Sweetest In The Universe Chapter 10

After the second round's ban picking, Zhou Tian was given Zhao Xin as her hero.

This particular hero was strong at ganking at the beginning of the game, and his legendary moves were great for team fights. It was also a pretty good jungling hero in this version.

"Tian's doing pretty well! Keep up the good work," the coach continued, after praising her yet again, "Everyone, just keep doing what you're doing. Let's try our best to get a lucky 2-0."

TL Note: Tian = Zhou Tian, and 2-0 as in the score.

Zhou Tian's anxiety was completely wiped out after achieving such a good result last round.

w.a.n.g Ren, who was sitting beside her, couldn't resist but speak up, after sensing her excitement: "Tian's literally shaking after getting Zhao Xin. Well, we'll all depend on you for this round."

"Yeah, she's very excited," Hang Ziliang, the Top player that was sitting on the other side of her, said, "She even almost took the wrong cup of coffee that was mine.”

Zhou Tian: "…It's actually really easy to get it mixed up when you put it there!"

Yin Yuanxia: "Oh no, it's over. Our Jungler's gonna kill our team even before we enter the server. Wow, I think that we're gonna lose this round.

"Well, then you should probably be more bold," w.a.n.g Ren said, "Like, let's say, 'the other side's gonna win two rounds in a row.'"

"Then, it must be because our Support is driving us crazy."

TL Note: It's kind of hard to explain, but they're like teasing/play fighting with each other

After a moment of bickering, the second round of the game officially began.

Normally, everyone would start to rush towards the three paths and would start to work on increasing their magic. But this round, YYg had a very unusual tactic, and instead did a wave of level one T.F.

It meant exactly as it seemed. It was when they had a team fight at the start of the round, while everyone was still on level one.

This type of tactic had always been considered as one of the Lower bureau ones. But in fact, it had actually been constantly appearing in professional compet.i.tions over the last few years. So, if the level one T.F. happened to end well, then it could affect the beginning of the round immensely.

Zhou Tian was the one who'd suggested to play with this tactic. Although her teammates were a bit when started when they first heard her plan, they pretty quickly agreed with this strategy and started to talk it out.

And SF, on the other side, clearly didn't expect YYg, that was famous for coming up with safe plans during the spring compet.i.tion, would go with this type of tactic. And so, SF's Mid, ADc, and Support were all surrounded, and two of them were instantly killed.

“Give the points to Further, give them to Further. This round, he'll have to fight Kasha on the other side, so it's safer to let him level up.” Zhou Tian gave her points away, “Guys, keep up with the good work. Don't let any of them get past you. I'm going to go and slay some monsters.”

TL Note: Kasha = …hero? I think?

“Ooh, Tian sure does have some strong will to survive this round. She knows that our Xie ge didn't have a good time last round.”

Zhou Tian: "…It's because last round it ended faster than we'd expected it to be! ADc didn't even have time to use any of his moves, so you can't possibly blame me!"

"We're not blaming you, of course," Yin Yuanxia was already laughing his head off, "It's best to finish work early. Right, Xie ge?"

Xie Yi, as usual, did not reply. But that didn't mean that he wouldn't interact or joke around with his teammates during the compet.i.tion.

When they hit the twenty minutes mark, both sides started to fight because of the second fire dragon. Zhou Tian's Zhao Xin skillfully circled around to the back and directly destroyed Team SF's fighting formation, giving her teammates an advantage in the surroundings.

She was very confident in this team fight, and her teammates were also able to react quickly. Especially Xie Yi, who, just like how he'd played in the duo ranking during the past few days, didn't waste a single second and instantly killed three more players.

"Further's now 6-0. I've finally made up for what I did last round," Zhou Tian said, "Anyway, I'm gonna go to the top path after slaying this dragon."

"Making up?"

"So, you stole six kills from Xie ge last round?"

"Yeah, yeah," Zhou Tian nodded her head madly.

At this moment, Xie Yi sighed and opened his mouth.

"You're not done yet," Xie Yi said, "I killed one of them on the lower path this round."

Zhou Tian: "…"

Xie Yi continued: "You were on the mid path that time."

TL Note: Once again, pretty confusing. I'm guessing that he means that she still owes him some kills, since she (?) stole some kills? Probably.

Zhou Tian took a deep breath and said: "Oh, then I'll make up for it the next time we team fight. I really need to go to the top path now!"

Xie Yi didn't say anything, but everyone who was sitting in the audience section saw a light smile from him on the screen.

Zhou Tian wasn't just saying that to forget it later. She said that she would make it up during the next team fight, and she did. She confidently ditched the dragon and joined the fight during the most important time.

"Jess, Jess, Jess!!" Noticing that the mid player on the other side, that didn't have much blood to begin with, couldn't hold on for much longer after Zhou Tian used her move, she started directing her teammates with a high voice, "Use your moves on Jess!"

TL Note: Jess = hero, I think.

"Dead." Xie Yi said.

“I think that we can let Xie ge kill all five of them this time.” Maybe it was, since Zhou Tian started the team fights a perfectly, this time, YYg was doing extremely well. The atmosphere around their conversations weren't tight, and Yin Yuanxia was the most enthusiastic one out of them all.

Unfortunately, just as he was speaking, Zhou Tian had already killed the ADc on the other side with her G.o.dlike hand-speed.

Zhou Tian: "…You should've said it earlier."

“Slay the dragon.” Xie Yi, however, didn't mind their plan of him killing all five players, “We'll be able to push away the after slaying the dragon.”

And a wave means to push away the wave of fights to the other side's base in order to end the game.

And so, after he said that, YYg did, in fact, push all the way to the base with the buff from slaying the dragon.

The players from Team SF did try to defend their base with their last efforts, after reviving one by one. But the differences between the quality of equipment between the two teams was too obvious. They couldn't even clear out YYg's soldiers. And so, of course, their crystal was broken.

TL's Note: The soldiers are part of the game, which each team's base automatically sp.a.w.ns in to help their players push towers and attack the other side's base. Of course, they are also something that can distract towers. For more information, you can google or try LoL yourself. ?

At the exact moment that the crystal broke, there was a loud wave of roaring and cheering.

The five players of Team YYg stood up one by one and went over to the other side to shake hands with their opponents. Then, they came back to collect their equipment.

Zhou Tian went back to the waiting room and was told that later on she would have to go back on stage to be interviewed with Xie Yi. She nearly lost her stand: "What?!"

Zhou Tian went back to the waiting room and was told that later on, she would have to go back on stage to be interviewed with Xie Yi. She nearly lost her ground: “What?!”

Her teammates, however, weren't surprised at all: “You were the MVP in the first round and also did pretty well in the second round. You're also on the advertis.e.m.e.nt video with Xie ge. Honestly, it'd be surprising if you weren't going to be interviewed after the game.”

Zhou Tian: "…"

So after resting for a few minutes, she followed Xie Yi back on stage, very confused.

"There's nothing to be afraid of." Xie Yi whispered before they got on stage, as if believing that she was still anxious.

Zhou Tian actually wasn't really afraid. It was just that she had too many emotions mixing up in her mind. She still wasn't completely back in reality.

The good thing was that the first few questions in the interview were all directed at Xie Yi. For example, things like how he was feeling after winning the compet.i.tion, how would he celebrate with his teammates after the compet.i.tion, etc.

When they started interviewing her, she realized that their questions weren't very hard. Instead, they were all about the compet.i.tion.

She listened carefully, then raised her microphone and answered honestly.

“After the level one T.F., I thought that we really needed to use the formation of the second round and that we needed to protect the AD. So, we wanted to let the AD to get more kills and level up sooner, so that we'd be able to get an advantage in the team fights later.” She paused, “Then, I asked my teammates, and they all thought that it was a great idea, so we just did it.”

The host was a bit shocked: "So you were the person who made the decision?"

Zhou Tian: "Of course, isn't the Jungler always the person who directs the team?"

Such an honest and blunt answer almost stopped the host from continuing the interview because she was too startled. Luckily, since the audience offstage were also shocked from hearing this answer, there were a lot of whispers. These noises were able to make the host come back to reality and also help continue the interview.

“Next, comes the last question for our Further. Today, your team won your first battle with a decent result of 2-0. You've also completed Yuzhou's first compet.i.tion perfectly. So, as the most prestigious member in the team, how would you like to annotate your new teammate?”

After hearing the question, Xie Yi considered for a while with his eyes on the ground. Then, he said: "A bit fierce."

Zhou Tian: “???” I've already came to the lower path and already did so much labor?! What do you mean, fierce!

TL Note: Like, she thinks that she did so much work yet he still calls her fierce, (probably she thinks that there could be better words that describe her) so she's a bit confused (kind of)

The host was also bewildered: "Why would you think that she's fierce? Would you mind if you disclose some more information with everyone?"

This time Xie Yi replied quickly: "The way she plays is fierce. She's also fierce in person." Especially when she directed the team. Every single sentence that she said, sounded as if she was going to run in and bite someone's head off the next second.

There was a lot of shouting and whispering in the audiences' directions, but Zhou Tian couldn't figure out what they were so excited about.

The interview ended. While her teammates were still backstage preparing for the next part of interacting with the fans, she turned to Xie Yi and mouthed for him to not say untrue things about her.

Unfortunately, Xie Yi ignored her, and her teammates were already on stage with their presents for the lucky fans.

TL Note: I think this is like something that happens when fans are lucky and get the chance to meet their gaming idols after the compet.i.tion?

Zhou Tian had watched this part before on her computer. But now that it was her turn to stand on stage, she still felt as if it was a very strange but wonderful sensation.

She also felt a bit worried. It was her first day in the professional gaming circle, and you could say that she absolutely had no idea whether she even had any fans over here. There probably wouldn't even be one fan that liked her in the five lucky fans that were chosen randomly! If that was the case, then wouldn't she be unable to give out the present in her hands right now?

After thinking it all through, Zhou Tian was even prepared for the awkward situation that would occur later.

However, the result was, not long after the host announced the first lucky audience's seat number, a tall and strong man jumped onto the stage, took over the microphone, and spoke excitedly: “I am Yu, Yuzhou Mei‘s fan!”

Zhou Tian: “…” f.u.c.k, was this really not someone that the officials found to help me out with these awkward situations? But, wouldn't it be too obvious if they made him come up first?

The man was really enthusiastic: “I've always been watching your live-streams. From a very early, I've always felt that you have the skills and potential to become a professional. Now that I see you becoming an actual real professional player, I'm really glad, and I'll try really hard to get tickets to your compet.i.tions in the future, so that I can support you even more!”

Host: "Wow, this Xiao ge ge's story is very touching."

TL's Note: Xiao ge ge is what Chinese use to call young men that they are not familiar with but it's just a name… very hard to explain.

Xiao ge ge held the microphone tighter, took a deep breath, and continued: "I really would like to see Yuzhou use Kindred on professional compet.i.tions in the near future!"

"I believe in you. I know that you are not only the number one Kindred in the Korean server, but that you can also become the world's best Kindred player!"

Zhou Tian saw that his hands were a bit shaky as he said the last part. She also finally believed that this man was really one of her fans.

Then, when the fan came over to get her present, she whispered her thanks to him.

The host saw what happened, and gave the microphone to her, while asking: "So, will Yuzhou make Xiao ge ge's wish come true, and use your famous Kindred in the near future?"

Zhou Tian took the microphone and scratched her head with her empty hand, "…Eh, I actually really want to use it. But the other side just won't give it to me! It's either chosen already, or it'd be banned before I even get to choose it."

"Then… Let's hope that the next opponent I face would give me the chance of making my fan's wish come true?"

credits: sydney, katimu, & dora