Kai had no ce of defeating TheLegend while the rain down oherefore, she focused oreating. As, the enemy had no iion of letting her slip away unharmed.

  BAM. A bullet flew at her. She could’ve tried to sidestep it, but she didn’t bother. Her current Movement Speed couldn’t keep up with her iions. Instead, she ter-attacked on the spot!

  Even if my shots are slow, you 't dodge them while you're rec! Kai hurled a spear through the rain. It impaled the rec oppohrough the chest.

  "Wha-!?" Bruce groaned. He didn't eve a ce to react. "Damn, bitch! You wanna go!? Let’s go!" He fired again.

  Damn, this is rough. Kai still hasn't left the rainy area. Her Impaler was running as fast as a snail in a wheelchair. She had no choice but to eat another shot. At the very least, she'll deliver a timely terattack!

  It took time, but her hearing learo filter the monotone sound of the rain. It was one of those cool things about hearing. Apparently, the brain knew how to filter background noise or something like that.

  Thanks to that handy feature, Kai’s senses returo being sharp again. By reading the rhythm of the enemy’s attacks and listening to the sound of his gunshots, Kai kly when the shot was ing.

  Normally, she relied on this timing to execute a st-moment sidestep. However, that trick was useless for a slowed-down turtle who could barely move, so she used this timing for something else. Namely, to fire a ter-attack!

  Actually, it was debatable whether it even ted as a "ter". Kai threw her spear at the same time as her oppo fired, maybe even a little earlier. In that sense, she wasn't tering an attack that has already happened. Instead, she was “tering” an attack that will happen. She was outpying the future!

  "Again!?" Bruce ranted. "Fuck! You're SO dead! DEAD, I’m tellin’ ya!" BAM. He fired again.

  Kai the snail still hasn't made it out of the rainy area, so she had to fire her future-tering spear again. It hit home without a problem.

  If they had this bad-foing from the start, Kai could’ve out-damaged TheLegend. Impaler’s basics were strohan Pirate’s and they reduced the defeherefore, Kai would’ve won if they kept trading hit-for-hit.

  As, Kai messed up earlier. She didablish this easy routine right away and allowed the eo deliver the first strike. It gave the Pirate just enough early life lead to maintain the high ground. With the rain slowing down Kai’s attacks, she probably won’t kill the Pirate first if they keep going blow-for-blow.

  The enemy nded five shots on her, leavi 50% HP. Meanwhile, she only hree, bringing the Pirate down to 65% HP. With each terattack, Kai closed the HP gap a little bit, but it probably won’t be enough.

  There was no time to do the hard math, but there was a teammate who could provide her with an answer on the spot.

  "You'll die first," Yuel answered matter-of-factly. "He needs five hits at most, but you least six."

  O short, huh. Kai clicked her tongue. If she didn't let the Pirate hit her twice earlier, she could've won this fight via ters. But, no point g over spilled milk. Once she gets out of the rain, everything will be fine-

  WAAASH. Water erupted from the ground and knocked Kai high into the air! It was the sed time already! It was that damn Overflow version of Aquamncer’s Geyser Eruption, which allowed him to summon three geysers in a row.

  The geyser not only knocked her upwards but also a little backward. She was ba the rain again.

  You piece of shit...! Kai wao hurl something at that Aquamncer. She finally made it out, but that bastard had t her ba. Goddammit!

  To make things worse, as she was about to nd, another bullet flew at her! Normally, she'd Dodge Roll that, but she couldn't spend her Dodge Roll before the enemy pyed his Kraken. Therefore, she had to eat this damage.

  Even worse, she couldn’t properly terattack from this awkward nding position. The battle was already cutting it dangerously close, but the enemy has just gained a further advantage. Fuuuuuuuu!

  Yuel said the enemy most five hits to kill, so that number has just gone down. Four more hits. Only four more and Kai will fold to that Pirate scum. No way. Absolutely no way. She couldn't fall here..!

  "This is beyond terrible. It’s a disaster!" Vi cried. "I shall summon the mighty Ents!"

  "You might as well," Kai nodded. "They forced me into a tight spot. Holy, I... don't see myself winning this one." She forced these difficult words through her throat. "I mean, it's not a fair fight in the first pce. It's not like I'd lose otherwise."

  "But of course,” Vi nodded with uanding. “Alright, I'll just get a little closer and-"

  "Wait," Yuel intervened. "o waste the Ents on this. Kai, keep tering like you've been doing. Help is going to sneak into your ne any moment now."

  Yuel pihe mini-map to make sure they uood. The pyer heading their way was so elusive, that even her own allies failed to notice her at times.

  "Got it," Kai gulped. She'd be lying if she said she wasn't nervous about entrusting her life to a freshman. But, it was better to take this risk than to waste Vi’s Ents on this fight. There was no guarahe Ents will even be enough to make the enemy retreat, so either solution harbored risk.

  Yuel's judgment was reliable, Kai learhat over the past few months. So, if Yuel believed Nia could pull it off without a hitch, then Kai will believe that too.

  While still imprisoned ihe heavy rain, Kai tiruggling. BULLET. SPEAR. BULLET. SPEAR. The attacks flew at each other at the same. They repeatedly punched each other in the face without any regard for their injuries.

  Like before, Kai tried to get out of the rain in the middle of the fighting. However, this time, her main goal wasn't actually to get out. She was retreating in order to lure the enemy into allied territory. The deeper this Pirate vehe easier it should be for Nia to kill him.

  Only 20% HP. That's all Kai had left. Two more shots and she'll perish. Meanwhile, the enemy was sitting at 50%. The gap grew too much. It was impossible to salvage this fight any longer.

  If they exge two more punches, Kai will be the oo fall. Where was Nia at!?

  The moment, It happened. WHISH. The sound of a dagger slig through something. Out of the shadows, from an angle nobody was looking at, Nia popped ience!

  "Wha-!?" Bruce jumped with a startle. Where? Who!? Damage fshed on his s outta nowhere! "Fuck! Where did- Gah!"

  , a spear plunged into his chest. It incer! He was surrounded!

  "Yo, B!” Bruce shouted. “The hell are ya doing all the way over there!? Help me- FUUUUUUUU!"

  Another ssh from behind. Before he could even figure WTF was attag him, it was already over. The Pirate colpsed on his knees and kissed the ground.

  You have been killed!

  "Fuck! Shit! Damn it!" Bruce smmed oable over and over. Why!? He was so close to killing that bitch! "GAAAAAAAAH! Damn you, B! Why didn't you help me out!? You should've kept me safe!"

  "I..." Bryan was at a loss for words. He didn’t see any of this iher. One moment, they were dominating the situation. Then, out of the blue, everything came down crashing.

  What led to this? A mere gank, nothing more. Something simple that Bryan should’ve been able to prepare himself for. A, Bryan failed to sider it for some reason.

  It’s like some bad joke. Bryan cracked a hollow ugh. He racked his brain so hard when ing up with this atta. He made sure they took everything into sideration. There weren’t supposed to be any loopholes. A, Bryan failed to at for the Ninja’s existence. Such a basic, amateuristic mistake.

  No, wait. Bryan suddenly remembered. I DID factor her in, initially. I didn’t miss anything during my pnning.

  He thhly warded the jungle against ining ganks. No gank should’ve slipped past his security cameras. He was so vinced of that, that he decided to not worry about ganks. In case a gank was ing, the wards will alert him ahead of time. Such was his absolute belief. Therefore, Bryan took a load off his mind by not thinking too hard about the possibility of a gank.

  A, a gank occurred. None of Bryan’s wards warned him about it.

  Seriously, where did this Ninja e from? Bryan shuddered. It's like the girl popped ie of thin air. ath could she have possibly taken to arrive here ued...?

  "Yo. Bryan!” Bruce barked. “The fuck are you standing there daydreaming!?"

  "Ah, shit!" Bryan snapped out of it. He remained alone in Bot and he was dangerously close to the ter of the he enemies shifted their focus on him, like a pack of wolves eying a helpless rabbit. Shoot! Gotta get the hell outta here!

  "Wait, why are you running!?" Bruce demanded. "Kill that Impaler bitch! I already did all the work. You just gotta shoot her a few more times!"

  Are you askio die!? Bryan ranted internally. What kind of damage are you expeg from a freakin’ Support!? I got none. NONE, I’m telling you. I’m outta here.

  Bryan ignored Bruce’s nonsense and tioward Bot Turret. The Impaler and Druid were hot on his trail.

  Bryan didn't have any escape tools, or any tools at all at the moment, so his only option was to keep running forward. Fortunately, his pursuers shouldn’t be able to catch up with him. her of them had any movement speed buffs. The Impaler’s ult could’ve meant trouble, but she had to spend it earlier against Dyn’s gank, so it should still be on cooldown.

  The main problem was the Ninja. She was fast on her feet, so she’ll catch up to him in no time. There was no esg from her unscratched. If her Izuna Drop was out of cooldown, then Bryan was a goner.

  She used Izuna in Top a short time aght? Bryan tried to recall. It should be still down. It better be.

  Bryan had no choice but to keep running. Ninja didn't have any CC besides Izuna Drop. So, long as Izuna Drop was out of the picture, the Ninja shouldn't be able to ht stop Bryan.

  But, she could strike him. A lot of strikes. The Ninja caught up to him from behind and delivered relentless sshes. This was a great time to roll forward!

  However, instead of propelling himself far ahead, Bryan only rolled a tiny distance forward. He smashed into a wall. The roll ended right there.

  Iron Maiden!? With this timing!? Bryan groaned.

  I knew you'd roll with this timing. Kai smirked. In these sort of situations, the fleeing prey almost always went for Dodge Roll as soon as the pursuer caught up. It made sense si was a good way to evade an invisible attack. However, it was also predictable. Too predictable.

  Therefore, Kai rolled forward and activated Iron Maiden right as Nia roag TheMyth. She pced the torture mae ahead of the Aquamancer and interrupted his roll.

  If Kai also had Impale avaible right now, she could’ve followed up for some big damage. As, it was on cooldown. Still, they had something else they could follow up with on a dazed oppo.

  "Vince, pull him!" Kai called out.

  "Yes, sir!" Vi aimed his Nature's Grasp at the enemy. Ohe tree branches pull in their foe, the trio will proceed to rip the guy asunder! It will bring them oep closed to victory!

  Vi fired the branches. His aim erfect if he could say so himself. The branches were heading right where the enemy stood, itg to grab the Aqumahe branches drew closer and closer and... missed!?

  "... eh?" Vi blinked.

  "Huh..." Kai narrowed her eyes. "Did you really just miss?"

  "N-No, no way!" Vi protested. "O-Oh, I see how it is! Our world must have merged with an alterimeline, one in which I miss the shot. That's why, even though I aimed right at the enemy, my shot missed!"

  "You aimed right at him?" Kai sigh in disappoi. "No wonder you missed. You gotta predict his movements at least a little and shoot to where you think he’ll move. This skillshot is too thin to hit otherwise."

  "O-Of course, that's exactly what I did!"

  "Uh-huh," Kai rolled her eyes.

  In the end, the Aquamancer got away. Nia pursued the guy all the way to the Turret and delivered many sshes, but she only brought the guy down to 60% HP. They failed to score a sed kill here. But, it was quite alright.

  "Good job, Nia," Kai said. "Thanks for the rescue."

  "No problem," Nia nodded with a small embarrassed smile. Failing to kill that Aquamancer was a sad story, but saving a frie oo.

  "You're not dohere yet," Yuel said. "There’s still time until the wave, so take the Dragon together. Then, push together on the wave and take the Turret."

  “Wait, I o recall,” Kai argued. “I’m almost dead.”

  “It’s okay, just push,” Yuel insisted. “They ’t do anything to you while you got two bodyguards by your side.”

  “I’m not so sure about that,” Kai said.

  “Think about it. The Aquamncer doesn’t have the damage to kill you. Their Mid is stuck fighting Lars, so he ’t leave the best, the Vampire gank you, he might even kill you. But, he doesn’t have his ult, so Nia and Vi will easily kill him.”

  “And, I doubt they want to feed Nia any more kills,” Kai reasoned.

  “Exactly,” Yuel nodded. “So, even though it might look like you absolutely have to recall, that’d actually be a mispy. There’s nothing to worry abht now, even at that HP.”

  “I see your point,” Kai nodded. "Alright, let's do it!"

  "Indeed, we shall sy the dragon!" Vi made noise.

  "Ok." Nia nodded.

  Everybody was in high spirits. They geed impeccable momentum for the team. Oher hand, in Taurus...

  Phew, I made it. Bryan sighed in relief upon reag Bot Turret. That was a close o almost turned into a Double Kill.

  "Dumbass, why did you run!?" Bruce was pining the eime. "I had that Impaler literally dead. Why didn't ya finish her off!? Now we look like a joke!"

  "If I stayed to fight, I would've died," Bryan expined.

  "What? Are ya saying you're that much of a scrub?"

  "It got nothing to do with being a scrub. It was a bad situation..." Bryan was getting a headache. All the joy he felt from surviving the ordeal went down the drain. Only irritation remained.

  "In the first pce, why ya didn't cover me!?” Bruce demanded. “How did ya let that chieak up on me like that?"

  Aaaaaaaaand here we go. Rants.exe started running. Bryan sighed deeply. Why do I even bother pying Support for this guy, again?

  Bryan did everything in his power to secure Bruce’s victory in that fight. He heavily warded the area against ganks, he slowed down the Impaler to turn her into a sitting duck, and he spaced out the Druid. He did everything and beyond to serve that fight to Bru a silver ptter. If anything, Bryan deserved praises of the highest degree.

  A, one small gank slipped by him and suddenly everything became Bryan’s fault. All the hard work he put into seg the fight vanished without a trace. All Bruce could see was the one mistake Bryan itted. Life was so unfair sometimes.

  I’m fed up with this shit. I just hope they end us soon. Bryan sighed. This game was already lost, anybody could tell. They started just a few minutes ago, but they were already 0-2 in terms of kills. To make things worse, the enemy’s team was heavily geared toward early-game, so this early advantage will oe from here.

  This game was hopeless...

  DarkestCymore