Their teamwork had not been perfect, but Yan Huan won in the end.
"Timos may fall! But [Superhero]'s huge discount coupons never will!"
Timos seized the camera trained on Yan Huan to advertise again.
An extra beside him played along:
"Oh? What kind of discount are we talking about?"
"Great question!" Timos's eyes lit up.
"Who asked you?" Yan Huan narrowed his eyes.
"I did." The hired extra looked at Timos expectantly. "Mr. Timos, get that price down for us!"
"Gladly!" Timos clasped his hands to his chest and faced the camera with solemn devotion.
"I promise you, my dear viewers: for every ten bars of [Superhero] soap sold through my livestream, the proceeds from one bar will be donated to the people of Castrum Kremnos to help them get dictionaries as soon as possible!"
He turned to another man beside him. "Assistant, ready? One, two, three—put up the link!"
The man nodded and opened his phone. After reading a message, his smile vanished.
"Mr. Timos, we have a problem! The link's gone!"
"It looks like someone stole it! They stole the soap too!"
"???" A vicious look crossed Timos's face. "They can steal a virtual link? Damn those followers of Zagres!"
"Mr. Timos, there's only a Cat Coin here!" Someone handed him a gold coin.
"Damn it! Catch the thief! Catch the thief!"
Still shouting angrily, Timos and the others hurried offstage.
Watching them leave, Apophis announced:
"At last, it's over."
"I declare the winner of this round—Yan Huan! Congratulations!"
"Yan Huan, would you like to go straight into the next round? Your opponent is ready."
"That fast?" Yan Huan froze, then shook his head. "No. I need to adjust my lineup first. Give me my Leopard Coin for this match."
After the first match, Yan Huan returned to