“Damn it,” Kai cursed while healing up at the base. After the Sorcerer’s ult reduced her to 15% HP in one fell swoop, she had no choice but to return to base and surrehe irely. This sucked. This echup was ass.

  “How did you like pying on the frontline against a Sorcerer?” Yuel asked.

  Bitch, you mog me!? Kai ched a fist. “Oh, it was FUN. Some DEADLY fun.”

  “About what I expected,” Yuel nodded.

  “You khat’s how it gonna turn out, huh? That’s why you egged me on to try that. Fucker.”

  “I didn’t tell you to go for it. I just mention you had the option of using Blinding Light to speed up your farming. The decision was entirely yours alohough, I admit it did yield some insightful data.”

  “Oh, I’m so happy I could be yuinea pig! So, where’s the sary for my hard work?”

  “Look, you bme me all you want but you had to take this risk eventually,” Yuel expined. “Or, you’re saying you were fortable with the uation and didn’t want to ge anything about it?”

  “I sure as hell didn’t want to ge it from ‘losing ne trol’ to ‘freaking dead’.”

  “You simply tested one of your options and it failed. Now, you know you have to look elsewhere. It’s all part of figuring out how to beat your oppo. Nothing unusual.”

  “You know,” Kai shot him a gre. “I really hate how you make all of that sound like it’s not your problem. You’re the one who forced me into this stupid matchup!”

  “Again, please expin to me how amazing your Pyromancer would have been in that situation. Lumima least got a blink to escape. With Pyromancer, you’d be already dead.”

  “Tch,” Kai clicked her to didn’t say anything.

  "y dudes," Lars intervened. "Give it a rest. We're supposed to fight these guys, not each other."

  "Yeah, you're right," Kai nodded.

  "I wasn't fighting anybody," Yuel shrugged. "But yes, enough with this bickering. We got a match to win. Look, Kai. I'll keep thinking about a solution for your uation, so just hang in there."

  "Got it,” Kai sighed and gave it a rest, for now. With that, the quarrel died out.

  Okay, now I foy fight again. Lars o himself. His uation was far from ideal either, so he had his pte full with enough ive crap. Listening to his teammates’ pints on top of that made everything a thousand times more irritating.

  We're all having a bad time it seems. Dang it. Lars twisted his lips. He thought he was doing his job probably, he ying like a role model Elf. He stayed in the bad sniped minions from afar through Elven Sight. It wasly the most fun thing in the world but it was an effit way to win the ne.

  As, Trever tered this game pn in the boldest ossible. Instead of shooting minions from afar like any wful Carry would do, this pirate scum brandished a cutss and sshed the minions from up close

  Yeah, that's right. Dude legit took out a sword and fought the minions at cle, knowing that Lars could snipe him at any moment. Zero respect whatsoever.

  Dat daredevil. Lars grinned. Duels with Trever often turned crazy like this when Lars picked Elf, which was a big reason it wasn’t such a great css for 1v1.

  Sure, it was great to enter a first-person view and snipe people from across half the ne. But, Elf was too passive of a css. It had super long shots, but they were kinda wack. During the early-game, Elf’s attack speed was too slow to instill fear in the oppo. That's why Trever was doing whatever the heck he wahis part of pying Elf always felt awful.

  That's how you py against an Elf, kid. Trever grinned as he cut down one minion after another. Normally, it'd be sidered suicide to clear minions at melee rah an enemy Carry on the ne. However, against an Elf, it was best to go all in. It was impossible to test the Elf's range, but it wasn’t hard to beat its early-game clearing speed.

  The fastest way to farm with Pirate was by cutting minions down with the cutss, so that's how Trever went about it. He was disrespeg the heck outta his oppo by pg himself on the frontline like this, but it didn’t matter.

  Try it. Shoot me. I dare you. Trever grinned. Most Elf pyers wouldn’t dare. It’d cause too much chaos and Elf wasn’t good with chaotic sarios.

  Crap, he wins the exge every time like this. Lars grumped. With the increased attack speed and power of the cutss, Trever always cleared the ne faster than Lars. So, it was always Lars who had to retreat to his Turret and tinue farming from there.

  I feel like such a wuss. Lars made a face. It’s like he was scared of Trever and ran away for his life every time. The truth was, he didn't actually lose any ne advantage from this routine, for he always shot the minions down they reached his tower area. But, every retreat felt like a defeat, as if he lost a fight against Trever. Dang it!

  Is that all you ever gonna do? Trever scoffed. B. The Lars I know would've gone on the offensive a long time ago. Where's yo fire, kid?

  I so wanna shoot this dude! Lars's fiched. It'd be so easy to just switch his aim from the minions onto Treve. In fact, the only reason Lars hasn't nded a single shot on Trever this far was thanks to his careful aim. Like, that dude was right in the middle of the crowd, wreaking havoc left and right. It was so easy to hit him by act. Therefore, Lars carefully adjusted that ead every beam he fired to not even graze Trever.

  That was nice shooting practi its ht, but It stopped being fun whenever Lars thought on why he had to py like this: minions. The only thing stopping him from snipping the heck outta Trever was the danger of aggroing the enemy minions.

  Even though Lars was like a kilometer away from the minions while sniping them, these little dudes WILL find him and WILL chase him if he dares to y a finger on their boss. It was like mafia. Lars didn’t want to sleep with the fishes.

  So, the best way around this was to clear the minions first and then srever. But, that was impossible. Elf didn't have the necessary clearing speed for that during the early-game. Especially, not against a wild Pirate whht a sword to a gunfight. Dang it.

  That's all you got? Trever shook his head in disappoi. If that's how you gonna do it, I'mma take matters into my hands. Get ready to be wrecked. kid!

  As a new minion wave was arriving, Trever was ready to greet it with his cutss. As soon as the two forces cshed with each other, he jumped into the fray to do some killing. Or, at least that's what Lars should be thinking! Instead, Trever bolted toward the frontlio bodyblock the shot!

  "Wha-!?" Lars jumped. Just as he was about to fire his gun, a wild Trever appeared! Dude legit came iween Lars and his arget. Crap! Gotta ge targets!

  I split-sed, Lars re-adjusted his aim and sniped a different minion. Phew, bullet dodged. That was a close one.

  Did I guess wrong? Trever wondered. He retty damn sure he stepped right to where Lars was about to shoot. Yet, Lars's shot somehow traveled aside and hit a pletely different minion. Wait, it be? Did he run away from the challenge and ged his target at the st moment? If it’s this brat, it’s possible.

  It was as impressive as it was disappointing. Trever eveo the frontline and made himself su easy target, yet Lars sidestepped the challehe brat ran away from the fight.

  The Lars I knew would've he shot for sure. Even if he didn’t want to fight, he would have jumped the gun. But, here he was cautious. Super cautious, ready for anything. Well, if that's how it gonna be, I'll just force you to e at me! Let's see how long you keep this shit up.

  Is this dude for real? Lars's grin twitched. This time, Trever wasn’t just paying a visit to the frontline. Nah, dude was legit jogging toward Lars like there was nothing to fear. Ya gotta be kidding me!

  This was insane. Did Trever really think Lars won’t shot? Dude ushing it.

  I totally wreck ya. Lars fired toward Trever. But, the shot passed by Trever's head and hit an enemy minion behind him. Warning shot, yo.

  Did he just miss? From this rarever wondered. No, not this brat. He avoided me on purpose. Again. Well, if you think you keep pying like this, I got some bad news for ya!

  Orever got close enough, he turned his back to Lars and unleashed Backfire on. He gonna fire straight at that weakling and smae seo him!

  BAM. The impact sent Trever flying backward, right toward Lars!

  "Crap-!" Lars didn't see it ing. Such aggression! Trever was totally wilding here! I'd shoot you super damn hard, but I know I ain’t gonna win like this.

  As much as Lars wao stay and give Trever a good fight, he khe odds were stacked against him at cle. As the Carry, Lars absolutely couldn't die here. Not only that'd hand the o Trever on a silver ptter, but it'd also destroy the team’s ces of winning.

  The team needed a Carry in order to push forth for the win. Without ohey'll not be able to seal the deal. If only Lars didn't die during the seleatch, they could've won and stood at the top of StormBlitz.

  But they ended up here, at the very bottom of the food . And, Lars got a ce to carry the team again. This time, he'll do it right and won't let the oppoaunt him. If the safest way to hahis situation was via retreating, that's what he outta do. His life didn't belong just to him here.

  I'll just get you ter. Look forward to it, yo! Lars replied to Trever's aggressive Backfire with an evasive Dodge Roll. He turned around and rolled toward his tower area.

  WHISH! A bde cut through air. Trever delivered an immediate ssh upon arriving at his destination. but his bde didn't slice through anything.

  Qui your feet, as always. Trever sneered. But, you just gonna run away? Seriously? Alright then, I'mma make your life hell then!

  "RELEASE THE-"

  "Gah!?" Lars heard the loud ult cue behind him. The big squid dude was ing! It was bad!

  Dang it, what do I do!? He hasn’t even reached his tower area yet. If he the squid dude catches him all the way out here, it'll be all over! He absolutely had to dodge that thing! He couldn't let himself get killed right now!

  Gotta burn all my escape tools, yooooo! Lars turned around and booted Elven Leap. His Elf performed a backflip, flying high through the air. Okay, pretty sure I reacted fast enough. That squid ain't gonoug mah spaghet. Or, he ain't even gonna show up...

  The giant Kraken should have erupted from the ground to smack Lars, but there was no sign of anything happening. It was a feint!

  "Gah!" Lars jumped on his chair so hard he almost fell off. Of course Trever would use a feint the first ce he gets! Why did I leap right away!? Nuuuuuuuuu!

  "Pft, me," Trever celed his ult and rolled after the backflipping Lars. What are you doing falling for an easy feint like this? You're supposed to be better than that.

  As soon as Trever recovered from the roll, he unleashed the Kraken. The giant squid emerged on the se and smmed down its tentacles.

  "Crap!" Lars did his best to run but it was to no avail. His Dodge Roll was still on cooldown so there was no escape from the big squid dude!!! He was so dead...

  DarkestCymore