Editor: Decembery
With the Coach’s command, the Eagle Riders’ performance seemed to have suddenly received some divine blessing—not even five minutes after the game began, all members of KKL had already been eliminated in a way that sent shivers down everyone’s spines. Qiu Yu was the only one who acted throughout the entire process.
At this point in time, the qualifiers had already progressed to the fourth round. As such, the teams who remained in group B were generally those whose capabilities were a little lacking. Given the disparity in abilities, the battlefield was more or less a one-sided suppression and was not of the best entertainment value.
However, considering that two strong teams fell to group B after a brutal faceoff with disastrous consequences in the last round, the commentators placed more focus on the Eagle Rider and KKL members and tapped into their perspectives from time to time.
Hence, Qiu Yu was exposed.
“The randomly selected map in this round is set in the Coste Rainforest ruins. It’s quite a complex night mode map.”
The game had just begun so there weren’t many conflicts to discuss. As he spoke, the commentator quickly switched perspectives and introduced features of the map to the audience members, “Curtains of pouring rain, thick fog, narrow ruined alleyways, dense swamps… All these complex terrains are extremely hazardous to the players. Your enemies could be lurking right around the corner—”
At this moment, a kill announcement sounded: [EWG_Cupid slew KKL_Nak]
The commentator was visibly taken aback before he quickly cut back to the scene of the kill. “Cupid has gotten first kill this quickly, how lucky! Let’s have a look at how he did it.”
In the replay, Qiu Yu traversed through a thick forest, hunched over at the waist. It can be seen that he moved quite quickly, yet he did not make the slightest noise despite the leaves and rotting plants that blanketed the ground. The audience saw that Qiu Yu suddenly slowed, raised a hand, and swiped his palm against the damp rotting plants. He then immediately set off. Very soon, a slight rustling sound could be heard from ahead.
“Oho, it looks like Nak has been traced,” The commentator said, “Seems like Cupid’s tracking abilities are also top tier! It’s very difficult to notice footprints among rotting matter at night in a rainforest, yet he managed to do it.”
Quickly, Qiu Yu’s line of sight locked onto Nak through a lush bush, who was inspecting two skeletons, his head lowered. There was a tattered backpack by the two skeletons while Nak held a handgun, clearly just scavenged from the skeletons.
Without a moment of hesitation, Qiu Yu leaped out with the speed of a wraith and placed Nak in a chokehold. Then, the moment a gunshot sounded from nearby, Qiu Yu rolled and ducked behind a tree but not before he snapped Nak’s neck.
“The gunshot was from MOVE! This is a trap targeting Cupid!” The commentator’s excitement rose, “However Cupid luckily avoided injury and even managed to kill Nak! This is a heart-racing scene of tracking and sneak attack!”
KKL unconventionally chose to split into two and three in this round. Furthermore, they attempted to avoid team Eagle Riders the moment the round began, clearly intending to secure enough points before facing off against a strong opponent.
This was a solid idea, however, unfortunately for them, they met Qiu Yu.
The moment Qiu Yu attacked Nak, he had already noticed that there was an ambush on the side. That was how he managed to find a blind spot so quickly and avoided the bullet.
However, it was impossible for the enemy whom he had already locked onto to escape in such a map.
As such, another announcement featuring Cupid sounded not even a minute later—
[EWG_Cupid slew KKL_MOVE]
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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“If not for the fact that there’s zero possibility of using plug-ins in the Star Alliance Cup, I would suspect that Cupid is listening to commands from an omniscient someone! Of course, I have no ill intent by saying this, I just want to praise Cupid! His tracking and reconnaissance abilities are utterly unparalleled! By anybody!
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“How long has it been since the game began? Oh, 2 mins 46 secs—yet two of KKL’s players have been felled at Cupid’s hands! He’s no angel, he’s a devil!”
The devil killed two from KKL but didn’t take a rest. He raised a hand to his ear mic and listened for a moment before unhesitatingly setting off towards the Eastern ruins.
As he brushed past Mu Feibai’s group of four, he received the team’s newly gained compound bow from Zhou Shu.
Then, at 3 minutes 39 seconds into the game, KKL’s captain Wera was sent off by a single shot from Qiu Yu.
4 mins 18 secs: [EWG_Cupid slew KKL_Coke]
4 mins 52 secs: [EWG_Cupid slew KKL_Bedy]
Qiu Yu had annihilated an entire team by himself.
The commentator was shocked stupid and repeated “Oh my god” tens of times before he could put together a coherent sentence.
“Cupid! My god, he really—he’s definitely no angel! He’s a devil, no, he’s a ghost! He didn’t make a single sound when travelling through this entire forest! His stealth and tracking skills can definitely be considered top of the pyramid in this league! Of the people he wants to kill, not a single one will escape from his grasp!
“From today, I wish to give him a title—Ghostly killer, Cupid!”
Without KKL, there was no more suspense as to the outcome of group B for this round.
Because of their “accident” in round three, Team Eagle Riders ranked seventh overall. However, KKL ended up seventeenth, and thus had no more fate with the Star Alliance Cup.
In the Eastern Third Star District, the game’s forum exploded—
[That’s impossible! We won’t accept it!]
[EWG is targeting KKL too much! That Omega has been singling out our members from the beginning!]
[There’s definitely a problem with Cupid! How could a human do all that! He cheated!]
[EWG cheated!]
[EWG definitely made an alliance with SCS!]
[We want to make a complaint! @StarAllianceCupOfficial]
KKL, who were unaccepting of this outcome, really ended up making a complaint.
However, after going through the perspectives of all Eagle Riders’ members, the organisers of the Star Alliance Cup found no traces of the Eagle Riders allying with any other teams. There was also no possibility of Qiu Yu’s game cabin having a plug-in—all of his shocking in-game actions stemmed from his individual prowess.
The organisers quickly issued an official statement rejecting KKL’s complaint and reiterated the original qualifier results.
After trading blow for blow against the Eastern Third Star District for an entire two days, the Eastern First Star District netizens suddenly gained the high ground: So what? Our First Star District never uses these kinds of underhanded tricks!
Eastern Third: [It’s impossible for Cupid to be that strong!]
Eastern First: [Maybe it’s impossible for you lot, but our little angel is indeed this strong!]
Eastern Third: [Letting an Omega play professionally… are you not ashamed!]
Eastern First: [What about Omegas? Omegas can also whoop your asses until your snot and tears overflow!]
Eastern Third: [If he’s so strong, how could their team fall into group B in the third round? Isn’t that proof of them targeting us?]
Eastern First: [To make mistakes is to be human. If you want to accuse him of doing this intentionally, where’s your proof?]
Of course, they had no evidence.
The Eagle Riders were initially ganged up against by KKL and MIG and thus were, prima facie, in the weaker position. Mu Feibai and Qiu Yu merely weren’t too spirited while fighting. Everything from start to finish made logical sense and the investigators from the organising committee couldn’t pick out any problems on the Eagle Riders’ side.
This argument didn’t last for very long before another event attracted everyone’s eye.
Due to Qiu Yu’s spectacular, hair-raising performance, the commentator-bestowed title “Ghostly Killer” spread after the Star Alliance Cup’s qualifiers ended. That title, along with recordings of the competition, became Cupid’s new namecard.
This was until an anonymous thread from First Star District’s forums was dug out and translated into western languages and circulated among the entire Star Alliance—It was rumoured that, when Cupid was still an anchor, the meaning of his game ID was “Ghost”.
Ghostly, Ghost… close enough. They blended together the more Qiu Yu’s reputation spread.
Hence, among exclamations, many posed the question, “Then why is his competition ID Cupid?”
Although the name Ghost was taken, there were still quite a few English words of similar meaning ah. If not, English still has so many different root languages. Why did he choose “Cupid”, a name that couldn’t be further from the truth?
No way that the god of death is anything like a cute, squishy little angel!
Upon receiving her little brother’s text, Tang Weiran’s entire face darkened.
Her little brother had been asked by his goddess’s best friend’s netizen friend’s English tutor’s niece to ask her whether she could ask the Eagle Riders how Cupid’s game ID came about.
Tang Weiran: ……
Not bothered to do so in the slightest.
Stinky lil bro: “If you ask for me, I’ll help you ask out that chick you like!”
Tang Weiran: “……Deal.”
She knew she wouldn’t get anything out of Mu Feibai and it would be lucky not to get some insults thrown at her instead. After some thought, she went to look for Zhou Shu, whom she had gotten along pretty well with before.
Hearing her question, Zhou Shu’s face had ‘I understand’ written on it. Zhou Shu raised an eyebrow, “Could it be that you’ve also been won over by Qiu-ge’s charm?”
Tang Weiran narrowed her eyes, lining up her fist with Zhou Shu’s nose.
Zhou Shu wasn’t scared of her either and laughed, “Don’t even think about it, you won’t be able to rob anything from the captain. Initially, Coach wanted to give Qiu-ge a different ID, however, the captain himself chose ‘Cupid’. You know why?”
Tang Weiran stared expressionlessly at him.
Zhou Shu blinked a couple of times towards her, giving her a look that said ‘you also understand’. “That’s because—the first time the captain and Qiu-ge met, he was pierced through the heart by Qiu-ge’s single arrow.”
……
That night, information supposedly from a “reliable source” spread among the First Star District’s Century’s Finale forums—
“Cupid’s ID was personally chosen by battle god MU because on the two’s first meeting, MU was shot through the heart by Cupid’s arrow, and fell irrevocably in love with him!”
The author has something to say:
Mu Feibai: …Well you’re not wrong
🤣🤣 pierced through the heart became a shot that made him fall in love… This is hilarious..
Thanks for the chapter!
❤
They really aren’t wrong! 😂
Ghostly = Ghost
Shot thru the heart = fall in love
Basically the same 😂
Ay yo hmmm? Jist spilling tea left n right
This is how legends begin… hahahahaha. Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️
Tang Weiran accidently being a part of the wingmen crew is 🤌🏻
Hahahahaha
Oh my. Good for them (Tang Weiran and her potential future gf and our main couple)