While Ellen was baiting Lars to his death, Howard stalled Julia by blog her path. However, it wasn't nearly as easy as he expected.

  Julia sure packs a punch. H his 30% HP. Maybe it’s in part because he was exhausted, but he couldn't give Julia an even fight. The girl overwhelmed him big time. Even sidering the fact Howard was on the defensive and his main goal was to stall instead of winning the 1v1, this was still a surprising development.

  For a pyer who was infamous for her overly defensive pystyle, Julia's fierce offense was overwhelming. Was this the result of Ellen and Julia training together? They have engineered some aggressive monster, alright.

  “I gotta let her go,” Howard informed Ellen. “She'll kill me at this rate... and you’re not even listening.” He sighed. Ellen was trated on nding shots on Lars while her wolf inning him down.

  This should be good enough. Howard o himself and snuck away from the fight. Ellen was about to finish her job, so there was o worry about Julia anymore.

  “Huh!” Julia excimed. “You think I gon you run away, you-”

  An ally has been killed!

  “... ah.” Julia paused. That message delivered terrible news: Lars died. How? Why? Wasn't he winning against Ellen? Goddammit!

  Julia should’ve taken Yuel’s warning more seriously and dashed to help Lars right away. But, instead, she wasted a crapton of time on fighting Howard and didn't eve a kill. She was a plete and utter failure. But, she won’t let it end like this!

  “Ellen, you bitch!” Julia thundered. “I’mma destroy you!” She cast Whirlwind behind her and sprinted into the jungle.

  Thanks to Aeromancer’s passive, Wind Flow, casting a spell gave her a boost of movement speed. She would have liked to cast Jet Stream for even more speed but, unfortunately, it was on cooldht now. Still, she should be able to catch Ellen before that fox vanishes from the crime se.

  “Wait,” Yuel said. “You should chase Howard instead. You may still get a kill on him. You won’t reach Ellen on time.”

  “Shut up, I know what I’m doing.” Julia dashed onward without heeding Yuel’s words.

  And I thought this situation ’t get any worse. Yuel sighed. He uimated the “wild” part of Julia being a “wild card”. She was a strong and promising didate for carrying the team in Lars’s absence, but Yuel couldn’t trol her. This roblem.

  Great, so we won’t get a single kill from this entire py. Yuel sighed. It’s true that killing Ellen would be ten times more beneficial than killing Howard because Ellen was the Carry, but there was no ce Julia will get to Ellen in time.

  “Phew,” Howard breathed in relief after esg to safety. Thankfully, Julia didn’t catch up to him. Despite his solid defehat berserker girl almost murdered him in that 1v1. If she insisted to chase him all the way, there was no telling whether he would have gotten away.

  Why didn’t she chase, though? Howard knotted his brows. Ever since Julia turned on her berserker switch, she always chased down her prey and did everything in her power to get a kill. Yet, this blood-thirsty berserker chose to not chase Howard this time.

  Why? Was there something that ied her more? Aarget, perhaps?

  Wait, did Elly ever get my message? Howard checked Ellen’s position. Not good! Ellen hasn’t recalled to base yet!

  Ellen was so absorbed in the fight against Lars that she didn’t hear Howard’s warning about Julia. So, after killing Lars, Ellen carelessly headed toward a nearby Hyena Camp in order to heal up via lifesteal.

  “Elly!” Howard called out. “Julia didn’t chase me, so she may be ing after you. Recall to base. Now.”

  “Eh!? Really!?” Ellen jumped like it’s the first time Howard dropped this news. “My, I was sure you had her under trol.”

  “That girl is crazy, I ’t hold her down on my own.” Especially, not when I’m this tired.

  “Heehee,” Ellen puffed her chest. “Isn’t my dear July amazing? I told you she had the potential to bee a great pyer.”

  “I’m pretty sure you only pushed so hard for her to be accepted into the club because you wanted anirl in the club, but alright.”

  “My, zero trust in my judgment skills. Hmph.” Ellen pouted but her lips curved into a smile. It was a good thing that Julia was leaving such a strong impression on everybody. The girl started this mat the wrong foot because she couldn’t bring out her offense, but now she was totally rog it.

  So far, the only time Julia looked a tiny bit bad on the offense was when Ellen got a kill on her. It was an unfortunate development but Ellen had no choice, she had to do it for victory. Elle a little bad for exploiting Julia’s weakness back then, but there was o worry because Julia’s performance remairong and she even overwhelmed Howard in a 1v1. The girl was on a roll and even Howard was mildly impressed. Who knew, Julia might eve a spot on the first string at this rate~

  Well then, I better recall. Ellen o herself. It felt like it was a waste because she could quickly recover a lot of HP via lifestealing from jungle camps and then push a ne right away, but it was better to be safe than sorry. Ellen activated Recall, whied a magical circle under her feet. In just a couple of seds, she’ll be back to safety.

  “My, she’s really after me,” Ellen smiled when a ward revealed Julia sprinting through the jungle. Instead of chasing Howard food ce to get a kill, Julia chose to go after Ellen.

  Revenge for Larsy? How cute~ Ellen smiled. It was a cute motivation, but Julia won’t make it. The girl was too far away and Ellen’s recalling was halfway done.

  I’ll murder her. Julia cut through the juhout slowing down. She had a good idea of Ellen’s position thanks to the vision from wards, so there was o py hide-and-seek. Julia dashed directly toward Ellen!

  I knew you’ll try healing up from jungle camps instead of recalling right away. Julia smirked. She has pyed more than enough games with Ellen to notice how greedy that fox was with HP recovery. Wheuation looked safe, Ellen alreferred to heal up via lifestealing off jungle camps instead of recalling to base.

  In addition, Ellen had a bad habit of celebrating her victories. Even though she was one of the stro defensive pyers in the club, she often lowered her guard a while patting herself on the back for a scheme that was well executed.

  When they pyed together in Rahere were a few occasions whewo bad habits pyed against Ellen ao her death. Therefore, Julia insisted to strike right here and now. Perhaps she wasn’t as sharp as Yuel when it came to exploiting weaknesses, but she sure knew how to do it right against Ellen. So, she’ll get this kill for sure!

  Ellen has been helping Julia a lot throughout the year, going as far as holding special training to invoke Julia’s dormant aggressive side. Julia wouldn’t have improved even half as much if it wasn’t for Ellen always dragging her into that kind of unsightly practice. Therefore, exploiting Ellen’s weakness like that based on what Julia has learned from the time they’ve spent together felt a little low.

  heless, there won’t be any mercy. Ellen was on the opposite team and she was Lars’s murderer. Therefore, Julia gonhis kill no matter what!

  She won’t make it in time. Yuel shook his head. In theory, it should be borderline possible for an Aeromao cross that big distand deliver a blow in time. However, he wasn’t even sure what was the correct sequence of pys to make that happen. There wasn’t nearly enough time to analyze the situation and make the correct judgment, so...

  “Elly, DIEEEEEEEE!” Julia blihrough a jungle wall. It was a huge shortcut that got Ellen inthts but she was still too far away! her her basic attaor Squall would be able to reach Ellen from here. Meanwhile, Ellen’s recall was almost do was hopeless, a...

  “Eat this!” Julia pressed on without hesitation. She activated Jet Stream and geed a trail of wind up ahead. Then, she fired Squall through the flowing wind. The gust of wind darted into the jet stream and gained a huge speed boost. And, with higher speed, it also gained increased reach!

  “N-No way!’ Ellen flinched as the gust of wind was running at her like aed puppy. I-It may actually reach!

  Should she try dodging it? No, that’s suicide. Dodgi interrupting her Recall, which meant she’ll stay in the area after that. Ellen had less than 20% HP, so there was very little ce she’ll be able to slip away from Julia. She was stuck between a rod a hard pce.

  I’ll just gamble on July’s shot missing. Ellen gulped. , it’s her first time using her aggressive pystyle in a real match with the others, so she ’t possibly be at full strength-

  BAM! The wind bst smmed into Ellen and erased her HP bar.

  You have been killed!

  “Heh,” Ellen produced a dry ugh as she dropped ba her chair. That was amazing. Nothing else to say here. Ellen really traihat girl well. Too well, in fact.

  “Yes!” Julia pumped a fist. “Get freakin’ dead, haha!”

  “You really did it...” Yuel didn’t even know what to say. He had a feeling an Aeromancer could pull it off, but he wasn’t even sure what sequence of pys was required for that. Yet, Julia executed that amazing py without a moment’s hesitation. It was Blink into Jet Stream into Squall. A simple but genius sequence of pys that required unwavering fiden one’s skills.

  “Amazing...” Lars mumbled as he slowly raised his head. He was sure they’ve already lost the entire game because of his stupid death, but Julia was still going strong. Killing Elle the situation because now her team had a Carry, so both teams’ push potentials were about the same. It was a sick turnabout, yo!

  “July! You’re awesome!” Lars excimed.

  “E-Eh? Ah, yeah, I...” Julia shifted her eyes away and her inteitude died out. No matter how aggressive or kill-hungry she was during her “Attack Mode”, she still had the usual soft spot for Lars.

  “We still win this!” Lars shouted. “You gotta attack! You’re the only o left!”

  “Hold your horses,” Yuel said. “I agree that we have to keep pushing, but we o do it carefully. This is still a 1v2 situation.”

  “ht.” Lars piped down. Yeah, they shouldn’t be reckless here. It’s thanks to Lars’s recklesshat they got into this sticky situation in the first pce. If only he didn’t chase Ellen back then, the team would still be in the lead right now. Even though he khere had to be some kind of trap, he still chose to chase and almost blew the entire game.

  Thankfully, Julia’s kill reset the situation and gave the team another ce. The game wasn’t lost yet! They’ll win this momentum and go to nations, yo!

  “See?” Julia lifted her in Yuel’s face. “I totally get kills when I want to.”

  “Yeah, you did great.” Yuel had nothing to criticize this ohat py was beyond his expectations and it single-handedly saved the team from disaster. It was a magnifit py, which was on par with the miraculous shenanigans that Lars often pulled off. Julia really did a good job.

  “Hmph, so you finally admit I’m a great pyer. About damn time.”

  “Heh,” Yuel chuckled. The girl was getting ahead of herself and he really wao jab at her, but it’s better to not ruin this positive atmosphere. He’ll let Julia have her moment of glory.

  More importantly, Yuel had to decide oeam’s move. Or, most specifically, he had to decide on Julia’s move because she was the only one alive. She alone was the eeam at the moment.

  Should she push one of the aison was st seen pushing Top, so pushing Top Lane was out of the question. Oher hand, Mid and Bot weren’t much better either because Howard will likely rotate to defend them in response. Howard most likely returo base after the fight with Julia aored his HP to full by now, so Julia won’t be able to break through his defense all by herself.

  With all of that sidered, pushing any of the nes would be a bad idea during this 1v2 situation. However, Julia was retively healthy at around 80% HP, so it felt like a waste to tell her to recover at the base. Decisions, decisions.

  “Since you’re already in the area,” Yuel said. “Clear the Ogre Camp first. After Dan respawns, group up with him to push Bot.

  “Got it,” Julia responded. Despite her gung-ho behavior, she was more cooperative than ever. As long as Julia proceeds carefully, the oute of this match still favored Yuel’s team with all the ne advahey had.

  Julia’s Whirlwind came out of cooldown just as she reached the Ogre Camp, so she cast it ohree ogres and the tornado khem out in a couple of seds. Her reward for that work was the red power buff. This was the first step in preparing for her big attack.

  “Hmm,” Yuel pondered. “It feels like a waste, but I think you better recall to base and wait for Dan to respawn.”

  “I guess,” Julia shrugged. She itched to go out there and bst some idiots with her power buff. As, she was alht now so the odds weren’t in her favor.

  Thus, Julia cast Recall and formed a magical circle arouhree, two, one and-

  “Here es Taaaaaaaison!”

  “Wha!?” Julia jumped. A bat rammed its ugly fato her and interrupted the recalling! What the hell!?

  Where did he...!? Yuel flihat shouldn’t have happeaison was supposed to stay in Top and push, or at most rotate to Mid and defend. He shouldn’t have been all the way down here in Bot Jungle!

  “You made it,” Howard smiled weakly. “Good job.”

  “Heh,” Taison grinned. “The party is just getting started, yo!”

  Alright, this turned out perfectly. Howard o himself. He inally asked Taison to rotate to Bot Jungle in case something goes wrong with the Ellen vs. Lars fight. As vinced as Ellen was about her tactic, there was no telling what could happen when Lars was involved.

  Admittedly, Howard made that call a bit too te. As a result, Taison arrived in Bot Jungle only now. So, even if Lars were to kill Ellen, Taison most likely wouldn’t have gotten there on time to up. That dey almost turaisoire rotation into one huge mispy.

  However, ohio another and Julia became the tractive target in Bot Jungle. How nice of her to stay in the area long enough for Taison to get there. From almost being a terrible mispy, Taison’s rotation suddenly transformed into an amazing opportunity!

  If Taison get a kill on Julia here, it’ll put Howard’s team ahead by two pyers. It might very well decide the entire game right there! No matter how petent Julia was itack Mode, there’s no way she’ll be able to stand up to Taison, the king of 1v1s. The oute of this 1v1 might very well decide the ed the odds were in Taison’s favor!