"Wha-!?" Kai gasped. The juicy opportunity to score a kill vanished in front of her very eyes!

  It should've been impossible. The Aeromancer didn’t have any quick escape tools. A, Merlin blinked away!

  "Damn, he was cloaking that Blink!" Kai ranted.

  "Yeah..." Yuel frowned.

  Buying Blink in the early-game for extra safety wasn’t unheard of. In particur, a css like Aeromancer beed greatly from it.

  However, Merlihe extra mile and paid gold to also cloak the skill. In other words, from the get-go, he nning to use Blink not only as an escape tool but also as a trap.

  This gives me Ellen vibes. Yuel shuddered. It looks like I'll have to ask myself twice every time I see an opening with this guy. Anything has a ce to be bait with him.

  Either way, it was too early to give on this py. Even after blinking away, Merlin was still somewhat within reach.

  "Damn!" Kai cursed. "Get back here, you little...!”

  She tossed a satchels charge ahead of Merlin, hoping to knock him right back withitack rahere was still a ce there!

  As, she was too te. By the time the satchels charge reached its destination, Merlin had already rolled ahead. He was pletely out of reaow.

  "Tch." Kai clicked her tongue auro her previous activity, that of clearing the remaining enemy minions.

  "This isn't over yet," Yuel said. "We still have Nia's ining gank, so o rush with clearing the minions. Instead, try to get as close as possible to them, to make sure you're ready to follow up on Nia's attack."

  "Got it." Kai gradually moved toward the jungle side as she threw bombs at the enemy minions. This time, I'll get the kill for sure!

  Nia was already right around the er. Her rotation took lohan expected and it wasn’t very effit, but that was just standard Nia things today.

  "Attag...." Nia informed in a small voice, with a yawn right after.

  This was a golden opportunity. The enemy still hasn’t used Lumimancer’s ult, so they shouldn't know that Nia arrived. So now, she just had to eealth mode and sneak up to them!

  "Go for the Aeromancer if possible," Yuel advised. "This time, he doesn't have any escape tools for sure, and he eve his Dodge Roll."

  "Ok..." Nia did her best to keep her eyes open as he targeted her Shadow e. The pn was to summowin sister into the ne and distract the enemy. In the meantime, Nia will sneak up to the Aeromancer.

  This was one of the basija routines, yet it felt so tiresome for some reason. In fact, everythiiresht now. Nia really wao just curl up on top of this fy esports chair and take a nap...

  No, this is an important moment. Nia weakly shook her head. I gotta focus. Focus. Focus...

  The word echoed into nothingness in her head. This was sooooo tiresome. She had to wrestle with her owo keep them open. As a result, she didn't notice the unfolding situation in time.

  While she was taking her sweet time to aim her Shadow e from the jurahe enemy was already here! ROAR! The Lionfolk leapt straight at her!

  "G-Gufu!" Nia jumped. The surprise gave her an ued rush of adrenaline. G-Gotta dodge- ack!

  Despite the adrenaline iion, she was far too sluggish. Nia started rolling to the side, but the lion already crashed ohe damage was already dealt.

  "Nia, retreat!" Yuel ordered.

  "O-Ok!" Nia got up on her feet and ran bato the jungle. But, the enemy's move was already here.

  ROAAAAR! An orchestra of roars surrounded Nia from all sides. The narrow jurance acked to the brim with lions!

  This was one of these sarios in which Lionfolk’s ultimate was totally busted. The lion cage squeezed itself inside against the narrow Jungle passage. Even a fly couldn't break past this tight blockade.

  What’s even worse, Nia rammed headfirst into this tight pack of lions before she could hit the brakes.

  CLAW! A lion sshed Nia from the left. CLAW! Another lion attacked from the right. Rather than just a “cage”, this almost felt more like the lions were ganging up to eat Nia alive! Scary!

  Thankfully, these predators had no iion of actually chasing Nia once she distanced herself from them. What’s more, their fierce assault helped wake up Nia even harder. The sleepy gears in her brain finally started to turn.

  I-I just o jump out of here! Nia turned her back to the lions, then performed a backflip over their heads.

  The small jump of Shuriken Flip wasn’t enough to cross tall structures like walls, but it sufficed for hopping over these lions. Nia executed the jump close enough to this short wall, so she successfully went flying over the lion barricade.

  And, as for the shurikehrew during the backflip? It went somewhere random. She had her the time nor the luxury to aim that thing. She had to escape ASAP!

  I gotta run! That was the only thought occupying her mind in this dangerous situation. I’m dead if I don’t shake him off. Scary!

  A jolt ran through her. The reaper’s cold arms were trying to embrace her. She stood no ce if this predator catches up to her.

  Sure, Ninja could deliver huge damage at close-quarters, but that’s only as a surprise attack. Inazuma Drop was way too hard to nd on anybody from the front. Not to mention, Nia wasly in peak dition this game, so she was in no state to eain anybody in a fight.

  o keep… focus… Nia’s vision flickered. Despite the adrenaline surge, her eyelids still felt heavy and threateo outweigh her. She was like a hyperactive sleepy person, if that even made sense.

  I think I lose him after this er. Nia squeezed all the brain juice she could in order to optimize her escape route. This was supposed to be a simple py she’d normally execute via instinct alone, but right now she had to actively think about what to do . Truly, her half-funing brain was a mess.

  As soon as Nia went around the er, she activated the Shadow e she failed to cast earlier. There was no time to decide in which dire to sewin sister, and it didn’t matter anyway. The important part here was the stealth Nia gained in the process.

  Ok. Safe. Now, I just o pick a random route. Nia went for one of the multiple routes avaible to her at the interse.

  As the chaser couldn’t see her anymore, the guy would have to guess where Nia was headed . But, even if he were to guess right, he’d still not be able to find an invisible escapee, right?

  So, I win. You’ll never find me. Nia breathed in relief. This expert of hide-and-seek ’t be caught that easily. Hmph.

  Unfortunately, with her thoughts so scattered, Nia failed to sider that the enemy had a cheating tool at their disposal.

  “Ronald, boot your ult,” manded.

  “Here you go.” Ronald activated Sor Wrath.

  Five pilrs of light peed through the sky and shone on five different spots on the map. These were the locations of the five enemy pyers. The skill revealed bur and stealthed pyers alike. None could escape the all-seeing gaze of the sun.

  My, so that's where you went~ iled impishly. I have to admit, I wouldn't have thought of searg for you there, of all pces.

  VanishingFlower pretty much did a 180 around the er aured bato eerritory. Any sensible chaser would have assumed that the girl escaped toward her owory, so they would have tinued chasing in a pletely wrong dire. What a sneaky little girl~

  But, too bad for you. I did my homework for today and this is the result. iled fidently. I wonder, how does it feel? I mean, stealth is the only thing yood at, and now I’ve stripped you of it. Must be pretty frustrating, isn't it? Hehe~

  e prepared for this match-up in particur. He extensively studied Vanishing's patterns and attributes, to give himself as much advantage as possible for when he finally gets an opportunity like this.

  In essence, Cato ider and his wards were a web. Meanwhile, Vanishing was but a clueless fly who thought herself too stealthy to be caught by anybody. But, unfortunately for her, she ended up entangled in Cato’s web all the same.

  And now, I'm going to enjoy this meal I captured~ Cato caught up to Vanishing and assaulted her again.

  Esg into this part of the jungle could have been a 200 IQ py uher circumstances, but Ronald’s Sor Wrath tur into a critical mispy. It gave Cato a huge tactical advantage.

  Sihe enemy ventured into the Leopards’ territory of her own volition, it was easy to cut her off. In a matter of seds, Cato appeared right in front of Vanishing.

  You don't have any more spaces to move to. It’s over. Cato unleashed Mighty Roar to drive this chase to its clusion.

  But, WHISH! The Ninja rolled away just as Cato started r! Vanishing escaped the crippling effect by a hair’s breadth!

  My, what a pain. Cato clicked his tongue. Just let me capture this piece already.

  Even though he had all the advahis sneaky girl was hellbent on making his life difficult until the very end. This was turning into quite a pain.

  I did noti the repys that her meical skill is occasionally impressive. Cato thought. But, it looks like she's eveer thaimated. I might need a little help here.

  Cato already exhausted all three of his skills, yet the enemy still lived. Now, all he could do was to chase the prey by foot and cw at her with basic attacks. It was far from an ideal arra.

  Vanishing was already down to 60% HP, which was not enough to sider her dead yet. So, Cato definitely had some more work cut out for him.

  "Hey, Sonya. Could you lend me a hand here? Pretty please?"

  "Already on it." Soered the jungle before Cato even said anything. She has just finished rest her Chakra back to full via meditation, so she was ready to unleash her e on the escapee. "I'll put her out of her misery."

  "Yes, please."

  "Try to lead her over here, if possible." Sonya pinged a route on the mini-map.

  "Yes, that was the pn."

  Ever since his Mighty Roar missed its mark, Cato was no lorying too hard to catch up to his prey. Instead, he prioritized walling off the girl's escape routes, to box her ihe Leopards' territory. He was like a cat pying with a ered mouse.

  And now, it's time for the little rat to step into the rat trap~

  Oblivious to all these master pns, the ered Ninja just kept running forward, trying her best to stay alive ihis danger zone…

  DarkestCymore