"Alrighty, the kid is out of the house," Hawk reported.

  "Yeah, I have eyes too," Ignis said. "Besides, I’m the one who pced the ward there, you know."

  "Of course, of course."

  Back when Ignis was wrestling with the enemy minions and the vikings, she snuck a ward into the here was a brief moment during which the kid reoccupied with fighting minions, so Ignis used that moment to execute her scheme.

  Now, the very same ward showed horentece was recalling back to base. In other words, the kid left the ne pletely empty.

  Heh, just like I thought. Ignis lifted her , uo tain herself. He has no idea where I am right now.

  trary to her enemy’s expectations, Ignis wasn’t watg the se from her base. After all, she never actually recalled in the first pce.

  She only preteo cast Recall when Apprentece looked in her dire. After that, the kid turned his back to her and tinued retreating, so Ignis used that opportunity to roll into the jungle.

  Everything is going acc to pn, heh. Ignis khat if the kid was gullible enough, then he'd leave the ed after clearing all the minions. He probably left the hinking that he equalized the uation, pletely unaware of Ignis’s ploy.

  "Alright, now you e out," Ignis said.

  "Why thank you." Hawk rolled his eyes. I really don't like how she straight up took and of MY pn, but I guess that's typical Igny for you. He sighed as he emerged from the jungle, all the way on the enemy side of Top Lane.

  Back when Ignis and Apprentece were having their little bout, Hawk was busy scouting the enemy jungle via ter-jungling. One of his tasks was to find out whether the enemy Jungler nning to rotate to help in Top, but his primary mission was to get into position for invading the ne ohe kid leaves.

  This entire pn was born from Hawk’s desire to fully capitalize on the Beastmaster css he picked. Ignis took all the credit to herself as usual, but it was Hawk whinally phis scheme into her mind.

  For a Jungler, Beastmaster wasn't particurly amazing at clearing ps or even ganking. However, there was one area it excelled at: pushihe css was even tagged with a "Pusher" bel.

  As a Jungler, Beastmaster’s game pn revolved around taming strong monsters, then unleashing them on one of the nes. And, one of the best sarios for utilizing the Beastmaster’s strength was a deserted ne.

  That's exactly the situation Hawk was hoping to exploit here in Top. And, he had an aplice as well. Cooperating with an Or this expedition was going to be an immense boost.

  "Alright, let's go!" Ignis led the way. "Get your minions out."

  "Here they e." Hawk activated “Let the Dogs Out”, summoning the five creeps he prepared for this very moment: three Griffins, an Ogre Leader, and a Wraith Leader.

  However, that wasn't the eent of his army.

  Here es the big boy! Hawk activated Legendary Beast, his ult.

  At skill Lv.1, Legendary Beast only permitted him to summon a mammoth. It wasn’t the best legendary beast for pushing towers, but it had to suffi this situation.

  The mammoth roared loudly upon appearing on the se, attrag the attention of all enemies in the area. Except, there were no suemies present at the moment, so there was nobody to aggro.

  With no nearby eet, the mammoth settled on the eurret. And so, the giant started running. Faster, faster, and faster! Then, BAAAAM! It rammed into the eower!

  Uhe iy of the impact, the damage itself wasn’t anything to write home about. However, the mammoth did great by charging into the tower area before anybody else. Thanks to that, the Turret had no choice but to aim its shots at this ky beast.

  With the tank ihe rest of the army followed up oack. Ignis, Hawk, and all the tamed jungle creeps ehe tower area in order to unleash destru on the abaower!

  Despite how it looked, they weren’t just some big unanized mob. This joint attack actually had immense synergy.

  Ignis’s “Gang Up” passive buffed her Attack Power for every ally in raherefore, with Hawk and his six minions, “Gang Up” buffed Ignis’s power seven times over.

  It was a ft buff, which meant it’d fall off in the mid-game. However, at this early phase of the game, this amount of buffs was stupidly strong.

  On top of that, Hawk's “Whipping into Shape” passive buffed all the creeps he summohis buff turhem into far stronger versions of their regur jungle terparts.

  With a terrifying army like this, it was very much possible to annihite a tower from 100% HP in a single push. And, that recisely their pn here!

  While the mammoth was tanking the tower’s shots, the rest of the striking fanged oower. Everybody encircled the tower and ravaged it from point-bnk, except for Hawk who shed from mid-range, and the Wraith Leader who fired magical balls from afar.

  The mammoth also bas head at the tower, but its damage wasn’t that impressive pared to its gigantic size. Oher hand, its HP and defense were very high, so it tanked many tower shots for the army.

  And, even as the beast was about to colpse, Ignis didn't allow that to happen.

  "Stand yround, grunts!” the Orc roared as Ignis activated Last Stand. “You're not permitted to die until I say so!"

  Last Staed an aura around Ignis, imbuing her allies with an unyielding spirit. In this state, they won’t die no matter what disaster befalls them.

  The Turret reduced the mammoth's HP to nothing, yet the beast tianking the tower shots. Even without a single pixel in its HP bar, the gia refused to colpse.

  Ignis didn't give the mammoth permission to die, therefore the beast had to keep w overtime, even beyond the grave. And so, while the zombie mammoth tianking shots, the rest of the squad assaulted the tower without rest.

  Eventually, the effect of Last Stand came to an end. O expired, the mammoth colpsed immediately, finally getting its long deserved rest.

  Well, that's that. Hawk nodded. It served its purpose. We're pretty much done here.

  The tower was already down to 25% HP. Even with their main tank was gohere were still five more creeps avaible who could be used as sacrificial pawns.

  With that said, Ignis was very low on HP after her earlier battle with Appreherefore, if the tower decided to focus her now, then it’d kill her in one or two shots.

  Fortunately, the tower prioritized the jungle monsters nis, the same way it alrioritized ne minions over pyers. Therefore, Ignis and Hawk didn't have to worry about getting hit any time soon.

  As the tower shot down the jungle creeps one by ohe onsught tinued in full throttle. And, before long...

  Aurret has beeroyed!

  It was over. Less than five minutes into the game, Ignis and Hawk cimed the Top Turret! Such was the overwhelming strength of the Orc + Beastmaster bo.

  Alone, each of the csses wasn't particurly popur due to their various shortings. However, when together, they could execute one of the most destructive tower rushes avaible for the early-game!

  “Hell yeah, let’s go!” Ignis pumped a fist. “That oughta teach that brat a lesson!”

  “I’m sure it will,” Hawk agreed. “Seriously, he’s like 10 years too young to be talking about getting into the se. The nerve of today’s youngsters, huh.”

  “My, poor Jinjin~” Esmeralda ented. “You two are such bullies. So immature of you.”

  “Immature, huh.” Hawk smiled wryly. Yeah, maybe it’s a little childish to hold a grudge against a kid. But, somebody gotta put him in his pce.

  It’s not like Hawk was into bullying aspiring youngsters. In fact, he was the you a member of the Sweepers, so he probably reted to Jin’s desire to climb the dder more than anybody else here.

  But, this kid crossed me. He made me look bad st game. Hawk thought. So, I’m sorry for being “immature”, but I ’t ignore shit like that. That’s why I told Ro I’ll be fih another round. I had to get my sweet, sweet revenge, heh. Though, now that I think about it...

  Hawk was in a foul mood after the previous game, and so was Ignis. her of them liked how that Korean kid made them look bad in that game. The brat almost made it look as if he was on par with them, on par with B-Leaguers. It was absurd.

  Therefore, if asked for an opinion on Apprentece’s performance, Hawk and Ignis agreed to give a ive review. They didn’t ht discuss it, but it was a silent agreement they reached amidst their rants.

  But then, somebody intervened. “My, you make such scary faces~ If you’re so frustrated with how that game turned out, then why not ask for a rematow that you know what he’s capable of, I’m sure you teach him a lesson or two~”

  It was the witch’s whispers. They swayed Hawk and Ignis, making them ge their pns a little.

  They still delivered a ive review on Apprentece’s performance, g the kid was trying to bite more than he could chew. However, on top of that, they also ily requested Roo give the kid another ce.

  The eime, I was sure I came up with the rematch idea myself, but... Hawk frowned. Also, that wasn’t all Esmeralda told, was it? I’m pretty sure she also...

  Hawk paused. At that moment, a shiver ran across his body.

  “Wait a minute,” Hawk said. “You call us ‘immature’, but I’m pretty you’re the one who casually threw the idea of Orc + Beast into the air.”

  “My, did I?” Esmeralda covered her mouth as if surprised. It was hard to tell whether she was faking it or whether she genuinely didn’t remember.

  “I’m pretty sure you’re the one whht up that idea first,” Hawk insisted. “You said how it might be a good idea to catch him off-guard with something ‘ued’, or something to effect.”

  “Hmm~ Maybe I did, maybe I didn’t.” Esmeralda dodged the accusation.

  Damn. Hawk thought. The whole time, I was so sure this whole operation was my idea. But, I feel like she’s the one who phat idea in my head first. The scariest thing is that I have no idea whether it was iional or not.

  A witch, that’s what Esmeralda was. Not just in appearance, but in personality as well. She had the knack for pulling the strings on everybody, maniputing them to do their bidding without them even notig.

  To what end did she pnt all these ideas in their heads? Did she want to give the Korean kid a sed ce to shine? Was it out of the kindness of her heart?

  Or, was her soul pitch-bck like her attire? Perhaps she sought nothihan the kid’s absolute ruin?

  It was impossible to get a proper read on this enigma. Out of all the members of the Sweepers, Esmeralda was the one Hawk uood the least. And, he wasn’t even sure he wao uand her, either...

  Anyway, the die was cast. Hawk cluded. We destroyed the tower. That’s oughta make the kid look REAL bad. I almost feel sorry for him. Almost.

  Regardless of how the idea behind this py was formed, the fact remaihat Hawk and Ignis demolished the Top Turret. And, they did so exceptionally early, with only 5 minutes on the clock.

  That was a hefty blow. Not only to the eop Laner, but also to the entire eeam at rge.

  It was very much possible for this one mispy to doom the entire game for them. They probably had no way of ing back from this...

  DarkestCymore