"Lars, retreat," Yuel said.

  "Hm? What's up?" Lars asked. "I'm wreg this dude over here."

  "The trio from Bot is probably rotating to Mid."

  "Whoa, for real!?" Lars excimed. "Fine by me! Let them e! I'mma take them on! 1v3, no problem!" He wao say all that, but he khese dudes meant business. They killed Kai and Luke like nothing. This ain’t good.

  "Okay, I'm out!" Lars gave up on his hard-earned ne trol areated to his Turret.

  "Holy,” Yue admitted. “I almost want you to recall out of there."

  "Say what? They'll take the tower if I leave!"

  "I know, but..." Yuel pursed his lips.

  What was the best course of a here? There was no telling how the trio will choose to assault Mid.

  Ohey join hands with the Warlock, the situation will bee a 1v4. Tging will only get Lars sainst this fearsome group. If he doesn't recall now, he won't get another ce to get away ohe a starts.

  But, recalli serving Mid Turret on a silver ptter to the enemy. Against four pushers, the tower will crumble within seds. This was a tough call.

  "Don't worry, dude." Lars fshed his teeth. "I'mma defend the tower no problem. I gonna bee an unbreakable wall! The Great a Wall!"

  If only this line was ing from somebody with a truly strong defense. Yuel sighed.

  Then again, the goof's defensive skills have improved drastically over the past few months. Pying Mid forced him to handle defense on his own, he could no longer rely oo cover up for his recklessness.

  That experience, bined with the frustration of losing to Ellen during the seleatch, forced the aggressive beast to learn caution. Lars’s defense was still rough around the ers, but he could handle mur attacks.

  Unfortunately, the ining attack was far frur”.

  "Okay, let's go!" Jaiden and Co. invaded Mid from the jungle. trary to what the enemy robably expeg, the trio didn't arrive on the ne as one pack.

  Jaideered the hrough the front door and joined up with Raymond. Meanwhile, Nash and Rio circled behind the eower. It incer!

  Jaiden and Raymohe main attack force. Their job was to quickly clear enemy minions, then push their own army into eerritory. This bination of marksman and mage was best suited for that role. They bsted through enemy minions within seds.

  Meanwhile, Nash and Rio assumed their positions behind the eurret. Nash blocked the entrao Top Jungle, whereas Rio blocked the path leading into Bot Jungle.

  They left no route of escape funz. They pletely trapped their prey from all sides.

  "Watch out!" Vi called out. "This is the Bermuda Triangle of Certain Doom!"

  "This formation again..." Yuel muttered.

  The enemy’s formation looked like a standard pincer, but it was more eborate than that. Drawing an imaginary liween Renegade, StormMonster, and Lapce would reveal a triangle formation, with Lars sealed in the middle. The trio surrounded him perfectly to leave no ce of escape. It was an unusually ing line of attack.

  Most of the time, when gankers pincered somebody he tower, they only blocked the front and the back of the tower area. Their priority was to stop the target from retreating to the Golem.

  It wasn’t a bad piactic, but it left the sides of the ne pletely open. So, while the enemy was busy blog the route to the Golem, the piarget could run to the sides of the ne and slip into the jungle.

  However, Renegade's group sealed that option. They were aware that esg into the jungle was Lars’s best ce of getting out of that situation, so they blocked off the jurances before anything else.

  To make things worse, they statiohe Lanear Top Jungle. Yuel frowhat robably iional.

  If Lars had to make a break for it, heading to Top Jungle would be the better option. Yuel was still alive in Top, so he could rotate out of the o help.

  But now, heading toward Top meant running into the Lancer. It was no longer a particle escape route.

  Of course, there was always the option of simply ign the jungle areating straight to the Golem. After all, nobody was blog the straight path along the ne.

  However, that was actually the worst option of them all. If Lars tries to break through the middle, he'll find himself sandwiched between StormMonster and Lapce. They'll simply abandon their posts and intercept him together. His ces of esg alive would be slim at best.

  Is there nothing he do!? Yuel gritted his teeth.

  He thought, thought, and then thought some more. There were multiple escape pns Lars could attempt, but none of them sounded particurly reassuring. Yuel couldn't e up with a surefire way to deliver Lars out of that predit.

  This might be a checkmate. Yuel gritted his teeth. It was already too te. It osition from which all of Lars’s moves will be forced moves.

  It was only a question of time before the enemies er Lars and finish him off. Yuel could only reend the optimal moves he found for postponing the iable. But maybe, just maybe, if given enough time, Lars will be able to cause a miracle with his Trickshooter and escape this danger.

  "Listen, your best bet is to retreat toward Bot Jungle." Yuel delivered his analysis.

  "Heh, so it's already decided I gotta escape." Lars smiled wryly. He kinda figured that by now, but it was still frustrating to hear it directly like this.

  These dudes are something else. Lars instinctively uood that even without diving into deep analysis like Yuel always did. I fight them off? Nah, no way. They gonna rek me real hard. I better scram. Bot Ju is!

  Lars turned his back to the Warlod Gunslinger, who were partying on his was a shame he had to surrender his precious ne advantage like this, but there was no choice. He had to get to Bot Jungle.

  A mere Cleric stood in his way. This dude won’t be a problem at all! Or, will he?

  "He's ing to Bot," Rio informed everybody as he started shooting at Gunz. His Paralyzing Horror was on cooldown, so nding basic attacks was the most he could do to hinder Gunz. Everything depended on Nash's chasing ability.

  "I'm on it!" Nash abandoned his spot op Jungle and opened a hunt. His target? her than Gunz. He gonna nab dat boi ahe guy's whole career!

  "Here you go." Rio cast Godspeed to buff Nash’s Movement Speed.

  "Thanks, bro!" Nash flew into the jungle like a bullet. His movement speed was already higher than normal thanks to the Wind Bde in this build, but now he was even faster! I'm fast as fuck, boi!

  "Rio, follow him," Jaiden requested.

  "Do I o?" Rio tilted his head. “I thought I’d help with the push on Mid.”

  “Yeah, you do that,” Nash said with a cocky grin stretched across his face. “I’mma catch up to Gunz no problem. Ain’t nobody escapes from me alive!”

  "That’s usually true,” Jaiden agreed. “But, this is Gunz we're talking about. Better safe than sorry."

  "Okay." Rio headed into Bot Jungle as well. He couldn’t possibly keep up with Nash’s running speed, but at least he’ll be nearby if something goes wrong.

  Meanwhile, Nash was quickly closing on the fleeing target. Gunz had no ce of getting away.

  He's catg up...! Lars’s smile twitched. The metallic footsteps behind him became louder and louder with every passing moment. A death truck was accelerating straight at him! It was both exg and scary.

  Okay. Lars took a deep breath to sort his thoughts. What's the rest of them are doing? He g the mini-map.

  The Warlod Gunslinger were going ham on Lars’s defenseless he Cleric was o be found, but it's not like that dude mattered anyway.

  So, it’s only that Monster dude chasing me. Lars cluded. And, we're pretty far from Mid by now.

  The dudes from Mid won't be able to rotate over here in time to help the Lancer if something happens. In other words, this was essentially a 1v1 situation. And, Lars would never lose in those!

  "ge of pns!" Lars announced as he hit the brakes and turned around. "I'mma kill this dude real quick!"

  "Fine." Yuel wasn't too thrilled about taking such a risk here, but it’ll be a huge be for the team if Lars kills StormMohe team was losing on nearly all fronts at the moment, but this one kill could shift the momentum around. And, with Trickshooter at hand, Lars definitely could pull it off.

  And so, the ge of pns roved. Lars ceased his fleeing and faced the predator head-on.

  "ow!" Nash grinned. "You're approag me!? That’s bad manners, man."

  Nash was the monster here, and Gunz was supposed to be a helpless horror film victim. Bruh better learn his p this food !

  "You wanna go? LET'S FU' GOOOOOO!" Nash leaped high into the air, then shot downwards like a meteor.

  "Ya ain't catg me with that!" Lars rolled aside.

  "Heh, scrub! That's exactly what I wanted!" Nash never expected to actually nd such a telegraphed Lunge. His true goal was to deliver the cssic follow-up, the Sweep.

  Nash swung his Lan an arc soon after nding. Ohis hit ects, it'll slow dowrickshooter's movements. After that, poor lil’ Gunz won’t be able to get away no matter how hard he tries. It’ll bee a melee fight, so Nash will destroy that bruh ez!

  Cssicer. Lars smiled. Too cssic for your own good, yo! He transitioned into a Trickslide as soon as he recovered from the Dodge Roll.

  The enemy’s nce wasn't fast enough. The only thing it cut was Lars’s afterimage.

  That was the end of the StormMonster’s strong offense, but only the beginning of Lars’s terattack! He turhe momentum around by unleashing a Trickshot during the slide. The bullet bounced off a wall and dug straight into Nash's ribs!

  "Gah! For real!?" Nash cursed. Not only did this guy dodge Nash's beautiful setup, but he also nded an immediate ter hit with a boung Trickshot!?

  I'm sorry. Nash apologized. It was my bad. You’re no scrub, I see that now. Actually, you're pretty damn good. That's why I gonna enjoy kig your ass!

  Try me, dude! Lars could tell the Lancer had no iion of giving up. Awesome! Finally, anht to the death!

  What’s more, it was the long-awaited grudge match against StormMonster. But, this time, Lars a marksman. And, not just any marksman. It was Trickshooter, his best css!

  Let’s go, yooooo! Lars had lots of pent-up frustration sihe st game. It was time to unleash all of it on StormMonster!

  DarkestCymore