Free was also silent, he understood Xiao Xin's words.

In that Shadow list, in addition to HULI, there must be many well-known players in the past, just imagine, when people know that so many famous professional players are actually involved in illegal competitions of gambling nature, then, what will the whole world think of the sport of e-sports?

Twenty years ago, video games were called "electronic heroin" in China, and after the birth of e-sports, after years of hard work by countless people, this naturally discriminatory sport finally stood in the sun, and now, this small USB flash drive in Xiao Xinjui's hand can destroy all this! Even in South Korea, where e-sports are most developed, it still can't withstand such a blow.

"After all, the foundation of e-sports is too weak", Free shook his head a little sadly, "It's just that I don't understand, these former professional players have all become famous, why are they willing to be 'shadows'?" ”

"It's going to be a very long and scary story," Xiao Xin sat down on the steps, "do you really want to listen?" ”

"I even gave up the game," Free smiled and sat down next to Xiao Xin, "Why don't you listen?" ”

"About 20 years ago, a young man from an aristocratic family in Spain fell in love with video games, and when the game gradually developed into e-sports, this young man vowed that he would make e-sports into the Olympics! Ten years ago, when a young man became middle-aged and became the first president of the World Magic Federation, he found that esports was not accepted by traditional sports at all, and at that time, a Swiss official mocked him and said: 'You don't even have the money to build a decent stadium and you want to enter the Olympics?' So he understood. To realize the ideal, one must have enough money and power. But how much does it cost to make esports a globally accepted sport? ”

Listening to Xiao Xin's quiet talk. Free's expression was complicated, and e-sports entered the Olympics - such a thing, he didn't dare to think about it at all!

Xiao Xin's voice couldn't tell whether it was sadness or anger, but continued lightly: "The chairman of e-sports doesn't know the answer, he can only desperately find a way to make money, but e-sports is far inferior to football and basketball, which have been inherited and developed for nearly a hundred years. He was desperate. Fearing that he would not be able to achieve his ideals until he died, he used his family's power to collect orphans from all over the world, and then kept them in captivity in a valley near Madrid, where they were raised to become loyal War3 players, whom he called 'Secret Spikes', which over the years had spread to many teams around the world and helped him master the weaknesses of many well-known players. Under his threat, countless high-profile players were forced to retire and become the tools of the gambling events he organized, which is how the underground arena came in. ”

Free was speechless. E-sports into the Olympics! What a great dream! However, the process of achieving it is so dark......

"Is there no other way?" Long. Asked with a hiss.

"That's what I asked, Sauron said. The process is not important, the result is important. But ......". Xiao Xin snuffed out the cigarette butt, "I think he's wrong!" In order to realize a dream, you have to sacrifice the lives of so many people? It's not fair! ”

Xiao Xin's eyes became more and more determined, "You, me, Ah Ming, Chen Ling...... There are many people, we choose to become professional players, practice hard, desperately win every game, and even vow to be the number one in the world, all of this, not to put our dreams above everyone else, just because we first saw War3, we fell in love with the game, we fell in love with esports, that's all. I think all we have to do is not forget our original intention. ”

"Hahaha!"

Free burst out laughing, his laughter through the stone pillars, through the shadows, and into the sky! He clapped his hands on Xiao Xin's shoulders.

"You're better than me! So, I was finally able to leave with peace of mind. ”

In Xiao Xin's stunned gaze, Free said calmly: "I have decided to retire!" ”

Somehow, Xiao Xin suddenly remembered that rainy day in Yucheng, Sichuan, the man with a faint sadness stood quietly in front of his beloved wife's grave, and the words he wanted to stop finally turned into silence.

After a long time, Xiao Xin smiled, "I know where to find you"

Free also smiled, "Always welcome".

He stood up and patted the dust off his body.

"Let's go, after making the audience wait for so long, there must be an explanation"

"Okay, I'll go with you"

The two walked calmly towards the Prince City Square, where the magnificent temple stood behind them, light but heavy.

Today, War3 will say goodbye to an era.

……

That night, the world was in an uproar!

Shocked! FREE announces retirement! 》

"Myths and legends actually say goodbye with retirement! 》

"Free's Retirement Speech: I Have More Friends Than Many Champions"

Insider! 🔥 Chose to retire for the sake of her daughter? 》

Who can take over? Continue to pioneer an era? 》

All the esports media is going crazy! In today's turbulent world of demons, free is undoubtedly a "living" legend, at the key game of WorldWar, at the moment when the World Demon Federation was controversial, the Eurogate incident and the "secret room meeting" quickly fermented, the "last legendary player" suddenly announced his retirement, the shock of this matter is undoubted!

On the same day, all the War3 news was swiped by the news of free's retirement, and even the WorldWar qualifiers in full swing on all continents were forgotten, and the world's largest e-sports media "TOWIN" published an article titled "The End of the Era" that night, which wrote: "Since Meteor created the first dominant era in the history of Warcraft, free rose in time, took over the scepter of the god of War3, and became the ruler of the second era. The complete end of the Age of Mythology. Now, who can take the scepter from Free's hands and usher in another great era? Or perhaps, such a reigning era will become the swan song......"

In the midst of the shocking hustle and bustle, the WorldWar Asian qualifiers also quietly ended, due to the free abstention, Chen Ling and Liu Fei, Zhang Xiaotian were both three wins and two losses, and the three of them passed the single round-robin play-offs, and finally Chen Ling and Zhang Xiaotian won and got the tickets to the World Finals. The three members of the FF team joined hands to qualify, and Liu Fei's counterattack came to an unfortunate end.

At this point, the WorldWar Asian qualifiers have also been finalized: Xiao Xin, NO.0, Zhang Xiaotian and South Korea's new generation Dark Night Kaj, a month later, the four will represent Asia in the WorldWar World Finals.

P.S. Happy Christmas, esports brothers! May no matter when and where, we can not forget our original intention! (To be continued.) )