novelODS Chapter 17 Beginner Succubus
Chapter 17 Beginner Succubus
Amidst the clamor of the audience, Lin Mo followed his teammates toward the lounge.
The moment he stepped into the backstage corridor, the system notification sounded in his mind as expected.
[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have won this match!]
[Received a fixed reward: Permanent Charm +1! Current Charm: 86.]
[Gained Aura: Beginner Charisma Master]
[Beginner Charm Master: When the host's charm reaches a certain threshold, others' favorability towards the host increases slightly, including those of the same sex.]
Lin Mo: ?
As a straight man, he was about to ask the system if it could remove the function of attracting same-sex affections when a female LPL official staff member in charge of event logistics walked towards him.
The girl subconsciously looked up at Lin Mo, her steps suddenly halting, a blush visibly rising on her cheeks, and she almost dropped the documents in her hand.
Lin Mo quickly reached out to steady him: "Be careful."
"So handsome..." the female staff member muttered softly, but then she came to her senses, "Th-thank you! Can I add you on WeChat...?"
"Sorry, I don't have my phone with me right now. Maybe I can have it after the match," Lin Mo said regretfully.
"Okay...okay."
Lin Mo stopped talking and turned to follow his teammates.
The factory manager, who was walking ahead, turned around to talk to Lin Mo, but was stunned when he saw this scene.
"That's strange, Xiao Mo. I suddenly feel like you've become more energetic? Even your skin looks better? You even got hit on by a girl. You're something else." The factory manager stroked his chin and looked Lin Mo up and down.
Meiko chimed in, "Indeed, Xiao Mo's current demeanor doesn't seem like he's playing in a competition; it's more like he's about to film an idol drama."
Lin Mo was secretly pleased, but on the surface he remained calm: "It's probably because we won the game and are more relaxed. Your appearance reflects your state of mind. Let's hurry back to the locker room; the coach is probably getting impatient."
……
Meanwhile, in RNG's rest room.
Head coach Firefox stood in front of the tactics blackboard, a marker in his hand, staring at the glaring "1-0-2" score of Garen on the screen, his eyes twitching wildly.
After the last game Mo played, he could confidently explain Lin Mo's poor performance to his teammates using lofty tactical theories such as "starvation to withstand pressure" and "sacrificing oneself."
But in this game... Garen?
Three green beans going out?
Go into a team fight, bait out a few skills, and then run away?!
Can this even be called tactics?!
Firefox had mentally cursed Lin Mo a thousand times: "This kid isn't playing any tactics at all, he's just plain bad! So bad he's practically tearing his hair out! This cowardly playstyle is beyond belief. Forget the LPL, I could just grab any Bronze or Silver player from an internet cafe and they'd be more willing to deal damage than him!"
"But why... why does EDG always win?!"
Firefox feels that his coaching career has encountered an unprecedented challenge.
He took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing his frustration, and turned to look at the five RNG players who were slumped on the sofa, their faces also filled with existential doubt.
"Brother Feng..." Letme's voice was hoarse, "Did we fall into their trap again this time?"
He genuinely doesn't understand it anymore.
The image of Garen dancing and doing push-ups under the tower lingers in my mind like a nightmare.
"No! We didn't fall for their trap this time!" Firefox said, trying to sound calm. "I overestimated Mo!"
Everyone looked up at him.
Firefox pushed up his glasses and said through gritted teeth, "In the last game, I thought he was a master strategist, but now I realize he's just a complete slacker! EDG brought him up not to let him demonstrate any tactical value, but to use him as a 'psychological weapon'!"
"Psychological warfare weapon?" Xiangguo was stunned.
"Exactly!" Firefox became more and more convinced of her point. "Think about it, when you face a useless Malphite or a Garen who only knows how to run away, doesn't your mindset change? Aren't you eager to kill him to prove yourself? Doesn't your rhythm get disrupted? Like when your three-man gank on top lane failed at the start..."
Letme and Xiangguo exchanged a glance and silently lowered their heads.
Indeed, Xiangguo and Xiaohu went for that tower dive because they really wanted to kill that disgusting Garen.
"This is EDG's trick! They use Mo's extremely ugly and passive playstyle to mess with your mentality, making you lose your temper and expose weaknesses, which Clearlove and Scout then use to clean up!"
Firefox took a deep breath and made a decision: "So, for the fifth game, a do-or-die situation, I have only one request for you—ignore him! Completely ignore him! Treat the top lane like air!"
Even if he dances on your faces, absolutely ignore him!
"Xiangguo, you need to protect the mid and bot lanes' Uzi at all costs. As long as the mid and bot lanes gain an advantage, a useless top laner won't be able to cause any trouble!"
"Understood!" The RNG members' eyes sharpened, as if they had found their goal again.
……
Not only the RNG rest room, but at this moment, the entire domestic e-sports circle and online platforms have gone completely crazy because of Lin Mo's extreme "carry-the-hero" playstyle!
On Weibo's trending topics list, a certain term is climbing at a rocket speed, and in just over ten minutes, it has already reached the eleventh position!
Entry name: #EDG's genius mixed god emerges from nowhere#
Clicking into the entry reveals a deluge of screenshots from the competition and heated discussions among netizens:
「笑死我了！兄弟们快去看LPL半决赛！出了个神仙上单，第一局0-1-0输出815，第二局1-0-2跑路盖伦！关键是他还全踏马赢了！」
"This guy's name is Mo, and I'd call him the LPL's number one mystical coach! The moment he stepped onto the stage, Clearlove was instantly transported back to S5, and he treated Mlxg like a pig to be slaughtered!"
"I can testify! That Garen brought three green beans out, did push-ups with one hand under the tower, and made Letme's Gnar so angry his blood pressure almost exploded!"
"EDG: Our top laner is AFK; our jungler is on a killing spree!"
"Turns out 'I can do it too' wasn't just a joke. Mo proved with his actions that as long as you lie down in the right position, winning an LPL championship isn't a dream!"
Meanwhile, in the LPL official backstage control room, the director looked at the real-time viewership data on the screen and gasped.
"Director! The number of viewers in the live stream has surged by 30% since the second game ended! And the activity in the chat has tripled!" the data analyst excitedly reported to the director.
"What happened? Is it because it's gone to the final game?" the director asked.
"Not entirely! Look at the word cloud analysis of the comments; the most frequently occurring words are 'Mo,' 'slacker,' 'Garen,' and 'mysticism'!"
The director's eyes lit up. As a seasoned veteran who had mastered the secrets of online traffic for years, he had already keenly sensed the potential of this newcomer.
But the high level of popularity still exceeded his expectations.