"Good morning, this is your host for today, Elvis Letterman." Elvis Letterman introduced himself
"Hello, I am Prudence Addams, your co-host for today." A honey tan-skinned petite lady wearing a sleeveless hanging top and three inches below the knees skirt partnered with a pair of stilettoes
"Let's start with our first pool for this year's Nationals." Elvis Letterman said
"Let's call on stage Autumn Play-off's champion, JLNC." Prudence Addams said and Rasheed walked up the stage
He picked a ball from the fish bowl and handed it to Elvis Letterman who cracked it open, revealing that JLNC got Set B.
Although the result was already predetermined, they called Cyanide Wolves up the stage next and opened the remaining ball in the fish bowl that indicated that they got Set B.
The teams who lost in the semi-final rounds were in the second pool, the said teams are IBJ, Matrix, Neon Flare, Dominant Rooks, B3ll, and Phantom.
IBJ, Neon Flare, and Phantom were sorted into Set A, while, Dominant Rooks, B3ll, and Matrix are sorted into Set B.
The teams in the third pool are Lasso, V-Kings, Fire Shots, Ultimate, Crown Pearls, Pentagram, and Lithium Hymn.
Lasso, Fire Shots, and Ultimate are sorted in Set B, therefore, V-Kings, Crown Pearls, Pentagram, and Lithium Hymn landed in Set A.
The first match to begin the National Competition is between the finalists of the Autumn Playoffs, followed by the match between IBJ and Matrix, and the match between Neon Flare and B3ll on the second day.
The teams sorted to Set A matched against the teams sorted in Set B, and the tickets for the first game sold out two days after the announcement of the list of official matches.
On the day of the first match, the whole Louise Gaming Arena is filled with bustling fans and staff so early in the morning.
They were all looking forward to the match between the finalists of the Autumn Play-offs.
Of course, the said finalist arrived early in the arena, as if they are excited themselves, which fanned the excitement and anticipation of the fans supporting the teams even more.
In the first game of the greatly anticipated match between Cyanide Wolves and JLNC, fans' screams and cheers filled the whole arena as both teams entered the stage and went to their respective seats.
{"And that's it for the banning part. JLNC banned Maesta, Chikara, and Sournoise. Cyanide Wolves banned Pylae, Fortiz, and Chasseur."} Elvis Letterman summarized after the banning part ended
"Quant, Clypeus,"
"Rasheed, Blitz,"
"Opal, Coraje,"
"El, Luccicare,"
"Key, get Luxy,"
Bright told them at their every turn which shinigami to choose, they are aiming for a quick victory for the first round but they made sure to not put themselves on the disadvantageous side even if they don't succeed in finishing the match quickly.
{"Let's see the teams' shinigami line-up,"} Gino Morin started as the list of each team's shinigami names flashed on the screen
{"For JLNC, we have Coraje as top-laner, Luccicare as mid-laner, Luxy as off-laner, Clypeus as support, and Blitz as forward. For Cyanide Wolves we have Laidir as top-laner, Pylae as mid-laner, Ausu as off-laner, Evocatrice as support, and Fiore as forward."} Gino Morin identified every shinigami part of the two opposing team's line-up
Bright headed to the middle of the gaming arena and shook his hands with the opponent team's coach, he gave them a thumb's up while smiling before heading backstage.
As usual, the shinigamis started roaming the map to their respective lanes after spawning on the map.
From JLNC's base, Coraje and Clypeus headed to the top lane, then Blitz and Luxy headed to the bottom lane. This movement from Quant's Clypeus and Kashmiri's Luxy intrigued and made the audience curious.
{"Don't you think it's quite intriguing that Kashmiri is serving as support for their team's Captain in the first round of the match?"} Elvis Letterman asked Gino Morin
{"Well, that is true, but we are not yet sure what they are planning for this year's National Competition's first game."} Gino Morin said
"Develop yourselves inform us when you're in level 5," Rasheed said
"Yes, Captain!" they replied
"Captain, I'm level 5." Key's Luxy was developed by preying on minions that are on their way to the Cyanide Wolves' defense tower in the bottom lane
"I have a question," Key took their attention while hiding her Luxy in the bushes
"What is it?" Quant asked
"Fiore or Evocatrice, which should I keep alive?" Key asked them
"Keep Evocatrice alive for a change," El answered and Key chuckled
"Fiore it is, then. Wow, Evocatrice should thank you for keeping her alive, El." Key said and chuckled while saying the last part
Key used Luxy's acenderre to deal damage against Evocatrice and Fiore, who had just leveled up.
She ran to the bushes and began attacking them, pushing them out of Cyanide Wolves tower's defense circle and continued to attack them and push them to their tower's defense circle.
While Kashmiri's Luxy is dealing damage, Blitz continued to develop himself and just as he leveled up he used his second skill draining both Fiore and Evocatrice.
The whole arena cheered when red smoke flew up in the middle of the stage and the red bolded words flashed on the large screen; 'FIRST BLOOD', and the first blood is Fiore.
"Wait for the shield then attack," Rasheed said
When Key cast Luxy's maceries, Opal, El, and Quant all used Coraje, Luccicare, and Clypeus to attack their opponents and drain them of their blood.
The tactic they used against Cyanide Wolves in this round is the same tactic they used against Neon Flare after Kashmiri was contained.
If the opponent watched that particular game, they would know what they would do next, but fortunate for JLNC, they didn't.
On the map, JLNC's members started attacking Cyanide Wolves' defense towers after finishing their opponents.
Only Empirst's Ausu managed to survive on Cyanide Wolves' side, he ran back to their base to refill his nearly drained blood.
Luxy headed to the bushes and ventured up the map to the opponent's jungle, she began attacking manticore.
"Can you finish kitsune for me?" Key asked them
"Where are you, Key?" Quant asked
"Manticore," Key answered and used a combination of her first and second skill to finish off the monster before her shinigami
One by one, members of the Cyanide Wolves resurrected back into the map, when Empirst knew this he headed to the manticore only to see Kashmiri's Luxy claim it for their team.
"Oh, I see you," Key muttered and used Zoi to steal and drain Ausu's blood
After draining the opponent's blood, she headed down to help destroy the tower in the bottom lane, but it was already destroyed when she arrived so she headed to the Hydra's Lair to trigger it.
{"What are we seeing?!"} The whole arena and all the viewers of the match were stupefied because of Kashmiri's action, she launched attacks and dealt damage against the Hydra alone.
"Damn, is that girl crazy?" Scancell couldn't help but ask when he saw Luxy attacking the Hydra alone when he arrived
"Thank you for the refill," Key said and controlled her Luxy to head in the direction of Scancell's Laidir.
She used Zoi against Laidir, replenishing her blood while draining him down to half before using her first skill and draining his blood completely.
Just as she drained Laidir's blood, Clypeus and Coraje arrived and helped her deal against the Hydra, while the three of them dealt against the Hydra, their Captain, and El arrived as well.
They then changed places when the other members of the Cyanide Wolves arrived, Blitz and Luccicare dealt against the Hydra, while Clypeus, Coraje, and Luxy dealt against Pylae, Ausu, Evocatrice, and Fiore.
The three against four members clash between Cyanide Wolves and JLNC didn't end well for Cyanide Wolves despite having the upper hand in having one more member than the opponent, JLNC's Luxy used them like her blood refill using her Zoi.
{"And they claimed the Hydra! We must commend Quant, Opal, and Key for helping El and Rasheed fend off the Hydra from the members of the Cyanide Wolves for this successful claiming of the Hydra."} Gino Morin said
{"I can't help but feel amazed and think that it's funny at the same time that Kashmiri treated her opponent like her personal charger, refilling her blood by dealing damage to them."} Elvis Letterman said
{"Well that is true, Elvis, and as you can see, her combo with the Captain is truly amazing and the way she could adjust to match her teammates makes their defenses almost impregnable when they're together in one place."} Gino Morin said
They headed to the opponent's base, Cyanide Wolves didn't let themselves be aced because Evocatrice sent Reapers their way just as Empirst controlled his shinigami away from the battle.
He used Evocatrice to send ogres, Cyclops, and reapers their way with an interval of 30 seconds per creature but JLNC easily overpowered the creatures Evocatrice had summoned.
The members of Cyanide Wolves resurrected back just as JLNC's minion went and received the base tower's damage on their behalf as they started attacking, Luxy and Luccicare were tasked with dealing with the newly resurrected opponents after they finished off Empirst's Evocatrice.
Skills after skills were used against the base tower until it crumbled down and a large star was formed on the ruins of the Cyanide Wolves team's Base tower before the word; 'VICTORY' began flashing on the screen on JLNC's side.