ADAPTED FROM BUTTERFLY BLUE'S NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME, THE KING'S AVATAR
HAPPY INTERNET CAFE
-Check out. -Okay.
Ma'am, come here!
Coming!
Hold on a minute.
Why did the screen turn off?
You must be messing with me.
HIRING NETWORK MANAGERS
BATTLE
GLORY'S TENTH SERVER OPENS TONIGHT! JOIN US AT HAPPY INTERNET CAFE
Ma'am, is that guy playing on your account?
Is he stealing your equipment?
No way.
You're messing with the wrong person.
You won?
The battle automatically started, so I played for you.
How long was that? You won already?
About 40 seconds.
Amazing!
-I won! -Well done!
Ma'am, you said Glory isn't just a battle.
So...
What is Glory?
Glory...
We all met because of Glory.
Glory is a world that belongs to all of us.
You wanted to check out, right? Sorry about that.
I'm here for a job.
HIRING NETWORK MANAGERS
What's your name?
Ye Xiu.
Ye what?
Ye Xiu?
Your name is so similar to our best player.
What's the meaning of this?
Any prior experience in network management?
No.
Could you help with troubleshooting?
No.
JOB REQUIREMENTS FOR NETWORK MANAGER
Know how to check on network operations?
No.
Can you maintain network equipment, update the anti-virus software,
or detect unsafe messages?
-No. -What can you do, then?
I can...
play Glory well.
You're hired.
I'll be upfront with you.
You don't know anything.
If your performance is bad,
I won't be able to keep you.
I'm not running a charity after all.
It's so messy again!
This is pretty good.
I almost feel embarrassed to use it.
I'm sorry, you've got the wrong idea.
This is my room.
Your room
is over there.
Right here.
Well...
This place is a little run-down.
But the employee hostels are all full at the moment.
It's fine. I can make do.
I just need a bed.
The blanket is at the head of the bed.
Make the bed yourself.
-No rush. -Sure.
Stop there.
Change the light bulb.
Light bulb?
Hey!
Over there!
Okay.
What's going on here?
Check the circuit box.
Network manager!
Where's my instant noodles?
Coming!
Sorry to keep you waiting! So sorry!
Ma'am, add an hour for me.
Xiao Chu, extend the time for table 24!
Another portion of instant noodles, please!
Coming! Right away!
Can you hurry up?
-Damn it. -Network Manager, what's going on?
I'm sorry.
We're closing for half a day for maintenance.
I'm sorry. Please come again tomorrow.
Now I know that installing a light bulb requires skilled labor.
I'll look for a repairman.
Stop there.
Let's tally the accounts first.
Just take the loss today out of my salary.
Don't go back on your word.
The normal salary of an employee is 3,000 dollars.
You're under probation, so it's halved. 1,500 dollars.
Some guests haven't paid their Internet access fee. That amounts to 427 dollars.
The food and beverage cost is 361 dollars. And the repair fees will be 500 dollars.
Insurance, 32 dollars.
Come over and take a look.
This is today's loss.
This is, at most, a minor mistake.
Ma'am, I'll get busy.
Business shuts down during the maintenance period,
so you'll have to make up for that loss too.
You're out of salary for this month.
These are today's losses.
The total is 9,892,50 dollars.
When I said I'll cover today's loss,
I was referring to the light bulb.
I'll just have to let you go then.
-9,000? -9,892!
How do you intend to repay me?
No answer?
If you don't have an answer, you'll have to do as I say.
From today on,
you'll have to take care of the network management,
the cleaning work,
and the lifting work.
I can take care of your food and lodging.
But you won't get a single cent.
-Ma'am. -Everything you do will be recorded
and deducted from your salary, any objection?
I...
It'll be fine.
All the best!
One light bulb caused my downfall.
Leave!
-Get out. -Sir!
-Don't come again! -You're not welcomed here!
Sir, hear me out!
-Hear me out! -We know you're Ye Qiu's crazy fan.
He's always at the Excellent Era office, digging up gossips.
So what if I'm not allowed in?
HAPPY INTERNET CAFE
ONE AUTUMN LEAF
HAPPY INTERNET CAFE
This was still fine just now.
Give me a moment. Let me find out more.
I'll be quick.
Turn the screen around.
FIRST FLOOR SEATING, SECOND FLOOR SEATING
Done.
Are we in the same industry?
Get me a bottle of water.
Coming.
How's the treatment at your Internet cafe? Are you looking for manpower?
Who's in the same industry with you?
Call me if you need anything!
SHOCK!
I'll go to a new area to train a rookie.
Cool.
GLORY
NUMBER OF PLAYERS ONLINE
Be careful, everyone.
He's going to fight the Boss alone?
A lot of good stuff broke out.
Have the three of you even played this game before?
This area just opened up.
We're still not familiar with it.
I just came in and I got kicked out soon after.
I've met three noobs so quickly!
You shall be my victims then.
Okay.
Just listen to my instructions later.
It's just a Midnight Phantom Cat. Treat it like a wild cat.
A wild cat?
That cat is bigger than the three of us put together!
One claw was enough to send us flying!
That's because you didn't know how to taunt it.
Let me give you an example.
I'll slap you now. You would hate me so much, right?
You want to chase me down to hit me back, right?
Right at this moment, he gives you another ten slaps.
Don't you hate him even more now? So you'll chase him down, will you?
That's what taunting is all about.
Whoever causes the highest damage is whom the monster will chase.
The other players won't have to worry about being attacked anymore.
If we charge up and attack it together, then the monster will be confused
and attack others instead of attacking me.
In the end, it will be out of taunt. Do you understand it now?
-Got it. -Got it.
After I'd said so much,
did you manage to gather the other players?
Are you even ready? We're going in soon!
GLORY
GLORY, LOADING...
MYRIAD MANIFESTATION UMBRELLA
LEVEL 5, ATTACK SPEED: 5 PHYSICAL ATTACK: 180, SPELL ATTACK: 180
This is a weapon I'm designing.
I'm calling it Myriad Manifestation Umbrella.
That's awesome!
You've already thought it through and you kept it from me!
I'm short of two materials.
One of them has two forms. It can't be switched at random.
When I'm done designing it, you can prepare for battle on all sides,
and shock the whole Glory universe!
All right! I will be waiting for the day when you complete
Myriad Manifestation Umbrella!
My research has failed.
I've sealed away Myriad Manifestation Umbrella.
Were there insufficient materials?
I'll earn the XPs right now to get the materials.
Wait for me.
Are there any? Are there any teams?
Are there any teams around?
Are you missing a healer?
Count me in.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN SLEEPING MOON'S TEAM?
This one's attack skill isn't too bad.
We should be able to stir up the hatred quickly.
I'll let you be the first victim.
Well, I'll let you be the second one to feed the monster.
And the third one will be you.
The healer? The healer has to be the last one standing.
Forget it. If I die, I'll die.
It's too bad that I'm in a bad mood.
The reward will be mine alone to enjoy.
Okay.
Let's go.
PLAYERS: SLEEPING MOON, SHIELD, ASSASSIN, ALL-PIERCING LANCE, LORD GRIM
ENTER THE MIDNIGHT PHANTOM CAT MISSION
LOADING THE GREEN FOREST ARENA
I've found the Midnight Phantom Cat!
Knight, hit it!
Sharpshooter, kill it!
Everyone, charge up!
Bandit, your turn!
Knight, cover us!
Heal him!
Hey, don't you see that he's injured?
ASSASSIN, ALL-PIERCING LANCE
HEALTH POINTS, MANA POOL, PHYSICAL STRENGTH, XP
MIDNIGHT PHANTOM CAT: HEALTH POINTS, MANA POOL
Sleeping Moon's ulterior motives are too obvious.
Is Lord Grim really stupid or just acting stupid?
Heal him!
Lord Grim, heal the sharpshooter!
Heal the sharpshooter!
Lord Grim, what are you thinking?
Can't you see that he's out of health points?
Heal him!
Damn it!
Buddy, heal him!
I mustn't.
If I do, he'll OT.
Just do as I say!
I'm just taunting it! What are you afraid of?
But if you slip up and are unable to contain it,
Phantom Cat will come for me instead.
Just like the three of them.
Are you doing this on purpose to whack me? You're out to swallow the Boss alone?
Wasn't that your goal?
The loot for this arena isn't much.
Isn't it a waste to share them with the noobs riding on your bandwagon?
So from the start, you had decided
that you'd use them to taunt the Boss
and have the Boss attack them.
I have to say
that your tactic is pretty impressive.
It's just down to the two of us. Why don't we join hands to kill the Boss?
We'll share the loot equally.
Equally?
I want it all to myself.
Are you crazy? If I die, you'll die too!
If the Midnight Phantom Cat goes crazy, you won't be able to handle it!
Then, none of us will get nothing!
You're an idiot, Lord Grim!
I'll remember you!
Don't you know the power of my guild?
You're finished!
YOU DIED
You want to defeat the Midnight Phantom Cat on your own?
You're a healer. Let me see how you'll kill it!
MIDNIGHT PHANTOM CAT ENTERS FINAL FORM
Congratulations to Sleeping Moon,
Lord Grim, All-Piercing Lance,
Shield, Assassin,
for accomplishing the First Kill in the Forest Arena.
First Kill!
-It's the First Kill! -Master! Befriend me!
First Kill!
-Everyone, pay your respects! -Awesome moves! God among men!
Congratulations on the First Kill of the Forest Arena.
Impossible!
Lord Grim...
How dare you steal my Boss!
Did you think I was easy to bully?
LORD GRIM IS SHAMELESS. THE OTHER DAY, I WAS AT...
Hello?
Hello, Mr. Cao.
Yes, it is I, Xiao Chang.
Report?
Re...
I'll submit the report to you by tonight!
I've already decided on the title!
It'll be called
"Breaking news! The maple leaves on
Excellent Era's uniform is no longer red like February's flowers."
How is that?
It's not good?
There's another option.
How about "Why are the flowers so red?
Because there are green leaves to match!"
That will upset Team Tiny Herb?
Well...
Okay, I'll return to the agency now.
Just you wait.
MIDNIGHT PHANTOM CAT'S CLAW, MIDNIGHT PHANTOM CAT'S EYE JEWELS
MYRIAD MANIFESTATION UMBRELLA, LEVEL UP
LEVEL 5, PHYSICAL ATTACK: 180, SPELL ATTACK 180
LEVEL 15, PHYSICAL ATTACK: 290, SPELL ATTACK: 220
Muqiu.
No matter how rare the material is and how hard is it to level up...
HAPPY INTERNET CAFE
I will do everything I can
to revive your creation,
and take it with me
to the peak of Glory.
HAPPY INTERNET CAFE
What are you doing?
Network Manager!
Sir!
Excuse me.
Rascal.
EXCELLENT ERA WILL BE HOLDING A PRESS CONFERENCE AT 10:00 A.M. TODAY
I'll get to see the Master again!
Did he really retire just like that?
Should we wait?
What if he comes back again?
Do you not trust yourself or do you not trust me?
How am I to answer if others ask me?
Do I tell them my coming had something to do with his departure?
-Should I say I chased... -You chased away Excellent Era's hero?
Well done.
You'd better keep such a compliment well.
This is called a compliment?
Eliminating the strongest player means you're even stronger than him!
As long as you're acknowledged by the majority,
the opinions of the minority won't cause too many problems.
How many people will care about an old friend's tears?
Will it be that smooth-sailing?
Are you so nervous because you feel that you aren't as good as Ye Qiu,
and unworthy of being Excellent Era's captain,
or is it because you feel you're worthy of the title, Master One Autumn Leaf?
Says who?
Do you want everyone to say that about you?
Of course not.
If you don't perform well, that's what everyone will soon be saying.
If you don't want that to happen,
use your ability to prove to everyone that you are Excellent Era's true captain!
Ye Qiu?
In a few months,
who will remember someone who has retired?
TEAM EXCELLENT ERA
You again? Get lost!
-I'm a reporter! -Leave!
Pardon me. The flowers will be here immediately!
-What's going on? -We're delivering flowers. It's urgent!
-Go on in. -Thank you.
-What are you here for? -Flower delivery.
Mr. Tao is getting impatient! Hurry up!
Hurry up!
All right. Is the site ready?
Three, two, one. Start.
Hello, ladies and gentlemen.
Welcome to Excellent Era Club's Press Conference.
Up next, let us put our hands together
to welcome the boss of Excellent Era Club, Tao Xuan,
who will bring to us the new strategic deployment and plans for the team.
A round of applause!
Hello, everyone. I am Tao Xuan.
Today, I am very happy to be interacting with
so many supporters of Team Excellent Era.
Your enthusiasm has touched me very much.
At the same time, I feel a little ashamed.
Because today,
I have some bad news for everyone.
Glory's expert,
that is our beloved team captain,
Ye Qiu,
decided to resign
a few days ago.
Regarding Ye Qiu's resignation as captain,
whether as his boss...
He's really gone.
We all know
that the standards of Glory's alliances are getting increasingly higher.
The competition is getting more intense.
Eighty hours of work training a week causes the members physical fatigue.
The mental pressure is very high too.
-The club has tried to persuade Ye Qiu -He's too much!
to lead the team as a coach.
Unfortunately, Ye Qiu was unwilling to.
We all regret his departure.
Regardless, we will fully respect and understand
Excellent Era's former captain's wishes.
Ma'am,
I'm very sorry.
I accidentally spilled some water just now.
What a bully.
Why don't you deduct another five dollars?
What's the use of money?
It can't bring back the Master.
As a veteran with ten years' experience,
Ye Qiu has journeyed with Glory
for a whole ten years.
To many people, myself included,
Ye Qiu...
is a legend of this generation.
I'll never get to watch Ye Qiu again.
He brought to Excellent Era the glory of winning three championships!
Strictly speaking,
the one who retired is Ye Qiu.
One Autumn Leaf
is still in Excellent Era.
His contribution to the alliance...
But One Autumn Leaf without Ye Qiu
is like a shell without a soul.
Ye Qiu's resignation is very regrettable.
But Excellent Era will have to keep forging ahead.
Will I never see Ye Qiu again?
His departure
does not mark the end of the legend.
You're the one with the least right to say that now.
He has just handed the baton over
to our ever-improving next generation.
The one receiving the baton
-Move aside! -is the rookie of our professional league.
Sun Xiang!
-Sun Xiang! -Sun Xiang!
Hey, bring my computer over.
Okay.
Where is it?
On the bar counter!
I am honored
to be taking over this glory from Ye Qiu
as the team captain.
On the day that Ye Qiu stepped down
-was the day that I personally -A mere newcomer wants to replace Ye Qiu?
-took over the name One Autumn Leaf. -Wait another 800 years!
Along with that,
he entrusted me with something else.
Do you like eSports?
What?
If you do,
treat all of this as an honor
instead of a chance to show off.
You already said to treat it as an honor
-and not something to show off. -I will
-Why show off then? -work hard to adapt to the team.
We'll decide on our strategy very soon,
and complete the handover in the shortest time possible.
How dare you say I lack skills!
I'll show you what a lack of skills really is!
-Wow, so many reactions and comments. -The keyboard warrior is here.
Everyone is supporting you!
Captain Sun Xiang,
you've just taken over for Ye Qiu.
Do you feel confident in being able to fill his shoes?
In other words,
are you confident that you'll be as good as Ye Qiu was?
As good?
If my goal is just that,
I would not have signed my name on the contract.
Ten years ago,
all the famous players today
didn't even have a prototype then.
That's right.
That's why Excellent Era has the title of being Glory's best team.
-And the first... -No! What I'm trying to say is that
if you were to put the three champions then in today's ranking,
they might not even make it into the top four.
That is the reality of things.
More talents are emerging as we go along.
If you're still steeped in your past achievements,
then the road you tread on will just get narrower,
until before you know it, you're already left behind.
Since I've decided to accept this honor to be the captain of Team Excellent Era,
I have only one goal.
From today on, whenever everyone mentions Excellent Era,
it won't be associated with the previous three-times champion,
but the present Best Team.
One Autumn Leaf is Ye Qiu's!
Well done!
Beautifully thrown!
How exciting.
Actually, he's right.
What do you mean by that?
The old need to rest, and the new emerge.
That's the law of nature.
No one can change that.
Say that again?
But then again,
old players aren't necessarily deserters.
And newcomers aren't exactly invincible either.
In the world of Glory,
there has never been a distinction between old and new players.
That's true.
In the world of Glory...
In the world of Glory, the only thing that matters is passion!
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Ye Qiu no longer exists in the league.
But Excellent Era and One Autumn Leaf
will continue to dominate the league.
You'll only know after you've competed.
That's right.
We'll only know after they've competed.
Your eyes are blank, and your actions are sluggish.
How long has it been?
And you've already given up?
I finally realized that there's something more difficult than Glory in this world.
FIRST FLOOR SEATING, SECOND FLOOR SEATING
So you didn't give up!
You are intending to rise again from the ashes?
I don't think these ashes
can ever be lit again.
I brought you something that you couldn't pack in time.
Have you watched the live telecast?
I got too angry halfway.
So I switched it off.
Don't watch it in the future.
Why not?
You think I can't take it?
I'm worried Sun Xiang won't be able to take it.
My comrade knows me best, after all.
GLORY
The clan leader took the First Kill of the Midnight Phantom Cat yesterday!
When did he get so skilled?
I think he's just basking in someone else's glory.
He stole the Master's credit.
Right, everyone else was dead.
He was the only one who lasted until the end.
-I heard it was all due to Lord Grim. -He killed the Boss on his own?
Lord Grim again?
Where on earth did Lord Grim come from?
Another one that's just like Sun Xiang.
A piece of crap who doesn't respect his seniors!
As a reporter,
I have an obligation to tear your ugly face apart!
Lord Grim is shameless.
Just to keep the Boss for himself,
he refused to heal the whole team, and sabotaged them!
Be careful, everyone!
Lord Grim is shameless!
Just to keep the Boss for himself,
he refused to heal the whole team, and sabotaged them!
Be careful, everyone.
Lord Grim is shameless!
Just to keep the Boss for himself,
he refused to heal the whole team, and sabotaged them!
Be careful, everyone.
Team up!
-Team up to enter the arena! -One more place to go!
Team up!
Team up. Anyone?
The Master is here!
What are you up to?
Because of you,
no one wants me on their team.
Do you know my power now, nerd?
This is to teach you to respect your seniors in the future.
Got it?
What a foul temper!
How about this?
We both know each other inside out.
Add me into your team.
Let's work together. How about it?
LORD GRIM REQUESTS TO JOIN THE TEAM
I swear to get back at him!
I think he intends to cooperate properly.
You believe his words?
Sun Xiang intends to outdo Ye Qiu too!
I know that Ye Qiu's resignation has been weighing down on you.
I'll let him handle the Boss on his own later.
None of you are to help him.
Let the Boss finish him off!
The condition is that you are to taunt the Boss.
What are you waiting for?
Let's go.
We're about to meet the Boss.
I'll taunt him first.
All right. We'll wait for you to steady the hatred.
Come over and act!
Come with me.
Is this another trap?
Did he just get disconnected?
That simple?
What do you think then?
Faking a depletion of these health points?
He's letting us celebrate before hitting us in our faces!
I guess the previous incident
affected you pretty badly.
Inside this USB stick
are all of Ye Qiu's combinations in the competition.
Play this now, and let everyone see it.
Can this still be used?
Why can't it be used?
Hold on.
Did I include the side profile of the Master?
Wait, I need to check it again.
Why do you need to see his face?
What do you know?
When the game goes well, it's just a technical charm.
As for the Master,
he possesses charm in his personality too.
HEALTH POINTS, MANA POOL, PHYSICAL STRENGTH, XP
Subtitle translation by Danielle