Teika’s analysis caused a great ripple. The Greg Show starring Teika had ratings exceeding 3%m and the A-World views topped 500 million in one day. It was only on the day that Arena Week started that Hyeonu, the person in question, heard the news.
“Really? Teika said that?” Hyeonu’s expression was naturally bewildered when he heard such words for the first time. Additionally, he didn’t hide his good mood. He always felt good when he heard praise.
“Now the Internet and SNS are buzzing with that story. The hardcore fans of each team are on fire trying to refute Teika’s words,” Kale briefly told Hyeonu what he saw at the scene yesterday. It included the analysis that Teika came up with. “Mr. Teika defined the teams participating in Arena Week as one strong, five intermediate, and two weak teams.”
The power rankings Teika defined were very lumped together. Nominated as the winner, Hyeonu’s Crescent Moon was the sole strong team.
The five intermediate teams were Reina’s New York Warriors, Aike’s PSG, Mascherano’s Red Bull America, Xuanhua led by China’s Wang Chiyou, and Russia’s Karelin led by Zenith. These five teams were all Winter League champions except for Red Bull America.
“The teams that were considered the strongest until recently are still strong today. Isn’t it a natural evaluation criterion?” Hyeonu found the criteria for Teika’s power rankings.
“Red Bull America has an advantage over last year’s Arena Week winner. They were competing with the New York Warriors for first place, which was why they were chosen.”
“The remaining two weak ones are JT Telecom and... England’s Manchester led by Ryan?”
The remaining two weak teams were JT Telecom and Manchester, which passed the wildcard round like Red Bull America had done.
“JT Telecom is a team that was originally already rated as weak on the world stage, but... Manchester is also a weak team? What happened?” Hyeonu found something strange. There was one name missing from among the five teams evaluated as having an intermediate strength. It was Manchester—which was led by Britain’s pride, Ryan.
‘They might’ve lost the top spot to PSG in the Western League, but...’
It wasn’t at a level where they should be tied up with JT Telecom.
Hyeonu’s question was resolved by Kale. He said, “One of Manchester’s melee players announced his retirement. He is a wildcard player, but he said he won’t participate in Arena Week.”
The reason for Manchester’s sharp decline in combat power was the retirement of a main power. One of the melee players who teamed up with Ryan had suddenly announced he was retiring for personal reasons, so Manchester’s combat power was weakened. This led them to occupy one of the two weak spots in PvP, the raid, and the siege.
“So that is what happened... Ryan must be suffering.” Hyeonu felt frustrated just hearing about it. He didn’t know who the player was, but it wasn’t impossible to invite a player with strength. it was just impossible to fully cooperate with the other team members in a short time. Teika also knew this, which was why he chose Manchester as one of the two weak teams.
“Many people feel sorry for him. Ryan’s skills have improved. There are a lot of people who are cheering for him next year,” Kale said, even adding a bit about how the Arena fans had reacted.
Hyeonu shook his head when he heard that. ‘It’s useless.’
Such comfort actually meant nothing to Ryan. Professional players were greedier than anyone else. They were the ones who wanted to prove they were superior to their opponents. Telling him to wait another year? It was just an empty echo that couldn’t touch his heart.
“What is the order of Arena Week, Kale?” Hyeonu asked Kale about the Arena Week schedule that would begin in the afternoon. Hyeonu didn’t know anything about how Arena Week was going to work. Since coming to New York, he had interchanged between resting and playing Arena.
Kale answered, “The Arena Week opening ceremony will take place at 1 o’clock. This is the time when they will introduce and interview the participating teams. After that, the siege and PvP match orders will be set.”
Arena Week lasted a total of four days. As Kale had explained, the first day was a prelude to the competition. From the second day, the siege and PvP matches would take place.
In the siege, one team played the role of guarding the city while the remaining seven teams played the role of attackers. Everyone would take turns as the defender. The rules were the same as before. The defending team would lose the siege when the inner office was captured or everyone was wiped out. Meanwhile, it would be a failure for the attacking side if they were completely wiped out or they surrendered.
“How will the siege be ranked?”
“The number one team will naturally be the team with the best record. How many times you succeeded in attacking, the average amount of time it took to succeed for all the attacks, and whether you failed or succeeded in the defense—everything is part of the criteria.”
“Then that means the drawing order is quite important.”
Once he’d heard the complete explanation, Hyeonu found that the order of the siege was very important.
‘There is a huge difference between attacking and defending.’
There were different pressures. If he was going to be attacked anyway, it was better to be attacked first. After trying his best to stop the siege, he could focus on attacking with a comfortable attitude. The later one’s position was in playing the defensive role, the greater the burden would be.
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