Chapter Twenty: A Long-Awaited Effortless Victory

Originally, Thousand Gold Weight was in the fifth floor, the last to pick their position.

Unreliable glanced at both teams, saying, “What a coincidence—Lan wasn’t banned, and the enemy didn’t pick her either.”

Thousand Gold Weight replied, “Yes, so it’s Lan then. I’ve watched your tutorial videos carefully. Come, let’s pay tribute to the author.”

Unreliable cleared his throat. “The word ‘tribute’ sounds a bit odd, let’s skip it. Hey, you learned from me, right? Does that make me half your mentor?”

Stingy Hater immediately retorted, “No way, not at all! There are tons of videos online—are they all mentors?”

Unreliable laughed, “Ha! Then I’m your grandmaster.”

Get lost! As far as you can! Qi Leyu almost swore, but managed to hold back.

Thousand Gold Weight spoke up, “Even if you’re my mentor, you can’t be his grandmaster. He’s already graduated, and besides, I played with him, hardly taught him. Can’t really call myself a proper mentor.”

Qi Leyu felt both comforted and saddened by these words—comforted that Thousand Gold Weight was defending him, saddened that he no longer claimed to be his mentor.

Regardless of recognition, he insisted on his own view, so Stingy Hater said, “A mentor is a mentor. I always remember.”

“Uh, uh, that’s a bit…” Unreliable couldn’t take the sentimentality. “Alright, let’s start, focus on the game.”

The heroes emerged from the fountain. Unreliable noticed the text prompt: Lan prioritized the second skill—nice attention to detail.

Thousand Gold Weight chose to start with red, attacking while keeping an eye on enemy vision. He said to Stingy Hater in mid, “Keep watch, after clearing the minion wave, see where their mage goes.”

Stingy Hater: “Got it.”

Unreliable: “Don’t face-check the bushes, can’t save you now.”

Stingy Hater ignored him.

After clearing their own jungle, Thousand Gold Weight headed to mid, crouching in the grass, ready to contest the river spirit.

Unreliable: “Careful, their marksman and support are coming over. I’m on my way.”

The Smite skill was still cooling down, so Thousand Gold Weight didn’t attack the river spirit directly, but targeted the enemy mage first. He said to Stingy Hater, “Zhou Yu, spread fire, weaken their mage.”

After forcing the mage back, Smite was ready. Thousand Gold Weight said, “Help me take the river spirit.”

Stingy Hater obediently assisted, their previous careful coaching paying off. Before the enemy marksman arrived, they worked together to let Lan secure the river spirit.

Unreliable said, “I’m here—can we keep them?”

Thousand Gold Weight: “Yes!” He acted decisively.

Stingy Hater quickly used all his skills to help suppress the enemy’s health.

Lan dove underwater, striking the enemy marksman, Luban. A precise attack forced out support Liu Chan. Luban’s health dropped by half, Gongsun Li joined, and Luban hurriedly retreated.

“Trying to escape? Not so easy.” Lan rushed forward, used a skill, and secured the kill.

System prompt: “First Blood.”

“Beautiful!” Stingy Hater and Unreliable echoed together.

“A Li, be careful, step into Da Qiao’s circle.” Seeing Liu Chan, full health, charging over, Thousand Gold Weight reminded, “Go back, heal up, then come back and help take down the support.”

Gongsun Li, a fragile hero, quickly used her parasol to leap, then entered Da Qiao’s recall circle, returned to base, and instantly teleported back with her parasol.

“Come on, Liu Chan, the little dwarf.” Unreliable tapped basic attack.

Thousand Gold Weight controlled Lan, rushing at Liu Chan. Early on, tanks weren’t so sturdy yet, Liu Chan’s health bottomed out, and Gongsun Li claimed the kill.

Stingy Hater protested, “Why are you stealing my mentor’s kill?”

Unreliable smacked his lips, “Why didn’t you say your mentor stole my kill earlier? I’m supposed to be the carry, the big brother, okay!”

“Hmph! That’s because my mentor has skill.” Stingy Hater said.

Thousand Gold Weight: “I’m also the carry, the big brother.”

“Exactly!”

“Alright then.” Unreliable sighed. “Can’t win an argument with you both.”

After settling things in mid, with a smooth start, Lan went to invade. Thousand Gold Weight noticed the enemy jungler Kai was taking blue, so he sent a signal.

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Unreliable: “Let’s go together.”

This Da Qiao, sharp-eyed, placed a circle next to the blue buff. After stealing blue, Lan and Luban retreated to their fountain, returning at full health.

Lan began clearing their own jungle on the other side. Midway through blue, he called, “Stingy Hater, come over, this blue buff is yours.”

Stingy Hater eagerly ran over and claimed it with a skill.

Thousand Gold Weight asked, “Unreliable, is the jungler on your side?”

Unreliable replied, “Haven’t seen him, maybe hiding in mid bush, be careful.”

Thousand Gold Weight headed to the solo lane, helped suppress the enemy, and while scouting, took a small jungle camp nearby.

“Still no sign of Kai, stay alert.” Thousand Gold Weight walked through the enemy jungle, doubled back to mid, and directed Stingy Hater, “Zhou Yu, set fire in the bush.”

Just as Zhou Yu’s skill landed, Kai appeared.

“Haha, afraid of burning feet, couldn’t wait to show up.” Thousand Gold Weight’s Lan entered the fray, easily took Kai’s life in the fire.

The enemy mage tried to assist, but seeing their jungler slain, retreated under the tower. “Girl, you’re not getting away.” Thousand Gold Weight used a skill to pull the mage out, securing another kill.

Double kill! Lan soared, straight into the enemy jungle.

“Unreliable, take our red.” Thousand Gold Weight said.

“Alright, looks like their jungle is your home now, I won’t be shy.” Unreliable, with Da Qiao, took red and cleared the small jungle camps along the way.

Thousand Gold Weight squatted in the grass, waiting for Unreliable and others to return. “Look for a chance to catch Luban, can’t let him farm comfortably.”

Unreliable directed, “Clear the minion wave, Da Qiao, enter the tower and place a circle.”

Da Qiao responded, first silencing, helping Gongsun Li clear the wave.

The enemy marksman and support dared not leave, crouched under the tower waiting for minions. Then Da Qiao rushed in, placed a recall circle under the tower, Gongsun Li followed, then Lan entered.

Thousand Gold Weight’s hands were steady—another double kill.

Enemy Kai hurried over, but Lan, Gongsun Li, and Da Qiao were already riding the elevator back to their fountain.

“Sorry, big brother, my mentor got another kill.” Stingy Hater said.

“Thousand Gold, your hand is quick.” Unreliable commented.

“Sorry, couldn’t help it, just luck, thanks for letting me.” Thousand Gold Weight replied.

The Da Qiao player spoke up, “How’s my Da Qiao playing?”

“Whoa, startled me!” Unreliable said, “Is that voice male or female?”

“Male. Are you deaf?” Da Qiao replied.

Thousand Gold Weight spoke, “Hey, if people can’t tell your gender, besides someone being hard of hearing, maybe your voice is the issue.”

“You’re the one with issues! Your ears have issues!” Da Qiao player was displeased.

“Hey, hey, hey, no infighting. Great position.” Another teammate advised, “Lan is really showing off.”

“That’s right!” Stingy Hater chimed in.

Lan stole the enemy red buff again, standing in the grass near mid, directing, “Zhou Yu, burn the tower, force their mage out.”

The enemy’s mid tower was on the verge of collapse. Lan timed the minion wave, charged at the mage, and executed a perfect kill. The turret hit Lan once, just once, before falling.

“Perfect timing.” Stingy Hater praised.

Lan slipped into the river, heading for the marksman, Zhou Yu following. Enemy Kai was also in the bush, ambushing but was discovered and had to open his ultimate.

Thousand Gold Weight controlled Lan to retreat, warning Stingy Hater, “Zhou Yu, pull back too, wait for his ult to end.”

Zhou Yu used the wind skill to retreat quickly. Da Qiao arrived, gave Zhou Yu a circle, teleporting him back.

“Hey, hey, hey, we’re about to fight, hurry and bring him back. Don’t place circles randomly.” Thousand Gold Weight said. As he spoke, Kai’s ultimate ended, Lan started to counterattack.

Da Qiao refused to ult, turned and left instead.

“Come on, not using the skill when you should? I said you couldn’t play, didn’t I?” Thousand Gold Weight remarked.

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Da Qiao player: “……”

“I speak with facts.” Thousand Gold Weight finished his combo, but with no assist, couldn’t take down Kai, so withdrew.

“I’m here, I’m here.” Stingy Hater rushed over, chased Kai with fire, and roasted him to death.

“Not easy, you finally got a kill.” Unreliable said.

“Big brother, where’s your leadership?” Stingy Hater shot back.

Teammates couldn’t take it: “What’s going on with you guys? Play properly!”

Stingy Hater said, “Top lane, let me ask—since the start, has Da Qiao visited you?”

Teammate: “No.”

“There you go, you see, your roaming is useless.”

Unreliable: “Bro, just play, follow me, don’t let them look down on us.”

Teammate: “I wasn’t talking about you, I’m just collateral damage.”

Da Qiao player: “Lan, just you wait!”

Thousand Gold Weight: “Hmph, you’re not Cai Wenji, Lan isn’t afraid of you.” As he spoke, his hands were busy, taking down the enemy mage again.

Da Qiao switched to team chat: “Come on, don’t let Lan keep getting kills.”

Thousand Gold Weight laughed, “What, can’t beat me yourself, calling for help? Come on, try it.”

Unreliable: “Thousand Gold, your words are asking for a beating.”

Teammate: “If you weren’t so skilled, I’d want to curse you too.”

Thousand Gold Weight: “I picked Da Qiao first, he snatched it from me, can’t I say a word?”

“Oh, so that’s why. Your Lan is great, don’t bother with it.” Teammate said.

“No, no, I insist on playing support, becoming a support specialist.” Thousand Gold Weight persisted.

Teammate: “……”

Da Qiao player: “I can’t jungle. Do you want to lose?”

“Who says I lose with Da Qiao?” Thousand Gold Weight said.

Stingy Hater explained, “He means if he jungles, we’ll lose.”

“No way, with my Da Qiao, we’ll turn the tide, kite for days, even the worst jungler won’t lose.” Thousand Gold Weight insisted.

“So confident.” Unreliable said, “Next round, I promise you support. Seems I, the big brother, am so charming, everyone’s fighting to support me. Ah, it’s a tough burden.”

So, everyone fell silent.

System prompt: Lan killed Luban…

Unreliable: “Such murderous intent!”

Throughout the match, Lan took 17 kills, dying only once—because Da Qiao refused to use the recall circle, and Kai finished him off.

Thousand Gold Weight sighed, “Ah, well done, Kai is Kai after all, one of my favorite heroes, can’t be too timid. Thank you, Da Qiao, no regrets in this game.”

Da Qiao player was utterly speechless.

With overwhelming advantage, they won the game.

Unreliable praised repeatedly, “Nice, nice, you really watched my tutorial videos. In a winning situation, keep invading the enemy jungle, look for opportunities to start fights, hide vision—all done well.”

Stingy Hater: “Stop it! Look at your stats, still call yourself the big brother?”

Gongsun Li had a pile of assists, only two kills. Unreliable sighed, “It’s been a while since I’ve experienced an easy win.”