“How long have you been watching us?” Elspeth took a deep breath and asked.
Carrot was an honest child, so he said truthfully, “From the start of the kiss until now.”
Elspeth felt her blood pressure rise at once. Nevertheless, the two of them were doing embarrassing things in public, and it was really not the fault of these four people. Elspeth thought about it and let them go.
On the next day of training, the four of them simply did not dare to look directly at Elspeth. Elspeth could feel that the training was extra tormenting for them, so she proposed to end the training early, to which the four unanimously agreed. Anyway, the practice was almost done and there was no point in practicing more if they were not learning anything new. The four of them saw Elspeth off with smiles on their faces before releasing big sighs of relief.
Soon, the day of the game arrived. Elspeth followed Kenneth and the four of them to the car and headed for the competition venue. As soon as they entered, they were greeted by a stout man with an inch scar at his brow bone. He was a little oily-looking and had a smile that looked unkind.
At once, alarm bells sounded in Elspeth’s head. As she watched Kenneth talk pleasantries with the man, she knew that this was their final opponent—the team captain of AD, Jaipor Lass.
Today’s match would be broadcasted live, so there were quite a number of fans and news reporters gathered outside. The AD captain, Jaipor, smiled broadly at the reporters, and said, “I have full confidence in our team. AD will definitely beat team FX.”
Kenneth didn’t care about his opponent’s provocation, and when the microphone was passed to him, he just asked in confusion, “Where is the place to receive the reward after the match?”
The crowd was speechless.
Soon, it was time for the game to start. Elspeth and Kenneth sat down, put on the headsets, and began to enter the battle state. During the hero selection stage, they encountered a big problem—the opposite side had banned all of Carrot’s best support picks, so Carrot panicked all of a sudden.
“It seems that they had planned and learned about the heroes Carrot often uses in advance, and as such, they could strike with precision.”
Kenneth frowned, feeling a little unsure.
However, Elspeth was not too concerned. “It’s okay, Carrot. Just pick any hero and follow me.”
Birdy tried to dissuade her. “Elspeth, two heroes tagging with each other would be an easy target for the enemy. Are you not afraid of that?”
“Not as long as our rapport is good.”
Carrot gritted his teeth and chose a hero. When the battle began, Carrot’s hero accidentally got killed, and the opposite side began to taunt Carrot.
“Sorry, Elspeth, I…”
“It’s okay. Take your time.” Elspeth concentrated on the control of her hero, which had a flexible rolling skill. She quickly dodged all the attacks while sending the opponents to die, landing a double kill.
Soon, the round ended with an overwhelming victory for Elspeth and her team.
“It’s outrageous! There’s even a girl on their side who only plays a trashy support tag.”
“Yeah, that hero was disgusting. Many times, it jumped in to strike at the last moment. Just like that, I was killed.”
After Elspeth took off the headset, she began to hear such words, and she couldn’t help but snort with laughter. Carrot looked at her, frowning. “Elspeth, they’re cursing us; why are you not angry?”
Elspeth raised her eyebrows with an incredulous look. “They’re praising you. They’re saying that you played the support hero well and it disgusted them.”
When Carrot thought about it differently, he felt it was really like that. So, he grinned and asked, “They said you only played a trashy support tag. Was that also a compliment to you?”
Elspeth rolled her eyes. “This means they’re big dumb*sses. I’m obviously playing an archer. How could they even end up in competitive gaming if they have such bad knowledge?”
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