Chapter 481 Aftermath
The flowers won.

A week ago, no, even just a day ago, LPL fans probably would not have thought that such an ordinary piece of news could actually cause such a joyful reaction from them.

But when it really happened, it seemed extremely reasonable.

It’s not easy.

There is no doubt that the BO5 that just happened can almost be regarded as the most exciting BO5 since the start of the League of Legends professional league.
There was a back and forth fight, with constant changes of tactics, all the cards played out, and all efforts made.

Until the last round, he even started to fight for his last personal condition and endurance, and finally won a miserable victory.

“Turtle, my heart rate is in the triple digits and won’t go down. I’m half scared and half happy.”

“It’s like this, KT is really strong. Who knew they could really fight Fanhua to this extent? If they had more experience and could have held on in the last round… I can’t even imagine it.”

“Is such that.”

The people in the live broadcast room discussed excitedly, and finally focused on the KT team.

And if you look closely… the vast majority of discussions are actually praise and recognition?
In this battle, leaving aside other countries, at least in China, KT has made a name for itself.

KT played very well in this battle.

First of all, the level is very high, with all kinds of small designs, and the laning and team fights are all pleasing to the eye. Even a layman can see that they are very awesome.

Secondly, they were full of blood and played an offensive frenzy that was even more extreme than Xingxin and Fanhua, almost pure.

For viewers who have watched a summer of team management competitions, this kind of offense is really great to watch.

And the third point, and the most important one, is that KT did not win.

All their excellence and performance eventually became stepping stones for Fanhua to move further.

The LPL audience, whose home team successfully advanced, can naturally express their recognition and tolerance for KT calmly.

So, when Fanhua bowed and left the stage as the winner amid the cheers, and when the KT players tried to hold back their tears and walked to the front of the stage as gracefully as possible, ready to face the ridicule,
The originally overwhelming sounds of flowers suddenly changed their tone.

“KT! KT! KT!”

“Good fight!”

“Although defeated, it is still glorious!”

They were surprised to find that although they could not understand what the Chinese people in the audience were saying, they could see that there seemed to be no mockery or smugness in their eyes.

In South Korea, they have rarely seen such audiences.

“The audience is cheering for you! Because they recognize your wonderful performance today.” During the post-match interview, the confused Peanut took the initiative to find LPL Korean host Zhao Enjing to ask about this and received this answer.

Recognized by the opponent…

Should this be considered an honor or a shame?
KT didn’t know, but at least after hearing about this, their morale didn’t seem to be as low as it was at the beginning.

Until they remembered that they had to return home.

“But I’m sure I’ll still be scolded when I return home…by our audience there.”

“I’m still being scolded… I hope I’m not being sent dead rats.”

“So they are the first division. At least the audience quality is really good.”

“…Forget it, let’s come back next year and try to wash away our shame.”

……

The people who cheered and rejoiced included the flowers on the stage, the audience, and some unexpected people. “Good! KT did a great job!” Khan did not feel unhappy or regretful after being eliminated from the same region. Instead, he was quite excited.

“Now that they have basically defeated all of Fanhua’s weapons, we are basically guaranteed to advance to the finals! And in the lower half, Happy and Blue Rain will have another round of fierce competition! We still have the advantage in the finals!”

“If we can finally win the championship, KT will have one-third of the credit for the guarantee – it hurts, it hurts, it hurts! Boss, I was wrong!”

In his words, not only did he not take KT and Fanhua seriously, but even Samsung, which had not been eliminated yet, seemed to have become the default sacrifice target.

He was only halfway through his words when KkOma punched him on the head. He immediately screamed in pain and ignored everything else.

“Opening champagne before the game, do you think we have secured the victory?” KkOma said with a gloomy face.

With a crushing victory in the quarterfinals, this coach who is extremely good at on-the-spot research and rope-twisting has completely consolidated his prestige in the SKT team, which is no less than that of the absolute core Faker, or even better.

After all, Faker listened to him.

Khan jumped again, and he didn’t dare to contradict KkOma at this time. He just whispered: “I am telling the truth…”

“You can choose not to say it.” Faker’s tone was equally cold.

Does Khan have a point? Yes.

In the next two rounds, if nothing unexpected happens, SKT will be in a relatively perfect state, facing a team that has just experienced a bloody battle and has used up all its cards.

This is undoubtedly a huge benefit for them.

But no matter how favorable the news is, it does not mean that we can relax now.

Especially after watching a game like this.

Whether it is KT or Fanhua, what they showed, especially the resilience, determination, and the championship temperament that is currently unique to Fanhua, are enough to make Lee Sang-hyuk and KkOma take notice.

It is difficult to quantify these things in terms of specific strength, but they can always help the team hold on to its last breath at critical moments.

At least Li Xianghe couldn’t guarantee that the team they would face in a week would really be a spent force.

“This week, I will arrange more scrims, especially with KT. Fanhua is a great and respectable opponent. Even if it is a round-robin match, if we are not careful, we will pay the price for our arrogance.”

KkOma glanced coldly at the silent crowd and spoke in a grim tone.

“I don’t want to see any of you show an attitude of ‘I’ve been admitted, so I can advance’ during this period.”

“Otherwise, I can’t guarantee anything in this world game, but next season, SKT will not have a place for you, no matter how well you play.”

“Understood?”

In the silence, Faker was the first to respond: “Don’t worry, coach. We won’t let our guard down.”

In the spring, they had never played a BO5 against Fanhua, and they were all defeated in BO1.

Although Fanhua had no intention of humiliating them as opponents, she even treated them as teachable younger brothers and little fans, and took good care of them.

But for Lee Sang-hyuk, losing is losing.

He didn’t want to experience this feeling again.

“My seniors…may have won in an unfair way, or even in a despicable way.”

“But in the next game, we will use the most thunderous way to snatch this victory from you.”

“The finals and the championship can only belong to SKT!”

(End of this chapter)