There are still three days until the final.
It was at this time that Riot released a short film.
【Destiny】
This short film does not have the prefix of the Global Finals, and seems to be just a pre-match promotional video.
However, there are only two protagonists in this short film:
Lee Sang Hyuk and Heo Yeon.
Xu Yuan didn't know it at first.
I didn’t know about it until I finished training in the evening and saw the news about the anti-coronavirus.
With some curiosity, he opened the short film.
Along with the black screen came a somewhat childish voice.
"Hello everyone, I am SKT K's rookie mid laner, Faker."
The screen gradually lit up, and Lee Sang-hyuk, with a young face, smiled and waved his hand.
The next moment, the passionate voices of European and American commentators rang out.
"OH! ambition made a huge mistake!"
"He actually chose to evolve in front of his opponent!"
"Faker chose to take action without hesitation!"
"This is a solo kill! Very beautiful!"
In the picture, Li Xianghe, who completed a solo kill, raised the corners of his mouth slightly and pushed his glasses.
This year, Li Xianghe was 17 years old.
This is his debut battle.
The next moment, the scene changed.
A hand picked up the EDG team jersey with Deft's ID printed on the back and put it on a young boy.
The next moment the scene changed and Xu Yuan waved his hand with a calm expression.
"Hello everyone, I am EDG's AD, Savior."
Offstage, Smlz, who had lost the game, looked at him silently.
"Unbelievable! EDG's new AD still maintains an outstanding performance!"
"EDG is now on a winning streak! Have they really waited for the right player?"
"Savior, will you become that hope?!"
The LPL commentators went crazy because of his performance and showed extraordinary expectations for him.
"I won't lose this S3."
A clear voice sounded. This was the interview that Lee Sang-hyuk accepted before leaving for the S3 World Championship.
Fortunately for Yue Lun, this time Riot's documentary didn't blast him again.
“Will you feel nervous going to the S7 World Championship?”
The picture was now divided into two halves.
In the somewhat dim interview room, on the left side of the screen is Xu Yuan with a calm expression, and on the right side of the screen is Lee Sang Hyuk, who is also being interviewed and whose eyebrows and eyes were once sharp like those of a person suffering from amomum villosum.
At first glance, the two people seemed to be staring at each other.
"No."
The two people's answers were surprisingly consistent.
In the picture, half of their faces appeared on the left and right.
There was the same pride and confidence in the eyes of the two young people.
The arrogance and confidence that everyone can see is moving.
They spoke.
They are obviously different languages, but they mean the same thing.
“I will win.”
Unhesitating determination.
There weren't too many emotional fluctuations, they were calm as if they were stating a fact.
This kind of confidence is simply impossible for ordinary players to possess.
The scene changed again, showing the two people holding up the championship at the same time.
One of them was wearing an SKT uniform and the other was wearing an EDG uniform, both with bright smiles.
The fireworks in the sky are crowning them.
And at a certain moment, Li Xianghe's team uniform suddenly changed to EDG.
He and Xu Yuan stood together, looked at each other and raised the trophy together.
"The final champion of S8 has been announced!"
"The glory tonight belongs to EDG's double C!"
"Perhaps there is still debate about who is the strongest player in each position in history, but this definitely does not include the double C!"
"EDG's double C is the strongest double C!"
"Everyone, please watch carefully!"
"The era of EDG's dominance has arrived!"
However, the next moment the camera turned on was a scene of Lee Sang-hyeok broadcasting live alone at the base.
"Where is the Savior?"
It seemed that the question in the barrage was noticed by him.
Li Xianghe subconsciously looked back, his face somewhat disappointed.
"He...should come back."
“Will you miss your former teammates?”
"Yes, I miss Savior."
One year.
Two years.
Three years.
Four years.
The picture gradually went dark, and the next moment, a line of words appeared on the screen.
【In 2023, Savior will return. 】
It was still the same face, the boy who had once been a little immature, had now become a quiet young man.
At the same time, the picture began to change wildly!
"Oh! T1 has turned around since Lee Sang-hyeok returned after recovering from his hand injury!"
In the picture, the returning Lee Sang-hyuk tilted his head slightly and gave the camera his signature thumbs-up.
"Unbelievable! EDG hasn't lost a single game since Savior's return!"
In the picture, Xu Yuan winked at the camera and gave a thumbs up in a mischievous manner.
"T1! They beat KT! Now they have secured a spot in the World Championship!"
"EDG! Defeated the arrogant JDG! They advanced to the winner's group and have secured a spot in the World Championship!"
At the same time, there were passionate voices of commentators.
The picture is divided into two halves again.
On the left, Xu Yuan is wearing LPL travel uniform, with his hands in his pockets, looking at his teammates on the right.
However, due to the problem of screen segmentation.
To his right is Lee Sang-hyuk, who is looking to the left, wearing his LCK uniform!
The two people were clearly in completely different venues, but they seemed to be staring at each other at this moment.
I can only say that Riot really likes this kind of tone.
It’s so spicy!
As the passionate BGM gradually sounded, S7's Lee Sang Hyuk and Heo Yeon appeared on both sides of the stage.
They walked forward at the same time.
At the same time, their figures were constantly changing.
His appearance is becoming more and more mature, his team uniforms are constantly changing, and his height is getting taller and taller.
When this road comes to an end, it will be exactly what the two people look like in the S13 World Championship.
They are the same as always.
One was wearing the EDG team jersey, and the other was wearing the SKT team jersey, which was renamed T1.
At some point, the dividing line in the center of the picture disappeared.
Li Xianghe turned his head to look at Xu Yuan beside him and grinned.
"haven't seen you for a long time."
Xu Yuan smiled helplessly, but nodded.
"Ah, long time no see."
Lee Sang Hyuk smiled and held out his fist.
The next moment, Xu Yuan's fist collided with his fist without hesitation.
Screen. End here.
However, after just a few seconds, the screen lit up again.
This time, the two of them were seen arm in arm after finishing filming the promotional video, and Lee Sang Hyuk was seen planning to take Heo Yuan out for barbecue.
I could still vaguely hear two people talking.
"What do you want to eat? This is my home turf, I'll treat you to something delicious."
"There's a delicious market in Korea, let's have some barbecue."
"That's no problem, then let's have a barbecue?"
"Go."
As the two people walked away laughing, the scene ended completely at this moment.
[2023, called destiny]
Short film, end.
Xu Yuan's face was a little stiff.
"Byd is playing awkwardly, right?"
Although the filming was okay, Xu Yuan, as the protagonist of this short film, was really embarrassed.
and……
Why is it that when Lee Sang Hyuk and I discussed going out for barbecue after the filming, you guys used it as material?
Wow, this is a photo of me, so exaggerated.
BYD Can't Riot respect the players' personal privacy?
Xu Yuan wanted to wear a watermelon head and whisper something devilish:
Family members, who understands!
He took out his cell phone and sent a message directly to Li Xianghe.
Xu Yuan: Have you seen the short film just released by Riot?
Lee Sang Hyuk: I saw it.
Lee Sang Hyuk: It’s pretty good, I like it very much.
Xu Yuan:?
Xu Yuan: byd, you are not really a gay, I am a little scared.
Lee Sang Hyuk:?
Lee Sang Hyuk: What's going on in your head? Read less bullshit literature!
Lee Sang Hyuk: Isn't this the relationship between good buddies? Aren't we?
Xu Yuan: Haha, I’m hard to say.
Lee Sang Hyuk: Aminus! Damn it, fuck!
Xu Yuan: Man, what can I say?
After disgusting Li Xianghe severely, Xu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.
“Comfortable!”
The short break is over, next...
It is still heavy training.
"Oh."
In the T1 lounge, Lee Sang-hyuk put down his phone and smiled.
"Keep working hard, kids. EDG seems to be very relaxed. They might have some killer moves."
"No matter what, we can't lose."
"come on!"
He gave a stirring speech.
T1 was not careless at all.
Even though EDG had a difficult time reaching the finals.
Last year in S12, DRX stabbed T1 really hard!
Everyone felt that the game was stable before the game, even T1 themselves felt so.
What's the result?
The opponent's mid and top directly transformed into Shi Yizhong and Shi Yishang.
Just from this BO5, they are undoubtedly the best mid and top team in the world.
But it was just this one game, so it was called Shiyi Middle and Shiyi Upper.
Faced with DRX's sudden outburst, T1 was stunned.
In the end, we lost the championship.
T1 will never allow the same thing to happen a second time!
They may not be able to control whether their opponents will explode or not, but they can try to reduce their mistakes as much as possible and not give their opponents any chances.
If you can’t stop the other person from becoming stronger, then make yourself stronger!
This is what T1 is thinking now.
This championship is very important to them [except Lee Sang-hyuk].
Although Li Xianghe does not really need this championship, he also hopes to lead his current teammates to defeat Xu Yuan.
Time passes by little by little.
Ale was trained to the point of collapse and then rebuilt, and Fofo was beaten until he was numb again and again, and in the end he could only force himself to continue.
Xu Yuan did not offer any advice.
At this point, his teammates no longer needed him to say anything more.
Everyone has the same goal, which is the one shining Summoner's Cup.
Three days!
Two days!
one day!
Xu Yuan got on the bus arranged by Riot and arrived at the scene.
There are still four hours until the game starts.
The audience at the scene was already packed with people.
In Korea’s home court, there is a top popular team like T1.
Plus...once they defeat EDG, it will be a beautiful one against three!
All of this makes it impossible for today's audience to be less.
Similarly, there were also many LPL spectators at the scene.
They are also cheering for the last hope EDG!
Xu Yuan got off the bus and looked towards the entrance to the contestant channel.
There, Lee Sang-hyeok put his hands in his pockets.
"snort."
Xu Yuan smiled.