Chapter 120: Is there anything more humiliating than being beaten by a mecha called "Widow Froggy"?

The five national teams took to the stage in turn, with the Empire starting and the Federation finishing.

Andrei gave a courtly salute to the crowd with grace and elegance, prompting a roar from the audience.

"Waaaaaahhhh Prince look at me!"

" Andrei Good grace I'm dead!"

It is said that one of the reasons for Andrei's high popular support in the Empire is his superb good looks, and that the prince wants to find love for himself, regardless of the identity of his lover, as long as he is truly in love.

This has led countless little o's and b's to fantasise about wonderful fairy tales, imagining this prince arriving on a handsome horse with jewels, kissing the back of his lover's hand affectionately and making a lifelong vow.

Sitting in the audience, Tang Bai saw Andrei's majestic and graceful face on the big screen and had to admit that this prince is indeed a magnificent beauty.

The audience's swooning over Andrei ends at the moment Xie Ruhang enters the stage, the dark-haired, dark-eyed alpha taking off his military cap, looking as cool and handsome as a cast.

More than a prince, he is a knight who has crossed thousands of mountains, carried a dragon slayer sword and fought his way to save you.

"Ahhhhhhhh Xie Ruhang a burst!"

"I want to give Xie Ruhang a monkey!"

Tang Bai: "?" That's enough of you uncouth face dogs.

Tang Bai put down his milk tea with a straw, picked up two glow sticks and shouted to Xie Ruhang on stage, "Xie Ruhang! I'm going to give you flowers! Fruits! I'm going to give you a mountain!

The audience of fans sitting on the sidelines: "?!"

Tang Bai's shouts were drowned out by the huge cheers as everyone chanted the name of their favourite player, and the pavilion was so lively that even the MC's voice was drowned out for a while as he introduced the rules of the competition.

The Mecha Cup will be played in both solo and team battles, with teams being selected at random on the first day and each team fielding a player of their own choosing.

The first game was drawn between the Federation and the Empire and the map was randomly created, a watery forest map, where many of the props were real, such as the river and the trees made of metal, and the holographic projection technology was able to make it look real.

In addition to the area where the players compete, the spectator stand has also changed accordingly.

Tang Bai's seat is transformed into a lotus flower to match the environment, and not only that, but a pair of light butterfly wings appear behind him.

Such a design was not expected by Tang Bai, who tried to stroke the wings and ran his fingertips through the shiny, snow-white wings of the butterfly.

"I defy you! Why am I a frog!" A spectator roared from the side.

Then another, more majestic and unpleasant roar emerged, "Why am I a toad?! Am I not even worthy of a frog?!"

The audience took on a variety of strange appearances, not only small animals, but some simply turned into a stone.

Tang Bai was outraged to see the audience member next to him transformed into a large frog squatting on a lotus leaf. The beta was indignant and almost laughed out loud when he spotted the toad not far away.

The spectator looked back while laughing and saw the little omega with her hands supporting the petals of the lotus flower, looking up at him with her head tilted in the heart of the flower, her amber eyes looked like frozen honey, a sweet fragrance lingered in the light of her eyes, and the system's illusionary wings flapped and fell out with bright luminescence.

The scene was like a fairy tale of an untutored elf, and the beta spectator's green frog face flushed slightly as he listened to Tang Bai softly reassure him, "Frogs are cute too, have you heard the story of The Frog Prince? It could mean you'll meet a princess who kisses you after watching this competition~"

beta audience: "!!!" Mum! I'm in love!!!

The audience on stage was in a frenzy of discussion and the teams competing on stage decided on the players they would send after some discussion.

Imperial Team sent Chris to fight.

Chris' mecha is a classical humanoid with a long pole in his hand and red eyes, he hovers silently above the water in his mecha and when the name "Cajun, the god of the River Styx" is announced, the pop-ups are overwhelmed by his arrogance.

Cajun is the ferryman of the River Styx, responsible for extraditing the souls of the dead to the other side of the river, and naming the mechs as such is close to saying that they will send their opponents to their deaths.

[The name is a mocking buff, our country's names are too mild and introspective, we can't do it at all]

[Can the Federation's mech builders learn from the Empire's level of naming? It's so classy to report it!

[A very pretentious name, in the style of the Empire].

[The shape is also classically beautiful, an empire is an empire, with a cultural heritage]

"Next up, we have our Federation Team player Gu Tunan with his lone Froggy!" The host's impassioned introduction brought a moment of dead silence to the pop-ups.

[Am I hallucinating?

[This naming style! Is it my god's name?

[The River Styx ferryman is suddenly tasteless]

After Gu Tunan came out in his turquoise Sad Frog, the pop-ups fell into another three-second-long silence.

[Ah this ...... This green hat is a bit fashionable]

[I don't really want to admit it, but my eyes have been captivated by Froggy]

[Shit, I actually think Froggy won this taunt???]

[Unless the opposite side sends the cuckoo, it's hard to save face]

It's international practice for both sides to have harsh words before a match, and Chris forgot what he was going to say when he saw a green and lone Froggy.

The turquoise mech opened its mouth wide and spat out a resounding "widow" to Chris.

It clearly looked like a greeting, but the intensity of the malice was almost in Chris' face!

Is there anything more outrageous than saying "widow" to a single dog?

Chris sneered, "This is a competition, not a child's play, don't cry widowhood if you lose later."

Gu Tunan, not bothering to speak, presses the vocalizer and gives Chris a second "widow".

The pre-match exchange was over and the two players quickly entered the fray in a ten-second countdown.

Cajun, the god of the river Styx, hovers above the water as the lone frog stomps on a tall tree, and the moment the countdown ends, the two mechs quickly rush towards each other.

The high end players were so fast that normally the broadcast was over before they could taste anything, requiring viewers to go back and tune in to 0.5x to watch slowly.

The live audience actually watched the commentary on the public screen, only to see the presenter's voice and large, hot gold letters appear in fire:

"Cajun, the god of the river Styx, and Froggy, the widow, have had a fierce first encounter! Both mechs are fast!"

Quickly indeed, almost in staccato, Chris' mech's eyes shoot red light at the oncoming Gu Tunan, and he can't wait to slap the big ugly frog flat!

"Cajun, the god of the River Styx, has used his killing move, the 'Velvet Flegoton Gaze'! Will Gu Tunan be able to dodge it from such a close distance?"

Gu Tunan was unfazed by the sudden burst of lasers that pierced through his shield, and he burst into a blinding burst of speed, only to see the green figure dodge and perfectly avoid the Vishnu Flegoton stare.

The red light pierced through the steel tree and the remaining energy broke through the four layers of energy shields as the tree fell with a crash into the river, stirring up a huge wave.

The mech operated by Chris holds up the Empire's newest condensation pole, a long pole shaped like the one used to ferry Cajun, the god of the River Styx, and he swings it across the water as if he were a boatman, freezing the water into ice as the pole flashes white.

The killer move: the swinging grip!

A bone-chilling chill instantly fills the entire map, and ice shoots out in a flash with Chris at the centre! The aim is clearly to freeze Gu Tunan!

The dew turns to ice and the grass freezes.

The vines burst out of the small package on Froggy's back at that moment, and the vines were instantly frozen into ice, helping Froggy to block Chris' burst.

Because real mechanical vines require large amounts of energy crystals to grow, Tang Bai modified the mechanical vines equipped to the widowed Froggy to take the form of seeds stocked in the mechs and propagated by smaller amounts of energy crystals, which could grow for a short time but had a severely shortened lifespan and could only sustain a single battle.

The cold is eating away at this place so fast that Froggy, the widow, bounces through the air towards the forest.

"The 'Swinging Grip' has a clear advantage in the water battle, but the Gu Tunan player intercepts Chris's 'Swinging Grip' with a modified mechanical vine!" The host said quickly, "Gu Tunan uses 'Froggy's Leap' to retreat from his position!"

The green Widow Froggy bounces back into the forest, and because the colour of the mech fits the forest, the Widow Froggy seems to blend in.

Chris switched on his detection system and scouted the forest, but he couldn't detect Gu Tunan in the dense undergrowth, mossy stone pairs and spider webs of vines.

Where else could it be if not in the forest?

Chris spun around as he cautiously piloted his mech in a sweeping circle, not far from where the unfrozen water rippled out in cascading waves.

Wait ...... It's a water forest!

With a sudden start, Chris was about to flee when eight bright green vines raced across the calm water and tied Chris's mech in an instant with a splash of water.

That was a short burst of mechanical vine growth!

"Widow Froggy has temporarily trapped Cajun, the god of the river Styx, with 'Vine Binding'!"

Chris raises his swinging grip to attack the anaconda-like vines, but it's too late. The cold freezes the mechanical vines and makes them even tougher.

An underwater shot shows the viewer a large web of mechanical vines at the centre of which is Cajun, the god of the river Styx, whom Gu Tunan wants to capture!

The presenter exclaimed, "It turns out Gu Tunan dived into the water the moment he entered the forest, and due to the cover of the ice and the dark thinking under the lights, Chris was unaware of the threat beneath his feet, and Gu Tunan seized the precious moment to lay a vine trap as Chris detected the forest! The "Chris player was caught off guard!"

The mechanical vines wrapped around the neck of the god Cajun and tied his opponent in place before Froggy's mouth opened wide and gnawed off Cajun's head with a belch of "Froggy! ".

The moment Chris's pilot screen went black, he heard the host's commentary: "...... Lone Froggy has successfully dismantled the defenses of Cajun, the god of the Stygian ferry, with 'Froggy eats flies'!"

Q: Is there anything more humiliating than being defeated by a mecha called "Widow Froggy"?

A: The kill move used by the opponent to collect heads is called "Froggy eats flies".

"The winner is decided! Federation Team Gu Tunan's Widow Froggy has defeated Imperial Team Chris's Cajun, the God of the River Styx!"

A slow replay of the widowed Froggy diving underwater appears on the public screen, making no noise, like an assassin who blends in with his environment, diving so perfectly that even tadpoles swim past Froggy at ease.

This should have been a textbook lurking tutorial, nah the pop-ups were all hahaha.

[This tadpole is simply divine. Teary eyed, the large emotional programme "Tadpole looking for his mother" takes you back to a beautiful childhood]

[Sorry, but names like ''Froggy Eats Flies'' make me think of my opponent as a fly]

[This move is also combined with Tang Bai's mechanical vine, which is really Mythical Frog Seeds eating the Mythical Cape to the Mickey Mouse House.

Tang Bai, sitting on the stage, was green as he saw Chris emerge from the mech, like a green-headed fly, while Gu Tunan, sitting next to him, was much more relaxed and could still shake hands with Chris in a friendly manner even with his green helmet.

The audience who randomly arrived dressed in frog all in green were more than happy and felt very involved in wearing their support costumes.

This one was broadcast live by the participating countries, with the Empire broadcasters, not sure if it was to save respect or if their writing talent had nowhere else to go, giving an in-depth interpretation of the name "Lone Froggy:"

"As we all know, Lone and Widowed was a self-proclaimed name for emperors in ancient times, and the seemingly casual name Lone Froggy actually conceals the powerful confidence of the Federation player comparing himself to an emperor, which we can also call the 'Emperor Froggy'."

Tang Bai: "......" Never mind, you guys are happy.