The next day Nic and the others went to the tournament stage.
When they arrived, they saw several people gossiping, looking at the Unity team with cynical looks.
But the Unity team looked relaxed because Nic had used his God of Psychology skill to raise their mental state to stay calm, So they won't be influenced by people's words and nasty looks.
In the second week, the Unity team immediately faced the Phoenix team in the first match.
From the live broadcast, it can be seen that the casters are very biased towards one side, idolizing the Phoenix team and looking down on the Unity team.
Nic laughed, "Look they keep trying to bring us down".
Alethea also laughed because she realized that the expressions on the Casters' faces looked unnatural and forced. "It's really obvious, huh... and after this, they will definitely be more enthusiastic about making bad comments about our team."
After waiting, their match finally arrived, and well, according to Nic's strategy, they lost 2-0 due to a fatal mistake.
Then, sure enough, the casters immediately started criticizing the Unity team and said that their team would probably not make it through the playoffs.
In the live broadcast, also continued to show replays of the Unity team's mistakes.
And at the interview moment, the phoenix team arrived on stage with faces full of arrogance except for aether.
"Ha? Team unity? More appropriate to be called the loser's unity team", Said Gilde in his usual arrogant tone.
Aurum, Helios, and Valor also gave harsh criticism and constant taunting, while Aether just kept quiet and tried to be respectful.
And they think the unity team's mentality will fall because of being insulted continuously.
Live viewers comment.
"Damn that Phoenix team, their mouths are so sharp"
"It's normal bro, they probably want to take revenge on their old team... classic"
"Haha, their mental state must be shattered! Let's go, Phoenix!"
"Pfft bro, did you forget that the Unity team has a psychologist, Alethea? It's not that easy to break their mental state."
"The power of money, oops"
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Second day of week two, Team Unity faced Team Red Panda in the third match.
Backstage, Nic, as usual, activated the Synchronization skill to give the God Skill effect to his girlfriends.
Predictions show 90% of the red panda team winning.
Nic smiled widely, "It's time to shine beautifully."
The five of them came out with fiery enthusiasm... and their predictions were completely wrong... because the aggressiveness of the Red Panda team was easily broken by the unit team.
Their aggressive movements were blocked, and the Unity team countered aggressively. The Unity team always took the lead and succeeded in stealing the Red Panda team's core when they were trying to charge forward.
And easy 2-0 win, it was clear the audience saw their game was different from before against the phoenix team.
One of the red panda team members was seen holding his head in a dizzy state, "What the hell is that... coach said they were just an ordinary team... but why... we lost like this..."
Their coach is also confused and thinks that the Unity team's strategy is hard to predict... sometimes they are good, sometimes they are not.
But after the victory, instead of praising them, the casters continued to explain that it was a matter of luck and even said that the Red Panda team was too weak.
The CO from the Red Panda team who heard this was immediately annoyed, "Oh, that's your game, I know you were paid to do that, but why did my team get hit too, bastard!"
CO red panda apparently knew that Caster and the tournament had been bribed, and it was indeed a common thing for those who had often seen this kind of thing in the city of Sportonia since Philix appeared.
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Back to the Unity team backstage, the five of them wanted to be interviewed but Nic said to leave him alone and the rest of you don't need to.
Ruby was shocked, "Huh? Can you really do that, Nic?"
Nic just laughed then confidently walked onto the stage standing alone. "Come on, where are the ladies who usually do interviews?"
The audience on stage stared at Nic, "Who the hell is that? What is he doing there?".
The host on duty today was named Gisel and she was confused, "Hey, is this serious? I really have to interview him, where's his team?".
The staff said to just do it so it would be quick because they were too concerned about the Unity team interview.
Host Gisel was forced to come forward to NIC and started asking, "Ukhum... it's really cool that your team won completely against the Red Panda team, even though they were very aggressive-."
Before the host had finished speaking, Nic immediately interrupted while activating the God of Charisma skill.
"Oh, of course... it's because of their hard work and the strategy I thought of."
Nic's graceful aura began to radiate, making the host Gisel also amazed, "Wow... that's amazing... even though you lost to the Phoenix team before, how come you can suddenly rise again?"
"Team Phoenix? That arrogant team? But yeah, I admit defeat to them because they deserve to be above me."
Philix who was watching the live was surprised to hear that, "hm, is he giving up? Or is he going to do something?"
Nic explained that the Phoenix team was the strongest team they had ever faced, he was very scared and always had a headache thinking about their opponent's strategy.
Backstage at the Unity team, they all laughed out loud because they knew Nic was being sarcastic.
"So for the phoenix team," Nic pointed at the camera, "I'm afraid of you guys so you don't need to be afraid.. of me.. right...? Right??"
Nic's eyes are getting thinner, it's clear that it's indirect intimidation, the real thing is that it's Nic's message to Philix.
Philix realized that, "Damn brat. He thinks I'm afraid of him, you bastard.. just watch.. I'll destroy your team."
To be continued...