Bab 86
[ Liga yang dibuka oleh angin sepoi-sepoi ]
[ Tiga hal yang perlu dicek sekali musim ini. 1. Guild Mir…… ]
[ u201cFace the legend!u201d Liga 2 tahun ini jauh lebih panas dibanding Liga 1! ]
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[ Dimotori oleh sorotan, Guild Mir terpilih untuk pertandingan pembuka Liga 2! ]
[ <Eksklusif> Pertandingan pembuka Guild Mir akan digelar di stadion baru u201cDragon Kingu2019s Palaceu201d! Penjualan tiket…… ]
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Akhirnya, hari ini tiba.
Hari pembukaan liga!
Betapa banyak penderitaan yang kami lalui di musim off-season.
Kami masih ingat keseruan lomba putaran 82 yang memecahkan rekor.
Kami juga ingat dengan jelas penampilan para prospek emas berkelas dunia yang didengar berharga lebih mahal dari berlian hijau.
Kami ingat kepemimpinan Mountain King, seorang legenda sekaligus dewa sejati.
Dan Mountain King adalah dewa, sementara Lee Shin tak tergoyahkan.
Legenda yang tengah ditulis di sejarah bersamaan dengan Lee Shin.
Kami ingat.
Jadi kumpullah sepuluh juta Dragon Fans yang sudah lama kekurangan tiket!
~Stasiun Busan~
Setiap kereta yang datang mengeluarkan penggemar dari seluruh pulau Korea.
Bagaimana kamu bisa yakin mereka semua Dragon Fans, bertanya kamu?
Di hari sebelum pembukaan Liga 2, sejak pagi, orang-orang sudah turun dari kereta sambil mengenakan pakaian yang mencetak lencana naga Guild Mir. Jika bukan mereka, siapa lagi?
Melewatkan kesempatan ini adalah kebodohan, sekadar itu.
Dan untungnya, petugas Busan bukan orang bodoh.
Dari pintu masuk Stasiun Busan, spanduk telah dikibarkan.
< u201cBusan memberi selamat kepada Guild Mir atas promosi ke Liga 2.u201d >
< Terkuat Mir! Musim ini pula, legenda akan dibuat☆! >
Di dalam stasiun, semua jajanan Guild Mir sedang dijual.
Tentu saja, panduan dan staf Stasiun Busan benar-benar kehilangan tenaga karena banjirnya orang.
u201cGila……u201d
u201cIni mematikan. Aku tahu ini akan besar, tapi……u201d
u201cDaya tembaknya nyata.""
Kekuatan tempoyak, popularitas yang mustahil, persatuan yang tak tertandingi, dan kekuatan tempur yang tak terkalahkan!
Inilah bagaimana orang-orang menggambarkan Dragon Fans, tapi orang biasa yang tak pernah berkelana di dunia komunitas daring tidak dapat merasakannya secara langsung.
Aku benar-benar sama.
Di internet, mereka adalah raja kongsi dan prajurit keyboard, tapi kamu tak pernah benar-benar bertemu secara langsung.
Jika kamu memberi tahu penggemar lawalawannya, mereka pasti akan menjawab seperti ini:
u2014 u201cJadi kamu bahkan tidak pernah datang ke stadion untuk menyaksikan secara langsung~?u201d
u2014 u201cIni hanya divisi ketiga. Pergi ke stadion, masih ada masalah uang? lolu201d
Kemudian Dragon Fans akan menyentuh jari tengah dan menjawab seperti ini:
u2014 u201cKalian bajingan lol bicara seolah-olah ini mudah. Anda pikir tiket hanya jatuh ke pelukan seperti yang terjadi untuk kamu?u201d
u2014 u201cGagal mendapatkan tiket sepanjang tahunㅠㅠㅠㅠ kartu musim tidak pernah tersedia!!"
u2014 u201cAmbil uangkuㅠ hanya ambil sajaㅠㅠ"
Tahun ini, klub penggemar resmi u201cDragon Erau201d memiliki 680.000 anggota.
Termasuk penggemar anonim, totalnya diperkirakan minimal 1 juta orang.
Bayangkan: maksimal mungkin 100.000 penggemar bertarung untuk stadion bern Kapasitas 10.000, sama dibandingkan dengan minimal 1 juta orang yang bertarung untuk stadion bern Kapasitas 5.000u2014apakah kamu pikir kesulitannya sama, kamu bodoh?!
Tapi akhirnya, hal itu berhasil.
Kapasitas Dragon Kingu2019s Palace: 100.000.
Ini adalah stadion liga terbesar di Korea dan sebuah tempat yang bisa menampung sekaligus keseruan Dragon Fans.
u201cMengapa hanya kalian! Biarkan saya melihat pembuka juga!!"
u201c mereka bilang ini 100.000 kursiㅠ tapi saya gagal lagi dalam penjualan tiketㅠㅠㅠㅠ refresh sampai mati"
u2026.Sebuah stadion yang bisa menampung u201chanya sedikit lebihu201d telah disiapkan.
Dan di stadion baru ini, langkah pertama Liga 2, awal dari legenda baru, akan dideklarasikan.
Jika kamu bisa menahan ini, kamu bukanlah Dragon Fan yang sesungguhnya!
Pada saat ituu2014
u201cAku telah tiba.u201d
Pria sempurna zaman ini, Park Seong-cheol, yang hari ini dikenal sebagai u201cLaki Laki Keluar Galeriu201d, menginjakkan kaki di tanah Busan.
Semua mata langsung beralih ke arahnya. Desis menyebar ke segala sisi.
Apakah karena kecantikannya? Tidaku2014karena jacket terbatasnya yang dia kenakan!
u201cApa itu? Belum pernah lihat jacket itu sebelumnya?u201d
u201cOh, ingat! Itu dirilis sebagai acara awal di galeri."
u201c……Aku ingin punya. Aku harus bertanya apakah dia akan menjualnya?"
Dengan banyaknya perhatian, siapa pun yang lain mungkin akan sombong, tapi hati Park Seong-cheol benar-benar dingin.
Ini bukan waktu untuk bersorai hanya karena hal-hal seperti itu.
u201cTidak ada waktu untuk bersantai."
Tarik napas dalam, dia berjalan cepat.
Masih ada sedikit waktu sebelum pertandingan dimulai. Urgensi mendorongnya.
Langkahnya semakin cepat, dan tidak lama kemudian dia mulai berlari.
Ketika dia mulai berlari, orang-orang di sekitarnya, merasakan urgensi, juga mulai berlari.
Mereka saling mengenali.
Anak-anak konyol tidak akan tahu, tapi ini sudah adalah medan perang.
Tidak ada darah yang tumpah, tapi ini adalah ladang perang sejati di mana hati dan jiwa berada.
Dia keluar melalui pintu belakang Stasiun Busan.
Banyak orang tidak tahu Stasiun Busan memiliki pintu belakang, tapi untuk sampai ke Yeongdo dengan cepat, ini adalah jalannya.
Sebagai penduduk Busan, Park Seong-cheol tahu hal ini, dan dia tidak memilih taksi tetapi mengetuk ponselnya pada sepeda sewa terdekat.
u201cMengambil taksi ke Yeongdo adalah langkah bodoh."
Itu berarti mengabaikan kekuatan tembak Dragon Fans.
Dan persis seperti yang dia dugau2014
setelah beberapa waktu, dia melihat lalu lintas terhenti di tempat.
Jembatan belum terlihat, dan sudah seburuk ini. Di dalam pasti lebih buruk.
Dan tidak lama kemudian…… setelah mempedal keras, dia mencapai Jembatan Yeongdo, dan hanya ada satu kata untuk menggambarkannya:
Parkiran.
u201cTuhan, tidak bisa percaya……"
Meskipun Park Seong-cheol sendiri adalah prajurit keyboard tingkat atas, dia terkesan.
Kekuatan tembak apa ini?
Dia yakin lebih dari 90% di antaranya adalah Dragon Fans. Tanpa cinta yang tulus, tidak masuk akal jika orang-orang bisa duduk di jalan macet tanpa keluhan, bahagia hanya untuk berada di sana.
Polisi dikerahkan secara penuh untuk mengatasi kemacetan, tapi semangat Park Seong-cheol semakin cemas.
Dia memedal lebih keras, dan setelah sekitar 10 menit lagiu2014
tiaplah dia tiba. Stadion baru ini……bukan sekadar stadion saja rasanya.
Tertegun oleh ukuran, keagungan, dan keagungan yang luar biasa dari istana urban yang ini, Park Seong-cheol gemetar.
u201cIni gila. Apa ini?"
Di jalan protokol, bendera Mir bergantung di mana-mana, spanduk ucapan seperti barisan bendera internasional.
Restoran, pub terbuka bahkan di siang hari, kafe-kafe yang menampilkan barang antik dijual untuk pelanggan, semuanya menayangkan siaran Guild Mir.
Setiap pohon, setiap toko, setiap tiang listrik adalah Guild Mir.
Seluruh distrik adalah Guild Mir.
Dan saat kamu menikmati atmosfer Guild Mir ini, secara alami pandanganmu tertarik pada jalan protokol yang luas hingga menuju stadion imposan yang indah di kejauhannya.
Dragon Kingu2019s Palace.
Sekarang dia mengerti mengapa disebut demikian.
Seperti kota kerajaan kuno yang dibangun di sekitar istana, distrik ini telah dibangun dan berpusat di sekitar stadion.
u201cDibandingkan dengan Dragon Palace lama, ini jauh lebih besar."
Dinding pencakar langit begitu tinggi hingga bendera tak terlihat, begitu masif hingga tidak bisa ditangkap dengan satu kali pandang.
Jika ukurannya langsau mengalahkanmu, masuk ke dalam akan membuatmu terkesan dengan keanggunannya.
Luar biasa mewahu2014konpensasi, kamar kunci, setiap fasilitas benar-benar bersih dan halus.
Tapi yang membuat Park Seong-cheol paling terkejut adalahu2014
u201cTunggu, apakah ini semua marmer? Apakah mereka gila?"
Interior dilengkapi dengan marmer sebagai dasaran.
Benar-benar terasa seperti mereka mentransplantasikan sebuah istana. Berapa banyak uang yang mereka keluarkan?"
Kamu bahkan tidak bisa menebak biaya jika kamu mendesain rumah pribadi seperti ini, dan ini adalah sebuah stadion.
Stadion dengan kapasitas 100.000, dilapisi dengan keanggunan semacam ini?
Ketika dia melihat bahkan lampu langitnya adalah kristal, Park Seong-cheol gemetar.
Ini adalah kekuatan LeeDo Group, yang selama ini hanya didengar sekilas, kini nyata di hadapannya.
Tapi, kekaguman itu segera digantikan oleh sesuatu yang lebih.
Setelah mengambil foto, belanja barang dagangan sebagai rampasan dari perang kedatangan, akhirnya ia melangkah ke dalam stadion.
Dan tiba-tiba, gelombang emosi menyerguKnya.
u201cMereka menyimpannya."
Benar-benar, kamu tidak bisa melepaskan pengawasan bahkan untuk setengah detik.
Berbeda dengan interior yang mewah, jalan masuk tetap menjadi terowongan batu bata kasar dari zaman Dragon Palace lama.
Sebuah terowongan gelap yang mengingkari ingat-ingat era gelap yang panjang.
Lee Shin pernah menampilkan dalam video rekrutmen untuk Mountain King:
u201cKeluar tidak hilang. Kamu hanya salah jalan. Sekarang, aku akan membuat jalannya untukmu."
Ini adalah pengabdian kepada penggemar yang pernah berjalan bersama mereka, dan Park Seong-cheol, terkena oleh kepedulian Lee Shin, perlahan menggosok tangannya di dinding kasar saat berjalan.
Dan kemudianu2014
saat dia melewati terowongan gelap dan memasuki stadion di ujung cahaya, dia berseru seperti seorang anak kecil yang pertama kali ke stadion dulu, berlari bergulingan dengan sang ayah.
u201cUwaaaaaah!"
Ini adalah alam semesta.
Sepuluh ribu bintang yang membentuk Milky Way di sekitar arus magis arena tengah benar-benar mengesankan.
Air mata mengalir di mata Park Seong-cheol.
Kebahagiaan. Emosi. Sublimasi. Rasa ingin tahu.
Untuk menjadi salah seorang dari seratus ribu bintang itu terasa seperti sebuah keajaiban, sesuatu yang berharga.
LeeDo, yang hanya mengejar yang terbaik, telah mengukir dan memoles tempat ini, sementara Lee Shin, yang menyumbangkan segala-galanya untuk guild, memasukkan segala yang dia miliki.
Stadion terbesar dalam sejarah bangsa ini.
Stadion terbesar di dunia.
Dragon Kingu2019s Palace.
Titik awal legenda.
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Tapi di mana ada cahaya, di situ ada kegelapan.
Seperti cahaya yang hebat membentuk bayangan dalam, keajaiban besar Guild Mir juga menurunkan banyak orang ke dalam kegelapan.
Inilah yang terjadi pada Lee Myung-hwan dari Dynasty Guild.
Lee Myung-hwan, sambil memegang botol minuman keras, sedang menyaksikan pembuka L
Chapter 86
[ The league that opened on a warm breeze ]
[ Three things to watch this season. 1. The Mir Guild…… ]
[ “Face the legend!” This year’s League 2 is hotter than League 1! ]
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[ Riding the buzz, the Mir Guild is selected for League 2’s opening match! ]
[ <Exclusive> Mir Guild’s opening match will be held at the new stadium “Dragon King’s Palace”! Ticket sales ……. ]
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At last, today has come.
The opening day of the league!
How much we suffered through the off-season.
We remember the thrill of the record-breaking 82-round race.
We vividly remember the performances of world-class golden prospects said to be more precious than green diamonds.
We remember the leadership of the Mountain King, a man who himself is a legend.
And the Mountain King is a god, and Lee Shin is invincible.
The legend being written in history together with Lee Shin.
We remember.
So gather, ten million Dragon Fans who have suffered from ticket shortages!
~Busan Station~
Every arriving train was spewing out fans from all over the Korean Peninsula.
How can you be sure they’re all Dragon Fans, you ask?
On the day before the League 2 opener, from early morning, people were stepping off trains already wearing clothes printed with the Mir Guild’s dragon emblem. If you don’t call them Dragon Fans, then who else would be?
Missing this chance would be idiotic.
And luckily, the officials of Busan weren’t idiots.
From the entrance of Busan Station, banners had already been set up.
< “Busan congratulates the Mir Guild on promotion to League 2.” >
< Strongest Mir! This season too, legends are made☆! >
Inside the station, all sorts of Mir Guild merchandise were on sale.
Of course, the guides and Busan Station staff were completely drained dealing with the endless flood of people.
“Crazy……”
“This is insane. I knew it would be big, but……”
“The firepower is real.”
Mad firepower, unbelievable popularity, unmatched unity and unrivaled fighting power!
That’s how people described the Dragon Fans, but ordinary folks who didn’t roam the lawless online community world couldn’t easily feel it firsthand.
In truth, even Dragon Fans themselves were the same.
On the internet, they were warlords and keyboard warriors, but you never really got to meet in person.
If you told rival fans about this, they would definitely reply like this:
— “So did you even go watch in person~?”
— “It’s just the 3rd division. Go to the stadium, what’s the problem, no money? lol”
Then Dragon Fans would flip the bird and reply like this:
— “You f***ers lol talking like it’s easy. You think tickets just drop in your lap like they do for you?”
— “Failed to get tickets all yearㅠㅠㅠㅠ scalpers don’t even sell! Season passes are all fully booked!!”
— “Take my moneyㅠ just take itㅠㅠ”
This year, the official fan club “Dragon Era” has 680,000 members.
Including unaffiliated fans, the total is estimated at least 1 million.
Think about it: a maximum of maybe 100,000 fans fighting for a 10,000-seat stadium, versus a minimum of 1 million fans fighting for a 5,000-seat stadium—do you think the difficulty is the same, you idiot?!
But at last, it became possible.
Dragon King’s Palace capacity: 100,000.
It was the largest league stadium in Korea and a place that could hold all the firepower of the Dragon Fans.
— “Why only you guys! Let me see the opener too!!”
— “They said it’s 100,000 seatsㅠ but I failed ticketing againㅠㅠㅠㅠ refresh till death”
……A stadium that could hold “just a little more” had been prepared.
And at this new stadium, League 2’s first step, the beginning of another legend, would be declared.
If you could resist this, you weren’t a real Dragon Fan!
At that moment—
“I’ve arrived.”
The perfect man of this era, Park Seong-cheol, who today became known as the “Exit Gallery Guy,” set foot on Busan soil.
All eyes instantly turned to him. Whispers broke out all around.
Was it because of his looks? No—it was because of the limited-edition jacket he was wearing!
“What’s that? Never seen that jacket before?”
“Oh, I remember! That was released as an early event in the gallery.”
“……I’m jealous. Should I ask if he’ll sell it?”
With so much attention, anyone else might have gotten cocky, but Park Seong-cheol’s mind was icy cold.
This wasn’t the time to get excited over things like that.
“No time to waste.”
Taking a deep breath, he walked quickly.
There wasn’t much time left until the game started. Urgency pressed him.
His pace quickened, and before he knew it, he was running.
As soon as he ran, others nearby, sensing the urgency, also started running.
They recognized each other.
Naïve kids wouldn’t know, but this was already a battlefield.
No blood was spilled, but it was a true battleground where heart and soul were on the line.
He slipped out through the back exit of Busan Station.
Many people didn’t know Busan Station had a back door, but to get to Yeongdo quickly, this was the way.
As a Busan native, Park Seong-cheol knew this, and instead of hailing a car, he tapped his phone on a nearby rental bike.
“Taking a car into Yeongdo would be the dumbest move.”
That would be ignoring the firepower of the Dragon Fans.
And just as he expected—
Soon enough, he saw traffic at a standstill.
The bridge wasn’t even in sight yet, and it was already this bad. Inside would be worse, not better.
And sure enough…… after pedaling hard, he reached the Yeongdo Bridge, and there was only one word to describe it:
Parking lot.
“Wow, holy sh*t……”
Even Park Seong-cheol, a top-tier keyboard warrior, was overwhelmed.
What insane firepower was this?
He was sure more than 90% of them were Dragon Fans. Without true love, it made no sense that people could sit in that gridlock without complaint, happy just to be there.
Police were mobilized in full force to clear the congestion, but Park Seong-cheol only grew more anxious.
He pedaled harder, and after about 10 more minutes—
At last, he arrived. The new stadium……no, calling it just a stadium felt wrong. Overwhelmed by the sheer size, grandeur, and brilliance of this urban palace, Park Seong-cheol shivered.
“This is insane. What is this?”
On the boulevards, Mir’s flags fluttered everywhere, congratulatory banners hung like an array of international flags.
Restaurants, pubs open even in broad daylight, cafés displaying rare merchandise—all were showing the Mir Guild broadcast for their customers.
Every tree, every shop, every streetlight was Mir Guild.
The entire district was Mir Guild.
And as you soaked in all this Mir Guild atmosphere, naturally your gaze was drawn down the grand boulevard to the immense and beautiful stadium beyond.
Dragon King’s Palace.
Now he understood why it was called that.
Like how old royal cities were built around a palace, this entire district had been built and centered around the stadium.
“F***ing huge.”
The old Dragon Palace couldn’t compare.
The towering walls were so high you couldn’t even see the flags, so massive you couldn’t take it in with a single glance.
If its size overwhelmed you first, entering inside would stun you with its luxury.
Impossibly upscale—concessions, restrooms, every facility was spotless and refined.
But what shocked Park Seong-cheol most was—
“Wait, is this all marble? Are they insane?”
The interior was decorated with marble as the base.
It really felt like they had transplanted a palace. How much money did this cost?
You couldn’t even guess the expense if you decorated a private home like this, and this was a stadium.
A 100,000-seat stadium, covered in such luxury?
When he saw that even the ceiling lights were crystal, Park Seong-cheol trembled.
This was the power of the LeeDo Group, spoken of only in rumors, now clear before his eyes.
But even that awe soon gave way to something more.
After taking photos, shopping for merchandise as spoils of victory from the arrival war, he finally stepped into the stadium proper.
And then, a sudden wave of emotion struck him.
“They kept this.”
Truly, you couldn’t let your guard down for even a second.
Unlike the lavish interior, the entrance passage remained the rough brick tunnel from the old Dragon Palace days.
A dark passage that evoked memories of the long dark era.
Lee Shin had once shown in a recruitment video for the Mountain King:
“The exit is not gone. You just took the wrong path. Now I will make the path for you.”
It was a devotion to the fans who had walked with them, and Park Seong-cheol, touched by Lee Shin’s thoughtfulness, slowly brushed his hand along the rough walls as he walked.
And then—
When he passed through the dark tunnel and entered the stadium at the end of the light, he cheered like a boy visiting his first game long ago, hand in hand with his father.
“Uwaaaaaah!”
It was the universe.
Ten thousand stars forming a Milky Way around the central arena’s magical currents were so dazzling it was overwhelming.
Tears welled up in Park Seong-cheol’s eyes.
Joy. Emotion. Sublimity. Awe.
To be one of those hundred thousand stars felt like a miracle, something precious.
LeeDo, who pursued only the best, had carved and polished this place, while Lee Shin, devoted heart and soul to the guild, poured everything he had into it.
The greatest stadium in the history of this nation.
The greatest stadium in the world.
Dragon King’s Palace.
The starting point of legend.
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But where there is light, there is darkness.
Just as brilliant light casts deep shadows, the dazzling leap of the Mir Guild plunged many into darkness.
So it was with Lee Myung-hwan’s Dynasty Guild.
Lee Myung-hwan, holding a liquor bottle, was watching the opening match of League 2.
— “Hydra will respawn soon. Mir Guild, forming up! They light up vision with wards and take control of the bush!”
— “DP Guild is deluded! Why do they keep insisting on 5v5 teamfights? Teamfights at major objectives are Mir Guild’s strongest and most confident scenario!”
— “Last season, Mir Guild never once lost a fight at a major objective. Even if it was only League 3, DP Guild cannot afford to overlook this stat… Ahhh!!”
— “No!! Don’t go after Park Su-bin!!”
Despite the commentators’ screams echoing from the TV, DP Guild lunged at Park Su-bin, who had stepped to the front line, and once again the dreaded “Su-bin Time,” seen endlessly in League 3, began.
— “He fuses the spheres into an electric AoE, raises a wall of spheres to block the tank’s dash, deflects arrows with ease, and then shifts form! The giant of magic slams his fist down! But not on the enemy—on the ground! My god, the terrain is changing. Mass stun! Earthquake!! For defense, for offense, and now even CC!! And here comes Yurira, as always, right on cue!! She ends the teamfight!!”
— “Welcome—Mir Guild is new to you, isn’t it?”
— “This is Mir Guild, this is Lee Shin’s children! Park Su-bin’s teamfight setup and Yu Rira’s clutch play!”
— “I won’t say much more. Players of League 2, be on guard. The dragon here is terrifyingly strong. And terrifyingly brutal.”
— “The Nexus is destroyed, and the match ends! Mir Guild claims victory in the opening match against DP Guild…”
-Thud
The TV shut off, and in the darkness Lee Myung-hwan took a swig from the bottle.
“Hoo… this is driving me mad.”
It may not seem like much, but the opening match is quite important.
Some even believe that the star of the opening match becomes the star of the league itself. Because of its weight, every guild pulls strings and spends enormous resources to claim the glory of the opener.
Lee Myung-hwan’s Dynasty Guild too had spared no effort or expense to be slotted into the opening, and thanks to that, both last year and the year before, they managed to secure that honor.
…But this year, it didn’t work at all.
— “It’s been decided as Mir Guild. No changes.”
From the league office’s perspective, how could they not favor Mir Guild?
They were a prestigious name that had been there since the league’s inception with an eccentric but reliably purchasing fanbase.
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