Choso clings on to hope for UC!

The Alliance Conquest season was quickly approaching its end, and for Choso and FuK, the hopes for a great achievement remained high. They had lost 2 matches this season, but one thing was clear in their mind: if they win the remaining matches, their chances of reaching the top 16 and Ultimate Conquest were incredibly high. This season they had an incredible record at the beginning, winning against their rivals FDH, but sadly lost to them in the 4th round after they received help from WxC, an alliance way above FuK's strength that was a contender for winning it all.

Choso is a valuable racer of the team, who has fought alongside everyone in the alliance for many seasons and years, the trust in their abilities and strength together as a unit was incredible, and thus the belief Choso had for their qualification for Ultimate Conquest was off the charts. There was a warrior in FuK's council whose decisions Choso trusted the most, he led the alliance through their ups and downs in the past seasons, and always believed not only in everyone's strengths and did not discriminate against anyone, but he was particularly fond of Choso's speed. Leviathan was the leader whose belief was incredibly high, but as of late, Choso was on a bad run of form, he had scarcely won any races.

The aim for this match was going to be securing a victory, but they had to do much more than that if they wished to qualify in their current shape: they needed to get the maximum amount of points possible. Choso considered this plausible, but it was a hard path ahead of them, however, Leviathan considered this achievable in this current round. His reasoning was pretty simple, FuK had lost their previous match against the rivals for the top 16, this pushed them down in the rankings, giving them a better chance to face an easier opponent.

His thoughts proved to be accurate, as the opponent was revealed to be NFH, an alliance that they had dominated in the past. This put everyone's mind at ease, but they still had to fight an immaculate round, they were not allowed to lose out on any points, not even the races. Those points were incredibly vital to obtain as well and thus the only pressure this time around was on the racers.

Seeing who FuK was facing, Choso was glad that still had a chance for qualification, but everything needed to be flawless. Thus he immediately went to Leviathan for guidance on which buildings he should race for. To his surprise, Leviathan looked at Choso with a grinning look and said: "You will not race tonight, I will put more pressure to improve the other racers and have them win everything without your aid.''. This surprised Choso, as he believed he was in bad form, but Leviathan still had the hopes that he could outrun everyone. It was a pleasant surprise, but at the same time, an experienced racer missing out was going to put even more pressure on the others.

But alas, he did not contest his leaders' decision, he trusted that he knew the other warriors of the alliance better, as well as their potential. He sat on the sidelines as the races were about to begin, curious as to who was going to come out victorious. Having faced NFH in the past, he knew that against a fair opponent, they were unforgivable racers, but not only. They had produced many strong rally leaders in the past, many of which found their current home in FuK. Choso believed that NFH will give FuK a good run for their points.

Leviathan proceeded to assign the buildings for the racers a few seconds before the battle began, however, although it was in the last moments, he was as accurate and precise as one could be. This spoke out volumes on his experience leading.

When the races began, Choso's heart was barely handling it, he was scared of the outcome, that maybe his team would lose the initial points and this would be the reason why FuK does not qualify for Ultimate Conquest. He closed his eyes and prayed, and when he opened them back up: it was a total victory for his alliance, they had captured all 4 of the initial buildings.

This was a great start, but swaps still had to be done. Choso checked for a slow march looking to intercept from NFH, but surprisingly, he couldn't find one. This meant the swaps went flawlessly under Leviathan's coordination.

The match was looking great, everything went as planned, but FuK had no time to celebrate as the ports were here, ready to open. The same process was followed once again: Leviathan assigned racers and rally leaders for each of them. Choso was watching eagerly this time around, he wanted to see the speed that the other racers had at their disposal. Once the bubble dropped, he witnessed it all first-hand. They all did a splendid job, securing the ports as well.

Choso was once again surprised by the lack of slow marches ready to intercept the swap, it felt as if NFH was handing the perfect win on a silver platter.

The exact same scenario unfolded for Casterly Rock, and there were no offensive rallies in place from NFH. They had given the match up entirely, Choso could not find an explanation for it, but he was going to take this opportunity if it meant a qualification for Ultimate Conquest.

As the match ended with a perfect score for FuK, Leviathan revealed that NFH was still a great ally of theirs, there was no true contest to begin with, this is why he could afford Choso to be on the sidelines and have him rest. He considered that Choso needed the rest to come back stronger the next round.

The next round is what truly mattered, it was the round of a do or die scenario, where they had no other choice but to have a perfect win. It was going to be the most tense match of the season.