King’s Canyon: The 5v5 map in the game, featuring three lanes of minions. Each lane has three defensive towers for each side, and each team has one base crystal. The ultimate victory condition is to destroy the enemy’s base crystal.

River: The path between the enemy and ally jungle areas.

Jungle: The area outside the high ground where minions do not naturally enter, populated with neutral monsters.

Blue Side: The jungle area where the Azure Golem is located.

Red Side: The jungle area where the Crimson Golem is located.

High Ground: The location of the crystal.

Crystal: Also known as the base; whichever side destroys the enemy’s crystal first wins.

Defense Tower: Defensive structures distributed along the three lanes.

Minion Wave: The route along which both sides’ minions walk and fight, with three lanes in total.

Laning: The process where heroes from both sides on the same lane face off and compete.

Top Lane: The solo development position on the top lane of the map.

Mid Lane: The solo development position on the middle lane of the map.

Jungler: The position that gains experience and gold from jungle resources.

Support: The position that helps protect teammates.

ADC: The core physical damage dealer, usually the marksman.

Blue: Short for Azure Golem; killing it grants the blue buff.

Blue Buff: Reduces hero skill cooldowns and increases mana regeneration.

Red: Short for Crimson Golem; killing it grants the red buff.

Red Buff: Increases damage and adds a slow effect.

Tyrant: A boss-level jungle monster; killing it grants the whole team experience and gold.

Dark Tyrant: The Tyrant begins to enter darkness at 9:55, and at 10 minutes transforms into the Dark Tyrant. Killing it grants a buff that increases the whole team’s attack.

Overlord: A boss-level jungle monster; killing it grants three waves of Overlord Minions to replace the next three minion waves. Also grants a buff that increases the whole team’s health and mana regeneration.

Last Hit: Delivering the killing blow to an enemy.

First Blood: The player who gets the first hero kill.

BP: Abbreviation for BAN/PICK. BAN means to ban, PICK means to select.

KPL: King of Glory Professional League.

These are all the terms I can think of for now. It’s not even two thousand words, and my scalp is tingling, feeling awkward and frustrated. I want a late-night snack, I want breakfast, I want to explode.

Finally, two thousand words. Thank you, everyone. See you at ten for the main story.

Volume One

Chapter One: Former Prodigy

“Welcome to Honor of Kings. The enemy will arrive on the battlefield in 5 seconds. Please get ready!”

The grand in-game voice echoed throughout the massive arena, instantly igniting the excitement of the live audience, who cheered and shouted for their favorite teams, creating a deafening roar. The commentators Logan Bennett and Dylan Bennett, present at the scene, were also swept up by the atmosphere, their voices growing excited and passionate: “Hello, viewers! We are live at this year’s KPL Autumn Grand Finals, the deciding match between the Zhongnan team and the Tianze team. I am commentator Logan Bennett.”

“I am commentator Dylan Bennett.”

“This season’s KPL has truly been spectacular, and now we’ve finally reached the last moment. Even during the BP phase, I could feel the tension and pressure as if two master swordsmen were dueling at their peak. Dylan Bennett, did you feel the same way?” Logan Bennett continued. (BP: Abbreviation for BAN/PICK. BAN means to ban, PICK means to select.)

“Absolutely. The BP from both sides has been a back-and-forth exchange of moves, already incredibly exciting.”

“But there’s one move from the Zhongnan team that I don’t think surprised anyone, and that’s Brian Bennett’s Li Bai being banned again.”

“Of course. We’ve always known that the Li Bai used by regular players and the Li Bai used by pro players seem like two different heroes, but this season, we’ve discovered a third kind of Li Bai—and that is Brian Bennett’s Li Bai.” Dylan Bennett introduced solemnly.

Brian Bennett’s Li Bai!

Sitting in front of his computer watching the live broadcast, Adam Bennett couldn’t help but feel his blood boil at such praise, because the one who played Li Bai above all others was his own older brother.

“Yes, I don’t even know how to describe or define Brian Bennett’s Li Bai anymore. I can only give you one statistic: when Brian Bennett gets Li Bai, the Tianze team’s win rate is 100%. That alone is enough to show how terrifying Brian Bennett’s Li Bai is.” Logan Bennett spared no effort in praising this rising star, as Brian Bennett’s performance was simply too outstanding.

“So in a sense, I think Brian Bennett can just give up on Li Bai, because no team will ever let him have it.” Dylan Bennett laughed.

“Yes, so in today’s deciding match, we see that Brian Bennett has ended up picking Damocles as the jungler.”

“Hmm… Damocles is a very versatile hero, able to initiate fights and not too dependent on gold. Choosing Damocles as the jungler probably means he’ll be giving up some experience to the damage dealers.” Dylan Bennett analyzed.

“The match has now started. After making contact, both sides are just probing each other, with no clashes breaking out—so it’s a pretty peaceful opening.” Logan Bennett began commentating on the match.

“On the Tianze team’s side, the blue buff went straight to the mid laner, and the red to the marksman… Wow, I just said the jungler Damocles would probably give up some experience, but I didn’t expect him to give up this much!”