An ally has been killed!

  “Wha...” Julia’s lips trembled. How could this happen? Roi has just died in Top Lane. But, he didn’t just die; he got ganked. And, the ganker was Gilbert, of all people. It’s all because Julia allowed Gilbert to do as he pleased that this happened. Oh god, this is so my fault...

  “Hey July,” Roi called out.

  “Y-Yes?”

  “Did you even call missing on Gil? Don’t remember hearing it.”

  “I... um...” Julia gulped. No, she didn’t call it. She didn’t call anything. Julia allowed Gilbert to rotate out of ne and gank a teammate and she didn’t even notify anybody about it. Goddammit, how bad could she be!?

  “I thought Gilbert was just going for the Griffin...” Julia made a weak excuse.

  “Man, you should still call missing when that happens,” Roi said. “The guy totally screwed me over here.”

  “Yeah, I...”

  “Roi,” Yuel joihe versation. “One of Julia’s wards showed that Gilbert was heading towards Top Jungle. Nobody could tell for sure where he was going, but you could see he was going in Top’s dire. That should’ve been enough of a warning.”

  “R-Right!” Julia followed up. “I put a bunch of wards around, so you should’ve seeation. Hmph.”

  “Huh,” Roi paused for a moment. Wait, did any of the wards really expose Gilbert as he was making his way to Top? Um... maybe? To be ho, Roi didn’t recall seeing anything of the sort, but if Yuel said so then it had to be true.

  So, just how distracted was Roi this whole time? Damn, this was hel embarrassing.

  “Well,” Roi started. “I still think she should’ve called missing just in case.”

  “I agree,” Yuel nodded. “But, that doesn’t ge the fact you weren’t cautious enough. You should’ve waited until we crify Gilbert's iions before charging at Gregory.”

  “Yeah, I guess.” Roi sighed in resignation.

  Phew, looks like I’m in the clear. Julia sighed in relief. After clearing Julia of the guilt, Yuel went on to criticize Roi’s ret pys some more but who cared about that anyway. As long as it wasn’t Julia’s fault, it didn’t matter, right?

  Except, it IS my fault. Julia ched her mouse. All of this was happening because she allowed Gilbert to do whatever he wanted. Instead of pressuring the Pyromancer as she should, she let that dumbass strut around as if he owhe entire pce. Goddammit!

  This was not good. Julia’s mispys began spreading beyond her owhis was no longer just a question of whether she could defend Mid. Her poor performance was dragging dowire team.

  Things couldn’t tinue like this. At this rate, she’ll drag the eeam down to oblivion. They’ll lose the ed everything will be on Julia’s hands. God, just end me.

  Losing this game meant losing the entire seleatch. That’ll crush Lars’s dream of pying in tours year. Yuel will also be screwed by this, but who cared about that idiot. Hmph.

  On top of that, Julia’s poor performance guaranteed she won’t get into the first-striher. In short, everybody gonna got screwed due to her erformance.

  This couldn't go on. It was no longer just about Julia, it was also about Lars and evehis match will decide whether they spend the year as petitive pyers or as mere benchwarmers. For the two game addicts, this was a matter of life ah. As for Julia...

  Well, it’s probably too te for me anyways. Julia hung her head. sidering her awful performance up to this point, nobody would ever pick her for the first string. And, holy? She didn’t think she deserved it either.

  But, Lars deserved to be on the first string. Heck, even Yuel deserved it. Well, probably. Kinda.

  Unlike Julia, these two were brilliant pyers. She knew first-hand how amazing they were because she spent every day pying with them. Thanks to them, Julia improved tremendously and even ranked all the way to Diamond I. So, the least she could do for the boys was to n them down.

  Lars will hate me for sure if he sees how I py aggressively, Julia smiled wryly. But, if pying aggressively will help Lars get into the first string, then I’ll freaking do it!

  Julia put her miute and exhaled deeply. It was now or never. She'll go on the offensive and wreck all these idiots!

  “Where are you going?” Yuel asked.

  “Top Lane,” Julia answered matter-of-factly as if it was the most natural thing to dht now.

  “What for?” Yuel asked. “By the time you get there, they’ll start retreating. You won’t be able to defend Top much.”

  “Defend? Who said anything about defending?” Julia cracked her neck. “I’m doh defending. I’m going to murder these bastards!” A grin curved on her lips. Her eyes glinted like a polished bde.

  I know this look. Yuel couldn’t believe it but, apparently, it was happening for real. If she’s serious about this, she may actually pull it off.

  “Dan,” Yuel said. “Rotate toward Top. Check for opportuo piebody off.”

  “Roger.”

  Was it really going to happen? Will Julia go for her alternative pystyle even though Lars was here? It was hard to tell with this moody girl. But, if she really pulls through and activates her aggressive style, this match will take a huge ued turn...

  Okay, here we are. Julia took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. She got to Top Lane pretty fast after buffing her movement with Jet Stream. These bastards won’t see this one ing! She gonna kill them so hard they’ll feel the pain in real life! She gonroy them!

  Okay, first this dumbass over here. Julia noticed that Gregory retreated a little and began recalling. “Running away to your mama? Not under my watch! Die, dumbass!”

  Julia activated Squall, which fired a gust of wind. The hit damaged Gregory, interrupted his recall and slowed him down.

  “You’re soooooo dead!” Julia grinned as she darted to finish off her rey.

  “Wha!?” Gregory excimed. “Shit! Where did that bite from!? Hey Gil! Help me out here-”

  You have been killed!

  “Fuck!” Gregory smacked the table. “Thanks for the help, man.”

  Why is Julia here? Gilbert was too fused by this development to even e up with ter-py.

  Julia was supposed to be defending Mid Lahat’s how she ying the entire day. How in the world was she in Top Lane right now? Not to mention, she apparently snuck up to them on her out herself in a dangerous 1v2 situation that could’ve easily gone wrong. That was an absurdly offensive py.

  I don’t even... Gilbert blinked repeatedly in hope his eyes were pying tricks on him. But no, Julia was definitely here. And, she just scored a swift kill ory.

  “Haha! Yes! Die!” Julia cackled. She made sure to mute herself before her mouth started running off on its own, but that didn’t ge the fact her teammates were sitting right beside her. So, they could probably hear some of it. Especially, Lars could probably hear her too. He was most likely giving her funny loht about now.

  But, Julia didn’t send as much as a single gn Lars’s dire. If she sees Lars’s rea, her fighting spirit will die out on the spot. So, she couldn’t possibly check her teammates’ reas right now. She had to step on the gas and wreck Gilbert before she starts feeling awkward about all of this.

  Out of everybody on the eeam, Gilbert deserved the most painful death possible. That pompous bastard has been feeling himself too much this game. It was time to show him that Julia wasn’t some yer he could mess around with!

  “!” Julia roared. “I’mma kick your ass to another pne of existence! You’re sooooo dead!”

  She’s going for it? Gilbert frowned. A 1v1 against an aggressive oppo wasly something he wanted right now with his 20% HP. But alright, he was game.

  This was a great opportunity to decide ond for all which of them was the superior Mid Laner. Gilbert was in a bad shape, but so was Julia. She was down to 30% HP and she has already spent Squall ory, so her options were limited.

  Julia still had her ult, but it ractically impossible for her to nd it on Gilbert during a 1v1. He’d burst her down if she dares to go ahead and el it. Therefore, Julia will have to resort to basic attacks while Gilbert had some options.

  Unfortunately, his Fme Wave was currently on cooldown for a few seds, so he’ll also have to rely on basics attacks at first. However, he also had Bze of Inferno which Roi interrupted st time. The casting of the ult didn't gh because of Roi’s taunt, so Bze of Inferno wasn’t on cooldown.

  So, if Julia gets close, all Gilbert had to do was bombard her with Bze of Inferno. Thus, despite the slightly lower HP, Gilbert actually held the advantages here. Julia couldn’t do anything of note in this 1v1. Gilbert had this one in the bag.

  Take this! And that! Die! Julia barraged Gilbert with wind bsts. That bastard was soooo dead! Ha! You think you gonna hit me with that shit? That’s cute!

  “Wha?!” Gilbert fired back at Julia, but his fireballs missed. Oher hand, all of Julia’s wind bsts perfectly nded. What kind of wizardry was this?

  She’s good. Uedly good. Gilbert gulped. He didn’t expect things to go this way. Julia should’ve been a defensive pyer who hated putting herself in battle, yet she packed quite the pun an actual fight. Was she hiding this skill all this time? Was it for the surprise element or something?

  Either way, Gilbert won’t lose here. This was his opportunity to kill Julia and prove he was the only Mid Lahe first-string needed. No matter how good Julia was at dodging shots, she was still a greenhorn with fewer years of experience. Gilbert has been pying Cssmancers for over four years now, so there was no way he’ll be beaten by this rookie!

  “Die!” Julia fired another wind bst as she advaoward her foe. She had this! Gilbert was already down to 10%. Goddamit, the damage of my basics sucks when I build a defensive build. I hit him so many times but he’s stick kig. Die already!

  You’ve made a grave mistake. Gilbert dreath of fmes on the ground. Julia foolishly stepped within the range of his Bze of Inferno. He marked the entire area around her with red lines, so she had no way to escape the bze. This fight was over.

  “Ha! You think that’s enough!?” Julia blinked forward. She escaped the danger zone in an instant!

  A cloaked Blink!? Gilbert flinched as Julia teleported behind him. His Bze of Infer dowoilet!

  But, now you’re even clilbert turned around. His Fme Wave came out of cooldown with perfect timing, so this was the perfect opportunity to unleash it! It’ll erase most of Julia’s- huh!? She was gone! Where did she go after blinking!?

  “Hahaha! How about this, sucker!” Julia rolled underh the Fme Wave just as Gilbert unleashed it! This is so cool! I’ve always wao do it ever since Lars pulled it off in the scrimmage! It feels SO good!

  T-This is… A shiver ran through Gilbert’s arms. For a moment, an uling image crossed his mind. It was a mixture of meical skill which rivaled Lars’s and sharp deaking which resembled Yuel’s. Both skills were right here, packed into one!

  I’ve uimated her. Gilbert gulped. It was unclear why Julia didn't py like this from the beginning, but right now she was DANGEROUS. Arms rang in Gilbert’s head: RETREAT. RETREAT. RETREAT.

  No idea who I’m fighting right now, but this “Julia” right here is a beast. Gilbert cluded that he was going to die at this rate. RETREAT. RETREAT. RETREAT. He booted Burning Spirit and dashed out of there as quickly as his legs could carry him.

  ”Heh! Coward!” Julia could already feel it with every cell in her body. This rush! This tension! This was gonna be a beautiful kill! ”Goodnight, dumbass!”

  Julia charged her ult, Hurrie, a it flying in Gilbert’s dire. It took the hurrie some time to pick up the pace, but o got going - it was hel fast! It chased Gilbert and sucked him in.

  Drat, I ’t get out! The hurrie dragged Gilbert back toward Julia!

  “Die, sucker!” Julia fihe job with a couple more basic attacks.

  You have killed an enemy!

  DOUBLE KILL

  “Yes! Get fucked!” Julia pumped a fist. She did it! She freaking did it! Two kills! These idiots will think twiext time before messing with her! She… Oh, shit.

  “........….” Lars was staring right at her. His eyes were wide-open. He was shocked as hell.

  Oh god, I khis was a bad idea… Julia gulped. She has just exposed her ugly side in front of the boy she loved. That’s it, her life was over.

  “Duuuude,” Lars finally spoke. “That was sick!”

  “Eh…?”

  “You totally rekt these guys! I never knew you py like this! You wrecked them HARD!”

  “I-I, um, yes, I…” Julia trembled. hat was happening? Lars didn’t seem shocked or disgusted at all. In fact, he was plimenting her. How in the world was this even…

  “It’s not over yet,” Yuel warned. “Get out of there as soon as you-“

  “Here es Taison!”

  “Ah! Crap!” Julia jumped. Her eotally cooled down after sg these kills, so she wasn’t ready for extra a right now! This was bad. She had to get away! After sg two kills and being praised by Lars, dying right away will be the most embarrassing thing ever!

  “ing through!” Dan leaped into the a from the jungle and summoned a pack of lions around himself and Taison.

  “Yo,” Taison excimed. “You wanna die instead, bro? I’mma take ya on!”

  “No,” Howard retorted. “Use your ult areat.”

  “But I-”

  “No buts. This is a 1v2 and you're Inside Lion’s the ult. You 't win here.”

  “But July is so low on HP, she doesn't even t-”

  “No, she ts a lot. Didn't you hear she just got a double kill? If you stay, she'll fight you together with Dan.”

  “I'mma just kill her before she-”

  “Retreat. Now.” Howard shot a sharp gre.

  “O-Okay, okay, I'm getting out. To the Vampmobile!” Taison transformed into a bat and flew over the lions. I'mma get you scrubs ime, word.

  “PHEEEEEW!” Julia literally exhaled all the air from her lungs. “Thanks, you totally saved my ass- Ahem. I mean, you totally rescued me.”

  “Sure thing,” Dan gave a thumbs up. Man, I barely got here in time. Yuel must've read this situation from a mile away wheold me to rotate here.

  “Good job on that double kill,” Yuel could finally say it ohe situation calmed down.

  “Suuuure,” Julia rolled her eyes. “ime, gratute me five years after I make the py,” She had a sassy tone, but her expression soon turned into a beaming smile. “But, thanks for that rescue. It was your doing, right?”

  “Hmph, who knows.” Yuel shrugged aurhe game.

  Heh, bastard. Julia chuckled. But, thanks. Really. That st-moment rescue made Julia's entire py turn out perfect. She scored a double kill and got away scot-free. It was awesome!

  T-This is really happening, isn't it? Julia rubbed her salms against her jeans and put a hand on her chest. Bam. Babam. Her heart was still rag. This situation was unbelievable. She felt like she wandered into Wondernd.

  Not only did she finally bring out her aggressive side during a real match, but it was also surprisingly well-received too! Lars didn't seem disgusted with her at all. In fact, he even liked it? Maybe he actually liked girls who acted like this!?

  No, no, no. It was way too early to assume anything wild like that. For now, she was tent with just ering Lars's bcklist for her running her mouth like that.

  “So,” Yuel said. “I take it you have no problem pying aggressively for the rest of the game?”

  “Heh! Haha! I'll murder them all!”

  “Good,” Yuel nodded. No idea what happeo her, but she finally brought out her other half. This is a huge game-ger.

  With this lineup, their ces were better than ever. As the match was heading into the mid-game, the team gained huge momentum thanks to Julia’s double kill.

  If they push all the way with this momentum, they might very well wiire match during the mid-game. Alternatively, if they fail to it up by then, the game will be dragged into the te-game. That’s where Lars will domih his Seraph.

  Either way, Yuel’s team had the upper hand. They were about to settle this!