MMORPG: Martial Gamer

Chapter 1843 1843: The Female Archer

After confirming the competing teams, both teams entered the competition room under the guidance of the staff.

The scene in the venue shifted, and the holographic projections of the two teams appeared on the stage.

Since the Crowd of Misfits team was the one being challenged, they had the home advantage, and they got to choose the map for the first solo match.

"What map should we choose for the first round?"

Although Wang Yu was the captain of the Crowd of Misfits team, he was a straightforward and somewhat simple-minded person.

Wang Yu knew that the individual combat strength of the Crowd of Misfits team was significantly inferior to that of other teams. Therefore, choosing a map was not something to be taken lightly, so he turned to seek Fearless's opinion.

After all, Fearless was the tactical advisor of the Quan Zhen Sect.

"Competitive Arena!" Fearless said confidently. "The chances of losing points later are too high; we can't afford to give away any points we can secure."

"Alright!" Wang Yu nodded and chose the Competitive Arena.

When the map on the stage transformed into the arena, the audience was once again astonished.

"The Competitive Arena? Are they going to rely on pure strength?"

"Awesome! So bold! I didn't expect the Crowd of Misfits team to be so daring."

Even the two commentators looked bewildered: "Wait, when did the Crowd of Misfits team become this bold?"

Indeed, based on the previous style of the Crowd of Misfits team, they would typically choose a larger map when playing at home. After all, given the players' strength, simply preventing the opponent from scoring would count as a win. However, this time they chose such a confrontational map as the Competitive Arena, which surprised everyone.

"Qingxue, it's all on you for the first match!"

After selecting the map, Fearless turned to greet Yang Nuo.

As mentioned earlier, there were plenty of opportunities to lose points later, so they must not lose any points they could secure now.

"Mm!"

As a martial artist, Yang Nuo was always decisive. Upon receiving Fearless's command, she responded gently and directly teleported to the arena.

"An archer? And a female archer?"

As Yang Nuo stepped onto the stage, everyone was completely baffled by what the Crowd of Misfits team was thinking.

The Competitive Arena was the smallest map in the game, while the archer, being a long-range class, was heavily reliant on the map's size.

It is well known that archers typically rely on terrain and speed to kite their opponents, continually dealing damage until they wear them down. On the Competitive Arena, an archer's speed advantage was effectively cut by more than half.

In such a small area, there was little opportunity to utilize terrain, let alone kite effectively.

Moreover, this archer was a female.

In gaming, female players and female drivers often share a derogatory connotation.

This is not to say that players look down on women, but in a holographic simulation game, the combat level of players correlates significantly with their real-life fighting abilities. In this regard, female players typically have a slightly lower combat level compared to male players.

While past esports leagues featured many female players, this time, they were extremely rare.

The Crowd of Misfits team inexplicably chose a confrontational map and then threw a female archer into the mix; could it be that they were just giving away points?

Some players had already begun to speculate conspiracies, even spreading rumors that the Crowd of Misfits team had taken money from the Freedom team to deliberately lose points.

It is always the case in games that some players are both foolish and malicious, and given the previous style of the Crowd of Misfits team, some gullible individuals truly believed it.

...

The player from the Freedom team stepping onto the stage was an assassin, whose rather childish name was "Invisible Man".

Although the name sounded silly, he was quite famous in the esports scene.

Not every assassin is an "Invisible Man", a phrase even Wang Yu, a novice gamer, had often heard upon entering the game.

At first, Wang Yu thought it was a joke about the assassin's stealth abilities, but later realized it referred to this very "Invisible Man."

Seeing the "Invisible Man" take the stage, everyone further solidified their belief that the Crowd of Misfits team had taken money from the Freedom team.

From a professional standpoint, assassins generally have no natural enemies outside of tank classes, especially against weak classes like archers and mages.

The outcome of a female archer facing a world-class assassin was obvious.

"Oh dear..."

Noticing the vast disparity in strength between the two on stage, Loki couldn't help but exclaim, "What is the Crowd of Misfits team thinking? An archer against an assassin on the Competitive Arena? The outcome is basically decided already."

"Could it be that they really took the money?" Arius asked in surprise.

"Don't listen to those idiots spreading rumors", Uranus rolled his eyes at Arius. "The Freedom team is also a strong professional team; would professional-level players need to pay to beat an amateur team? That would be too disrespectful to the Freedom team; this must be a coincidence."

...

"Well, well, well, beautiful lady!"

Seeing that his opponent was a female archer, the "Invisible Man" was somewhat surprised and smiled as he said, "I advise you to surrender; as a gentleman, I wouldn't want my little knife making patterns on your face."

In response to the "Invisible Man"'s taunt, Yang Nuo remained silent, focusing intently on her crossbow, carefully loading the bolts into the magazine.

Click, click!

As the bolts were loaded, the crossbow in Yang Nuo's hands made rhythmic clicking sounds.

Yang Nuo's serious demeanor resembled that of a cold sniper from a television show.

This aura caused everyone to take notice.

"3, 2, 1... fight!"

With the system's countdown in her ears, the battle began.

At the very start of the fight, Yang Nuo charged forward with her crossbow in hand.

"????!!"

Seeing this, everyone was bewildered.

Hey, hey, hey, sister, you're an archer! Shouldn't you be retreating and creating distance? Why are you charging in? Are you trying to get yourself killed?

When the "Invisible Man" saw the archer charging directly at him, he was also taken aback, even doubting whether his sponsor had slipped the opponent some money.

However, a skilled player is still a skilled player.

Staying calm under pressure is basic etiquette; as Yang Nuo approached, the "Invisible Man" swiftly activated his stealth ability and disappeared from sight.

Stealth, backstab, and a single combo to take her down!

Dealing with fragile classes is that simple for an assassin.

However, upon seeing the "Invisible Man" disappear, Yang Nuo showed no signs of panic. She slightly raised her crossbow, and a bolt with a trail of white light flew out.

At this moment, Yang Nuo was merely a few meters away from the "Invisible Man", and the bolt reached him in an instant.

"Duang!"

With a loud bang, the bolt struck directly at the "Invisible Man"'s chest.

He was pushed back two steps by the immense force, and his stealth was forcefully interrupted.