Chapter 1537: Dream Broken in Qiming (16)

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"Thank you for your hard work, let's go down and rest first. Shiloma stepped forward and patted the tiger man on the shoulder: "By the way, lead Mut down." ＂

"Oh~" Albert was still a little fluttery, and as he walked to the lounge backstage, he cast a curious look at Mutter.

However, Mutt behaved abnormally at this time, he moved a slightly heavy step towards the lounge, one hand subconsciously covering his lower abdomen.

"Are you alright?" Albert then walked over and asked, "Is this a previous injury? is still in pain?

"No, it doesn't look like there's a wound. Mutt's face was a little pale, but he was still conscious.

"Maybe it's not a dagger, but a barely detectable needle?" Albert remembered the petty tactics used by his dastardly opponents the last time he faced the Ghana Black Vajra.

"It's not like a needle. Mutter replied, slightly confused, that he wasn't quite sure.

However, if someone has pricked it with a needle, it will indeed leave marks. But there was no wound on Mutt's lower abdomen, not even a drop of blood flowed, and the chance of being pricked by a needle was not great. And a small needle should not cause such harm, unless the drug injected along the needle is toxic. But since it is a poison that is secretly injected into the opponent on the playing field, the poison should generally be very urgent and violent, such as the muscle relaxant that worked immediately last time. After doing it for so long, it didn't work, but the poison that made Mutt's lower abdomen a little uncomfortable was not a poison at all.

So, is it really just Albert and they are too careful?

"Anyway, after entering the lounge, let the medical team have a good check-up. Albert helped Mutt to the break room.

Before Tiger took the initiative to call the medical team, someone from the reserve staff of the Sphinx team had already called the medical team. Everyone quickly took off Mutter's protective gear and lifted the cat-man boy's shirt for the first responders to check, but the first responders felt around Mutter's lower abdomen, but they couldn't find any wounds, not even a small hole in the needle.

"It's just a little swollen, probably from the bruises from the violent collision just now. First responders shrugged.

"Okay...... Since the first responders had said so, Albert had no choice but to believe it. However, he glared at Mutt: "You lie down first, and rub the bruises more." Wait until you've had enough rest to play. ＂

The cat man boy disagreed: "Since there is no big problem, don't care." ＂

Indeed, how could those Wood Golems have hidden weapons in their bodies? After yesterday's Ghana Black King Kong game, the Sphinx have protested to the African Black Football Association, saying that they don't want to encounter sinister juniors who secretly stick needles in their players. This time, the Congolese team must have sent people to play under the strict supervision of the Football Association, and it was still so conspicuous wooden golems. The people of the Football Association are not stupid, and they will definitely carefully check all the limbs of the golems on the field before letting them play. Under such close surveillance, it is estimated that it is impossible to hide weapons in the bodies of the golems.

So this one on Mutter is really just a bruise? There is no other big problem?--Albert was confused. The cat-man boy was now calm, as if he hadn't suffered much pain. But Albert knew very well that Mutt's kid, and Mutt's tense look actually meant that he was trying his best to endure the severe pain. If this is a bruise, this bruise is also quite serious, and it is estimated that it is an internal injury caused by the collision. The problem is that Mutter, who has a [rubber man] physique, is the best at withstanding shocks. With his physique, it was impossible for him to suffer such a severe bruise from such a small collision just now.

So what the hell is going on? The more I think about it, the more I don't understand.

Boom, blah, blah!—At this moment, there was another commotion outside the arena, interrupting Albert's thoughts. The Sphinx kicker kicked the ball into the Desert Eagles' cage door to earn an extra point in the bonus game!

"Whew!" quarterback Shiloma walked to the bench in front of the lounge and sat down, taking a sip of a sports drink, "In this game, we finally got off to a good start. But in the next game, we expect it to be more and more difficult. ＂

"What's the meow? don't we keep pressing the opponent to meow?" Albert became more and more incomprehensible: "They beat them so badly, and they still said that it will be more and more difficult to endure in the future?"

"Look at the situation on the other side. Shiloma gestured to the other side of the far field, the Desert Eagles' lounge. There, a number of mechanics were repairing the wooden golems, swapping out some of their limbs and replacing them with others.

"What are they doing?" Albert frowned.

"They're analyzing us, and they're constantly improving the structure of their golems, based on what we've just done. Shiloma's expression became quite serious, "I guess it won't be long before they adjust the golems that are just enough to outperform our players in every aspect." ＂

[It's just right] what a meow, Albert complained to himself.

"Then, no matter how much we struggled, we would be just a little bit worse physically than the golems they made. It's just a small difference that can make the difference between victory and defeat. ＂

"That's when we were pressed and beaten. Philios, who had broken his arm and ribs and was lying on the sidelines to recuperate, also said. Albert looked at the leopard man Philaeos worriedly, seeing the other party's injury, even if he had a strong self-healing ability, it was estimated that it would take a few minutes for the broken bone to heal.

Huh, wait. Since it was the Sphinx team scoring a touchdown again, wouldn't the next round be an attack by the Desert Eagles again?

The Sphinx team just relied on Philaeos's sacrificial attack to block the opponent's attack and counterattack in one go. But now that Feleos has not played, and Mutter's physical condition is not too good, wouldn't the Sphinx's defense be very bad next?

Albert set his sights on Captain Shilomar. It's no wonder the quarterback said it was going to get harder and harder.

"I—" Albert was about to say something.

"No, you stay in the break room, you and Mutter don't have to participate in this defense. As if he had already known Albert's thoughts, Shiloma interrupted the tiger man before he could speak: "Don't worry. We were able to win the defense this time. Even if it's just me and Gusta, we can do something. ＂

"But—"

"You, you're the last trump card left in the team, and you can't hand over the actual combat data to the opponent so easily. Before Albert could retort, Shiloma continued.

Now that the words have come to this point, Albert has no way to refute anything, so he can only sit on the cold bench and let Xiloma and them deal with the next defensive round.

The ball kicked out by the Sphinx kicker was instantly caught by the Desert Eagles' catcher. Maybe it was because he didn't play, and the receiver sent by the opponent this time was the kind of highly lightweight wooden golem. However, the Sphynx team sent a backup receiver to surprise the opponent, this player is a little taller than Mutter, and he is a relatively fast runner, and the moment the opponent catches the ball, it is a flying tackle, knocking down the outfield receiver of the Congolese Desert Eagles!

And so things get interesting again.

The ball landed about forty yards from the Desert Eagles' enemy line. Although possession is still in the hands of the Congolese Desert Eagles, it is not impossible for the Sphynx team to take the opponent's ball from this distance and then touch down the ball in one go!

Albert swallowed. Indeed, it would be most reasonable to adopt such a strategy next, and the only person on the Sphinx team who could run those forty yards almost unhindered was probably only Albert.

However, quarterback Shiloma gestured to the cold bench: No substitutions!

"Hmph, are you going to play delaying tactics and consume as much time as possible in the first half?" commented Feleos, who was lying on the sidelines and was healing himself.

Albert then stopped talking, quietly observing the turn of events.

Sure enough, the Sandstorm Sphinx team's next strategic counterattack was defensive, and they began to play a stalemate with the Desert Eagles. Whenever the opponent's quarterback gets the ball, a horde of orcs swarms up and blocks the opponent's passing path. The Desert Eagles quarterbacks, who couldn't make long passes, had to make short- and medium-range passes and get the ball to their running back. But once the running back receives the ball, he will be frantically intercepted, and every time three or four people are staring at the running back together, the running back will be pressed to the ground as soon as he runs two steps! This kind of tight defense is actually a great physical drain for the players of the Sphinx team, but Albert only found out at this time that except for Xiloma and Gusta, who are the main forces, everyone else is basically the second army!

This group of two armies didn't have many opportunities to play, and although they were asked to have a stalemate with their opponents this time, they also performed extremely hard, almost tirelessly blocking the opponent's attack with all their might! Although the players of the Desert Eagles are all golems, and their physical fitness is always higher than that of the Sphinx team, their abilities are actually not very outstanding, at least not as exaggerated as the Giants and Black King Kong teams that the Sphynx team has played before, so under the stalemate battle, they are also difficult to move forward and advance extremely slowly!