Everyone in FTW went to an island by the sea for vacation during the offseason. qPADy1
This was undoubtedly the happiest mont of the year. They'd won the championship, gained glory, and even the advertisent on the login screen of the ga showed a photo of the five FTW players winning the championship.
These internet addict teenagers quite enjoyed their first day at the resort. Diving, surfing, beach walks, and all sorts of activities were available. But by the second day…
Little Red Ning: "Sigh!"
Potato Chip Le: "Cough…" BgS6QE
Brother Vegetable: "I can't believe you guys didn't bring any peripherals."
The three little ones stood up with a swish, "Let's go, let's go!"
Not playing any gas was impossible. Not touching gas for a single day made them itch all over!
When Chen Feng returned to the hotel, he saw the three little ones playing ranked matches.
Ning Zhehan: "Brother Cai, your positioning! You're just giving away your head!"
Yue Wenle, who was playing the elental shaman with a bewildered expression on his face, "He's dead."
Brother Cai: "………………" NjuI9w
Amazing. Three global champions were playing with three strong talents and getting beaten up by passers-by.
Yue Wenle was playing the elental shaman, Ning Zhehan was playing the storm hunter, and Brother Cai was actually using the immortal warlock!
Who'd given them the courage to do such a thing!
Was it Little Lunatic Wei! lcWw7n
Chen Feng bonked each one of them on the head. "Three hours of extra training if you lose."
The three little ones felt their scalps go numb and they beca extrely serious.
Only after the ga ended did they suddenly realize. "What training! It's the offseason right now!"
'Queen' Chen was just as majestic as ever, and the three little ones had all lost to him! lVuAC5
Compared to these three people's fake vacation, the great and little demon kings were really on vacation.
The island resort hotel was very large, and the furthest single-family villa was half an hour's walk away. Brother Liu was quite clear about how things stood, and the villa that he arranged for Lu Feng and Wei Xiao was exactly half an hour away from the three little ones.
The moon was bright, the waves were rolling, and Little Lunatic Wei was 'reaping the consequences' accompanied by the sea breeze.
Because the debt owed from the season could not be paid off in one or two days. 18onqd
On the first day, Wei Xiao had been full of confidence. He pointed at the waves outside and said, "What's this?"
These waves weren't as reckless as he was!
The next morning, Wei Xiao's voice was hoarse. "No more, I really can't anymore."
The next night, Wei Xiao pretended to cry loudly. "Captain, I was wrong, I was really wrong… hey… hey hey…." QSPGX8
The waves outside were just like the water that had entered Wei Xiao's brain during the competition, and it had to co out sooner or later.
After this 'battle', Wei Xiao was well-behaved for a whole three days.
How well-behaved?
He didn't dare to ask for a kiss, didn't dare to think about wanting a hug, and he didn't even dare to use his little hands to hook fingers! 4QYTwd
He sat upright to show he was serious… oh, he couldn't sit stably QAQ!
On the fourth day, Wei Xiao started crying again, "When is the next season starting! Laozi wants to play gas!"
Why did he have to take a break? Professional players didn't have breaks!
One thing led to another. fgdluD
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Wei Little Xiao had indeed cried a lot, but half of it was dry howling, and the other half ca from 'happiness'.
As for real tears that were shed due to pain––
––Not a single drop.
FTW returned ho from vacation and were shocked to find that their base was incredibly lively. 3892sK
What was going on?!
The celebration party had gone on for a day and two nights. Hadn't these people had enough?
Wei Xiao stepped up arrogantly to ridicule Yuan Ze, "Old Teacher, why aren't you going back?!"
It had already been a week since the finals ended. Why were they all gathered at FTW instead of heading back to their respective hos and families? Nx2zHv
Old G was very pleased with himself, "Chinese cuisine is vast and profound."
He had clearly beco a food addict!
Kim Sung-hyun chid in, "Next ti, I'll take you to try stinky tofu."
Old G had no idea what was waiting for him and was extrely excited, "Okay, okay! Is it as delicious as the pancakes from this morning?" JyLN9s
The Proud Flower smiled mysteriously, "It's even better than that."
Those present who understood: "…………….." They didn't know how to express the pity they felt for this silly Big G.
Fortunately, the FTW base was big enough that it didn't feel crowded with so many people living there.
Captain Yuan sat down on the sofa with great determination and said, "Co on, let's fight it out." zcDlmC
Kim Sung-hyun raised his eyebrows, "Did you call Old Xie over?"
EVE's team of five arrived as he was speaking.
FTW's five little ones: "???"
What were you guys doing?! DMG5jt
Why did you all run over here instead of going ho?
God Yan couldn't possibly be there too, right…
Yan Jiang didn't head over. He sent Yuan Ze a ssage. "An unequal contest brings no honor to the victor."
Y1 would definitely win if they ca, so they hadn't co.
That's right, they were global runner-up (repeat) team whose domineering aura practically leaked out everywhere!
Wei Xiao finally caught up, "Are you guys going to compete? What's the prize?"
Just as Yuan Ze was about to keep him in suspense, Old G shouted out loudly, "The right to live at the old base!" DwTxOq
Yuan Ze bonked him on the head.
FTW's logistics team, who had been wandering around outside holess for a week without telling the FTW team so that they could relax, spoke up at this mont. "Cough…"
Little Ning looked at Brother Liu. "What's going on?"
Brother Liu cleared his throat. "It's like this…" jwnHSZ
This year, things were different from before. In the past, Glory's competitive season lasted for the whole year.
There were competition zone gas in the first half of the year, and the global competition took place in the second half of the year. This was due to the way the competition system had been set up, as well as the lengthy process required for the singles and doubles gas when they had still been using the old map. All of this ant that the global finals were pushed towards the end of the year.
One global championship every year was a tradition that had remained unchanged for more than a decade.
Until this year… ofan
The competition committee had been stirring things up since the beginning of the year.
The singles and doubles gas were no longer lengthy competitions in each competition zones, and had beco an elimination ga in the global competition. Factoring in the new brawl mode ant that the ti required for the whole process had been shortened from an entire year to half a year.
The global champions were crowned during the sumr vacation period, making sumr more exciting than usual for those in the China competition zone!
However, that also ant that the season ended in half a year. What were they supposed to do in the second half of the year? zYcR2V
Take half a year off?
What were you thinking! Were the capital daddies going to give up on making money?
Even if the capital daddies didn't want to make money, their fans would also start to kick up a fuss.
How were they supposed to survive six months without gas to watch? ZhKp0s
Moreover, youth was a precious resource for professional players. Having such an extended break was too cruel!
The competition committee had already made arrangents. They'd just been waiting until after the finals to make the announcent.
A new competition format would be launched in the second half of the year––the World Invitational Tournant.
Unlike the global competition that took place in the first half of the year, the World Invitational Tournant lasted for three months and started in September. The final stage was tentatively scheduled for December. hIa9
The World Invitational Tournant would be a global competition right from the start.
There would be no competition zones and no quotas. Any team could participate in the qualifying round as long as their team had passed the approval process.
The qualifying round would be based on points. The top twenty-four teams who were able to stand out from the crowd would then enter a round-robin competition which lasted for two months.
There were no competition zone restrictions on the 24 teams. 1lw5nd
What did that an?
In other words, the rules allowed all 24 teams to be from the sa competition zone as long as they were strong enough!
Of course, at present, no competition zone had enough outstanding teams to achieve this.
However, this had already brought an endless amount of surprise to the competition zones that were full of powerful players. mdTKE1
For example, the China competition zone where dark horses had erged frequently this year. If there had been no quota restrictions, then 3U, TPT, and RR would've all been able to enter this year's regular global season and compete with the Team of Gods!
The runner-up from the North Arican competition zone was also a powerful team that everyone was eyeing closely.
Needless to say, there were also many fierce and ambitious teams beneath the two giants Y1 and EVE in the European competition zone.
No competition zone restrictions, and all powerhouses were respected. cAgFks
If the global competition hadn't taken place in the first half of the year, then the competition committee wouldn't have dared to set up such an 'unfair' competition system.
However, the 'fair' global competition was over, and no one would say anything if they allowed all the powerhouses to fight against each other in the second half of the year!
The audience, who had been afraid that there would be no gas to watch, were all excited.
This was too exciting! Just thinking about it made them happy. GyTJVD
How strong did these 24 teams have to be in order to make it out of the qualifying round?
Two rounds of global competition seasons was like a feast for gluttons!
Gas like FTW vs Y1; they would be able to watch two rounds of such gas!
Not only could they watch FTW play against Y1, there was also FTW vs L&P, FTW vs Pro, or FTW vs Pufferfish Xie. 0ZH2dG
There was also 3U vs Pro to see which team's big brother was the strongest, TPT vs Y1 having a 'discussion' about the winter training match scandal, and even RR vs EVE to see whose mid-laner was tougher to deal with!
The internet had already exploded, only the champions had still been sleeping soundly on the plane without knowing about any of it.
As for why Yuan Ze, Kim Sung-hyun and Xie He were competing for the right to live in FTW's old base.
That was also because of FTW. ylhDta
The World Invitational Tournant had made invitations on behalf of the champion team.
As the global champions, FTW was inviting teams from across the world to their competition to participate in this new global competition!
This didn't require FTW to do anything. It was just that this title was sufficiently dazzling, brilliant, and filled with glory!
It was because FTW had won the championship that the entire three-month World Invitational Tournant would be held in the China competition zone. It wasn't surprising that Yuan Ze and the others were 'fighting over territory'. 2iYmqD
As for who won and who lost… cough.
Either way, they were all the best 'sparring partners' for FTW!
There were also fans who kicked up a fuss about the new competition system online. "If it's like this, then our FTW's championship won't be worth as much!"
Everyone else had championships that lasted for a whole year. Why did it beco two global championships a year when it was FTW's turn! VZnc28
So angry!
Wei Xiao happened to see this ssage and forwarded it directly. "If one isn't worth as much, then how about getting a pair @Close."
Fans: "!!!!"
Without ntioning anything else, being Little Lunatic Wei's fan would f*cking ensure that they felt f*cking cool all the ti! Uv81I4
Yeah! If one wasn't enough to satisfy them, then just get two.
So CP fans discovered sothing strange. "Oh my, oh my. A pair is fine, but why do you have to tag the great demon king!"
It was as though they were determined to send their fans up to the heavens. Close reposted Wei Xiao's Weibo post, with a simple, single word. "Mm."
A reply worth more than a thousand words. 2LX8dU
Many years later, after the two people had beco legendary figures of their generation––
Fans dug out this Weibo post.
"The demon king couple had been announcing their relationship that ti, right!"
"Holy sh*t, sister, you have such sharp eyes!" qR9cAJ
"??? So I thought that I'd been eating fake candy for years, but in reality it had all been real candy?"
"It's real. More real and true than gold and silver."
Quiet had been breaking conventions and 'surprising' people since his debut.
All the way until the last mont. He and Close retired together and posted a Weibo that shocked the entire Glory circle. y9fYmn
Quiet: "The last battle is dedicated to my lover @Close."
Close: "The last battle is dedicated to my lover @Quiet."
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The author has sothing to say: Stories are never-ending. Their lives will continue on with us. All right! All good things must co to an end. See you next ti! FE9q5Y
(End of book)
xiin: *covers face* sorry it took this long to finish, but it's done! thank you for joining Wei Xiao and Lu Feng (and FTW) on this journey. Long Qi's (龙柒) novels have accompanied from when i first discovered BL till now and i'm really happy that i was able to share one of her works with everyone.
thank you to juurensha & apricot for helping out with edits––they've caught countless typos, smoothed way more weird sentences than they should've had to, and just generally been great and thank you to luckykoi for picking up the slack in the middle when i disappeared for a couple years while!
lastly, please please please support the author by buying the raws. Glory was also released in print in China, over three volus. i was only able to find the volus on taobao, but if anyone has a better link, please do share it!d7xwUv
and… low-key flashing my next project, The Best Strategy Guide! we're setting off into the interstellar ABO world where tears don't only flow from oga's eyes
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