EXECUTION

  You have killed an enemy!

  "Hell yeah, let's goooo!" Luke pumped his fist. "Did you guys see that!?"

  "Indeed, I saw everything." Vi nodded. "It lendid execution."

  "Right? Right? I totally outpyed that girl, haha! I bet she didn't see any of this ing, haha!"

  At this early stage, Luke was the only one in the game with access to his ultimate. He reached Lv. 5 before anybody else thanks to the Dark Knight's broken early-game power!

  Welp, I had to take a few detours for that, too. Luke thought ba all his brilliant pys in this game. He felt like such a big brain for weaving all these little ploys together, even if it was Yuel who gave him most of the advice.

  When the game just started, on the very first wave, Luke joined Lars in Bot and they cleared minions together. Sometime ter, Luke also wao Mid and cleared minions there as well. In other words, he shared plenty of exp with the ners.

  The enemy must've thought that Luke was just helping his peeps out, but it was more than just that. He was also grabbing all that juicy minion exp from these exges.

  In this manner, he was slowly but surely building up toward this very moment, in which he unleashed his powerful ult to secure an early kill! It was a 200 IQ game pn!

  "I agree this py was nothing short of amazing," Vi said. "However, I believe it's best for you to evacuate from the enemy’s tower area posthaste."

  "Oh, shoot!" Luke jumped. He only now realized that Vi was already outside the tower area, so the Turret set its sights on Luke !

  WHAM! A giant bolt darted at him! It funed like a trag missile, so there was no dodging it. Luke just had to eat it like a man.

  "Whoopsie, haha. Got a little too excited there." Luke hurried out of the tower area.

  Fortunately, the momentary distra only cost him 20% HP and not more. sidering he gained 30% HP for sying Theorist, this trade was still in his favor, sorta.

  "So, what's ?" Luke asked. "We're pushing this tower, right?"

  "Yes, take it down," Yuel said. "You should be able to."

  "No problem! Leave it to us!"

  "As you demand, my liege." Vi bowed dramatically. "I shall unleash the dark fury sealed in my right arm to demolish this tower into nothingness!"

  First, the duo cleared the few remaining enemy minions on the hen, they pushed ahead together with what was left of their minion army.

  There was not a single oppo who could stand in their way right now, so they were free to overextend to their hearts' tent.

  "If I may inquire, what is our mission after eliminating this defeower?" Vi posed that question in the middle of unleashing a flurry of attacks oower.

  Clearly, this tower was about to colpse within moments. From there, where should this dynamic duo head ?

  "About that..."

  As usual, Yuel already had the move figured out. In fact, he had already mapped the few moves in advance, and he even made the preparation for them ahead of time.

  This was the time to make Luke use that one particur item he purchased. Stratus was about to run down their oppos with immense aggression, going all-in with a Taurus-style py!

  Naturally, the enemy should have no idea that any of this was ing their way. At best, they'll figure out Luke and Vi’s destination, but they should not have any idea how strong that rotation will actually be.

  Will they rotate to Mid ? Cato wohis seems like the stro py they make in this situation. It's predictable but it’s to to pass on.

  As much as Yuel liked pulling random nonse of thin air, he was ner to optimal pys. Under normal circumstances, whehing was already going his way, Yuel would often stick to the meta and go for the best pys avaible. At least, that's what his chess history suggested.

  It looks like I'll have to rotate to Mid and intercept them. Cato thought. But, there should still be some time before that happens. So, since I'm already all the way out here, I might as well make use of my position.

  Instead of rotating to Mid right away, Cato headed toward Bot first. He made the wrong guess wheayed in Bot Jungle, but he could at least still reap some bes from this position.

  "Will, I'm ing over fank," Cato informed.

  “A gank?”

  "Well, it’ll probably be more about sg your enemies away to help you push."

  "Got it."

  "Heh, weak!" Ronald called out. "Why just scare them? e here with the iion to kick their asses!"

  "I'm just being realistic," Cato expined. "They won't overextend enough for us to score a kill, so this will just be an intimidation py."

  "If they're not going to overextend of their own accord, then we just gotta make them! Right, bro?"

  "Sure," William answered ftly. "And, how exactly do you pn to do that?"

  "Eeeeh. No idea! I think I’ll leave this oo the big brains of the team, haha."

  "Awesome." ade a face. "Thanks for wasting our time."

  "Ouch, haha. Brutal."

  They discussed the matter some more but cluded that none of them had any bright ideas. The enemy duo in Bot was a tough nut to crack.

  Elf excelled at le sniping, therefore it was extremely difficult, if not ht impossible, t him to the frontline. And Yuel, as Aquamncer, had no i iendiher.

  And so, the gank was nothing more than a peek-a-boo. Cato was only going to drop by and scare the enemies into retreating, nothing more.

  And, it looks like they won't eve me do that much. Cato shook his head.

  Before he even arrived on the he two oppos had already shown signs of retreating.

  "There's probably a ward somewhere around here," Cato informed the others as he pced a couple of question mark is on the mini-map, which he then shared with everybody.

  By the time Cato arrived in Bot Lane, Gunz and Yuel had pletely retreated back to their tower. They had no iion of taking any risks whatsoever here.

  Good, good. iled impishly. It won’t feel good to crush you if you make it too easy for us. So sure, you take our Top tower, it's no big deal. Making a eback from such a difficult position would make us look all the more impressive~ Muhaha...

  This facade was the st source of positivity that Cato could g to at this point.

  The Leopards were supposed to pletely domihis game, to show off their overwhelming strength as the regional champions. But instead, this game was drawing them closer and closer toward looking like the underdogs.

  They messed up in the drafting phase, in the opening, and now in Top, too. So, rather than being the overwhelming champions, it could be said that they were overwhelmed by their oppos instead.

  It's just an act, nothing more. Cato vinced himself. We weren't ready for this level of trolling so they caught us off-guard, that's all. We're still going to win.

  Who was he making these excuses for? For the coach? The audience? Himself?

  Either way, that's what he wao believe, what he HAD to believe. As bad as the current position seemed, it wasn't irreversible.

  By finding a way to turn this around, Cato will redeem himself for all the mistakes he has made thus far. He’ll find a way to put the Leopards on their rightful throne once more, that’s a promise.

  "Let me help you out a little,” Cato said as he entered Bot Lane. Since he had already e all the way over here, it was best to help with the farming and push Bot as much as possible.

  "It’s fine as long as you don't take my st hits,” Wilim said.

  "Don't worry, I won't." Cato unleashed bats at the enemy minions but made sure to stay his hand at the very st moment to avoid stealing any st-hits. "I py Support too, remember? I know the drill."

  "Right."

  Granted, in this situation, things were a little more plicated than the usual supp, as Cato wasn't the only “Support” on the ne. Ronald was there as well, shooting icicles at the minions. As such, Cato had to watch out for more shots than usual.

  That makes it a teeny-tiny bit harder, but it's alright. Cato thought. I’ve practiced all these things more than enough, so they better work out for me in a real game, too.

  As a pyer who mained both Jungler and Support, Cato uood the importance of practig plex situations like this. As a Support, he khat nobody ermitted to steal the Carry's valuable st-hits, and as a Jungler he khat sometimes he’ll have to ne alongside others, including the Bot duo.

  Putting one and oogether, it became obvious that situations like this would occur every now and then. They were a little tricky on the meical side, therefore it was imperative to practice execution ahead of time. So, that's exactly what Cato did.

  In fact, he eve a step further and also made sure to practice this setup specifically alongside William and Ronald. The brothers will always be the Bot duo whenever Cato pys Jungler, so it was mandatory to try this out alongside these troublemakers and study their quirks.

  Now that the swordsmen are running low, the brat will start targeting the bowmen. Cato analyzed. As usual, he'll start with the one closest to him. So, I'll go for the one on the opposite side.

  And so, the two of them assaulted bowmen from opposite ends. This effitly prepared a full row of half-dead targets for William to take out with ease.

  With that said, the number of targets was fihere were only three bowmen for them to shoot.

  Eventually, Cato and Ronald finished w owo bowmen on the sides. , they turheir attention to the remaining bowman in the middle.

  WHISH! Ronald fired an icicle without thinking twice. He followed his regur routine, paying o the fact that Cato was also on the ne.

  My, what a brat. Cato shook his head. Well, I suppose I’ll be the adult here and make sure that we avoid any acts.

  Cato fired a si at the bowman, but theayed his hand. The brat wasn't going to stop shooting of his own accord, so Cato had to call it quits first.

  And with that, Cato’s tribution to Bot came to an end. His presence here didn’t achieve anything grandiose, but at least he helped the brain temporary ne trol.

  It might have seemed like a small thing, but it was extremely valuable in the early-game against an aggressive team. It was a tiny ray of hope in an otherwise suffog darkness,

  Cato had to do everything in his power in order t the team out of the disadvantageous mess they were drowning in, or else this game might actually result i…

  DarkestCymore