In her final moments, Sonya pced a Stealth Ward ihe lion cage. This warded off the darkness surrounding William, allowing him to see his foes again.

  It's a 1v3 situation, but... William swiftly sed the two oppos ganging up on him. They're both almost dead.

  Beat was below 10% HP, just a si away from dying. Meanwhile, Chessmaster was at 20% HP at the moment, but his health bar was tig down fast because of the ongoing Eldritightmare.

  I kill them! William charged at them! The King's Dominion expired by now, but Wilim was fident he’ll be able to seal the deal even without the buffs.

  "Hold it, I don't think that's a good -" Cato's words didn’t register. William had no time to be distracted by the words of someone who only analyzed this se from afar.

  Wilim was the one on the se right now, so he knew best what he was capable of aplishing here. With over 40% HP remaining, he should be able to get a kill or two here, then safely evacuate before Vanishing reaches him.

  Without further ado, he targeted Beat first. The girl had been shooting him from a safe distance for a while now, and William couldn’t retaliate at all because of the darkness. But, things were different now.

  William stepped toward his target, but just then- WHISH! A wave of darkness hit him from the side! It was undoubtedly the Warlock's sorcery.

  Is he sane? Wilim frowned. He's throwing all his HP away, not that I'm pining.

  This was certainly an ued development. So ued that William allowed himself to be caught off-guard. He would've easily dodged a shot like that uher circumstances, but right now, all his attention was o, and Chessmaster found the perfeent to exploit that.

  Well, the damage isn't anything to write home about. Wilim examined his remaining 35% HP. But, he also used a Slowdown Invocation, that's why he lost almost all his HP.

  Using that invocation cost Chessmaster additional HP. It y made by a madman.

  It was really unfortuhat The King's Dominion had already expired. It would’ve saved him the trouble of dealing with soft CC effects like this Slow, but as.

  As if something like that will stop me. William rolled forward to get to the target faster. Unfortunately, even his roll was slower than usual because of the debuff, so this gave the enemy plenty of time to respond.

  And so, Beat rolled away before Wilim had the ce to strike.

  This isn't looking good. Wilim frowned. From this position, she keep zoni for days.

  Which, of course, Beat immediately did. As soon as she recovered from the roll, she fired a shot at William while backpedaling. Even though she was on the verge of death and a predator was ing straight at her, Beat was not scared in the slightest.

  Yeah, figured. William sighed. When I'm this slow, she almost match my speed while backpedaling.

  As an expert on spag, Wilim perfectly uood just how disadvantageous this situation was for him. His oppo was a ratacker who could backpedal as quickly as Wilim could advance. In other words, Wilim had no hope of closing the distaween them as long as the slowdown debuff persisted.

  To make things worse, Beat could freely shoot at him as she backpedaled. There were no sequences for her whatsoever.

  My only option is to jump her. He g the cooldown of Majestic Leap. Unfortunately, there were still 3 more seds on the clock. Tch, too long. Besides, I much rather save it for esg.

  sidering that Vanishing was in the viity, it was clear Wilim would have to retreat soon. Majestic Leap was his best tool fetting out of this sticky situation, but at the same time, it was also his best on for killi. This was a tough dilemma.

  "What are you waiting for?" Cato scolded. "Get out of there. You missed your opportunity."

  "But, they're..." William gritted his teeth.

  This situation was so cruel. Both oppos in front of him were on the brink of death. Wilim merely had to sneeze in their general dire in order to take them out. A, pulling off that otle “surned out to be impossibly difficult.

  This was like some sort of sadistic teasing. William finally had an opportunity to score a kill, maybe even two! A, he was going to let this opportunity slip right through his fingers...

  "... I'm out." Wilim turoward the jungle and activated Majestic Leap. But, just as he unched into the air - there was a thud. Something hit his bad got stu there; it was a shuriken.

  Seriously? William frowned. I took the distaween us into sideration to avoid this kind of situation. At least, I should’ve...

  He was certainly aware of Vanishing’s presend the threat she posed. So, naturally, William had been prauging his distance from her back when he moved toward Beat, right? ... right?

  I'd like to say I did, but... Wilim couldn’t cim it with full certainty. His mind was so preoccupied with Beat at the time that he didn’t spare much attention to anything around him.

  William was supposed to be the master of spag, yet he failed to do a basic checkup on Vanishing in the heat of the moment. But, why? Was this part of the girl's ability to "erase her presence"? Or, was William just too tunnel-visioned in general back then?

  Just how much of this situation did the enemy pn in advance? William couldn't help but ask himself that while he was flying through the air, going over the jungle wall.

  The way this whole situation unfolded felt incredibly scripted as if there was a higher being toying with the Leopards. And, that “higher being” was most likely Chessmaster.

  Did Wilim really choose to gank Mid of his own will? At the time, he thought he was delivering a timely terpy to Beat’s btant overextension. So, he rotated to Mid as quickly as possible to deliver punishment. Everything about that decision seemed like the “optimal py”.

  Yet, right afterward, Chessmaster showed up in the o ter-gank. How? Why? Did they actually bait William into ganking Mid by taking advantage of the fact he was hungering for kills?

  And, that wasn't all. It almost seemed like they used that ter-gank as another yer of bait, this time to lure Sonya out. Was that also part of some grand scheme? Did Chessmaster really e up with one pn that hit both William and Sonya at once? Just how far did the guy's schemes extend!?

  At this point, Wilim felt like a clueless mouse dang to Chessmaster's tune. All his as were anticipated, trolled, and taken advantage of.

  This isn't how it's supposed to be. William thought. It's supposed to be MY pystyle to trol the enemy, a...

  He just got a taste of his own poison, except it was ten times more lethal. This whole was rather impressive, even amazing.

  No wo’s e to this. William thought. I didn’t realize I was going up against somebody who was thinking five steps ahead of me.

  His Lionfolk safely nded beyond the jungle wall. He still had 40% HP, and the Warlock’s sloas gone by now. So, it meant William could escape from here, right?

  Wrong. The shuriken stu his back was going to be his undoing. A moment after he nded - a shadoeared behind him!

  SLASH! A dagger cut across his back. Vanishing was here, pnning to seal the deal.

  I don't have my leap, ult, or even roll. Wilim frowhe only thing I have is the roar, which won't do mue here.

  heless, Wilim unleashed Mighty Roar at his oppo's face. "RAR!" the Lionfolk roared loudly, trying to intimidate the assaulter.

  However, the Ninja didn't falter in the slightest. She sshed William again as if nothing happened.

  If William had a suffit HP advantage in this situation, then his Mighty Roar would have instilled his oppo with fear. As, at only 30% HP, he was the o a grave disadvantage here.

  As such, all his Mighty Roar achieved was stealing a small portion of the Ninja’s Attack Power and Defehis gave Wilim an edge over his oppo in terms of raw power, but will this be enough to win the csh?

  Probably not. William kept it real. But, I still have to do what I .

  And so, the ered beast struck back! This feeble retaliation was all William had.

  CLAW! SLASH! It was a barbarian exge of blows. Wilim shed at the assaint with sharp cws, and the Ninja responded in kind with her dagger.

  At point bnk, there was not mu for bat fihey just bashed each other like ogres until one of them dropped.

  You have been killed!

  DOUBLE KILL

  Naturally, it was William who fell. He ma Vanishing’s HP from 80% to 40%, but that’s as far as he went. She extinguished his 30% HP before he could go any further.

  In terms of pertages, I did more damage. William tried to reassure himself. But, that doesn’t really matter, does it”?

  In the end, it's only the final oute that matters. Regardless of how well he fought, he heless allowed the eo score a Double Kill, right after she got First Blood. Therefore, this was a defeat, through and through.

  With this oute, the scheme involving Mid came to an end. Stratus scored two kills in a row, kig off mid-game with great momentum. What’s more, they eliminated all pyers who were avaible to defend Mid.

  With that said, Chessmaster a sustained grave injuries during the whole operation. So, surely, they wouldn't risk pushing the ne in this state, right...?

  DarkestCymore