"That’s all from me," Cato reported on his way out of Bot Lane. "Now, I know that their Jungler is currently in Top, but that doesn't mean you keep pushing from here and overextend as you please."

  "Of course," William gave a reassuring response. Oher hand...

  "No problem, we got this!" Ronald promised. "We finally got a breakthrough here, so we gotta make the most of it, right brht?"

  ".............." ade a face.

  "Don't worry, we won't overextend," William promised. As the older brother, he was the one in charge here, so it was safe to leave this matter to him.

  "Good." Cato nodded in satisfa and headed toward the nearby jungle exit. Just then, a loud SPLASH made him pause for a moment.

  Hm? My, that’s such aggressive farming. Cato turned around to examihe situation.

  As the sounds implied, the Aquamancer was hard at work. He assaulted the ining minions with his water spells, helping his Carry get rid of the invaders.

  He used Rainfall to slow down the minions, Geyser Eruption to knock them up, and Spsh to deal further damage to them. In other words, he unloaded his e on the wave. It wasly a good example of being servative with MP.

  Is Yuel that ed with maintaining ne trol? Cato wondered. Well, I suppose it makes some sehis is the one ne in which they don't have an advantage right now, so they definitely don’t want to let the situation here get any worse for them.

  But, did that justify spending all that mana? Yuel should know better than that.

  If he spends all his MP too early, then he’ll be forced to recall. That'll leave Gunz all alone on ne and the guy will have a VERY hard time farming against the brothers all by himself.

  "Say, Will," Cato started. "Do you have aimation of how close their Aqua is to Overflow?"

  "Hard to say," William admitted. "He has been using his spells very aggressively, that's all I say. This time he even dropped his e, so there's a good ce he's very close to Overflow, if he hasn't already reached it."

  "I see." Cato left the h that mental note in hand. Is he pnning to open an attack soon? But, that doesn't make much sense, does it? You 't open a strong attack when you don't have any MP left.

  It was a little odd. It seemed as if Yuel was rushing to reach Overflow at the expense of his MP even though it was fually futile. By the time he gets there, he’ll realize he didn’t have enough MP left to deliver a truly powerful attack. It was rather curious.

  Hmm. Well, in any case, I don't have the time to worry about it. Cato directed his gaze toward Mid, his destination. It was undoubtedly the stage for Stratus’ big py, so Cato had to get there ASAP.

  In the meahe enemy tinued pushing Top at full throttle.

  An allied Turret has beeroyed!

  The Top Turret fell. Yes, just like that.

  Even though it was so early into the game, the Dark Knight & Berserker duo was able to make quick work of the tower in a single push. Truly, the early-game potential of Stratus' p was quite scary.

  And, is Mid, right? Cato specuted. Thinking of it, if they spot me rotating over there now, then they might give up on that idea. But, that's fioo. In fact, I might prefer that oute.

  Cato would gdly “waste his time” on a futile rotation if it will disce the enemy from targeting Mid. That DK & Berserker duo was dangerous beyond words.

  To make things worse, by ing to Mid, this dynamite duo will join forces with aromahat was going to boost their offensive capabilities that much more.

  In fact, even with ing to the rescue, there was no guarahat he’ll be able to defend the all together with Matthew.

  So yes, I prefer them to not e at all. Please spare us this headache. Pretty please.

  To rey this prayer to his oppos, Cato passed through the same route he used to rotate to Bot half a minute ago. There was certainly a ward somewhere along that road, sidering how quickly the enemy duo reacted to Cato’s rotation at the time.

  Somewhere along this rotation, the enemy was bound to learn Cato’s position.

  You may use this information for free. It's on the house~

  Just like he wahe enemy definitely caught wind of his movements. However, their response was not what Cato was hoping for...

  "The Vampire is heading to Mid," Yuel warhe Top duo. "He's probably pnning to intercept you there, so keep that in mind."

  "Nani!? Our move has been read!?" Vi excimed.

  "Yes, they're likely expeg an attaid."

  "Such impressive analytical finesse! As expected from the Leopards' tacti!” Vi sang praises. “Then, should we press on with this pn regardless?"

  "Yes, stick to the pn," Yuel said. "This isn't outside my predis by any means. In fact, this is the sario I was hoping for. Once Rook rotates, we kill two birds with oone. My Overflow is ready now, so we're in a good position."

  "Such outstanding calcution!" Vi made noise. "You evehe enemy's own smarts against them!"

  "Sometimes, being 'smart' py against you. This is one such example."

  A shot-caller who only ever followed the "smart" pys would often find themselves strained by the boundaries of "on sehey would only ever sider the standard "logical" pys, often ign the more obscure, chaotic options.

  "I'm recalling," Yuel informed. "Luke, make sure you pce that ward behind their tower."

  "Yep yep, got it!" Luke nodded. "Man, you say you hate memeing and all that, but this py is one heck of a meme too, not gonna lie."

  "It's a high-risk high-rey."

  "Yeah, just like my DK Jungler."

  "If you say so." Yuel didn't want to start that debate, in part because Luke had a point. There was indeed some simirity betweewo here.

  Dark Knight was actually a funal Jungler… under certain circumstances. Its potential was mainly held back by the fact it was su extreme css, ohat had to get results ASAP o bust. That made it a very unappealing pick for Jungler and in general.

  However, since avoiding the pick was the "smart" thing to do, it meant most people weren't familiar with how Junlger Dark Knight worked. They had no idea how scary the css could actually get with proper setup.

  Of course, in the same vein, a DK it just one small mistake and doom the entire game. Yuel gulped nervously as his mouse hovered over the Teleport skill i in the shop. So, we're really doing this, aren't we? Well, it was my idea in the first pce, but...

  Frankly, it was terrifying. This py was borderline insanity.

  The team had just gained an immense advantage in Top, so it made the most seo tinue pushing steadily for the win. As, this particur team had no such luxury. They had successfully started a snowball but they were also obligated to keep it rolling, or else they'll get stu pce.

  We either pull it off and possibly win the game, or we fail miserably and lose everything. Nice odds.

  Despite how well everything was going for Stratus so far, in truth, the odds were stacked against them. They had to keep pushing nonstop in order to even stand a ce.

  But, if they succeed in gaining the upper hand in the few critical moments, then the reward will be sweet beyond measure.

  The decisive py of the game on them. Will they cim the high-reward? Or, will the high-risk eat them alive!?

  Yuel had already spent his gold on Teleport, so there was n back here. The game was on.

  Shortly after Luke pced the Checkpoint Ward, Yuel initiated the teleportation procedure...

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