“Dang, it’s so hard to see anything!” Lars ed his ne Kai’s dire, trying to see the se from her POV. But, the distand the angle made it very difficult to make things out.

  To make things worse, Kai was stationed very far from everybody, all the way ba the base. So, no matter how meically skilled Lars was, it was impossible for him to properly trol his character while watg himself from that unnatural faraway camera.

  heless, there was ohing he saw very clearly: the enemy dudes were running straight at him, yooooooo!

  They’re both blinded! Cato firmed that thanks to the white sparkle around Gunz and Chessmaster, whidicated that Ronald’s Blinding Light successfully hit that dangerous duo.

  No matter how much Yuel read ahead, he surely didn’t expeybody to charge in like that into the danger zo that one moment, the reckless mad d must’ve pletely transded all of Yuel’s predis.

  It was truly quite impressive. While Cato was frozen in pce, afraid to step forward, Ronald charged in to protect his brother without a sed thought. And, he evehat opportunity to hit the enemy with Blinding Light. What a daredevil.

  I’ll give credit where credit is due. Cato thought. You might be an idiot most of the time, but every now and then you pull some nice moves. Well pyed.

  Right after the enemy’s bomb exploded, it was Cato’s cue to step in! He advanced on Gunz, pnning to strike down the blind oppo while the opportunity was there.

  So, let us begin! ped forth with Majestic Leap right after the big bomb exploded. Good, my body finally feels light and responsive again.

  The tension he felt earlier vanished without a trace. Cato was no lou analysis paralysis, so his as flowed naturally now.

  Of course, it was unfortuhat he ultimately had no agency over this decision whatsoever. In the end, the enemy decided everything for him.

  But, that was fine. During the time he was stu analysis paralysis, Cato already analyzed both lines of pys quite extensively. Therefore, he kly what to do from here on out.

  “We take out Gunz first,” Cato instructed.

  “Totally, man!” Ronald excimed. “I gonna avenge my bro!!!”

  “I’m not dead yet...” William ented.

  And so, the Leopards’ sed round of offense began! Ronald cast Ray of Light around Gunz, whereas Cato was already on his way to crash on the helpless foe from the air.

  Together, this unlikely duo was about to tear Gunz apart while the guy was blind! At least, that was the pn.

  A on appeared out of thin air right in front of Gunz. Then, BAM! The loud shot pushed Gunz backward, right as Cato was about to nd on the guy.

  “Wha-!?” Cato crashed on ay area, missing his target by a hair’s breadth. Such a fast rea speed...! My, how I hate difficult pieces like this.

  However, that wasn’t enough to stop this offense. Far from it!

  “You ain’t getting away, man!” Ronald charged in.

  “Wait!” Cato called out. “Don’t overextend on your own. Our top priority is to defend our Carry.”

  “I’mma defend bro by taking out this guy first!” Ronald unched a basic attack at Gunz.

  The small ball of light successfully hit home. Unfortunately, the damage was quite pitiful, as expected from a Support.

  “!” Ronald urged. “Let’s cp this guy!”

  “Hmm.” Cato took a moment to analyze their surroundings.

  William was still studer the Kraken, but he’ll be released shortly. So, he should be able to join the offense soon enough.

  Meanwhile, Matthew was staying far in the bad attag the Colossus from as far as humanly possible. He was taking a very passive approach during this teuation, but that robably for the best. His damage was almost as crucial as William’s when it came to pushing the Colossus, so seg a safe position was key, even if it meant he couldn’t cooperate with the others that well.

  Oher end, there was Sonya whose main role here was to tank the Colossus. She also had her Asura Strike to unload on the big guy, but she has been saving it to the very end, just to be on the safe side.

  That kind of caution sounded good on paper, but it was rather problemati practiow, thanks to the ret chaotic developments, Sonya found herself far from the Colossus, with InformationBckhole standing in her way.

  The enemy pushed Sonya away with his Aere, pg her in an aosition. And, he threateo assault her further with his other skills, which forced Sonya to maintain distance.

  sidering her low HP, she has no choice but to stay away. Cato reasoned. Now, if she tries to get any closer to deliver that Asura Strike, the enemy will probably gang on her first and remove her from the board. Then, the Colossus’s aggro will shift toward one of us.

  As such, Sonya also had no choice but to py it safe and defensive here, even though the team as a whole was ied in tinuing the push. Or rather, they had no say oter. Yuel forced them into a position from which pushing was the only viable option.

  Alrighty, I have a good idea of our own positions now. Cato o himself. , let’s check what the enemy is pnning.

  Beat has just finished b them, so she was now on her way to provide backup. But, since she was so far in the back this eime, it’ll take her a couple of seds to get to the se. For now, she wasn’t a big .

  As for Bckhole, he had his hands full dealing with Sonya. He was like a watchdog tasked with guarding one specific target.

  So, that left Gunz and Chessmaster isoted in this war. And, the two of them were blind, to boot. They couldn’t even use each other’s monitors to make sense of the situation around them. Therefore, this was a great opportunity to destroy them!

  It took Cato a few moments to process all this data and reach this clusion, but Ronald was already charging forward in the meantime. Could it be that this brainless oaf reached the same clusion as Cato? This quickly?

  No, I bet just he isn’t thinking at all. iled wryly. But I’ll admit, every now and then it be useful to have teammates who shut off their brains and recklessly charge forward without wasting any time. Every on a while, I wish I had this kind of ability myself.

  But, Cato couldn’t bring himself to py like that. He had to analyze every situation from head to bottom and sider multiple lines of py before ag on any of them. This frequently slowed him down, but it also helped him to see things that others would have easily missed.

  For example, while Ronald was thoughtlessly charging head-first at Gunz, Cato noticed something curious from the back.

  trary to Gunz, who was busy retreating while blinded, Yuel was actually approag the se instead. He probably relied on the vision of some other monitor in order to find his steps.

  He’s advang even though he’s blinded? Cato looked behind him. Oh, I see what you’re pnning.

  Even amidst this clearly ued development, Yuel had no iion of bag off. He was fully itted to killing William, no matter the risk. As such, getting blinded was just a minor setback for him.

  My, he’s an offense freak through and through. iled wryly. Well then, this calls for a slight ge of pns.

  Instead of following in Ronald’s footsteps to chase Gunz, oved in to block Yuel’s path. I’m stopping yht there, good sir.

  It was su excellent terpy. Thanks to taking a few moments loo analyze the entire board, ao read Yuel’s iions and apprehend the criminal before the crime was ducted~!

  Ugh, seriously? Yuel frowned.

  The Lionfolk moved in to block his path all of a sudden, that’s what he saw through Kai’s monitor. What an unpleasant development.

  I was sure they’ll both focus on Lars and I’ll be able to slip by... But no, Cato didn’t miss this line of py. Unlike his rush partner, Cato read the situation properly and made the correct terpy.

  Despite how hectid fast-developing the situation was, this was heless a chessboard for the two of them. As such, even amidst this chaos, there was only a limited number of strong pys that each side could go for.

  Thus, even as all hell was breaking loose around them, Yuel and Cato still carefully read the situation in front of them and made smart decisions. This was still a battle of tactid wits, as fast and wild as it was.

  And, Cato has just blocked my check. Yuel frowned.

  The pn was to pull Winner with Nature’s Grasp right before the Krakes him free. If Yuel could pull that off, theeam would’ve ganged on Winner and removed him from the board immediately.

  That would’ve likely stopped the enemy’s entire push right there and then. What’s more, it might have given Stratus the necessary momentum to mount a ter-attack. Truly, it was a game-deg move.

  But, Cato didn’t let it happen. So, what’s ?

  I see they formed a wall around their Carry. Yuel frow the enemy’s well-anized formation. As usual, these guys were at the top of their game when it came to pying safe.

  Challenger was aggressing on Lars, f the goof to retreat. And, Cato was fronting Yuel, stopping him in his tracks.

  Then, oher side of the area, Vi was fronting Theorist. However, at the same time, Theorist was also fronting Vi as well, keeping him away from Winner.

  Before they realized it, Stratus found themselves locked out. From this position, nobody could reach the enemy’s two strikers, Winner and Merlin. The eeam was defending their stro pieces quite well.

  So, was this the end of Yuel’s operation? Did Startus’ bold terattack fold to the enemy’s unbreakable defense...?

  DarkestCymore