The enemy Aeromancer cast his Whirlwind on Kai’s minions. A Ray of Light was supposed to follow up on it in order to double the damage, but the Lumimancer showed no signs of casting it.

  “Huh? They’re not going all out?” Kai wondered.

  “They’re probably saving it,” Yuel reasoned. “sidering how chaotic the euation get, it’s arguably better to use the sed spell ter, ohey know where the minions are headed.”

  “Sure. Except, we don’t even have to go out of our way to cause any chaos here, do we? If they’re going to use only one spell, then I just out-clear it myself.”

  “Thats’ true,” Yuel agreed. “If anything, that probably works better for yht?”

  “Yeah, it sure does.” Kai didn’t ht admit it, but she actually wished for this exge to be more peaceful than st time. That chaotic situation was too much for a Bomber to handle. I’m sure I learn to deal with anything if I practice hard enough, but I gotta admit I’m not up to the challe.

  That was her ho analysis of her own skill. She was a solid Bomber pyer, but not an expert, not yet. As such, she had no choice but to py this game with tame expectations for her performance. So, the simpler the ning was, the better she’ll perform.

  I’m normally not the type to choose “easy mode”, but I got no choice here. She proceeded to decorate the enemy minions with Sticky Bombs. It was that much easier to do when these pesky little bastards weren’t running all over the pce like headless chis.

  Seeing as the two of them weren't pulling anything chaotic this round, the enemy responded accly.

  "These guys aren't doing anything shady this time," Ronald said. "So, I’mma just go for it, right?”

  "Yeah, I think that’s fine." Matthew nodded.

  "Alright, here we go!" Ronald cast his Ray of Light on the enemy wave, c both the swordsmen and the bowmen with dazzling light.

  Normally, there was huge value in casting the spell's healing capabilities on the allied swordsmen, but it was too te to do that now. Bomber's explosive wave-clearing was about to hit hard.

  BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Here they came, the three infamous explosions of Bomber’s Bounb.

  As usual, that bomb packed a punch thanks to the careful setup. It wiped out the entire frontline and even mao ihe bowmen.

  heless, the bae survived and was eager to tinue fighting. And, in the meantime, Matthew's Whirlwind and Ronald's Ray of Light tinued ravaging the eroops.

  This ne test would have been already over if Ronald cast his Ray of Light a little earlier, but now they had to wait a couple more seds to cim victory. heless, in the end, the bined forces of wind and sunlight allowed Ronald and Matthew to win the rabsp;

  "Alright, let's push!" Ronald advanced along with the remaining forces.

  "Wait, where are you going?" Matthew didn't budge.

  "What do you mean 'where'? Let's push, ma all these bowme. It'd be a waste to not use them."

  "I rather end this fight here."

  "Say WHAT?" Ronald's jaw dropped. "Why the heck would you pass on an opportunity like this?"

  "It’s dangerous to push against their csses."

  ", don't be a wuss. We're plenty scary too, ya know? Look, even Cato is here to help us push."

  "Actually, I'm here just in case something goes wrong," Cato pointed out. "I had a feeling you might win this exge, so I’m here to make sure things don't get out of hand if a certain somebody decides to push irresponsibly."

  "Yeah, being responsible is important." Ronald nodded. "You heard that, Matt? No pushing irresponsibly."

  "Pretty sure that was directed at you..."

  "Oh, was it? Haha." Ronald ughed it off. "Nothing to worry about, man. I know how to push. Super responsibly."

  "Yes, you do," Cato agreed. "You know how to do a lot of things, but unfortunately, half the time you get carried away. You o learn how to hold baetimes.."

  ", what's there to hold ba this situation? It’s a free push!" Ronald was already on the frontline, intimidating the enemy into retreating. "We got three bowmen here, so ush this real hard, especially if you join in. I mean, , it'd be a waste to not use my special power build when there’s such a great opportunity right in front of me!”

  "Unfortunately, that's true." Cato sighed. I feel like I'm slowly getting dragged into a py that I have no business approving of. I hate this guy.

  Ronald's power build was quite the eyesore. Instead of steadily building up his supp capabilities over time, this brat rushed the power curve just so he could pete with mages and marksmen. This kind of build was only effective during the early-game, so it was attractive to take advantage of it now while there portunity.

  I don't like how this works. Cato pouted. It's like we have a bishop piece that’ll turn into a pawn at the te-game. As much as I like using pawns, there's nuing that a bishop is better. Sigh. I really wish Coach didn't let this brat get away with nonsense like this…

  "Fine, I'll join in." Cato ehe ne from the Top Jungle.

  "Now you're talking, man!"

  "But, let's just be careful, okay?” Cato warned. “Those tag some dangerous tools, and there's also their Juo sider."

  "ht. They do have a Jungler, don't they."

  "What kind of team does NOT have a Jungler?"

  "Haha, true that." Ronald ughed it off. "It's just that I haven't seen their Jungler do shit this game. Is she AFK or something?"

  "She's usually passive during the early-game, we covered that during the meetings. Though, she does seem to be more tame than usual this game.”

  "Heh, maybe she's scared of chads like us." Ronald grinned. "I bet she knows we gonna make quick work of her if she tries anything funny."

  "Hmm. Maybe." Cato didn't have a good ao this one. Having the Jungler lie low during the early-game doesn’t sound like a Yuel-like idea. So, I bet he’s stantly looking for an opportunity t Vanishing to the stage. Heck, maybe he’s only postponing any of this to make us lower uard. This could easily be one big trap.

  "Meh, their Jungler is never going to be an issue this game," Ronald reassured. "I just pop my ult and reveal her right away. Wao do it now, just for fun?"

  "No, there’s no need,” Cato said. "I've been warding the jungle hard, so that should suffice. I ’t imagine missing any of her rotations with this amount of warding.”

  “Yeah, you sure went ham on the warding.”

  “It’s a necessary termeasure. Anyway, if we see her ing while we push, the’s turables on her."

  "Oh, we gonna pull a good ol' switcheroo on her? Alright, I'm in!"

  "But, what if she slips past the wards, after all?" Matthew asked. “She’s supposed to be pretty good at that, right?”

  “Hmm. True, that’s her thing,” Cato agreed. “Well, if I don't see her anywhere on the map for too long, then I’ll tell Ronald to boot his ult."

  "Okay." Matthew relutly followed the two pushers. To be on the safe side, he stayed at a distance from them, to make sure he wasn’t an appealing target for anybody to attabsp;

  And so, the trio opened a joint attack. Cato led the way, with Ronald and the bowmen right behind him, and Ronald following from further in the back.

  Well then, your turn, Yuel. iled impishly. You excel at offense, but let's see how good your defense is.

  This small but important push had a ce of setting a pret for how the mid-game will go. If the Leopards establish ne trol in Mid with this push, they'll start the mid-game from a great position that’ll be hard for Stratus to overe.

  So, how was Yuel pnning to prevent something like that from happening? It was going to be fun to watch~

  DarkestCymore