The Third Game

[Looks like it's going to be 3–0. Top Esports are way too bad. NIP are slaughtering them.]

[What's so strange about that? Sure, Anyone's Legend crushed NIP once, but NIP still finished first in their group. What's surprising about the top seed stomping the second seed? I said all along NIP would knock out Top Esports 3–0 today. What did beating a pushover like IG prove?]

Meanwhile, NIP pressed their advantage. They took Baron Nashor and pushed onto Top Esports' base. Top Esports had almost no answer. They could only watch as NIP destroyed their inhibitor and advanced on the Nexus turrets. Their last-ditch fight ended in a five-for-two trade, with only NIP's support and top laner falling.

The five of them could only stare at their gray screens as NIP's three survivors destroyed their Nexus.

Boom.

The Nexus exploded, bringing the second game to an end.

NIP's players rose with smiles and headed through the players' tunnel to their lounge.

Top Esports were a different story. Their morale had sunk, and not one of them said a word.

When the five returned to the lounge, Coach Hongmi's heart sank. His years of coaching told him their mentality had taken a hit.

Hongmi thought for a moment, then clapped his hands. "It's fine. We've only lost two games. Those games have shown us NIP's strengths, and this is our first time playing them. There's a saying in your country: know yourself and your enemy, and you'll win every battle. We can still reverse sweep them. Don't give up."

Only kanavi looked up at Hongmi. After all, he was the only South Korean on the team who understood what Hongmi had said.

The interpreter translated Hongmi's words into Chinese, and the other four Top Esports players finally understood his string of