Maeve's blatant disrespect quickly ignited Luke's temper.
In his deeply entrenched worldview, money and power were the absolute skeleton keys to success.
The Berserkers hadn't been around for long, but they commanded terrifying influence in the gaming world.
In less than two years, they had skyrocketed from absolute nobodies to national championship contenders.
Luke hadn't achieved this with empty motivational speeches or teamwork.
He did it by burying his competition under mountains of capital.
Seeing Maeve turn to leave, Luke called out to her retreating back.
"How much will it take to get you on my roster? Name your price. Is a million enough?"
Maeve didn't even break her stride.
Luke threw out another number.
"Fine, you don't even have to join my team. Just walk away from MRX right now, and I'll wire you two million."
Noticing she still didn't react, his rage started bubbling to the surface.
"I'm warning you, don't be stupid. Two million is a massive amount of money for a girl your age."
"If two million isn't enough to satisfy you, I'll add another million."
Staring at her slender silhouette, he demanded, "Three million. Still not enough?"
Before approaching her, Luke had run a background check.
She was a Biological Sciences major at Aethelburg University, reportedly from some small, insignificant city up North.
Aside from a ridiculously pretty face, she had zero backing and zero leverage.
Three million dollars was an unimaginable fortune for someone like her.
Maeve paused, slowly turning around to meet his gaze with a mocking smile.
"Are you that terrified of me?"
Luke's brows slammed together.
"Where exactly did you get the delusion that I'm afraid of you?"
Maeve shot back. "If you're not terrified, why are you desperately trying to buy me away from MRX?"
"Are you terrified your team is going to end up slaughtered just like Team Thunder and Team Inferno?"
Luke scoffed, a dark smirk twisting his features.
"Every single player on my team is an elite. We're leagues ahead of trash like Team Thunder and Team Inferno."

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