An ally has been killed!

  LegendaryMemer crumbled to ashes, leaving nothing behind. However, the Absolute Duo was not do. , they turheir eyes on the one and only InfomrationBckhole!

  Y-You challenging moi!? Viried to vince himself that everything will be alright, but he struggled to do so.

  The Absolute Duo owerful, dangerously so. Vi uood that better than anybody as the Arbiter of Talents.

  Even though they were but a pair, the duo’s threat level almost rivaled The Bermuda Triangle of Certain Doom! Ihey were frightening oppos who had to be avoided at all costs.

  The only way for Stratus to bat this powerful pair was t more o the fight. They had to make it a 4v2, or at least a 3v2, situation, such was Chessmaster’s clusion after prolonged research.

  Ihis sounded like a solid theory, ohat unfortunately Vi had no way of testing out at the moment. After all, he was all alone here, with two monsters hot on his trail! And, they were getting dangerously close, too!

  Challenger chased Vi directly, whereas Winner rotated around the jungle and showed up ahead of Vi, blog the best escape route avaible. It was such masterful teamwork!

  As Vi’s preferred retreat route was blocked, he now had to slow down and ge course. However, in this situation, slowing down had critical sequences.

  WHISH! An axe lodged itself into Vi’s back! As expected, Challenger caught up to him in a heartbeat. And so, Vi found himself in a pincer.

  B-But, I shall not lose heart! Vi insisted. Even as the monster keeps striking me, I shall not yield!!!

  WHISH! WHISH! WHISH! Axes whacked Vi from behind as he ran, but he paid them no heed. After all, these attacks were as harmless as a buzzing fly! At least, that's what he vinced himself to think in order to keep his ce afloat.

  With that said, there was nuing with the fact that the Berserker was much faster than Vi in Berserk mode. As such, peting against Challenger in a race was suicidal in this case.

  Then, I shall roll! Vi activated Dodge Roll just as he went around a er. This should create suffit distaween himself and his pursuers.

  As, it was futile as his pursuer responded immediately with Savage Leap. Challenger leapt over a jungle wall and crashed right at Vi's new location! BAM!

  S-Such magnifit execution! Vi couldn't help but sing praises even amidst this fatal situation. It's as if the man has entered hundreds, perhaps thousands, of sarios such as this. As a result, Challenger has learned all the best ways to respond to a dodgy roll like this.

  Truly, Challenger was a dangerous beast, especially now that the Berserk mode lifying his bestial strength tenfold. If Winner had joihe assault as well, then Vi would have been dead a long time ago.

  Fortunately, there's no sign of Winner. He probably ot keep up with this race. Vi sighed in relief after drawing this valuable piece of information from the Akashic Records.

  Even though Winner showed up earlier to block off Vi’s path, the man stood quite a distance away from Vi’s actual position. As such, it would’ve been difficult for Wio catch up from there. The entire point of that py was to slow Vi down and block off his shortest route bae.

  In short, Vi had a substantial lead on Winner. As such, it was nigh impossible for that Viking to catch up and pile extra damage on Vi.

  Thus, my survival is all but guaranteed. Vi reassured himself.

  After the Dodge Roll, Challenger had caught up to Vi in a matter of seds and was already unleashing a barrage of axe attacks on Vi’s back. Even so, Vi was vinced he’ll make it out alive. His HP was dropping lower and lower, but not at a particurly arming pace.

  By running some quick, rough math on all the avaible information, Vi estimated that he should be able to survive this onsught. And, he was correct. Indeed, he safely reached his tower area alive.

  Though, perhaps "safely" is a bit of an exaggeration here. Vi corrected his own narrative. I’m very much at death's door, so I wouldn’t call the current situation “safe” by any stretch of the imagination.

  With just 30% HP left, a tower dive from Challenger would be very scary for him right now. But fortunately, that beast wasn’t hungry enough to go to such lengths. Challenger properly stopped outside the tower area without ing in.

  But, was this really because he gave up on the offense? Or, was he simply biding his time until his aplice shows up!?

  "Vi, you better recall now," Yuel said. "They might dive in ohey regroup."

  "Yes, my thoughts exactly!" Vi retreated behind his tower and started the recalling process.

  Challenger didn't dare to invade alone sidering all the risks. But, if he were to team up with Wihewo of them will dive in for the kill for sure.

  I know that for a fact, for I have seen the Absolute Duo it such war crimes before! As such, Vi hurried to take an early leave. And, as expected, Winner showed up shortly, but it was too te at that point.

  "Dang, bro. He already recalled." Ronald shook his head. "Like, seriously, who would normally choose to recall so quickly in a situation like this???"

  "Anybody who did their homework on us," William said. "It was a good call."

  "Yep, it sure was. So, what now? We 't exactly push yet."

  "Yes, there’s nothing to push anymore because a certain somebody decided to join my fight instead of pushing a defenseless ne."

  "Hey, I helped secure that kill on the DK, though!"

  "Which probably doesn't even matter overall,” William said. “That DK ractically done for the moment I ruined his pns."

  "Hey, you never know, bro," Ronald insisted. "They could alull something super ued . I mean, you saw how these guys roll. These bruhs are crazy."

  "Hmph. I suppose." William shrugged.

  In the end, the duo couldn’t capitalize on this golden opportunity in order to push. There were no allied minions nearby to tank the tower, so any attempt to push right now would be extremely shot-lived and dangerous.

  Instead, the brothers ventured into the enemy jungle and stole the wolves and ogres. After that, they went their separate ways.

  Overall, their gains weren't as big as William hoped, but this was satisfactory.

  This game is a . William cluded. But, was he correct? Or, was Stratus going to surprise them once again, as they had done many times before...?

  DarkestCymore