Show Show Way

"What about Fnatic? ALEX, who was guarding the platform, directly gave up scouting A1 and turned to cover the Archway."

"Is Aether, who's holding on the second floor of A, going to be abandoned? A1 has no teammates to help Aether watch."

"What should Aether do? He can only choose to push one side, otherwise he'll have to watch both A1 and A2 directions at the same time."

As QUQU commentated, the PGL director also switched the camera's focus to Qin Feng.

At this moment, Qin Feng, holding his sniper rifle, was slowly creeping towards the interior of A's second floor.

Norwi, behind the pillar on A's second floor, was still swaying to prevent a potential push, but Qin Feng, who had just scoped in, locked onto his arm peeking out to the right of the pillar.

"Bang." The sniper rifle bullet whizzed out.

[Fnatic.Aether used AWP to kill forZe.Norwi]

Norwi's expression changed. He hadn't expected the one pushing A's second floor to be Aether's AWP.

More importantly, once A's second floor was lost, it would be extremely difficult for forZe to attack the bomb site in A.

"It's fine, keep pushing A, we'll use our utility, and wait for Archway to be in position to burn the second floor." Jerry still commanded them to push A.

In the live broadcast room, QUQU looked at Fnatic's defensive setup with continued worry.

"Guys, Fnatic is still hard to deal with."

"Aether has a sniper rifle, he can't possibly be fighting enemies on A1 from A2."

"Then ALEX at Archway and the Terrorists going up Archway are the first engagement point."

"It's over, ALEX is going to be sandwiched."

"If ALEX can trade one kill, Fnatic still has a chance."

"He didn't get any kills and was directly shredded by the Terrorists."

At this point, QUQU suddenly exclaimed.

"Aether threw his sniper rifle and switched to the AK dropped by Norwi on the second floor?"

"Jerry on A1 smoked off the second floor, does forZe still have anyone watching A's second floor?"

"No!"

"The attacking forZe still doesn't know how many people are defending A, they are still worried about the CTs in the dead spot or near spawn."

"Aether, what are you doing?"

"As soon as the incendiary exploded, Aether stepped into the fire and came out from the second floor?"

"shalfey, who was trying to get to the short box, was instantly killed."

"Jerry, who had just thrown the smoke, didn't turn around and was taken down by Aether's spray transfer."

"Where are the Terrorists' follow-up shots?"

"zorte finally reacted and headshotted Aether, who came out stepping on the fire from the second floor."

"Aether was eliminated, but Fnatic's teammates have already arrived for the retake."

"ForZe dropped the bomb, and the remaining Fnatic players didn't give zorte and KENSI a chance to plant."

"Thanks to Aether's performance, Fnatic perfectly neutralized forZe's attack."

As he spoke, QUQU even stood up and bowed towards the camera.

[Standing ovation!]

[The kid is just messing around, stepping on fire for fun.]

[666666, God A is awesome, I shouldn't have said you missed your shots earlier.]

[Got it, Aether is actually fire-elemental, stepping on fire gives him a buff.]

[I guess forZe didn't expect Aether to just throw his sniper and switch to an AK.]

[See? God A is not on the same level as domestic snipers. Even if he missed a few shots, it doesn't affect his dominance in the following rounds.]

The bullet screen of "God A is awesome" and "Standing ovation" almost covered the entire live broadcast screen.

Taking advantage of forZe calling another timeout, QUQU quickly calmed himself down and couldn't help but praise the audience.

"Do you know what makes Aether's sniper rifle so strong?"

"Although he gets the most resources on the team, his sniper rifle shots are always impactful."

"In all the matches of the Major so far, Aether's Rating has never dropped below 1."

"You can see it from the decision-making in this round, he's a sniper who plays with his brain."

"You guys know Dan Zong and Ka Ze from China, right? Their sniper rifles are also very strong."

"But overall, they are far inferior to Aether's consistency."

"Dan Zong and Ka Ze's strength is built on their own feel. Once the situation turns unfavorable, you'll feel like they often make wrong judgments."

"But Aether, how should I put it? His positioning is very scientific most of the time, making it feel like this is how the game should be played."

"I remember at the very beginning, Aether was Fnatic's secondary AWPer, but Yaoshen's sniping was too unconventional, so they put Aether on main AWPer."

"Otherwise, Fnatic probably wouldn't have even made it to the Challenger Stage of the Major."

"And whenever the team needed Aether, he always stepped up."

"Don't let his aggressive positioning fool you; that's definitely part of Fnatic's pre-planned tactics."

As they were speaking, the PGL director switched the camera feed to focus on Qin Feng.

Qin Feng's expression in the shot was calm, showing no excitement from his triple kill.

In stark contrast to Qin Feng was his teammate beside him, whose face was flushed red with excitement.

The word "routine!" instantly popped into QUQU's mind.

Aether was a stark contrast to "Dianzi Ge," the sniper QUQU remembered as being the most easily agitated.

In fact, cadiaN's frequent over-excitement during matches had even spawned numerous memes in the Chinese community, like "Dianzi Ge, my mental patient," "Dianzi Ge eats children," and "The Danish Ogre."

On the other hand, Aether always appeared consistently calm, like a real-life assassin taking lives with an AWP.

"I don't even know how to describe Aether anymore, guys."

"This is what true leadership looks like."

The viewers in the livestream naturally noticed Qin Feng's unflustered demeanor.

[Routine!]

[I get it, God A is just expressionless like a sloth, right?]

[Expressionless my ass, God A used to laugh a lot during his streams, and he looked so handsome when he smiled...]

[Dude upstairs, I advise you to Show Show Way!]

If Aether's performance in this round had given Fnatic a much-needed boost, then in the next round, KRIMZ's explosive play dragged forZe into an abyss of no return.

After the score widened to 6:4, Fnatic's long-dormant poizon finally found his rhythm.

Due to their previous economic advantage, forZe still managed to buy out completely in the eleventh round, opting for a mid-control push.

However, forZe's mid-control attempt was thoroughly disrupted by mezii and poizon's coordinated push from the Sewer with smoke grenades.

"Dada-da, dada-da."

The M4A1 spat out its fiery tongue.

[Fnatic.poizon killed forZe.zorte with M4A1 headshot]

[Fnatic.poizon killed forZe.Jerry with M4A1 headshot]

[Fnatic.poizon killed forZe.Norwi with M4A1 headshot]

Poizon's triple kill from the Sewer dual-position completely shattered forZe's mid-control plan.

The remaining two attacking players could only reluctantly choose to save their weapons.

The attacking side's economy in the next round was no longer sufficient to afford a full buy.

But if they could save two AKs fully equipped with utility, forZe might have a chance to turn the tide next round with those two AKs.

Fnatic did not choose to force them to drop their weapons.

The score naturally shifted to 7:4.

To support the push with the two AKs, the other three players on forZe bought light armor, pistols, and some throwables.

However, these two AKs did not manage to turn the tide of the battle.

Qin Feng, positioned at the Catwalk, directly sniped A1 as KENSI flashed out from behind the pillar.

Meanwhile, ALEX, holding the close angle on the second floor of A, landed an M4A1 headshot on shalfey, who was trying to peek for a trade kill.

The remaining three short-range weapons naturally achieved nothing.

8:4, Fnatic held a 4-round advantage.