Chapter 1718 The End

The simple celebration that Tyranny's home stadium had prepared to celebrate their team's entry into the finals ultimately went unused. The electronic screens on-site only expressed relatively formulaic blessings to the winning side.

The two teams lined up in the center of the arena.

Ye Xiu, Han Wenqing, Lin Jingyan, Zhang Jiale...

These old generals met, knew each other, and fought each other on this blood-forged arena. Some left laughter, some left sadness, and some left emotion.

They may not necessarily be considered friends, but their understanding of each other was no less than that of any intimate friends. They had a common pursuit, they had a common goal, and on this arena, they shed the same sweat and burned with the same passion.

It was just a pity that it was impossible for everyone to reap the results they expected every time, and someone would always leave in disappointment along the way.

It was over...

Han Wenqing looked at this familiar arena and the silent audience.

Another season was over, the tenth season of his career, over.

He had failed again.

Yes, in Han Wenqing's heart, not winning the championship was a failure. He didn't like the saying "glorious in defeat" at all.

And the guy who put an end to his failure this time—Ye Xiu, it was Ye Xiu again, or before that, this guy was called Ye Qiu.

Han Wenqing didn't care why the name had to be changed. No matter what it was changed to, he could recognize this guy on the field at first sight. This guy, who had left him with the most memories in his ten-year career, was full of mixed feelings from beginning to end.

And this time, for the fourth time, Ye Xiu had sown bitter fruit for him and his Tyranny in the playoffs. But after the end, the first sentence Han Wenqing said to Ye Xiu was, "Congratulations."

Congratulations, congratulations on the victory. His own sadness was the other party's joy. Professional competition was so cruel.

"Thank you," Ye Xiu replied, clasping both hands together.

In the silent arena, applause suddenly rang out, lasting for a long time. This was truly a pair of opponents worthy of respect. For ten years of Glory, they had always been consistent. No matter what kind of hardships they faced, their hearts in pursuit of the championship had never waned.

But in the end, only one of them could be left behind, which was truly a heartbreaking thing.

Tyranny fans hated and even loathed Ye Xiu, but at this moment, they couldn't help but look forward to it: if Ye Xiu and Han Wenqing were on the same team, if they could lift that trophy together instead of always fighting each other, how great would that be?

But these two didn't have such melancholy.

How many off-site media were staring at the picture of these two at this time, hoping that these two could have some more touching interaction, but no.

Blessings, gratitude, farewell.

Not to mention hugs or anything, the hands that were clasped together didn't stay together for too long before they were separated, and then they each turned around and went to their next goals...

Han Wenqing then met Su Mucheng, and Ye Xiu? He saw Lin Jingyan and Zhang Jiale.

Generally speaking, there was an order for the pre-match and post-match handshake, with the captain first, followed by the vice-captain, and so on.

Happy only had Captain Ye Xiu, and no one was named vice-captain, so the formation was more casual; Tyranny, Zhang Xinjie's vice-captain had a strong presence, but now, Zhang Xinjie didn't follow the usual order and shake hands with Ye Xiu after Han Wenqing, but Lin Jingyan and Zhang Jiale walked up to Ye Xiu at about the same time.

"Good game," Lin Jingyan said, shaking hands with Ye Xiu first.

"Thank you," Ye Xiu still gave such a simple answer.

The two people in front of him hadn't been at odds with him for ten years like Han Wenqing, but in terms of tragicness, they were probably even more so than Han Wenqing.

Han Wenqing and Zhang Xinjie, this pair of partners, at least defeated Ye Xiu in the fourth season, overthrew the Jia Shi dynasty, and won a championship trophy. With this foundation, even if they didn't achieve anything in their subsequent careers, they wouldn't be regarded as tragedies.

But Lin Jingyan and Zhang Jiale, two players from the second season, who had only fought for one year less than Ye Xiu and Han Wenqing, had never been able to win the championship trophy.

Lin Jingyan, this past season was even the first time he had played in the finals; Zhang Jiale, that was a synonym for bad luck in Glory. He had entered the finals four times, and four times he had touched the championship trophy with one hand, but in the end, he didn't get anything. And this time, he didn't even have a chance to touch it with one hand.

"Good luck," Zhang Jiale said to Ye Xiu. At this moment, he would still remember the summer two years ago when he and Ye Xiu, who were both retired players, met in the Glory online game.

They seemed to have said goodbye to Glory, but obviously their hearts for the championship had not died. In the end, they chose different paths. Ye Xiu took a new account and trained all the way from the online game, recruiting troops and buying horses all the way, creating opportunities for himself, creating hope for himself, and finally forming a team; Zhang Jiale, on the other hand, chose a more direct and simple path. He came back and chose to join Tyranny, forming a magnificent lineup with Han Wenqing, Lin Jingyan, and Zhang Xinjie.

Zhang Jiale would not forget that Ye Xiu had also extended an invitation to him at that time. If he agreed, he would be a member of the current Happy team.

But Zhang Jiale would not deny that he was not optimistic about Ye Xiu's starting from scratch at that time. In his opinion at the time, Ye Xiu was already a man of honor with three consecutive championships, and perhaps he would pay more attention to this process of struggle. But what about himself? All he wanted was a championship trophy, and he hoped that his career would not have this blank, no matter what the method.

The two went their separate ways to pursue victory.

Ye Xiu and his Happy defeated Jia Shi in the Challenger League, and Zhang Jiale and Tyranny narrowly lost to Samsara in last year's finals.

Continue, come again!

The two continued their pursuit. Ye Xiu passed the Challenger League and came to the professional league, leading his Happy to kill towards the championship without concealment. Zhang Jiale, together with his Tyranny teammates, once again launched an attack on the championship. In the end, the two teams met outside the door of the championship. In the end, Ye Xiu and his Happy won, while Zhang Jiale and Tyranny fell outside the door.

Regret it?

Did he regret not accepting Ye Xiu's invitation to join Happy in the first place?

No, he didn't.

If it was Zhang Jiale from two years ago, he would probably be extremely annoyed by his choice when he fell directly in front of Happy. But now he wouldn't, he had spent two seasons with Tyranny, fighting with these teammates for two years. He valued the results more, but he was also deeply moved by the process. In the past two years, he had experienced a lot and his mentality had changed a lot.

They had a chance to win the championship last season, and Happy this season not only got the same opportunity as they did last season, even if Happy really won the championship in the end, Zhang Jiale wouldn't regret it. This Happy was such a Happy, and if he was there, it would be another Happy.

Happy winning the championship didn't mean that the Happy with him would also win the championship. There was never any absolute victory or defeat on the professional field, and this kind of regret was unnecessary. This was what Zhang Jiale had learned in the past two years.

There were many roads to the championship.

Ye Xiu chose one, and his choice was also one.

The road Ye Xiu chose was full of thorns, which made him not optimistic about it, but what about his own choice? He might have thought that his choice was a shortcut, but now he understood that it was definitely not. There was never a shortcut to the championship. If he thought that collecting a bunch of top players and a bunch of top characters would easily win the championship, he would be underestimating Glory and underestimating the competition.

Zhang Jiale didn't dare to underestimate it, so he wouldn't regret his choice. He didn't accept Ye Xiu's invitation, and he didn't return to Hundred Blossoms to join Tyranny, he didn't regret it.

At this time, he sent his blessings to the winner, and he still had to walk his own path by himself.

The four old generals completed the post-match salute on the field. It was simple, without extra words, and even the words that came and went were those simple and boring words.

But the hearts of everyone who watched this scene were already hanging in the air.

Even if it was such simplicity, even if it was such boring words, would everyone have a chance to hear it again?

The four players who were already at the end of their careers, would they have such an opportunity to send each other blessings and thanks on the field?

Good luck, thank you.

Just such words were already so extravagant for them at this time. For them, whether there was a tomorrow or how many tomorrows there were, all that was left in people's hearts was apprehension.

"Very wonderful performance." Tyranny's vice-captain Zhang Xinjie walked up to Ye Xiu after the three old generals.

"You too," Ye Xiu said.

"This team is very strong." Zhang Xinjie's eyes turned to the other Happy players behind Ye Xiu. "Everyone has a place that cannot be ignored."

Ye Xiu smiled. He knew that Zhang Xinjie would see far more than many people. Happy's ability to defeat Tyranny was not just in one person or one wonderful moment. The operation of their team was also full and extraordinary. In the series of tense and fierce battles that turned the tide from a disadvantage, Happy didn't communicate in the channel at all, which was the best proof. This showed that their cooperation was well-trained, and it showed that they had a common awareness in that situation and worked together to push the team and themselves in the direction of victory.

"Keep up the good work," Zhang Xinjie said.

"You too," Ye Xiu said.

Zhang Xinjie nodded. He was not a person who would say perfunctory and polite words. Happy still had room for improvement, and so did their Tyranny. Ye Xiu, although he became the gravedigger of this person as soon as he entered the league, he had never underestimated him. The tactical system of the Happy team that he created had too many things worth learning and thinking about.

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