Kai returo the ne, only to be greeted by a group of minions hag away at her Turret. While she was gohe Sorcerer eliminated her wave and his minions pushed forth.

  For some reason, Freezer himself didn't advah his minions to push harder. He remained in the bad watched how his soldiers bravely fought and died for his cause. He didn't lift a fio help them.

  Do you think you take it easy against me? Kai ched her troller. This damn Sorcerer sure had some nerve. Just because he had a matchup advantage he was ag cocky. I'll make yret not taking advantage of this opportunity. You should've pushed while you had the ce.

  " you enlighten me why you didn’t push?" Aron asked. "You had a great opportunity."

  "Yeah, a great opportunity to push," Alex nodded. "Also, a great opportunity to get ganked."

  "Yuel is defending Bht now, so o worry about that."

  "He's not the only one who could’ve ganked me. There's the ss over there who just returned."

  "You were cautious about a gank from a Lumimancer?" Aron frowned.

  "Call it a hunch," Alex smiled thinly. "Don't expect her to go down without a fight. She strikes me as the type who wants to bare her fangs. That's exactly how she got in trouble st time."

  "I see yle. Then again, is a Lumimancer gank really something to worry about? She doesn't have any hard CC."

  "And, I don't have any escape tools," Alex shrugged. "Sure, I bought Blink, but I'm not supposed to put myself in situations that force me to spend it."

  "Of course," Aron nodded. "You got a point, you have to be extra careful as a Sorcerer. I feel like I haven't pyed the css in ages. I only ever think of Sorcerer as an easy gank target."

  "Yeah, exactly. I got a huge attack ra I’m screwed if anybody gets close. Life sure be a pain."

  "Fair enough," Aron nodded. "Then, what's the pn? Yoing to take the tower done via chip damage?"

  "Maybe. Or, maybe somebody will finally get a kill oo open up the ne."

  "I like how you say 'somebody'. Last time I checked, you're in the best position to get that kill. You know that her Fsh ters my ult, so I 't pull anything big."

  "I don’t see myself getting a kill on her either," Alex shrugged. "At least, not until she makes a serious mistake. She's not an amateur."

  "Is that so. Then, you think you'll have t it out until mid-game?"

  "Most likely. Unless somebody figures how to kill her with a gank."

  "Sorry, but somebody is currently unavaible. He rather not deal with targets that have a low cooldown blink."

  "Then, we wait," Alex shrugged. "This girl is meically sound, but I wonder about her mental fortitude. That Blinding Light she pulled st time came out of the blue. It might be a sign she’s getting nervous."

  "You think she’ll overextend again?" Aron asked.

  "Maybe. Just a hunch. I feel like she's out for blood."

  "Then I'll keep an eye on your ne," Aron said. "Maybe she'll do something stupid again."

  Alright, here’s the wave. Kai spotted enemy minions jogging in the distahis was her cue. During this wave, she'll turables around!

  As usual, the Sorcerer created a Magia Orb in preparations for the ining minions. The orb damaged enemies who passed through it, so this was ara bit of damage that Kai’s frontline had to suffer every time. There wasn't anything could do about it, so she let her swordsmen run face-first into the orb a damage.

  As the two sides cshed, Kai activated Ray of Light as always. However, she didn't pce this one near her allies. Instead, she summohe light farther into eerritory. The ray of light covered the entire enemy force. This method briefly maximized her clearing speed.

  In the long run, this was less effit than basking her minions in the light too. However, for the first couple of seds, this method actually geed more ne advantage. She wasn’t pnning t out this csh, so those few seds were all she needed.

  She's up to something. Alex thought. He was about to make his Sorcerer snap his fingers and activate Dimensional Colpse, but he stopped himself at the st moment. o rush. Let's see where she’s going with this.

  No pull? Kai wohe way she pced Ray of Light made the enemy minions receive tinuous damage, so it should've tempted the Sorcerer to pull minions a and break this disadvantageous formation. But, instead, he let his minions suffer in the bzing sunlight. Why?

  Is he preserving MP? Kai wohe Sorcerer has been using his spells repeatedly and even unleashed his ult once, so it was taking a toll on him. He was down to 40% MP, so it wasn't unreasoo start preserving MP at this point.

  But, how he po hahe wave without his spells? Surely he wasn't going to e closer and clear minions with basic attacks?

  Yeah, thought so. Kai he Sorcerer didn't show any signs of budging from his spot. This easygoing fel had no iion of w hard for anything it seemed.

  Then, what was the big idea? Was he going to let Kai take trol of the ne? Just like that?

  Wait, maybe he decided to go easy on her because he had the upper hand this eime? Even worse, maybe he was disrespeg her and didn't see her as a threat because she was a girl?

  Damn, I'll show you! Kai activated Blinding Light and sprioward the enemy minions. Dazzling light enveloped her and she was about to unleash it oire enemy wave!

  Same desperate move again? Alex wondered. Sihe girl came to the frontli of her own volition, he could easily block her escape route again with Magia Orbs.

  Except, this time, he didn't have his ult to blow the orbs up. The ult needed 40 more seds in order e out of cooldown. So, did the Lumimancer girl decide to gain some ne trol while his ult was down?

  No, I don't think she's doing all of this just for some ne advantage. Alex shuddered. There's more to this py. I know it.

  His seingled like crazy. This girl wasn't putting on a small aggressive show to clear the ne faster. No, she was hungry for blood. She was an avenger, a wild beast. Pyers like her could go for the craziest of pys. Like, for example, charge straight at Alex and unleash literally her e on him.

  I better py this one safe. Instead of pg his Magia Orb close to himself, Alex summohe orb a short distance away, close the jungle wall. If anything happens, this orb will be his lifeline.

  "Listen," Alex started. "I think their Lumi might be trying to-" WHOOSH! The enemy vanished in a fsh of light! Damn, I k...!

  A momehe Lumimancer appeared right in front of his eyes! She was still cloaked in bright light, for she was about to unleash her Blinding Light! She was going all-in!

  Get off me! Alex targeted the Magia Orb he just pced and activated Dimension Colpse. That should drag away the blood-hungry beast.

  As, he was but a moment too te. The Lumimancer unleashed an explosion of light right in his face! The entire s went pitch white. All sounds ceased to exist. He couldn't even firm whether his Dimension Colpse properly pulled the enemy away.

  Either way, he had to make a run for it. It was impossible to fight ba this situation, not while his entire s ure white.

  Does this situation warrant a Blink? Alex wondered as he ran toward his Turret. At least, he hoped he was running toward his Tower. He couldn't see anything, not even the mini-map. He had to rely purely on his sense of dire. Fortunately, he has fought enough Lumimancers and Warlocks to not be shaken by something like a temporary ck of vision.

  So, he retty fident he was running in the right dire. He should be able to get away alive, no problem. Still, just to be on the safe side, it might be a good idea to blink away and create more distaween him and his pursuer, whose location he couldn’t dis.

  It's not like Lumi got anything scary off-hand, but I don't wa damage from her basiot to mention, their Viking might be ing after me. Alex decided to shoot for it. He aimed his Blink into the white unknown and ed forward.

  "Aron, I hope you see what's happening here," Alex said.

  "On my way," Aron informed.

  Meanwhile, Kai's onsught tinued.

  Damn it! She cursed internally. As soon as she blinked in to unleash her Blinding Light on the Sorcerer, a force pulled her away from her prey. Why the hell did he even p orb all the way over here? Bastard!

  heless, her Blinding Light + Fsh bo worked out. White particles of light surrounding the Sorcerer, indig he was currently blinded. Kai could still press this attack further!

  Once blinded, most oppos lost their sense of dire aher wobbled around or fired blind attacks all over the pce. But, not this guy. He calmly turned around and ran toward his Turret.

  So, that's the petitive level for you, huh. A slight shiver ran through her. Cheap tricks like that weren't enough throw off a true high-level pyer. Her oppos today weren't like the randoms she fought in Rahese high-schoolers meant business.

  And, Kai ying against these very oppos right now. After the club has been f her to sit on the bench for two years just because she was a girl, Kai finally set foot on the petitive level. And, she was about to prove, right here and now, that she wasn't some lowly oppoo mess around with!

  I’ll bring his HP down with basics, then ult him to death. Let’s go! Kai chased the Sorcerer and fired balls of light at him.

  Normally, she wouldn’t have been able to chase like that for long, siag while moving slowed her down. However, Blinding Light not only blihe target, it also slowed them down. Therefore, she was able to keep up with the fleeing Sorcerer even though she was shooting him.

  Sihe Sorcerer was blind to everything around him, he couldn’t tell that Kai was firing and nding hits on him. If he keeps nontly running away like this, she’ll definitely- WHISH! The Sorcerer vanished into thin air!

  "Damn" Kai cursed. That damn Sorcerer blinked away. Even blinded, he must have known that Kai was chasing and firing at him.

  Smartass. Try dodging this then! Kai unleashed the st on she had at her disposal - Sor Wrath, her ult. It -scale spell that struck every enemy in the game. The damage wasn't crazy but it had the extra be of revealing all enemies on the map for a while thanks to synergizing with the Lumimancer's passive. It was extremely useful for firming kills and exposing the positions of all enemies.

  In addition, after Sor Warth delivered its initial damage, it kept applying small DOT for a while as long as the targets stayed in the sunlight. They had to find a shadowy location and walk into it to kill the DOT effect earlier. Irospect, Kai probably should’ve fired Sor Warth before she even blinked in to maximize damage.

  Damn, I really haven’t pyed Lumi in a while, huh. Kai clicked her tongue. She didn’t have anybody but herself to bme for that one.

  After unleashing her e on the Sorcerer with varying degrees of success, she brought his HP all the way down to 70%. For a Lumimancer, a non-power css by design, this wasn't too shabby. If she nds a few more basi that slippery bastard, she'll drop him down to 50% and he'll have to sider recalling. Finally, she'll win the ne!

  "What are you doing?" Yuel asked in a stern tone.

  "Nothing much. Just ing up the mess you created when you made me pick this css."

  "You have to get out of there. Their Lionfolk is ing for you."

  "Ah, shoot!" Kai was so engrossed in the chase that she failed to pay any attention to the rest of the map. Her Sor Warth revealed that the Lionfolk was on his way to Top!

  Shit, he’s already this close! Kai gritted her teeth. She definitely overstayed her due. The lion was ing to make her pay the piper!

  DarkestCymore