ADAPTED FROM BUTTERFLY BLUE'S NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME, THE KING'S AVATAR
KILLS
It's time for the decisive battle.
Kill Combat Form first.
-Go for it, Little Tang! -Fighting!
-Long live Happy! -Long live Happy!
Hang in there, everyone. Leave them to me.
Don't hold back.
-Just charge. -Do you know what you are talking about?
Our goal is to win the championship, not this game, do you know that?
Little Tang, run!
Soft Mist's health points have only ten percent left.
Little Cold Hands' health points have only 30 percent.
They were hit!
But the damage from Combat Form's last skill, Shattering the Lands,
was too great.
Lord Grim wanted to support, but it was too late.
Soft Mist, Little Cold Hands, and Combat Form are killed at the same time.
So now, the two teams are tied in the Team Challenge.
Total points of Happy are still
-Fighting! -five points behind Excellent Era.
-Even if Happy won the game -Fighting!
and gained points,
-they would still lose by one point. -Fighting!
That means Excellent Era has secured the championship in advance.
Excellent Era has won this challenge.
-Are you sure you want to continue? -Of course.
The competition isn't over.
But I think Ye Qiu won't give up prematurely.
This is no longer about the match.
This battle is for glory.
Enjoy it.
Even if...
this is the last one.
One Autumn Leaf and Lord Grim rush towards each other.
A battle of fighters and Captains of Excellent Era
from different generations.
Who will win the competition in the end?
Go for it, Boss.
-Get him, Captain. -Wipe them out. Kill them.
-You can do it, Captain! -Come on!
-Wipe them out! -Go for it!
Well done!
Lord Grim kills One Autumn Leaf.
Team Happy creates a miracle.
With a huge disadvantage in the Team Challenge,
they scored an ace and win the competition
by 14-10.
-Happy is the best, -Ye Qiu is the best!
-Team Happy, the best! -Team Happy, the best!
What a pity.
Happy still came short in the total score.
Actually, the moment Soft Mist lost the game,
everyone in Happy already knew that it is impossible to win the championship.
But still, they showed an excellent performance.
ARENA CHALLENGE, TEAM CHALLENGE, TOTAL SCORE
One point.
So close.
Happy won the match by 22 to 20.
But unfortunately, although they won the Team Challenge,
they still lose to Excellent Era by one point.
Share the joy if we win.
Share the pain if we lose.
At worst, we will accompany Happy to start again and wait for another year.
Little Moon,
that was the best slogan you came up with tonight.
Happy!
-Happy! -Happy!
-Long live Happy! -Long live Happy!
How could that be? Did he break the record?
The damage of Master Ye breaks the four-year record of the league.
So they gain extra two points.
It overturns the result.
Incredible.
TEAM CHALLENGE, TOTAL SCORE
Guys.
We...
won.
TEAM CHALLENGE, TOTAL SCORE
Awesome!
GLORY
Your biggest mistake was giving the team a wrong name.
The team should be named...
Happy.
A SINGLE SPARK OF HAPPY CAN START A FIRE
I spent lots of money to get you into Excellent Era.
I let you use the account of the Master.
I gave you all the resources.
And this is how you repay me?
This is not a competition.
It was your last chance.
It was also Excellent Era's last chance.
Nobody would invest money in Excellent Era that can't even win the league.
Eight years of Excellent Era.
It is ruined by you guys.
Glory is not a single-player game.
Everyone is responsible for the failure.
Including you, Mr. Tao.
Let's welcome the champion, Team Happy.
-Come. -Hey.
Hooray!
Ye Qiu, you are the best. The best!
Happy is the best!
The best!
Please lift your championship trophy.
PRO LEAGUE
Ye Xiu and Lord Grim will always be with Happy.
Tang Rou and Soft Mist will always be with Happy.
Steamed Bun Invasion will always be with Happy.
Qiao Yifan and One Inch Ash will always be with Happy.
Happy is bound to win.
Glory will never die out.
The competition...
-Here we come! -Here we come!
Do you regret coming to Excellent Era?
Do you?
As long as I can keep competing, there is nothing to regret.
Then see you in next year's competition.
The damage of Master Ye broke the four-year record of the league.
The previous record holder is...
Captain Han, right?
Someone broke your record.
What do you have to say?
Records are there to be broken.
That's why Glory could create so many miracles.
Now, to announce the winner of this year's Challengers League.
Team Happy!
Please welcome Mr. Feng Xianjun
to award the certificate of the league to Team Happy.
Welcome back.
The name in the certificate is correct, right?
How could it be wrong?
It is you who should be careful.
Don't write the wrong name afterward.
Thank you.
TEAM HAPPY, WELCOME TO THE LEAGUE.
At this moment,
I would like to ask you, Master Ye. Anything you wish to say to everyone?
Starting today, Sun Xiang will replace you as captain.
The account, One Autumn Leaf, will be his to use.
I choose to retire.
At worst,
I will start from the beginning.
I'm here for a job.
So why did you retire?
Even though I'm a bit old,
I don't plan on giving up.
The cup is a vase now.
Maybe he has walked on a new path to start over.
Glory?
I wouldn't lose interest even if I have to play another ten years.
The entire Team Happy
is here.
Every unwilling departure
is for
one final return.
I'm back.
Let's congratulate Team Happy.
NINTH GLORY CHALLENGERS LEAGUE
Don't stay here. Go dance.
Go.
You shouldn't stand here as well. Move.
Come, have a drink.
Bye.
-We are drifting in the world. -Being safe and sound is out of reach.
-You'll pass out after one drink. -You'll pass out after one drink.
-You'll pass out after two drinks. -You'll pass out after two drinks.
-You'll pass out after three drinks. -You'll pass out after three drinks.
-You'll pass out after one drink. -You'll pass out after one drink.
Drink now.
Who says I will pass out after one drink?
Can you do it?
Don't force yourself.
I'm going to the bathroom.
Is he all right? Amazing.
Three, two, one.
You didn't pass out after one drink.
But you passed out in three seconds.
Enjoy yourself to the fullest today.
I'll drink with you.
Come, drink.
Mo Fan.
Come.
It is not silence that chooses you.
It is you who chose to be silent.
No more words.
Here, cheers.
I should have a drink with you.
There is something I've been wanting to tell you.
Listen to me.
I'll only say it once.
Hey.
What a lousy drinker.
All professional players get drunk easily.
No.
Master said this before.
It is not that they can't drink.
In fact, they never dared to learn drinking.
Because being under the influence of alcohol for too long
will slow down their reaction speed.
It also affects the stability of the hands.
That's why he is a real professional player.
And that's definitely fake.
At this moment, I suddenly understood something.
About winning.
About being champions.
About us.
I guess
everyone will meet such a group of lovable people in their life.
Our coming together is not to change one another.
But to become better for one another.
The combination of you and me
creates us.
This is the thing to be proud of.
Come here. Since the Night of Glory when Master Ye declared his return,
every team is feeling the pressure.
We are now going to find out the preparations of each team.
Captain Jiexi.
Do you feel any pressure with Master Ye's return?
In terms of pressure, Tiny Herb doesn't feel anything.
I suggest you interview Blue Rain,
who was knocked out in the quarterfinals this summer.
-Thank you. -Can you say anything else?
-Please say more. -Yes.
Please tell us more.
How about me? I'm happy to talk.
Your satisfaction is guaranteed.
I just want to ask, with the return of Master Ye,
is Blue Rain planning to adopt any special solutions?
We don't need any special training. Definitely not. Don't worry.
-I can guarantee. -Shaotian.
Have you prepared the training videos?
I will send you the secret place where Tyranny trains.
Well, well. I think I took the wrong turn.
At last, let's pay attention to Excellent Era.
Since the failure in Challengers League, Excellent Era has been keeping silent.
Just now, Excellent Era posted a message on its homepage.
Excellent Era has put itself up for sale.
Tao Xuan said
years of managing Excellent Era has worn him down.
He hopes that the successor can lead the team to glory again.
He added that he will always be a fan of Excellent Era.
Excellent Era is too expensive.
Other teams can't buy it on its own.
It may adopt divestiture.
The team, the team members, the roles.
All the team resources will be gradually liquidated.
This means Excellent Era will disband.
I thought only weak teams would come to this end.
I never thought that Excellent Era would be reduced to this state.
ESports teams are just like eSports players.
It has its own golden period.
It will get old and out of date.
Many people only see the glamor of the eSports players.
But they ignore the harsh reality behind the glory.
So, there will be no more Excellent Era?
Will Excellent Era really end like this?
Will the Excellent Era brand disappear forever?
Excellent Era will not disappear.
Because I believe
someone who can inherit their spirit
will definitely appear.
Mucheng.
Do you still remember that we were here the day I left Excellent Era?
That was when we came back after finishing the last competition.
Your well-known quote.
"Use the appropriate skill at the appropriate time
to turn an advantage into victory."
But you didn't mention what to do after winning.
What can you do after winning?
Boast.
Say some harsh words.
Silly girl.
Number one, don't scold anyone at the meeting tomorrow.
Number two, if you're going to scold someone anyway, don't scold me.
Number three, even if you're going to scold me,
you can't exceed three sentences.
And number four?
Number four, I can't attend it tomorrow.
So I won't know even if you scold me.
You always talk so much.
Aren't you thirsty?
Thank you.
You can keep the ring pull.
Before this, every time I passed the corridor,
I could hear the sounds of the mouses and keyboards.
It is so quiet now.
It feels weird.
The life of these eSports players is quite simple.
They spend most of their time training.
And they have little entertainment.
Aside from playing the game,
they spend almost all of their time and energy
in this place.
We also spent
these past years the same way.
So, apart from the world of Glory,
this building is the most familiar place to me.
In the past year, I have known that
at the end of this path,
I will leave Excellent Era.
But I never thought that
it would be reduced to this state
when I am leaving.
It's so quiet.
Someone is playing Glory right now.
According to this speed of playing, he is a little weak.
I am going to pack my stuff first.
Wait for me.
You are still so bad at playing Glory.
When did you start smoking cigars?
I'm always around people who smoke cigars.
I naturally picked it up
after some time.
How is the sale going?
The club is too big.
And we didn't achieve the qualification for the league.
It is the worst time
to sell this club.
But anyway,
I've found a buyer.
He promised that he would continue to use the name Excellent Era.
So I'm already content.
After I sell this place,
I am about to become a poor businessman who has nothing but money.
The only things I left in Glory
are failures.
Nobody can erase the honor
that Excellent Era has achieved.
While playing a game just now,
I thought about our past all of a sudden.
I realized that I had been wrong all this time.
Indeed.
Glory is not a single-player game.
And Excellent Era
never belonged solely to me.
We can also create a new age.
Turn the Glory we know into a real sport.
We're going to turn this thing into the glory of our lives.
EXCELLENT ERA
Glory.
I can never play it as well as you and Muqiu do.
So I was thinking that
even though I could not compete on the stage like you,
I could be a great manager of the team.
When you exerted your energy in the game,
I could be your backup.
I always thought that
the three of us
would be the best partners.
Do you know that
I have had a thought for many years,
and it became increasingly stronger.
And you? You just competed in the game.
And you never kept up the pace with me.
You refused to be commercialized.
You didn't want to show yourself in public.
So, I wondered
if you hadn't held me back,
what would Excellent Era have become?
Definitely better.
Maybe.
You are here to fetch Mucheng, right?
I have something.
Please help me give it to her.
Sun Xiang transferred out of the club along with the account of One Autumn Leaf.
It can't be taken back.
But I have Dancing Rain's card.
Let Mucheng take it.
If it is too expensive, Happy can't afford it.
Mr. Tao.
What are you doing here?
Why don't you talk at the reception room?
I'm going to train.
Okay.
It's time for the evening training.
Very punctual.
By the way,
no smoking in the training room.
Oh, yes.
Okay, got it.
Excellent Era.
It never belonged to just us.
Lower.
More.
A little lower.
Move it to the right side a little bit.
-I once stood here, -Here.
-watching the maple leaf rises high. -Here. Right.
-In a few years, -All right.
-Slowly. -Lower.
-maybe this place -Slowly.
will have a new beginning.
Right.
Luckily, someone has agreed to take over.
That means the Glory of Excellent Era will not end.
Why did you want to establish the Glory league?
I knew nothing about eSports nor Glory at that time.
But it didn't matter.
Because what touched me the most
was never Glory itself,
but young people like you
who always pursue after Glory.
Glory
is not as simple as you think.
TEAM HAPPY
YE XIU, TANG ROU, QIAO YIFAN, BAO ZI, LUO JI, AN WENYI, WEI CHEN, MO FAN,
WU CHEN, SU MUCHENG
Samsara, the champion of the ninth league,
is going to bring in Sun Xiang, the former ace of Excellent Era
and the role of One Autumn Leaf at the cost of 12 million.
You all see that, right?
How powerful our future rivals could be.
Yes.
It has been hard enough to handle Zhou Zekai in Samsara.
Now they have Sun Xiang.
What should we do?
Enhance the training. Simulate competitions.
Strengthen the team in the shortest time.
But before that, there is still one important thing.
What?
The prize of Challengers League has been issued.
Ms. Chen, shall we split the money first?
Give it to me!
Hey, Dad.
I am recruiting new members.
I'll send the dungeon of the Frost Forest later.
I can't form a team with you.
-You're in the Eleventh Server, -Don't worry
-while I'm in the Tenth Server. -about meals and accommodation.
-It's not about distance. -Don't worry.
-Different server is a huge difference. -Come.
-Don't go. -Come on.
Jot this down.
Don't come here.
Sir, why don't you join Team Happy at our recruitment booth?
Our slogan is "Don't worry about meals and accommodation."
-"Don't worry about meals -"Don't worry about meals
-and accommodation." -and accommodation."
YE XIU, LORD GRIM.
CHEN GUO, CHASING HAZE
SU MUCHENG, DANCING RAIN
TANG ROU, SOFT MIST
BAO RONGXING, STEAMED BUN INVASION
QIAO YIFAN, ONE INCH ASH
LUO JI, CONCEALED LIGHT
AN WENYI, LITTLE COLD HANDS
WEI CHEN, WINDWARD FORMATION
MO FAN, DECEPTION
WU CHEN, DAWN RIFLE
SUN XIANG, ONE AUTUMN LEAF
XIAO SHIQIN, LIFE EXTINGUISHER
QIU FEI, COMBAT FORM
CHEN YEHUI, TOTAL DARKNESS
YU WENZHOU, SWOKSAAR
HUANG SHAOTIAN, TROUBLING RAIN
XU BOYUAN, BLUE RIVER
HAN WENQING, DESERT DUST
ZHANG XINJIE, IMMOVABLE ROCK
WANG JIEXI, VACCARIA
GAO YINGJIE, KIND TREE
CHANG XIAN, SLEEPING MOON
We met in Glory.
Glory is more than a competition.
Glory is a world for us all.
We shall meet again in the world of Glory.