Challenger’s fierce offense wasn’t slowing down, and Nia found herself helpless against it. The attack caught her off guard. She lost almost all her HP while trying to get away.

  It feels like she was distracted by something else when it happened. Yuel thought. If she paid attention, she should’ve realized that I was nearby. Then, she could’ve positioned herself a lot better. Or, maybe she was just nervous?

  It was impossible to tell at this poiher way, the fact remaihat Nia only focused oing distaween herself and the ued predator. She didn’t try getting closer to Yuel at all, which made it difficult for him to rescue her.

  Ugh, I 't save her from here. Yuel cluded. "Lars, rotate over here!"

  "Heh, I knew you gonna say that, dude!" Lars excimed. "Already on my way!"

  "Good." Yuel nodded. "Kai, Ben. I'd like you to rotate toward Mid along this path." He drew a route on the mini-map.

  "Got it."

  "Alright."

  "Okay." Yuel took a deep breath. "Nia, I'm sorry to say this, but your ces of surviving this are very low. So, the best you dht now is fight bad injure him as much as possible."

  "O-Ok..." Nia relutly flipped a swit her brain. Instead of fog 100% on esg, she turoward the predator and sshed back.

  Her Shadow e and Izuna Drop were already on cooldown before any of this started, and she had also spent her Shuriken Flip a few moments ago. Heck, even her Dodge Roll was on cooldown. So, all she had left were basic attacks.

  It's like he waited for the best moment to attack me. Bully! Nia pouted. Did he stalk me or something? Scary.

  Challenger really caught her at the most awkward moment possible. She used to think of the guy as easy prey for her ganks, but it turned out Challenger could be one heck of a scary predator himself.

  SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! The exge of blows tinued for a while longer. Nia swang her dagger as much as she could, trying to leave as many injuries as possible on her oppo.

  As, the end was nigh.

  You have been killed!

  "Game over..." Nia twisted her lips in dissatisfa. She knew her fate was sealed for a while now, but the oute still upset her.

  Just losing a fight against Challenger was still fine. But, dying and allowing the eo shrink the scap wasn’t cool. Now, Stratus was only one kill ahead of the enemy.

  My poor two-kill advantage... This felt like a personal attack against Nia in every way. Not only did Challearget her specifically, but he also made sure to elimihe firm advantage ablished during mid-game.

  Fortunately, even though it was clear how impossible it was to save Nia, Yuel still dashed to the se. So, the eime that Challenger and Nia were locked in a fight, Yuel also fired shots at Challenger from behind.

  No matter how skilled Challenger was at his best, it was impossible for him to duel Nia and dodge Yuel’s shots at the same time. As a result, the guy sustained hefty damage from the entire exge.

  When he initially approached Nia, Challenger was at 80% HP. But now, thanks to the bined efforts of Yuel and Nia, the guy was down to 50%.

  It should’ve been lower than that. Yuel thought. He’s su aggressive pyer, yet he built his Dragonborn rather tanky.

  Still, 50% HP was good. From this position, it should be possible to submit this aggressive Dragonborn. And, the right person for the job arrived just in time!

  ZAP! A ser beam flew across the area, pierg through Challehat surely gave the enemy a good sp.

  "Whoa!" Ronald jumped. "Gunz is here, too!? Sick!"

  Thump. Thump. Thump-thump. His heartbeat accelerated. He could hear the beats all the way in his brain. The world around him slowed down as if it was framed inside a static picture.

  Damn, how lucky! Not only did Ronald eradicate the enemy phantom, but he also got a ce to face Stratus' ace! This opportunity was hard to e by, so he wao go all ham on that strong bruh!

  I take him out in dragon form? I'm pretty sure I ! All of Ronald's skills were on cooldown, including his Dodge Roll. Therefore, no matter whether he was going to fight or flee, his best bet was to turn into a dragon first. He decide on his course of a afterward.

  As far as Ronald was ed, going on the offensive against Gunz would be the sickest move ever! Elf didn’t have ultra-fast basic attacks like most marksmen, so he wasn't such a dangerous foe in duels, at least in theory.

  Therefore, as long as Ronald stays in the guy's fad attaonstop, he should be able to gain the upper hand! As, the usual party popper had to interfere.

  "Ronald, retreat. Now." Cato's voice left no room fotiations. "You tell him something too, Will."

  "Hmph." William didn’t respht away. A part of him was curious to see how far Ronald's ialent would get him in this gravely disadvantageous situation.

  Ronald was at the absolute top of his game right now, which was a rare occurrence. Whehe brat ehis special mode, it was nigh impossible to stop him, William khat from experience.

  Ronald was the more meically gifted brother, but Wilim still often won whehey fought because he employed superior tactics. However, on rare occasions, Ronald entered a state in which he triumphed over a sirategy William came up with. When the brat’s eyes gleamed like a sharpened knife, his performance shot through the roof.

  And, right now, Ronald had exactly that expression. So, if it was ever possible for him to defeat Gunz, then it was now.

  I want to see it. Wilim thought. he pull this off even though I couldn't?

  Wilim only ever reached a draw against Gunz. No matter what refiactics he used, he couldn't overwhelm Gunz as he hoped. But, maybe Ronald achieve that.

  Do I want to see him succeed, or...? William wasn't sure where he was going with that train of thought. What oute did he wish to witness? Which result will make him feel better?

  "Um, Will?" Cato asked again. "If you don’t mind, I'd like your support to vihis brat to stop his foolishness. You're the only one he ever listens to, you know."

  "Right..." Wilim shook his head to ward off the unnecessary thoughts. This is foolish. That isn’t even a real 1v1 situation, so what am I even hoping to see there?

  "Roreat," William finally spoke. "Yoing to die there."

  "Geh! Okay, bro." Ronald also has beeling with this dilemma for a while now. He felt like he might be able to destroy Gunz right now, but he was also plenty aware of the immense danger of the situation he was in.

  If bro thinks it's best to scram, so I'mma scram. Ronald firansf into his dragon form.

  "I'm out!" He activated Draic Rush, which came off cooldown when Ronald turned into a dragon. And so, the drago high into the air, pnning to fly over the nearby jungle wall.

  However, while Ronald was still high in the air, he heard it ing - ZAP! Another ser beam went through him!

  He really do that!? Sick! Ronald found himself grinning. Even though his HP fell all the way down to 30%, he was heless excited. I must have a proper duel with this bruh. I wanna trash him real good!

  Unfortunately, the current situation didn’t allow that. Here, Ronald had no choice but to flee.

  And so, jumped passed over the wall and nded in a different area of the jungle. With this maneuver, he quickly got away from his oppos, but...

  Geh, these narrow passages! Ronald cursed. In his dragon form, it was really difficult to navigate through these parts of the jungle.

  Most pathways here were just barely big enough to let him squeeze through. Every time, he had to perfectly pass through the in order to get through. It was quite the pain in the neck, and definitely a terrible escape pn.

  Welp, nobody said I have to do it this way. Ronald reverted baan form. Ah, yes, freedom!

  Now, he easily passed through the jungle areas ahead of him without having to worry about squeezing through. And so, after successfully striking down the enemy phantom, Ronald was about to return home as a hero, or so he thought...

  DarkestCymore