Phoenix Rising: From Heartache to Heroism

Chapter 155 A Bitter Realisation

Violeta's lowered her gaze. "Esports tournament?"

She recalled vaguely seeing a pop-up ad for the tournament on the main page when she logged into the game, but it hadn't caught her attention at the time.

In her previous life, such competitions were out of her reach. Violeta was too busy working multiple jobs to even think about entering tournaments. Thus, the idea of this competition left little impression on her back then.

Zoren chimed in, "The champion gets a boost from the official game platform and gets to shoot a live-action game MV."

Violeta's eyes widened in excitement.

After hearing Zoren's words, Violeta suddenly remembered.

In her previous life, the lead female in that MV was Hattie.

Before Hattie debuted, she had gained online popularity as a self-proclaimed game addict girl.

Violeta realised the only decent player on the opposing team at her latest game was their jungler, and she had overheard from the voice chat that it was Hattie herself.

She truly had some skills, but not enough to be unbeatable.

Violeta declared firmly, "I'm joining the tournament!"

This was an opportunity she wasn't going to let slip by. If Hattie wanted it, Violeta wanted it even more.

Only a stronger one could obtain it, and Violeta had no intention of backing down.

Jasper said, "You'll need a team. Do you have any teammates?"

Violeta paused. "Not really."

She had a few friends; there were a few players from the national leaderboard she had teamed up with two years ago, but she hadn't logged in for two years. They'd probably forgotten about her by now.

Zoren advised, "Then let's form a team."

Liam glanced at Zoren, "Are you joining too?"

Zoren shrugged. "I'm not interested in the tournament itself, but if Vio wants to join, I'll help her out."

With the four of them, they'd have a full team of five. It seemed perfect.

Jasper pointed out, "Hade can't play. He's a novice."

Zoren suggested, "He can play support. I'll be the mage, Jas, you take the marksman, Liam, you go as roamer, and Vio can play jungler." Hayden squinted. "Who made you the boss?"

Jasper agreed, "Yeah, you even assigned roles to us. You're so amazing."

Liam added, "Your assignment doesn't count."

Zoren stammered, "Uh, well ... Vio, what do you think?"

Violeta hesitated for a while before speaking, "If Hayden can't play, we'd be carrying dead weight. How are we supposed to win with that?" "Let's discuss this when school starts. I need to get my rhythm back first."

After speaking, she turned around and walked into the esports room holding her water cup, leaving behind a sense of resolve and determination. The lounge fell silent.

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Jasper couldn't hold back his laughter, and soon the entire group erupted in a chorus of laughter.

"Hahahahaha! Hade got dissed by Vio! Hahaha, she called you a dead weight! Hahaha!"

Hayden's cold gaze swept over them. "Is that so funny? Did I say I wanted to join?"

"It's not funny at all. I just recalled other funny things, that's all. Hade, just pretend I wasn't laughing."

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Violeta returned to the esports room and saw another invite message pop up on the screen.

She walked over, placed her water cup down and took a seat.

She accepted the invitation after putting on her headphones and activating the voice changer.

"What's up? Ready to call me Daddy?"

Zelena's voice came through, "We invited you to test your skills! Don't get cocky, or you might lose your teeth!"

Violeta responded, "Let's solo then. Have your best player face me. If I win, all three of you call me daddy."

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"Nope."

There was a moment of silence.

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"So?" Violeta retorted. "Did you gild them with gold?"

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Hattie said, "We accept your terms but with one condition. If you win you have to join our team for the college tournament. Your gaming region is Quinston. The same city as us

Violeta's eyes twinkled with amusement, and she agreed readily, "Sure, sounds good."

"Alright then, I'll solo against you."

They quickly set up a room for an intense solo match.

As Violeta expected, Hattie was skilled, but not skilful enough to win.

Violeta used her as a practice to get her rhythm back, playing on a 3v3 map.

Unsurprisingly, Violeta won.

"You lose in less than ten minutes. Wow, you're that bad.

"With skills like yours, you think you can compete? Tsk... Alright, call me daddy.

"You lost the game, now keep your promise."

Violeta waited for them to call her "daddy".

She had turned on the recording application on her phone and waited for them.

Zelena hadn't expected "I'm Your Sixth Uncle" to beat Hattie in a solo match.