With how the seinion yed out in Top, EnduringPhoenix mao prove that he was somewhat capable. At the very least, he wasn't one of these skillless plebs that Ronald could steamroll with his eyes closed.

  As such, Ronald had to tone down his aggressiveness a little and look for a proper opportunity to strike. As, time went on aill couldn’t find any…

  Wave after wave, Ronald sought an attractive opening to strike, only to find none.

  Maybe this time? Ronald squinted his eyes as he examihe situation.

  Teically, he was doing great. He totally won the ne exge as always.

  Actually, no, he didn’t just win. Ronald OWhat shit. He annihited all the enemy minions but all his bowmen remained alive. It was a big stonks situation!

  Therefore, this was a great opportunity to push, right!? Eh, not really. Unfortunately, this was nothing new.

  Ronald has been winning ne exges pretty much the entire game. This Dragonborn vs. Vanguard matchup was easy for him, and holy, Phoenix didn't pose much of a challehat guy was a defense fanatic through and through. He and Cato would probably be good friends.

  Admittedly, the guy's defense was airtight, which was about the only good thing to say about his performance. Phoenix hasn’t achieved anything notable thus far, but he did a good job denying all juicy opportunities for Ronald.

  Aaaaand he's already back at the tower. Ronald sighed. For such a big guy, he sure moves fast.

  This was the usual sario. Ronald always won the ne exge and had a great opportunity to push, except he couldn't. Why? Because the dang Vanguard always retreated all the way back to his tower at that point.

  He really doesn't care about losing on some farm, huh. Ronald shook his head. In a way, he's pying like a total amateur. But, at the same time, he does kill all my ces to attack. This is s...

  This obnoxious defensive pystyle resembled Sonya's shenanigans. That girl was always willing to sacrifice her farm in exge for a more stable ning phase. That shit never made sense.

  Any ner’s goal should be to establish ne trol and all that. You 't just stay holed up at your tower all day long.

  heless, Phoenix insisted to do just that. Every damn time, he ran away from the se at lightning speed. By the time Ronald started thinking about opening an attack - it was already too te.

  Against almost any other css, Ronald might have sidered pushing forward regardless. However, against Vanguard, getting anywhere he tower was suicidal.

  I'm not pnning to get taunted into the tower, no thank you. That was the main sideration that made Ronald pause every time he had an opportunity to push further. There was just nothing he could do once his oppo retreated all the way to the tower.

  Damn, this guy’s defense is a real pain in the ass. Ronald thought. Even bro 't find any good opportuo gank here.

  Bro was always on the lookout for sg kills, so he tried te a few ganks in Top. But, it came to nothing. Every time William got eveely close to the ne, Phoenix was already halfway back to his tower. This guy must have had eyes everywhere.

  And, he's not taking any risks. Ever. There’s just no crag this bruh.

  After three failed gank attempts, it seemed like Bro had pletely given up on the idea of getting any kills here. He beled Phoenix a "hyper-defensive pyer” and perished any thoughts about attag Top for now.

  With that said, these failed gank attempts wereirely wasted. After all, Bro was a big brain, so he figured out a few things from these exges that could be used for the team’s advantage.

  Oh, here he es. Ronald snickered as a new minion wave began. The ghost is ing to do some spooking.

  William traveled from Mid to Top Jungle and then tinued onward toward Top. To anybody who followed his movements on the map, it must’ve looked as if Bro was rotating to gank Top. It retty cool ghost trick.

  Bro made sure to pass through areas that any self-respeg team would ward for sure, so the enemy almost always caught wind of these movements. This trick did a great job of alerting the enemy about a potential gank.

  So, how did Phoenix usually respond to the information he was fed? Naturally, by backpedaling as if his life depended on it! The guy was the very definition of a scaredy-cat.

  This made the ning phase that much easier for Ronald. With the Vanguard already far in the back, there was now o hold back.

  Here it es! Ronald charged forth with Draic Rush. He rammed into the enemy swordsmen and pushed them all the way to the bowmen. Then, he sliced through the entire pack with a fire sword. Easy farming.

  Thanks for the free farm, bruh. Ronald sent his regards as he watched his healthy squad of minions marg forth along the hese little bruhs were about to do some nice damage to the eower, no doubt.

  But, what about William’s supposed rotation toward Top? Well, that was never actually going to happen. Bro just pretended like was going to gank the ne. His sole goal here was to spook the enemy.

  The moment Phoenix started retreating, Bro already shifted gears and headed toward the nearby Wolf Camp. He had no i in actually trying to get the jump on Phoenix.

  And I get it, I really do. Ronald his Phoenix bruh isn't going to let us get any easy kills. So fun...

  They were already close to the mid-game at this point, yet Ronald's kill t was still a big fat zero. And, he obviously hadn’t scored any assists, either. It was so me.

  Dang, I really wanna rotate somewhere a some a going. Ronald pouted. But, bro said to stay put for now, so I guess I better listen. Bleh.

  Holy, this routine was sug out all the fun from the game. Phoenix wasn't even a strong pyer, yet he refused to let Ronald have any fun. Like, seriously, there was no challenge or a to be had anywhere here. It was a truly depressing situation.

  To make things worse, there's that... um, what’s her name, again? Ronald couldn’t evehered to remember. I seriously keep fetting that their Jungler eves, to be ho. But, everybody is sure making a big deal about her for some reason.

  "Their Jungler eop Jungle," Sonya reported.

  "Ronald, fall back a little," Cato ordered.

  "Yeah, yeah..." Ronald obeyed like a good boy. At this point, he was tired uing with Cato oter. Not to mention, Bro actually sided with Cato on this particur topic for some reason.

  I don't get what's the fuss, though. Ronald shrugged. It's not like that Ninja ever aplished anything today, so why is everybody so cautious around her? It reminds me of how Bro is spooking Phoenix without actually doing much, but at least Bro is a legit strong pyer.

  Ronald felt like a every time he retreated like this for no reason. Why did he have to care so much about some puny fettable Jungler?

  Like, seriously, whenever Sonya delivered a report about the Ninja's movements, Ronald felt like he was always forced to respond in some way. If the news said that the Jungler was op, then Ronald had to fall back immediately. And, if the news said that the Ninja was MIA for a while, then that was also apparently a legit reason to tell Ronald to retreat. Whyyyyyy?

  At this point, the enemy Jungler merely had to sneeze in order to force Ronald to retreat, that's how absurd it was. Cato's extreme termeasures for that Ninja made no sense whatsoever.

  As far as Ronald was ed, that Ninja was no threat at all. She didn’t have a single achievement to her name, so she was like one of the most fettable Junglers ever.

  I mean, I remember that we discussed how this girl’s whole thing is that it’s easy tet about her. Ronald thought. But, like, no shit, Sherlock. It’s because she doesn’t ever do anything worthwhile, so why would I bother sparing her any thought?

  It seemed like the others treated this phenomenon as some sort of “mystery”, but it was legit simple. Basically, it was hard to pay attention to Vanishing because there ractically o do so. That girl couldn’t py for shit. She robably just a filler slot for Stratus.

  Like, I even fot we pyed against her earlier today, that’s how fettable she is. I swear everybody is overreag.

  If Bro didn’t insist that it was important to pay attention to Vanishing, then Ronald would’ve ighe girl altogether. Seriously, this eopic was total lunacy.

  heless, Sonya tio treat it with utmost importance, which made Ronald’s life very difficult…

  “Their Jungler is entering Bot Juhen, about a mier: “I haven’t seen their Jungler for a while. She was st spotted in Bot Jungle.” And, after that: “Their Jungler is entering Top Jungle.”

  Sonya delivered periodic reports like that without fail. The pirl had to sistently keep watch over the entire map and make a report about every siep that Vanishing took. Holy, this job sounded like hell. Ronald would never agree to do work like this, not even for a sary.

  Besides, it’s not like we don’t have eyes. Ronald thought. Like, we see Vanishing too, you know? Though, admittedly, half the time I don’t eveer her existence, haha.

  Most likely, if it wasn't for Sonya's sistent alerts, then Ronald wouldn't have paid any attention to Vanishing's movements at all. Some people would’ve surely accused him of having "bad map awareness" or whatever, but who cared?

  Like, that Jungler hasn't done ANYTHING sihe game started. Ronald thought. Even without Sonya's reports, there’s really just no reason to care. Actually, I dunno why I'm even wasting so much time thinking about this.

  It was a waste of time, all of it. The only reason he spared any thought to this at all was because of Cato's annoyireat orders. Vanishing’s presence was basically like a thorn in Ronald’s side.

  I gotta say, I really feel bad for Sonya here. Ronald thought. It gotta be a pain in the ass to make these reports 24/7 while ning. She got her own stuff to worry about, but of course, Cato wouldn't care about that. What a dang tyrant.

  If Ronald was tasked with doing something like this, then he would’ve protested with all his strength. This was no way to live.

  Though, if somebody absolutely has to do this shitty job, then there’s no doubt that Sonya is the best one for the job. Ronald thought. That girl is a mae. Like, she analyze anything about everything like a dang puter without ever losing focus, word.

  At least, that was just Ronald's impression of the girl. But, unbeknownst to him, the routine of deliveris was slowly getting rather taxing for Sonya…

  DarkestCymore