CHAPTER 41: FIRST PLACE ALONE (3)

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Donations bombarded Almond’s broadcast as a strange post appeared on the Battle Large?community. The post came from Calamari, who led the team I Love Mondays.

[I ran into a pro in bronze rank.gif]

Under the provocative title was a collection of Almond’s plays as gifs. The last line of the post read, ‘This player defeated all four of us...’

— ???

— That’s bronze rank?

└ Btw there’s no such thing as bronze rank. n0VElusB.c0M

— He’s at least master rank...

└ Fact, this is only possible because the opponent is also bronze.

— Isn’t he just a smurf who went on a losing streak?

— Who the fuck gets shot by that?

— There are still people who die from compound bows?

— Wait, did he shoot while in the air and kill them with arrows? How’s that possible?

└ Theoretically, it’s possible.

└ It’s possible! Don’t you guys watch any movies?

The comments were mostly negative. They just insulted Calamari and his teammates instead of recognizing Almond’s skills. This was a natural reaction towards the lowest rank.

Who would recognize the skills of a beginner on their first playthrough? But what if the opponents weren’t bronze ranked?

— I’m the user who posted this. What are you guys talking about? We’re not bronze rank. We were all diamond 1 last year.

└ Yeah and I’m grandmaster.

└ Diamond! Hilarious.

The reactions would be different if they were all diamond ranked players.

[I’m Calamari. I’ll prove it.]

The comments began to change in tone after Calamari proved himself.

— Huh? He’s for real?

— Calamari! Boss, what brings you here?

— Did you come back from retirement?

— Who the fuck is this nobody Calamari?

└ Doesn’t even know Calamari. What a newbie.

└ Get out of here kid.

— His team used to be pretty popular. They competed in some amateur tournaments, but I think they disbanded last year. They said they were too busy with life or something.

└ I’m one of the team members. We all came back today.

└ Why?

└ I flunked my interview. That’s why...

└ LOOL

└ HAHAHA

└ You all flunked? LOL

└ The diamond 1s of this world are jobless irl?

└ Motherfuckers...

Calamari was not only skilled, but also quite active in the community. He built a reputation in the community, so his words held some weight.

— Then who is that bronze rank?

— Hmm, that’s weird. They’re still a high rank squad even though they took a break for a year.

└ Yeah what the heck. I Love Mondays is pretty good.

— Then this doesn’t make sense, no? He killed them all with a compound bow.

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