Occupation? I won’t even hit a dog!

Borrow money?

Ye Tian remained calm on the surface, but secretly frowned suddenly and became alert.

Is this guy Scout trying to pull a wedge between EDG and other clubs?
but.

Think about it carefully.

Probably not.

Not to mention that Scout's performance in S6 and S7 was very average. His personal strength was ranked in the upper-middle level among the mid-lane players participating in the World Championship, but his overall performance was only in the lower-middle level. He was a useless player that strong teams looked down upon and weak teams could not afford.

Just look at the timeline.

The 2018 Asian Games has just ended, and there are still four years to the next Asian Games.

As e-sports is a major event entering the Asian Games for the first time, it should be upgraded to an official event of the next Asian Games after its successful hosting. However, whether it can be upgraded successfully remains uncertain before the dust settles.

Even if Scout wants to be exempted from military service, it is impossible for him to run to LCK three years in advance when everything is not clear yet.

Ye Tian thought about all this and put on a smile: "Duoduo, what problem have you encountered? How much do you want to borrow?"

"I need to borrow a lot."

Scout paused for a moment and explained the reason first: "After I got the S7 bonus, I took out a loan to buy a house in Seoul, but the agency I signed with had problems, and they didn't pay me last time. Our agency calculates our salary on a quarterly basis, and if they delay it once, it will take half a year for the next time... This year's champion skin was released too late, and it will take a long time for the share to arrive. EDG doesn't have cash flow right now, so I thought of borrowing from you, Brother Tian."

"So that's how it is. How much is enough?" Ye Tian asked.

"Five million." Scout said the amount, and then added, "Brother Tian, ​​don't worry. I have a guarantee. My contract with EDG was originally until this winter transfer period. If you are willing to lend it to me, I will renew my contract with EDG for another year. I will definitely not run away."

"Okay." Ye Tian agreed.

Since Scout and EDG club have agreed, Ye Tian doesn’t have to worry about not getting the money back.

Helping Scout solve his worries will also be beneficial for the next game.

For both moral and logical reasons and for both public and private reasons, this money can be borrowed.

"Thank you, Brother Tian, ​​thank you so much!"

Scout was extremely grateful: "From today on, if you tell me to go east, I will definitely not go west. If you tell me to catch a dog, I will definitely not chase a chicken!"

"Don't be so polite, just play well in the game." Ye Tian waved his hand: "It's just that your agency is too unreliable, change it after the world game."

"I'll change them after the fight!" Scout nodded vigorously: "Not only my salary has been delayed, but also several people in the entertainment industry have had their salaries delayed. We are already going through legal channels to resolve it. I will terminate the contract with them after I get the money."

Negotiate a student loan.

Had dinner.

Get things done through the EDG club.

Ye Tian returned to the training room, turned on the live broadcast, and watched the battle in the qualifying round.

Last year, EDG won the S7 finals championship, allowing LPL to be upgraded to the world's number one region. Therefore, this year's LPL's third seed does not need to play slowly from the qualifying round and can wait for the group stage to begin. This is a benefit EDG has given itself.

The qualifying rounds seem to provide more training opportunities, but in fact they are not very nutritious.

After all, apart from the third seeds from the mainstream regions where the teams participating in the qualifying round will not meet each other, the rest are wild cards of relatively low levels. For example, in this game, the third seed of North America, C9, played against DFM from the Small Days region, which was a one-sided crushing victory.

There was no suspense for the other groups either.

Although Gen.G is the third seed of LCK, as a team that retains the original Samsung team, everyone has to admit that Gen.G can enter the second tier in the world.

Although G2 mid laner A.P. was beaten badly by the newly debuted hat king Caps, he is still a grandfather-level player in front of the wildcard region.

The light of North America, C9, never performs poorly in the world championship.

The relatively weak LMS third seed GRX showed great strength, beating Vietnam's GAM in the group stage. With the points advantage, they drew the almost free Turkish SUP in the knockout stage and successfully entered the main competition.

After drawing lots.

The groups for the main competition have been determined.

Group A: FW, AFS, PVB, G2
Group B: RNG, MAD, TL, Gen.G
Group C: KT, VIT, EDG, GRX
Group D: FNC, 100T, IG, C9
"This grouping is quite favorable for our LPL region."

Ze Yuan analyzed at the commentary booth: "First, let's look at the IG team. Group D where IG is located is the only group without a Korean team. Although IG is only the second seed in our LPL region, speaking objectively, the strength of IG and RNG is very, very close. It should be easy for them to get first place in a group without a Korean team."

"That's right." Remember to speak more directly: "RNG is in Group B. The only opponent is Gen.G, which changed its name from SSG. MAD and TL are almost impossible to threaten RNG's position. RNG is basically stable in first place."

Let’s talk about the two teams RNG and IG.

Now comes the most interesting point.

Judging from the team's own record and performance, EDG, which lost to the e-commerce newcomer JDG in the playoffs and stumbled all the way, and finally "crawled" into the S8 finals, may not even make it into the world's second tier.

but.

In the 9-team roster announced on September 26, EDG's starting top laner changed from Ray to Tian.

This is fucking different!
The difference between teams at different levels often lies in only one core player. For example, the former small IG and the current RW rely on Rookie and Doinb to carry the team's strengths respectively. If Rookie and Doinb fail to perform as expected, they will hardly win the game.

The same is true for EDG.

Without Ye Tian joining, EDG has been in the quarterfinals every year, and last year it almost broke the team record and made it to the unprecedented top 16.

With Ye Tian joining, EDG fought back all the way, sweeping the three Korean teams LZ, SSG, and SKT, and reached the top of the world in an unstoppable manner.

This year, EDG invited Tongtiandai to join the team. Even if the team was only at the top eight in the world championship, under the leadership of Tongtiandai, they will be qualified to compete for the championship.

"EDG also got a good draw."

Ze Yuan continued the topic: "Let's look at the members of Group C first. The three teams besides EDG are KT, VIT, and GRX. As the third seed of LMS, GRX can hardly threaten EDG. We really don't need to be too subtle here. VIT's threat to EDG is also very low. Even if Tian Ge is not in EDG, EDG's chances of qualifying are more than 90%."

"Brother Tian is in EDG..."

At this point, Ze Yuan's voice was a little teasing: "Several well-known LCK top laners, Khan, CuVee, Huni, Kiin have all played against Tian Ge, but Smeb is the only one who has not had a clash with Tian Ge in a major tournament. I am really looking forward to it."

"Are you looking forward to it? I'm embarrassed to say it!" Remember to tease.

[High EQ: looking forward to it, low EQ: watching Smeb being abused]

【Hahahahahaha】

[On the 100 ways to die as a top laner in LCK]

[Smeb's condition in the past two years might have allowed him to compete with Tian Ge, but this year he is really not good enough]

[Can you please stop being so arrogant? You're blowing the whistle before the game even starts. Aren't you afraid of getting slapped in the face? ]

[What, GSL is scared after seeing Brother Tian? ]

[EDG definitely won't brag, so why can't Tian Ge brag? No one thinks Smeb is a rival of Tian Ge, right? ]

[I admire GSL for its disadvantageous output, and I dare to call Tian Ge]

[The world's No. 1 player, Blowing JB, is about to be beaten back to take a shower by Brother Tian again. How can GSL not be mad? ]

The barrage was extremely enthusiastic.

As the four groups were finalized, the first day's match schedule was announced.

The opening match is between LCK's No. 1 seed KT and North America's No. 2 seed VIT, which is a debut match arranged by the host for their own team.

The second game is between EDG and GRX.

After playing against GRX, EDG had a day off, played against VIT on the third day, and played against KT in the last game on the fourth day. "Let Mingkai and Ray play against GRX and VIT."

Abu felt that there was no need to use a sledgehammer to kill a chicken, and he also wanted to let Clearlove and Ray show up. If EDG can win the championship, Clearlove and Ray can choose their own skins based on their appearance records.

"Don't leave me a 0-2 start." Ye Tian teased.

"No, no, if you lose the first game, you can just go ahead." Abu took precautions: "We must leave room for error this year. Last year's situation was too scary."

"Yes, if we lose a game, you and Haoxuan (Karsa) will go up." The factory manager was serious.

"Just kidding, not really. Mingkai, I know your ability in fighting a civil war." Ye Tian looked at Maokai who was expressionless, and simply arranged the tactics himself: "When playing against GRX, Duoduo, you pick Irelia to show them. No need for support, just focus on laning. Xiaozhao, use Kaisa or Varus. The popular AD has to be shown off."

"Don't pick Xayah and Rakan. Tian Ye's Rakan is a bit exaggerated, but it's okay. We have enough ban slots. If we don't pick Xayah and Rakan, we won't suffer like RNG did last year."

"Xayah and Rakan are not that strong now. We still have Caitlyn and Morgana. There is no need to dismantle them, right?" Abu suggested.

"We don't need to dismantle it when playing against other teams. If we meet IG, we still can't let go of Luo." Ye Tian prepared for a rainy day: "IG's support is not very strong with other heroes, but he is very strong with Luo. If you hold down Luo, he will drop to a lower level."

"So that's how it is. I really didn't realize that." Abu finally understood.

"You definitely can't tell. He hides it on purpose and basically doesn't choose it in the main competition. A lot of details can be overlooked if you're not paying attention." If Ye Tian didn't know about it in advance, he might not be able to defend himself.

In this year's spring season, Baolan picked Luo in four games with a 100% win rate.

I only picked Luo twice in the summer season.

Although the win rate is still 100%, compared to Niu, Tam, and Braum, who have been selected for more than a dozen games, Luo, who has only appeared a fraction of the time, will obviously not be included in the research scope of other teams. This is also one of the main reasons why Baolan can shine with Luo in the World Championship.

Make good discussions and wait for the game to begin.

10 month 10 day.

The S8 opening ceremony was held at the LoL PARK main venue in Seoul.

When the countdown on the big screen jumped to the last second, the roaring emperor in a dark red suit walked onto the stage with a microphone in hand: "Welcome all the audience to the scene of the Korea International Center III. Are you ready to welcome the 2018 League of Legends World Finals?"

The words fell.

Cheers broke out at the scene.

The director's camera turned from the audience seats, and many fans waving red and blue cheering sticks could be seen.

However, compared with the scale of the S7 opening ceremony, the S8 opening ceremony was obviously a lot more shabby. After all, the maximum capacity of the LoL PARK venue was only 450 people, which was completely not on the same level as the domestic venues that often had tens of thousands of people.

"Teams from all over the world came to this stage with their dreams. Their dream is to lift the Legend Summoner's Cup!"

"This long journey is accompanied by struggle and tears, but only one team can laugh at the end, hold the honor that belongs to them, and stand on the top of the world."

“Now, the stage is set.”

“Please welcome the teams participating in the 2018 League of Legends World Championship to begin their journey. Their first goal is the home stadium of the quarterfinals: Incheon Munhak Stadium!”

When the Roaring Emperor's voice fell.

The big screen began to play the carefully produced competition MV.

First of all.

A torn summoner's flag appeared in the center of the screen.

Looking forward, the mottled ancient road is filled with various weapons such as Han swords, Western swords, swords, halberds, spears, etc. Together with these weapons are the flags that were once bright and dazzling but are now dark and dusty.

This is the burial place of teams that were eliminated in the group stage, including Flash Wolves FW, Red Pegasus AHQ, European Optimistic Family G2, North American Phantom God TSM, and 1907 Fenerbahçe.

The end of the road.

A figure wearing a hooded windbreaker, sunglasses, and with legs made of battle blades took two deep breaths, straightened his body, and left a determined profile in the camera.

The scene changes, and the figure climbs up the steep rock wall of nearly 90 degrees step by step. When he reaches the top of the rock wall, a battle axe, a lamppost and a broken blade appear in front of him.

The figure put the two weapons behind his back, hung the broken blade at his waist, and continued to trudge forward.

Across rivers and mountains.

In a golden wheat field, he was intercepted by an opponent holding an icicle.

The figure took off the battle axe and fought with the opponent for several rounds. Suddenly, he roared to the sky. His body was coated with a layer of gold and red halo. He jumped into the air and chopped down with all his strength while holding the battle axe in both hands!

Blood was flying.

The figure stepped over the opponent lying on the ground, climbed up the iceberg, and came to a cave with lava flowing.

Just as he stood firm, a white energy cannon shot out from the cave.

next second.

An opponent armed with Hextech weapons emerged, and another energy cannon was fired.

The figure replaced the battle axe with a lamppost, dodged left and right, rushed to the opponent, used the lamppost to block the opponent's attack that transformed the Hextech cannon into a Hextech hammer, made a 360-degree turn, and slammed the front end of the lamppost heavily on the opponent's chest!

bang——

Lava splashes, covering the entire screen.

When the picture became clear again, the figure came to a road to heaven made of countless pumice stones, with white clouds underfoot and giant heroic sculptures vaguely visible in the distance.

In front of.

On top of the stone-carved ancient dragon, an opponent holding a cross mark was sitting cross-legged. As soon as the figure approached, he activated the thunder field. In an instant, thunder from the sky descended, as if the end of the world had come.

However, after the thunder dissipated, the opponent holding the cross mark disappeared without a trace.

The figure crushed the ancient dragon, soared into the sky, broke through the heavy clouds and mist, and came to an ancient temple.

Walking into the temple, there is a circle of sculptures placed around it, each sculpture holding a rune. The runes held by the two sculptures within sight are engraved with the team logos of FNC and TPA respectively.

On the back of the third sculpture, a figure in a red team uniform walks out holding a puppet. As the camera moves forward, the three gold stars on the left chest of the figure and the wing-shaped logo of SK telecom T1 are clearly visible.

Both sides looked at each other.

The atmosphere was almost stagnant.

Behind the figure wearing the SK telecom T1 team uniform, the shadow of a clockwork puppet lit up. The puppet pressed forward, countless energies gathered, and even the air was distorted.

At this time.

The figure took off the broken blade and pointed to the sky with one hand.

The broken blade stirred up the energy of the Holy Spirit and was recast into a complete giant sword. The shadow of Riven, the Exiled Blade, was like a god descending from heaven. Sword energy burst out covering the entire temple. Three gusts of wind slashed out as the giant sword was swung!

Swah——

The sword energy swept across.

so easy.

The figure stood in the center of the temple, watching the EDG team logo light up on the sculpture in front of him.

now.

The sun rises.

The Summoner's Championship Trophy stands tall in the sky! (End of this chapter)