There! Yuel activated a Geyser Eruption as soon as he spotted the Seraph turning around in panic.

  As expected, Winner noticed Vi's axe in a timely fashion and responded accly with a roll. On top of that, despite the obvious panic, Winner mao execute an optimized roll that kept him out of Lars’s sight and also suffitly far from the rest of Stratus.

  Truly, the guy lived up to his title of the “Matrix voluter”, as dubbed by Vi. Even during such a difficult moment, Winner found the best spot to roll to.

  But, precisely because the py was so highly optimized, it was easier to predict it. There was only one dire in which he could roll in order to satisfy all the ditions, so Yuel targeted that area ahead of time.

  Thanks to the fht, Yuel unleashed Geyser Eruptiht at the spot to which Winner rolled!

  "Such beautiful execution!" Vi raved. "You used my axe as a feint to force the enemy into a predictable location! It’s simply splendid!"

  "Yo, siock-up!" Lars followed up on the geyser attack by firing a ser beam high into the air.

  Even though this e py was a little sudden, there was no way he gonna miss this shot. After all, Last was in first-person mht now, so this was basically an FPS game! And besides, he was the Gungnir Sniper, yo!

  ZAP! The ser beam pierced through the airborarget without any trouble.

  This was aing development for Lars, no doubt about it. But, for his oppo? Not a very wele turn of events.

  "Tch!" William gritted his teeth. Su accurate geyser. Was he going for it from the start? And, then there’s that immediate follow-up soo. I've never faced anybody who pull this off so perfectly.

  In his analysis of the enemy, it seemed William made one grave miscalcutioe the pressure the enemy was definitely feeling, Stratus didn’t rush blindly out of a sense of obligation to end the game quickly.

  These guys khe pros and s of their current tactid approached the situatiohodically. Their shot-caller was already thinking two, maybe three, steps ahead.

  This wasn’t some blind chaotic aggression. Not, this was a systematically calcuted assault. It arent that Stratus had the know-how to pull off aggressive pys on such a rge scale.

  I seem to have uimated them. William realized.

  In his analysis, William only ever thought about how the enemy had to rush to victory and about how they might it a mispy in their haste. As such, he focused only on looking for ots in their formation, without sidering the possibility that Stratus was ing into this assault with a proper pn in mind.

  If I properly analyzed their positions, I might’ve figured out what they were pnning. Then, I wouldn't have found myself flying in the air like this...

  Getting hit by that Geyser Eruption was bad news, extremely bad news. Not only did it render William immobile for the duration of the flight, but it also forcibly altered his position.

  Chessmaster made sure to summon that geyser just a little ahead of William’s position, to make the eruption knock William backward, closer to the edge of the Golem area. There, the enemy Berserker was already waiting with both axes in the air. He was going to unleash Barbarian Sm right at William’s nding location!

  Just how many moves ahead did they predict here!? William gritted his teeth. He felt like a puppet dang to the enemy’s tune.

  With that said, there was no time to feel frustrated or to admire the enemy’s shot-calling skill.

  “The Berserker!” William shouted only that. He didn’t have the time to deliver any more details than that. The situation required immediate intervention, so he had to trust that his younger brother to grasp the situation immediately,

  “Don’t worry, bro!” Ronald promised. “I gotcha covered!” He aimed his Ice Wall right between the Berserker and the spot where his bro was going to nd. The thicc wall was gonna absorb the entire shockwave of Barbarian Sm and leave his brother unscratched. Ez py!

  As, the ice wall refused to show up. Ronald aimed it perfectly, yet it didn’t emerge from the ground. Why? Because, at that critical moment, an obstacle set foot on that spot.

  “Wha-!?” Ronald excimed. “Nooooo! Whatcha doing there, fam!? Get the heck out!”

  It was her than the Dark Knight, standing fidently at the spot where Ronald nning to pce the wall. That mad d rolled in at the very least moment, right as the wall was about to be pced!

  The moment Memer ehe targeted area, pg the Ice Wall there became illegal, so casting the skill did nothing. It got celed and Ronald remaianding in pce like a scarecrow, failing to lift a single fio help his dear brother.

  “Sorry, bro! I messed up!” Ronald blinked in to provide immediate support.

  In truth, he wao save this precious Blink for attag the eer, but the situation became far too critical. Ronald had to rescue his brht here and now!

  If I ’t pce my wall to stop you, then I’mma just freeze you! Ronald activated Ice Coffin as soon as he finished blinking, c the area in front of him with sheer cold.

  The radius of the attack was just wide enough to hit both the Dark Knight and the Berserker, c both of them ihey were rendered motionless on the spot.

  “Heh, gotcha!” Ronald pumped a fist. You thought you were being smart here, but I outsmarted your asses!

  The way the Dark Knight rolled in to cockblock Ronald’s Ice Wall was indeed a 200 IQ py, but it had one grave weakness: it positiohe guy very close to Berserker. That allowed Ronald to blink in and hit both dudes real hard with his Ice Coffin.

  Now, the two bruhs two were frozen solid! They won’t be able to y a finger on bro anymore... or, so Ronald thought.

  SPLASH! Water hit the frozen Dark Knight and Berserker. This happened less than a sed after Ronald froze the dudes, as if it nned in advance.

  Actually, nah, there was no “if” there. This shit was DEFINITELY phat big-brain Chessmaster bruh must’ve foreseen all of this, so he used his Spsh right after Ronald’s Ice Coffin.

  Did I just get baited!? Ronald’s jaw dropped. He was so sure he found a huge opening in the enemy’s formation but turned out it was a trap!

  “H-Haha, I messed up again. Soz, bro!” Ronald rolled out of the area immediately as he kly what was going to follow .

  Even though his Ice Coffin froze the Berserker momentarily, it didn’t cel out the Barbarian Sm which the guy has been charging up for a while now. Therefore, the moment Spsh melted away the ice - Bckhole unleashed his powerful sm, making the entire area tremble!

  As much as Ronald wao rescue his bro, he first had to save his own skin. After all, he wouldn’t be able to help his bro if he gets stuoo.

  Okay, I got out! Ronald breathed in relief. He heard the loud BOOM behind him and the thunderous shockwave that followed, but none of that reached him.

  Still, that was too close to fort. He dodged that devastating attack by like a timeter.

  Unfortunately, his bro wasn’t as lucky. The enemy’s attack didn’t even give William an opportunity to dodge. The sm crashed on him as soon as he hit the ground, stunning him in pce before he could do anything at all.

  “Tch.” William clicked his tongue. “I’m probably done for, so retreat and focus on-”

  “Don’t worry, bro! I’mma save ya right away!” Ronald promised. “I’ve still got my ult!”

  “Wait, that’s-”

  Too te. Ronald had already unleashed Cryo-Freeze on his brother, freezing him io protect him. It was a timely response, just like the rest of Ronald’s pys up to this point.

  On paper, this was a strong py and Ronald had executed it fwlessly. After all, his bro was pletely helpless while stunned, so freezing him to make him invincible only improved his situation.

  This arra should protect bro from all ining attacks until his Dodge Roll es off cooldown. Then, bro will be able to safely get out of that nasty predit.

  Not to mention, the Aquamancer had just spent his Spsh to se the Ice Coffin, so he was now powerless against this Cryo-Freeze. So truly, this was a great py by Ronald that should’ve totally thrown a wren the attackers’ pns.

  However, any of that only would have held true only if the attackers were to e unprepared for this possibility...

  Checkmate. Yuel decred as he activated Rainfall, summoning dark clouds above Challenger’s head.

  “Kill the ancer,” he ordered without fling. This was a line of py that he had already pyed out in his head, so he kly where things were going in this situation.

  But, even before he said anything, everybody had already shifted their focus from Wio Challenger. After all, Yuel had informed them ahead of time that Challenger will likely try his best to protect Winner, so he should bee the primary target in case he spends Cryo-Freeze on his partner.

  I’m not sure what their retionship is. Yuel thought. But, from their names and as, it’s clear that Challenger feels responsible for keeping Winner alive, as a proper Support should be. Despite how selfish his Support build is, he always goes out of his way to help Wio the best of his ability, prioritizing the Carry over himself.

  Based on this observation, it was only natural to expect Challeo do anything in his power to save Winner from dying. And, despite his questionable selfish build, he was actually skilled enough to provide top-tier support, both in terms of deaking and execution.

  In fact, if Yuel wasn’t prepared this well for all these sarios, then Challenger’s terpys would have surely stumped the team here. But unfortunately for Challenger, Yuel had more than enough time to study the guy in the ne.

  That’s how he hatched the pn of targeting Winner as hard as possible in order to push Challenger’s supp capabilities to the limit. The goal was to force the guy to unload his e for the sake of his precious Carry.

  And, once Challenger did all that, he became a sitting duck himself! This created a fatal opening in their defensive formation.

  Everybody focused their fire on the defenseless ancer. Luke unleashed a Dark Bst, Kai fired basic attacks, and Lars she guy straight in the head. They didn’t give the puy a moment to breathe!

  Challenger’s HP fell from 100% to 30% in a blink of ao make things worse, the bck cloud above his head rained cats and dogs on him, turning his movement sluggish. He couldn’t even properly evacuate from the area like this.

  As soon as this assault started, he realized that he fudged up.

  “H-Haha, crap!” Ronald ughed dryly. He felt like three trucks crashed into him all at once! His HP bar vanished faster than the speed of light. These dudes weren’t messing around, that’s for sure.

  It’s like they were waiting for me to use my ult, haha... Ronald was ughing in his head but his smile twitched iy. This was not funny, not funny at all.

  Somehow, the enemy was oep ahead of him at every turn. Every py Ronald made should’ve been a good py, yet it immediately turned into a critical mispy. How was that even possible? Was he that bad?

  Nah, it’s not me. Ronald thought. It’s THEM. They’re legit this good. I didn’t even realize it.

  It's not like he was taking them lightly per se, but somewhere at the back of his head, he was too rexed about this match. He believed that no matter what happens, the Leopards will ultimately win in the end. As such, he treated aback as temporary and any mispy as redeemable.

  That's the kind of mentality that led him to take a risk at the start of the game, even though the others warned him extensively agaiending into the territory of a hyper-aggressive enemy.

  Ronald was no amateur, he k was dangerous. But, he dismissed the threat and pressed ardless, believing that nothing bad could really happen in this game.

  And he did, in fact, get away with that py, at least for the most part. That only further reinforced the feeling that no matter what kind of problem the Leopards fa this game, everybody oeam was skilled enough to overe it.

  After all, they were destined ed champions of the region. The only oppo who was supposed to pose a threat to them was StormBlitz, and maybe Taurus if they had a stronger lihis year.

  But, it turned out there was ahreat out there. It was a dark horse team that nobody expected anything impressive from despite its ret achievements against Taurus.

  But, I see how it is now. Ronald grihese guys ARE strong. Last game, they just fell behind very early, But this time, they're the ones who got the early momentum. Dang, I wish I realized that sooner!

  There was nothing more joyous than fighting strong oppos. The higher the obstacle, the more fun it was to leap over it. Only against the stro of oppos, Ronald could exhibit the full extent of his strength

  And, it turned out Stratus warrahat kind of treatment. They were strong enough to pose a real challeo the Leopards, to even steal a game or two from them! Against strong rivals like this, going all out was totally worth it!

  As, the realization came far too te.

  You have been killed!

  By the time Ronald reized Stratus as the powerhouse they were, the fierce assaulters had already wiped him out pletely. He missed his ce to go all-out against these worthy oppos.

  Though, even if I wao fight, there's only so much I do as a Support. Ronald sighed. I don't HATE the role, but it's really not for me. I need something with more painst these guys, so gotta vince bro to let me py Carry or Top game.

  And so, Ronald perished, leaving a wide opening in the Leopards' final line of defense. Now, his brother was the only o on the se.

  Fortunately, William was kept safe ihe cold embrace of Cryo-Freeze. This was the only good thing Ronald achieved during this messy defense.

  Or at least, he thought it was an achievement. However, William saw it another way...

  DarkestCymore