Don't Mess with the Girl with Candy novel Chapter 659

Caught off guard, Digital Sabers reacted a few seconds too late.

The screen exploded with light and sound as both teams unleashed their abilities, the intense clash echoing throughout the arena.

“First blood!” Juniper landed the final blow on the enemy’s Player 2, whose health was already low, her damage output skyrocketing.

“Double kill!”

Player 3 tried to escape but was caught within Juniper’s range. After a brief, futile exchange of abilities, he met the same fate as his teammate.

MystiCat was handling the remaining two. Just as his health was about to hit critical, Juniper threw out a massive ultimate, stunning both enemies and rendering them immobile. Seizing the opportunity, she and MystiCat unleashed their maximum damage.

“Triple kill!”

“Quadra kill!”

The announcer’s voice boomed, crediting all four kills to a single player: Juniper.

MystiCat was completely dumbfounded. Something was off. In the chaos of that last fight, for a split second, he felt like he was watching Demon play. Only Demon possessed that level of skill.

“You…” MystiCat opened his mouth, unable to stop himself from asking.

“Quiet,” Juniper cut him off, having no time for his questions as she formulated a new strategy.

The four members of Digital Sabers lay defeated in a neat row. They were beyond shocked.

The final tournament score, in a best-of-five, was 3-2. This year’s WKL eSports champions were Neverfall Navigators.

Seeing the final result, the members of Neverfall Navigators sat frozen in their chairs, stunned and still processing what had just happened.

Suddenly, the arena erupted in thunderous applause and cheers. Everyone was chanting “Juniper” and “Neverfall Navigators.”

Across the stage, the members of Digital Sabers, who had been ready to pop the champagne just an hour ago, sat in stunned silence, their faces darker than coal. Their captain just kept muttering, “Impossible.” They had been so close to the championship. How could they have lost?

After a long moment, the captain of Digital Sabers stormed over to the judges’ table. “I want to report an illegal substitution by Neverfall Navigators,” he declared angrily. “She’s not a registered professional player. She is not eligible to compete!”

The crowd’s cheers died instantly. Come to think of it… Juniper really wasn’t a pro player. Did that mean the results of this match would be invalidated?!