Kai has already pced two Magia Orbs on the se. They were a fair distance away from each other: one on the left and one in the ter.

  In respoo this pt, Apprentece positioned himself closer to the right side of the o stay away from both orbs. It won't be easy to trap him between three orbs for Resonance Ignition, that’s for sure.

  But he's still here, so I have time to set things up. Kai thought.

  The cooldown of her Magia Orb was about to end soon. Ohe skill es online again, she'll unleash her Resonance Ignitiht away! The guy won't see it ing!

  But unbeknown to her, the enemy was very much prepared for such a development. In fact, he had been for. However, not everybody in the Leopards agreed with this line of py.

  "My, aren't you pushing a little too far?" Cato asked. "I believe you should've retreated a while ago."

  "It's fine," Jin said only that as he stepped closer to the tower area. This mad d was absolutely pnning to push the tower all the way, or so it seemed.

  "Their Jungler might be on standby," Sonya warned. "I haven't seen her move anywhere for a while now."

  "Yes, makes sense." Jin nodded. "But, she 't do much. If she es, I kill her. Simple."

  There wasn't a single dent in his fidence. Despite how deeply he was overextending into eerritory, he acted as if he was in total trol of the situation.

  And in his case, it's ly "coess". Cato thought. The Emperor just trusts his own game analysis that mud it's usually on point, too. Sigh.

  Jin was like a problematic chess piece that was bound to be unruly. On this board, his skill level transded even the power of a queen piece, allowing him to do whatever he wanted.

  As such, the most Cato could do was drop pieces of advice here and there, to make sure that Jin's overfidence won't be the end of him.

  "What's the pn, anyway?" Cato asked. "Any reason why you're overextending so much?"

  "If I already wasting time here, then at least I want to do something meaningful."

  "Such as?"

  "L enemy MP."

  "Oh, I see. So, this is what’s it all about."

  This expihe extreme coess that Jin had been exhibiting ever since he arrived in Mid. He had been ag all high and mighty in order to bait Beat, and it worked.

  Initially, Beat had enough MP to st for three more waves after this one. However, itempts to retaliate against Jin, she used Repelling Force which cost some fine MP. On top of that, she had been pg Magia Orbs left and right, most likely to set up her ult.

  If Beat unleashes Resonance Ignition as well, then she'll burn through all her remaining MP. At that point, she’ll have no choice but to recall to base after the exge. Jin had beeending in order to make that happen.

  A nasty ploy. I like it. irked. It'll actually be huge if he kicks Beat out of the ne by the time Sonya returns.

  Both Matthew and Sonya were defensive Mid Laners, therefore the Leoaprds had been on the defensive in Mid throughout the entire day. As such, it was always hard to establish ne advantage over there. Hopefully, Jin’s scheme will help with that.

  The one who trols Mid trols the game, it’s just like in chess. Cato nodded. Well, I still think his overextension is very risky, but I’m sure the Emperor knows what he’s doing.

  And so, Cato refrained from interfering with the Empeor’s pns. Despite how dangerous the py was, Jin was vinced he’d be able to get away with this bold overextension, and he probably would.

  And so, Jin carried on with the pn. trary to how reckless or cocky his pys might’ve seemed, he aying close attention to Kai’s options.

  Her orb should e out of cooldown now. Jin analyzed. It’s time to this up.

  He stepped toward the middle of the ne, which pced him closer to the Magia Orb that Beat pced there. It was a risky move at first gnce, but not for somebody who knew how to judge distances.

  This is as much as I get away with. Jin paused. This distance should be tempting enough for her.

  And indeed, Beat immediately respoo Jin’s movements. The momeopped moving, Beat unleashed her attack! She summoned a third Maiga Orb and blew all her orbs at oh Resonance Ignition!

  Beat’s execution was smooth. She celed the animation of Magia Orb straight into Resonance Ignition. If Jin hadn’t prepared for it ahead of time, then he would’ve been hit hard.

  However, he was more than prepared. In fact, he was eagerly waiting for this very moment. So, he swiftly rolled away in the nick of time.

  BAM! The three orbs exploded in unison! However, two of them weren’t even a for Jin.

  One orb ced on the far right, so it couldn’t reach Jin’s current position even in a million years. Oher hand, the orb in the ter was a bit threatening but Jihat, so he carefully gauged the distand stayed right outside the orb’s perimeter.

  However, the third orb was difficult to outpy. Beat happeo pce it well, so Jin was caught up in the orb's explosion as he rolled. It was unfortunate, but the damage was a negligible 7%.

  In theory, the damage could’ve been 9 times greater if Jin was caught up in the resonance of all three orbs. However, he made sure that not evewo orbs him with resoherefore the damage he suffered was minimal.

  Hmph. Not terrible execution. Jin admitted. It’s good to see that there are at least some pyers outside the Leopards who know some of the basics. Then again, this entire exge was pletely in my favor from start to end and she failed to realize that. Pathetic.

  Really, Beat was such a simpleton. Jin merely provoked her a little, and she went ballisti him with her e. Su amateur mistake.

  Seriously, how were pyers of this caliber even allowed onto this stage? In Korea, they probably wouldn't have even made it into any of the serious clubs, let alone be allowed to py petitive games.

  Whatever. This is enough. Jireated to the allied side of the ne. "I'm done."

  "Good, good." Cato nodded. "You've drained her MP quite splendidly~"

  "Was too easy. She wasted it all for no reason."

  "Yes, that's how it looks to you,” Cato said. “But from her perspective, she was seriously trying to test you, and maybe even kill you."

  "Nonsense. She had no ce."

  "Yes, she didn't," Cato agreed. "But sometimes, it's human nature to pursue the impossible, you know?"

  "It stupid, nothing more than that."

  Beat's wastefulness was nothing short of a crime. By now, it had surely dawned on her as well.

  "Tch, he got away," Kai reported. "I almost had him with the Resonance, damn it!"

  "I suspect the ehing was bait from start to end," Yuel expined. "It felt like he aggressed as much as he did in order to make you waste your MP on him."

  "Yeah, I'm getting the same impression now. Bastard sure pyed me for a fiddle" Kai made a face. "He seemed so cocky that I was sure he was just looking down on me and aggressing without any caution. But, it turns out he repared for everything."

  From start to end, Kai couldn't properly nd any notable damage on that bastard. Her only meager achievement was nding a single instance of damage with Resonance Ignition. It was just sad. That didn’t pe all for all the MP she had to burn in the process.

  Before any of this started, Kai had enough MP to farm three more waves. But, now? She had nothing and had to recall.

  Well, at least his minions are aggroed on me now. Kai thought. Since I’m going to recall either way, I might as well let them waste some shots on me.

  She retreated deeper into the tower area but made sure to stay within the minions’ field of view. Eating all their attacks was going to result in some substantial damage, but it was far better thaing these minions freely push the tower.

  And so, to pe least a little for all the mispys that happened, Kai dragged the minions across the tower area and shot them from afar. And, the tower helped her with that by firing giant bolts at the minions.

  Alright, done. Kai elimihe st bowman. With this, she ralized the threat. This maneuver cost 20% of her HP, but that wasn’t a problem in this case.

  "I'm recalling," Kai informed. "Nia, you defend a little until I return?"

  "Sure." ered the ne from the back. She had been l around the eime, looking food opportunity to assault Apprentece. But, no such opportunity had ever preseself.

  Like I thought, he was cautious. Nia o herself. Her instincts as a professional assassin had been whispering to her the eime that Apprentece won’t be caught off guard this time around.

  I need an eveer opportunity. Nia thought. It has to be a really good one. Something he won't be able to beat in a million years. Yeah.

  But, will su opportunity ever present itself today? As they were entering the mid-game, all the good opportunities might be already gone by now. Soon pyers will start grouping up all over the pce, making it even more impossible to gank this difficult target...

  DarkestCymore