43: Chapter 43 Brother Shen, why are you so good to me...

[Stage 2-6, match ended!]

[Oil Country vs. Sakura Country, Oil Country wins!]

The referee's cold voice rang out.

The moment the result was announced, the viewers watching the livestream were stunned.

A screen full of question marks began to appear!

The Sakura Country viewers were dumbfounded. Nani???

The powerful Miss Hoshimi Sakura actually lost to Oil Country?

The Sakura Country viewers couldn't accept it: "Coincidence! It must be a coincidence! At worst, it was a lineup counter. Either way, Miss Hoshimi Sakura couldn't possibly lose. Oil Country can only be smug for a little while!"

The Stick Country also clamored in agreement: "That's right! Let Oil Country be smug for a while!"

The Dragon Country viewers sneered: "Hilarious. There are only 4 units on the board right now, and you're talking about your damn lineup counters?"

The Sakura Country viewers were so angry their faces turned red.

But they had no way to refute it.

That's right!

There were only 4 units on the board right now; it was too early to talk about lineup counters!

"Lost?" Hoshimi Sakura frowned slightly, glancing suspiciously in Hakin's direction, only to see Hakin dancing with joy, looking exactly like a big baboon.

Hoshimi Sakura found it hard to understand.

Her lineup strength was decent, right?

How could she lose to this?

"Good luck...?" Hoshimi Sakura whispered to herself, her furrowed brows slowly smoothing out. Although she didn't know what the situation was on the other side, she was a competitor who had climbed the Gods Ladder after all, so she wasn't too affected.

"Kassadin was nerfed, but it can still be used for transitioning... Shen Mo's lineup is very strong. I just need to wait until 8 units to transition into the 'Portal' lineup."

Hoshimi Sakura thought to herself, her gaze involuntarily drifting toward Shen Mo's direction.

It had to be said.

While her 8 Portal lineup was very powerful once formed, transitioning had always been a headache. She had studied unit positioning countless times for this, but never found a good solution, until... Shen Mo researched the 7 Magic Warriors!

A lineup with Kassadin as the main carry.

This made Hoshimi Sakura's eyes light up!

Kassadin had the Dimension trait. If she used Kassadin as the core in the early game, she wouldn't have to worry about the mid-game transition. She could completely transition to Dimension at 8 units.

"Little brother, although you helped me a lot, big sister won't go easy on you~"

Hoshimi Sakura chuckled.

"Brother Shen! I won!" Little Prince Hakin was very excited. This was the first time he had felt the joy of this game.

The two-star Syndra was absurdly strong!

Once the double-finished items were activated, with various spell power stacks, the opponent's health bar simply couldn't hold up and would melt instantly.

Shen Mo chuckled and said: "How is it? Was it worth 5 Gold Cards?"

"Worth it! Totally worth it!"

Hakin wasn't stupid. Who was Hoshimi Sakura?

A month ago, Shen Mo had beaten Sakura Country down to less than 100 National Fortune points, but what happened?

Hoshimi Sakura had relied on her personal strength to turn the tide in an extremely short time, racking up thousands of personal points. Could you say that kind of strength wasn't powerful?

But so what!

With the same unit quality, the lineup Shen Mo gave him completely crushed the opponent.

This made Hakin excited, and he felt even more gratitude toward Shen Mo.

Although their Oil Country had money and could use domestic resources to trade for items from other countries, once it involved lineups, strength, and other hard secrets, other countries were simply unwilling to disclose them to them.

After all, no one wanted to see... a country that was both rich and powerful be born.

Hakin had always understood this.

That was why he became extremely excited when Shen Mo nonchalantly said: I will give you a lineup.

Otherwise, do you think a little prince from Oil Country would just casually call someone 'Brother Shen'?

That carried feelings of respect and gratitude!

But Hakin didn't say it.

He suppressed this emotion in his heart, deciding that after the match ended, he would definitely have a good talk with the Dragon Country.

He had decided to cling to the Dragon Country's thigh!

And it had to be Shen Mo!

No one else would do!

"Brother, what do I do next!" Hakin was all smiles, the name rolling off his tongue more and more naturally.

Shen Mo didn't mind, smiling and saying: "The quality of units on your board is very good right now. Just save money to level up. As I said, chase the front-line three-stars, and also get items for Syndra. Only when Syndra is three-starred will this lineup truly be at its strongest!"

"Got it! I'll make sure to do that!" Hakin said with a serious, goofy look.

Shen Mo laughed: "You should familiarize yourself with the lineup I gave you first. After the match, I'll teach you three more lineup systems that use Syndra as a variant. Once you have mastered all 4 Syndra lineups, you can climb the ranks even without me!"

"4 sets..."

Hakin's mouth hung wide open; he was completely stunned!

Other countries hid their systems away, fearing that Oil Country might learn even a little bit.

He didn't expect that when it came to Shen Mo, he was given 4 sets all at once!

Hakin's eyes instantly turned red.

Brother!

This was a real brother!

No!

Even a real brother wouldn't be this selfless!

Hakin's voice was a bit hoarse: "Brother Shen, why are you so good to me?"

"Didn't you pay? I have to make sure you get your money's worth!"

Shen Mo smiled, not caring at all.

Syndra was too overpowered as a card. Although some people jokingly called it "Syndra vs. Kassadin Chess" early in the S12 season, in all seriousness, Syndra's limelight was even greater than Kassadin's!

This led to a huge number of lineups centered around Syndra!

Shapeshifter Syndra.

Heavy Armor Syndra.

Mowar Syndra.

And... Revival Monkey Syndra, four lineup systems.

In terms of strength, Mowar Syndra was at the bottom, Shapeshifter Syndra and Heavy Armor Syndra were 50/50, mainly depending on the quality of the three-star cards in the late game. Revival Monkey Syndra was the strongest of the four systems.

Once formed, it instantly crushed the other three systems.

Likewise, high strength meant high difficulty in forming. Besides the Monkey needing to be three-starred, the Revival emblem was also an important factor determining the ceiling.

The reason Shen Mo wanted to give all these systems to Hakin at once was very simple.

It was because the core card of these systems was the same: Syndra!

Once Syndra was nerfed, all four systems would instantly collapse. Rather than that, it was better to give them all at once as a favor. After all, he who takes others' food is soft-spoken, and he who takes others' gifts is short-handed. Shen Mo considered himself to have been generous enough.

However, although Shen Mo thought this way, he still underestimated the degree of secrecy this world had regarding lineup systems.

In Hakin's eyes, it was clearly not that simple!

Although all 4 lineup systems used Syndra as the main carry, the other units required for each lineup were different!

In this way, as long as he was familiar with these systems, he could flexibly change according to the situation on the board.

Shen Mo doing this was absolutely solving a huge problem for him!

This was a favor!

How could Hakin not be grateful!

The Dragon Country was vast and rich; to say they were lacking the resources of Oil Country was clearly impossible.

Although in recent years, due to the joint blockade by international countries, Dragon Country couldn't find anyone to sell them item cards even if they wanted to buy them.

But in fact, the more important reason wasn't just that simple.

It was the people!

It was that Dragon Country had no one capable of breaking through the blockade to give Dragon Country hope!

But Shen Mo had appeared!

Hakin believed that subsequently, Dragon Country would definitely invest a large amount of resources to acquire item cards—private transactions, black market purchases—anyway, as long as Shen Mo could win the match, Dragon Country would definitely support him from behind by any means necessary.

The 5 Gold item cards he promised seemed astonishing.

In reality, once Dragon Country really entered the field, this bit of stuff wouldn't count for anything at all.

Hakin was actually very smart.

It was precisely because of this vision and perspective that he felt Shen Mo's help was so precious!

"Brother!" Hakin suddenly said very seriously: "Let's form an alliance! You lead me into the top ten. Whatever you want, just ask. As long as I have it, you can take it all!"