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  Vi was the first to fall during the Orc rampage. He did his best to keep Kai alive and she indeed successfully escaped death. However, in the process, the Orc cimed Vi’s life aroyed the Bot Turret. The team lost trol over every was a disaster.

  From this mess, the game immediately transitioned into the team-fighting phase. However, with no Turrets to fall back to, Yuel’s team was forced to defend deep withierritory. Everybody fell back to the Golems and formed the st line of defense.

  It was such a desperate situatiohough it all started from something so small. Just because Nia refused to gank the Orc during the early-game, the guy was allowed to snowball this hard and demolish all three Turrets.

  And, what was the culprit iion doing the eime while the team was being pushed baothing. Nia kept farming jungle camps as if the defense didn’t require her help.

  “Nia, the team is defending right now in case you haven't noticed,” Yuel said.

  “Mhm, I see,” Nia nodded. “Good luck.”

  “When I say ‘team’, that includes you too.”

  “But, I ’t defend.”

  “e again?”

  “Ninja ’t defend much,” Nia cimed. “I only got the e to get in some damage but that’s about it. It won’t help much.”

  “Yes, you’re right. Assassins are notoriously weak for those sorts of situations but your presence here will still have meaning. You’ll help to clear minions faster and the enemy will have to be wary of potential burst damage if they get too close.”

  “I prefer to farm.”

  “I, too, prefer to do something other than sitting under Golem all day. But, we don’t have that luxury right now. In the first pce, whose fault do you think this situation is?”

  “Hmm, I dunno,” Nia shrugged.

  “Really now,” Yuel narrowed his eyes.

  “Is your bickering going to help us win?” Kai asked in a cold tone.

  “No, I suppose not,” Yuel sighed and gave up the topic. He’ll have plenty of time to bme Nia ter. Right now, he had to find a way to turn this situation on its head. For that, they had to deflect the enemy’s fierce push. Ara pair of hands will make a big difference.

  “Nia, we need you to e back to defend,” Yuel said.

  “But, it won’t help much.”

  “It surely won’t, not with that attitude,” Yuel was this close to blurting some things but he took a deep breath to calm himself. “Since when you don’t like defending? You pyed solid defense in 1v1.”

  “Duel is different. There, I just wait and then go for the kill. But, that’s not gonna happen when a group is pushing. Even Tipmancer reends searg fanks instead of helping defend.”

  “Tipmancer?” Yuel raised an eyebrow.

  “Ah, um,” Nia fell silent.

  “What was that about Tipmancer?”

  “Shoot...” Nia twisted her lips.

  “I see now,” Yuel nodded. Finally, a lot of things made sense all at once. “So, that’s what you’ve been doing on your phohis whole time,”

  “Are you a stalker?” Nia gave him a suspicious look.

  "I just notice things. Listen, Tipmancer is a great tool for people who are starting out. There's a lot of wisdom stored in there but you have to be able to think for yourself as well. Don’t take Tipmancer for a bible. It only gives general guidelines, nothing more."

  "It's written by people who know better than me."

  "Yes, most likely. But, said people aren't here right now. They don't know what's going on in this specific match so they 't adjust their advice accly. I assume it was Tipmahat told you to be careful about ganking Orc?"

  "Yeah.”

  "That's a great example of what I'm talking about. There’s nothing wrong with warning pyers about the dangers ganking Orc. But, you have to think beyond that. Yes, it's dangerous but also necessary. Otherwise, things end up like this."

  "I, I didn’t...” Nia mumbled and curled into a ball. She hasn't pyed the MOBA mode mu the past year so she didn’t know any of these things. Yuel was just bullying her. It wasn't her fault.

  "It's fihat you didn't know the finer details. After all, you've been fog on Duel. But, that's precisely why you should've listeo me and gaop."

  "But, it was scary. Orc is dangerous."

  "Even so, you had to take the risk. Or, you still think it was better to avoid frontation? Look where it led us. We’re in this tight spot because you refused to gank the Orc. This euation is pretty much your fault."

  "My fault?" Nia's lips quivered. What was this? Why? She thought the people here were nice. Uhe bullies online who bmed her for everything, the people of this club actually praised her for things. She thought they might even bee friends.

  But, yet again, everybody pced the bme on her. It wasn't her fault they all lost their nes. It totally wasn’t. She couldn't do the impossible and kill that Orc, she was no miracle maker. He was a scary dangerous guy. Nia couldn't get a kill on that bully.

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  The messages surfaced in her head again. These hateful messages were the reason she didn't like MOBA mode. In this mode, everybody bmed everybody. And, everybody bmed Nia. Everybody was a bully.

  Even now, in real life, the same thing was happening.

  “Zero ganks. GG. We lost because of the Jungler.” That's how Yuel's criticism sounded. Somehow, all the fault id with Nia even though that didn't make any sense.

  Nia’s KDA was 1/ht now. She hasn’t died even ond she teically scored two kills, even if one was stolen by Kai.

  So, Nia was doing great! She wasn't feeding and she even got some kills! So, how could anybody possibly bme her for the team’s situation? It didn't make any sense. As long as she was doing fine, none of the team’s problems could possibly be her fault.

  He must be salty because he’s doing bad. That’s why he’s taking it out on me. Nia cluded.

  "It is your fault," Yuel insisted. "You had the means to stop the Or snowballing to this point and I asked you to do so numerous times. But, you’ve been ign me.”

  "That's not..." Nia fell silent and tinued farming jungle camps. That boy was just a bully. There was o iate with bullies. She’ll simply press a real-life “mute button” on him.

  Maybe all of this is a mistake. Nia thought. Maybe she shouldn’t have applied to this club, after all. Everybody here preteo be they just bullied her. Sob.

  "Hey, dude. Don't take it too hard," Lars smiled toward Nia. "Yuel always sounds harsh like that. He sometimes talks like you're the worst pyer in the world but he's saying all of that to help ya improve."

  "Is that so," Nia wasn't vinced in the slightest. Yuel was a bully, no two ways about it.

  But, maybe he wasn’t an iional bully. Maybe he wasn't saying all that stuff just to make Nia feel bad; he actually believed everything he was saying.

  Wait, isn't that worse? Nia shuddered. It meant Yuel truly believed everything was Nia’s fault. Even worse, Yuel kinda seemed like the type of guy who knew what he was talking about. So, maybe some of his criticism was actually valid. But, wait, in that case...

  Nonono. Nia shook her head. That was impossible. Yuel was a bully. End of the story. Because, if not...

  "Are you done pining?" Kai asked Yuel. "Scolding her for early-game mistakes isn't going to help our situation. Do that after the game. It's just distrag."

  "My bad," Yuel realized aook trol over his mouth at some point. There was nothing more infuriating than an uncooperative teammate.

  Yes, Nia was g in knowledge regarding the MOBA mode and that was fine. However, the way she refused to listen to Yuel’s advice just because of some half-truths written in Tipmancer was just grrrrrrrr!

  It’s like she thinks my game knowledge is a joke pared to that app. Yuel stomped. Yes, of course. Only Tipmancer kly what Nia should be doing. pared to that the boundless wisdom of that basic app, Yuel’s advice was rubbish and should be ignored.

  But, Kai was right. Getting mad about it didn't improve their situation in the slightest. What happened, happened. Yuel had to think of active solutions for the current stage of the game. This was an exam for learning more about Nia but it was also a serious match. They all wao win here.

  The enemy formation had a couple of openings. By now, Yuel figured out many of the enemy's patterns. They've been stantly switg their pressure from oo another in order to make the defenders run all over the pce like headless chis. It was an effective tactic but it followed a rather obvious flowchart.

  Unfortunately, there weren't any good opportuo punish this predictable routine. Yuel could try sending Lars to a strategic location ahe beast wreak some havoc over there but it was risky. There was a ce the enemy will catch the goof with a pincer and then the game will be over for sure.

  This team needed both Lars and Kai to be alive in order to deflect all the ining pushes with their DPS. Without one of them, the enemy will easily pee the team’s defenses by fog on two the same time.

  ia do something about this? A part of him wao make Nia take responsibility for the mess she created. But, it wasn’t just that.

  As an assassin, Nia was the best didate for delivering a surprise atta the enemy and shift the tides of war. Also, she refused to defend so it'd be great if Yuel could find some actual use for her in this situation.

  But, nothing came to mind. Or, rather, he had no idea how much he could trust Nia to pull off the various pys he had in mind. Their iions were already rather charged, so the worst he could dht now was to send Nia to her death by giving her a mission that was beyond her skill level.

  Nia already thought of him as a "bully", so he didn't want to make his reputation any worse. Besides, it was unlikely Nia had the necessary skill to turn this around anyway.

  "Chessmaster, if I may," Vi interrupted Yuel's thoughts. "I got the ultimate suggestion. It might help you open your eyes and reach out to the truth!"

  "Oh really," Yuel rolled his eyes.

  "You should make use of the Vanishing Phantom!"

  "Bye."

  "No, wait! I'm serious."

  "I'm sure you are serious." A serious .

  "You saw how BckFlanks went, right? Didn't you find them peculiar?"

  "In a sense," Yuel refused to let himself get dragged into Vi's nonsense. heless, he had to admit the had a point. The two ganks Nia delivered earlier were quite odd.

  First, she caught the Aeromancer off-guard. It was as if the very idea of being ganked didn't even cross the guy’s mind. On top of that, it was impressive how none of the enemy wards caught Nia’s rotation toward Mid.

  Simirly, the gank on Bot didn't make much seher. The enemy Pirate was left in. 1v1 situation against Kai, yet he overextended without a care in the world. It was so uncharacteristipared to the solid pystyle he has been exhibiting until that point. Yet again, it seemed as if the possibility of being ganked by Nia didn't even cross the guy’s mind.

  "Tell me holy, could you make any of these gank calls?" Vi asked. "Did you see an opportunity food gank in any of these situations?"

  "Not quite," Yuel admitted. These two ganks were an enigma. The only way to expin them was that the enemy slipped hard owo occasions. They didn’t make any seherwise.

  "These were no ces," Vi procimed. "It was the Vanishing Phantom! The enemy fot about Nia’s existend let her sneak up to them!"

  "Perhaps." Naturally, Yuel didn't accept a silly expnation like "Vanishing Phantom". heless, the enemy definitely lowered their guard against Nia’s ganks. Twice.

  But, maybe it wasn't so surprising. After all, Nia has been lying low that entire game. For a long time, she only focused on clearing camps and didn't gank a single ne, despite Yuel's pleading. As a result, the enemy didn't see much of Nia's presend might have assumed she wasn't the type to take the initiative.

  But, then she suddenly appeared, as if out of the void, and scored a kill. And, then another kill. Holy, it was impressive how she cut through the enemy's solid defense as if it was butter.

  "So, you should make use of it!" Vi insisted. "Make use of the Vanishing Phantom! The enemy must have pletely fotten about her existence by now. Am I nht, BckFlower?"

  "Eh? Ah," Nia was taken aback for a moment. Was it a here to call each other by in-game niames? It was kinda weird but also kinda cool. It's like they were a part of a secret anization.

  "What say you, Bck?" Vi asked again. "You think the enemy fot about you by now?"

  "Um, maybe," Nia said. She wasn't a mind reader so she didn't know for sure whether the eeam has pletely fotten about her. Still, judging by their movements and ck of aggression toward her, it was safe to say she wasn't high on their list of priorities.

  "Alrighty, the's ge the question then: you think you sneak up to any of them unnoticed?"

  "Probably."

  "There you have it," Viuro Yuel. "The Vanishing Phantom is ready to be unleashed!"

  Yes, Nia's vague answers sure vinced me. Yuel rolled his eyes. heless, at this point, anything was worth a try. There was little ce of ing back from this position anyway.

  To mount a eback, the team needed a big and ued game-ger. Besides, Nia was pletely ing the defense so this was a good way to put her to some use.

  "If you really think you sneak on them," Yuel said. "Why you haven't done so yet?"

  "It's scary," Nia pouted. "They always group up after moving. Zero openings. They’re like trained agents."

  "I see." That observation ot-on. The eeam didn't leave any noticeable holes in their defenses while pushing nes. Whehey shifted their focus from oo ahey always made sure nobody was left alone for too long. So, if Nia was waiting for an easy isoted target, that wasn't going to happen any time soon.

  The only time to strike was during the rotation itself. While the enemy was traversing through the jungle alohey were vulnerable to a gank. However, suents were brief and it was necessary to predict the enemy's movements ahead of time to catch them.

  Apparently, Nia cked the ability to make such predis at the moment. That was uandable since doing so required a fair amount of experience. In fact, from all the pyers in this club, most won’t be able to make the right call at the right time.

  However, Yuel could. He could tell the enemy's offense was strong but calcuted, hence predictable. By now, he studied the entire flowchart of their movements.

  Every time the enemy attackers had to face three defenders on a hey rotated somebody to another hat kept the defenders busy and slowly, but surely, cracked the defense down.

  The enemy used two types of rotations. They either rotated oacker to a hat already had attackers it it, or they rotated two or more attackers to ay seemed their golden rule was to always ehere were at least two attackers on a hey never left a teammate behind to push a ne alone.

  It was a rather timid style of offense for a team that picked a rushdown css like Orc. It didn’t feel like they were rushing too hard to close the game early. They took their time to enjoy the advantage of the Orc's strength and used it to gradually crack down the defense of Yuel's team.

  It was a smart way to utilize their high ground. They khey didn't o recklessly rush to victory. They just had to make sure the game won't reach te-game. These pyers were no amateurs, as proven by their golden names.

  heless, not pushing for a quick win was a mistake in this situation. Without Nia to help with the defense efforts, this situation was as good as a 4v5 for Yuel's team. The enemy should've taken advantage of their o break through.

  Maybe they haven't realized Nia isn't here to defend? A funny thought crossed Yuel's mind. Normally, something like that was unthinkable. The eeam has proven its petence so they couldn't possibly miss something so simple.

  “Vanishing Phantom”. Yeah, right. Yuel cracked a dry ugh. Was he really going to accept that kind of nonsense?

  As uific as it was, it was undeniable that Nia has successfully snuck up to many pyers today. She definitely had something going for her. Perhaps it was a skill Yuel couldn't quite prehend because he didn’t possess it himself, the same way others couldn't uand the way Yuel always spotted weaknesses right away.

  It's worth a shot. Yuel cluded. If Nia was truly the "Vanishing Phantom", she should be able to pull off a gank on a stray target. If not, it'll simply prove she wasn't as amazing as Vi cimed. It’ll show that her "Vanishing Phantom" wasn't as effective against petent pyers with good map awareness.

  Yuel just had te the right sario for testing it on and he already had an idea in mind. If it works, it might shift the entire momentum of this match.