pace of the Sword of Justice's surprise attack and the involuntary scolding of the mother, and countless alien warriors with red cloth bands on their heads and rushed out of the gate surrounded them: "There are intruders again!" Kill them! ”

"Wait, wait, we're tracking another group of players...... Another group of intruders is in! It was a misunderstanding...... Ahh ”

"They have anti-magic attached to their weapons, and neither my enchantment nor attribute weapons can work!"

"Withdraw! There are too many people! Evacuate! ”

The shouts of one after another accompanied by the sound of ping-pong weapons colliding, extended back again along the direction where the Sword of Justice came, and then with the ambush suddenly raised by Duan Qing and others, they stopped at the edge of a swamp close to a certain intricate terrain, Graerson and the others, who were attacked on their backs, were quickly defeated in the entrapment on both sides, and only killed the black corn and the lost dream, and Duan Qing, who got the news of the victory in the game, also escaped the indiscriminate pursuit that the group of red-clothed aliens was about to launch, Instead, he was teleported back to the same player preparation room: "Look...... That's the power of knowing the terrain. ”

"Just a little bit of sub-strategy, it's already two wins." 8)