Stratus built immense momentum after sg the Double Kill in Mid, but the Leopards refused to yield to this orong py. They kept defleg all ining attacks and even unched a few terattacks of their own.

  In particur, Winner went on a few savage hunts, as if in revenge for the humiliation in Mid.

  An ally has been killed!

  An enemy has been killed!

  An allied Turret has beeroyed!

  Aurret has beeroyed!

  The game went bad forth. Both sides were roughly equal in their performance. For each kill oeam scored, the other team soourhe favor. For every demolished allied tower, aower soon fell as well.

  Despite starting the mid-game from a very disadvantageous position, the Leopards renounicely aheir ground. Their superb teamwork and oppressive defense made it difficult for Stratus to press home their advantage.

  But, no matter how amazing the Leopards' performance was, it wasn't enough. Though they preveratus from extending the lead, they couldn’t close the gap Nia opened when mid-game started. Even now, Stratus was still leading by two kills and oower.

  W-We might actually win this! Nia gulped as she analyzed the stats s for the huh time. The advantage I created is still here! It's carrying us! Hehe.

  Not t or anything, but Stratus retty much winning thanks to Nia here. It was her awesome Double Kill that established this advantageous position.

  Maybe I'm actually at the Leopards' level. Heck, maybe I’m eveer! Nia snickered as she stealthily traversed through the jungle. She hantom who terrorized the entire eeam!

  The Leopards knew Nia was sneaky, but it was simply impossible for them to keep an eye on her 24/7. Stratus unched many bold attacks, so every now and then, the Leopards’ minds wandered. And, that's when Nia struck!

  Ok, let's see. Where should this pro Jungler rotate to ? Hehe. Nia giggled to herself. She felt untouchable within the depths of the jungle. Nobody would be able to find her ihis fog.

  From here, Nia could safely un atta anybody. She was capable of striking from anywhere and at any time, that's how pro she was. Or, so she thought.

  But, as if to cut right through that vi, a bde leapt at her from around the er!

  "E-Eh!?"

  "Fouuuuund you!" Ronald cut off the sneaky Ninja’s rotation before the girl could try anything funny. This sure took a damn while, but I’ve finally registered you!

  Ronald sshed again as if to reaffirm the existence of the phantom in front of him. As expected, his bde strue yet again.

  VanishingFlower was definitely in front of him right now. Ronald could touch her with his bde, to rip her HP asunder.

  Listen, girl. I dunno what's your deal, but I'm about to put ao whatever that you’re doing! Ronald promised. You've been giving bro and the team way too much trouble. It’s time to end this!

  Ronald activated Draic Fme, unleashing a swing of fire. This was going to be his third hit in a row! WHISH!

  As, the Ninja rolled on the ground. She dove underh the fme attack just in the nick of time.

  Meh, figured. Ronald shook his head. Of course you dodge that much. After all, you're an oppo I bothered tister. So, you gotta be at least this goht?

  Ronald immediately closed the distah Draic Rush. He charged straight in the dire of Vanishing's roll and rammed into her before she recovered!

  You know, when you subbed in again, I thought they repced a hel emer with some weako. Ronald admitted as she attacked again. To be ho, I still don't really get what’s your deal. You just kinda sneak up on people because they let you do it. Heck, even I let you do it. Somehow, nobody ever notices you before it's too te.

  Despite accumuting 5 kills on her record by now, Vanishing remained a somewhat fettable existence. Sonya and Cato periodically warned about her position, which probably helped the team avert a few disasters, but even that wasn't enough. In the end, Vanishing always found a way to sneak up on people.

  Truth be told, despite all these kills, Ronald also hadn’t registered Vanishing as a “strong oppo” this eime. However, that ged wheiced the obvious irritation on his older brother's face.

  William only has 3 kills on his record at the moment. Yes, that’s right. Despite how amazing bro was at sg kills, he was gging behind that hantom by 2 kills. It was uable!

  Not to mention, this game is hel stingy when it es to kills, so a 2-kill difference is a lot. Ronald made a face as he looked at his own 1/2/1 score. Yes, he had only scored a single kill in this game thus far, and also one assist when he helped his bro to seal the deal.

  Man, I died more than I killed. And, both times were to this girl! Ronald swung his bde once more, but his oppo had no iion of making this easy. Vanishing turoward him and jumped backward using Shuriken Backflip.

  But, Ronald was faster. SLASH! He sliced Vanishing’s torso while she was in mid-air!

  I’ve been waiting for this! He immediately rolled after his prey. This redictable development for this duel, so he was more than prepared for it!

  I'm gohis phantom ond for all! Ronald pressed on with his fierce offense. His prey couldn't retaliate at all, the girl was shook. I'mma kill her real good!

  From every possible point of view, Ronald was on a roll here. A, some of his teammates expressed dissatisfa with his as.

  "You’ve had your fun, but I think that's quite enough," Cato said sternly. "You're overextending too much."

  "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing!" Ronald reassured as he sshed his oppo once again. At this point, his prey was already down to 30% HP. It'll be an ezpz kill from here!

  With that said, Cato's worries wereirely unfounded. Ronald invaded deep into the enemy’s jungle in order to assault Vanishing, and it turned out this “surprise attack” fell within the enemy’s calcutions.

  As Ronald went for another ssh, the area around him turned bck. He was certain that his bde successfully struck Vanishing, but he couldn't even see her right now. The entire area was colored in pitch bck.

  "Heh, you think that’ll faze me?" Ronald pced a Stealth Ward to disperse the darkness. He came here 100% prepared!

  The Stealth Ward successfully revealed the two elusive enemies in Ronald’s viity. It was a 1v2 situation, but there was no real reason to pay ao the Warlock. All Ronald cared about was killing Vanishing. Let’s gooooooo!

  The enemy probably thought they had Ronald ered with that Eldritightmare, but his meager ult wasn’t going to stop a pro like him!

  A Stealth Ward? Yuel frowned as he spotted an enemy ward appear for a moment before turning invisible. That was an uedly smart py from Challenger.

  This is bad. Yuel bit his lip. I was sure my ult will be enough to help Nia escape, but I uimated Challenger. His skill level is really hard to measure.

  It felt like Challenger’s skill level greatly varied depending on who he was fag. His performance was mediainst average-level oppos, but his skill suddenly skyrocketed when he faced a serious threat.

  So, this is the “Threat Overthrower” trait Vi was talking about. Yuel had no choice but tnize Vi's on-point analysis yet agaie the silly niame.

  It seemed like, right now, Challenger reized Nia as a "strong oppo". This was supposed to be an unlikely sario, given Nia's elusiveness. But, she really outdid herself in this game, so it wasn’t toe for Challeo take notice of her.

  And so, Nia found herself marked by the most savage beast among the Leopards. At his stro, Challenger erhaps able to surpass even Winner. So, in the current fight, his strength might be sed only to Lars's.

  Even Warlock's powerful ult failed to put a stop to the beast's savage assault. Challenger was on a roll there!

  DarkestCymore