Everyone panicked, behind the television screens and on the tournament stage, with Evan still not waking up to himself. There were no faults in the Ervion Helmet Evan was wearing, it was not damaged and still functions properly. But why is it like this? Yeah, that's what makes people wonder. I'm the only one who knows why, maybe.
"Why doesn't he wake up?" Tiara asked because she didn't know anything. "You know something, Daylon?"
"I do not know." I lied. "Maybe, he's still hallucinating and swimming in the lava. You know that, right, he was thrown into hot lava. So, his brain could still feel the heat of the lava. Yeah, I could."
"No, that can't be. If you have logged out then that will not be possible. In other words, that can't be happening!"
"I said, I could, right. So, I'm just guessing. Besides, I don't know what happened either. So better, you don't have to think about him, Tiara."
"Alright. What can we do about it? Stingy!"
"Stingy? Eh? What do you mean?"
"Hmm." Tiara turned away from me.
"Eh? What happened? Why are you like that? Eh?"
In the next few minutes, Evan will regain consciousness. However, what about the brain's response? His brain will feel dizzy and will not remember what happened before. He won't be able to play again because of that.
Evan's finished, and so is his team. If Evan forced himself to come back to play again in the second round, then it would be the wrong decision, because it was useless. Whatever Evan does will be useless, because he doesn't know anything about his account, and can't control his account properly.
If I were him, then I better not include that account in tournaments or other matches. That was because, that account was an account of an adventurous player, so it would not fit into a tournament. It was a mistake to take my account without knowing anything about it. And one more mistake because he had changed classes arbitrarily and did not bring Tiara to the tournament.
Did he think playing his grandfather's game was easy? Ah, how cute! It's funny, for a grandson who underestimates his grandfather's game, ENTER OF ADVENTURE.
***
Evan regained consciousness after he passed out.
"What... Ouch, ouch." Evan held his head which still ached.
"Leader, are you okay?"
"What happened to me?"
"You… you fainted earlier. Do you remember what you did earlier?"
"I don't remember it. Last I remember… Ouch." Evan held his head again.
"You are okay?"
Several people tried to help Evan up, but his head still felt dizzy. Helena, Kahfi, and four other people are strategizing for the second round which will start soon.
"It seems that we cannot include the leader in the second round," said Kahfi. "We only have a few minutes left to make further plans. So, who will replace the leader position in the second round?"
"This really surprised me, why is it like this? Even the leader encourages Sinta, who is currently using skills to go to the lava."
"Shut up, Arsenio!" said Sinta, the Black Magic Wizard.
"You're too focused on using the Starry Night skill anyway!" said Arsenio, the Lancer. "So you don't look back, and end up in lava. Ha ha ha."
"Thou..."
"Never mind, calm yourself, Sinta!" said Helena. "We have to focus on the second round. We underestimated the team from the Philippines, that's why we lost. And… I'm annoyed with that tanker." Helena gripped her hand tightly. "I was made a toy by him. If only, this tournament was allowed to bring a pet, then the tanker would die cruelly by my pet."
"So, who will want to replace the position of a leader?" Kahfi asked, ignoring Helena who was speaking. "When viewed from your opponent, then you are the one to fill this position, Gibran."
"Eh? I? No, I'm still nervous about this tournament. Moreover, I will be watched by everyone in this world. T-That will make me even more nervous."
"This will indeed be your first debut in this tournament, so you deserve to be nervous, it doesn't matter," said Kahfi. "But, we need you. Your class is perfect for bothering the Maiden and the Gunslinger so that they can't help their friends. So..." Kahfi bowed, "I beg you to come."
"Eh?" Gibran was surprised to see Kahfi like that. "You don't need to be like that, Kahfi-senpai."
-If only, Joko had participated in this tournament, then I wouldn't do this.
Kahfi thought that he still hoped that his old friends would join the Bengawan Club, and would never do this, bowing in front of the new player, Gibran. But there is no other way for him to win the second round later.
"Okay, I'll come!" said Gibran.
"Very nice." Kahfi is tense again and smiles falsely at him. "You know yourself, Gibran."
Relying on something new players, made Kahfi feel disgusted by himself as a veteran. Even though Gibran's strength can be said to be "strong", that doesn't mean Kahfi should rely on him as well. But what can Kahfi do, once in a while it's okay, right? After all, Kahfi realized that the opponent he was fighting was stronger than himself. Therefore, making Gibran a substitute is the right decision at this time.
After they finished talking about the strategy that would be implemented later, suddenly Evan came out from behind the door. They approached him and asked about his condition.
"Leader, are you okay?" Arsenio asked.
"I heard everything, what happened earlier." Evan continued to hold his head. "I never thought, I was hit by DeBuff which made me like this. My head hurts so much. What is this! Why is DeBuff like that? Are they cheating?"
"Leader…" They couldn't answer because they didn't know what to say.
"I have to report this to the committee so that they are disqualified. But before that, I have to call my father first, ask if they used cheating or not."
"Leader..."
"And, I will also beat them in the second round."
"Not!" Helena suddenly criticized. "You better rest. If you come later, you will be troublesome."
"What did you say?!" Evan looked at Helena so hard.
"We've worked out a strategy for the second round, and the manager has agreed to that," said Helena, crossing her arms.
"I told you, what did you say that?!" Evan pushed a few items near him.
"I said, you won't be playing in the second round."
"Damn..." Evan tried to approach Helena with an annoyed face, but Sinta and Arsenio prevented him.
"Yes, there, Leader! What Helena said, there is also true. You better rest," said Sinta, still having a bit of a grudge because she was pushed to Lava.
"Because of you, I was insulted by that person!" Helena just passed Evan. "So, don't be a bother anymore, Leader!"
Helena felt insulted by the Tanker's behavior, making her HP slowly decrease. It was something that pissed him off. After all, Helena was a woman, so she didn't want to be treated that cruelly by a man. For Helena, it was like she was being toyed within a cage and continued to suffer mercilessly. His heart did not want to accept it.
"Hey, Helena!" said Evan, filled with menace. "At this rate, you will continue to be teased by him! All of you would lose if there wasn't me! All of you will lose!" Evan was screaming, and it made Helena have to turn around.
"I don't care, want to lose or win. What I care about now is… to take my revenge on him!" Helena joined in screaming.
"Stop it, Helena!" Arsenio said. "Don't shout!"
"So that's how it is," said Evan. "You just want to get revenge. So is that so. Okay, whatever! When this tournament is over, I'll get you out of this team, Helena! Remember it well!" said Evan, full of threats.
"Leader... Isn't this too much?" asked Yuda.
"You want me to take it too, Yuda?"
"..." Gibran fell silent.
"Does not matter. It's better like that." Helena left her friends, followed by Kahfi.
Everything fell apart just because of DeBuff's all. The Bengawan team that once won League One will disband at this rate. They, they, and they are not able to unite with each other, and mutually argue with each other. A "leader" who should unite different opinions, but instead is stubborn and always acts as he pleases.
It's over.
***
"Hmm..." I looked at the television which was still showing commercials. "When will this ad end? It's been 10 minutes, 10 minutes. When will the second round start?"
"In a moment, Daylon. Just wait. I'm sure both teams are working on a strategy right now. So, wait patiently, Daylon!"
After a while after Tiara said that finally, the television asked about the tournament again.
"You're right, Tiara. How great you are."
"I'm really great." Tiara smiled at me.
"Welcome back to the AEOAC Tournament, ladies and gentlemen."
"Welcome back, spectators."
"So here it is, Miranda."
"Why, Coki?"
"We got information from PT Masuk Angin, earlier when the ad started airing."
"Oh, right, Coki. We get information from them. So, what information is that, Coki?"
"Okay, I'll read it." Coki was holding a paper in his hand. "For ENTER OF ADVENTURE game players in this world, we from the ENTER OF ADVENTURE game developer will say that tomorrow will hold maintenance and fix some bugs, and we cannot provide information on when the maintenance will be completed. With this information, we hope that EOA players will be patient to be able to play the game tomorrow. Done! That's the information, Miranda."
"Hey, maintenance, tomorrow."
"Hmm." I dig my nostrils.
"Tomorrow will be a maintenance, yes," said Tiara.
"Yeah, this is so funny. It's not just the grandson who panicked, even the father too."
"Hmm? Did you say something?" Tiara turned towards me.
"No, I didn't say anything. Maybe it's just your hunch, Tiara."
"Oh, I see." Tiara looked back at the television.
"Poor you, old grandpa, for having a family that is not according to your principles."
"Did you say something?" Again, Tiara turned to face me.
"Not! It's just your hunch."
"Eh... I kind of heard something."
"Just your gut feeling, your gut feeling, Tiara."
"Oh, I see."